This interpretation of Trigun fails immediately. Meryl has been relegated to a complete buffoon and Vash is completely unprepared for any interaction. This goes immediately against the original plot. Meryl was a confident insurance agent who eventually learned to look past her prejudice and see Vash for who he is. In this series, she is a naive newbie who doesn't understand how the world that she lives in works and has to have things explained to her. Vash is immediately praised by the first villagers the trio runs into setting the standard that Vash is a hero, when the original series was great because Vash was rarely seen as a hero. Vash in the is seen as a hero by the audience, but his unintentional actions cause his infamous bounty and the reason why every village is afraid of him, after all he can blow a city off the face of the map. That's the draw of the original series, you as a viewer see a different side to a man responsible for horrendous crimes, but him spending his unnaturally long life to become more human and connect to the people he cares for while dwelling and his inhuman acts is exactly what makes his quest to become human interesting.
Review of Trigun Stampede
