04-24-2003, 08:59 PM
Okay, I just watched the first episode of Kenshin today. What I'm curious about, who ripped who off? Did Trigun rip Kenshin off, or did Kenshin rip Trigun off?
I mean, the setup is the exact same, in fact, Vash and Kenshin are nearly indistinguishable. I even heard lines directly cut between the two.
"He really is the legendary Batosai the Manslayer!"
"He really is the legendary Vash the Stampede!"
They both slaughtered tons of people, but are both wanderers seeking peace and love. When Kenshin was playing with the kids it looked exactly like when Vash was playing with the kids, even down to the kids pulling their mouths apart. Both are legendary with dark pasts yet extremely humble. And of course, there's the same plot line where noone can believe that they're who they really are because they don't act it at all, and finally one of the main female characters finds it out after he does some impossibly skilled act that saves someone's life.
The similarities between the two were so great that I just had to laugh. Especially the part at the end of the episode - "He beat us all without killing anyone!"
Of course there's also the code to not kill anyone.
I mean, Kenshin is dope and all, but I really felt like I was watching Trigun in a weird world where everyone had different hair-dos. It also doesn't help that in the dub I believe the same actress that plays Merrill plays that girl who owns the dojo, so whenever she said anything I was constantly reminded of Merrill. I just can't express how freaking similar they seemed to me, it was stunning o_O
I mean, the setup is the exact same, in fact, Vash and Kenshin are nearly indistinguishable. I even heard lines directly cut between the two.
"He really is the legendary Batosai the Manslayer!"
"He really is the legendary Vash the Stampede!"
They both slaughtered tons of people, but are both wanderers seeking peace and love. When Kenshin was playing with the kids it looked exactly like when Vash was playing with the kids, even down to the kids pulling their mouths apart. Both are legendary with dark pasts yet extremely humble. And of course, there's the same plot line where noone can believe that they're who they really are because they don't act it at all, and finally one of the main female characters finds it out after he does some impossibly skilled act that saves someone's life.
The similarities between the two were so great that I just had to laugh. Especially the part at the end of the episode - "He beat us all without killing anyone!"
Of course there's also the code to not kill anyone.
I mean, Kenshin is dope and all, but I really felt like I was watching Trigun in a weird world where everyone had different hair-dos. It also doesn't help that in the dub I believe the same actress that plays Merrill plays that girl who owns the dojo, so whenever she said anything I was constantly reminded of Merrill. I just can't express how freaking similar they seemed to me, it was stunning o_O
o-('-')-o HuG
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