I still like the anime - okay, most of it. There are a few eps I just never watch. But the anime annoys me on a certain level, because its existence means that the manga will now never be animated properly, and I can't tell you how much I'd love to see a faithful adaptation. But it won't happen.

I agree, I can't see how Vash can have lived the way he has for so long and not have adapted his views. He's obviously deliberately ignoring reality, and that's not a trait I can admire.