#hotel moscow

[animeglitch]

[emma-dennehy-presents]

just started watching Black Lagoon again. pew pew

[reality-liver-n0]

Just needed to remind everyone how absurdly gorgeous this war beauty is.

[shizukais]

Illustrated by Rei Hiroe [Black Lagoon].

[sweeteaglecreation]

Balalaika won a (old) recent poll contest,With Revy coming in second place.

[reddus-art]

"What a shame, what a shame... for such pretty girls like you to end up as pig feed."

[balarevy]

Revy: Y'all keep saying 'eat the rich' but never follow through like a bunch of cowards. Me? I eat sis out every night because I am a real communist.

Balalaika: *chokes on smoke*

[lilafeuer]

Not all queens wear crowns.

[colorfulfoxengineer]

[karkesyc]

Number 14 of my Junimation countdown: Black Lagoon

A modern pirates life for these criminals, low-lives and people scraping the barrel in this manga turned anime by Rei Hiroe. The original series with 24 episodes spread over 2 seasons ran from the 9th April 2006 until the 19th December 2006. Add 5 extra if you're counting Roberta's Blood Trail which started the 17th July 2010 and ended 22nd June 2011.

The story starts with businessman Rokuro Okajima (Rock) who gets abducted by modern day pirates calling themselves the Lagoon Company, but decides to join them after seeing how much of a scumbag his employer is. He now stays in the city of Roanapur where crime isn't uncommon and crime syndicates are in control. He slowly adjusts to this new lifestyle with the help of gunslinger "Two Hands" Revy, captain of the Lagoon Company Dutch and tech genius Benny as he finds his place in the company. But with the many criminal clients this Company does business with, this means they're regularly fighting to survive and earn their paycheck.

Though a lot is told from Rock's perspective, the most notable character with the most (visual amazing) action is Revy. As we slowly learn how she became who she's now while she mercilessly takes down/kills any opponent and regularly disagrees with Rock.

This is a series to bury the argument that animation is "for kids" with sometimes disturbing storytelling, good world building and graphic injuries/kills. This is no series for the faint of heart, but a fantastic one if you gave it a shot.

[bellamer]

Black Lagoon OC who's basically Balalaika's sugar baby. Like she was just unfortunately born in Roanapur but instead of tuning to straight up crime or prostitution, she got a job editing pornos for Hotel Moscow, since Balalaika couldn't take it anymore.

[crystallinee-waters]

Chapters: 5/? Fandom: Black Lagoon (Anime & Manga) Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Balalaika & Boris (Black Lagoon), Balalaika/Rebecca "Revy" Lee Characters: Balalaika (Black Lagoon), Boris (Black Lagoon), Rebecca "Revy" Lee, Hotel Moscow Additional Tags: Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Balalaika & Boris, Balalaika & her unit, Character Study, Father Figure Boris, Eventual Balalaika/Revy, AU, Canon-Typical Violence, essentially Balalaika's full metamorphosis from Sofiya to Balalaika and how it happened Series: Part 2 of Dark Waters Summary:

AU. After her time in the military, Balalaika returned to Moscow and had a child. While raising the child together with her unit, she establishes Hotel Moscow and they make their way to Roanapur. Eventually, Revy crosses her path.

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She had a different expression in her eyes now than the day when they had boarded the helicopter to take her back to base. Something in her had changed, ever so slightly.

[thecountesstribe]

DUALITY

[reality-liver-n0]

I could take them all at once 🥰

[sovietpostcards]

An room in the Intourist Hotel overlooking the Kremlin and the Red Square (Moscow, 1978).

[b3llowsuffer]

Tokio hotel in Moscow, Russia backstage in 2007.