Black Jack 21!
An epidemic of phoenix disease now threatens the lives of everyone on this planet,
and it's up to Black Jack to stop it.
And so, carrying the destiny of the human race, the modern day ark, the Sky Hospital, takes off into the sky.
Shine... The love is Believe... the truth
Even if life is filled with sorrows,
no one will ever be truly lonely.
When I look up at the sky as I pray,
I feel as if I can hold your dear smile.
Although I struggle through a forest of dilemmas,
my feelings will endure for all eternity.
More than a thousand I love yous,
I want you to be here.
No one can replace you.
Your smile will be the light leading me to tomorrow,
and towards the sun in the sky.
Zen Mantoku was waiting for us to rush there as soon as we received the news about my father being in a coma.
He was the mastermind behind the mysterious organization that was after my live.
The truth behind what happened twenty-one years ago was finally revealed by him.
The reason my father abandoned me and my mother was to protect us from the organization.
But my father passed away before I could treat him.
Benitokage, their assassin, was revealed to be Kagemitsu's daughter,
but she died, saving the life of her brother-in-law, me.
So, Doc, we can finally go back to Japan?
Yes.
This will be the last time we get on an airplane.
I'm glad your mom and dad could finally be together again.
Yeah.
Is something on my face?
It's nothing.
Excuse me.
You're Dr. Black Jack, right?
I would like for you to come with us.
In this airport...
The Challenge Against Extinction
Based on "The Chance Has Come" and "The Tumor Hunter" by Osamu Tezuka.
My father's order was to kill Black Jack.
But instead...
you...
you were killed.
They took away my daughter and my face.
Mio...
I won't let others control my life anymore.
From now on, I'm going to do as I wish.
This way.
It's the flying hospital from before.
If this is here, then...
It's been a while, Black Jack.
Dr. White.
I knew you'd be here.
You again!
Anyone pretty like you mustn't get close to Doc!
It's absolutely forbidden!
I'm sorry, Pinoko-chan,
but we have a patient we'd really like him to see.
What for?
If you have a patient, shouldn't your state-of-the-art technology be able to examine him?
Of course, I was against asking you to come here.
But his family wanted you.
He has phoenix disease.
Phoenix disease?!
Yes.
We heard you've seen many patients with phoenix disease.
We need your help.
Please!
Doc...
The Sky Hospital has become even more advanced.
We've improved the security system,
and built in self-defense mechanisms.
The system will never allow any personnel or patients who are not registered on.
Registration complete.
Identity verified.
Unlocking.
Thank you.
I've registered you two in the system.
You're now free to walk around.
But don't touch anything without my permission.
Come with me.
He's still acting conceited.
It turned on by itself.
There he is.
He's currently the only patient on the Sky Hospital.
It's so dark, I can't see him well.
What?!
Zen Mantoku!
Why?!
Why is Zen Mantoku here?!
Thank you for coming, Dr. Black Jack.
You're...
Renka!
I'm your client this time.
And my father, Zen Mantoku, is the patient with phoenix disease.
What?!
It doesn't matter how much it costs.
Please save my father.
I refuse.
Doctor.
If we find the cure for this disease, we'll be the most renowned physicians in the world!
You'll no longer be known as the infamous, unlicensed doctor.
Do you know that Zen Mantoku was the one who initiated the research project that created phoenix disease?
Do you know how many people died because of this man?
The victims of Honma's hematoma,
the victims of the phoenix disease,
and...
and my...
my parents!
Wait!
Please wait, Doctor!
There are many things I should apologize to you for.
But I've lost my daughter and Kagemitsu,
and now I'm losing my father.
He's still a member of my family.
I'm sure you know how hard it is to lose a family member.
Please!
Please help him!
Kuroo-san!
My house was destroyed,
and I was forced to travel around the world with Pinoko.
Doctor...
Adding the costs of those along with the cost of this operation, the fee will be ¥1,000,000,000.
And that...
That will be the end.
She's taking a long time.
Anyway, I can't believe Renka-sama is relying on Black Jack.
The boss is in trouble, so she may not have a choice.
Renka-sama.
Let's go, Souryu.
Yes.
Did he agree to treat the boss?
Yes.
It's dangerous!
He may just kill...
It'll be fine.
Black Jack is the kind of man who always finishes a job he's agreed to do.
Nevertheless, Genbu, stay here and keep your eyes on him just in case.
If anything goes wrong, contact me immediately.
OK?
Yes, ma'am.
Damn.
Look who's talking.
Everything on the Sky Hospital is controlled from this room,
and all the data we have is accessible from these terminals.
Oh, that's a capsule hotel.
That's not a capsule hotel!
Mr. Zen Mantoku is suffering from a serious case of stomach cancer.
The rate at which it is growing is phenomenal.
That's a symptom of phoenix disease.
But our treatment is perfect.
That capsule is called the cancer hunter.
It locates and treats the cancer automatically.
At the same time, it's performing research on phoenix disease.
There really isn't anything left for you to do.
Currently, we're performing radiation therapy based on the data we've gathered.
The computer predicts that the progression of the disease will stop in twenty days.
You haven't changed at all.
You're still relying completely on machines.
What?
Phoenix disease has never been studied before.
You can't predict what will happen next.
Don't you think it's dangerous to depend entirely upon a machine?
The genius surgeon is jealous?
Technology is constantly advancing.
Surely there is nothing wrong with humanity taking advantage of that?
I don't think being a Luddite and continuing to malpractice medicine like you do contributes to humanity's well-being.
Creating and utilizing technology is fine.
But diseases evolve faster than technology and they take away people's lives.
To keep up with them, we can only really rely on ourselves, can we not?
Why did the boss get infected with phoenix disease?
I traced the records of the Noir Project and found something.
A while back, the former Noir Project member, Dr. Jorujyu,
discovered that the B.O.P. virus had the effect of anti-aging.
And medicine was developed based on his findings.
The side effects were thoroughly tested on a variety of animals.
The medicine seemed to be absolutely safe for human use.
Many VIPs around the world,
Dr. Jorujyu,
Dr. Kreutzer,
and Dr. Stein received injections of B.O.P.
And lastly, my father himself was injected with it.
But since then...
The blood of the recipients was contaminated by the B.O.P. virus.
That virus then mutated into the shape of a phoenix, the bird that never dies.
In the end, my father fell ill too.
Renka-sama, I'm sure you're very worried about the boss.
Not really.
He played with my life.
Then why did you call Black Jack?
Isn't it obvious?
To find the cure for phoenix disease.
Eventually, I'll take the data and the vaccine.
Once I have that, I'll spread phoenix disease around the world.
I can earn an enormous amount of money that way.
Once that is done, nobody will complain about me becoming the head of the organization.
Will the boss be all right though?
Souryu, my father is no longer your boss now.
I am.
It looks like security isn't very tight.
Let's see. This...
Wh-What?!
I must act quickly–before anything happens to the boss.
I won't let Renka do as she pleases.
This is the phoenix disease virus.
It's reproducing itself faster than before.
If this was ever leaked outside, it would cause the deaths of thousands or even millions of people.
Is there anything else you've found?
We now know that phoenix disease slows its activity at low temperatures just like any other virus.
As you see, we can slow its spread by lowering the temperature outside the patient.
But that doesn't lower the temperature near the center of the patient, so the virus continues to thrive there.
We're slowing the reproduction of it inside Mr. Mantoku by using this method.
So there are still many unknowns.
But there must be some hint somewhere.
Every complex system has a vulnerability.
Good. It opened.
Now I can get to the boss.
Intrusion by unauthorized personnel detected.
Intrusion by unauthorized personnel detected.
Initiating automatic lockdown.
Damn! Did I miss something?
What?!
What's going on?!
What did you do?!
Damn!
What happened?
What's that noise?
What's the matter?
Could it be...
The intruder has been shut out.
Activating the self-defense program due to an incident.
Five minutes before emergency takeoff.
An incident?!
What happened?
I'm checking now.
It looks like the emergency defense system activated.
A mere intruder shouldn't have triggered it.
The defense system?
It's programmed to automatically fly to Tokyo in case of an emergency.
Tokyo?
And we fix the problems there.
The system is perfect.
But what went wrong?
It looks like it's OK.
It took off so suddenly, so I wondered if something could have...
It really surprised me that it flew so suddenly.
That's the man from the capsule hotel!
That's Mr. Mantoku!
It's OK. He's alive.
But why is he here?
H-Hey!
Don't close it so suddenly!
How mean!
We're under a state of emergency.
Open up!
This area will be quarantined.
There is an emergency.
This area will be quarantined.
Quarantined?!
Doctor!
Ayako? What is it?
Dr. Shirabyoshi, we're in front of the cancer chamber,
but this area was closed off because of an emergency and we can't open the doors.
Right.
On top of that, Mr. Zen Mantoku is here and he's in critical condition.
What?!
That's...
What?
Can you zoom the camera on to Zen Mantoku's chest?
Why?
Hurry!
That scar is...
It's no good.
It won't accept any input from outside.
Nishikawa!
How is Zen Mantoku?
Doc!
He's in a coma.
He's also running a high fever.
He probably needs immediate treatment.
Can't you put him back in the cancer chamber?
I can't.
We can't open that door either.
We're completely locked in this hallway.
I'll unlock the doors from the control room.
Thanks.
Wait!
There is a possibility of it spreading.
Quarantining Area B now.
Area quarantined.
We're still in here!
Open it!
Area quarantined.
I'm Shirabyoshi Yasuhiko!
Open up!
Open up!
Open up or the capsule man will die!
Open up!
What do we do...
Hey!
Open up!
Eliminating the danger in the area.
Watch out!
Are you OK?
Thank you.
Something smells burnt.
Ow! Ow! Ow!
Ow! Ow!
Pinoko-chan?
It attacks us when we try to open the door.
Same here.
Why would it attack registered personnel?
Isn't there any way to check its current status?
Oh, right.
I can check the security system with this.
Wait.
Check the virus data first.
What?!
Shouldn't we unlock the security system first?
No.
You're the one who said the system is perfect.
And that perfect system is malfunctioning.
If that's the case, I can only think that it's working against us.
OK.
Th-This is...
No way...
This is what the trouble is about?!
Did you find something?
Look.
The phoenix virus is reproducing exponentially and spreading throughout the aircraft.
What?!
The security system was triggered to lock out the contaminated areas.
On top of that, the virus's lethality, durability, and contagiousness are all showing to be stronger than before.
What?!
Then are we...
Doctor!
Dr. Black Jack!
Pinoko-chan has...
She collapsed suddenly and she's running a very high fever!
These symptoms are...
probably...
from phoenix disease...
And I'm...
What happened, Ayako?!
Ayako?!
She was probably infected by phoenix disease too.
That's way too fast!
It's probably the side effect of the radiation therapy.
I've seen many cases of phoenix disease,
but none of them were ever treated with radiation.
But this cancer hunter machine performed it regularly.
So the virus in Mantoku absorbed it,
and evolved into a more advanced form.
That's the logical explanation.
No way...
And that scar on Mantoku...
That's the sign that phoenix disease has evolved.
Is there any other way to open the door?
The system is perfect.
We'll have to wait until we get to Tokyo.
The virus is much more deadly now.
There's no guarantee that the patients will survive that long.
But we'll be infected if we open the door.
So are we just going to give up on those three?
That's right!
There is a way!
What's that?
Registered staff aren't the only ones who can open the door.
This is a hospital after all!
So a patient...
That's right.
If the system recognizes an illness in a person,
there is the possibility that the door to the cancer chamber will open.
What's that?
It's epinephrine for emergency use.
If you're injected with a higher than normal dosage,
your heart rate will quickly increase and you'll fall into a comatose state.
But if you do that...
Once the door opens, you must handle everything.
Treat the three inside first.
Wait!
What are you doing?
This is my job.
Shirabyoshi!
I hate to admit it, but you know better than I how to treat them.
Are you OK?!
Stay back!
I'm Shirabyoshi!
Open the door!
I'm a patient!
Open up!
Damn!
It still didn't work?!
A patient has been located.
Unlocking security system.
Did it work?
Preparing the cancer chamber.
Pinoko!
Are you all right, Pinoko?
Pinoko!
Pinoko, hang in there.
Just as I thought, the phoenix disease is evolving.
At this rate...
At this rate, we'll all die!
The shadow covering the door, an obstacle we can't see yet.
I take notes on everything from north to west.
There's a frail, pale flame whose
glaring rays
pierce into my eyes.
I'm stuck in an endless loop.
This costume shines light into the darkness.
The black grove is producing buds.
If you set off on your journey before dawn,
the image of the moon shatters on the sea of miracles.
To the wind headed for the future, make a gust!
The time limit we have is twenty-one hours.
Will the dreadful phoenix disease annihilate the entire human race?
I will kill you myself.
The entire nation of Japan would be infected by the virus.
What happens to the virus if they die?
Will I be healed?
Prepare the missile!
I will save this life!
Launch!
Black Jack 21 - the Next Karte.
The Sanctity of Life
She has the artificial heart my father made!
Time to find Sharaku!
He was right here.
See you again someday!