More Impressions: Black Lagoon 2, Crescent Love

Killer goth-loli twincest powers activate!

Form of…a big-ass, light as air, unlimited ammo, super hax gun!

Form of…a bucket of water! a crazed axe wielder!
From the studio that brought you Nazi’s: A Nautical Musical, and Terminator 4: Maid for Action, comes not one but twice the daily reccomeneded dose of Cannabalistic killer goth-loli’s, with a dash of incest and necrophilia on the side. Of course only Black Lagoon could give us these fucked up fairytales Hansel and Gretel twins. Best thing about the episode: hearing a little girl in a nightie talking about sticking an ” Ivan ” in her (note Ivan’s a corpse). That moe enough for ya? Points of interest also include the insanely huge gun the girl uses (anybody know what the real life equivalent of it is?) and how completely useless the boy must be with an axe. Reminds me of Shana where the girl twin was the brains behind the operation. On a plot note I really don’t think their vampires, because as out there as Black Lagoon is, it’s not supernatural. There’s probably some weird real world reason for the weirdness, something like russian human experimentation or something.
Highlights beyond the killer twins are: Eda the Nun: Street Whore Clothes Ver., the return of Revy’s hot ass, and how great Balalaika looks pissed off. For being involved in the world of mercenaries Black Lagoon seems like one huge femenine piece on why not to mess around with women, as some will kill you and enjoy it. A strong start to hopefully another long run of goodness.
Taking a complete 180 now is Yoake mae yori ruriiro na - Crescent Love. I have mixed thoughts on this one. Throughout the first fifteen minutes of the show I kept thinking ” Boring anime is boooooooooring “. Seriously it was dull. However once Feena got introduced and there was all the great SD animation I started liking it more. In reality though following a series just for that isn’t a good idea. Also I find Natsuki and Mia the maid really annoying characters, as I have a tendency to hate childhood friend characters and gratuitous maid cameos (Sakura and Tama-nee the only exceptions). The sister was also getting on my nerves with the constant “oni-chan!”, unlike most of my peers I do not find that endearing, just annoying. She was saved from outright hatred by her excellent freak out expressions. See how much I’m banking on comedy here? I give this till ep. 2 to pull something off before deciding to drop it. Also why do the japanese think every country in space has to be a monarchy? I mean if your advance enough to have space technology I think Your gonna have a democratic system instead of sending princesses to earth.








The gun Gretel uses is a BAR (Browning Automatic Rifle), an WW II American weapon.
Comment on April 25, 2007 @ 10:23 pm