Black Lagoon 22-24

DOUBLE-BERETTA-FANG-TAN. Yappari the only way to crush a blogging backlog is Blitz Rush!

Ep 22: Revy and Gin take on Chaka and his goons head-on. Rock liberates Yukio with cleaning fluid and a bowling pin. With Revy's help, Chaka's gang is easily disposed of. However, Yukio denounces Rock for speaking his homelies while still staying in the twilight. Rock sees another girl claimed by darkness, just like Revy.

Black Lagoon 21

Lolilaika orz. Jason gets full credit for coming up with the nickname. Obviously also the consequences if the Russian mafia comes after him. -_-;;

Black Lagoon 20

Gosh, after rewatching this episode I'm starting to think that it's not going to be bullets that'll get Balalaika in the end but the cigars. Even Castro had to give up the habit.

Black Lagoon 19

Rock and Revy are in Japan. Rock is interpretor (?? ????) for Balalaika's meeting with a yakuza group. Not entirely sure why Revy has come along too. Not for her skills as a gunman as she's unarmed and Balalaika has sufficient protection of her own. Rock also has to act as guide and interpretor for her too. But I'm not complaining - never thought I'd see her in a skirt!

Black Lagoon 18

Revy, Eda, Rock and Jane manage to hold out long enough to be evacuated but some of their enemies manage to jump abroad. With some fancy manoeuvres, the raiders are repelled. Benny's l33t h4xx0r1ng wins him t3h ch1xx0r as he retrieves Jane's precious data. We learn something surprising about Eda.

Black Lagoon 17

We begin with a Rock monologue about how Roanapur is filled with villians [?? (????)], a metropolis/capital of wickedness [???? (????????)] against the backdrop of the various mafiosi going about their business. There's something quite funny and reassuring about Revy's perpetual scowling.

Rock is waiting in the company car with Revy and Eda.

Black Lagoon 16

Mainly a set-up episode. Greenback Jane is threatened by her employers to come up with better counterfeit USD [ISO 4217]. The boss demonstrates his impatience by killing her assistant. Later she escapes and, being totally unfamiliar with Roanapur, seeks refuge at the Church of Violence. Not knowing the town and spurning his guide's advice, the boss - with the impropable name of Elvis - starts a gun battle that he has scurry away from. Jane explains the situation to Revy, Sisters Yolunda, Eda and Brother Rico; she leaves at the end. Elvis hires a cowboy to track her down and he gathers a motley crew of the Roanarpur underworld including Shen Ho (from the Guerillas in the Jungle arc) and an undertaker in the style of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre.