TRIGUN STARGAZE Ep. 6 “The Darkest Hour Is Just Before The Dawn”: Resurrection [Review]

TRIGUN STARGAZE has a very important character to the narrative be hit with a resurrection in Ep. 6 “The Darkest Hour is Just Before the Dawn”. Of course, we’re talking about Millions Knives here. His revival is all but certain, what with so much foreshadowing and how important he is to the overarching plot. Now the real question is: what will he do now that he’s awake? That’s what we’ll find out in this episode.

TRIGUN STARGAZE Ep. 6 “The Darkest Hour is Just Before the Dawn”: Details in Brief

TRIGUN STARGAZE Ep. 6 “The Darkest Hour is Just Before the Dawn” is the sixth episode (you can read my reviews of Ep. 1, Ep. 2, Ep. 3, Ep. 4, and Ep. 5 here) of the second and final season of this reboot anime, with TRIGUN STAMPEDE serving as the first season. Said reboot anime is the reboot of the 1998 Trigun anime series, which itself was the anime adaptation of the manga of the same name by Yasuhiro Nightow.

Studio Orange (Land of the Lustrous, BEASTARS, Leviathan) returns as the animation studio behind this anime. Interestingly though, Kenji Mutō is not returning as the director, and none of the writers from TRIGUN STAMPEDE are returning either. Instead, Masako Satō will be the director, with Kazuyuki Fudeyasu as the writer. Tatsuya Kato does return as the composer though.

The opening theme song for TRIGUN STARGAZE is “Picaresque Hero” by ano. Meanwhile, “Stardust” by FOMARE is the ending theme song.

Synopsis

Alas, TRIGUN STARGAZE is an ongoing anime series. In fact, Ep. 6 “The Darkest Hour is Just Before the Dawn” only just made its debut on February 14, 2026 exclusively on Crunchyroll. Thus, to prevent spoilers for those who haven’t watch this episode yet, here’s the official synopsis from Crunchyroll below:

“Everyone prepares for a huge battle as Legato and the Ark approaches Ship 3.”

TRIGUN STARGAZE Ep. 6 “The Darkest Hour is Just Before the Dawn”: The Good

Ep. 6 “The Darkest Hour is Just Before the Dawn” perfectly describes the story with that title, which is the strongest aspect of this episode. Yes, the resurrection of Millions Knives (voiced by Ryūji Satō (JP)) was all but inevitable. After all, he’s too central to the story to just stay dead. However, it’s how he came to be resurrected that’s the interesting part here, since part of that plan involves the Gung-Ho Guns under Legato Bluesummers (voiced by Koki Uchiyama (JP)) not only stealing some more Plants, but also kidnapping Vash (voiced by Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (JP)). It’s the journey here that matters rather than the destination, since the journey is where the struggle between the heroes and villains lie.

It’s also where all the action lies, since that’s also one of the best features of this episode. The action in this episode can actually be split into three segments.

The first is the large-scale battle between Knives’ Ark versus Ship Three and their manned fighters, which gives us some very nice sci-fi naval action, complete with a host of massed missile fire and good ol’ energy cannon duels worthy of Space Battleship Yamato.

The second and third are smaller scale duels: one between Vash and Legato Bluesummers, and the other between Nicholas (voiced by Yoshimasa Hosoya (JP)) and a massive robot/cyborg. The latter is never actually named in the episode, but we know from outside sources that he’s actually Gray the Ninelives, who was also an original member of the Gung-Ho Guns from the original canon. Both fights are unique in action because there’s relatively little movement due to the tight confines of the ship they’re fighting in. Instead, the combat focuses on relatively subtle but flashy moves made with maximum effect, resulting in quite a bit of tension despite how little the fighters actually move.

TRIGUN STARGAZE Ep. 6 “The Darkest Hour is Just Before the Dawn”: The Bad

Unfortunately, the story of this episode just ends on a cliffhanger involving Knives apparently beginning his genocide of humanity by destroying the planetary communications system in orbit. While you can understand why they structure it like that to keep people tuning in to watch, it makes the plot feel incomplete and somewhat unfulfilling to watch.

However, even that is a minor issue compared to the actual plot hole in the form of Knives and his views on his own resurrection. As in: he doesn’t even react to the fact that the Gung-Ho Guns sacrificed numerous Plants to bring him back to life. It makes you wonder if he even knows, or if he does, then why does he not have even the slightest moral dilemma over it? After all, this is someone who professes to be the savior of Plants. You’d think he’d have some emotional/mental turbulence over the fact that his revival is due to the deaths of those he claims to want to save. Without even the slightest reaction, it just leaves a weird Knives-shaped plot hole in the story.

Then again…maybe Knives’ insistence that Legato guard Vash without rest is a sign that he’s…displeased with the way he was revived? If it is, it’s so subtle that we could easily mistake it for non-reaction, which defeats the purpose of it. We’ll just have to see in the future if Knives feels even the slightest guilt over the method of his resurrection.

Anime Recommendations

If you want more action like the action in this episode, then you might also want to watch Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Kaiju No. 8, DDDD, DAN DA DAN, Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online II, Zenshu, Blue Box, Solo Leveling, Black Butler, Nyaight of the Living Cat, and/or May I Ask for One Final Thing?. If you want to watch a more calm or slower-paced anime to chill out to after all that action, then you might want to check out Spy x Family, Senpai is an Otokonoko, Apocalypse Hotel, Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf, The Ancient Magus’ Bride, My Dress-Up Darling, This Monster Wants to Eat Me, Hana-Kimi, and/or Journal with Witch.

What did you think of this week’s episode of TRIGUN STARGAZE? Tell us your epic sci-fi battle thoughts in the comment section below.

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