Produced by Tezuka Production Black Jack Committee
Hey! What are you doing to my car?
The attacks have occurred all over the metropolitan area.
There have been 18 cases in the past year,
all exclusively targeting foreign luxury cars,
causing over 200 million yen of damage.
All the losses have been covered by insurance, right?
People who drive foreign luxury cars aren't idiots.
No one's gotten killed so far,
and I'm amazed you guys are making such a big fuss...
with this investigative committee!
- Takasugi! - Besides that,
I work Juvenile Division.
Can't you guys in Third Division handle this yourselves?
Despite appearances, I've got a lot on my plate.
No, I want to turn this over to Juvenile Division.
We've just gotten very compelling testimony from one of the attacks.
The suspect is 140 cm tall and approximately 12 years old!
This video is from a parking lot security camera.
That people accept life and live through the long months and years...
is very nearly miraculous.
So said one philosopher.
This particular case made me realize that as well.
People do not simply live as biological mechanisms.
That's because they also possess what we call a soul.
And the soul can be extremely uncertain, fragile,
and occasionally incomprehensible.
Okay, 2530 Setagaya, Akamedai.
This the place, Mister? It's a mansion!
That's a mansion, all right!
This way, please.
May I present Koichiro Tsuzuki, master of this house.
Y-You've finally come...
Please, help me!
I don't know what else to do now!
Clinical Chart 9 The Carbuncle with a Human Face
I don't want to hear your sad good-byes.
So, get on with it and leave me!
'Cause this hasn't been the type of love...
where I thought I'd get back everything.
Gave up all I had to be with you.
The least you could do is face me!
As you starve yourself, you waste away...
like you're crucified and dying!
Enrobed in the dark of my heart...
I take the memories we had, and throw them out forever!
Way down deep inside your sober, searching eyes...
emerges a pitch-black shadow that...
reminds me of a god of death.
After all, you never let me see inside...
see inside that heart of yours. Oh...
I must look like I'm a tiny little child...
who buries my head into your lap...
to cry into your waiting arms.
Just before I fell apart was when I saw...
saw the sun peek out of the clouds.
Banking, automotives, electronics, general trading...
The Tsuzuki Group possessed major influence on the world's economy.
Five years ago, at the young age of 30,
the eighth generation head of the family took power...
this man, Koichiro Tsuzuki.
I hear the Tsuzuki Group is affiliated with...
many world-class hospitals with fine doctors.
I'd like to start by seeing the chart on that tumor.
Doctor... There is no chart.
I'm the leader of the Group...
meaning I must be perfect!
I must be a man without a single weakness!
Meaning you haven't consulted a doctor until now?
I've never even shown it to my father or mother.
The only people who know about this awful growth...
are my wife, Machiko,
and Taneda here, who has served me since I was a child.
Taneda?
Dr. Black Jack... The reason I asked you to come...
is not just because you're a world-famous doctor,
but also because I feel I can trust you.
I beg you, do not reveal this to anyone.
I, too, beg of you!
That goes without saying.
A doctor is bound to protect his patient's privacy.
The human-faced carbuncle.
It's mentioned in the literature of the world, not simply in Japan.
While there are legends and rumors, none has ever been...
subjected to scientific analysis.
For example, the Shio village case in Shiogawa prefecture...
in the autumn of 1939.
Ryousaku, the son of Ei Miyamae...
killed an enormous toad.
More light!
Yes, sir!
When he did, body fluids from the toad splashed onto his abdomen.
Ryousaku developed a sudden fever four or five days later...
and a tumor formed on his abdomen.
It grew larger and took on the appearance of the dead toad's face.
Soon the mouth was eating insects and even speaking.
Any pain or itchiness?
You might just dismiss the reports as nonsense,
but all references to these carbuncles share a common feature.
Being that no matter how many times they're cut off,
they regrow in the same spot with the same appearance.
And that the patients generally...
suffer mental or even physical deterioration,
resulting in death.
Doctor.
A room has been prepared for you in the mansion.
Please feel free to stay here for the length of the examination.
I'm afraid I can't.
There's more I want to check out before I try to remove it.
And the medicines and equipment here are inadequate.
Taneda!
Ma'am!
Taneda has prepared everything.
Taneda had planned on being a doctor when he was younger.
Doctor! This scanner was released only just this year!
It seems he still studies it in his spare time.
No, please... I did it all for Master Koichiro.
You can even do surgery in here!
Please, if you need anything, just tell me.
Very well. I'll use it.
Inspector Takasugi!
We just got an interesting report from forensics.
Leave it till tomorrow! It's my daughter's birthday today!
Have a look at these fingerprints.
Kami's made a homemade cake and everything!
The smaller one was lifted from the axe found in the parking lot.
The larger one is from the scene of case M-37.
Case M-37?
You following me?
If we match sizes, the prints line up.
What? The suspect in case M-37 was...
Yes. A woman.
Age 27, 165 cm tall, worked as an office lady.
She checks into a love hotel, then murders her male companion.
Six cases in the last two years.
From the prints taken from the scenes,
we concluded it's all done by one person.
The department established a special investigative unit...
for this Love Hotel Killer, and are still searching for her.
It's gotta be a coincidence!
One's a boy, the other's a woman! And the print sizes don't match!
There's one more thing!
The woman's umbrella...
It's yellow.
Just drop your crazy theory! It's ridiculous!
I'm working out the tumor's structure.
Now moving to detailed examination.
Results at this stage indicate it's not malignant.
Scanner shows no sign of festering.
Its contents shows no sign of keratinization.
While still unconfirmed, if I find no signs...
of bacterial or viral infection,
the odds are good that I can declare it a benign tumor.
Still, its shape makes it very unusual.
And the patient's explanation of the tumor's details...
left me perplexed, to say the least.
I first noticed it when I was six years old.
A yellowish blotch appeared on my abdomen.
But it gradually spread.
By age eight, it was bulging out.
It began looking like a human face!
Finally, at age ten, it suddenly began talking to me!
What did it say?
I'll never forget! What it said to me...
and its voice!
It said...
Don't bother. Leave it to me.
Leave what to whom?
Since that day...
Since that day, I've been fighting it!
My hellish, unrelenting war!
You probably don't believe me, Doctor.
It's being quiet now.
How is it hellish?
Like it or not, you'll see.
Just stay with me for a few days.
Please tell me.
I'm a little tired today.
Machiko, let's turn in.
Yes, dear.
Doctor...
Doctor, please come see my bedroom.
See how I pass my hard, pain-filled nights.
Good night, dear.
Yes... Good night.
Wake me at seven. I have a meeting at the office at nine.
Yes, dear.
All he wants is a peaceful night's sleep without all that!
He says without it, he feels like he'll go away somewhere.
Long story short, you gotta slice it, right?
Slice it?
Slice that thing off Mr. Big-Shot and it'll all be okay!
You think that'll solve it?
Won't it?
I don't know.
You don't?
Taneda.
Sir? I'm here!
Forgive me.
Sir, it's all right!
Forgive me, but I don't think I can control it tonight.
Master!
Please handle tomorrow's meeting with Machiko.
As you wish, sir!
Just before dawn, the servant Taneda came to my room.
It happens every two or three days.
Master Koichiro always comes back.
Please, this must be kept an absolute secret!
So please, you must wait here at the mansion!
I can't.
I can't complete my work without a patient.
Either I cancel my contract or I go look for the patient.
Which shall it be?
Dr. Black Jack!
Taneda!
Let the Doctor do what he must.
If the Doctor cancels his contract...
Koichiro will lose his last hope.
Mistress!
Do whatever you can to assist him!
Yes, Mistress!
Mr. Taneda?
Uh, yes?
Do whatever you can to assist us!
Yes, Miss!
Well, I've never climbed Tokyo Tower, so...
Then we gotta go see Rainbow Bridge!
Then see the Umi Hotaru!
Then how about a meal at Sea Para Land?
Any ideas?
This isn't the first time the patient's run off.
It's written all over your face.
Where has Koichiro gone?
It's as you say, sir.
Master Koichiro has been doing this...
since he was ten years old.
Ten years old...
I don't know where he goes or what he does.
All I do is wait for him to come home safely.
As though nobody knew, as if he'd done nothing,
he'd be greeted warmly and given a bath...
and a change of clothes.
Is this the carbuncle's doing?
I don't know.
I think you've observed Koichiro as a doctor might.
I want your opinion.
We do!
I know the basics of medicine,
but I dropped out of medical school midway through!
I'm not asking if you have a diploma or a medical license!
From where I stand, you seem to have...
a fairly broad and detailed knowledge.
The way you prepared that room for me makes that clear.
Anything. Tell me anything you've noticed.
His heart...
The master won't allow me to see what's truly in his heart.
He's crying! Doctor, Mr. Taneda's crying!
You're saying this could have a psychological cause?
I once followed Master Koichiro to this area before losing him.
Hey! Hey, you, with the yellow umbrella!
You waiting for your boyfriend there?
I was thinking it's not the best date spot around, is it?
I was waiting for you.
Huh? All right!
Just what I like to hear!
You can have a drink with me, if you like.
A beauty like you saying stuff like that! Scary!
Okay. If you don't want to...
Hey! Wait up!
Lemme outta here.
Inspector, wait! Please!
We have to call a meeting at HQ!
I'm going home tonight! It's a birthday, after all!
But, sir, a birthday at a time like this...
This is for Kami!
Inspector!
Hey! Hey! Hey!
Hi! I thought I saw you from the patrol car before.
So, what's Dr. No-License doing here?
If you want to talk to me, bring a warrant!
I love how you talk, Dr. No-License!
Nothing to do?
I don't have to answer that.
Have a drink with me. Today's been an awful day.
I got it! The cops fired him!
It's been an awful day for Kami's birthday.
What do you mean?
I'd be a much happier man if that guy hadn't appeared in this world.
Don't worry, Doc. I'm working Juvenile Division now.
Besides, I don't have anything to nail your ass with, anyway.
God, how did Takasugi the Ogre end up working Juvie?
So quit being a cop.
I've been thinking about doing that lately.
The pay sucks and I need more money as my kid gets bigger.
Maybe I could make a better living...
as a servant for Dr. No-License here.
Tsukune.
Tsukune, coming up! Tsukune: A small ground chicken patty.
Thing is, right now I've got a real case...
Tsukune!
A little of the old fire's back in me, I guess.
Here, mister. Tsukune for you, too.
Tsukune, huh?
At the very least, I can look like I'm going out with a bang.
Wow, I still don't get it.
What's a girl like you doing with a guy like me?
Do people need reasons to get to know each other?
No, I suppose they don't.
I love you!
I find that hard to believe.
Really...
But I like lies.
They're fun.
Um, my name's Sasaki. YB Commercial Affairs.
And you are?
Ryuko.
Miss... Ryuko...
Yes. Ryuko.
So, uh, can you maybe give me your address or your cell number?
Or maybe it's best if I don't know that, huh?
Shall we drink?
Oh, sure, sure, sure.
Have any children?
Yup! Three wives and one child.
Um, the other way around, I mean.
I see.
Exactly!
I know I promised we'd just have a drink.
But, well... We can't just drift off like this!
Go on if you're going. Don't if you're not.
Choose.
I'll go!
Ryuko, you are just the coolest!
This all must be destiny.
You have a wife and children!
Wh-What?
Did you even consider how you hurt them?
N-No, but now that I think about it...
Too late.
Great! Let's keep the party going!
Karaoke! Let's sing our brains out!
I wanna go!
Pinoko!
I'll see him home. Where do you live, sir?
Nishieifuku...
Don't worry about me. You wanna go home, then go.
I'll drink some more, then spend the night at a police box.
West Shinjuku. Murder at the love hotel Kashmir reported!
Victim is male, 37 years of age.
Suspect is a woman he entered with, dressed like an office lady.
She was carrying a yellow umbrella.
She's believed to be on the run right now.
This seems to be like case M-37!
We've scrambled all units in Shinjuku as of 23:50 hours!
Hey! Lemme in! I gotta get to West Shinjuku!
Gimme a ring sometime! We'll go drinking again!
Outta the way! Lemme through!
Doctor, let's go back to Akamedai for tonight.
Let's do it, Doctor.
It's pouring, and I'm sleepy.
Mr. Taneda, would you please take Pinoko back?
I'd like to search the area a little more.
Uh, well...
But you don't have a single clue.
Not a single thing!
Which is why I have to find a clue.
Let's go, Mr. Taneda.
Once he says that, there's no reasoning with him.
Y-Yes, Miss!
Hold it!
Why are you sweating? And your pulse so high?
Uh, I sweat a lot and I have high blood pressure.
Something here has shocked you.
N-No, not really.
Really...
Yes, sir!
Here.
Contact me if anything happens.
Be careful!
Hey, mister!
Yeah, you.
I wandered for an hour, finding nothing.
Then a voice called out to me.
Got any drugs?
Not the sort you'd want.
No, I mean real drugs.
Like what you give sick people. If not, can I have some money?
I can go to the store.
Are you hurt?
Not for me, but my friend's bleeding really bad.
This way!
My friend came to crash at my place.
It's a major pain, coming out of the blue like this!
This way!
See?
I see. She is bleeding badly.
Hey, sis, this guy's a doctor.
You'll be okay now.
You're starting to run a fever.
Come on, let me see that wound. I'll treat it.
My house!
Get some rest, sir.
A change of clothes, Doctor. You must be soaked.
Any sign of the patient?
Master Koichiro, you mean, sir?
Has he returned?
Yes, sir! About an hour ago!
Then he's in his bedroom?
Wait, Doctor! Please, wait!
Master Koichiro is asleep now!
I'm examining him! It doesn't matter if he's asleep!
Doctor!
Unlock it!
My hunch was right.
That this woman may actually be Koichiro Tsuzuki.
Because she had an identical human-faced carbuncle on her hand.
Still, I find this hard to believe!
This woman is actually Koichiro?
We were going to tell you eventually, Doctor.
I am Ryuko.
You say I'm "Koichiro?"
Please! Don't compare me to that weakling!
He can't do anything on his own!
Well, if it isn't Mariko.
Oh, crap!
I'm not after you! Wait!
You're broke and probably starving.
Let's get some food in you. Come on!
Quit the drugs and quit wandering around!
Go home on our terms and you can avoid reform school.
Oh, what's the point. You'll just end up back there.
This chicken's tough!
Don't push it!
Sure, sure.
By the way, Mari, I'm looking for some info.
What's she done?
You know her?
Will you buy me a chocolate parfait for dessert?
Yeah, sure! How about a side of tsukune, too?
Relax. Just try to fall into a half-sleep.
Yes, sir...
Answer as honestly and calmly as you can.
Question one:
Where did you go yesterday and what did you do?
I think I was asleep...
Where?
In my bedroom in my home, I think...
Did you dream? Was your sleep fitful?
Nothing... There was nothing.
I remember nothing.
I was just left with a helpless sense of dread.
Next question:
Do you know a woman named Ryuko?
It's Ryuko. We don't know her surname.
Yes, I remember her.
She's beautiful. She's my friend.
Your friend?
Yes. When I'm alone, she talks to me.
From behind. She doesn't let me see her.
She cheers me up and embraces me gently...
from behind, too.
How do you know she's beautiful if you've never seen her?
Oh, I know.
No woman is as lovely and pure as she.
Have you any other friends besides Ryuko?
Your friends?
Of course he does! We're right here!
Your name! Tell me your name!
No way, mister! No way!
Doctor, what am I doing here?
It's all right. You've just had a little nap.
Koichiro Tsuzuki. Age: 35.
Clearly presenting characteristics of Dissociative Identity Disorder.
Also known as Multiple Personality Disorder.
Multiple Personality Disorder...
is when a single person contains many separate personalities.
Each personality behaves completely differently from the others.
In many cases, what becomes the base personality...
is unaware of the other personalities within him.
He may possibly suffer memory loss when they take over.
The exact cause of this disorder is a subject...
which is studied and investigated all over the world, even now.
Multiple Personality Disorder.
It may be eventually found that this is a new illness...
brought about by the stress of modern business.
This falls outside my area of expertise...
but I can recognize a horrible mental disorder...
which tears a person apart from the inside.
And in his case...
how is it connected to the human-faced carbuncle?
What influence does it have over him?
Can I really help him?
For the first time, doubt gnawed at my self-confidence.
Love! Love! Love, love, love!
Pinoko!
The human-faced carbuncle didn't manifest on his abdomen.
It not only moved, but appeared in multiple places at once.
Even more amazing, a male patient transformed...
into a completely different-looking female!
Facial structure, skin tone, voice...
All completely female!
Even her height was different from Koichiro's.
It's really bugging you, isn't it, Doctor?
For a change like that to occur...
would require a sudden and massive secretion of hormones.
Like GH, TSH, ACTH, and so on.
The carbuncle might have a strong control over his sub-thalamus.
Could that be it?
Most multiple personality cases are caused by a profound trauma.
Have some coffee!
Trauma... Like a psychological wound suffered in childhood...
I know you're in there, Dr. No-License!
You gotta at least let me in to ask to see a warrant!
Wait, I know. Taneda!
Send out Taneda the butler!
Taneda?
I'm opening the gate now.
I've connected you with the yellow umbrella woman.
You met her in Shinjuku.
A homeless girl named Mariko told me.
As is my habit,
I memorized the butler's license plate and found this place.
Amazing. Your patient's the head of the Tsuzuki Group.
A big-shot like him for a client must pay a lot of money.
You better believe it!
Then you go chasing after the yellow umbrella girl...
from Mariko's cardboard shack.
I want to ask you about what happened after that.
I lost sight of her soon after. That's it.
Listen, I've got you practicing unlicensed medicine here.
You'd better answer me.
So, I'm wasting my time here, huh? Oh, well...
Good day, sir.
Later! Let's go drinking again!
Of course, sir...
I heard the police were here.
Yes.
I wonder how much they know.
W-Well...
We should prepare ourselves for the inevitable.
Mistress, don't trouble yourself!
When that time comes, I will protect Master Koichiro!
I will be removing the tumor at dawn.
Whether the patient will be cured of...
his Dissociative Identity Disorder, I cannot say.
But that is the only treatment I can offer for now.
The operation is tied to the patient's psychological disorder.
I pray it will offer a clue to curing his illness.
Dr. Black Jack!
Please do what you can.
Then will you tell me?
Everything you know about the patient.
It's your duty if you wish to help him!
Gentlemen, this investigation is moving into its final stages!
What's up? Did the suspect turn himself in?
Another fingerprint was found.
Fingerprint?
The boy and the yellow umbrella woman.
We found another print that matches theirs.
This new fingerprint we've found...
is a different size from the previous two...
which means it took some time to match it.
So, this one's an adult male, now?
Exactly.
Koichiro Tsuzuki. Age 35.
He was found guilty of illegal campaign contributions...
to the Conservative Party in the last general election.
However, the sentence was suspended with a fine,
so he never went to prison.
We found the print in his file.
What?
Gentlemen, as you already know...
this is the head of the Tsuzuki Group.
He has a lot of influence in the economic and political world.
Right now, our superiors are discussing it with...
the Minister of Justice and the District Attorney.
Don't make any moves until we have a warrant!
Are you saying he was dressed as a woman?
How can an adult impersonate a child?
Are prints of different sizes going to stand up as evidence?
Hey, Takasugi! Got another birthday to celebrate?
Shut up.
Love! Love! Love, love, love!
I just want to tell you one thing.
What?
You've got till tomorrow morning to get out of there.
That mansion's being watched.
This is my thanks for the tsukune.
5:13 AM
The rain continues to fall as dawn approaches.
The gloom of the night lingers on.
Confirm nitrous and oxygen flow.
Yes, Doctor. All okay.
Vitals?
Nothing unusual.
Very well. Beginning surgery!
Here... you... go!
Master Koichiro's childhood was a sad and lonely one.
The Tsuzuki line is a long and noble one.
And from birth, Master Koichiro was raised to be its leader.
Naive. Gentle. However you called it, he was an insular boy...
and his training to be the eighth...
master of the house began at age three.
Pulse: 76. Pressure: Steady at 24 over 70.
In the nine years between age three and age twelve...
he underwent his rigorous training at the estate in Karuizawa.
He always had at least ten tutors.
Everything he did was according to a schedule.
He was under his father's complete control.
But Master Koichiro could only bear it all...
because Mistress Yukiko was there.
She was Master Koichiro's mother.
She was gentle, and had an almost angelic beauty,
with a voice as clear and soft as falling snow.
She always carried a yellow umbrella...
And so... And so, if Mistress Yukiko...
hadn't been treated that way!
Mama! Mama, don't leave!
Mama!
Koichiro!
Forgive me, Koichiro!
Be kind to your new mother!
It was an act of madness...
In order to take his lover as his true wife...
the seventh master of the house forcibly divorced Yukiko!
Koichiro!
Be well!
The human heart is a fragile thing.
After returning home, grief took its toll on Mistress Yukiko's health.
After a few months, she took her life.
Hemoclamp! Suction!
Got it! Got it! Got it, got it, got it!
Everything began from that tragedy.
Master Koichiro became more and more withdrawn.
At times, he strangely spoke to himself...
A strange car came and ate my mama.
I wonder if she'd come out if I cut open its belly?
That was around the time I first saw "it."
Please don't tell anyone, Taneda.
If they knew, everyone would hate me. I'd be ashamed...
Very well. I promise.
This will be our secret, Young Master.
Always?
Yes! Always!
I'm going to be removing the tumor's contents now.
Keep a close eye for any changes in his vitals.
Yes, Doctor. I'll report on them in sequence.
Carnigen!
Yes, Doctor! Carnigen!
Carnigen! Carnigen! Carnigen! Got it!
It must have been when Master Koichiro...
graduated high school...
Mother died because Father betrayed her!
Kill him!
Betrayal cannot be forgiven...
You should kill him!
There's nothing worse than betraying love!
I shall call you forth, Ryuko!
Ryuko?
Yes! A friend created from your own hatred!
What is it, Koichiro? What would you like me to do?
He's been inviting men out and then killing them since high school?
No. Back then, he'd just threaten them and hit them.
It only escalated from that relatively recently.
He's a gentle man! He's just sick!
Madam, I understand.
That's why we must operate.
The tumor's vanishing!
Wow! Then it's a total success!
I'll begin suturing the skin.
Kakubari and no. 3 silk!
I'm on it!
Huh?
They're in drawer two.
Thanks, Taneda!
Gross!
A strange car came.
It ate little Ko's mama.
I have to cut their bellies open to save her.
Who are you?
I'm Jun, a very old friend of Koichiro's.
Wait, please! We're calling the master right now!
What? An arrest warrant? And a search warrant?
Master Koichiro!
My master isn't at home now.
Don't lie! The rear's covered! He's in here!
He's overseas, recovering from an illness...
Outta the way, or I'll arrest you!
Please, sir, allow me to show you around.
Grab him!
Calm down, buddy!
Drop your weapon!
Drop it, or I'll shoot!
Well? Shall we finally end it?
No! I want to kill many more unforgivable men!
I still haven't found little Ko's mama.
And what about you, Koichiro?
I'm so tired. Let it end...
Then it is decided!
Darling! Darling...
Darling!
Out of the way!
Gangway! Comin' through!
He was shot after throwing himself in front of a gun.
The bullet pierced the right atrium through to the right pulmonary apex.
Doctor... Doctor Black Jack...
Who... Who am I?
You are, without a doubt, Koichiro Tsuzuki.
You have been and always shall be.
Despite immediate emergency procedures...
Koichiro Tsuzuki went into cardiac arrest at 8:18 AM.
And with him, Ryuko and Jun also vanished from this world.
The doctor! Who was that doctor? Who?
Bring him! We need to get a statement from him!
Um, who are you talking about, sir?
The guy who treated the suspect before!
Was there one?
There was!
I didn't see him.
Come on!
I said I didn't see him!
Oh, I get it.
Love! Love! Love, love, love!
Wow! Cool!
Even now, I'm still thinking about what happened.
No matter how earnestly one can wield a scalpel...
you can't remove something from a man's soul.
Love! Love! Love, love, love!
And if a scalpel existed that could cut that deep...
I think I would be first in line to order a few of them.
Remember when you came to me then,
trying to show me the way that love should be?
You walk alone, step into the street,
keeping an eye looking at me.
Ah, it's so dazzling bright.
I have to shut my eyes.
Ah, in the future facing me,
the sun burns a fire so bright. I just begin to feel its light.
Just persevere, don't shed a tear,
don't give up and fear the worst.
Just trust yourself above all else. Put your intuition first.
You passed along love so strong...
it was bursting powerfully.
Draw it close to comfort me.
Just persevere, don't shed a tear,
don't give up and fear the worst.
Just trust yourself above all else. Put your intuition first.
You passed along love so strong...
it was bursting powerfully.
Draw it close to comfort me.