Going into this series, I had pretty much no idea what to expect. I realized I didn’t have any caps of Maiko. The episode ends on a dark note as the boy’s parents, rather than being grateful to Kuroo for saving their son’s life, discover that he is a medical student rather than a full surgeon, and pay only a fraction of the agreed-upon price. Alone with Yabu, a visibly shaken Kuroo reveals that it was actually his first surgery. Kuroo comes up with the idea of using a piece of artery from the boy’s other leg, and the surgery is completed successfully with seconds to spare.

However, a major artery is damaged, seeming to render the surgery impossible. With only four hours until the limbs become useless and can no longer be reattached, Kuroo and Maiko set to work.Īs Maiko narrates in amazement, Kuroo completes the surgery with practically inhuman speed. Kuroo takes the boy to the hospital of his acquaintance, a drug-addicted, blood-phobic, twitchy doctor named Yabu. Kuroo quickly attracts attention when he agrees to reattach a young boy’s severed arm and leg – for the price of five million yen.

She finds Kuroo, and is initially reluctant to approach him due to his bizarre appearance and strange reputation, but eventually convinces him to help. When a devastating train-bus collision fills the hospital with critically injured victims, Maiko is desperate to find anyone willing to abandon the protest and help. Elsewhere, Maiko, a clumsy hospital intern, finds that she is the only intern still performing her job because the others are protesting the position’s low wages. He started his career as a medical student during the tumultous 1960s, amidst protests at Tokyo University and general chaos throughout Japan. We are introduced to our protagonist, Hazama Kuroo, a doctor with a scar-covered body who describes himself as “a patchwork” but is better known by his nickname, Black Jack.

I’m back! Had to take a few seasons off for various reasons, but I’m happy to be back to doing reviews! Here’s my first one of the season: It was hard to find a picture of Kuroo that wasn’t a shirtless shot

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