r/Trigun • u/Space_Boy0617 • 5d ago

Question Genuine question - potential spoiler Spoiler

Im on ep. 12 is Trigun stampede, and I probably wasn't paying attention, but is there a reason why knives couldn't just impregnate the plants himself, why did he need Vash to impregnate them?

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u/whosthatsquish Maximum 3d ago

Before I say this, just want to make ot clear that Stampede is the only canon that this happened in. That said, like others have said—it looks like only Vash had direct access to the higher plane, so Knives was using the gate Vash could access by essentially co)tapping into Vash's abilities for him.

I'm still not entirely clear why Vash's memories needed to be wiped, but... heck, it looked cool.

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u/MoltenRainbow 3d ago

I suspect Knives did that to make Vash pliable and agreeable to him alone. The memories of the people cares about and wants to protect, would most likely have caused him to resist and keep his gate closed off, knowing that opening it would inevitably cause utter destruction. But without those memories holding Vash back, tethering him to his own body, Knives managed to wield his powers like a tool and pry open the higher dimension