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Name | Dutch |
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Gender | Male |
Affiliates | Revy Benny Rock |
Affiliation | The Lagoon Company |
Weapon | Remington 870 Marine Magnum Shotgun Smith & Wesson 629 Revolve |
Race/Nationality | African-American |
Status | Alive |
First Appearance | |
Manga | Chapter 00: Black Lagoon |
Anime | Episode 01: The Black Lagoon |
Anime Voice | |
Japanese Anime Voice | Tsutomu Isobe |
English Anime Voice | Dean Redman |
Image Gallery |
Dutch is the leader of the Lagoon Company and captain of the ex-U.S. Navy PT boat Black Lagoon. He is a former United States Marine who fought in the Vietnam War. Shortly before the war ended (presumably in 1973), Dutch went AWOL, escaping to Thailand to work as a mercenary.
Information
Personality
He tends to stay away from the fighting associated with Lagoon Company's activities. Instead, he gives orders and negotiates contracts with clients, usually Balalaika of Hotel Moscow. However, Dutch is very capable in combat. Dutch is a calm, easygoing character, and most of the time, is quite friendly. He is also displayed as a father figure towards Rock. He is a Christian, denomination unknown. His body is heavily muscled, completely bald, and he is always seen wearing a pair of sunglasses. He appears to be in his 30s, but is most likely in his 40s, given his apparent military service in Vietnam (bearing in mind that Black Lagoon is set during the 90s, rather than in the modern era). In the "El Baile de la Muerte" saga in the manga, it is suggested that Dutch lied about his Vietnam service.
Synopsis
Season 1
Dutch appears as he grills Revy for taking Rock as a hostage when she didn't know how to really. Because of this, Dutch apologizes and tries to take care of Rock until they find a safe place to leave him. However, as Rock later proves to be incredibly useful, Dutch allows Revy to invite him into the Lagoon Company.
Trivia
- He's apparently modeled after Ving Rhames' character Marsellus Wallace from Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction, with a very similar calm manner and mentor-like personality.
- Years before the start of the series, Balalaika was shot in a duel with Chang. Dutch was passing by in the Lagoon and saved her life, making Balalaika feel "deeply indebt" to him as mentioned in the OVA.
- Fitting his military background Dutch seems to be proficient with the revolver and the shotgun.