Black Jack ni Yoroshiku (Say hello to BLACK JACK)

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English: Say hello to BLACK JACK

Synonyms: Give My Regards to Black Jack

Japanese: ブラックジャックによろしく

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 13

Chapters: 127

Status: Finished

Published: Jan 2002 to Jan 26, 2006

Genres: Drama, Psychological, Seinen

Authors: Sato, Shuho (Story & Art)

Serialization: Morning

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Score: 7.85¹ (scored by 865 users)

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Ranked: #1036²

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Popularity: #4251

Members: 2,653

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MangaMorningSato, Shuho (Story & Art)

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Synopsis

Saitou Eijirou is a newly established intern doctor, who is forced to take on a second night job at another, much smaller hospital because of the extremely low pay he receives. As he bounces between the two different hospitals, he is forced to dig deeper and deeper into Japan's largely corrupted medical society and starts to question even his own initial beliefs, as he asks himself just what being a doctor means.

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Background

In 2002, Black Jack ni Yoroshiku received Award of Excellence in manga category at the 6th Japan Media Arts Festival.

Black Jack ni Yoroshiku was digitally published in English as Give My Regards To Black Jack by Digital Manga Guild from June 30 to August 15, 2013.

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Related Manga

Sequel:

Shin Black Jack ni Yoroshiku

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Characters

Saitou, Eijirou

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Mar 31, 2009

127 of 127 chapters read

Overall Rating: 10

wakka9ca (All reviews)

41 people found this review helpful

Say hello to Black Jack is one of the most overlooked manga on MAL due to its lack of English scans and publications (I read it in French). However, it is one of the few manga that left a strong impression on me.

Story: 10/10
The story focuses on a young intern in Eiroku (University famous for medicine) and the chronicles of his experience as an intern in different departments of the hospital. Each story arc is a 3-4 months internship in one of the major departments of medicine and Saito (protagonist) is always left in charge of one particular case/patient. However, his naive ideals and stubbornness read more

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May 20, 2018

127 of 127 chapters read

Overall Rating: 9

KyoumaZ (All reviews)

17 people found this review helpful

Intensity. It can swirl over all different kinds of situations, in a heated derby between two rival teams, in a large open room covered in sweat and anxiety caused by the start of entrance exams and, most importantly, in interpersonal conflicts with your closest of friends, family and possibly their inevitable diagnosis, floating above them like the sword of Damocles. It’s almost unbearable to be part of the latter situation, being confronted with the defencelessness one must face when the bodies of our loved ones and its seemingly attached lifetime seems to flow out because of one fatal diagnosis, almost like a storm front quickly read more

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Aug 8, 2015

127 of 127 chapters read

Overall Rating: 10

takarabako (All reviews)

16 people found this review helpful

This manga is not for typical otaku, who are looking for a manga that lets them escape the harsh reality.

This manga is all about reality.

It's hard to read this manga, but it's hard to stop.

This is one of few mangas that will make you feel like you don't want to live in this world anymore, and the main reason is the reality of this manga. 100% realistic situations, backed-up with real-life problems and issues that you can find info about in any media.

It's no wonder some people rate it so low. Many people read manga to escape into the world of magic, superpowers and main read more

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Apr 24, 2014

23 of 127 chapters read

Overall Rating: 8

Maz-Maz (All reviews)

5 people found this review helpful

Preliminary

Just to clarify, Say Hello to Black Jack is NOT some kind of pre/sequel of Black Jack, it’s another type of creature altogether…

Saito, Eijirou is a fresh medical graduate that’s just starting his internship in his university’s hospital and simultaneously, working a part-time job (now we know why doctors don’t sleep). He finds trouble living on his monthly wage of… A jar of pickles (no actually, it’s something ridiculous like $380) and while politics run wild in the hospital’s background, we (as readers) get to see what’s really happening behind the scenes: let the crazy kowtowing and enraged fits begin!

The Manga’s plot explores the ethics and methods within the medical field, including the shady deals that happen, which many people aren’t aware of. It’s less of a ha-ha-girls-just-want-to-have-fun kind of Manga, and more of an eye-opening shocker of a story. The main character (aka the good guy) gets made fun of, becomes isolated, has his family threatened to repay a huge scholarship and loses his friends and part-time job. Why? Because the man wants to know how it feels like to be a real doctor whose main concern is the patient. I like the fact that the author keeps reiterating this idea, that if it was to save a human life then the benefits must and will outweigh the costs.

The art was at times super-detailed and at others, just okay; the illustrator uses this technique to emphasise emotions and the scenes in general (which can get a little overwhelming). However, it was above average overall due to the healthy dose of realistic proportioning in the illustrations and the fact that not every character was ‘pretty’ or ‘handsome’ or ‘beautiful’; the characters’ faces were rather normal. It seems to me that a lot of illustrators find non-sparkly faces hard to draw *cough*illustrators*cough*. I’d have liked it better if the author didn’t make the panels so dark (put some light element in there, why don’tcha?) but we’ll forgive you for that, won’t we readers?

The author created very realistic characters, some of which were heart wrenching and some of which were assholes. Their personalities were rather symbolic and solid, pretty much representing a major part of society. They move the plot on nicely while each having a definitive effect on where the story is going. Nice job, author.

In conclusion, in today’s world, it seems difficult to hold on to what is right and what is wrong. However, this Manga highlights the fact that this behaviour has trickled down to places where it shouldn’t have: medicine, where not only money (because the money argument is always there) but also HUMAN LIVES are in the balance. This Manga is for readers who’re ready to get down and dirty with the facts and prod sensitive topics, it’s for the people that enjoy DEPTH (an extremely rare attribute) in their plotlines. It’s very much the cup of tea of a person who’s brain had started to shrink due to too much shallow, glittery, predictable stories and who wants a change of pace.

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