Pinoko, refuses to believe that Black Jack is dead and continues to dig through the rubble of their bombed out house. For a while, she lives in the diner owned by Jack's friend Tetsu, but later reluctantly agrees to be adopted by a family that runs a local hospital. It is then revealed that Black Jack survived the bomb blast set by the assassin Benitokage, thanks to help from his friends, Toriton the killer whale and the father and son fishermen...