The Rogue Doctor
"I don't have a license."
Wiki & Series Overview
๐Synopsis & Premise
A Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka in the 1970s, dealing with the medical adventures of the title character, doctor Black Jack. Black Jack consists of hundreds of short, self-contained stories that are typically about 20 pages long. Most of the stories involve Black Jack doing some good deed, for which he rarely gets recognitionโoften curing the poor and destitute for free, or teaching the arrogant a lesson in humility. They sometimes end with a good, humane person enduring hardship, often unavoidable death, to save others.
Black Jack
Quick Facts- Author
- Osamu Tezuka
- Original Release
- 19 November 1973 โ 14 October 1983
- Volumes
- 17
๐ฅKey Characters
Black Jack (Hazama Kuroo)
Protagonist / Unlicensed SurgeonA brilliant, unlicensed doctor who charges exorbitant fees to the wealthy but often helps the poor for free.
Pinoko
Assistant / Adopted DaughterOriginally living as a teratoma inside her twin sister, she was reconstructed into a little girl by Black Jack.
Kiriko
Antagonist / Doctor of DeathA doctor who specializes in euthanasia. Black Jack *hates* this guy.
Personal Impressions & Brainrots
Black Jack x Kiriko
Trope: Enemies to LoversThey hate each other but they also have a sense of mutual respect that's so great.
- My personal favorite adaptation is the 1993 OVA.
- Young Black Jack is cringe but funny.
- I'm so feral that I own several figures of my husbando ๐
