kuroo hazama (dr blackjack)

blackjack is an orphaned surgeon who lost his mother as a child when a landmine exploded in the beach. The boy is rescued by the late Dr. Honma, who became his inspiration to pursue a medical career. As a kid, his father Kagemitsu disappeared with a girl named Renka in the city from Macau to China during the night or midnight. When he grew up, Kuroo developed a stoic but sweet personality, often cold and almost mean seeming to strangers, though he can be very kind and forgiving when sympathetic. he lives in a large house with his adopted daughter Pinoko who has just gotten over trying to be his wife, and his pet dog Largo in the beach from Osaka to Japan. Many people assume that Black Jack is a soulless and discourteous middle aged man because of his appearance and first impressions; but as a person, he is a naturally compassionate and dedicated caretaker. Although he charges absurd amounts of money for his procedures, he performs free surgeries on people who touched him with their kindness or struggles in life. He is very perceptive and able to diagnose a patient with only a quick examination. Those who witness how he operates sometimes comment that his work is divine. Since Pinoko came into his life, he cares for her deeply as if she were his daughter and he gives her lots of (tough) love.

In difficult and tricky situations, he is a quick thinker and is able to fool others easily (mostly with good intentions). Besides being an expert in surgeries, he is also a skilled combat fighter who makes use of his surgical tools (notably the scalpel) that he hides underneath his cape. Although, he is perfectly capable of fighting with his bare hands, even delivering a single knock-out punch to the stomach at one point. He also shows that he is highly responsible for his patient's safety and well-being, which explains his high pricing. He even goes to the lengths of deceiving his patients to make sure they heal properly. (E.g. A patient had a throat injury and was instructed not to sing. She disobeyed the first time around, so Black Jack told her that she now needed a special voicebox, and would only surgically implant it for her if she did not speak for a month. The supposed voicebox was a piece of a broken stethoscope, but the patient healed perfectly.)

He also cares for and is deeply appreciative of people who change his life, such as Dr. Honma, who saved him through surgery once (this is what inspired Black Jack to even become a surgeon). Black Jack is also very prideful and hates being made fun of, or things he deems important desecrated. Black Jack's real name is actually Kuroo Hazama, but to hide his real identity he goes by blackjack. Kuroo was deeply on love with a woman named Megumi that he met at the medical school. Megumi changes her name to Kei Kisaragi ( 'Megumi 'can also be read as 'Kei') after Black Jack saves her by removing her reproductive organs because a severe cervical cancer. She decides to disguise herself as a man since the loss of these organs which she considered as a sign of her femininity. She even works as a ship's doctor since it was, at the time, considered a very masculine profession. At first, Pinoko believed that Megumi was Kei's sister and Kei chose to let pinoko believe this misunderstanding. Black Jack and Kei remains somehow friends. She actually chose to remove her organs in order to stay alive and afterward she seriously thought that she couldn't be called a woman anymore so she used this identity. And while she actually remains a woman even without her reproductive organs, she didn't know it because the society's lack of consideration at this time. Before her departure, she wishes to Black Jack a happy life and tells him that she actually never stopped to love him. Read more on Kei Kisragi's page. In the manga, Black Jack shows what can be interpreted as some love interest toward Konomi Kuwata (nickname, Black Queen) until he learns about her fiance (He still decides to save her fiance's leg). He met with Kagemitsu Hazama again in the Black Jack 21 series as well as the manga, with the same burning hatred he had previously had. He even states that the reason he fought through the intense surgery and following physical therapy was out of spite, against him. Black Jack was especially good at darts during his high school years. This precision aids him in both surgery and combat, in which he throws the scalpels (that he stores in pockets that line his large black coat) like darts, with enough precision to strike the barrel of a shotgun (in manga). Black Jack keeps part of his fortune in the form of land ownership by buying an island (useful against the risk of theft). In the 2004 TV series, Black Jack mentioned that the reason he didn't want to marry is because he didn't want any women to be criticized for loving a man with his looks and personality, implying to have an inferiority complex. Getting Black Jack's phone number is not so easy, only acquaintances or people who have given him their contact number know how to contact him. Its what ensures that he remains an underground doctor, known through word of mouth. He once operated on an alien in the manga. Despite being one of the best doctors in the world, there are a few times that he fails to save a patient from dying. Almost always, he is remorseful, especially when he could not save his mentor, Dr. Honma. Dr. Black Jack has been on the battlefield more than once, mostly in spin off series like Young Black Jack, where he a large part of the series takes place in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Blackjack has been arrested for operating without a license and charging large amounts, but in the end they let him go because they needed his help. is sarcastic at times but keeps himself calm and secretly craves love