Trigun characters: Encyclopedia II - Trigun characters - Rem Saverem

Trigun characters - Rem Saverem

Rem Saverem (レム・セイブレム Remu Saiburem) was one of the original crew members who intended to populate the planet Gunsmoke for the perpetuation of the human race. She was both a mentor and a mother figure to Vash and Knives when they were children.

On Earth, Rem had a lover named Alex, whom had died due to reasons left unrevealed. Vash reminds Rem of Alex, and she cuts Vash's hair in a manner that Alex wore it when he was alive.

Her teachings of love and peace, especially that no one has the right to take a life, have a profound influence on Vash. She taught him that each life is important and can not be given a value lesser or greater than any other life. She dies along with the crew and most of the human ships when Knives sabotages their course, causing all but a few human ships to burn up in the planet's atmosphere.

Vash has always loved Rem; this love is probably an important source of courage for his actions. He pays homage to her by wearing a red coat based on the red Geranium, her favorite flower. The geranium is a symbol for determination.

As adults, Knives blames her for his brother's softness; Vash blames Knives for the death of Rem. Often Rem is the guiding force for Vash whenever he must face difficult situations; he often speaks to her indirectly both in dreams and during waking daydream-like sequences.

Many speculate that the black cat Kuroneko-sama, is actually a reincarnation of Rem, who watches over Vash on his journey, as described above in the Kuroneko-sama entry.

Adapted from the Wikipedia article "Rem Saverem", under the G.N U Free Docmentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki