Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
It sounds like a hippie joke from a man with a sixty-billion-dollar bounty on his head, and that is the point: Vash means it, and keeps the promise by never taking a life. The contrast between the grin and the revolver is the heart of Trigun. Fans use it ironically and sincerely as a sign-off, and it carried into the 2023 Stampede remake.
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In context
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The line is Vash's signature sign-off in the 1998 Trigun anime, flashed with a peace sign. In episode 4, titled Love and Peace, Vash wanders into a bar in a sandstorm-bound town just as it is held up, and is taken hostage along with insurance agents Meryl and Milly. The hold-up turns out to be an old town feud involving the mayor, the sheriff and hired gunmen; Vash stops the killers without shooting anyone and the episode ends on his declaration that this world is made of love and peace. He repeats it across the series.
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- Trigun Wiki: Love and PeaceSummaryReference checked
- Wikiquote: TrigunLove and Peace [1.4]Reference checked
- Trigun Wiki: Vash the StampedePersonalityReference checked
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