Young Black Jack

Spiderus Oct 2, 2020

9

STORY Note you do NOT need to have any prior Black Jack knowledge to watch this - I didn't. As a medical student, it is against the law for Hazama to perform surgery yet. However his luck of being thrown into dire situations with people dying right before his eyes is insane, and he isn't going to let some measly law stop him from saving their lives - be it an incredibly difficult case that no other doctor is willing to attempt, an enemy at war, or a complete stranger, all their lives matter to him. What makes this plot so amazing, besides the constant drama and intensity, is the topics it touches on. I didn't expect it to get so historical and political, but the subjects they explore are real ones from our own past (ie: Vietnam, Civil Rights Movement). The pacing is on target, something that might seem hard to accomplish with as many references to true events as they throw in, but it all flowed together remarkably! I'm still in awe. ANIMATION Just gorgeous. Thank you very much for not showing too much gore, but just enough to keep things real ^^" Whenever Hazama is stitching someone up it's like his hands are dancing.  SOUND Never really have any issues in this category, but I will say that the during like 3 of the surgeries they played "suspenseful" music, but it sounded too much like a video game soundtrack and had the opposite effect in me lol - but that's it! CHARACTERS Hazama just can't get a break and it only gets harder for him to be just in a corrupted world. He stays true to his morals and never falters though! What a dude. His female assistant, thank the heavens, isn't some incompetant high pitched secondary character we've seen a hundred times and wanted to shoot. As an intern, she is actually very skilled, although she isn't on screen a ton so you only get a few examples of this. The designs for some of the side guys get pretty funky, reminding me of restyled Astro Boy characters. OVERALL Something I started watching because I liked the character designs, and ended up enjoying 3000x more than I had imagined! Even for someone who steers away from episodic series, this one flowed so well I would say it really felt less episodic and more cohesive (because some arcs span multiple episodes). The story is thrilling and very original, masterfully tying in real-world topics and issues that need to be remembered. It's violent and exciting, a real road trip.

Archert Feb 2, 2020

7.1

Bueno que decir de esta serie...he visto tanto bueno como malo. De bueno podemos contar con una serie entretenida, el protagonista cuenta con una personalidad que 'gusta' y todos los personajes tienen cierta profundidad. Lo malo, es que una serie que trata de meter a un tio en un quirófano y abrirlo a la mitad debería ser mucho más gore, algo que no exprimen. Otra pega que le veo es como tiene en un 'pedestal' a los médicos, ya los propios médicos se creen superiores, no le deis mas pie por favor. Hay cosas que no termino de creerme, como por ejemplo que un estudiante de 22 años se vaya a Vietnam a ver a su amigo drogata, o que un tio paralítico vaya matando por ahí con una katana. Ñiag...un poco todo cogido con calzador.