| Angels in the Crosshairs | |
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| Episode 27, OVA 3 | |
| Title | Angels in the Crosshairs |
| Release Date | January 7, 2011 |
| Manga Chapters | El Baile de la muerte Part 13 El Baile de la muerte Part 14 El Baile de la muerte Part 15 El Baile de la muerte Part 16 El Baile de la muerte Part 17 El Baile de la muerte Part 18 El Baile de la muerte Part 19 El Baile de la muerte Part 20 |
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Angels in the Crosshairs is the twenty-seventh episode of the Black Lagoon anime and the third episode of the Roberta's Blood Trail OVA. It was originally released on January 7, 2011.
Summary[]
Roberta gets into a conflict with US soldiers and FARC fighters while Rock continues to try and stop Roberta's rampage.
Plot[]
In his office at gunpoint, Richie Leroy sternly tells Revy that he cannot give up any information about Roberta's whereabouts because brokering information is his living. The gunslinger retorts that he should know what she does for a living and presses her pistol's barrel against his head, so he reluctantly gives Roberta's location to her. Leaving the office and getting back into the car, Revy informs Rock that the Imperial Japanese military built an underground shelter in Roanapur in preparation for attrition warfare, elaborating that it is where Roberta is. Accepting the slip of paper from her, Rock quickly drives through town to hurry up to the location, almost hitting a pedestrian in the process. Revy clarifies that she did not kill Leroy and convinced him by reminding him that Roberta paid him too little, adding that the payment for the info is Garcia's responsibility. Fabiola is confused and wonders where Roberta is, prompting Rock to assure her that they are headed there.
Elsewhere, discreetly coming to Shane Caxton's hotel room, the NSA agent Will comes by with an envelope from Brigadier General Wilder confirming that their operation is modified and approved. The agent states that his team has detected wiretap noise on their phones for a few hours. Horner and Burroughs then report to Caxton that the local residents are acting strange since all people have vacated from the area and construction workers have blocked Chalquam Street and Manthai Street despite no construction taking place. Caxton suggests that Will leave the area immediately, so he does. In the hotel across from the Grey Fox soldiers, several FARC fighters surveil the hotel and inform their commander, Alberto Camarasa, about their position. As Rock's group speeds toward the area, Revy remarks that tensions are rising with the conflict between Roberta, the U.S. Army, FARC, and the mercenaries which Roberta hired. Ordering Rock to stop the car, she uses a payphone to make a call for extra help. At Shenhua's place, Sawyer and Lotton play video games when the phone rings, so Shenhua has to exit the shower to pick up the phone. Answering it, the Taiwanese assassin insults Revy and initially refuses the job, but Revy explains that Mister Chang has commissioned her and the Lovelace family will pay them, which convinces Shenhua to join her.
Near Caxton's hotel, Team Charlie notes the presence of armed men to Ray. Commenting that he does not know what mess they are entering, Caxton orders his men to prepare to leave when the lights suddenly go out due to Bugsy Lance's men disabling the electricity. Across from them, the FARC fighters tell Camarasa that an unknown group is entering the building, but Camarasa orders them to stay put since Roberta is their target. Going up the stairs leading to Caxton's room, the bounty hunters prepare to kill who they think are countryside mafia members. Before the mercenaries can open the door, Wright and Gardner continuously fire bullets through the door, killing the first set of men and setting off the mercenaries' grenade which kills even more of them. Caxton then detonates the Claymore mines in the building to ensure their escape. Downstairs, Bugsy and Mikey are surprised at their enemies' firepower, and they head to the room. Inside, Mikey and another mercenary trigger a tripwire, detonating an explosive and killing them.
On the roof, Caxton and his men head outside and prepare to cross an adjacent roof with a makeshift bridge. Seeing them from afar, Roberta reveals herself and prepares her battle rifle. Ray spots her and warns everyone to take cover, and Caxton uses a smoke round for cover. Nonetheless, Roberta begins firing, so Caxton orders Wright and Horner to engage in suppressive fire, allowing the remaining soldiers to cross the makeshift bridge and escape Roberta's range. Arriving at the scene, Revy's group discovers that the battle has already begun. While Shenhua jokes that she wants extra pay, Fabiola is relieved that Roberta is still alive. Addressing Garcia, Rock asserts that he will join him if he wants to see the job to the end, even though Dutch told him to pull out if the battle began. Garcia affirms that he will continue, but before he leaves, Rock gives him an envelope and advises him to only open it if he cannot figure out his next step.
Walking into an adjacent alley as Rock stays behind, Revy correctly guesses that Fabiola's first time shooting someone was back at the Yellow Flag. Fabiola replies that she is not trying to be like her insofar as imagining the men as targets. On the rooftop, the last of the American troops go to another rooftop. Seeing Roberta jump down, FARC fighters attempt come out and shoot at her, but the unconcerned Roberta shoots back and kills them, then using a metal bar to pole vault onto the opposite roof. Reporting back to Camarasa, a FARC fighter notes that she is pursuing someone. Realizing that the Colombian Cartel lied to him, Camarasa claims that the unknown group are Americans due to recognizing the gunfire of U.S. Army carbines. In an alleyway, Revy, Shenhua and Sawyer kill several FARC fighters who attempt to leave and merge with another squadron. Noticing that all of the fighters are dead, they attempt to look for a surviving one to learn about Roberta's movements. Sawyer finds one man alive, so Fabiola asks him on behalf of Revy in Spanish where Roberta is. Once Fabiola relays the info to Revy, the latter shoots the wounded man as a mercy killing, shocking Fabiola.
The young maid points her gun at Revy, berating her for engaging in overkill instead of letting the man live. Annoyed by her moral worries, Shenhua threatens to cut down the girl if she stalls time, but Garcia blocks her path, assuring her that they can continue. As Sawyer leads the way, Garcia encourages Fabiola to continue avoiding murder but says that they have to wait a little longer to save Roberta and return home. At night, waiting in the car, Rock receives a phone call from Mr. Chang, who asks him to close up the fight before it is too late. The Hong Kong Triad leader says that Garcia and the maid are pawns on a chessboard whose sacrifice is necessary for a checkmate, commenting that he despises hypocrisy. Rock refuses to do so and insults him, prompting Chang to compliment his bluntness and confesses to the ex-salaryman that he is an ex-cop, then ending the call. In the streets, Roberta sniffs the ground and detects someone. Grinning, she pulls out her pistols and walks ahead, and the FARC fighters and Bugsy's mercenaries hide behind corners. Coming out and seeing each other, the two sides are confused and exchange gunfire.
Near the fight, Shenhua is disappointed that they cannot pass through so easily, but Lotton speaks up and asks if they should go to the roof to make a cool entrance, confusing the women. Hiding in another building, the Grey Fox soldiers wonder who is behind the gunfire, and Caxton recommends letting the enemy pass by and coordinating with Teams Bravo and Charlie for a pincer formation. Ray wonders what they will do afterward, making Caxton answer that they will seek a hideout and await further orders from the NSA. The latter soldier admits that he hopes the unknown enemy, Roberta, will fall into their trap. In the alleyways, Bugsy Lance and his men sneak up on the FARC fighters and shoot at them. To their surprise, Revy pushes a dumpster toward them and shoots several of the fighters while Shenhua kills the mercenaries, including Bugsy and José. Seeing that they are covered, Fabiola tries to escort Garcia but accidentally comes across several FARC fighters, resulting in a standoff. Garcia runs as Fabiola stares down the men. Walking in front of the girl, Lotton gives a speech about the clear sky and the azure moon, proclaiming that he will deliver justice onto the wicked men. As the men stand confused, Sawyer thrusts her chainsaw into them, but Garcia is still separated from the others, so Fabiola orders him to go on without them.
Outside an empty building, Camarasa deduces Roberta's position relative to the U.S. Army's pincer formation, noting that he taught her that move. In the same building, Garcia hides behind some crates, not knowing that Roberta has passed by. As the killer maid spies on the U.S. troops nearby, Garcia sees the medication bottle that Roberta dropped, reading the label for the "central nervous system stimulant" (Ritalin) and realizing that Doctor Hartland gave it to her. Hearing Camarasa and his men speak about Roberta's presence, the boy runs upstairs knowing that Roberta is in the building. Using some makeshift weapons, Roberta kills three FARC fighters and uses a fourth man, Rojez, as a human shield against two more FARC fighters. Although she kills them both, she is beaten severely by Commander Alberto Camarasa of the Cuban Special Naval Forces, who admits to know every single move she will make due to receiving the same training in Cuba. Pinning her down onto a table at gunpoint, he reveals that he does not want to kill Roberta; instead, he and Commander Vargas want to re-employ her to FARC's advantage. Hearing him, Garcia remains hidden and grabs a crowbar.
Roberta feigns friendliness and agrees to join him if he lets her finish murdering the Americans to fulfill her revenge. She mentions that FARC will probably not forgive her, but Camarasa asserts that FARC will not dare question him since he speaks for Havana and Cuba's foreign policy. Also feigning sexual arousal, Roberta wraps her legs around him and asks if they should have sexual intercourse. Skeptical, Camarasa puts a gun to her head and agrees but warns her not to try anything suspicious. As she prepares to remove her belt, she uses the hidden gun in her belt buckle and shoots him in the abdomen, injuring the commander greatly. Manically laughing, she retorts to Camarasa that she only serves one master. She punches him repeatedly in the face and smashes his skull apart, all while Garcia is watching the ordeal. Terrified at seeing the murder and the mashed skull, Garcia shouts and pleads with her to stop and then collapses. Shocked that he witnessed her actions, Roberta comes to her senses for a moment and scurries to help Garcia. However, being under heavy influence of medication, she suddenly believes that Garcia is just an illusion because of the apparition of Hironobu Satou trying to dissuade her from continuing her revenge plot. Roberta points her gun at Garcia and a shot is heard, followed by repeated gunshots. At first, it seems that Roberta has shot Garcia, but Burroughs radios and reveals that Horner secured the boy.
Characters and cast[]
- Rock — Daisuke Namikawa (Japanese), Brad Swaile (English)
- Revy — Megumi Toyoguchi (Japanese), Maryke Hendrikse (English)
- Roberta — Michie Tomizawa (Japanese), Tabitha St. Germain (English)
- Garcia Lovelace — Kazue Ikura (Japanese), Cathy Weseluck (English)
- Fabiola Iglesias — Satsuki Yukino (Japanese), Shannon Chan-Kent (English)
- Shenhua — Yūko Sasaki (Japanese), Saffron Henderson (English)
- Sawyer the Cleaner — Asami Yaguchi (Japanese), Saffron Henderson (English)
- Lotton — Tomokazu Sugita (Japanese}, Samuel Vincent (English)
- Mister Chang — Toshiyuki Morikawa (Japanese), Trevor Devall (English)
- Alberto Camarasa — Jūrōta Kosugi (Japanese), Andrew Francis (English)
- Shane Caxton — Shinji Ogawa (Japanese), Ron Halder (English)
- Raymond McDougal — Nobuaki Fukuda (Japanese), Brian Drummond (English)
- Wright — Chikara Ōsaka (Japanese), Andrew Francis (English)
- Sanchez — Nobuaki Kanemitsu (Japanese), Michael Adamthwaite (English)
- Gardner — Kenta Miyake (Japanese), Scott McNeil (English)
- Horner — Motoi Koyanagi (Japanese), Jason Simpson (English)
- Burroughs — Hironori Kondō (Japanese), Samuel Vincent (English)
- L.G. — Uncredited (Japanese), Alex Zahara (English)
- Bugsy Lance — Uncredited (Japanese), Louis Chirillo (English)
- Mikey — Uncredited (Japanese), Paul Dobson (English)
- José — Uncredited
- Rojez — Uncredited
- Will — Yōichi Nishijima (Japanese), Brian Dobson (English)
- Richie Leroy — Chikara Ōsaka (Japanese), Scott McNeil (English)
- Hironobu Satou — Ryūsuke Ōbayashi (Japanese), Hiro Kanagawa (English)
Songs used[]
- Opening Theme — Red Fraction (IO Drive Mix) (by Kazuya Takase)
- Electricity is cut off, Grey Fox kills some bounty hunters — The Way to Last Night
- Americans leave & Roberta starts attacking — Sneak Attack
- American soldiers run at night — Sneak Attack
- Rock yells at Mr. Chang, who confesses that he is an ex-cop — Dizzy Maniac
- Gangsters and FARC think they surround Roberta — Roberta's Last Moment
- Revy and Shenhua kill FARC guerrillas — Don't Stop! (guitar version)
- Garcia discovers Roberta's pills, FARC soldiers think they have the upper hand — Roberta's Last Moment
- Roberta beats up FARC soldiers and is subdued by Camarasa — Unreleased #4 (fast bassline)
- Roberta taunts and beats Camarasa to death — Deadly Weapon
- Japanese man haunts Roberta in her imagination — El Sol se Recuesta
- Ending Theme — When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Differences from the manga[]
- The meeting between Balalaika and Chang at the Roanapur Harbor is exclusive to the manga.
- Roberta using gasoline and a lighter to blow up her hiding place in a hotel is only in the manga. In the anime, Revy says that Roberta's hideout is a WWII-era underground shelter.
- In the manga, Richie Leroy tells Revy that Roberta stole half of his money. In the anime, this is not mentioned and Revy also threatens Leroy with her pistol.
- Rock almost killing someone while he drives the car in the beginning is only in the anime.
- The parts in the manga involving scenes with Abrego, Gustavo, Boss Pasturia, and the Colombian Cartel from Chapter 57 onward are not in the anime. Additionally, the characters Bren the Black Death and Filano are not in the anime adaptation of this story.
- The parts in Chapter 57 where Garcia and Fabiola try to negotiate their own prices to Shenhua via Revy, where Alberto talks to his men as they ride in the vans, and where Roberta's hallucination tries to talk her out of her revenge are all manga-exclusive.
- In the anime, Bugsy Lance and his men cut the power to Caxton's room and then try to storm the place. In the manga, Bugsy does not cut the power and they head into the building. Additionally, the part in this episode where one of Bugsy's men accidentally trips a Claymore mine is only in the anime.
- Shenhua's comment offering Garcia to come live with her is only in the manga, although Shenhua does call him chivalrous in both the anime and manga.
- Rock giving Garcia a letter to read if he cannot figure out what to do is anime-exclusive.
- In the manga only, Roberta kills a few FARC fighters as she pole vaults to the other rooftop.
- Sawyer telling Revy that she switched to a voicebox that is around her neck (instead of a handheld device), as well as Revy forgetting who Lotton is and asking him if he is a male prostitute, is only in the manga.
- Alberto's remark about recognizing the gunfire as being from U.S. Army carbines is exclusive to the anime.
- In the manga, Bugsy left the area to talk with Bren, whereas in the anime he continues to pursue Grey Fox. Bugsy is later killed by Filano, but in the anime he is killed by Shenhua when she starts slicing multiple men apart, including him.
- In the anime, Sawyer kills a few FARC fighters when they are distracted by Lotton, whereas in the manga, she instead uses one fighter as a human shield while Revy kills the other men.
- The anime specifies the last name of the ghost haunting Roberta as Satou.
Trivia[]
- The video game that Lotton and Sawyer play is a fictional platform game that uses the nighttime view of Roanapur as a background.
- There is an animation error when Revy and the others leave Rock behind. As Revy walks away from the car and her arm exits the frame, the far front of the car (the headlights area) is not fully drawn and is cut off by the previous arm outline.