Black Lagoon

Salaryman Rokurou Okajima spends his days trying to climb his company's corporate ladder, until one day when a business negotiation in Thailand goes awry. During the botched deal, he falls hostage to the Lagoon Company—a band of ruthless pirate mercenaries. Left to the whims of his captors after his managers refuse to pay his ransom, Rokurou does the unthinkable: instead of begging for his life, he joins the very crew who kidnapped him.

Now a member of the group, Rokurou must adjust to his new residence in the dissolute hellscape known as Roanapur, a city where corruption and crime run rampant, and even the smallest slipup could cost him his life. If not for one of the many crime syndicates on the island, Rokurou also constantly finds himself at odds with his brash, gunslinging colleague, Revy.

As Rokurou struggles to abandon his past—and with more than just the profits from the Lagoon Company's illegal trading on the line—he must quickly find the resolve to make tough decisions in high-stress situations while keeping his humanity intact.

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Revy Main

Toyoguchi, Megumi Japanese

Okajima, Rokurou Main

Namikawa, Daisuke Japanese

Dutch Main

Isobe, Tsutomu Japanese

Benny Main

Hirata, Hiroaki Japanese

Balalaika Supporting

Koyama, Mami Japanese

Roberta Supporting

Tomizawa, Michie Japanese

Eda Supporting

Karasawa, Jun Japanese

Chang, Bai Ji-Shin Supporting

Morikawa, Toshiyuki Japanese

Shenhua Supporting

Sasaki, Yuuko Japanese

Leigharch Supporting

Oomori, Akimasa Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Ogura, Mitsutoshi Producer

Matsuo, Ryouichirou Producer

Okamoto, Junya Producer

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Nov 6, 2024

876Salik

Recommended

might be the best show ever.
bulletproof freak girls killing unhealthy amount of armed men by dodging bullets.
best part of the show is stronK russian mafia mommy.
you will enjoy the show if you interested with 180cm masculine femdom mommy
it has zero story ig. i mean i couldn't understand what is going on. i was dreaming about balalaika all the time
balalaika looks great i mean artstyle is great
balalaika is such gre- i mean characterization is mostly good. i guess?
second season is unarguably better than first because The mighty balalaika is featured more in the second season

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Sep 28, 2024

hatakeushi

Mixed Feelings

What in the Gary Stu school of character is this protagonist?

Never felt compelled to write a review on MAL but damn. Rock is so bland and uninteresting I actually rolled my eyes to some of the stuff he does and says, Revy should have been the protagonist.

Don't get me wrong, having a positive and regular guy in the middle of a chaotic situation is quite cool and a nice contrast to get such an action show going... but couldn't they just sprinkle a bit of personality on him? Just some flaws? They even tried giving him something to do in the few first episodes, which ... makes you think he'll change and then... back to being bland regular office guy. He proceeds to be a nuisance and they keep him around pretending he isn't. Alright.

The romance is also... something.

The blatant inspiration from Cowboy Bebop really bothers me sometimes, especially at the beginning, you're actually able to pinpoint who should be who, the difference is that Black Lagoon is incompetent at creating compelling characters and story arcs, something CB could do with episodic storytelling.

That said, Balalaika is still the most interesting part of BL, even with her full 3 minutes of screen time, or maybe I am just an Olivier Armstrong crazed lesbian, will keep watching because of her.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Aug 27, 2024

ObsceneCatGravy

Not Recommended

One of the most overrated anime out there.

If you're a fan of watching people out run and dodge bullets then you'll enjoy it. Plot armor everywhere. Boring, forced characters, with generic personalities and cliches every other line. A very forgettable and uninteresting story, though this is supposed to be an action anime, but it even fails at that. The fights are terrible, akin to Star Wars troopers missing 100% of their shots, only to land that one plot-serving shot where the characters start having a long conversation.

In one of the episodes Revy jumps on a moving boat, sits down and stays still while shooting at ... about half a dozen people, who were also shooting back, and somehow they miss all their shots...while she's staying still.

Also, Revy is an annoying character that swears every other line for no reason. She's not a badass, she has thicc plot armor, that's it. And I don't appreciate the fan service, she looks like she smells bad and most definitely has stinky boot feet.

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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