History YMMV / BlackLagoon

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic:
** Shane Caxton refuses to give his men order to shoot Roberta when she attacks them. This is supposed to be a magnanimous gesture on his part: Feeling responsible for the death of Garcia's father, he intends to protect the life of another person Garcia cares about. Except this is also ''profoundly, terribly'' stupid. As a military commander, he is responsible for the lives of his men; neglectfully throwing away their lives like that is a legitimate cause for disobedience, if not outright [[TheMutiny mutiny]]. Furthermore, if all he wants to do is redeem himself in Garcia's eyes, then he could and should have just give up ''only'' himself. There is no need to involve his men. [[ImprovedSecondAttempt The OVA adaptation fixes this]] as Caxton doesn't do this and permits Grey Fox to defend itself [[spoiler:reducing their casualties]].

** Shane Caxton refuses to give his men order to shoot Roberta when she attacks them. This is supposed to be a magnanimous gesture on his part: Feeling responsible for the death of Garcia's father, he intends to protect the life of another person Garcia cares about. Except this is also ''profoundly, terribly'' stupid. As a military commander, he is responsible for the lives of his men; neglectfully throwing away their lives like that is a legitimate cause for disobedience, if not outright [[TheMutiny mutiny]]. Furthermore, if all he wants to do is redeem himself in Garcia's eyes, then he could and should have just give up ''only'' himself. There is no need to involve his men.
** Averted in the OVA adaptation, where Caxton doesn't do this and permits Grey Fox to defend itself. [[spoiler:This alters the ending a fair bit, reducing Grey Fox's casualties and also crippling Roberta.]]

** When Rock tells Balalaika that helping Yukio is just his hobby, is it ''really'' a sign that he's going through a StartOfDarkness, or is pure RefugeInAudacity in an attempt to get Balalaika to spare her and ''not'' get his own head blown off for his trouble.
** Is Shenhua's "[[AsianSpeekeeEngrish Chinglish]]" genuine, or an [[ElectiveBrokenLanguage affectation]] motivated by PatrioticFervor? WebVideo/BennettTheSage seems to believe the latter.

** Is Shenhua's "[[AsianSpeakeeEngrish Chinglish]]" genuine, or an [[ElectiveBrokenLanguage affectation]] motivated by PatrioticFervor? WebVideo/BennettTheSage seems to believe the latter.

* NarmCharm: Most scenes involving Shenhua. Her [[AsianSpeekeeEngrish broken English]], thick accent and potty mouth are hysterically awful, but she, like so many other women in Roanapur, is so badass that it's hard to care. You'll be laughing one moment and watching her tear Mooks apart the next.

** Is Shenhua's "[[AsiansSpeakeeEngrish Chinglish]]" genuine, or an [[ElectiveBrokenLanguage affectation]] motivated by PatrioticFervor? WebVideo/BennettTheSage seems to believe the latter.

** Shane Caxton refuses to give his men order to shoot Roberta when she attacks them. This is supposed to be a magnanimous gesture on his part: Feeling responsible for the death of Garcia's father, he intends to protect the life of another person Garcia cares about. Except this is also ''profoundly, terribly'' stupid. As a military commander, he is responsible for the lives of his men; neglectfully throwing away their lives like that is a legitimate cause for disobedience, if not outright mutiny. Furthermore, if all he wants to do is redeem himself in Garcia's eyes, then he could and should have just give up ''only'' himself. There is no need to involve his men.

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* HarsherInHindsight: In the "Das Wieder Erstehen Des Adlers" arc, the Lagoon crew are told the story of a sunken U-Boat near the territorial waters of Indonesia. [[http://archive.is/I1rw3 In 2013, researchers from the Indonesian National Archaeology Center found a sunken U-Boat.]]

** Hansel and Gretel have a decent fanbase despite only appearing in three episodes. Gretel placed first in a [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/07/05/fans-pick-favorite-black-lagoon-characer-and-storylin popularity poll]] with 2433 votes (for comparaison the second Revy had 2411 and the third Balalaika "only" 1354 votes) and their arc placed second for best arc.

* EvilIsSexy:
** [[TheChessmaster Balalaika]] is [[TheBaroness hot]]. [[DarkActionGirl Revy]] is [[{{Stripperific}} hot]]. Shenhua is [[LegFocus hot]]. [[CorruptChurch Eda]] is [[NaughtyNuns hot]]. [[NinjaMaid Roberta]] is hot. All of the main female characters are, to some degree, evil (as is everybody else in this series). And they are hot.
** And the men [[MrFanservice aren't]]? [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Mr. Chang]] is [[TallDarkAndSnarky hot]]. [[GuileHero Rock]] is [[TallDarkAndHandsome hot]]. [[TheCaptain Dutch]] is [[SleevesAreForWimps hot]]. [[PlayfulHacker Benny]] is [[NerdsAreSexy hot]]. Villainy apparently makes for very sexy bodies.