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I talked about it last time but I unironically think 90s Trigun is a great pairing with High Noon. I know Stampede is more manga accurate and not bad, but embodies much more of anime tropey stuff in general. The first half of the 90s series isnt really as narrative focused or serious as the 2nd half, but I think it is just as important for establishing Vash's morality and approach to conflicts.

If you view Vash and Knives not just as archetypes of white hat/black hat cowboys but as weapons themselves, there is a good, simple, theme of the 90s adaptation I love. Vash is the best example of the Superman archetype IMO because it does take the time to establish his own worldview and then actually shows you what the cost of it is. He can't save everyone and even his best-case scenarios do have casualties. But when pushed to violating his own code, you also see the toll it takes on him physically and mentally. It also deals with justice and redemption and whatnot like High Noon, but in an equal and opposite way. Vash isn't asking people to stand with him like Gary Cooper and fight, it is the opposite. But both implicitly and explicitly shame the bystanders for not doing more to make the world a better place. In the end, Gary Cooper walks away and drops his badge. But in the end of 90s Trigun, he not only doesn't kill the person responsible for literally everything, but he carries him back in his arms because he fully believes anyone can be redeemed and given a chance to do good. In a very weird way this space western about plant people who can turn their arms into guns has one of the most strongly "Christian" messages about optimism and trying to see the best even in your worst enemy. It outright says doing so won't just be hard but it will be far harder than taking shortcuts and compromising your own morality which leads you down an ends-justify-the-means path. But it is still worth doing.