On the desert world of Gunsmoke, Vash the Stampede carries an enormous bounty and a reputation as one of the most dangerous gunmen alive. The reality is stranger: Vash is a committed pacifist who tries to protect lives even as bounty hunters and armed enemies repeatedly force him into violent situations. Moving from town to town beneath the weight of a legend he never seems to fit, Vash searches for ways to survive without abandoning his ideals while the mysteries of his past and the world around him close in.