Meido Roberta breaks out the heavy artillery against the Colombians and the Lagoon crew take over. Garcia’s happy memories of Roberta are shattered by her skilled exercise of bloody violence. It’s not long before Revy goes head to head with Roberta, with the former getting knocked out cold as a result. The Lagoon crew flee into town, towards their boat with Roberta in hot pursuit. Meanwhile Balalaika mobilizes her troops to go to the aid of Dutch. Cliffhanger ending with Roberta clinging to the back of the company car and we see her eyes for the first time. 50+ screencaps ahead and not a single one of them of the meido! LOL. Continue reading ‘Black Lagoon 9′
A couple of empirical questions: When did hair antennae become part of anime character design? Was Pani Poni Dash! the first anime to actually use the term "ahoge"? In the context of PPD, the term was used as a nickname for Himeko Katagiri by Becky but is also used to refer specifically to the hair antennae itself. How far has this term achieved adoption in anime and in anime fandom?
Definitional points. “Ahoge” combines two characteristics accruing from the two components that make up this invented compound word. One is physical; the single lock of hair on top of Himeko’s head which gives the “ge” part of the term. Another is mental; the character is a moron or has done something so incredibly stupid that it changes the way we see her and thus "aho". Continue reading ‘Girls of the Ahoge’