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julio55555 said: I didn't understand that ending with Roberta and the picture though, I had no idea who those people were. That was the family of a guy roberta killed long ago you know that guy who was appearing in robertas hallucinations. |
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| I still have many open questions... Hopefully there'll be a third season that shines some light on various things, such as Revy's past. It'd be also fun to see some development in the relationship between Rock and Revy, it's so marginal atm. Although it shouldn't become a romance thing, just wanna see more action there. ^_^ |
| action scenes were badass other than that... meh |
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| I actually like Rock the way he was there, even though it was only for a brief period of time. I actually really liked the OVA. The only thing that disappointed me was the fact that Roberta did not die in her battle but ended up a cripple for the rest of her life. Maybe Garcia and Roberta herself will be happy with that ending, but I can't see how a true soldier/killer like Roberta should live like that. I personally think she should have gone down gloriously on her own battlefield, even though she went full crazy out there. The OVA also explored the character's personalities some more, so overall: 9/10 |
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| amazing stuff O__O though i have alot of mixed feelings so here it goes. first it seems Garcia and Fabiola are getting some moments all along. yay we get to see Revy's past!!!! i definitely can understand why she's angry towards family relations etc. it's definitely not a good picture burned in her memory. Classic Roberta Maid Outfit!!!!!! Garcia vs Roberta moment was intense!!!!! the kiss with roberta was beautiful ^^ i was surprise fabiola didn't get jealous or something. im glad Revy and Fabiloa kick rock's ass. this idiot think he can just do what he wants all of a sudden. Kohei_no_kimi said: Too be honest, I really enjoyed the OAV ending, much more than the manga's for several reasons : - It gave more credit to the Grey Fox ( and by extension to Balalaika's soldiers since they could keep up with them ) Even if Roberta was such an exceptional fighter, the Grey Fox were a special military unit, it didn't make much sense to have them defeated that easily in the manga by one single woman. - I still think that they went too far in butchering Roberta but it was more « Black Lagoon-like », you know... plenty of action with a sudden depressing ending like with the twins and the yakuza girl. - And more importantly the OVA ending set things straight between Rock and Revy. I don't know what was possessing Rock all along but he spent the arc playing the bad boy, playing people, bullying kids and everything just worked out fine for him in the manga with him not even realizing how lucky he had been ( I mean who knows what Balalaika 'd have done to the Grey Fox if Caxton hadn't won her respect, for example ). Revy was too much passive in front of Rock for my taste ( the scene with Rock laying in her own bed like some badass dandy while she was staring down in the shower was just horrible ). It suddenly was like Revy was Rock's underlying, her leg had been sliced open in the Japan's arc and now she got shot twice for the sake of Rock's plan ? WTH ?! It was the right thing to do to support Rock in front of Fabiola, since she was just an outsider, but Revy actually never brought Rock back to Earth in the manga. I completely enjoyed that in the OVA, Revy finally woke up from her daze to give Rock a lesson and somehow reminded him that she was his guide in Roanapura and not the other way around. agree, still it was too much for them to make Roberta like that. yeah rock was acting like an ass and minding everyone's business. he should have stayed in japan tbh with you. i hate that douche, in the first episode he was soo scared and scar'd and doesn't want nothing to do with this, then all of a sudden he's enjoying this laughing like stupid clown who think's he's gonna win this. just as Chang said, hypocrites are the worst kind. as the other's said, the Major went all over and find the family of the engineer Roberta killed in this past episodes. i hope the Major and Garcia/Roberta are in good terms now, he doesn't look like he's working with them, but it's good for them to visit from time to time. i feel sorry for Roberta, i mean she is definitely scar'd for life, still i think she had enough of her battles CyborgNinja said: Turjake said: They did not change the ending of her arc at all. The extra pages where she is shown in wheelchair weren't in the monthly chapters but added when the volume was released. Which is the reason they aren't in the scanlations. Just to clarify, it is true that there were extra pages in the tankobon release of volume 9 of the manga that weren't in the magazine, but they didn't show Roberta in that pitiful state (at least she looked pretty unharmed to me). Here is what I'm talking about: Anyway, I pretty much liked the way the producers animated this arc, and although they had to remove some scenes, they weren't crucial to the story. The only thing I found disappointing was the fact that they literally butchered Roberta at the end. I understand that they wanted to make Roberta seem less indestructible than in the manga and show us that even she can take damage, but I think they went too far. i actually like this change, i mean yes Roberta is a killing machine, but she is still human after all, still i agree with others that they could have toned down a bit by not letting her lose one of her limbs, fingers, just the eye and scrape all over her body is good enough. AICW said: The conversations between Eda and her CIA boss, Rock and Revy, and Rock and Dutch at the end are absent from the manga. Unfortunately, the manga's conversation between Rock and Mr. Chang is missing. (The people at the ending are the family of the Japanese man Roberta killed years ago, the man she kept on hallucinating. Apparently Major Caxton went to find them and brought them to the Lovelace household.) such a shame it didn't get animated :( there seem to be a good amount of information they had discussed. though it was only 5 episode so im guessing they needed at least 2-3 more to fully convert it. Xagzan said: Well, with any luck Funimation could do an alternate ending when they get to the dub YUCK YUCK YUCK YUUUUUUUUUUCK get that funi shit out of here. stick to localizing and don't bother changing things up. it's a shame they change a good amount on this, still amazing episode. only disappointing is that we didn't get to see Eda(and her group) Yolanda, Balalika had little role in the end(though the last one was amazing) Revy and Black Lagoon was mostly on the sidelines on this, but it's fine since we were able to spend time with other characters outside of Lagoon. definitely became one of my favorites, i really love the story, watch season 1+2 last week and finish Omake and Roberta's Blood Trail in one go. amazing stuff, guess if i want another Black Lagoon anime/manga(damn it why the hiatus T___T) i could always watch Gunslinger Girl, Jormungand, or even rewatch Hellsing Ultimate since it's been awhile since i last watched one(stuck at Ep 7) please Season 3 with this kind of animation and quality!!!!!!!!!! see you next time Roanapur!!!!! 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SomaHeirAug 16, 2012 2:34 PM
| well this ova's where really good to me even to think i didn't understand some parts or actualy many in some way it made me keep paying atention so they thit a great job for me. some say they didn't like roberta to get so ****ed up but actualy it was all good since she deserved it and make it more realistic only a normal human wouldn't survive her wounds. also she stil got some one who loves her and in the end you see the family of the japenese man who she kilt and halusinated about so in other words they came to forgive or something like that she had a normal life back only whit out one arm a few fingers and a eye. private108 said: I havn't read the Manga, but the episode's / OVA's were very good in my opinion. Did get confused sometimes, but after re-thinking it made quite some sense. As for Rock... In the 2nd season the Japanese girl told him certain stuffs, about him beeing in the twilight and such, if I can remember correctly. Also, I think she said things like Rock beeing too kind / nice and things like that, and that the things he did for work did not suit him at all. (The maffia / drug and etc things) Although I am not sure if that's exactly what she said, I should rewatch season 2 for that, but I can't be bothered at the moment. Eitherway.. I think because of what I listed above, the reason for Rock's behaviour in these OVA's was because of the end of season 2. Rock is a nice and good person at heart, but I think he realized that he had to become the bad guy in order to achieve his goal. He had to sacrifice his good personality and endure the killing and such in order to make his plan come to work, and that was to make Roanaprur (or whatever the name was.. bad at remembering names <__<) a safer and better place. Unfortunately, it did not work at a scale he had desired for, eventhough how noble his goal/cause was. (That's the way how I see it atleast, because what evil or bad person would want to make a city become a better place?) The reason I think why he still acted bad-ass towards Revy in the end was probably cause he might have thought Revy understood his intentions. And might have thought she would be happy because of it. But she didn't understand his motivation / objective and such, probably, and thus getting pissed off on him. This is the way of how I think/see for what reason Rock decided to become 'bad'. Just felt like saying how I understood the ending and progress of these 5 OVA's. And since I got no one else to discuss it with, I just had to post a comment and share my thoughts about the OVA's / ending with you guys and girls. Also, My apologies for any amazingly lame grammar fails and such. Did my best to make it 'understand able'. thanks alot that certainly made sense to me now i think i can understand the parts that i didn't understand at all |
RobertovkDec 21, 2013 7:23 AM
| "When a flat-chested loli hugs you, she holds you closer to her heart" "--I am a single bullet. It has no heart. Therefore, it does not think. It just flies straight towards its target."  |
| Roberto get nearly killed here... I know that it's more impressive to put a lot of blood, but how many bullets did she take ? |
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| Tbh, I didn't really like these OVA episodes. I thought it would be a bit better when Roberta first debuted in season 1. Oh well. Not much else to say here really and was looking forward to a big rematch duel in these episodes between Roberta and Revy again. Didn't happen so... 7/10. I'll just be generous here as I'm a fan of Black Lagoon. |
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| I give it i guess a 7/10. First time i liked that hypocritical pussy Rock. He should play the bad guy role much. |
| I'm angry at myself for watching these ovas. This was an eyesore. I don't remember Black Lagoon being a mecha show, but all i saw in season 3 was an immortal cyborg running around killing proffesional soldiers with a musket. Thank God it's over. |
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| This episode is great :] it change my mind 8/10 into 9/10 but still...I hope they make a season 3 there are some question I didn't understand or missing in the story.... Note : I didn't impressed to rock T_T feels liked I have high expectations from him but it didn't achieved... |
wvrMar 12, 2013 5:15 PM
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| Awesome , animation was win and wow at the end Roberta was a mess . Anyway 10.10 entertaining OVAs |
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| this was soo boring too much talking, too much trying to look badass... |
| Actually I think the ending is very fitting for series, there is always someone lost and things go on as they used to. In the end no one is really saved or anything major is achieved... I think Revy just like to take her own frustration on Rocky. She can't really express them in otherways, part of it might be disagreement of what he does. But main thing is her own state... I quite like Rocky being mastermind schemer, he needs to have some power even if he don't make it. I would get rather bored if he didn't have the means, for his goals and just was passively dragged around. |
nintendont said: Anyone else regret watching this? It was fantastic but god damn...it's depressing to think there probably will never be more Black Lagoon. Same here man, I should've stopped at season 2... Revy scenes in Ep. 5 hit me right in the damn feels... |
| i agree the ending couldv been better but im still giving this a 10/10 because the action was awesome, Roberta is my waifu, and damn waiting all those years for the English dub to come out was extremely worth it. idc what people say, Black Lagoon is meant to be watched in English. Revy and her constant f-bombs crack me up. not to mention it has some of my other favorite voice actors. well as i said 10/10 i love this over the top violence and great English voice acting. I'll definitely be showing this to some of my friends. shame it was only five 30 min eps :( |
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| Tabitha St. Germain's performance as Roberta was fantastic, so much emotion and badass rage, what a great English dub. The ending pissed me off though, it's not bad, but I think Roberta suffered enough, and I only get angrier when I read the manga... cause if the ending of this would have just been the same as the canonical ending from the manga, these OVAs would have been 10/10 perfect, because the manga's ending was freakin' great. |
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| That massacre was helluva fun to watch! Though Roberta is now fked up both mentally AND physically! D: Hopefully she recovers back to her old self, and by the way the ending looked, I'm sure she is on her way to. :) |
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| it was okay but there should have been more than 5 episodes |
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| Lol so why did Rock say he won against Mr.Chang? |
| Even when I was in crowd, I was always alone |
| so all Chang wanted was to put the shits up the Americans via Roberta, and Rock just wanted to... not put the shits up them quite as much. Hard to tell who won exactly. Right? Why did they head to Cambodia again? And why was FARC with them in Roanapur? I think it was explained but only skimmed over. Was ok, hoped for more action and/or plot exposition, got a tad of both. |
| yeah I think Chang wanted to dissuade the US from interfering with his drugs operation, frightening them away from the city by using someone who everyone knew didn't live there anyway, and was only there because the US team was there to begin with. Everyone else had to kill each other because... more action for the plot! Rock wanted to spoil Chang's plans by not killing the US off entirely, meaning they... would come back and crack down on the drugs trade and all the gangs? Seems like a Pyrrhic victory really but idk. Also he wanted to prevent innocents getting caught up in the violence, by doing just that, grinning maniacally all that while. As I understand it. |
| Great ending to on of the best series ever! I don't know if they'll continue on once more manga is out, but if not it was a truly fitting ending! And pure genius dubbing! I wasn't sure if they cast could capture the same feelings from the series, as it's been so long since they originally dubbed it. On the contrary, I believe the did even better on the OVA! Urahara Out!! |
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| I don't get why Fabiola and Garcia were pissed with Rock for, I mean..you kids got what you asked for right? Otherwise, why did you ask him to help you in the first place? Anyway...after thinking about it, I really didn't like the plot at all, because it tried to be way more involved and complicated than it really was. I liked the OVA in terms of how badass it was, but I think the OVA takes away what defined Black Lagoon in the 2 seasons, and distances itself from it. In terms of what actually happened, I don't really understand how she didn't get any scratches at all in the city, but in the forest and not at point blank range like in the city, she's fucked up beyond recognition. It just didn't make sense, and I suppose it has a lot to do with the differences between the manga ending, and another one of Madhouse's wonderfully devised endings (sarcasm). I'm a major fan of the series, but I think if you look past all the flashyness of the animation and the fights, there's not much to this OVA, but no less I did enjoy it in some weird way. 8/10 |
 "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment" |
| Yeah the ending to this sucked pretty hard. Everything took a very confusing turn when we got to this episode. Why did the Americans let Roberta live? What was Rock really trying to get out of this? What did Chang and Balaliakia have to do with any of this crap? It pisses me off when I watch an anime and it does so well, but then when it gets to the ending it completely fucks itself over and becomes a mass of confusing nonsense which leaves me wondering just what in the hell happened (after all the ending is one of the most important things to an anime/movie/series). I also hate how Rock just admits he failed again when he did indeed have Roberta survive the whole ordeal. I was liking the change in Rock during this OVA and how he became cold and cunning, then at the end he just whimpers out and feels like he accomplished nothing. Speaking of which, Roberta didn't even get her revenge, the Grey Fox commander was able to survive the whole mess and suddenly when he gets back up after the fake murder by Garcia, Roberta just lets it slide by like it was no fucking deal. Ugh, I hate how this OVA was so cool until all the factions, deals, schemes, plots, and big super complex plans came into play. Also, what was Edna's deal with all this? Who's fucking side was she even on? What was her role in all of this? God damnit this OVA does one thing and one thing only, confuse the hell out of me. I am very dissapoint. |
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| This OVA was alright. I really hope Roberta doesn't show up anymore. I know the action is over the top but when Roberta is involved it just gets stupid. 6/10 |
| While i found Rock's descent into criminal mastermind pretty far fetched and out of character, i overall really did enjoy this miniseries. Roberta's madness being my favorite part! And it was heart wrenching seeing Revy's origins... But if the beginning of this season is any indication, the next season will most likely pick up right where this one left off so i guess i can deal with yet ANOTHER open ending... Though it's gonna be tough to wait for a future season that's not gonna come for a while. |
| Took me a while to understand Rock's plan, but yeah. These OVA's were fucking A. I don't get why people are complaining of Rock's characterization. It's bloody character development, people. He's spent his entire life in a safe little bubble, and it's no surprise his perspective would slowly change when put into a more dangerous environment. Hell, it makes him more human the way I see it. Side note, I think Brad Swailie really upped his performance as Rock. That mainly comes from the fact that he also voiced Light Yagami xD |
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| what??!! Revy got raped?? fuck that cop man... This is a great anime... it deserves 9/10 but.. I'm just disappointed at 1 thing... no Rock X Revy??!!.... not even a kiss??.. fuck! I was really hoping for that.. I mean everyone did that.. Benny got some.. even that kid, Garcia.... oh man... 8/10.. the highest score I've given an OVA. |
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| Awesome finale, really intense hunting scene Roberta had there,but why did she lose limbs that were not even damaged that bad?. great OVA overall but there should have been more than 5 episodes. |
| Disappointing. Unfinished. Lack of closure. Left nothing to the imagination, yet the final scenes had no striking or memorable moments. Feels like a 15th episode of a 25 episode series. Luckily for this disappointing finale and short OVA, the action and visuals were enough to keep it from being garbage, so a decent 7/10. |
| 4/5 Didn't like that Roberta got injured that badly but still nice to see her back at the mansion and meeting the engineers family. |
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| I really enjoyed the series, although the last episode confused me a little bit at the very end. Overall i really liked it! I liked how Rock was a bit more dark but i feel like Revy wasn't being her self entirely, like normally if anyone said anything that pissed her off she'd bug out and threaten to blow there fucking brains out but she was more lax and more squishy compared to the previous episodes while rock became more cold(witch i don't mind, its nice seeing him not be all cry baby n hiding in the corner lol). Overall i'd give it a 4 or 4.5/5. They can still continue the series(witch i'd love!) or end it here, i think it was a decent way to end it. Edit:P.s. Now i finally understand why people were always saying when i was growing up that they started smoking cause it looked cool, this anime was the only thing that ever made me think people looked cool smoking lol. P.s.s. Does anyone have an recommendations of animes that are the same dark feel as Black Lagoon? Like how theirs basically no morality, people just murdering people because there getting paid etc, I've been looking but none seem to have the same dark vibes as BL.(I'd also prefer if its not with like monsters or mystical beasts etc i'm looking for like people people like this show) Thanks! Your help is appreciated! :) |
jimbobyooApr 23, 2014 10:01 PM
| fucking Rock. This motherfucker went insane in the end. Thank god the manga is not on hiatus anymore so season 3 can happen eventually |
| I gotta say i love the way Rock is becoming more crafty and cruel in his ways. I mean being around all this death and murder have to effect to effect you in some way. And hey a show where the mafia and crime is a huge part of the world, I was getting tired of him being all about moral and justice. Was a real good speach Mr. Chang gave him about the hypocrisy!! "It may smell like a rose, but you can't hide the fact that shit is still shit" - Mr. Chang And by mention Mr. Chang, I got to say he also got some development I liked. When we first got introduced to him he seem as "friendly" high ranked triad member??? Then we learned he is badass gunslinger(maybe even better than revy as she confesses). And now they showed us he's this dangerous mind pulling the strings who used to be a ex-cop! Hell he even but a bullet in into Balalaika stomach. He seems way more evil than what would first think. Have to say he's my favorite male in this show, because he's is so unpredictable. To bad we didn't see more of Revy in these episodes. But i do like the we learned something more about her and the relationship she have with Rock. The insane maid? Perfect. Was a good for the action and the hunt. Else didn't i care to much about her or that little boy.. Hehe was I the only one who just waited for him to get a bullet in head and drop dead like the last vampire-twin(girl?) did? Anyway this ride was awesome! Really bloody and epic action. The show got a little more complex and had me speculate what each characters true intention was. Love it! For what this show tries to fulfill as badass action-packed show, where it lets you peek inside the dark underworld its a MASTERPIECE. |
_HazeMay 1, 2014 6:28 PM
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| Finally did he realise...that the world doesn't revolves around him. Did not like Rock at all throughout this OVA. He got too conceited---as if he could control the outcomes all thanks to his goddamn luck. (In fact, if you haven't realise until now, Rock is the symbolism of luck. Look at episode 2 of season 1 with the torpedo and the midfing) One good thing I realise is that he did not become darkness. Darkness makes one blind, after all. Remaining as the twilight, he can only continue his life of nonchalance, filled with thrills. Ironically. Overall great development with BL. Did not disappoint with the gunfights, and the military discipline portrayed in this OVA. Especially loved the juxtaposition observed between the US Army and the Soviet Army. Let me end off with Balalaika (though she didn't have much screentime... :'( "If we are indeed soldiers of the same calibre, how did we end up so different from your unit?!" 9/10. |
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