About Heroes

Author and Artist: Yashiro Nightow
Publisher: Dark Horse

This is my quick gripe about publishers that don’t translate the sound effects in the manga, such as Dark Horse. Sometimes I can overlook it, but at other times, such as in Trigun, translations could really come in handy. The more the series progresses, the more the story relies on the artwork because it’s so actiony. I still love the series and will continue to read, but it’s becoming harder to understand the basic plot. Vash is fighting Knives, who is absorbing plants to annihilate the human race, and Wolfwood is fighting people from his past and almost dies…, but the little details as to how all this comes about is lost due to sound effects remaining untranslated! The only words that can be found for pages at a time are the sound effects, and I need every little hint I can get as to what’s happening in the story. On the positive side, the artwork is still excellent and very bloody. Great shots of Vash’s and Wolfwood’s faces stricken with fear. It’s a little hard sometimes to figure out who is talking at times, so if you’re just getting into manga, I suggest starting with something else. C