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{{quote|''"Osamu Tezuka was educated as a doctor, so the stories are rich in medical knowledge and experience. [[Like Reality Unless Noted|Except, of course, when Tezuka decides that it would be more fun to just make crazy shit up.]] [[Serial Escalation|Which is pretty much constantly."]]''
|'''[http://shaenon.livejournal.com/58712.html?thread=806488 Overlooked Manga Festival]''' on ''[[Black Jack]].'' }}
A manga series about an unlicensed physician who charges immense fees to use his miraculous healing skills.
Created by [[Osamu Tezuka]], the original manga series ran from 1973 to 1983. Since Tezuka was himself a qualified medical doctor, the series often had a strong sense of verisimilitude, but the creator was not above exaggeration for [[Rule of Cool]] and [[
Black Jack himself is a mysterious but distinctive figure, with a scarred, discolored face and a white shock in his black hair. He lives alone in an [[Big Fancy House|isolated beach house]] at the beginning of the series, before taking in Pinoko. Black Jack is a brilliant surgeon, but has no license (the reasons for this vary a bit between adaptations.) He charges enormous fees to wealthy clients, but often helps the needy for just as much as they can pay, or even for free, and if his operations fail generally refunds the money paid. His behavior is often [[Dr. Jerk|abrupt to the point of rudeness]], and he has a rather [[Deadpan Snarker|dark sense of humor]]. Often, he will arrange circumstances to teach [[An Aesop]] to the guest character of the story.
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