04-25-2003, 11:20 AM
Well, Kenshin and Trigun aren't exactly the same series, I'm just arguing that Kenshin and Vash are modeled after the same archetype and act the same way. The similarity runs deeper than simple plot analysis, it's in the way they conduct themselves, and in the way the director portrays them.
For instance, in the episode of Trigun I watched last night, Demon Eye, there is a scene where Vash is walking into a bar. There are tons of slaughtered people inside, but he doesn't know that yet. He's being his usual goofy self, and when he's walking in, the audio has him say Hello in his goofy tone just like you'd expect him to when walking into a cafe. However, a split second afterward when he is out of the view of Millie and Merrill it shows him opening the doors to the pub with a deathly serious look on his face.
In Kenshin you get the exact same vibe when dojo girl throws his sword up in the air. He acts all goofy trying to catch it, with giant eyes tripping back and forth, but then when dojo girl is out of sight it instantly cuts back to him, standing with a perfectly serene and serious look on his face and the sword falling neatly into the sheath.
(What's dojo girl's name by the way? Although dojo girl isn't bad, kinda like police girl for Seras.)
I have no doubt that they'll break apart in the long run, it just seems that from what I've seen a lot of the same directorial techniques, story elements and themes were almost copied from oneanother.
For instance, in the episode of Trigun I watched last night, Demon Eye, there is a scene where Vash is walking into a bar. There are tons of slaughtered people inside, but he doesn't know that yet. He's being his usual goofy self, and when he's walking in, the audio has him say Hello in his goofy tone just like you'd expect him to when walking into a cafe. However, a split second afterward when he is out of the view of Millie and Merrill it shows him opening the doors to the pub with a deathly serious look on his face.
In Kenshin you get the exact same vibe when dojo girl throws his sword up in the air. He acts all goofy trying to catch it, with giant eyes tripping back and forth, but then when dojo girl is out of sight it instantly cuts back to him, standing with a perfectly serene and serious look on his face and the sword falling neatly into the sheath.
(What's dojo girl's name by the way? Although dojo girl isn't bad, kinda like police girl for Seras.)
I have no doubt that they'll break apart in the long run, it just seems that from what I've seen a lot of the same directorial techniques, story elements and themes were almost copied from oneanother.
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