It was revealed near the end the cast actually speaks English all the time and it's only in Japanese for the audience's sake. Actually, the lines were cringeworthy too for Revy, who is supposedly a Chinese American so I would expect better English from her. Except something fail happens - some of them start speaking in English in the last arc, and the pronunciation and grammar are horrible.
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The art is the same, the sound is the same (which is unfortunate we didn't getĪny new songs added in), and the VA's are the same, thank God. All 24 episodes are just Black Lagoon to me, and for good reason: Second Barrage keeps up the high octane action that made the first season such a blast.
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It's just a continuation of a series I really didn't expect to be as good as it was the first time around.
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Why? Because I don't really consider them to be two different seasons. I feel kind of weird to be writing a review for Black Lagoon: the Second Barrage after I just wrote the review for the first season. Oh yeah, perhaps one highlight was the nudity they threw in. Try it out, watch it if you saw the fist season, but don't expect much other than an average anime. They could have done sooo much more with the characters, their background, and possibly maybe.just maybe throw in a relationship? I'll admit, I enjoyed the season, because who doesn't enjoy seeing Revy kick ass? But seriously, it was a huge let down and I probably won't watch it again. WOW! 12 episodes and it feels like they've told us nothing more about the characters except one used to live in Japan! Yay? Well wait, we know Rock used to live in Japan now. We find out next to nothing else about Rock and Revy. Let's move on to the characters and their interactions.oh wait, nothing happened. Background music throughout the show is alright, but nothing worth buying. The ED is slow, tacky, and I skipped it every time. I can't recall if the opening is different, but it's well done. The music, as far as I can tell, is the same thing from the first season. Fights are fluid, but who cares with what they gave you to watch. Revy looks great, Rock is his pansy self, and Dutch is still black. On the other hand, the animation for these terrible plots was well done. Nothing is realistic (not even close), and nothing is even attempted to be explained to you. You can't help but feel like you're watching a terrible D rated movie. Boom, just like that, they came up with two, ridiculously stupid story lines to encompass 12 episodes. I wonder if they simply wrote down a whole bunch of plot ideas on paper, crumbled them up in a ball, put them in a hat and drew at random. What's so sad about it? Well, for one thing, the story. It's somewhat sad, but I have to begin with a dissatisfied distaste in my mouth after finishing this season. Witness Rokurou struggling to keep his values and philosophies intact as he slowly transforms from businessman to ruthless mercenary.Welcome back Rock, Revy and the gang! In this second installment of Black Lagoon, we continue our journey through Roanapur, the city of criminals. In order to survive, he must quickly adapt to his new environment and prepare himself for the bloodshed and tribulation to come.Ī non-stop, high-octane thriller, Black Lagoon delves into the depths of human morality and virtue. Now abandoned and betrayed by his former employer, Rokurou decides to join Black Lagoon. The group plans to use him as a bargaining chip in negotiations which ultimately failed. His business trip swiftly goes downhill as Rokurou is captured by a mercenary group operating in Roanapur, called Black Lagoon. A haven for convicts and degenerates alike, the city is notorious for being the center of illegal activities and operations, often fueled by local crime syndicates.Įnter Rokurou Okajima, an average Japanese businessman who has been living a dull and monotonous life, when he finally gets his chance for a change of pace with a delivery trip to Southeast Asia. Within Thailand is Roanapur, a depraved, crime-ridden city where not even the authorities or churches are untouched by the claws of corruption.