Anime isn’t always about leveling up or high school romances.
Imagine an anime that captures the heartbeat ofTarantinos storytellingsharp dialogue, unhinged characters, and stylized violence.
It asks you to question if there are any good guys at all.
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His own company quickly throws him under the bus, disowning him to protect their own reputation.
He walks away from the safety of spreadsheets and fluorescent lights and into a boundaryless life of crime.
The Lagoon Company itself is a messy rag-tag bag reminiscent of"an earthbound Cowboy Bebop".
Dutch (Tsutomu Isobe), the no-nonsense leader, keeps things running like a tightly wound machine.
Benny (Hiroaki Hirata), the Floridian hacker, struts a laid-back contrast to the chaos around him.
Then, theres Revy (Megumi Toyoguchi).
If Tarantino were to write a female lead for an anime, Revy would be it.
Shes tough as nails and dangerously skilled.
More importantly, Roanapur is as much a character as the people living in it.
Its a lawless haven where mafias, warlords, mercenaries, and washed-up idealists coexist in an unpredictable ecosystem.
Every alleyway is a potential battleground, and trust is more dangerous than any weapon.
The show doesnt just revel in violence; it questions it.Characters arent invincible heroes.
Theyre flawed people trying to navigate a society that has long abandoned traditional ideas of right and wrong.
It all sounds ridiculous on paper, but in context, it works!
He doesnt become a cold-blooded killer, but he does lose his illusions.
And thats the beauty of the anime.
The story presents the Lagoon Company as they are: survivors.
So, why does this feel like a Quentin Tarantino anime?
Just dont expect to come out of it the same way you went in.
Like Rock, you might find yourself questioning a few things about the world and maybe even about yourself.
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