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Good shounen anime for what it is. Story from one of the biggest influences in anime/manga Akira Toriyama (May he rest in peace.) Especially recommended for the younger kids to watch. Tanks, guns, and a little blood in the show. Labelled as a comedy but not all that humorous for a mature audience at least. Regardless, as a working adult, the anime as a whole brings a smile to my face.

Art/Animation: Not for everyone. CGI animation which isn't everybody's taste but has a blend of 2d in it. I think it's well animated and the characters look like they were the characters were ... almost ripped straight from a Toriyama's manga panel. Backgrounds aren't too detailed. The vehicles in the show are really well done.

Characters: Not a very character driven story. Beezlebub is the goku of the series. He's a kid and he is overpowered. Where it really shines is with the Sheriff Rao and his backstory. Not many anime have a clearly older gentleman as a main character. The other character of the trio is just kind of there. Would have been interesting to have a different fiend join the party.

Story: Pretty simple plot. Set in a desert land aka "Sand Land". It's hard to come by water. Sheriff goes out in search of water and teams up with a pair of demons/fiends. After episode 6 is to anime original and I look forward to watching the rest.

TLDR: Good "mature" action anime. Recommended to people that enjoy crude language and wild gun fights. If you want an anime that has an overarching plot, an anime that is "thought-provoking", and equal character development this isn't necessarily the anime for you.

The anime is on the darker side given that the characters we are following are essentially pirates. You have them doing human trafficking, weapon transportation, killing, mafia, grave robbing, etc. The second job they do they are facing off against Neo Nazis of all things! The main male lead is a moral man Rock who serves as a ... narrator and our entryway into the world of crime on the high seas. Revy is his opposite who has always been lead the crook life and is a wild rough woman. She's not the typical woman you see in anime and is engaging. She definitely serves as the fanservice spotlight in the show but it isn't too distracting as it's more so the "Badass" kind of fan service. Very much so a "2000's anime".

Black Lagoon is amazing as it is one of the few anime with a diverse cast of characters. As other have noted the most development occurs with Revy and Rock. Dutch and Benny are solid characters in their own right unlike what some others have said even if they are more supporting characters even if they are a part of the company. Benny is naturally a more of a side character as a he is the tech wiz and researcher. Dutch is the leader of the company and does his job well.
Personally: The main highlight is the other characters introduced are engaging that go against the company we are following. The backstories provided are fun.

The art overall well done in the anime. The music track I consider to be phenomenal. Realism for action in this anime is 50/50 but the action scenes are fun and rewatchable.

I personally put black lagoon episodes as background sometimes while I'm doing chores other tasks.

Dub vs Sub: I would recommend watching the english dub for this anime actually as the voices are quite fitting given the diversity of the characters from different countries.

To put it simply: An actually decent webcomic on the webtoons app/website. It is a drama first and then thriller/romance second.

Genre: It's funny that webtoons decided to label it as a romance as the category for it. It's first a drama to be honest.
If you like drama this is the webtoon for you. There are also elements of thriller due to the nature of the FL it is hard to tell her intentions. There are side characters seem have a fluffy romance going on as a break from the happenings between the ML and FL.
Artwork: The artwork is ... decent. The cover arts each chapter are especially attractive and gives insight into the characters. The author does well to set the atmosphere and the characters are drawn adequately.

Characters: Now some people have distaste for manga due to the main characters which can easily be noted by the premise. The male lead is not a good guy and before meeting the female lead took advantage of women and the female lead is a rich girl with a dark side. The characters are interesting, the audience is given insight into them further in why they act the way they do eventually.

Story: Some people may not like the pacing of the webtoon thinking it is going too slow. The story to me is engaging enough with wanting to know what is going to happen with the characters and whether or not there will be a redemption arc and whether the characters achieve a form of happiness or their downfall.

My personal enjoyment rating is an 9/10 in terms of other webtoons I've seen that involve romance.

TLDR here: A plot-driven, ecchi, trash manga with an initially fun premise in a battle of wits to make other people their slaves with a special mouthguard called an SCM that falls deeper into the trenches at the end.

Grievances: (Some Spoilers)
Characters: The manga had two "main leads" Eika and Yuuta at the beginning of the story, but kind of fall off by the end. 23 characters are introduced in this battle of wits some more off handedly than others. The author seemed to have had a good time creating a range of different characters. The cast of characters the audience ... is not provided much insight into a majority of them or mentioned offhandedly in a few panels. There was not enough time to care what was happening to the characters. Character relationships made no sense, they really only acknowledged each other that often until they have a part to play in the story or give a tiny bit of context.
 
Story: Maybe the manga got axed or something with how short it ended up being. The initial idea of manga is very gimmicky but could have been at least a decent read. It got darker as it went along which is also fine. The quality takes a nose-dive 2/3rd into the story around volume 6. The ending was much to be desired with the two initial characters we are introduced to having little impact at the last showdown. As another reviewer noted the last tactic was that a ghost helped win the ending...

What I personally hated the most: Mostly nitpicking.
There's a limit to how story-driven something can be.... The logic of the characters and/or character motivation gets really blurry at the end. There is a character called Julia (unknown age probably an adult? At the very least 17.) who has a somewhat ambiguous relationship with a literal child. It is unclear at the end if she just discovered she loved being a slave to him, seen as a mother figure or a something a bit more dubious. It is never clarified truly why she feels the way she does either. Nothing directly explicit was shown, but if that makes you uncomfortable then this definitely is not the manga for you.

The epilogue was seriously unsatisfying, it didn't give much closure other than they were all free. There's one character's ending in particular that doesn't make sense. The host (who is Julia's ex-boyfriend) ends up with the girl who forced him to be her slave/boyfriend. It is not explained or alluded to that he made up with the girl. Julia and the host do not acknowledge each other properly like you would think they would given her circumstance in the ending.