(L) Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage

[v1cious]

Originally Posted by monir

And the multiple choice question:

What makes Shenhua such an amazing character?

a) Her unique style of fighting skill

b) Her particular way of speaking that probably made every Black Lagoon fan smile at least once

c) Her dress

Spoiler:

Spoiler for my answer:

I answered C

Spot on! It cracked me up to no end when understanding finally brought forth.

what was with the voice change later in the episode? she sounded more Japanese than Chinese.

[Ronin Aquila]

Originally Posted by v1cious

what was with the voice change later in the episode? she sounded more Japanese than Chinese.

Nope, the same voice-actress merely turned off the playfulness and turned dead business serious when her character was refused the 30,000 dollars that she rightfully deserved for such a lethal job.

Nice performance.

[Shiroth]

Not only does Shenhua deserve her own spin-off mini series.. but so does the all mighty Rotton.. he's my new legend of the year. :3

[Deathkillz]

Originally Posted by monir

I believe the animators will disagree with you for they have took a peak under her skirt to have a panty-flash-vision whenever they could which is more than the amount of panties shown in the recent episode of, sayyyyy.. Sumomomomo~.

yea but momoko is moe jane is annoying but id must admit that kiss with benny boy was hot

Originally Posted by Ronin Aquila

As an answer to the above question:

Spoiler:

Shenhua has one of her sword right under Eda's neck...

Eda: Wait! Wait! Wait! Listen to what I have to say! Aren't you going to go to hell by killing a nun?

Shenhua: I follower of Dokyo. I nothing to do with your belief.


btw, correct me if I've got it wrong since my understanding of Japanese is nothing to be proud of

"Dokyo" (道教) means "Taoism."

Spoiler:

Meaning that Shenhua is a Taoist.

Take That Eda, you self righteous Catholic!!

its wise cracks like this that makes me love this show even more! the piss they take out of religion, race etc is just dam well funny! anyone who finds them offensive needs a sense of humor fitted in tbh

[Cal-Reflector]

Originally Posted by Shiroth

Not only does Shenhua deserve her own spin-off mini series.. but so does the all mighty Rotton.. he's my new legend of the year. :3

Interestingly enough, I think the amount of page-space a character recieves at the end of Tankoubon parodies of Black Lagoon are very indicative of the author's prioritization of the characters: Dutch and Benny, not too much, Rock and Revy, more, the Twins and Balalaika... well, the author really likes them. Chang gets occasionaly featured, Eda makes a cameo once or twice, Roberta and Diego show up sometimes as well... the Gangster Paradise crew gets their exclusive feature at the end of volume 5...

Do you see now? No Shenhua.

I think, when I have time, I'll scanlate one of parody episodes.

[Cal-Reflector]

Sorry for the double post, but I'm sure you'll forgive me: The Parody Omake at the end of volume three of Black Lagoon, "Balalaika no Yuutsu," or, "The Melancholy of Balalaika." No spoilers, big images.

I should also confess, that this was the inspiration for my OTP (Favorite paring) of this series: Gretel and Diego.

Spoiler for Cookies Please?:

[mtko]

Originally Posted by Ronin Aquila

Just watched 12 as anti depressent and...

Wahahahaha!! I thought Marujuana was meant to make you happy!! Just made the whole damn thing WORSE for Poor-Ol Rock!!

And I seriously suspect the doped up Irish is well into his 40's, considering he mentioned (however doped up) that the cops wouldn't let him into Peace Park for Woodstock...

Does Marujuana make you relive your most memorable moments or something?

The author probably has experience, unfortunately :x .

[Ronin Aquila]

Firstly, which character is Momoko?

Secondly

Originally Posted by Deathkillz

its wise cracks like this that makes me love this show even more! the piss they take out of religion, race etc is just dam well funny! anyone who finds them offensive needs a sense of humor fitted in tbh

Black Lagoon is one of those refreshingly frank Post 9-11 texts that makes no romanticized pretences of "racial unity" and "religious tolerance."

Look at Australia, my current country of residence (not by choice, I was too young to say nay when I came here) for instance:

16 Years as a Passport Holding Citizen, and I always get asked:

"Where are you from" on virtue of my big yellow Asian face.

When I say I truthfully answer "I'm an Australian", the redneck-fucks invariably ask "Yes, but where are you really from."

And if the western world is truly tolerant, would "Thai/Irish/Italian/Hongkie/Taiwanese/ETC Only nights" at pubs (where I do security at) still be necessary? And whoa boy Australia is so enthusiastically emulating its big-brother America that ugly thousands-participant race-riots is STILL a reality in supposedly "cosmopolitian" cities like Sydney.

Perchance next time I should just say to their face "Are You An Aboriginal? Do You Speak Aboriginal" Then You're NOT an Australian Either, Fellow Invader!!" Let's see them rebutt THAT.

Such realities we "politely" refuse to talk about out of respect for "political correctness." It is comforting to see Black Lagoon being more honest about the ugliness of bigotry, albeit a little more exaggerated.

[Cal-Reflector]

Quick thoughts on episode 18:

1)Lucky Benny... No, seriously, that was some reward. I'll bet even Rock looked on with more than a little longing; "Don't I get anything for keeping you alive all along?"

2)Shenhua, pretty ugly looking injury, in fact, serious enough that if left alone, which she presumed would be her fate, she would die.

3)Rotton-Shenhua moment = Awwwwwww. Fluff! In Black Lagoon! After all that, Rotton walks away from it all with barely, haven't done shise, and gets the good fortune of rescuing the beauty and looking cool in the end. Another lucky bastard indeed. The grudging compliment (?) he received from Shenhua at the end makes me think he may have a future ahead of him.

4)Eda minus glasses = A very fine lookin' American lady. For all that is good and just, I demand that she go without sunglasses from now on. The question is: Is she still under the employment of "The Company" or not?

5)I'm sure someone can answer this: The reason for the tears that the Cleanup chainsaw lady shed after she dropped her voice box.

Edit: More (crack)fic ideas popping up:
A) Rotton switches jobs and joins a host club, following Shenhua's advice, who comes to pay him a visit afterwards.

B) Day in the life of chainsaw lady.

[[DOT].L]

Frankly, the more I look at Dutch the more I'm reminded of Hard Gay....

[Ronin Aquila]

Well, Dutch is a big-muscled and bearded/mostached Vietnam Vet...

....and wasn't that part of the Dance-Lineup for the Village-People's famous "Y-M-C-A" dance number?

[monir]

Originally Posted by Ronin Aquila

Firstly, which character is Momoko?

She is a character from this series you may find amusing. If you followed the link, the synopsis in the bottom will give you a better idea what that show is about. Btw, thanks for clearing the term "Dokyo."

[Zelda1]

Cal_Reflector Thank You!!!

You just made my week. Espec. the panel with the panicked kittens in the cage! :#

[Cal-Reflector]

Originally Posted by Zelda1

Cal_Reflector Thank You!!!

You just made my week. Espec. the panel with the panicked kittens in the cage! :#

You're welcome! I couldn't decide which were the cutest: Those cats or the Twins, but with parodies like these, its hard for me not to think of the twins as adorable... even moe to an extent.

[ImClueless]

Originally Posted by Ronin Aquila

Black Lagoon is one of those refreshingly frank Post 9-11 texts that makes no romanticized pretences of "racial unity" and "religious tolerance."

Look at Australia, my current country of residence (not by choice, I was too young to say nay when I came here) for instance:

16 Years as a Passport Holding Citizen, and I always get asked:

"Where are you from" on virtue of my big yellow Asian face.

When I say I truthfully answer "I'm an Australian", the redneck-fucks invariably ask "Yes, but where are you really from."

And if the western world is truly tolerant, would "Thai/Irish/Italian/Hongkie/Taiwanese/ETC Only nights" at pubs (where I do security at) still be necessary? And whoa boy Australia is so enthusiastically emulating its big-brother America that ugly thousands-participant race-riots is STILL a reality in supposedly "cosmopolitian" cities like Sydney.

Perchance next time I should just say to their face "Are You An Aboriginal? Do You Speak Aboriginal" Then You're NOT an Australian Either, Fellow Invader!!" Let's see them rebutt THAT.

Such realities we "politely" refuse to talk about out of respect for "political correctness." It is comforting to see Black Lagoon being more honest about the ugliness of bigotry, albeit a little more exaggerated.

I find the characters in Black Lagoon are remarkably racially and religiously tolerant. Much more so than mainstream society for sure. I think its all because none of them are idealists and the only thing they are after is profit. It helps that as criminals most of them do not have a religious bend. The things that divide people the most are religion and historic racial prejudice I think.

I personally do not see Black Lagoon as a show which depicts racial and religious tension all that realistically. For the ethnically diverse Black Lagoon company to get along so well with the Russians and Chinese triads and the locals (not to mention the gangs with each other) is quite optimistic even if they are motivated entirely by profit. The only part that was somewhat realistic was the religious fervor displayed by the jihadists at the end of the first season IMO.

Damn, I have heard before that there were a lot of racist bigots in Australia. Now more confirmation on that front I guess. Note to self: Do Not Emigrate to Australia. I live in Vancouver, Canada which is probably one of the most culturally diverse cities in the world (50+% of the population are immigrants, so that does not count the minorities born here). Even though we claim to be a tolerant and multicultural place, there is plenty of bigotry to go around, its simply perhaps not as overt as in other places. Its not even a issue of Whites vs Non-whites since there is plenty of racism within the immigrant communities themselves. Like East-Indians versus Philipinos or the like. I don't think human societies will ever achieve unity until we all have the same culture/education/racial characteristics.

[monir]

Originally Posted by Cal-Reflector

You're welcome! I couldn't decide which were the cutest: Those cats or the Twins, but with parodies like these, its hard for me not to think of the twins as adorable... even moe to an extent.

Btw, does it hint on who dared to be Balalaika's husband?

[Cal-Reflector]

Originally Posted by monir

Btw, does it hint on who dared to be Balalaika's husband?

Yeah, I wrote it in small font, but Balalaika's husband is Chang-San, from the Hong Kong Triad.

It makes perfect sense... well, not perfect, but as much sense as a parody of Black Lagoon will allow, if you think about it.

Have people seen all these parodies already? Otherwise I may translate the others as well.

[Vallen Chaos Valiant]

Originally Posted by Cal-Reflector

Yeah, I wrote it in small font, but Balalaika's husband is Chang-San, from the Hong Kong Triad.

It makes perfect sense... well, not perfect, but as much sense as a parody of Black Lagoon will allow, if you think about it.

Have people seen all these parodies already? Otherwise I may translate the others as well.

Oh, please do!!!
Thankyouthankyouthankyou in advance!!!!

[Cal-Reflector]

The Omake Gage-Comedy Parody from the end of volume: Not as hilarious as the previous one, but still plenty amusing:

Spoiler for Seifuku Roberta....:

Not one for self-praise, but I'm amazed I managed to track down those lyrics, no if only someone could find the actual song...

Also, Seifuku Roberta is A)Entirely too appropriate and B)Much too similar to Yuki, whom we are about to see in the upcoming Yakuza Gangsta Paradise arc.

Spoiler for Full Japanese lyrics to the Hedorah song:

☆麻里圭子＆ハニーナイツ・ムーンドロップス「ヘドラをやっつけろ」(１９７１)
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　　|　 ｲ从从|　 ／￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣
　　| |｜ﾟ ヮﾟﾉ| ＜　 ♪ヘドラっ・ヘドラっ、ヘッドッラァ～～♪
　　ﾚﾉ⊂i>i]つ　|　 ♪ヘ～ドロのなーかから、うーまれたヘドラ♪
　　　 く/_|j　　　|　 ♪とんぼも、鳥ぃーも、みぃ～なごぉろぉしぃぃ～♪
　　　　し'ﾉ　　　|　 ♪空ーも、のっはらもぜーんめつだぁ～♪
　　　　　　　　　|　 ♪ぜーんめっつっだぁぁ～♪
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　　　　　　　　　|　 ♪そーら飛ぶ円盤、怪獣ヘドラ♪
　　　　　　　　　|　 ♪りゅーうさんミストがあーめあーられぇぇ～♪
　　　　　　　　　|　 ♪ひかーるヘードラの熱線銃ぅぅー♪
　　　　　　　　　|　 ♪はしーるゴージラの放射能ぅぅー～♪
　　　　　　　　　|
　　　　　　　　　|　 ♪がんばーれ、がんーばれぇぇ～♪
　　　　　　　　　|　 ♪ぼーくらのゴ～ジ～ラぁ～♪
　　　　　　　　　|　 ♪がんばーれ、がんーばれぇぇ～♪
　　　　　　　　　|　 ♪ぼーくらのゴ～ジ～ラぁ～♪
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　　　　　　　　　|　 ♪ヘドラっ・ヘドラっ、ヘッドッラァ～～♪
　　　　　　　　　|　 ♪ヘ～ドロのなーかから、うーまれたヘドラ♪
　　　　　　　　　|　 ♪鯨も、鮫ぇーも、み～なごぉろぉしぃぃ～♪
　　　　　　　　　|　 ♪海ーも、さっかなもぜーんめつだぁ～♪
　　　　　　　　　|　 ♪ぜーんめっつっだぁぁ～♪
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　　　　　　　　　|　 ♪おーたまじゃくしの怪獣ヘドラ♪
　　　　　　　　　|　 ♪タンカーばっさり、まっぷたつぅぅ～♪
　　　　　　　　　|　 ♪ひかーるヘードラの熱線銃ぅぅー♪
　　　　　　　　　|　 ♪はしーるゴージラの放射能ぅぅー♪
　　　　　　　　　|
　　　　　　　　　|　 ♪がんばーれ、がんーばれぇぇ～♪
　　　　　　　　　|　 ♪ぼーくらのゴ～ジ～ラぁ～♪
　　　　　　　　　|　 ♪がんばーれ、がんーばれぇぇ～♪
　　　　　　　　　|　 ♪ぼーくらのゴ～ジ～ラぁ～♪
　　　　　　　　　|
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　　　　　　　　　|　 ♪ヘドラっ・ヘドラっ、ヘッドッラァ～～♪
　　　　　　　　　|　 ♪ヘ～ドロのなーかから、うーまれたヘドラ♪
　　　　　　　　　|　 ♪獣も、ひとーも、み～なごぉろぉしぃぃ～♪
　　　　　　　　　|　 ♪ビルーもタワーもぜーんめつだぁ～♪
　　　　　　　　　|　 ♪ぜーんめっつっだぁぁ～♪
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　　　　　　　　　|　 ♪四足カーエルの怪獣ヘドラ♪
　　　　　　　　　|　 ♪ヘードロの弾丸、もーうどくだぁぁ～♪
　　　　　　　　　|　 ♪ひかーるヘードラの熱線銃ぅぅー♪
　　　　　　　　　|　 ♪はしーるゴージラの放射能ぅぅー♪
　　　　　　　　　|
　　　　　　　　　|　 ♪がんばーれ、がんーばれぇぇ～♪
　　　　　　　　　|　 ♪ぼーくらのゴ～ジ～ラぁ～♪
　　　　　　　　　|　 ♪がんばーれ、がんーばれぇぇ～♪
　　　　　　　　　|　 ♪ぼーくらのゴ～ジ～ラぁ～♪
　　　　　　　　　|
　　　　　　　　　|　 ♪ヘードラをヘードラを、やっつけろぉぉ～♪
　　　　　　　　　|　 ♪ヘードラをヘードラを、やっつけろぉぉ～♪
　　　　　　　　　|　 ♪やぁっつぅけぇろぉぉ～♪
　　　　　　　　　 ＼＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

[Ronin Aquila]

Originally Posted by ImClueless

Damn, I have heard before that there were a lot of racist bigots in Australia. Now more confirmation on that front I guess. Note to self: Do Not Emigrate to Australia.

A thousand pardons, I was only referring to Sydney, our rival city.

Melbourne, on the other hand, is much more civilized, and its racism is thankfully confined to rude looks and disrespectful comments rather than the almost monthly tides of racial violence that plauges Sydney.