Ep. 39: Black Jack operates on a paralyzed boy from Iru whose mother caused the injury to avoid military surveillance.

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Luna, a boy from Iru, suffers from a spinal cord injury and gradual paralysis. Black Jack performs surgery after being summoned by a mother who forced the child to walk nightly, worsening his condition. The mother’s harsh actions were a desperate measure to prevent the military from noticing the boy’s mobility. The country’s military had already executed her husband for opposing the war and was monitoring the house. Black Jack uncovers this truth, realizing the mother acted to protect her son from being targeted by the regime that killed her spouse. The operation addresses the physical damage while revealing the tragic political context behind the family’s suffering and the mother’s extreme behavior.