Jaws
Delinquent boy serving as bodyguard who suffers from myocardial infarction
A tough delinquent boy who serves as the bodyguard for the school festival. After undergoing surgery due to illness, his struggles with self-management and his transformation are depicted.
Quotes
- Intense exercise or excitement offers no guarantee of survival.
- Doing something for others isn't so bad... I started thinking that.
Trivia
- Depicted as a delinquent boy character bearing the heavy theme of young-onset myocardial infarction.
- His struggles with emotional control under postoperative lifestyle guidance are highly popular for their psychological depth.
Alternate names
Jaws
School Festival Bodyguard
Profile
- Species
- Human
- Gender
- Male
Appearance
- Overall appearance
- Rough appearance typical of a delinquent boy. Details of characteristic physique or hairstyle are unknown.
Personality and abilities
- Core personality
- Delinquent
- Detailed personality
- Possesses fearsome physical strength as the school festival bodyguard, but after collapsing from myocardial infarction, struggles with controlling emotions and inner conflicts. Also harbors an inner self wavering between the expectations of those around him and his own heart.
- Keywords
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- fight-loving
- delinquent
- dependency
- sense of responsibility
- full of worries
- growth
- friendship
- Talents
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- strong in fights
- charisma (influence over delinquent friends)
- Skills
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- bodyguard security skills
- self-control (acquired after myocardial infarction onset)
- Motivation
- While trying to meet the expectations of his past delinquent friends, he discovers himself acting for the sake of others.
- Habits
- When emotions surge, heart pain strikes, leading him to refrain from fighting, yet he suffers conflict due to lingering attachment to his delinquent friends.
- Disliked situations
- his physical condition forcing him to refrain from fighting, being abandoned by his friends
History
- Backstory
- Once a delinquent boy serving as the school festival bodyguard, he collapsed from myocardial infarction during a fight and was saved by surgery from the unlicensed doctor Black Jack. Post-illness, advised to avoid intense exercise and excitement, he found it difficult to interact with delinquent friends as before, experiencing isolation and conflict. Gradually, through school festival security duties, he learns the meaning of acting for others and grows, but the illness recurs at the story's end.
- Work title
- Black Jack
- Media type
- Manga
- Episode or chapter
- The Guy Who Came Back
Myocardial Infarction Onset
- Significant event
- Myocardial Infarction Onset
- Description
- Suddenly collapsed mid-fight between delinquents, suffering myocardial infarction. Received emergency surgery from Black Jack.
Successful Surgery and Postoperative Warning
- Significant event
- Successful Surgery and Postoperative Warning
- Description
- Overcame the crisis but warned to refrain from intense exercise and excitement, altering his relationship with delinquent friends.
Performance as School Festival Bodyguard
- Significant event
- Performance as School Festival Bodyguard
- Description
- Handled school festival security. Received thanks from surrounding students and began to discover his own purpose.
Illness Recurrence and Repeat Surgery
- Significant event
- Illness Recurrence and Repeat Surgery
- Description
- After school festival ended, myocardial infarction recurred when attempting to fight.
Relationships
Black Jack
Mentor
Performed surgery for myocardial infarction, saving his life. Provided postoperative lifestyle guidance, promoting growth.
Delinquent Friends
Former ally
Disappointed by his refraining from fights due to illness, they distanced themselves.
Media appearances
Black Jack (TV Anime Version)
Anime / Supporting
School Festival Bodyguard Arc
Voice cast and creators
Hiroyuki Yoshino
- Voice actor
- Hiroyuki Yoshino
- Language
- Japanese
- Version or series
- TV Anime
Osamu Tezuka
- Creator name
- Osamu Tezuka
- Role
- Original author