Hidden Inventory Movie - Juju Sanpo
Spoilers for the new juju sanpo!
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There's a lot of witty lines from the new juju sanpo Gege wrote for the Hidden Inventory screening that adhere to the major theme of the arc -- there's an underlying meaning.
I want to point out this one I had to look up after the movie:
Gojo: "That's our witch doctor for you."
Shoko: "I hope you get sent to Black Jack!"
Geto: "Black Jack graduated medical school, so why is he unlicensced anyway?"
Gojo: "I guess we'll learn the answer to that in this movie."
First of all, just kill me. Gege, why!!!!!
Part of that is Gojo is making fun of Shoko for being a hack doctor, an unsavory one like Black Jack 😂
The other is that it nods to Geto sharing the same fate as Black Jack -- Someone who went to school with the purpose to do good, but was disillusioned by the system they were working under and turned away from it.
Black Jack is the main character, an unorthodox doctor from the manga series Black Jack by Osamu Tezuka. He's a medical genius who despite his wicked talent, has no surgical license to show for it. He works illegally from the shadows out of his hatred for the corrupt ruling establishment he refuses to answer to.
He is known for having a shocking and strange appearance, but being extremely principled, meticulous, dedicated to his ideals. He travels around treating patients for an outrageous price no matter who they are; unless they move him with their suffering. If he finds no redeeming qualities in his patient, he won't budge, and may even gouge them more for his services.
Some admired him for his abilities, and others scorned him for being unqualified, a maniac.
He actually did graduate from medical school when he was younger. During his internship, he fell in love with Megumi Kisaragi, who developed a terminal case of ovarian cancer. Black disobeyed his superiors orders to perform lifesaving surgery that removed the entire female reproductive system, and as a result they revoked his medical license. He left to open his own clinic without it.
Having lost their female organs, Megumi assumed a new gender identity as Kei Kisaragi by his own choice. Although the two go their separate ways, it is clear that they still have feelings for each other. Years later they are still good friends, if not implied to be more. Kei never stopped loving Black Jack.
His work has been called "godlike".
Black Jack was capable of great kindness as well as brutal cruelty.
A character that asks the reader - What do you think of him?
Geto: "The "witch" part of 'witch doctor' also refers to actual jujutsu sorcery"
呪術師 [jujutsu-shi] the kanji for a Jujutsu Sorcerer is the same that can be used to refer to a witch doctor.
The "witch doctor" and the proper sorcerer share the same characters... wow.
