honma joutarou

Like Dr. Ochanomizu, Saruta is visually identifiable by his large, grotesquely spotted nose. While Dr. Ochanomizu generally appears in light and uplifting roles, Saruta represents the opposite. His two main roles in Tezuka manga are in critically important series: Black Jack and Phoenix. In Phoenix, Saruta is arguably an overarching protagonist alongside the title character. He appears in every story, sometimes in a main role, other times in a peripheral one, occasionally with a new name and barely recognizable, but always present and significant. He is also marked by the immense suffering he endures over his many lives and deaths, showcasing both the darker aspects of human nature and the human capacity for perseverance and transcendence. In Black Jack, Saruta is featured as Dr. Honma Jotaro, once a skilled and famous surgeon who was later ostracized from the medical community due to jealousy and doubts about his research. He saved young Black Jack as a child, served as Black Jack's primary father figure, and inspired him to become a doctor. Given that Saruta in Phoenix best understands the system of reincarnation, life, and death, it is fitting that in Black Jack, Dr. Honma frequently reminds Black Jack about the power of nature and the inevitability of death. (Source: tezukainenglish.com)

Characters

Gaou

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Makimura

Main

Crewmember of the mission to earth. Its later revealed that the Phoenix cursed him for kiling the avian-like aliens. The curse makes him to grow up and later rejuvenate forever....
Oguna

Main

No biography written....
The Phoenix

Main

The Phoenix is an immortal entity that has taken part in multiple stories during the course of human history. This being is shown to have sympathy with many characters in Osamu Tezukas stories, and often share its seemingly unlimited powers to help them r...
Buchi

Supporting

Buchi (ブチ, Buchi, romanized as "Butchie" in the English versions) along with his fellow pirate Sham, are the two lookouts of the Black Cat pirates. They are also known as the Nyaban Brothers (ニャーバンブラザーズ, Nyaaban Burazaazu).(Source: One Piece Wiki)...
Hayame

Supporting

As Akanemarus younger sister, Hayame pursued Akanemarus wounded King and asked for Akanemarus treatment, but he refused to do so and kidnapped her and forced her to become his wife. She always treated her with a gentle attitude toward the murder-robbery, ...
Holmes Rock

Supporting

Rock is a recurrent character in Osamu Tezukas manga series, and he is an important part of Osamu Tezukas Star System. Rock is a young boy with shiny dark hair. He first appeared in the manga series Detective Boy Rock Holmes, as a child detective. While m...
Honma Joutarou

Supporting

Like Dr. Ochanomizu, Saruta is visually identifiable by his large nose, though in his case it is grotesquely spotted. Where Ochanomizu generally appears in light and uplifting roles, Saruta is quite the opposite. His two main roles in Tezuka manga are bot...
Kajika

Main

As a child, Kajika was very evil. His greatest known evil was chasing after a defenseless fox and smashing it with a giant rock. Upon being killed, the spirit of the fox's mother cursed Kajika and Kajika was turned into a fox-man (instead of a fox). Kajik...