235 – Give My Regards to Black Jack part 3
On this episode we conclude the cancer patient arc, move onto the psychiatry ward, and talk a lot about The Wire as we continue our retrospective on Shuho Sato’s Give My Regards to Black Jack!
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Timestamps:
- 00:00:00 – Intro Song: “I am Just Feeling Alive” by UMI KUUN from Young Black Jack, Opening, Introductions
- 00:02:09 – Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, dakazu is enjoying women’s football with Farewell, My Dear Cramer
- 00:10:20 – The extra round episodes of Hi Score Girl on Netflix resolve the cliffhanger from the season finale
- 00:11:32 – News: A new season of Hi Score Girl will start October 2019
- 00:12:23 – Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on Give My Regards to Black Jack, we will conclude our comprehensive review of Shuho Sato’s manga(covers volumes 11-13)
- 00:13:08 – Main Segment Retrospective: Give My Regards to Black Jack, Transition Song: “LIFE is… ?another story?” by Ken Hirai from Give My Regards to Black Jack, comprehensive review of Shuho Sato’s medical drama
- 00:13:59 – We talk about the end of the cancer patient arc
- 00:17:07 – We praise the appropriate amount of dramatic moments for the patient, Mrs. Tsujimoto, but think Dr. Usami’s pep-talk was a bit much
- 00:19:06 – We were satisfied with how this story arc was resolved
- 00:20:29 – We discuss if Sato’s storytelling has improved since the beginning of the series
- 00:22:02 – We dive into Saito’s next internship with the Psychiatry ward
- 00:29:19 – Darfox and dakazu talk about whether the scenes of discrimination against the new patient, Mr. Ozawa, felt heavy-handed
- 00:32:08 – We talk about the major event that push the story of this psychiatry arc
- 00:37:48 – Darfox and Seamus are reminded of The Wire and other shows that portray problems with the media
- 00:40:03 – dakazu explains the reference to Osamu Tezuka’s Black Jack
- 00:41:33 – dakazu talks about his experiences working with special needs clients and the representation he found in this manga compared to what he wanted
- 00:46:00 – We find out that Sato has taken this story line from the Osaka school massacre of 2001
- 00:48:50 – We make a few prediction on how this arc will end
- 00:50:57 – Darfox and Seamus continue to compare this manga to The Wire
- 00:54:07 – We give our final thoughts about what we read this week
- 00:55:52 – Next Week’s Topic: Give My Regards to Black Jack, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster