He'll deal with theĪlienation of that kind of life, the nobodiness of it all, by becoming a boss, a "big" nobody. However, Rock, strikes me as aĬharacter that wants to not only be out of his predicament, but to very much massage himself into the boringness of a traditional, city dwelling, corporate life. We can't exactly blame him for this, since he finds himself at the whim of some rather brutish pirates. He has this desireįor the banal, even if he finds it a bit oppressive. By all accounts he, at this point at least, wishes he was still there, being an anonymous, uninspiring employee of Tokyo based ASAHI. What that little bit of information about his bland city-dwelling corporate life tells us, is that it was one world, a past world, and it is no It's all past tense, which lends to what is the present day, en media resīeginning, with Rock being punched in the face. We start the episode with a smattering of backstory-exposition from the main protagonist, Rock, about himself. Runs, (Trigun, Metropolis, Animatrix, Redline, Summer Wars, Death Note, etc.) I have a lot of faith that this show will not disappoint. Rei Hiroe, and originally aired in 2006, and has just started airing on and produced by Madhouse, the same studio behind dozens of titles, many of which met acclaim in their
Think that's full case here as I think there's already a setup of intrigue-though I'll get to that later.īlack Lagoon appears to be the type of show to fill the (and my own) action-genre itch in a way I haven't seen in a while (albeit my Anime intake is admittedly limited). Of course, if it is just aggression for aggression's sake, then it probably will get old fast and won't satisfy. Just like in real life, itĬan be compelling, and demand you pay attention to it's wielder. I realize that's a selfish, nay, sophomoric conceit: "Hur dur they used the swear words, this is le awesomesauce." But there is something to be said for aggression. It also was the moment that something inside me told me that this was a worthwhile show. I think it was, "I say we kneecap this pussy," when I realized I was deeply, madly in love with Revy.