So our favorite maid Roberta is out to gain revenge against a military unit called Grey Fox. Grey Fox is responsible for the assassination of Diego Lovelace (Garcia’s dad). Because of this Garcia and his young maid Fabiola travel to Roanapur to ask for Lagoon Company’s help (mainly Rock’s help) to find Roberta. Things really start to pick up from here.
There is a lot going on in this special 5 episode OVA. You get to see why Roberta is such a sexy bad ass maid and why she is called the bloodhound. Roberta is a killing machine, a pill popper (she started taking pills), and turns into a psychopath. Roberta also sees the ghost of a person she killed and feels like she is being tormented for her sins. Roberta’s twisted ideal of atonement is to kill Grey Fox. Even though this OVA is mainly about Roberta, this OVA also provides more of a detail background on the other main characters in Black Lagoon.
You get to find out about Revy’s past, how Dutch and Balalaika have a working relationship, you’ll learn about Chang and Balalaika’s past, Eda being a CIA agent and being an important figure, Rock becoming somewhat of a mastermind, Chang being a bigger mastermind than Rock, Garcia’s growth from being a boy to becoming a man, and so much more. Within these five episodes there is so much going on that you have to pay attention.
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The action is what really makes this OVA worth watching. Now if you watched Black Lagoon before then you already know what I’m talking about. To give you a taste of what I’m talking about, there is a point in the OVA where Roberta shoots a guy with her belt gun. Yes I said belt gun. The way Roberta goes on a killing spree and just tears shit up, man…. Does Roberta kill all of Grey Fox? Hmmmm? You will have to watch for yourself and find out.
In the end Roberta losses an arm and a leg (still sexy though) but Garcia manages to bring her back to live out their lives (including the rest of the maids that work for Garcia) together in his mansion. Roberta even meets the family of the man she killed that haunted her.
Overall this was a great OVA and you should watch Black Lagoon first before you watch the OVA. You won’t be familiar with the characters and the plot if you haven’t watched or read the beginning of Black Lagoon. I believe Roberta`s Blood Trail OVA is based off the El Baile de la muerte arc in Black Lagoon so this isn’t filler (don’t quote me but I’m pretty sure).
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I definitely recommend that you watch Black Lagoon and Black Lagoon: Roberta`s Blood Trail ASAP!!! This has been a Blerds Online review done by Taiwan.After low-level businessman Rokuro Okajima is kidnapped and held for ransom on a work trip his company decides to leave him for dead to cover up their shady dealings. Preferring not to die Rokuro joins up with the pirates who kidnapped him and begins a new life of crime mingling with Triads, Mafia, Cartels, Russian Gangsters, Pirates, Smugglers and other lowlifes in a city of vice and lawlessness in the south pacific.
Did you ever wish 90s era Quentin Tarantino made an anime? Because Rei Hiroe did when he made the manga, and the influence is uncanny at times. This is a series about people on the wrong side of the law interacting with other bad people while making pop culture quips, talking pseudo-philosophy and shooting everything to hell with some of the toughest women around. Rarely are there series that do either character development or action as well as Black Lagoon does both, plus it can be pretty damn fun when it wants to be as it knows the best action is over-the-top action.
Rock being the only semi-normal person here is of course the only person embarrassed by hardcore porn whereas Revy is baffled by the physics of it all
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The series is split into a bunch of 3-episode mini-arcs which are fairly self-contained and can be watched in any order which helps as you can jump in anywhere, but the stand-out episode is by far episode 8 which is one of the single-best episodes of any series. Long ago the AVC did a TV Roundtable on a Sailor Moon episode, and as big a fan of Sailor Moon as I am they choose poorly; “Calm Down, Two Men” is a single episode story which shows the breadth of characters in the city they live as well as giving “Rock” one of the best character speeches there is. More than anything though, this is a series where every single character just oozes cool, especially the ladies who are all universally more badass than any of the guys- see header image for demonstration. Ok, one of the guys is based off of Chow Yun Fat so he can hang with the ladies, but Brother Chang is an exception.
Some of the arcs can be a little sluggish, especially the first extended arc after the introductory one. Also as befitting a Tarantino-inspired show it gets violent at times, with the first arc of its second season being especially brutal in places. If you’re looking for characters on the side of law and order this is not the series for you as everything single person in it is some kind of villain. There is also a 3rd OVA season that you’re better off ignoring unless you absolutely love the first two seasons and have to watch it for some reason. Additionally, while it has the best dub I’ve ever heard, be careful watching it with kids around as this is a series about pirates and outlaws and they swear, a lot. They swear enough to make Tarantino proud and most R-rated films blush. It has perhaps the only use of c-*t you’re going to hear in anime so yeah, its kinda vulgar at times.
Weeb Level: 1/10. Really I’d almost put this at 0 if I could as the series is full of Western pop culture references such as The Wild Bunch, Charles Whitman, Brett Farve, Terminator, Rob Zombie, the bombing of the US Kenyan Embassy and more. Hell, in one part of the manga there’s a shoot-out specifically set to the lyrics of CCR’s Run Through the Jungle.
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Fanservice: 2/10. There’s no nudity, though being in the South Pacific causes some of the girls, notably Revy, to wear some rather skimpy clothes.
Quality: 10/10. My basis for quality is how rewatchable a show is both as a whole and as individual episodes and Black Lagoon nails both of those parameters easily. Even outside of the superb episode 8 you can just pick almost any other episode and rewatch it happily.
Where to Watch: Funimation has it up on their website, while Amazon does host the series though it looks like its not free even with Prime. Crunchyroll does not appear to have it up currently. The DVD’s have gone in and out of print somewhat as it was the last series Geneon released as they collapsed with Funimation since picking up the license.
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The series is split into a bunch of 3-episode mini-arcs which are fairly self-contained and can be watched in any order which helps as you can jump in anywhere, but the stand-out episode is by far episode 8 which is one of the single-best episodes of any series. Long ago the AVC did a TV Roundtable on a Sailor Moon episode, and as big a fan of Sailor Moon as I am they choose poorly; “Calm Down, Two Men” is a single episode story which shows the breadth of characters in the city they live as well as giving “Rock” one of the best character speeches there is. More than anything though, this is a series where every single character just oozes cool, especially the ladies who are all universally more badass than any of the guys- see header image for demonstration. Ok, one of the guys is based off of Chow Yun Fat so he can hang with the ladies, but Brother Chang is an exception.
Some of the arcs can be a little sluggish, especially the first extended arc after the introductory one. Also as befitting a Tarantino-inspired show it gets violent at times, with the first arc of its second season being especially brutal in places. If you’re looking for characters on the side of law and order this is not the series for you as everything single person in it is some kind of villain. There is also a 3rd OVA season that you’re better off ignoring unless you absolutely love the first two seasons and have to watch it for some reason. Additionally, while it has the best dub I’ve ever heard, be careful watching it with kids around as this is a series about pirates and outlaws and they swear, a lot. They swear enough to make Tarantino proud and most R-rated films blush. It has perhaps the only use of c-*t you’re going to hear in anime so yeah, its kinda vulgar at times.
Weeb Level: 1/10. Really I’d almost put this at 0 if I could as the series is full of Western pop culture references such as The Wild Bunch, Charles Whitman, Brett Farve, Terminator, Rob Zombie, the bombing of the US Kenyan Embassy and more. Hell, in one part of the manga there’s a shoot-out specifically set to the lyrics of CCR’s Run Through the Jungle.
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Fanservice: 2/10. There’s no nudity, though being in the South Pacific causes some of the girls, notably Revy, to wear some rather skimpy clothes.
Quality: 10/10. My basis for quality is how rewatchable a show is both as a whole and as individual episodes and Black Lagoon nails both of those parameters easily. Even outside of the superb episode 8 you can just pick almost any other episode and rewatch it happily.
Where to Watch: Funimation has it up on their website, while Amazon does host the series though it looks like its not free even with Prime. Crunchyroll does not appear to have it up currently. The DVD’s have gone in and out of print somewhat as it was the last series Geneon released as they collapsed with Funimation since picking up the license.
Which Anime Did You Prefer, And Why: Black Lagoon Or Jormungand?
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