Lots of dialogue and little action as this episode sets up the pyrotechnics of maid vs Lagoon company in the next episode. Quite a few nice scenes so I was quite happy. Rock in charge of the handing/taking over of a shipment of guns to a Panama-flagged freighter. They get a new passenger, Garcia Lovelace, whom the crew is supposed to deliver to (??) the Colombian mafia After talking to the boy, Rock smells a fish and persuades Dutch to find out more. Big Bossman turns to Balalaika - my listening comprehension isn’t up to scratch so will need to wait for the subs to ascertain what’s the complication.. Meanwhile, the boy’s recollection about his meido is interspersed with the arrival of said meido Roberta to Roanapra. After an extremely conspicious search for underworld information, she arrives at the Yellow Page bar. A gang of Colombians, alerted to her search, come to confront her as the Lagoon crew arrives and witnesses how Roberta is no ordinary maid. Continue reading ‘Black Lagoon 8′
Hi, I’m Sonozaki Onion. No, not the root vegetable that makes you cry. It’s “oh-nee-yon” (鬼音). I’m the secret hidden and true heir of the Sonozaki clan. That’s right, we’re triplets! Is that the hawtness or is that hawtness? I like to impersonate my younger sisters especially Mion who thinks that she’s the true heir. Continue reading ‘Higurashi no naku koro ni 5-8′
Really enjoyed this episode. I guess it helps that my expectations of this series were lower than low. For the first time, it feels like the stories of all the girls were coming together into some sort of *shock horror* coherent whole. I was also shrieking with laughter at how the series seem to be like verging on being some kind of terrible travesty - cum -unwanted- homage to MariMite with the whole loss of blue umbrella and hydrageneas forming the background of this episode. There was something for everyone and the key frames for Chikaru were of a higher quality than usual - but as this blog focuses on Yaya, I didn’t screencap them. Tamao’s failed attempts at share love-love- umbrella with Nagisa were also so hilarous. I liked the design of the summer uniforms. Even Chiyo failed to annoy me. LOL Continue reading ‘Strawberry Panic 8′
