you know it," mentioning its references from John Woo, The Magnificent Seven to Jean-Paul Sartre. Thompson called it "a truly "global manga," with international influences and an international cast, a rainbow of colors." Theron Martin of ANN commented that the series "should suit any fan of R-rated Hollywood action movies just fine," also praising the artwork and the action scenes, concluding: "Black Lagoon offers a healthy, high-octane serving of nearly non-stop violence, scheming, and graphic content. It aspires to be nothing more than a hard-core actioner, and because of that it works extremely well." Reviewing the first volume, Carlo Santos, of the same website, said that it is "the very definition of cinematic: gunplay techniques by John Woo, explosions by Michael Bay, and a host of other visual indulgences that make it a loud, nonstop blockbuster." Santos, however, stated that the story "ripped straight from the plotbook for crime dramas and gang wars," adding that each chapter is paced according to formula, concluding that the series is "[n]ot the greatest, not the deepest, but entertaining enough if you're up for some babes with guns." Reviewing the tenth volume, Rebecca Silverman, of the same website, noted that while the series has physical fanservice, most of it is gun related, "with shots of different firearms and gun battles that rely on difficult angles," commenting that the series' appeal is its "dark, criminal fantasy about a world with few rules, where death is ready to take you the minute you start to think about giving up." Notes References Further reading External links Black Lagoon 2002 manga 2008 Japanese novels Anime series based on manga Dark comedy anime and manga Fiction set in the 1990s Gagaga Bunko Girls with guns anime and manga Light novels Manga adapted into television series Organized crime in anime and manga Pirates in anime and manga Seinen manga Shogakukan franchises Shogakukan manga Terrorism in fiction Thailand in fiction Thriller anime and manga Triad (organized crime) Viz Media manga Works about Colombian drug cartels Works about the Russian Mafia Yakuza in anime and manga