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“Genius unregistered surgeon Black Jack tackles bizarre medical cases with Pinoko, balancing science, money, and human nature.”
Black Jack
ブラック・ジャック
8.39
274 rank · 26,243 readers · 876 favorites
Shounen
Medical
Award Winning
Drama
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Synopsis
Genius unregistered surgeon Black Jack tackles bizarre medical cases with Pinoko, balancing science, money, and human nature.
Black Jack is an "unregistered" doctor with a clouded, mysterious past. He works with his little assistant Pinoko (who has a massive crush on the doctor), dealing with medical cases not very well known, which can be strange, dangerous, or not known at all. But he is a genius, and can save almost any of his patients' lives (as long as they have the money for it, that is), and is known to many around the world, especially to those of medicine and science. He's a man of science himself, and does not believe much until he has seen it, yet it is many times he is surprised by love and nature often overpowering the science he bases his life in. (Source: ANN)
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Community consensus
Derived from 4 sampled reviews
9.0
/10
What 4 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9.5
mode 10
σ 1.22
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.22 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 1.00
Running avg · Aug 2010 → Feb 2021
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “I've seen all the Anime adaptations, and read all the Volumes to the Manga, and from what I've witnessed in both the Anime & Manga and Kuro himself has gone through a lot which is what brought...”
- 10 “Dr. Black Jack looks and acts like a gruff ol' doc from some cowboy town. An old surgical scar runs down his face; part of his hair has turned white, and he goes about wearing a big black coat...”
- 7 “Black Jack can be a good choice if you'd enjoy some dramatic stories, even if sometimes they really don't nail it or you'd want to observe how manga used to be written back in the 70's and what was...”
Verbosity
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Medium · 25%
Long · 75%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 243 × 25 ch × vol
- Total read 32h 24m approx
- Published Nov 1973 – Oct 1983
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M1435 catalog