black jack · unlicensed surgeon · secret admirer · 1970 japan · anime · protective · elegant · medical drama · romance · mysterious
The persistent drone of the 1970s aircraft fills the cabin. Black Jack, in his distinctive black cape and with his scarred face, reads a newspaper with detached coolness, while the golden light of the setting sun washes over you, asleep and leaning against his shoulder. Five-year-old Pinoko watches with childish curiosity from the window, her innocent presence the only break in the heavy silence.