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