Sunday, October 16, 2016

Black Lagoon: Rosarita "Roberta" Cisneros

I'm falling behind on my posting again. I still fully intend to give Honey Lemon a tribute, I'm just waiting on getting a copy of the Big Hero 6 movie. In the meantime let's do a tribute to another Latino character Roberta from Black Lagoon. ^_^
(A Big Thank you to Thomas aka MeganekkoPlymouth241 for tracking down a rare barefoot moment involving Roberta from Black Lagoon Season 3 Episode 1 aka The Roberta's Blood Trail OVA.)

Normally this is the part where I'd talk about the character but I have cool surprise for you guys tonight... Thomas being the ultimate fan of this character wrote a beautiful description of who this character is and why she is so awesome so he'll be the guest writer for tonight's post.  ^_^
-KSC

Relentless. Cunning. Badass.

Originally a vicious FARC soldier and terrorist assassin from Colombia, and nicknamed "Bloodhound of Florencia" (due to her ability to lock down and pursue relentlessly any individual she picked up the scent of), Rosarita Cisneros believed she was fighting for her country, only to find out her actions were only to spur the drug cartel trades with the FARC. After that, she became a character filled with regret and searched for much desired redemption, mostly finding it as a maid and bodyguard in Venezuela to the wealthy Lovelace Family, consisting of Diego Lovelace and his son, Garcia, whom she deeply loves and cares for. This is where she decided to start her life over and changed her name to Roberta. Nonetheless, if ever anything happened to either of them by outsiders, they'd become the victims of Roberta's horrifying, practically indestructible wrath. She's often seen as a homage mix of Mary Poppins and Arnold Schwarzenegger's the Terminator, and can easily be seen as full blown insane. With her incredible gunslinging and overwhelming body strength (watch her teeth cut right through metal), she might just be the most dangerous woman in the whole anime. Compared to the rest of the violent women, however, Roberta doesn't kill for money or just because she feels like it, but because she feels it is her best form of justice, much the polar opposite motives of main female and equally gun skilled Revy, whom both hold a deep dislike for each other. Aside from all her guns and violence, she is a humane person inside, and still can be the sweetest, kindest woman you ever met. Roberta is a perfect example of one of the rare times I've seen an 'antagonistic' character whom I care about and feel mournful for as much as the protagonists.

Now, there are many other traits for myself personally why Roberta is my favorite. She's Latina, has pure pale skin, wears glasses most of the time, and she has lovely purple hair. These are things I'd be happy to find alone on separate female characters, so having them all in one is a real treat. Oh yeah, did I mention she's in her late 30's/early 40's? Hey, women (especially anime women) tend to age like fine wine, after all. Plus she does have a very sexy, tall, and moderately curvaceous body and quite large bust coupled to her beautiful face. Yet I think her standout feature is her voice. I strongly encourage audiences to watch the English dub, as it's one of the absolute best dubs executed. Tabitha St. Germain (who My Little Pony fans will easily know as the voice of Rarity and Princess Luna) gives a spellbinding performance in what is to me her best role ever, and makes her all the more mysterious, emotional, compelling, and seductive.

Definitely do not take her sweetness for granted, especially if you're on her bad side. Roberta could easily exploit your fetish, and either gun you down and beat you to a pulp when you're distracted under her ruse. Yet provided you are on her good side, she might take the opportunity to playfully tease you with her pale, mature feet, while flirting with you in Spanish (if that isn't hot, I don't know what is). Or perhaps after a long day of cooking, cleaning, and playing with Garcia, she'd be the perfect person to ask for a foot massage. Even maids need a little love and attention. However, given Roberta's nature and background, I wouldn't say she's that innocent in this regard...and might just egg on a much more enticing situation with her Latina feet, and might even enjoy someone kissing and worshiping them (Latina women are known for their passion) as she watches you above like a mistress with great interest with those beautiful blue eyes. Honestly, as the Roberta fan that I am, that probably would be my ideal dream moment.

-Thomas

52 comments:

  1. I love to have a maid like her :-D Roberta is so badass

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    1. :-D Yeah that would be very cool. She is really awesome.

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  2. Gotta love the maids with shady pasts ;-) Roberta really is like the Terminator if you haven't gotten the chance to see her in action yet KSC.

    Seems to be an anime thing, not to sidetrack too much but Code Geass has a former Ninja/Assassin maid lol

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    1. :-D Heh heh Maids are awesome. Wow she must be really badass.

      O.O Wow... maybe the maid look makes them appear less deadly than they actually are. ^_^;

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    2. Indeed they are ^_^ Yeah the other guys kinda tell you Why ;-)

      Yup. Appearances are deceiving ;-)

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    3. Black Lagoon is a pretty solid anime. I'm more of a Shenhua fan myself but to each his own. I still think Roberta is pretty hot

      Indeed ;-)

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    4. I googled Shenhua. She looks really pretty. Wow this anime keeps moving up my Watch List. Between Revy, Roberta and Shenhua there are quite a few attractive women in the series. ^_^

      :-)

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    5. Ha ha. I mentioned Shenhua a few times in the past. Way back when I showed a picture of her and her crew on the beach in some fanart but that was saved on my old laptop :-/ She speaks in very broken English ala Shampoo and I think she's somehow hotter for it. There's the Cleaner too. I guess she can be considered kinda cute... Oh and the foul mouthed, hard drinking nun Sister Eda who's a hot Blonde. (Not really a church, front for weapon smuggling). The Russian Mob boss as well. A lot of this was years ago so it's understandable if you don't remember all of it lol

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    6. She seems like a fun character. ^_^

      O_O Wow so many cool female characters in this anime. The women in this one seem to know how to appeal to kinky fantasies. :-D Yeah only vaguely remember touching upon this anime a few years ago. The Russian Mob boss remains in recent memory because you recommended her for the Russian Poll awhile back.

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    7. She really is ;-)

      Yup lol. Yeah lol, but it is a good one. Season 2 was little weaker than season one but still good over all. I would hope so lol, only been a couple of months

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    8. :-)

      Hopefully I'll be able to watch this one soon. ^_^ Yeah. :-D

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    9. The struggle lol, reminds of a T-Shirt I bought today with a Yoda-ism on it lol, I'll send a picture later lol. I would probably rank Black Lagoon somewhere in my Top 10, but not necessarily top 5 since I've seen quite a few amazing animes. To be fair there were only 3 animes of the dozens I've watched that I actually disliked. One I don't even remember the name of about a guy that get squashed by a UFO and brought back as a girl, it was PAINFULLY boring, Eureka 7 was very stale until the last 5 or so episodes and Please Teacher was good concept but poorly executed, i.e. bland extremely boring protagonist but fun and quirky lead female, also rare in the age gap of protagonist and love interest. The OVA for that one was at least good however but I'm ranting. Back on point Black Lagoon top 10 lol. Here I am raving like a lunatic at 4 in the morning xD

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    10. Heh heh... that's a great T-shirt.

      O_O Wow... Top 10 is still really impressive. Lol with guy getting squashed by the UFO lol...they have some weird animes out there. Disappointing about Eureka 7 and Please Teacher. I guess I should move those two down my list a bit. Black Lagoon has definitely moved way up on my Watch list in recent weeks. I hope that I get the opportunity to see it soon.

      Eternal struggle is right. ^_^;

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    11. Real, the struggle is indeed :-D

      Yup. It might be top 5 if I separated out ecchi and action into two lists xD. Since Heaven's Lost Property and Monster Musume are way up there for me. Oh and MM! Yeah it was so bad my brain apparently wiped the title from my memory xD Seriously it was bad... How do you mess up lesbian school girls with psychiatric issues? (The one girl can't see men at all as her mind turns them into faceless shadows and she apparently can't hear them either because it doesn't acknowledge their presence) Still it was terrible and I don't use that term lightly... Yeah... Eureka 7 would be better if the pacing was about 3 times faster... That and Euruka being largely uninteresting until the last few episodes didn't help it. I actually stopped my first watchthrough and forced a second one to completion. Yeah Please teacher was such a good concept... It just wasn't executed well. All that one needs is a new protagonist since what's-his-face is super boring. Cause the teacher herself is really great, as well as her nutty family, evil loli little sister and sex-starved MILF mother, seriously the protagonist is the only thing that sucks the fun from it lol.

      Yup lol

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    12. :-) Yeah.

      O.O :-D Heaven's Lost Property is also really far up on my list too. Wow must be really bad lol. Oh good to know what I'm getting into with the other too. Lol I guess the protagonist can make or break a series.

      :-D

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    13. :-)

      He he. It's really great. Three faces of Eve pops up again. Ikaros is in the middle, Astrea is the sexy one and Nymph is the token loli. 26 or so episodes fly by cause it's so entertaining. Now if you want an amazing mecha anime... Code Geass. Like I said the Please Teacher OVA was actually pretty good, since the protagonist spends so long running from his MILF mother-in-law he doesn't have time to be a stick in the mud xD Ain't that the truth lol. That's why I love the Neptunia games, Neptune is so adorkably lovable lol. I would honestly say skip Eureka 7 unless you absolutely need to watch it for a tribute or something, though no scenes come immediately to mind. :/

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    14. :-D A nice variety of characters. Seems like a good length too. These days I only seem to have the opportunity to watch animes in short bursts so 12-26 seems like I'll be able to finish. I do want to see Code Geass too but it's a little more intimidating at over 50. Once again the Eternal struggle hits hard. Lol may have to give the Please Teacher OVA a shot. Heh heh Hyperdimension Neptunia seems like a lot of fun. Seems like good advice. It good to be able to know there are animes that I don't need to prioritize.

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    15. Yup lol. Yeah I try to avoid going over 26 unless one strikes me. Like Symphogear which had like 36 or 39 cause 12 or 13 for the three seasons. Yeah that one was actually only a weekend marathon for me... 26 each day... He he... Episode 1 kinda hooked me... C2 is the perfect snarky foil for Lelouch... And seemingly the only woman to let her words have any sort of sway over his decisions. Maybe it's cause she's the one being his Geass cannot control. I dunno. Oh and she seems to have a pizza fetish. She freaking loves Pizza xD But here I am rambling again. At least give R1 a shot (the first half) You know break it up lol. Oh yeah... Plus Plutia and MAGES. exist there as well so... There's that awesome bonus ;-) Ha ha. Take it from someone who forced it... The last few episodes being ok aren't worth the slog through the first I forget how many. It was a longer one. Yeah my list is always changing lol

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    16. :-) Wow Code Geass must have been really awesome to hook your attention. :-D C2 sounds really cool. :-D I think that Pizza Hut sponsored them lol. Heh heh I'll try. :-D Hyperdimension Neptunia does sound really awesome. Good to know. Heh heh constantly getting refined no doubt.

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    17. Yup, so worth it ;-) Oh yeah! I think it was sponsored by Pizza Hut xD Ha ha, good luck with the struggle lol. It's a fun series :-D I rewatched the OVA last night. You might like the main series if you lower your expectations a little and brace for the MC's dull personality. The supporting characters can carry it and help alleviate Mr. Boring lol. It's decent but the protagonist kills some of the fun. I did say I disliked it but it isn't terrible by any means. Yeah lol, that damned list xD

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    18. :-D Thanks. ^_^ Good to know. Lol...when it comes down to it, there's always another hill to come.

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    19. I've only been telling you for at least 5 years now lol.

      Yeah. It's not like top ten or anything but it's decent.

      The Struggle lol

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    20. Yes Code Geass has been on my watch list for a massively long time. I think at least since 2008.

      :-) That's good.

      Yup. ^_^

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    21. Wow... Creeping up on 9 years then... That's when I started Highschool and first started talking to you like two years after that. Ha ha. Here I'm pissed about Both Index seasons and Railgun Season 2 being put off for just about 3 years now. Been a couple of summers at least

      Yup :-)

      Always ;-)

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    22. :-) The watch list goes way back lol. :-D At least a chance that those series will be continued. I never got my conclusion to Kaze No Stigma. Must recently I would have loved to see another season of Spice and Wolf. *Sigh* This is where having an ability to jump into alternate realities would come in handy. *sighs*

      :-)

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    23. lol Mine is a few years old. Oh Index and Railgun both conclude after two seasons. I don't know if the stories end nicely but Railgun I was fairly self contained and wrapped up both arcs nicely. Been on my watch list a while lol. Yeah I liked Spice and Wolf. Kinda wish MM! would've gotten a second season :-/ Yeah lol

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    24. :-) I like it when things are wrapped up well. Hopefully the follow ups tie up thinks nicely. :-D Oh yeah MM! is another one that I would loved a second season for. ^_^ :-)

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    25. Yeah :-)

      Yeah. Masochist protagonist is probably the closest thing to a protagonist with a foot fetish we're ever going to get. Well in this century at least xD Cause I've google searched before, absolutely nothing :-/ It's not even that weird either lol

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      Yeah I think so. ^_^ Lol... yeah I think this type of fetish is rarely portrayed besides occasional jokes here or there and definitely anime's don't have a lead character with it. It's strange because there are some many animes out there that do wild stuff. :-)

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    27. :-D Yeah. We might have dodged a bullet though by slipping under the anime Radar. I think if it ever does happen... A character with a Foot Fetish would probably not be portrayed in the best light. Most likely it would be used as comic relief. Though that said... there would probably be really good foot scenes in an anime like that lol.

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    28. That is a really good point... Hell look how lesbians get treated in anime. It's like a rule that either are pure evil, get treated like shit or fill the comic relief. Even protagonists. I imagine the board meeting "Hey guys what if we had a lesbian character that wasn't evil or a joke?" *Gets tossed from 87th floor window* Probably lol, nothing has quite topped Soul Eater that I've ever come across.

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    29. :-D Yeah it's true. Lol. Yeah that's one of the best. My top 5 Foot scenes are Chun Li vs Vega Street Fighter fight, Azula's Pedicure, Aoi Sena forced confession from Chaos Head, Medusa Frog Squish and Wonder Woman's barefoot fight from her animated movie.

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    30. lol yup... I'd have to agree. I'm familiar with most of those lol

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  3. Shame by the end she loses many body parts (left arm, right leg, right eye, and 2 fingers)

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    1. It's odd that in the manga, she doesn't lose any parts at all. Personally, my headcannon tells me she did lose some parts, but not as many substantial ones like in the anime.

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    2. O.O Wow the Black Lagoon anime is really hardcore.

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    3. ^_^; Intense shocker. Even more excited to watch the series now.

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    4. I tend to prefer the manga ending in this case. That being said, I have a separate headcanon that says the right eye suffered only temporary blindness and the other limbs were merely broken and had to be put in splints/casts.

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    6. :-) I guess that I have to check out the manga as well. ^_^

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  4. Glad to see this made it to the blog at last!

    But seriously, you're most welcome, KSC . It was my pleasure to contribute my feelings so my unofficial waifu would have the time to shine and show off her sexy feet, and it was perfect timing to give her the spotlight during Halloween month.

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    1. :-)

      Thanks so much again for her Thomas. ^_^ She's an awesome character.

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    2. You're most welcome, and thanks for letting me contribute so much. It was great fun.

      And I hope you love her as much when you get to watching the series. ;)

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    3. :-)

      Looking forward to seeing what she is like. ^_^

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  5. I would mind seeing nun sister Eda she have a close up on one episode :-D

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    1. O.O Yet another reason for me to watch this series.

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