As I stand in the wind on a hill by a port town,
my head feels unusually empty.
I was watching the town from the south side of the shore.
And so I sunk my unsteady passion into the depths of the sea.
This surging power...
It's something hidden in everyone, everywhere.
Day after day, everyone tries their best.
But people get annoyed when I mention it.
It makes me glad...
that I found my place here.
I searched for the reason
why we can believe in the same air
as long as we're alive.
He weaves the thread of life with his miraculous control of a scalpel.
The genius surgeon who lives on a cape.
His name is Black Jack.
An Operation in a Thunderstorm
Originally "A Cloudy, then Clear Sky" by Tezuka Osamu.
"Kogen Hotel, Mount Ikazuchi"
We're finally here!
I can't wait for their special, the thunder parfait.
Let's go!
"Attention! The staff of this hotel is on strike for 48 hours,
starting today at noon."
Strike?
Oh well!
Parfait!
Parfait! Parfait!
Parfait! Parfait! Parfait!
Parfait! Parfait! Parfait! Parfait!
Parfait!
Parfait! Parfait!
Parfait! Parfait! Parfait!
Parfait! Parfait! Parfait! Parfait!
Closed?
"The Kogen Hotel Restaurant"
Flowers over dangos!
Let's go!
"Jacuzzi"
A maiden needs to be beautiful.
Yay!
Whee!
I'm going to be beautiful!
Sheesh!
What's wrong with them, being on streak!
Not streak. Strike.
What's a strike?
It's when the employees refuse to work so the managers will hear what they have to say.
Why do they have to take off when I'm here?
Hey! I want the manager!
Ouch!
I'm sorry!
Coming through!
What's going on?
Even the terrace...
has a bad view!
Can you actually see something here?
I-It's so high up.
You're tired from all the streaks they're having too?
Miss, do you mean "strikes"?
Yeah.
I was so looking forward to my vacation with Doc.
Doc?
Yep. Dr. Black Jack.
He's the best surgeon in the world.
The best surgeon?
Doctor!
Doctor!
Doctor, it's an emergency!
I'm sorry.
Oh great. I planned it during the strike.
He was hit by lightning while on the golf course.
Then a tree fell on him.
He's in serious condition.
Thanks for looking at him.
Is this the EMS office?
We have a patient in serious condition.
Please send an ambulance immediately.
Well boy, an ambulance's coming soon,
so I'm going to go.
Doctor, where are you going?
The entire hotel has been on strike since noon,
so I'm leaving now.
Strike?
But you're a doctor, aren't you?
I've done all I can.
Bye.
Wait, Doctor!
He's in serious condition, right?
Please save him!
Listen, I can't do anything more for him in a temporary facility like this.
He needs to be treated in the fully-equipped hospital in town.
But he'll die if you leave him!
Please do something!
You dummy!
Quack!
Somebody! Help!
Daddy's dying! Help!
Somebody!
Father, Mother, I'm sorry I've been such a burden to you for so long.
Ever since I was diagnosed with neuronal necrosis, I've been doing my best to fight it.
Every doctor has given me the same answer.
Nothing can be done with the medical knowledge we currently have.
I'm tired of living.
Somebody!
Somebody help me!
Anybody!
What's wrong, kid?
What's the matter?
Daddy is...
dying.
What was that?!
"Hotel Manager"
We have an emergency!
Please help us!
There's no answer.
Let's go.
Yes, it is.
What?!
An ambulance isn't coming here?!
No way!
We have a man in serious need of help.
I see.
Please come ASAP.
OK.
What'd they say?
Why?
They told me there was a major accident in town.
All the ambulances are heading there first.
But why?
Daddy's going to die!
He needs to be treated!
Please save him!
He's the best surgeon in the world.
Doc won't play with me, so it's so boring.
Hey!
Miss?
What's wrong?
Doc!
W-We have a problem!
It's a problem!
A problem!
It's serious!
Hurry, Doc!
There's a man who's in serious need of help.
Please see him.
I came here for a vacation.
I have no intention of doing any work.
But it's an emergency!
If we leave him...
There should be a hotel doctor on staff.
Ask him.
But he's on strike!
That's none of my business.
Besides, my fees are outrageously expensive.
First the doctor here and now you.
How dare you call yourselves doctors!
Doctors are all the same!
You can't really cure patients, so you all just make pathetic excuses!
You're all con artists--living off of lies!
You don't care about the lives of patients like us!
Let's go, kid!
Doc...
There's no use waiting around here.
Let's take him to the hospital in town in my car.
Yeah.
Daddy...
We should be able to get to the hospital in town about an hour.
Just hang on until then.
Hey, he's...
He's the doctor who left daddy!
What?!
That's a false claim.
But you did!
You quack!
Hey! There are some things you should and shouldn't say regardless of the situation.
But it's true that you ran off, leaving a dying patient behind!
I didn't run off.
I left the rest in the hands of EMS.
You brought the patient with you?
Yes, we did.
There were no doctors,
and no ambulance was coming.
There was no other way!
An ambulance isn't coming?
No.
There was a big accident in town, so they can't get here.
What?
Anyway, let's move that tree with our cars.
Please treat that man first!
Worry about yourself before other people!
This spot is the most likely place in these mountains for thunderclouds to form.
You never know what might happen to us if we stick around here.
This isn't good...
We shouldn't waste any more time.
Dang! It won't even budge.
He's in shock.
Why did you move the patient?
Are you trying to kill him?
I didn't do it.
This woman did.
Who are you?
I'm the hotel doctor.
Oh really?
His medical record said one of his ribs was broken and there was damage to his internal organs.
Did you operate on him?
Uh, no. I only treated his external injuries.
What a load of crap!
Are you really a doctor?!
But I couldn't treat him with what I had at the hotel.
Why did you come now?
After reading his medical record, I found out he's the chairman of White Bank.
What?!
Hey kid, let's make a deal.
A deal?
Right.
Can you tell daddy to pay ¥50,000,000 to whoever saves him?
¥50,000,000?!
You're so dirty!
Trying to take advantage of the situation!
Don't make such a dirty deal!
Shut up!
Stay out of this.
I'm talking with this boy!
¥50,000,000.
Daddy's life will be saved with ¥50,000,000.
It's a real bargain.
OK. I promise.
But please save daddy.
Sure.
Write exactly what I say.
I will pay ¥50,000,000 to whoever saves Daddy.
Here.
Good.
It's a man-to-man promise.
You keep that until the operation's done.
OK?
OK!
Good.
Pinoko, prepare for the operation!
Aye-aye.
Ouch!
What a scumbag!
You think a person's life has a price?
You're disgusting!
Doctor, are you just going to watch?
Or will you help me?
Well, I...
Whether you're on strike or something else, you have things easy.
Wait.
You're going to use that?
Yes, I am.
Lightning will be attracted to your instruments!
Stop it!
Now, get inside the bubble.
Why do I have to go near something dangerous?
I won't force you...
Besides, I think it's fun to watch an operation worth ¥50,000,000.
Initiating the operation.
These burns are terrible.
They're a sign that the electricity went right through his body.
Give me a hand,
Pinoko.
Aye-aye.
I'm scared!
It's OK.
Hurry with the hemostasis.
The tree's falling this way!
Doc!
I can't stop working now!
You there.
Put on those gloves there and help me.
But I...
Hurry!
Do you want to see the patient die?!
OK.
Pinoko, hurry with the hemostasis.
OK.
You, hold the clamp here.
OK.
Doc, it's really coming down now!
Just a little...
A little more!
Operation complete!
Let's move!
That was too close.
Doctor, how's daddy?
The operation was successful.
I guarantee he'll live.
Really?
Yes.
Yay!
Woo!
Yahoo!
Help!
Help!
Please!
Help me!
This is terrible.
You need immediate medical care, but...
I'll be on strike, starting right now.
No way!
Wait!
Please!
You did the exact same thing to that patient and kid!
Right.
I made a mistake.
If you beg that much, I'll treat you.
But it'll cost you ¥100,000,000.
No way!
Pinoko! Get ready for another operation!
Oh, my goodness!
Why didn't the lightning hit the bubble?
These tools are made out of a kind of ceramic compound.
They're non-conductive.
Ceramic?
The aseptic tent is non-conductive as well.
Doctors like myself get all kinds of requests for operations.
You're quite something.
Anyway, how does it feel to save a person's life?
Not bad, huh?
No.
You shouldn't give up on life so easily.
Why?
You forgot these.
I'm sorry, but I read your letter.
About that neuronal necrosis,
I've successfully treated patients who had it before.
But it'll cost ¥50,000,000.
¥50,000,000.
Hey kid.
Remember the promise?
I know.
I'll keep the promise.
Wait.
Oh man. I can't take that.
Oh well. Give it to her.
Huh?
What?
It says so right here.
¥50,000,000 to whoever saves Daddy.
If you didn't try to save his life, he wouldn't have survived.
I...
Hey kid, it's your turn to save her life.
OK!
Miss, here!
But...
Don't worry.
He's the best surgeon in the world!
It's a deal then.
I've never met anyone like you.
It's starting to clear up!
It is!
I want to capture your heart with my silly smile.
Only look straight at me.
Being kind isn't good enough.
I want to get in touch with your true heart,
deep within the you that nobody else sees.
Being in the gentle sunlight,
I wish on the clover that plays the melody of dreams,
and I search for a ray of hope beyond the blue skies,
because I want to stay by your side forever.
The promise we made long ago in a far away place...
is finally coming to a realization, overcoming the incredible distance,
just as it was led by the light.
Your fingers?!
Yes.
My fingers felt rigid during the operation.
Why?!
Doc?
Move!
It's tougher than dying.
It's my special dinner!
Give me a doctor now!
It'll cost you ¥100,000,000.
You're going into your past.
Back to twenty years ago.
Remember!
Hang in there!
In twenty years, your operation...
Next Karte - Intimidated in the Twentieth Year.
I'm bored.
Hey!