That was so -- so much more affecting than the anime.

No shit. Hey, the crying at manga was a first for me too!

It's the way Vash can't look at him at the end there that really kills me. He takes the glass from him and then he just sits slightly hunched and stares rigidly forward the whole time, trying so hard to disconnect from it all. *wail* That was the one thing the anime did get right. The only thing - Vash's walled-up reaction.