| man, this show has been fun to watch, top to bottom. its funny, i was cheering for the girl, but in the end it turned out that way. in the end its better to be evil. the whole anime is somewhat sidistic at its glory, but that is what you should expect from a show whose leading chars are true outlaws. i cant wait for the third season. |
| The ending was somewhat anti-climactic, though I found a lot of meaning to Rock watching the girl suicide even when Revy told him not to. The last scenes after the credits were a fairly good way to close it however, since the scene at the airport seemed rushed. I enjoyed this anime overall, though it didn't really fulfill much of the storyline aspect most series' have, which coincidentally is what most people seem to think are the boring parts that don't need to be there. Hm. |
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| Well the second season isnt the end of the series and the storyline actually unfolds in the 3rd season. That is when things get real interesting and I cant wait for the 3rd season to come out. Great series and a must have for the collection. |
| Third season is going to be awesome ^_^, interesting way to send us off with the 2nd season but I guess I'm getting used to that now, wasn't as much Rock and Revy interaction as I would've liked D: |
Cero said: I liked both seasons, but the ending (like with most anime I'm finding) leaves something to be desired. Before I logged onto MAL I didn't know there was gonna be a 3rd season, so that cheers me up a bit. The thing I didn't get about the 2nd season was when Revy and the others started speaking English... "WHAT THE FUCK? BULLSHIT!" I thought I heard it wrong ;-; Like that made no sense...she spoke English and then says she doesn't understand how to speak Japanese, but does it a few moments later...like what? Good series all in all :d It's something called the "Translation Convention." It'd probably be easier for you to understand as a concept if the characters were speaing in English rather than Japanese. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TranslationConvention It's basically the same concept when you're watching a movie that's set in the past or a different country or a fictional universe, but everyone's speaking English. The audience is supposed to assume that all of the characters onscreen are actually speaking in their native language as opposed to whatever the audience may be perceiving. So whenever we hear Revy speak Japanese (this is an anime intended for Japanese audiences primarily) we are supposed to assume she's actually speaking something else entirely. (english, chinese, thai, I'm not sure which though). But yeah, this show was pretty kick-ass. |
| I hated the random English. I think someone asking, "What is she saying?" or other would have got the point across. I understood the Japanese more than Revy's English pronunciation. |
| o genki desu ka |
| Well, you guys do realize that the characters are actually all supposed to be speaking English, right? Hence, it's revealed the characters are speaking English when Belalakia uses Rock to translate English into Japanese for her English is currently the world's universal language. It certainly makes more sense for a black man/russian/American Jew/Chinese-American to be speaking in English. This anime wasn't totally meant to be dubbed in English. I cringed whenever Engrish was being spoken on the Japanese audio |
Rakosor said: I really enjoyed watching both seasons of the Black Lagoon. But I agree with earlier posts that the ending was a bit disappointing. I think it left so many questions and so many things unsaid or done. Black Lagoon Roberta's blood trail is the third season right? I think so. And completely agree with your post, although it wasn't as bad as Season 1's ending. |
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