History TearJerker / BlackLagoon

* The deaths of [[spoiler:Hansel and Gretel]]. Since the series usually consist of over the top action scenes where dozens of {{Mooks}} are gunned down by our heroic sociopath "[[VillainProtagonist heroes]]" without a second thought, an arc that could actually be taken '''seriously''' was a severe case of MoodWhiplash. The arc following it was so [[RefugeInAudacity over the top ridiculous]] that it actually seemed like an apology to the viewer for putting them through that.

** The whole sequence itself really. A low shot of Revy's boots as she slowly walks along a beach, casually dropping empty shell casings, spare magazines, her holsters, and finally her favorite Cutlass pistols, before the beat picks up and she whips around with a shotgun pointed right at the viewer. It feels almost like a foretelling of the future of Revy's story, and all her friends and loved ones are dead (or corrupted) and she's given up on living, with nothing left but rage and revenge.

* Yuriko's suicide after Revy killed Ginji. Despite Rock's attempts to save her by having Balalaika utterly crush the yakuza Yuriko was put in charge of so she'd back down, the death of the man she loved so dearly breaks her and kills herself with Ginji's sword. Revy, who normally wouldn't give two shits about something like this, screams at Rock to not look. He doesn't and watches every second with the most horrified expression we've seen on him yet.

** The moment it sinks in for [[spoiler:Hansel]] that he's NOT going to live and his entire worldview was a lie. He lies there in silent shock, struggles to get up one last time... and then just ''[[DespairEventHorizon gives up]]'' and breaks down [[CryCute sobbing]], while slowly bleeding to death. Even Balalaika seemed to pity him at this point... and she's [[spoiler:the one who ''ordered for him to be killed!'']]

* "DON'T LOOK AT HER, ROCK! LOOK AT ME!" (Rock doesn't)
* Revy's monologue about how she has such a nihilistic world view in the "Das Wieder Erstehen Des Alders" arc, particularly when a DirtyCop beat and raped her, how she killed her father and that if Rock ever tries to tell her if she's acting immoral by looting corpses, she will kill him. It's as tragic as it is chilling.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[FamousLastWords It's beautiful... the sky]].]]

-->'''Takenaka:''' Ibrahim! Don't forget we have a job to do! ''IBRAHIM!'' No matter what you do, or how hard you fight, your son is never coming back!

* The scene in Roberta's Blood Trail where Garcia witnesses Roberta seduce a mercenary and then violently smash his head in. Garcia is crying and ''biting his hand'' as he overhears his mother figure and crush having sex. One can only imagine how traumatizing that was. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Then Roberta turns around to see he was there the whole time]], and she absolutely ''loses it''. ** It's even worse when you remember that this is their first time seeing each other in months.

* The scene in Roberta's Blood Trail where Garcia witnesses Roberta seduce a mercenary and then violently smash his head in. Garcia is crying and ''biting his hand'' as he overhears his mother figure and crush having sex. One can only imagine how traumatizing that was. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Then Roberta turns around to see he was there the whole time]], and she absolutely ''loses it''.

* The scene in Roberta's Blood Trail where Garcia witnesses Riberta seduce a mercenary and then violently smash his head in. Garcia is crying and ''biting his hand'' as he overhears his mother figure and crush having sex. One can only imagine how traumatizing that was. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Then Roberta turns around to see he was there the whole time]], and she absolutely ''loses it''.

* The scene in Roberta's Blood Trail where Garcia witnesses Riberta seduce a mercenary and then violently smash his head in. Garcia is crying and ''biting his hand'' as he overhears his mother figure and crush having sex. One can only imagine how traumatizing that was. [[OhMyGodWhatHaveIDone: Then Roberta turns around to see he was there the whole time]], and she absolutely ''loses it''.

* The scene in Roberta's Blood Trail where Garcia witnesses Riberta seduce a mercenary and then violently smash his head in. Garcia is crying and ''biting his hand'' as he overhears his mother figure and crush having sex. One can only imagine how traumatizing that was. [[OhMyGodWhatHaveIDone
Then Roberta turns around to see he was there the whole time]], and she absolutely ''loses it''.

* The scene in Roberta's Blood Trail where Garcia witnesses Riberta seduce a mercenary and then violently smash his head in. Garcia is crying and ''biting his hand'' as he overhears his mother figure and crush having sex. One can only imagine how traumatizing that was. [[OhMyGodWhatHaveIDone Then Roberta turns around to see he was there the when time]], and absolutely ''loses it''.

** The quote above comes from Benny and Rock's discussion about what happened with Gretel. Rock explains it to Benny and says he wants to help her, but Benny is bitterly aware that she's already damaged to the core and tells so to Rock [[BrutalHonest without pulling any punches]].

** The quote above comes from Benny and Rock's discussion about what happened with Gretel. Rock explains it to Benny and says he wants to help her, but Benny is bitterly aware that she's already damaged to the core and tells so to Rock [[BrutalHonest without pulling any punches]].]]

** The moment it sinks in for [[spoiler:Hansel]] that he's NOT going to live and his entire worldview was a lie. He lies there in silent shock, struggles to get up one last time...and then just ''[[DespairEventHorizon gives up]]'' and breaks down [[CryCute sobbing]], while slowly bleeding to death. Even Balalaika seemed to pity him at this point...and she's [[spoiler:the one who ''ordered for him to be killed!'']]

** The scene pictured above is a huge example: [[spoiler: The one lying on the ground, all blood-covered, is Gretel. Her LaserGuidedKarma reaches her right after she has revealed her DarkAndTroubledPast ''and'' HiddenDepths to Rock (the latter [[DoesNotKnowHowToSayThanks in an horribly twisted way]]), ''and'' had one of her biggest wishes (going to the seaside) fulfilled. An Hotel Moscow PunchClockVillain [[PrettyLittleHeadshots shoots the girl dead]] as soon as she goes into the harbor, and she dies saying that the sea and the sky are really beautiful.]]

** And it's not just the ending or Balalaika's backstory. There's also the scene with Yukio telling her kouhai Maki good-bye and asking her to take care of her mother before she abandons her school and takes over the clan, leaving the poor girl in tears and screaming "Sempai, sempai!"... *SOB*

* Near the end of the Hansel and Gretel arc, Gretel tells Rock what she and Hansel went through, relaying her bleak, nihilistic philosophy about life and the world. Absolutely horrified, Rock gives her a hug and tells her that the world can be a beautiful place and should be a beautiful place, especially for children like her. Unfortunately, having had her humanity stripped from her at such a young age, Gretel doesn't respond in the most healthy of manners. Given how disturbingly common Hansel and Gretel's situation was in Ceaușescu's Romania, it made even this most jaded troper feel something in his eye.

** The entire reason their worldview exists in the first place. Hansel and Gretel were kept alive as pets for the mafia for added entertainment in {{SnuffFilm}}s, and the only reason they weren't killed with the other children is because they themselves were used as the executioners. Eventually they just accepted it with the justification that the ''entire world'' had to work that way, that their lives were extended for every person they killed. It had to work that way, right? Because otherwise, they would've had to deal with the fact that the people responsible for their terrible trauma [[HumansAreBastards were simply that evil and heartless]], and worse, that [[CrapsackWorld every terrible thing that was done to them]] [[AwfulTruth happened for no fucking reason at all]]. Their worldview was a safety mechanism. ''[[SerialKiller That]]'' [[PsychoForHire worldview]] was a ''safety mechanism.''

** The entire reason their worldview exists in the first place. Hansel and Gretel were kept alive as pets for the mafia for added entertainment in {{SnuffFilm}}s, and the only reason they weren't killed with the other children is because they themselves were used as the executioners. Eventually they just accepted it with the justification that the ''entire world'' had to work that way, that their lives were extended for every person they killed. It had to work that way, right? Because otherwise, they would've had to deal with the fact that the people responsible for their terrible trauma [[HumansAreBastards were simply that evil and heartless]], and worse, that[[CrapsackWorld every terrible thing that was done to them]] [[AwfulTruth happened for no fucking reason at all]]. Their worldview was a safety mechanism. ''[[SerialKiller That]]'' [[PsychoForHire worldview]] was a ''safety mechanism.''

** The entire reason their worldview exists in the first place. Hansel and Gretel were kept alive as pets for the mafia for added entertainment in SnuffFilms, and the only reason they weren't killed with the other children is because they themselves were used as the executioners. Eventually they just accepted it with the justification that the ''entire world'' had to work that way, that their lives were extended for every person they killed. It had to work that way, right? Because otherwise, they would've had to deal with the fact that the people responsible for their terrible trauma [[HumansAreBastards were simply that evil and heartless]], and worse, that[[CrapsackWorld every terrible thing that was done to them]] [[AwfulTruth happened for no fucking reason at all]]. Their worldview was a safety mechanism. ''[[SerialKiller That]]'' [[PsychoForHire worldview]] was a ''safety mechanism.''

** The entire reason their worldview exists in the first place. Hansel and Gretel were kept alive as pets for the mafia for added entertainment in SnuffFilms, and the only reason they weren't killed with the other children is because they themselves were used as the executioners. Eventually they just accepted it with the justification that the ''entire world'' had to work that way, that their lives were extended for every person they killed. It had to work that way, right? Because otherwise, they would've had to deal with the fact that the people responsible for their terrible trauma [[HumansAreBastards were simply that evil and heartless]], and worse, that[[CrapsackWorld every terrible thing that was done to them]] [[AwfulTruth happened for no fucking reason at all]]. Their worldview was a safety mechanism. ''[[SerialKiller That]] [[PsychoForHire worldview]]'' was a ''safety mechanism.''

** The entire reason their worldview exists in the first place. Hansel and Gretel were kept alive as pets for the mafia for added entertainment in SnuffFilms, and the only reason they weren't killed with the other children is because they themselves were used as the executioners. Eventually they just accepted it with the justification that the ''entire world'' had to work that way, that their lives were extended for every person they killed. It had to work that way, right? Because otherwise, they would've had to deal with the fact that [[HumansAreBastards the people responsible for their terrible trauma were simply that evil and heartless]], and worse, that[[CrapsackWorld every terrible thing that was done to them]][[AwfulTruth happened for no fucking reason at all]. Their worldview was a safety mechanism. ''[[SerialKiller That]] [[PsychoForHire worldview]]'' was a ''safety mechanism.''

[[caption-width-right:350:[[FamousLastWords The sky... it's beautiful]].]]

--> Takenaka: "Ibrahim! Don't forget we have a job to do! '''IBRAHIM!''' No matter what you do, or how hard you fight, your son is never coming back!"

* Revy's monologue about how she has such a nihilistic world view in the "Das Wieder Erstehen Des Alders" arc, particularly when a DirtyCop beat and raped her, how she killed her father and that if Rock ever tries to tell her if she's acting immoral by looting corpses, she will kill him. Its as tragic as it is chilling.