Trigun, Volume One
by Yasuhiro Nightow
Translation by Krista Perry
Key:
(Visual descriptions)
[Narrator]
Chapter #1
The 60,000,000,000.00 $$ Man
Page 13
(A "Wanted" poster, depicting a man with blond, spiky hair, who seems quite cheerful in an innocent, boyish sort of way.)
[Vash the Stampede]
Poster: WANTED
60,000,000,000.00$$
[It is assumed that he is
approximately 24 years old,
yet rumors about his height
and appearance are unclear
and he has no permanent home.]
[He is most definitely a
rebel - a worst case master,
and a murderer without equal.
He is of "G" Class ability
-- able to personally wreak terrible havoc
on a mass scale.]
[Anyone who brings him in,
dead or alive,
will be rewarded a sum of 60
billion $$ (double-dollars).]
[One further note --- He is also a staunch pacifist.]
Page 14 & 15
(Vash is standing on a rocky ledge overlooking a city, looking quite cool in his trademark red coat. The massive ruins of what appears to be some sort of spaceship wreckage loom just beyond the city.)
"Trigun #1: The 60,000,000,000.00 $$ Man"
Page 16
(Four men walk down the center a street in an old western-style town. For lack of names, we'll just call them Big Guy, Short Guy, Long-Haired Guy, and Scarred Guy.)
Page 17
(The men continue down the street. They pass people going about their daily work and a couple of starving dogs huddling in an alley way.)
Sign on one of the buildings:
TODAY'S INJURY CASES: 603
TODAY'S MURDER CASES: _72 (The
blank space is there so it can be filled in later.)
(Suddenly a man crashes through one of the windows and falls on the street.)
Page 18
(People glance at the fallen man, who is on his on his back bleeding profusely and screaming, then ignore him.)
Injured Man: Gah... Gah... He... help... me...!
(The four men step around him without even blinking.)
Injured Man: Do... doctor... doctor!
(As the four men walk away, two guys (one presumably a doctor, since he's in a white coat) walk up to the injured man.)
Doctor: Hey. You okay?
(The inured man has a little fountain of blood shooting out of his chest.)
Other Guy: Looks like there
might be some good body parts left over.
You might want to consider
calling for a priest, not a physician.
Page 19
(Inside a small cafe, an old record player plays some music while a waitress wanders the tables. A mother and son sit at one of the tables.)
Son: Mama, buy me a gun!
Mother: You already have one. Why do you need another?
Son: That's different! This one is just an air gun.
(We now see that Vash is sitting at one of the other tables.)
Page 20
(The pretty waitress brings out a sizzling steak and sets it before Vash, who looks deliriously happy at the sight of it. He then starts eating, savoring each bite.)
(The four guys approach the cafe.)
(Vash cheerfully eats his steak as the music plays and other customers talk in the background.)
Customer 1: That little bird shop has energy every day, you know.
Customer 2: Hm, you don't say.
Page 21
(The door creaks open, and the waitress turns to greet a new customer...)
Waitress: Welco...
(Long Hair is in the open doorway, pointing a big gun inside.)
Page 22 & 23
(Long Hair opens fire on Vash, who throws up the table to block. Long Hair reloads in a flash, and Vash dives and rolls as the bullets start flying again.)
Page 24 & 25
(The cafe is completely shredded with bullets as all four gunmen open fire. Finally, as they each run out of bullets, they stand, waiting for the smoke and dust to settle.)
Page 26
(The boy's air gun is lying on the ground, and he clings to his mother, crying in fright.)
(Long Hair and Big Guy look down.)
Big Guy: .......!!
We... did it...!!
(Vash is lying sprawled face down on the floor, lying in a pool of blood that seems to be spreading from his upper-chest and head area.)
Page 27
Scarred Guy: Hee... Hee he he he he he.... HA HA HA HA HA HA!
(The waitress looks on, wide-eyed, as she hides behind her serving tray.)
(Big Guy wraps a huge arm around Scarred Guy in a strangle hold that makes his eyes bulge.)
Big Guy: WE DID IT! 60 BILLION DOUBLE-DOLLARS!
Long Hair: My name will be
known throughout the world!!
I knew it would come to this!!
Humanoid Typhoon
(The next part is really hard to translate, but I think he says something to
the effect that his group of soldiers from their far-off country managed to
succeed where others failed, yadda yadda.)
Big Guy: (to Short Guy) We are all going to be hot news on the satellite this week!!
Page 28
(Long Hair pulls a gun and points it at Big Guy's chin.)
Big Guy: .....
What's this, Magnus?
Magnus (formerly Long Hair):
.....
Are you being cautious?
(He looks down at Vash, who is still lying face down in the pool of blood.)
Magnus: The appearance of
his blood...
I think we should move him and take a look...
(Magnus bends down with his gun pointed at Vash's head... then suddenly he looks very... perplexed. His eyes bug, and he begins to sweat.)
(Vash, without lifting his head, has stuck his finger in the barrel of the gun.)
(The other three guys continue to gloat over their victory, unaware of Magnus' little discovery. Big Guy waves at the frightened waitress.)
Big Guy: Hey, hey, miss, what's with that face?
Scarred Guy: Don't worry, we'll compensate you for the damage we did to your store. It's all good.
Page 29
(Big Guy is smiling.)
Offscreen voice: REALLY?
Big Guy: Sure thing! This one enemy is worth 60 billion double-dollars to the head honcho, and...
(Big Guy's eyes widen as he suddenly realizes something is amiss. He turns to see Vash standing with one arm around Magnus' shoulders in a buddy-type way. Magnus is looking rather shell-shocked. His gun is still dangling from the end of Vash's finger, where he stuck it in the barrel.)
Vash: I'm so glad!
I was worried you weren't going to fix it!
Page 30
(Big Guy looks at the blood on Vash's face.)
Big Guy: .......
Tomato ketchup...
(With a dramatic frown, Vash holds up a bottle of Heinz tomato ketchup.)
Vash: When I rolled over,
this bottle smacked me in the head and got ketchup all over my coat.
You are going to pay for the cleaning bill, right?
(Big Guy sweat-drops.)
Big Guy: No... I'm going to fix this...
(Big Guy looms over Vash as he pulls out his gun, shouting.)
Big Guy: I'VE RUN OUT OF PATIENCE, AND I'M SENDING YOU ON A ONE-WAY TRIP TO HEAVEN!!
Page 31
(The waitress, the mother and the boy all flinch back as, with one smooth and deadly serious motion, Vash points a gun at his attackers, and fires.)
Page 32
(Big Guy, Short Guy and Scarred Guy now have suction darts all over their faces.)
Big Guy, Scarred Guy, & Short Guy: .........................
(Vash sighs heavily.)
Vash: Trouble.
What trouble this is.
(Vash smiles at the suction-cupped guys.)
Vash: Can we bring this little
altercation to a proper conclusion?
Can't we just talk this out?
(Scarred Guy is trembling and sweating in aggravation, which you might think would loosen the darts stuck to his face, but it doesn't.)
Scarred Guy: Wha... What are you...
(Vash puts his hand behind his head in embarrassment.)
Vash: That's right! I haven't introduced my self properly yet.
Page 33
(Little sparkles appear around Vash as he goes into full-blown Bishounen mode.)
Vash: I am just the
man I appear to be...
A hunter of peace who will continue to pursue that ephemeral thing called love.
Do you understand?
(The guys stare at him, jaws sagging.)
The Guys: .........................
...........
Big Guy: You're...
joking.
(Big Guy shoves his gun up to Vash's face.)
Big Guy: You're an IDIOT!
Short Guy: (To Big Guy) Wait,
you can't kill him!
This is the end! I MYSELF will
kill him once and for all!
This time, I'll get the monster!
(Vash panics.)
Vash:
Wait, try to understand love!
Don't shoot, don't shoot!
Short Guy: UHWAAAAA!!! YOU'RE REALLY PROVOKING ME!!
Page 34
(Big Guy points his gun point blank in Vash's face and pulls the trigger.)
Gun: *click*
Big Guy: !?
(Vas pulls the shell-shocked Magnus in front of him and points at him, while facing Big Guy.)
Vash: Oh, I should probably
mention...
All of you, except for this man,
have already fired
every single last bullet.
(Big Guy grimaces and sweatdrops.)
(Ed. Note: Come to think of it, I guess Vash stuck his finger in the barrel of Magnus' gun, because he was the only one with bullets left. ^_^)
Big Guy: ............
Page 35
(There is a frame of blue sky... and then a frame that shows the four men walking away down the dusty street, wearing nothing except their boxer shorts.)
Offscreen voice: ..... How did you know?
Vash, offscreen: I counted!!
(Vash, looking disconcerted and faintly disgusted, stands in front of a pile of folded clothes.)
Vash: .................
Well, it's good that
they left their clothes and gear to pay for damages,
but I really didn't want to see that.
(Vash turns and hands the suction dart gun to the kid.)
Vash: Here you go.
This really saved me. Thanks!
(The kid looks at his gun, wide-eyed.)
Kid: ................
(And old man stands up and wipes his brow with a cloth.)
Old Man: Are you sure you're
okay?
With all those bullets flying, it's amazing
that you're still alive.
Why didn't you fire back?
Page 36
(Vash stuffs his face with the remains of his steak.)
Vash:
Oh, that...
Well, one round of bullets
is the same price as 4 slices of pizza toast,
and I'd much rather eat than buy bullets.
(Ed. Note: Okay, maybe that "steak" is actually pizza toast. *shrug* It looked like a steak to me.)
More coming soon.
Last revised 6/18/2000