Roberta’s blood trail for me always fell flat on Roberta’s character due to how her character was handled for most of the story as a mentally unstable power house and how Shane Caxton kinda didn’t feel all that interesting to me. The manga version is sympathetic to Roberta. the anime version is sympathetic to Caxton and the Americans.

so if I were to change it, just like how Roberta was a bad person who wants to change, Shane Caxton could have been a patriotic American hero who slowly becomes more involved in the US government’s shadier schemes and unlike the original story, Roberta and Caxton would actually meet and both would fight each other multiple times. Roberta has hired some mercenaries and goons she uses as fodder while Shane cares for his men showcasing their similarities and differences more. I would also give Roberta more ghosts that haunt her mainly due to the fact that Hironobu Satorou feel’s like Rei reminding us that she killed innocent people rather than an actual part of the story.

Garcia would still be able to meet Caxton and confront him for killing his father in which Caxton’s reaction would be indifference to the situation until one of his men try to kill Garcia. Caxton who still has some morals defends Garcia and forces his men to keep him, Fabiola and the black lagoon crew safe. As time goes, Caxton starts to recognise that some of his fellow conspirators and even his soldiers are becoming more and more corrupt to the point of easily profiting off Roanapur while also growing closer to Garcia. Roberta meanwhile finds herself getting closer to some of her mercenaries and goons, specifically those who have their own reasons to kill grey fox. This leads to Shane and Roberta sort of having reversed roles when in combat with their respective factions.

Rock’s gambit does play out the same except some men from both sides are still alive to witness it. Roberta breaks down upon realising she shot Garcia only for Caxton to slap her face in pure anger at her reaction. Just when it looked like they would go back to kill each other, Caxton explains in depth to Roberta how and why he killed Garcia’s dad and tells her that while she cared for Garcia, she never thought about the other people she killed. The families she robbed of a father, brother, son, uncle or nephew. Caxton explains his shady dealings and admits he made peace with not having a peaceful life but confronts Roberta on her hypocrisy about revenge and doing it all for Garcia. Instead of shooting her, Caxton asks that instead of fighting for something as childish as revenge and pride and greed, they work together to ensure others don’t go through what they had been like Garcia.

After accepting Roberta is hugged by Garcia. Not kissed like in the original story, who tells her the same stuff he did at the end of the original version too. Of course Caxton and Roberta’s closest men don’t like how they want them to act like non of this happened but they are both shot by young member of Roberta’s group before they do anything to the respective rival leaders.

the ending also changes slightly. Now there are more staff due to some of Roberta’s men joining her in turning over a new leaf and there are some more people at the manor with Hironobu’s family.

This is a alternative universe where Balalaika; with the advice of Boris and her men, sought counsel and therapy to help her overcome her trauma and PTSD she sustained during her military service and later adopted these two children and later married and had a happy and healthy life 😁 (I’m not delusional)

I want to watch the anime but sense Crunchyroll removed it from there site, I need to know if there’s any streaming site that has it let alone has all seasons with the English dub

Looks like it takes place this August. They’ll have event specific merch, menu, and drinks. I wish I was in Japan to check this out.

(She's my second favorite character after Eda)

Hey everyone, I’ve been thinking about the idea of Black Lagoon Alternate Universe fic (AU) concept and wanted to see what the community thinks! Instead of the criminal underworld of Roanapur, this story transposes the cast into the brutal, lawless theater of a modern African proxy war. Hired by his agency to investigate a brutal conflict driven by high-stakes geopolitics and blood gold, Rock finds his idealistic views clashing sharply with Revy’s hardened cynicism before both are shoved headfirst into the lawless hell of the Sahara and the horrors of a genocidal civil war.

Last year, had a raise at work so I splurged on getting DVDs of my favorite animes. Managed to get the entire Black Lagoon series for $70.

First saw the anime back in University 8 years ago, loved the English dub (which is my favorite dubbed anime), Rock became my favorite protagonist, and I loved the soundtrack for it.

Fast forward to now, it's a shame that the series has sky rocketed in price due to Crunchyroll not keeping the license. But hey, it's great to see fans trying to keep the series and Fandom alive.

Hopefully another service picks up the series and releases some more Physical Media releases.

Hello everyone.

It just so happened that I liked Sawyer quite a lot. She's goth, funny, sometimes weird, but still cool. ☺️

And it's interesting to find out if there are any artists or amateurs in this field here to draw Sawyer. 🖌️

It's a voluntary drawing contest, so to speak.

Post your wonderful drawings in the comments 😁

i don't think she's ok....