Black Lagoon, Vol. 9

ブラックラグーン [Black Lagoon] #9

by Rei Hiroe

Roanapur explodes as Roberta's vendetta against a top secret U.S. Special Forces team brings out the city's heaviest hitters. Balalaika and the ex-Soviet military troops of Hotel Moscow face off with Major Caxton's Grey Fox unit as it tries to fight its way out of Roanapur. Meanwhile, Rock, Revy and Garcia Lovelace continue their pursuit of Roberta, hoping to catch up to her before the Killer Maid's own demons run her down. But if they do find her, Roberta's thirst for revenge may consume more than just those who wronged her…

Genres: Manga, Comics, Action, Seinen, Comics Manga, Thriller, Graphic Novels

272 pages, Paperback

First published October 19, 2009

About the author

Rei 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.

Reviews

[Kevin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Vol 9 concludes the Roberta’s Revenge storyline (which spanned over 33 parts). I’m so over this storyline and am glad to move on with the crew of the Black Lagoon to other things. I’m also looking forward to a bit more character development in the coming chapters...

[Mia Robinson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I don't understand Rock at all

[Louis Newman · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book truly shows how scary Roberta is

She literally got ex soviet paratroopers and United States marines to team up just to kill her and they didn't even succeed

This is also the volume in which we see Rock becoming the male manipulator that he truly is

I'm unsure if this is in this specific book but the final chapters of Roberta's Blood Trail has the exact atmosphere as any scene out of Alien/Aliens, with US marines trying their best to escape whilst being hunted by Roberta, the Bloodhound of Florencia

[Katja · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ah, finally the Roberta arc concluded. The Black Lagoon gang took mostly backseat in this volume (as so often during this storyline) which is probably the biggest reason I wasn't so into it. The ending was good though and action cool.

[Xenji Ohto · Rating 5 out of 5]

take me balalika

[Eric Knutson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Still fun, but Hiroe's seemingly fetishistic like of all things military kind of gets out of control and starts distracting from the story at times, I think.

[Abel · Rating 4 out of 5]

A por el último tomo

[Cee Sturdy · Rating 3 out of 5]

It took two-and-a-half volumes, but we're finally through that arc. It ran a bit long and arc fatigue set in a bit, but it was satisfying, if incredibly depressing.

[Woowott · Rating 4 out of 5]

Second or third time around? I don't remember. Fabiola is awesome.