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12	[[folder:Mr. Chang]]
13	[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chang_black_lagoon.png]]
14	->Voiced by: Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa (JP), Creator/TrevorDevall (EN)
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16	->''"You know, sometimes it just feels like I'm wading through a giant sea of shit."''
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18	A former police officer with the Royal Hong Kong Police turned Triad leader; currently engaged in an friendly competition with Balalaika over control of the Roanapur underworld.
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20	* AffablyEvil: A light hearted and mellow crime boss who prefers to conduct business in a peaceful and bloodless fashion and is almost always friendly to everyone he meets.
21	* BackToBackBadasses: He and Revy make an awesome version of this during a gun fight- See the terrorist arc.
22	* BlatantLies: He tells Rock that, as a former cop, he's seen both sides of the law and has a different perspective from anyone else. [[spoiler:He was actually a ''corrupt'' cop, responsible for the deaths of his fellow officers and other nasty stuff. He was on the other side from the start.]]
23	* CardCarryingVillain: Apathetically and matter-of-factually talks about his absolute lack of compassion for the sexually-abused AxCrazy children Hansel and Gretel ''because'' he is a black-hearted cynical scumbag and is ''completely'' comfortable with that fact, not to mention that they [[VillainHasAPoint killed some of his men in needlessly violent ways]]. This is '''the''' defining difference from the kind-and-honorable PapaWolf gangsters played by Chow Yun-fat that he is based upon.
24	* CasualDangerDialogue: He engages in this during the Hansel & Gretel arc. Chang and a group of his {{Mook}}s are outside Verrochio's place and he casually mentions, "You may want to duck". Seconds later one of Verrochio's goons goes flying through the air and the {{Mook}} ducks and barely manages to avoid being hit by the body.
25	* TheChessmaster: The one who commissioned Rock to see through to ending Roberta's rampage.
26	* ComicBookFantasyCasting: Chang looks suspiciously like Creator/ChowYunFat.
27	* CoolShades: Considering his character design is based on Chow Yun-fat, this comes with the territory.
28	* CrazyPrepared: In the Lock'n'Load Revolution arc, Chang provided Lagoon company and the other carriers a password so as to know who they could trust. Takenaka knew the password and uses it to try and steal the documents from Rock and Revy...only for Revy to reveal Chang considered this possibility and made a new password at the last minute.
29	* CynicalMentor: Shows [[OlderAndWiser shades]] [[GenerationXerox of this]] toward Rock in "El Baile de la Muerte" arc. He sees to it that Rock gains points in chessmaster at the same time as losing points in compassion.
30	* DeadpanSnarker: Frequently makes friendly, but still sarcastic jabs at people who he disagrees with.
31	* DeathGlare: Despite acting AffablyEvil for most of the time, he shows the same dead eyed glare that Balalaika and Roberta have while heading to the gangster meeting in the 'Roberta's blood trail' arc.
32	* DissonantSerenity: His reaction to seeing a dead body being thrown out of a window towards him is to casually cover his face and treat it as a mild inconvenience while coyly snarking about it. He also stays very light hearted during gunfights and usually cracks jokes while dodging bullets.
33	* EmbarrassingNickname: Don't call him "[[AffectionateNickname Babe]]" (Unless you're Fry Face).
34	* EvenEvilHasStandards:
35	** He considers having to kill old friends a rotten deal. So in the light novel, he offers to take care of such an enemy for Balalaika… Too bad she's EvilerThanThou.
36	** He also shows disgust at the Snuff Films that Hansel and Gretel were forced to be in.
37	* EvilLaugh: Gives one after Rock calls him out for what he is.
38	* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Triad is the Church's biggest customer, and Chang himself makes frequent use of their trade routes. [[spoiler:An early indicator that he's actually a stooge for the CIA as the Triad's drug routes are wholly appropriated by the agency, and by extension Eda, to keep a firm grip over the Golden Triangle.]]
39	* GunsAkimbo: Not unlike Chow Yun-fat's characters, Chang's weapons are two Beretta 76s. He also uses a pair of AMT Hardballer Longslides borrowed from his subordinates.
40	* IdenticalStranger: The light novel mentions offhand that when he visited Beijing, he was mistaken for a celebrity. Wonder who that could have been?
41	* IHaveManyNames: It's played for laughs in the light novel. Biu would prefer that Chang not add "[[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Master Ninja]]" to his repertoire of nicknames.
42	* ManipulativeBastard: In the "Roberta's Blood Trail" Arc. He drops the fact that [[ItsPersonal The US army]] was being targeted by the maid in order to get Balalaika on his side and later gets Rock to help him get Roberta out of town by guilt tripping him.
43	* MinoredInAssKicking: He says he prefers peace and cooperation to violence, is ahown to specialize in strategy and manipulation, and as a White Paper Fan his position within the Triad is ostensibly a purely administrative one. But when push comes to shove, he has no trouble throwing down, and his skill as a gunslinger exceeds even ''Revy''.
44	* MrFanservice: Without his glasses, he is very handsome; ''with'' the glasses he is very handsome.
45	* NervesOfSteel: Normally cheerful and emotive, this guy is also capable of being completely calm during a massive shootout. The only time he lost his cool was [[spoiler:when Eda told him he was an insect compared to the might of the United States.]] His cool demeanor also slips in Chapter 116 [[spoiler:when he catches grasp of [[FallenHero Rock's ideals now]] during a casual game of blackjack between the two at Balalaika's casino and begins [[ManipulativeBastard to realize the scope of]] [[WildCard what he's attempting to play at now]] with Roanapur, which causes Chang to give his support unconditionally to aid Rock's endeavors to see where this shakes for the city as a whole.]]
46	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The already mentioned Chow Yun-fat.
47	%%* NoMoreHoldingBackSpeech: Makes a brief one in the second episode of the "Vampire Twins" arc, lamenting how screwed up this world is and how he feels like he's "wading through a sea of shit".
48	* NotSoDifferentRemark: He [[spoiler:allegedly]] started out on the right side of the law [[spoiler:(he didn't, he was a crook when he was a cop too)]], only to defect when by all counts he shouldn't have had to, and now serves as an OnlySaneMan for fellow criminals. Chang is more than happy to point this out to a horrified [[VillainProtagonist Rokuro]].
49	* OnlySaneMan: Generally acts as a voice of reason towards the other local crimelords, particularly [[BloodKnight Balalaika]].
50	-->Are we going to break this up and kill each other before we even get to the agenda? I can imagine the party over at the Justice Department if we did.
51	* RankScalesWithAsskicking: The head of the Triad in Roanapur, ''and'' the best gun-fighter in the series.
52	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: While he is as morally reprehensible as the other crime bosses, he's definitely the calmest and most reasonable of them all, preferring peaceful cooperation and only using violence as a last resort.
53	* RedOniBlueOni: Blue to Balalaika's Red. He prefers coexistence and diplomacy while she prefers killing whoever pisses her off. This makes sense as Balalaika is a former soldier who was trained to kill while Chang belonged to the Hong Kong Police Force who are trained to defuse a situation before using violence as a last resort.
54	* RousingSpeech: Saddles his fellow crime heads with a villainous version, after the OnlySaneMan quote eventually accomplishes zilch. Two pages' worth can be found on the Quotes Page.
55	* ScarfOfAsskicking: Of the untied variety, hanging around the collar of his coat. He wears it whenever he's caught in a gunfight.
56	* ShadowArchetype: To Rock. They're both (mostly) non action guys who prefer negotiation over physical fights, are more peaceful and calm compared to their female counterparts (Revy for Rock and Balalaika for Chang). They're both also [[TokenGoodTeammate token good teammates]] with Rock being the only Lagoon crew member with any sense of morality while Chang is the least violent and most diplomatic crime lord in the city. The difference between the two however is that Rock still has some scruples left and will go out of his way to do the right thing while Chang is mostly motivated by self interest and is significantly more ruthless. Hell, they even look quite similar when Chang takes off his glasses.
57	* SlasherSmile: Rarely done, but has one or two of these on occasion, usually accompanied by a cigarette between his teeth.
58	%%* TallDarkAndSnarky
59	* TeethClenchedTeamwork: [[spoiler:He's a pawn of the CIA, and he knows it. Almost all of his power and authority comes from the fact that Eda ''lets'' him have it. But, as he still makes full use of this "partnership" to his benefit, he isn't an UnwittingPawn.]]
60	* TheTriadsAndTheTongs: Mr. Chang is a Pak Tsa Sin (a high ranking officer) of the Kan Yi Fan, a fictional Triad based in Hong Kong.
61	* TokenGoodTeammate: To the other Roanapur mob bosses. Downplayed as he's still a ''gang boss'', but he's by far the politest and has the least KickTheDog moments.
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64	[[folder:Shenhua]]
65	[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shenhua_black_lagoon.png]]
66	->Voiced by: Creator/YukoSasaki (JP), Creator/SaffronHenderson (EN)
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68	A Taiwanese assassin in the employ of Mr. Chang. She prefers to use various edged weapons in close combat, in particular a pair of kukri knives linked together with a length of leather rope at the handles, thus using them as modified rope darts. She is also skilled in the use of throwing knives.
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70	* AffablyEvil: Quite cheery most of the time, whether she's skewering hapless {{Mooks}}, or delivering an unfortunate man in a suitcase to be chopped up by a goth with a chainsaw. She and Revy even have a (relatively) friendly conversation whilst trying to kill each other.
71	* AnimeChineseGirl: She speaks in broken [=Japanese/English=] with a heavy accent, wears a qipao and uses cutting weapons and martial arts in a show where most major characters use firearms.
72	* AsianSpeekeeEngrish: Speaks like this in both the Japanese and English dubs, something Revy makes fun of whenever they see each other ("Chinglish").
73	* AxCrazy: She can get rather… enthusiastic about chopping up people with kukri knives.
74	* BerserkButton: Do ''not'' mock her poor English. Revy got a kukri held to her throat for her trouble, and future instances of racial slurs and mockery from Revy were met with more threats of violence and mutilation.
75	-->'''Revy''': Let's ''go'', little miss Chinglish.
76	-->'''Shenhua''': Oh, you like for me to split your ass in four? It is not nice to make fun. You one rotten bitch!
77	* BladeEnthusiast: She's as good with the knives as Revy is with the guns. She also has some [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunai kunai]] for long distance fighting, and can [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks toss her Kukris]] if her opponents are further away. According to her, knives are better because they don't need ammo.
78	* BladeOnARope: Her kukris are attached to her wrists with a rope, and she's more than capable of swinging them to behead people from thirty feet away.
79	* DarkActionGirl: She's as [[AxCrazy insane]] as she is capable.
80	* DragonLady: She's a Taiwanese assassin who wears qipao and talks in pidgin English (or Japanese, respectively). Don't underestimate her because of that if you value your life.
81	* TheDreaded: One of the deadliest assassins in Roanapur (and by extension the ''world''). Even ''Revy'' is extremely wary of getting into a fight with her.
82	* EloquentInMyNativeTongue: She presumably speaks fluent Chinese, but her English (and Japanese, in the original) is utterly dreadful both in grammar and pronunciation, to the point where Revy (who is Chinese-American) nicknames her "Chinglish". It's ''not'' a good idea to take her poor language skills for stupidity, [[DarkActionGirl unless you want to be knifed to death]].
83	-->"My English not good because I am pure Taiwanese. [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch Maybe you like me to skin your ass, bitch?]]"
84	* FemmeFatalons: She has long red nails.
85	* IAmNotLeftHanded: Wears long stiletto heels on purpose to keep her edge in an environment where few know martial arts. When she gets serious, they come off.
86	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: A remorseless assassin and prickly bitch she may be, she still has ''kind of'' a heart underneath it all. There's no one more dependable than her to have your back in a fight, and following the Greenback arc she lets Sawyer and Lotton live with her after the latter saves her life.
87	** She is also surprisingly kind to Garcia, respecting his conviction to save Roberta in his own way, even stating that he "has the heart of a warrior."
88	* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: The difference between her and [[WorldOfBadass every other woman in the show]] is that she kicks ass while wearing an elegant red UsefulNotes/{{qipao}}.
89	* KukrisAreKool: She fights with a much more practical version of a WhipSword: twin whip kukri. She's good enough to behead people with them from 30 feet away.
90	* LadyInRed: She's wearing a white jacket over it, but the SexySlitDress underneath is crimson-colored.
91	* LadyOfWar: She's damn graceful with those kukris and kunai.
92	* LegFocus: Both for {{Fanservice}} purposes and to show her throwing knives to remind viewers/readers that she's more than just eye candy.
93	* MagicSkirt: Somewhat. Her SexySlitDress does reveal she's wearing a laced underwear underneath, but it still doesn't expose her completely when she jumps around or gets thrown away in fights.
94	* MsFanservice: A beautiful woman whose SexySlitDress gives readers/viewers ''[[MaleGaze plenty]]'' of LegFocus.
95	* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Very easy to underestimate given her {{Engrish}}. You'll regret laughing though when her knife comes out.
96	* PetTheDog: She lets Sawyer and Lotton live with her simply because the latter was kind to her. Given how utterly stupid and useless he is, this was quite the gesture.
97	* PunchClockVillain: She's a professional who follows the money, simple as that. That being said, she has fought alongside Lagoon more often than not.
98	* RavenHairIvorySkin: Fair-skinned, black-haired, and one of the series' premiere MsFanservice.
99	* TeamMom: WordOfGod claims that she is like this to the trio formed by her, Sawyer and Lotton.
100	* TeethClenchedTeamwork: She clearly hated working with Revy (who repeatedly addressed her with racial slurs and mocked her poor English) and Leigharch (who was an unreliable, drug-addled nuisance). On her end, she regularly threatened Revy in response to Revy's verbal abuse, and thought Revy's threats of violence towards Leigharch in the event that he fucked up the getaway were amusing.
101	-->'''Revy''': Listen up, you fuckin' leprechaun. You're gonna wait here until you get our signal. If you run away, I'll hunt you down and castrate you.
102	-->'''Shenhua''': My! She say good thing! I agree very much!
103	* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: While she's pretty deadly in melee combat with her Kukris, they're also attached on a rope to her wrists, so she can also hurl them for mid-ranged combat. Her accuracy with them is pretty good as well.
104	* TwoGuysAndAGirl: She forms a team with Lotton and Sawyer. They even live together now!
105	* UnderestimatingBadassery: Shenhua's English (or Japanese in the original manga and anime) is deliberately worse than the rest of the cast's, and in the anime she speaks with a very thick accent. However, as she helpfully points out, her difficulty with learning a second language means nothing when she's trying to kill you, and she consistently demonstrated that she was very good at her job.
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108	[[folder:Biu Yuen]]
109	[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/biu_black_lagoon.png]]
110	->Voiced by: Creator/ChikaraOsaka (JP), Creator/MichaelAdamthwaite (EN)
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112	Chang's most visible assistant, apparently his second-in-command.
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114	* BeleagueredAssistant: He's introduced with Chang casually tossing his cell phone at him, and further appearances put them into a lighter, more serious version of the [[StraightManAndWiseGuy Comedic Duo]].
115	* BodyguardingABadass: He and the unnamed Triad Mooks who accompany Mr. Chang are armed and ready to defend him, but their boss is easily one of the most dangerous gunfighters in the city.
116	* TheComicallySerious: With a boss as apparently whimsical as [[AffablyEvil Mr. Chang]], Biu's appearances tend to cast him as Chang's StraightMan. The light novel's "Master Ninja" incident comes to mind.
117	* CoolShades: Always wears shades.
118	* TheDragon: Though we've never seen Biu fight, he's highly enough ranked that he can (lightly) banter with his boss and occasionally discuss fairly personal matters.
119	* StraightMan: To Chang's "carefree mob boss act."
120	* TriadsAndTongs: He belongs to the Triad.
121	* VillainCred: He compliments Chang for his manipulations during the "Roberta's Blood Trail" arc.
122	-->'''Biu''': "I finally get why the Dai Lo chose to elevate someone like you, a DirtyCop who killed his partners. You got some big fucking balls!"
123	-->'''Chang''': "Hmf. Stop, you'll make me blush."
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