mamuzzy | Trigun gave me BoF IV vibes (Reply)

Trigun really gave me the Breath of Fire IV vibes with Vash and Knives, especially compared to Ryu and Fou-Lu.

Vash and Knives are aliens (Rem believed them as angels), raised among humans, but Knives was radicalized by how one of the crew member treated him and his brother as a monster, and how humanity treated the world around them general. Especially the fact that the humanity were on this mission of seeking a new home after deplepting the resources of Earth which made Knives think about humans nothing more than parasites. While Vash hanged on every words of Rem, their caretaker and the person who saved them, taught them love and respecting life. And I think this is why the ending hits really good, because when he visits Knives, he is like: He enjoyed the human life. And by end how it turned out, he intends to show the kinder side, what it means to be a human.

Fou-lu and Ryu are one soul separated by time and space, and they are destined to unite in one body one day.
And you know... there were points where Fou-Lu actually considered to simply just disappear and live a normal life. Despite being ruthless to his enemies, he was actually forgiving to the mortals, thinking, it's in their nature to be selfish, immature and illogical. But the more they pushed him to the edge, the more he was convinced that humanity don't deserve mercy. While Ryu - not knowing about his destiny - he had companions right from the start who cared about him, cherished him, he experience kindness, loyalty, but also the darker sides of human nature too. Ryu had a chance the experience what it means to be human. I especially love this change in the manga adaption that instead of Ryu make Fou-Lu merging with him, they simply just start travelling together.

I just really like this trope of gods/aliens/otherwordly creatures trying to find the meaning what it means to be human, trying to understand them and how environment and people around them affects them while trying to arrive to their own conclusion about humanity.