Like volume 1, for a shonen from the 90s, it's quite typical, and if that's something you're looking for, particularly something that mixes science fiction and westerns, this is probably the thing for you. While I still respect the talent and detail in the artwork, I still cannot stand the art style, and still find it quite difficult to follow a lot of the time because too much is happening. The character designs continue to be pretty terrible (and are actually somewhat worse in this volume). I also think the story is worse in this volume than in volume 1.

Milly is still my favorite character. I like Meryl, but her characterization feels kind of random. I also find it hard to sympathize with insurance regulators/inspectors or whatever they are. I'm sure there's a deep joke here I'm just missing, but it just feels like a very silly conceit. I suppose it's meant to be funny that we might want Milly and Meryl to fail because insurance companies suck? Or something? It's funny they're so bad at stopping disasters? I don't know.

All in all, if you want a classic shonen from the 90s... well I can't say I exactly recommend this, but if you really like "s-CRY-ed", "Cowboy Bebop", "Outlaw Star", "Marchen Awakens Romance", "Flame of Recca", or that kind of thing, this might be for you. If you like "Trigun: Stampede", there will be a number of elements here that you can see I the anime, but a lot was changed. ( )

It must be a lot longer than I remember since the last time I watched Trigun, because I barely remember some of the stranger details of the story. I recalled that Vash was trying to track down an enemy who killed someone he loved, but I had totally forgotten that he was some type of otherworldly being who was mixed up in the attempted revitalization of the planet. With the end of this volume we see the publication switch to a slightly more grown up tack, so we'll see if I'm any more into the series. In paper format it's not quite as engaging as the anime, since the artwork makes things a bit challenging to follow, so we'll see if I can make it through 14 more volumes. ( )