Trigirls

In our inaugural episode, Stella-Jude and Moose quiz Maggie on how much she knows about Trigun (spoiler: she knows nothing). How many guns does Vash have? What is a plant? How many women are there in Trigun? Hear her guess the answers to these questions and more!

In two weeks, the Trigirls will be discussing episodes 1, 2, and 3 of Trigun (1998) entitled "The $$60,000,000,000 Man", "Truth of Mistake", and "Peace Maker".

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The Trigirls get their first introduction to Trigun (1998) with the first three episodes of the series: "The $$60,000,000,000 Man", "Truth of Mistake", and "Peace Maker".

Introduced to the hapless yet mysterious gunman Vash the Stampede, insurance claims investigators Meryl Stryfe and Milly Thompson tail him around the unnamed desert wasteland planet, trying to prevent the "Humanoid Typhoon" from stirring up too much trouble, a task...

The Trigirls continue following Vash the Stampede across the unnamed desert planet that is his home, this week watching his misadventures in "Love & Peace", "Hard Puncher", and "Lost July".

In these episodes, Vash helps settle a dispute between wealthy landowner Bostok and the people whose lives he ruined on his path to riches, defends a town from the unpredictable no-goodniks the Nebraska family, and becomes entangled in the ma...

All aboard the Humpback Class Sandsteamer the Flourish!The Trigirls and Vash make their way across the desert on board a combination train/cruise ship in "B.D.N." and "And Between the Wasteland and Sky...".

In these episodes Vash becomes embroiled in a train robbery/hostage crisis executed by the infamous Bad Lads Gang of bandits and their notorious leader, Brilliant Dynamites Neon. Along the way, he and the young boy Kaite help and...

Another update! At the top this time because it's important. This week's episode was late because we were waiting on our hosting service to pull our distribution from Spotify. We will no longer be distributing our episodes there due to our disagreement with Spotify's policies on generative AI and their choice of ad partners. If you'd like to know more, Austin Walker and Jack de Quidt from Friends at the Table explain it better than...

This week on Trigirls: the plot is here! Folks, the plot has arrived in episode 12 "Diablo", episode 13 "Vash the Stampede", and episode 14 "Little Arcadia".

In these episodes, Vash comes face-to-face with a new enemy: the sinister, psychically powered Legato Bluesummers. Legato has sicced the mercenary Monev the Gale on Vash, and once the dust has settled, Vash and the Insurance Girls reflect on where they've been so far, shortly b...

This week on Trigirls: Vash's problems continue to escalate in episode 15 "Demons Eye" and episode 16 "Fifth Moon".

These episodes introduce the nefarious "Gung-Ho Guns", a gang of killers who exist solely to attack Vash and cause him suffering, operating at Legato's behest. Vash previously faced the first of their number, Monev the Gale, and this time, he faces Dominique the Cyclops at Jeneora Rock and E.G. Mine and Rai-Dei the Bla...

This week on Trigirls: we get a more in-depth look at Vash's past and his relationship with his brother, Knives, in episode 17 "Rem Saverem" and episode 18 "Goodbye For Now".

These episodes introduce us to a young Vash and his twin brother Knives aboard one of the spaceships belonging to Project SEEDS, an extrasolar colonization effort for humanity after the collapse of Earth's biosphere. Meanwhile, in the present day, Wolfwood arri...

This week on Trigirls: Vash returns from his voluntary exile and takes Wolfwood home to meet his family in episode 19 "Hang Fire", episode 20 "Flying Ship", and episode 21 "Out of Time".

In these episodes, in an effort to catch Typhoon Jacqueline, the Humanoid Typhoon gets embroiled in a feud between the Polo and Fris families. Once swept up in the typhoon, Vash and Wolfwood arrive aboard the flying ship, still in low orbit from the...

This week on Trigirls: the ideological differences between Vash and Wolfwood come to a head, and Vash's commitment to pacifism is put to the test in episode 22 "Alternative", episode 23 "Paradise", and episode 24 "Sin".

In these episodes, Vash, Wolfwood, Meryl, and Milly come face to face with the remaining Gung-Ho Guns, Zazie the Beast, Caine the Longshot, and Chapel the Evergreen, and Vash finally confronts Legato to end their enm...

This week on Trigirls: Everything at last must come to an end as Vash nears his final confrontation with his brother, Knives in episode 25, "Live Through", and episode 26, "Under the Sky So Blue".

In these episodes, Vash recovers from his bout with Legato, struggling to reconcile his pacifist ideals with the fact that he has now knowingly, willingly, taken a human life. With help from Meryl and Milly, he collects himself and chases...

This week on Trigirls: Maggie, Moose, and Stella-Jude discuss the epic highs and lows of Trigun (1998).

For next week, we will be reading Volume 1 of Trigun (1995).

Content warnings for discussions of: misogyny and sexual violence

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Featuring Stella-Jude (they/them), Maggie (she/her), and Cassie/Moose (she/they/it)

Produced by Maggie

Our theme music is "Far Feasible" by Three Card Monastery

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This week on Trigirls: Maggie, Moose, and Stella-Jude are reintroduced to Vash the Stampede and his plucky companions in Trigun Volume 1!

In this volume, Vash defends April City from the Nebraska family and saves the sandsteamer from certain doom, all while accompanied by intrepid insurance agents Meryl Stryfe and Milly Thompson who are determined to prevent the "Humanoid Typhoon" from causing any more disasters.

Next week, we will b...

This week on Trigirls: Vash meets the sinister and terrifying Legato Bluesummers and his deadly group of assassins, the Gung-Ho Guns, in Trigun Volume 2.

In this volume, Vash encounters Legato, servant of Millions Knives, Vash's long-lost and genocidal brother. Legato sets up a game for Vash: collect the 12 coin halves held by the Gung-Ho Guns and see what happens. Vash, Milly, and Meryl also encounter Wolfwood, the friendly yet sec...

This week on Trigirls: Vash the Stampede is gone, and in his place is the mild-mannered vagrant Eriks in Trigun Maximum Volume 1

In this volume, Wolfwood arrived to collect Vash from his newly found and deeply loved peaceful life with the spitfire youngster Lina and her tough-as-nails grandma Sheryl as Knives has returned and is seemingly responsible for a slew of disappearances across the planet. Meanwhile, Meryl and Milly reckon w...

This week on Trigirls: Vash the Stampede and Nicholas D. Wolfwood journey across the desert, chasing the trail of empty towns left by Millions Knives.

In this volume, the killing game is back on! Vash is confronted by the rollerskating samurai Rai-Dei the Blade, and he and Wolfwood are forced to confront their ideological differences as they continue to journey together. Meanwhile, the Melca Border Floating Ship is under threat fro...