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ブラックラグーン [Black Lagoon] #2
ブラック・ラグーン（２） (サンデーGXコミックス)
第二次世界大戦末期、オランダ領インド沖に沈んだ、ドイツ海軍のVIIC型攻撃潜水艦U－234の中から、1枚の絵画を引き上げる仕事を請け負うことになったラグーン商会のメンバー。だが、海上で仕事に取り掛かったとたんに謎の調査船が現れ、TOW（対戦車用ミサイル）を打ち込んできた！！はたしてロックたちは無事にお宝を手にできるのか！？
200 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 19, 2003
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Rei Hiroe
36 books83 followersRei Hiroe (広江 礼威, Hiroe Rei, born 5 December 1972) is a Japanese manga artist who is best known for his latest manga, Black Lagoon. When he is working on doujin comics he goes by the name Red Bear and TEX-MEX. Hiroe's manga were originally published by Kadokawa Shoten in the 1990s but none were complete. As a response Hiroe transferred to Shogakukan in the early 2000s, where all of his manga released before Black Lagoon were republished and re-released.
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August 20, 2025
Revy has serious issues. Rock grows a pair. Neo-nazis get the crap kicked out of them. Creepy twins are creepy. Pretty much feel the same way about this as the first volume. The manga and the anime are probably the most similar adaptation I have ever seen. And if I hadn't seen the anime first, which I prefer, I'd probably be more likely to give this four stars.
January 13, 2019
I own every Volume in the series, well every issue that has been translated into English that is. Black Lagoon, is awesome. It's just good. It's like taking every bad cheap cheesy action movie cliche, than giving them a decent and well though out story. Black Lagoon makes bad action movies good. That's amazing in of itself.
It's also one of the few things that has powerful female characters, that never lose that, real powerful female characters is something that practically everything is missing anymore. Black Lagoon has those. This series is amazing, period. That's how good Black Lagoon is. This is intended for mature audiences and not because of the death, and very brief nudity, but because Black Lagoon deals with adult concepts, about life. It's really hard to explain without reading it, which I think anyone who likes action and drama should. please read this.
It's also one of the few things that has powerful female characters, that never lose that, real powerful female characters is something that practically everything is missing anymore. Black Lagoon has those. This series is amazing, period. That's how good Black Lagoon is. This is intended for mature audiences and not because of the death, and very brief nudity, but because Black Lagoon deals with adult concepts, about life. It's really hard to explain without reading it, which I think anyone who likes action and drama should. please read this.
April 23, 2015
It is one Manga that I would recommend to anyone especially if they are into the Anime as well.
As for what I think the action is very fast paced, Art of the book is very well done its crisp and detailed something that I could picture seeing as a live action.
As for the story, I will admit it started out slightly bland at first but as I read further into it I started to get interested.
Synopsis: The lagoon traders are contracted by a mysterious client, for a retrieval job ( a painting ) on a long forgotten German U boat.
while retrieving the painting, Revy and Rock have a very interesting conversation about how life generally sucks, which also sag-ways into a bit ,more about Revy’s past.
while they are talking and gathering not only the painting but some Nazi memorabilia as well, some Neo-Nazi’s who were also hired by a mysterious client come looking for the painting as well basically to re-kindle their Aryan cause, which ended in a shoot out between the Lagoon Traders as they tried to swipe the painting off of them in the U boat at the bottom of the ocean.
Which the Lagoon Traders ultimately ended up loosing the painting to the Neo-Nazi’s, later the Lagoon Traders sneak onto the skin heads boat to retrieve the painting off them, by killing everyone on board their ship, and as they did so they end up finding out that the Mysterious client that hired them for the retrieval job, had also hired the skin heads as well.
After the retrieval job Revy and Rock get sent on another assignment, visiting people, picking up somethings, start some fights.. mostly verble.
Anyway as they continue their errands, they eventually end up visiting the HQ of Hotel Moscow, where Balalaika (the leader of Hotel Moscow), asks the Lagoon Traders as she is going over some”Erotic tapes” to go in her place and
she asks them while going over some “erotic tapes” to go in her place and find out what they know about some unusual drug trafficking, which in turn leads them to the Rip Off Church where they manage to link the drug trafficking to the church, by black mailing them into getting what they want and needed out of them(for instants:”Guns..”).
Then in the last part of the book.
Their is a big problem in Roanapur, people in each of the mob faction’s are dropping like files, and Balalaika is getting really pissed off since two of her men turned up dead and mutilated, she issues a bounty on the ones responsible. Only to discover that it was two little Romanian kids by the name of Hansel and Gretel that were responsible and they were contracted to kill her.
As for what I think the action is very fast paced, Art of the book is very well done its crisp and detailed something that I could picture seeing as a live action.
As for the story, I will admit it started out slightly bland at first but as I read further into it I started to get interested.
Synopsis: The lagoon traders are contracted by a mysterious client, for a retrieval job ( a painting ) on a long forgotten German U boat.
while retrieving the painting, Revy and Rock have a very interesting conversation about how life generally sucks, which also sag-ways into a bit ,more about Revy’s past.
while they are talking and gathering not only the painting but some Nazi memorabilia as well, some Neo-Nazi’s who were also hired by a mysterious client come looking for the painting as well basically to re-kindle their Aryan cause, which ended in a shoot out between the Lagoon Traders as they tried to swipe the painting off of them in the U boat at the bottom of the ocean.
Which the Lagoon Traders ultimately ended up loosing the painting to the Neo-Nazi’s, later the Lagoon Traders sneak onto the skin heads boat to retrieve the painting off them, by killing everyone on board their ship, and as they did so they end up finding out that the Mysterious client that hired them for the retrieval job, had also hired the skin heads as well.
After the retrieval job Revy and Rock get sent on another assignment, visiting people, picking up somethings, start some fights.. mostly verble.
Anyway as they continue their errands, they eventually end up visiting the HQ of Hotel Moscow, where Balalaika (the leader of Hotel Moscow), asks the Lagoon Traders as she is going over some”Erotic tapes” to go in her place and
she asks them while going over some “erotic tapes” to go in her place and find out what they know about some unusual drug trafficking, which in turn leads them to the Rip Off Church where they manage to link the drug trafficking to the church, by black mailing them into getting what they want and needed out of them(for instants:”Guns..”).
Then in the last part of the book.
Their is a big problem in Roanapur, people in each of the mob faction’s are dropping like files, and Balalaika is getting really pissed off since two of her men turned up dead and mutilated, she issues a bounty on the ones responsible. Only to discover that it was two little Romanian kids by the name of Hansel and Gretel that were responsible and they were contracted to kill her.
April 24, 2011
The adventures of the Black Lagoon crew continue as they have to deal with Neonazis and then some very twisted twin killers in two separate tales in this volume. Revy's temper is proving that it can be a liability at times, but there is no denying her skill as a gunslinger. Rock is starting to settle in as the new member of the Black Lagoon crew. But I think the highlight of this volume is the coming of the twins. There is a blend of bloody and violent with a bit of disturbing. In a way, they reminded me a bit of Mr. Kidd and Mr. Wint, the two assassins from the Bond movie Diamonds are Forever given their good manners towards each other. But underneath the charm, they are quite deadly. This is definitely a volume to read, and you will want to continue on to the next one. I know I will.
February 3, 2015
Neo-nazis, the first half of a story arc involving killer vampire incest twins rampaging through Roanapur, and a somewhat tedious argument between Revy and Rock about how much life sucks and how one couldn't possibly understand how the other feels.
It's obvious from the first couple of pages in the first volume that Revy's a headcase with an itchy trigger finger. This volume dives (pardon the pun) a bit deeper into her emotional problems in the first arc of the volume where she and Rock swim down to a sunken Nazi submarine to salvage a rare painting. Since nothing in life is gained without some kind of pain-in-the-ass problem, the Black Lagoon crew quickly find themselves outnumbered and outgunned by an army of crazy Neo-Nazis--who are also after the painting. Rock tries to bring some sense of morality to the situation when Revy starts picking the corpses that died long ago of their treasures and trinkets--old medals, iron crosses, etc.; and Revy begins to show a different--much darker--side to her personality where she reveals just how nihilistic her view of the world really is. This scene is a precursor to a later sequence in the middle of the volume where Rock and Revy's tempers flare in a market, and both of them start arguing about how "you can't solve your problems with a gun" and "what do you know about my life, etc.". I get that author Rei Hiroe is trying to further develop his characters, but it almost comes off as forced. To me, anyway, what's supposed to be a highly emotional and tense way for the two polar opposites to finally come to terms with each other ends up seeming like some sort of pity party. Both characters are, in a way, in the wrong, and neither can be fully blamed, considering their vastly different backgrounds. An argument like this was bound to happen sooner or later, but for me, it was tedious to read through.
Aside from that, the rest of the volume was enjoyable. The artwork (which was fantastic to begin with) has since improved, and the arc with the twins comes off to a good start (ending on a decent cliffhanger to prepare us for the other half in Volume 3). Cheesy arguments aside, my favourite part of this volume was the Lagoon Company's retaliation assault on the Neo-Nazi's ship, bound to conclude their supposed 'victory party' with a literal bang.
It's obvious from the first couple of pages in the first volume that Revy's a headcase with an itchy trigger finger. This volume dives (pardon the pun) a bit deeper into her emotional problems in the first arc of the volume where she and Rock swim down to a sunken Nazi submarine to salvage a rare painting. Since nothing in life is gained without some kind of pain-in-the-ass problem, the Black Lagoon crew quickly find themselves outnumbered and outgunned by an army of crazy Neo-Nazis--who are also after the painting. Rock tries to bring some sense of morality to the situation when Revy starts picking the corpses that died long ago of their treasures and trinkets--old medals, iron crosses, etc.; and Revy begins to show a different--much darker--side to her personality where she reveals just how nihilistic her view of the world really is. This scene is a precursor to a later sequence in the middle of the volume where Rock and Revy's tempers flare in a market, and both of them start arguing about how "you can't solve your problems with a gun" and "what do you know about my life, etc.". I get that author Rei Hiroe is trying to further develop his characters, but it almost comes off as forced. To me, anyway, what's supposed to be a highly emotional and tense way for the two polar opposites to finally come to terms with each other ends up seeming like some sort of pity party. Both characters are, in a way, in the wrong, and neither can be fully blamed, considering their vastly different backgrounds. An argument like this was bound to happen sooner or later, but for me, it was tedious to read through.
Aside from that, the rest of the volume was enjoyable. The artwork (which was fantastic to begin with) has since improved, and the arc with the twins comes off to a good start (ending on a decent cliffhanger to prepare us for the other half in Volume 3). Cheesy arguments aside, my favourite part of this volume was the Lagoon Company's retaliation assault on the Neo-Nazi's ship, bound to conclude their supposed 'victory party' with a literal bang.
March 5, 2024
I don’t know why I’m not able to enjoy this. I think this volume drives it closer to home. Revy is a hairsbreadth away from being a sociopath with no code at all. I don’t think you need em`. Rock is like my mirror to society (we are way too fucking alike)…I liked this volume better than the first one. It’s a little bland with the inclusion of Nazis. I suppose it was a clever use of metaphor for Revy’s character in that particular scenario.
I still have not tried the anime just glimpsed at some AMVs which look pretty entertaining. For me I think that’s my next step. As far as the drawings go, I don’t think you could do any better. The action is a little hard to follow. There’s something to be said about the size of these volumes. I believe the larger format makes it a bit more enjoyable with larger panels and dialogue that’s easier to use. I doubt that it’s cost effective though.
Volume 2 for Black Lagoon is better than the first volume. I’m still straddling the line. It looks like there are only ten volumes so it’s not a major investment; however I am going to bite the bullet on the manga and see what the anime has to offer.
I still have not tried the anime just glimpsed at some AMVs which look pretty entertaining. For me I think that’s my next step. As far as the drawings go, I don’t think you could do any better. The action is a little hard to follow. There’s something to be said about the size of these volumes. I believe the larger format makes it a bit more enjoyable with larger panels and dialogue that’s easier to use. I doubt that it’s cost effective though.
Volume 2 for Black Lagoon is better than the first volume. I’m still straddling the line. It looks like there are only ten volumes so it’s not a major investment; however I am going to bite the bullet on the manga and see what the anime has to offer.
September 19, 2020
This volume was much better then the first volume. I just liked it way more.
The chapter with Revy and Rock arguing was super hot lol, but it was good overall.
Oh and the twins are disgustingly gruesome and I don’t know how to feel about that. Like the content and concept is cool but they’re so messed up it’s insane to me.
The only thing I had a hard time struggling with was all the German and other languages in the book, there weren’t any translations and I wish there were to know what they were saying even if they were going to die and it wasn’t important.
The chapter with Revy and Rock arguing was super hot lol, but it was good overall.
Oh and the twins are disgustingly gruesome and I don’t know how to feel about that. Like the content and concept is cool but they’re so messed up it’s insane to me.
The only thing I had a hard time struggling with was all the German and other languages in the book, there weren’t any translations and I wish there were to know what they were saying even if they were going to die and it wasn’t important.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 23, 2020
Fun fact I did read the first volume and it was one of the first manga I got when I went to New York Comic Con. Finding this volume during San Diego’s virtual comic con this year was a delightful treat. Also helpful is that I recently finished the anime and this has some of the parts I remember watching. Though I know the manga has gone on longer than the anime, a part of me is considering getting the rest of the volumes as well.
September 30, 2010
3.5 stars. Not for the faint of heart or easily offended. Levi is unapologetic, rude and badass and her favorite past time is killing people. Though I like the contrast between her and Rock. I didn't like the Nazi story and the twins one was just way too creepy. My favorite part of this manga was Levi and Rock running errands for Dutch, definitely.
December 28, 2020
This series has some very interesting villains. Those twins we met at the end... wow. Far out.
I liked Revy and Rock's fight, that was the best part of this book I think. Revy and Dutch had a nice little altercation as well.
I want to hear more from the the IT guy, is Benny his name?
Not sure if I'll keep reading, maybe.
I liked Revy and Rock's fight, that was the best part of this book I think. Revy and Dutch had a nice little altercation as well.
I want to hear more from the the IT guy, is Benny his name?
Not sure if I'll keep reading, maybe.
May 28, 2024
Should've checked TWs... there's some child trafficking and the children were romanian, and so i didn't expect to be reminded of the ugly parts from home 💀 that left a bitter taste ngl
What bumped my rating back up was the tension between revy and rock and the cig kiss?? 👀
No more creepy shady businessmen, i want the plot to revolve around them
What bumped my rating back up was the tension between revy and rock and the cig kiss?? 👀
No more creepy shady businessmen, i want the plot to revolve around them
December 3, 2008
I mentioned that the protagonists are the villains of a HK action movie, right?
January 24, 2011
Lots of action and things being blown up. The interaction between Rock and Rev is getting interesting.
May 17, 2015
Neo-Nazi and crazy twins, Hansel-Grentel.. they're good stories. But, the best story here is conversation between Rock and Revy. I wonder abouy Revy's past and how will characters develop...
September 19, 2015
So good. I use to read manga all the time and stopped. This series is so good. 2 down 8 more volumes to go
December 5, 2016
A kick-ass follow up to the first volume. I absolutely loved the vampire twins, Hansel and Gretel.
September 6, 2017
Awesome!
February 28, 2018
Very violent and harsh story, but it's not the whole point of this book. It has something to say and has a good plot but for me this was just too horrible, can't read anymore.
July 1, 2021
This was much better than the first volume. The characters get some nice development. I did not like the arc with the twins though. It felt really excessive.
18+
18+
September 6, 2021
Very cool manga.
February 17, 2022
⭐⭐⭐⭐ STARS!
"I stand my own ground and nowhere else."
I'm in love with Rock.
"I stand my own ground and nowhere else."
I'm in love with Rock.
May 12, 2022
One of the very few that I need all of.
April 14, 2025
ig I forgot to log this book when I finished it but yes I love black lagoon.
July 30, 2025
Covers chapters 5-12
Huge step up from volume 1. While volume 1 was mostly explosive action and vulgar banter, volume 2 delves deeper into the main characters personal relationships and the darker side of the seedy underworlds of Russia, Asia and Romania.
This volume is basically split into three acts. The first act is a simple search and recovery mission about Rock and Revy digging up nazi treasure from a sunken submarine and having a bit of a fallout, the second act is a Rock and Revy making their rounds, gathering information, weapons and gang trade deals while working out their differences, and the third act is a full-on horror story about a pair of psychopathic twin children involved in brutal torture murders on the black market.
An interesting mix of plots. The first one was mostly more action and humor like the first volume, but the next two really took the series in a new direction. I love the tension, chemistry and subtle romantic nuance between Rock and Revy. Their scenes and dialogue together are so good. The third act was genuinely disturbing, delving into some twisted subject matter.
This series definitely has the potential to plunge into extreme horror territory with the next story arc.
Huge step up from volume 1. While volume 1 was mostly explosive action and vulgar banter, volume 2 delves deeper into the main characters personal relationships and the darker side of the seedy underworlds of Russia, Asia and Romania.
This volume is basically split into three acts. The first act is a simple search and recovery mission about Rock and Revy digging up nazi treasure from a sunken submarine and having a bit of a fallout, the second act is a Rock and Revy making their rounds, gathering information, weapons and gang trade deals while working out their differences, and the third act is a full-on horror story about a pair of psychopathic twin children involved in brutal torture murders on the black market.
An interesting mix of plots. The first one was mostly more action and humor like the first volume, but the next two really took the series in a new direction. I love the tension, chemistry and subtle romantic nuance between Rock and Revy. Their scenes and dialogue together are so good. The third act was genuinely disturbing, delving into some twisted subject matter.
This series definitely has the potential to plunge into extreme horror territory with the next story arc.
December 22, 2022
I didn’t enjoy this one as much as the first one. I can’t really pinpoint why…it was just okay. We don’t get anything new from the main characters and the dialog felt cumbersome to get through. It was just less fun.
May 22, 2019
1.5 stars.
August 7, 2016
J’ai repris avec beaucoup de plaisir la suite des aventures de l’équipage du Black Lagoon, qui continue à transporter et magouiller tout et n’importe quoi à bord de leur navire.
La première partie, un peu banale, est tout de même intéressante pour remettre en place les personnages.
L’intrigue à base de méchants nazis qui veulent récupérer un tableau dans un sous-marin na vaut pas grand chose, mais elle permet de pointer le mauvais caractère légendaire de Revy, mais aussi son côté psychopathe et sans aucun état d’âme, s’opposant à la volonté de Rock de s’intégrer coute que coute dans l’équipe mais sans changer sa philosophie.
D’ailleurs, ses méthodes se révèlent bien plus efficaces lorsqu’il s’agit de parlementer, notamment avec les sœurs d’une Église bien particulière.
La suite de ce tome est bien plus réussie, bien plus noire aussi puisqu’un duo de jumeaux Roumains rentre en scène et dynamite l’équilibre fragile qui existait jusque là à Roanapura entre les différentes factions en place.
C’est sanglant et c’est politique mais le mélange est explosif et réussi.
Il permet aussi de faire le tour des forces en présence et d’expliciter un peu la situation des Russes de Balalaïka.
L’équipage du Black Lagoon passe donc au second plan pour l’instant mais ctte intrigue n’étant pas terminée, je ne me fais pas trop de souci et je suis certaine qu’ils trouveront à s’y employer.
En tout cas, cet arc monte bien en puissance et promet une suite tout aussi explosive.
La première partie, un peu banale, est tout de même intéressante pour remettre en place les personnages.
L’intrigue à base de méchants nazis qui veulent récupérer un tableau dans un sous-marin na vaut pas grand chose, mais elle permet de pointer le mauvais caractère légendaire de Revy, mais aussi son côté psychopathe et sans aucun état d’âme, s’opposant à la volonté de Rock de s’intégrer coute que coute dans l’équipe mais sans changer sa philosophie.
D’ailleurs, ses méthodes se révèlent bien plus efficaces lorsqu’il s’agit de parlementer, notamment avec les sœurs d’une Église bien particulière.
La suite de ce tome est bien plus réussie, bien plus noire aussi puisqu’un duo de jumeaux Roumains rentre en scène et dynamite l’équilibre fragile qui existait jusque là à Roanapura entre les différentes factions en place.
C’est sanglant et c’est politique mais le mélange est explosif et réussi.
Il permet aussi de faire le tour des forces en présence et d’expliciter un peu la situation des Russes de Balalaïka.
L’équipage du Black Lagoon passe donc au second plan pour l’instant mais ctte intrigue n’étant pas terminée, je ne me fais pas trop de souci et je suis certaine qu’ils trouveront à s’y employer.
En tout cas, cet arc monte bien en puissance et promet une suite tout aussi explosive.
July 28, 2015
Buenisimo tomo, más serio que el primero
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