Young Black Jack

Category: TV Series
Adult: No
Native: ヤング ブラック・ジャック
Titles:
YBJ
ヤング ブラックジャック
Runtime: 25 minutes
Aired: Oct 2, 2015 [9 years 7 months ago]
Ended: Dec 18, 2015 [9 years 4 months ago]
Language: Japanese
Genres:
Historical
Tags:
War
Links: MAL ANIDB ANN ANILIST

Hazama Kuroo, an aspiring young medical student, studies diligently from Dr. Joutarou Honma, a top surgeon who had saved Hazama's life when boy Hazama was badly injured by an unexploded bomb. Someday in the future, Hazama will be known as "Black Jack," a surgeon with unsurpassed skills but without a license.

Episode 1: Where's the Doctor?
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2015-10-02
It was the year 1968 when student protests at Tokyo University heralded an era of youth activism. A major accident costs a boy an arm and a leg--while even the professor of the surgery concedes defeat, Hazama promises the boy's parents that he will rejoin the boy's limbs... if the parents cough up five million. Desperate for help, they agree... Source: crunchyroll
Episode 2: Abduction
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2015-10-09
Abruptly abducted in the dead of night, a loan shark offers Hazama and other captives the option of wiping their debt clean, at a cost--they must offer their heart to a certain man of means. However, the black market doctor goes AWOL and the heart transplant is no go... Source: crunchyroll
Episode 3: Deserters
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2015-10-16
Having witnessed Hazama's skills first-hand, Okamato visits his apartment bent on uncovering his secret. All she finds are evidence of Hazama's stringent surgical practice regimen using fish, pig feet and the like as subjects. Suddenly, they hear a groan next door... Source: crunchyroll
Episode 4: In Vietnam Part 1
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2015-10-23
Hazama comes to Vietnam in pursuit of Yabu, who'd vanished after arriving a month earlier to start over. Hazama manages to secure passage to Yabu's last known location on a military convoy, but a sudden attack forces him to make a life-or-death decision... Source: crunchyroll
Episode 5: In Vietnam Part 2
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2015-10-30
Now captives of the Vietcong, Hazama's group pleads with the Vietcong leader to let them treat a critically injured member. After days go by, their interpreter, Phan, is dragged off to be interrogated. When she finally returns, she has a surprise for them... Source: crunchyroll
Episode 6: In Vietnam Part 3
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2015-11-06
A US medic has saved Steve's life, but Steve goes missing the very next day. Hazama hazards a guess that Steve may still think he is being held captive, and they attempt to convince Steve otherwise when they find him, but... Source: crunchyroll
Episode 7: Painless Revolution Part 1
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2015-11-13
Okamato and Hazama are in America to observe a surgery by the much-renowned Dr. Risenberg. Okamoto runs into an old friend, Tiara, and meets her childhood friend and civil rights activist, Johnny. However, Johnny's attacked by two African American men, and Tiara is caught in the crossfire... Source: crunchyroll
Episode 8: Painless Revolution Part 2
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2015-11-20
Johnny has analgesia, an inability to feel pain. Hazama and Maiko do their best to investigate the cause of Johnny's condition. They are at an impasse when they have a chance encounter with Yabu, who came to consult Dr. Risenberg about PTSD in one of his own patients, Tommy. Upon learning that Tommy was in the same platoon as Johnny, Hazama feels certain he's found the best source of information, but... Source: crunchyroll
Episode 9: The Gruesome Chronicle Part 1
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2015-11-27
Hyakki, a former professor at Teito U. and a renowned surgeon comes to Hazama and Maiko's university as a lecturer. Having lost all four limbs in a car accident, he is now confined to a wheelchair, but he was once Honma Joutarou's student. Hazama recognizes him and offers to help with Hyakki's research, which spurs Hyakki to seek to reclaim his former glory... Source: crunchyroll
Episode 10: The Gruesome Chronicle Part 2
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2015-12-04
Yuki is about to begin her path to becoming a surgeon anew, but the operation she was assigned to is abruptly cancelled. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 11: The Gruesome Chronicle Part 3
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2015-12-11
Hazama is shocked by Hyakki's changed appearance. Hazama attempts to persuade Hyakki to turn himself in, but Hyakki explains why he cannot be swayed from his pursuit of vengeance... Source: crunchyroll
Episode 12: The Season of Mania
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2015-12-18
At a time when a subset of the nation's students is becoming radicalized, Hazama meets a college student activist named Imagami Eri. After treating her injury, Eri and Hazama develop a curious friendship. One day, Hazama hears on the news that the police is routing out activists in Gunma, the same prefecture where Eri'd sent him a postcard from... Source: crunchyroll