Why is half of Black Jacks face brown or blue?
Original manga issue #99, November 24th 1975. In the accident which nearly killed him, the young Black Jack suffered severe burns all over his body. He required skin grafts, which for most of his body could be supplied by an adult, but for the face a child’s skin was necessary to make sure it would develop properly as he grew up. During the operation, all his classmates and their mothers were waiting in the hospital waiting room to hear news, but when the doctor came out none of the mothers would let their children donate skin, fearing an unsightly scar. The only child without a parent to refuse was a young black boy, so the skin used for the graft was dark brown. Black Jack, who frequently operates on himself, could easily remove this skin and transplant normal-looking skin, but he prefers to keep it as a memento of his lost friend who was the only one to stick by him when he truly needed it. As to why the skin is frequently depicted as blue, rather than brown, I am not sure, but it m
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