Bus driver
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| Bus driver | |
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| Race | Human |
| Hair Color | Black |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Bus driver |
| First manga appearance | A GATHERING OF DEMONS |
| First anime appearance | MURDER MACHINE |
| Japanese voice actor | Hiroshi Naka[1][2] |
| English voice actor | Dan Lorge (credited as Dan Martin)[3] |
The bus driver is an unnamed minor character who appears in Trigun (manga) and Trigun (1998 anime).
Biography
Manga
The bus driver was driving his bus to Juneora Rock, with Vash, Meryl, and Milly among the passengers. He stopped the bus when Vash suddenly shouted out, having spotted someone out in the distance in the desert. The bus driver went to investigate the man, who was hunched over in front of a large cross, which the bus driver remarked "that's one well-prepared dead guy." The man, Nicholas D. Wolfwood, was in fact not dead. He was brought on aboard the bus.
When the bus stopped for a break at a diner, Wolfwood struggled to come up with enough money to pay the bus fare. Wolfwood begged for the driver to cut him a deal, which the driver agreed to let him ride for $$80. As a thank you, Wolfwood placed the portable confessional on the confused bus driver's head and offered him a free confession. The bus driver rejected the offer and walked away.A GATHERING OF DEMONS
Vash, Wolfwood, Meryl, and Milly departed his bus when it arrived at Juneora Rock.DEMON'S EYE
1998 anime
The bus driver was driving his bus to May City with passengers who had been picked up from the sand steamer Flourish after the hijacking by Brilliant Dynamites Neon and the Bad Lads. Also aboard the bus was Vash, Meryl, and Milly. He stopped the bus when Vash suddenly shouted out, having spotted someone out in the distance in the desert. The bus driver went to investigate the man, who was hunched over in front of a large cross, which the bus driver remarked "that's one heck of a well-prepared dead guy." The man, Nicholas D. Wolfwood, was in fact not dead. He was brought on aboard the bus.
When the bus stopped for a break at a diner, Wolfwood struggled to come up with enough money to pay the bus fare. Wolfwood begged for the driver to cut him a deal, which the driver agreed to let him ride for $$80. As a thank you, Wolfwood placed the portable confessional on the confused bus driver's head and offered him a free confession. The bus driver rejected the offer and walked away.
Shortly after, the bus was attacked by strange robots. The panicked passengers fled back to the bus and the driver began speeding away, wondering if it was some sort of lost technology after them and cursing the fact that he changed his route to save Wolfwood and that he should have charged him the full fare. A mother aboard the bus then realized her daughter was missing. Vash and Wolfwood leapt out of the bus as the driver continued driving away.
After the girl was rescued and Vash and Wolfwood returned to the bus, the bus driver completed their route to May City. Upon arriving, he helped get Wolfwood's luggage off the roof of the bus. He, along with two other men, struggled to lift the heavy cross and toss it down to Wolfwood, who caught it with ease. The bus driver noted how heavy the cross was, to which Wolfwood replied "that's because it's so full of mercy." MURDER MACHINE
Character
Appearance
The bus driver's appearance is nearly identical in the manga and anime, with the most notable differences being in his outfit: In the manga, he wears no cap or suspenders, has an untucked shirt, and boots with laces. In the anime, he wears a trucker cap, suspenders with his shirt tucked in, and boots without laces.
Personality
Occupation
He is a bus driver.
Gallery
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The bus driver with the portable confessional on his head.
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Struggling to lift the Punisher.
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Notes
- Anime production materials for the bus, as seen printed in the fifth Monthly Satellite Times, show the marquee reading "Geneora City" instead of May City. The bus' destination in the manga chapter the episode was adapted from was Geneora Rock, which may explain the used name on the production materials.