The heft, quality, and love that went into this volume is far greater than I initially anticipated. I originally pre-ordered this back in May of '23, and was not the biggest fan of the mock-ups showing a yellow cover with blue lettering. Boy was I surprised to see this book when it arrived on my doorstep, not only because I had not kept up with the delays, but also to see it in a marvelous red leather that matches Vash's iconic coat! (And to have the manga revolver engraved into the cover instead of the anime one that was pictured in the yellow mockups haha.)

The faux leather cover is plush and thick; this book is going to hold off wear for a long time. This book is the nicest one I own by a country mile in terms of build quality, and feels very in line with the old leather-cover Louis La'mour western novels, just in red instead of brown. The pages are crisp, the ribbon bookmark is welcome, the back cover info card isn't even attached to the book, and the barcode sticker comes off the back with no residue.

In terms of differences between this Deluxe Edition and the previous Omnibus paperback volume (which I thankfully did get the full set of back when they were in print), the exact same translation is used; I don't mind this at all, but I know there was the fan-retranslation project going on that rose hopes that Dark Horse may have been wanting to retranslate the entire series. Dark Horse did go through and add small clarifying text for the sound effects this time, which is nice. The contents pages at the front and the chapter numbers were changed to align with the entire omnibus volume instead of within each tankobon volume; for example, "Diablo" is listed as Chapter #14 in the Deluxe Edition, rather than #2 (of Volume 2) in the Omnibus. For clarification, the tankobon volume covers and contents are still present as before, which is good. In another change from the omnibus, the last several pages of the Deluxe Edition are on quality photopaper and contain color pages with artwork from previous editions, including a double page spread of the artwork used for the front and back cover of the original Omnibus volume! None of that artwork was in the Omnibus version, and the Maximum Omnibus #5 only had color pages from the Maximus run, so this might be the first time we've gotten these in the West like this. In terms of the normal chapter art, it is the same pages and layout of the original paperback Omnibus, just on larger pages, which lay flat beautifully and are much easier to read.

All in all, I have already pre-ordered all the remaining Deluxe Edition volumes to complete the set (except of course Maximus #5, since it has yet to appear on Amazon). This book, and Lord willing the rest of them after they come out, will sit on my shelves for a long time and be passed down and around for friends and family to read; I have no worries about how well these will hold up, especially compared to the old paperbacks I've re-read countless times that are showing their age. Thank you, Nightow, for getting these done this well, and thank you, Dark Horse, for putting in such hard effort on these. This Trigun volume feels like I am holding a brand-new old book.

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Rating	3.6 (84 ratings)
Price	$34.63
Category	Action & Adventure Manga

Trigun Deluxe Edition