It’s Revy, Rock and Eda vs ALL OF ROANAPUR!!! All eyes are searching for Greenback Jane and
her precious counterfeiting technology and will stop at nothing to get to
her. All of the crazies are on call and
it may be a battle even Revy and Eda cant win.
After that all dies down, Balialika brings Rock with her to Japan to
negotiate a terrotiroal expansion deal with the Yakuza, with Revy along for the
ride as Rock’s bodyguard. Will being
back home for the first time in a year convince Rock to leave Revy and the
Lagoon company behind in favor of a peaceful existence? And what happens when negotiations go sour
between the Yakuza and Hotel Moscow? I’m sure you can guess.
One of the best rides in Anime keeps rolling strong. After some promising build up with the
Greenback Jane story, we got what was promised, an all out war between the
Lagoon Company and Roanapur’s finest hitmen and women. The stand outs were pretty obvious with the
sexy Shenhua (have I been spelling her name wrong? If so curse me) giving Revy
and Eda plenty of trouble. There was
also that cute Sawyer the Cleaner but her contribution to the entertainment was
more than just her giant chainsaw. Her
childish freak out at losing her voice modulator was unexpected and down right
hilarious. Such a carefree chopper of
men being reduced to a whimpering baby in a comedic fashion suited the black
comedy feel of the series. That being
said I’m glad Shenhua survived her encounter with Revy and Eda and I hope we
see her and her apparent new team again.
It’s a shame to think that as well as all of these killers can work
together when called for, they are all also ready to kill each other at a
moments notice. But hopefully, comedic
and effective alliances like Revy and Eda or Revy and Shenhua can be the
exception…though a nice match up between them every now and then wouldn’t be
too bad.
It was also good to see The Lagoon Company working this
little war as a team. It’s been a while
since Dutch and Benny had anything to do besides sit back and dole out wisdom
from a chair. Dutch’s piloting skills
netted some amusing kills for Revy.
Meanwhile Benny’s hacking skills ended up landing him in Jane’s good
graces and well the episode isn’t titled “Mr. Benny’s Good Fortune” for
nothing. Oh and what about that surprise
revelation from Eda about her being (CENSORED)…does the Rip Off Church know
about this? Will it affect her
partnership and see saw friendship with Revy down the line? Sure more could have been explained but a
little mystery doesn’t hurt in this series at all.
Then it was right onto the next arc. It was only a matter of time before we how
the criminal underworld of Roanapur reacted in the rest of the world. It was a bit of a sort of soft start with
Rock returning to Japan for the first time since his abduction by the Lagoon
Company. Having Revy with him was a nice
touch. These two have been a fun pair
since Season One and they’ve become less tense and more equal (personally not
combatively) around each other. I love
Revy’s obvious take on Rock’s state of mind.
It’s clear she cares a bit about him but yet cant understand why he
doesn’t just leave Roanapur and return to Japan. “It’s made for him,” she says to herself but
does she really want him to go? Will
Rock actually go when his job with Balialika and Hotel Moscow is concluded?
One thing is certain though, Balialika isn’t going to sit
around and wait for the Washimine family to play nice with Kousaka. She’s itching for a war in her expansion of
Hotel Moscow’s power. It makes perfect
sense Hotel Moscow would play things loud and obvious like in Roanapur but who
knows how the city of Tokyo will take to that.
With wild cards like the foul mouthed wannabe Chakka and the silent but
clearly dangerous Ginji, it looks like we’re set for some of the most epic
action yet. But then there’s also Yukio,
the beautiful young girl set to accept her destiny as the head of the Washimine
Clan. Rock sees a bit of himself and the
peaceful life he used to have in her. I
cant see her choice to enter the darkness turning out as well (if you can put
it like that) as Rock’s.
It looks like an all out war is about to kick off the
season finale of Black Lagoon. Damn this
series and it’s short seasons of awesome epicness.
PS-I wonder how pissed off Revy really was when she
learned she had to trade in her shorts and tank top for a winter outfit with a
skirt and tights, something a bit more “lady like” for her. I’m sure her reaction was hilarious.
Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage wraps up next week.
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