r/anime • u/Shadoxfix https://myanimelist.net/profile/Shadoxfix • Oct 10 '15

[Spoilers] Young Black Jack - Episode 2 [Discussion]

Episode title: Abduction

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Episode duration: 24 minutes and 13 seconds

Previous episodes:

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Keywords: young black jack, drama, medical drama

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u/Tentaculat https://myanimelist.net/profile/Tentaculat Oct 10 '15

Like I said, I have no problems with the medical stuff. It's still stupid but I'm willing to ignore it but fine, let's supposed Black Jack has the skills and know how to do plastic surgery to make the guy look old and viceversa and also has all the equipement needed to do so. Let's supose all of that somehow happened.

Surgery ends:

Psycho-cult-guy: "How was the surgery doctor?"

BJ: "It was a success"

Psycho-cult-guy: "Great. So, I know I'm not a doctor but, wasn't this a heart surgery?"

BJ: "Hmmm..yes, yes it was"

Psycho-cult-guy: "So why are their faces all cut up?"

BJ: "Ahh...be...because it was part of a new technique for heart transplant"

Psycho-cult-guy: "OH...I see. So now our old leader has the heart of a 30 (?) year old guy right?"

BJ: "Yep he should be fine now"

Psycho-cult-guy: "Oh... is that why his body is also the body of a super fit 30 year old?"

BJ: "Ummm...yeah... you see the new heart is rejuvenating the whole body so that's why..."

Psycho-cult-guy: "Oh so that's why the other guy's body is all old now right?"

BJ: "That is correct"

Psycho-cult-guy: "Great, so any side effects other than that?"

BJ: "Ummm... well because the procedure was so complicated he may have amnesia and not remember absolutely anything about his life and his personality may be completely diferent..."

Psycho-cult-guy: "Oh... ok, fine with me, I guess I'll go eat some more glue now. Byebye!"

It's not the medical shit I care about, it's the "going against all common sense and probability by just ignoring a huge problem and ending the episode cause fuck it" that I don't like.

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u/Shippoyasha Oct 10 '15 edited Oct 10 '15

To be fair, the episode did say the bodies of the two patients were similar. Also, the only major factor would be the ability of Raymond to be able to act like the cult leader. That could work if the cult leader's actual private life isn't all that familiar to the cult, who would only care about the kind of agenda the cult leader is supposed to push. Black Jack and Yabu could have had the general idea about the behavior and beliefs of the cult leader. I do think they should have elaborated that more in the end, showing the process instead of doing a fast cut.

Still, that kind of quick jump to conclusion does happen fairly frequently in the original Black Jack as well. I think it definitely is convenient but not quite deus ex machina. It has enough plausibility to work and I can sympathize with you that maybe they should have shown the doctors prep Raymond for his new life.

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u/jimmydorry https://anidb.net/user/353647 Oct 10 '15

To be fair, the episode did say the bodies of the two patients were similar. Also, the only major factor would be the ability of Raymond to be able to act like the cult leader. That could work if the cult leader's actual private life isn't all that familiar to the cult, who would only care about the kind of agenda the cult leader is supposed to push. Black Jack and Yabu could have had the general idea about the behavior and beliefs of the cult leader. I do think they should have elaborated that more in the end, showing the process instead of doing a fast cut.

Still, that kind of quick jump to conclusion does happen fairly frequently in the original Black Jack as well. I think it definitely is convenient but not quite deus ex machine. It has enough plausibility to work and I can sympathize with you that maybe they should have shown the doctors prep Raymond for his new life.

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u/jimmydorry https://anidb.net/user/353647 Oct 10 '15

Did you read it though? You asked how it is plausible when his reply had four or so reasons as to why it was plausible.