Black Jack #15

In "The Next Chance," a Nobel Prize-winning physician facing his own terminal illness grapples with the weight of his past and the fear of public judgment. When Black Jack intervenes, demanding the man confront his fate on his own terms, a tense, intimate battle begins—not just for survival, but for the kind of dignity only a doctor who’s seen the worst of medicine can understand.

In South Africa, Black Jack is given a diamond in gratitude for his medical work—only to find it draws the unwanted attention of a thief eager to learn the mine’s secret. The quiet moment of thanks quickly turns into a tense game of pursuit, where the real prize may not be the gem, but what lies beneath it.

In "Suggestion in the 20th Year," Black Jack confronts a sudden, unsettling tremor in his hands—a physical echo of the past that unsettles even him. As he seeks answers, a psychologist suggests the tremor may stem from repressed trauma tied to the accident that led to Dr. Honma's radical reconstruction of his body.