JIN – 仁 –

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あらすじ

「現代の医師が、もし幕末へタイムスリップしたらどうなるか？」を描いた、SF要素の強い医療漫画。西暦2000年の現代から幕末の日本へタイムスリップした脳外科医・南方仁が、過去の人間の運命を変えていることを自覚しつつも人々を救うため、現代から持ち込んだ知識と幕末の人々の協力により、近代医療を実現していく。その過程で仁は、日本の歴史自体にも大きな関わりを持つようになっていく。

JIN – 仁 –シーズン12009年

時空を超えた愛と命の感動物語〜 現代の脳外科医が激動の幕末へ… 歴史の針が今、動き出す!!

江戸時代にタイムスリップした医師の奮闘を描く。脳外科医・仁（大沢たかお）は、恋人の未来（中谷美紀）の手術を失敗してしまった過去から難しい手術を拒んでいた。ある日仁は、救急患者から胎児の形をした腫瘍を摘出。その後、患者は病院を抜け出す。追い掛けた仁は階段から落ち、目を覚ますとそこは幕末だった。

命を救う事の悲劇

仁（大沢たかお）がタイムスリップした江戸の町でコレラがはやり始める。蘭方医の洪庵（こうあん・武田鉄矢）は、仁のうわさを聞き、治療法を教えてほしいと願い出る。しかし仁は、歴史が変わることを恐れ、口をつぐんでいた。そんな中、仁が助けたタエ（戸田菜穂）の息子・喜市（伊澤柾樹）がコレラに感染してしまう。

未来との決別…

仁（大沢たかお）の指揮の下、コレラ患者の治療が始まった。仁は咲（綾瀬はるか）や洪庵（こうあん・武田鉄矢）らに、コレラによる脱水症状の対処法や点滴の使用法を教える。懸命な治療のかいあって喜市（伊澤柾樹）も回復。さらに、幕府によるコレラ対策の援助も決定する。そんな矢先、仁が突然嘔吐し、倒れてしまう。

運命と悲劇の再会

江戸の暮らしにも慣れてきた仁（大沢たかお）は、洪庵（こうあん・武田鉄矢）の紹介で、西洋医学所で講義をするように。ある日、仁は龍馬（内野聖陽）に連れられ吉原を訪れる。そこで、現代の恋人・未来（中谷美紀）とうり二つの花魁・野風（のかぜ・中谷美紀＝2役）に出会う。野風は仁に、重体の店の主人（六平直政）を助けてほしいと頼む。

神に背く薬の誕生

仁（大沢たかお）は野風（のかぜ・中谷美紀）に連れられ、梅毒で苦しむ夕霧（高岡早紀）の元へ。だが、夕霧は手の施しようがない状態だった。仁は感染防止のため女郎たちの検診を申し出るが、治せないのなら診てもらっても仕方ないと猛反発される。そこで仁は、この時代にはなかった梅毒の特効薬・ペニシリンの精製を試みる。

生きてこそ…

仁（大沢たかお）は、西洋医学所を敵視する医学館の多紀（相島一之）に呼び出され、どこで医術を学んだのかと詰問される。そんな中、同席していた医学館の医師・福田（佐藤二朗）が倒れ、仁が手術を行うことに。佐分利（さぶり・桐谷健太）の手助けで、手術は無事成功するが、その後佐分利に女郎殺害の疑いが掛かる。

生きる遺言…

医学所を辞めて橘家にこもった仁（大沢たかお）の元に、茶屋の娘・茜（橋本真実）が鍋の揚げ油をかぶり、顔に大やけどをしたとの知らせが入る。仁は皮膚移植を決断するが、手術後の感染症予防のためには大量のペニシリンが必要だった。仁は洪庵（こうあん・武田鉄矢）に依頼。洪庵は代わりに手術を知人に見せてほしいと頼む。

歴史の針が変わる

仁（大沢たかお）は”仁友堂（じんゆうどう）”という病院を開き、効力の強いペニシリンの精製に着手。だが、多額の金が必要となり、援助する濱口（石丸謙二郎）は難色を示す。そんな中、女郎・初音（水沢エレナ）が敗血症に。仁は強力なペニシリンが必要だと判断し、初音の元に通っていた歌舞伎役者・田之助（吉沢悠）に金を借りに行く。

残酷な神の裁定

仁（大沢たかお）は、火消しの親分・辰五郎（中村敦夫）と出会い、火事場で医者の度胸を見せることを約束する。その夜、街で火事が起こり、駆け付けた仁は、咲（綾瀬はるか）らとけが人の治療を始める。そこへ、気道にやけどをした辰五郎の子分・千吉が運ばれてくる。一方、野風（中谷美紀）は、身請けが決まってしまう。

坂本龍馬、暗殺…

身請け話を持ち掛けられた野風（中谷美紀）が、乳がんを患っていることが発覚。しかし、徐々に写真の中の恋人・未来（中谷美紀・2役）が消えていくことに危機感を感じた仁（大沢たかお）は、野風が身請けを受ければ未来は助かると考え、「何でもない」と診断してしまう。そんな仁の姿を見た咲（綾瀬はるか）は、仁に食って掛かる。

タイムスリップの果て…時空を超えた物語が今!!

崖から落ちて姿を消した龍馬（内野聖陽）の捜索が始まった。しかし、龍馬の行方は分からず、勝（小日向文世）は龍馬抜きで海軍の整備を始めようと動きだす。それに対して仁（大沢たかお）は、このまま幕末を迎えることに焦りを感じる。一方、咲（綾瀬はるか）の縁談の話は進み、野風（中谷美紀）の身請けの日も近づいてくる。

JIN – 仁 –シーズン22011年

時空を超えた愛と命の物語〜完結編始動!! 歴史の針が今、再び動き出す…人は人でしか救えない

Time passes … On a day, two years since Minakata Jin went back in time to the closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate in the Edo era, Jin visits Saki’s family home after noticing that she has been looking down. He is told by her older brother, Kyotaro, that their mother, Sakae has beriberi (a nervous system ailment caused by a deficiency of vitamin B1) . According to Kyotaro, Saki, who has been worried about their mother’s health, had visited the Tachibana residence a few days ago and advised Sakae to consult a doctor. However, Sakae would not even allow Saki to set foot in the Tachibana house and turned her away because she still has not forgiven Saki for breaking off her engagement. Hoping to help Sakae in some way, Jin attempts to administer treatment by making a kind of confection since she loves sweets, but … … At that moment, Sakamoto Ryoma comes up from Kyoto to enlist Jin’s help.

未来との選択

One day after the an donut (fried donut filled with bean paste) which Jin had conceived as a confection to treat beriberi had created a sensation in Edo, he is asked by Matsumoto Ryojun of the Institute of Western Medicine and also the doctor to the shogun, to present the donut to Princess Kazunomiya, who is suspected to have beriberi. It is a big honour. But while Saki and the others at Jinyudo are overcome with joy, Jin broods alone as he has qualms that it could change history again … Meanwhile, Jin is reunited with Nokaze, who was driven out of her tenement house and is seeking a job. Concerned for Nokaze, he encourages her to work at Jinyudo. Saki who has been managing the financially troubled Jinyudo also cheerfully welcomes Nokaze. Jin later decides to present the donut. Accompanied by Saki, he visits Princess Kazunomiya, who has travelled incognito to watch Sawamura Tanosuke’s play.

さらば愛しき人

The an donuts that Jin and Saki had presented to Princess Kazunomiya are suspected to be laced with arsenic and they are put into the Kodenmacho jailhouse on charges of attempted poisoning. Because it is the princess who was poisoned, the matter has to be dealt with in absolute secrecy or it would jeopardise the union of the shogunate and the Imperial family, and plunge the shogunate into a crisis. Everything will be blamed on Jin and Saki in order to bury the matter.

Jin, who is sent to the great jailroom, is subjected to unrelenting treatment by the head of the prisoner’s group and his underlings. Before long, 100 ryo in bribes is paid for Jin by a mysterious man who is described to have the appearance of a merchant. With that bribe, Jin’s life might be spared … …

But when he declines an offer by the the head of a prisoner’s group to promote him to one of his attendants and instead dares to ask that everyone’s tatami mats be spread out, the man attempts to instigate the rest of the common criminals to kill Jin. That unexpectedly backfires. Sick of killing people on his orders, the common criminals turn against him. One even strikes him in the chest, and he crumples to the ground unconscious. Guessing that he may have a ventricular tachycardia, Jin thumps hard on his chest and saves his life. In awe, the prisoners reverentially get down on their knees one by one and bow to him.

What awaits Jin next is brutal physical torture by government officials. He eventually resigns himself to death and to face Heaven’s judgment.

Meanwhile, Katsu, Ryoma and Kyotaro enlist Shinmon Tatsugoro’s cooperation and attempt to intercede with the shogunate to rescue Jin. Although a merchant, Shinmon is close to Tokugawa Yoshinobu because his daughter is one of the shogun’s concubines.

江戸から消える

Time passes … Now under the supervision of the Satsuma domain, Ryoma sets up a maritime shipping company called Kameyama Shachu with his buddies. He also meets Nakaoka Shintaro, a fellow Tosa samurai who has left the domain and is under the supervision of the Choshu domain, and they hit it off. The two of them run around with their sights set on a reconciliation between the Choshu and Satsuma domains. One day, Taki visits Jin who is searching for a way to make powdered penicillin. The shogunate has expressed a desire for Jin to treat Ehime, the wife of the feudal lord of Kawagoe domain, for a lump. Jin accepts the request and heads for Kawagoe with Saki. They stop by at an inn along the way and encounter a girl called Ohatsu. In that moment when Jin comes into contact with Ohatsu, he has a strange sensation as if electricity were running through him … Upon their arrival at Kawagoe, Jin tries to treat Ehime immediately, but is rejected by her. “Treatment is no use,” she tells him.

消えた体の謎

Together with Saki, Jin frantically treats Ohatsu even as it seems like his own body is going to disappear. He vanishes before Saki’s eyes and in that moment, he sees something … Back in Edo, Jin’s struggle has been in vain. Ohatsu loses her life … and he is overcome by a feeling of hollowness. Jin returns to Jinyudo with Saki, where they learn from Katsu that Ryoma had been attacked at Teradaya. Painfully aware of his own powerlessness, Jin is alarmed by Ryoma’s looming assassination … Meanwhile, Tanosuke visits Jin at Jinyudo to entreat him to examine his senior apprentice, Bando Kichijuro, who has been bedridden as a result of illness. Because Kichijuro has Raynaud’s syndrome (a disorder of blood circulation in the fingers and toes which aggravates with exposure to the cold), his fingers and toes have become ulcerated and need to be amputated in order to prolong his life. However, Kichijuro wishes to stand on stage and perform a play one last time.

坂本龍馬の闇

Jin delivers a lecture at the Seitokukan in Nagasaki in order to promote penicillin. In fact, he has come all the way to Nagasaki not just to popularise penicillin, but also because he has made up his mind to see Ryoma and tell him about the assasination. However, he is not able to meet Ryoma. Just when he has half given up hope, Ryoma suddenly appears in front of him. Jin is overjoyed to finally meet Ryoma, but the Ryoma he sees is not the man he knows. Ryoma has been obtaining weapons from Glover and making money selling them to Choshu, which is at war with the shogunate. A troubled Jin visits Choshu with Ryoma. What he sees over there are a large number of dead and wounded among the shogun’s army. They are believed to have been shot with the guns Ryoma had sold. Ryoma had coldly watched that battle … Darknes edges closer and closer to Ryoma.

永遠の愛と別れ

Jin returns to Edo from Nagasaki in disagreement with Ryoma. At that moment, Kyotaro, who has been ordered by his superior to investigate all matters related to Ryoma, visits Jinyudo repeatedly in order to probe. Jin tries once again to recall when Ryoma was assassinated but cannot remember accurately. Then he is overcome by a headache once again. At that moment, a letter addressed to Jin and Saki from Nokaze is delivered. She is to be legally married to Lelong and would like the two of them to come for the wedding ceremony. So Jin and Saki head to Yokohama to attend the wedding, but when they arrive down there, they are told by Nokaze that there is a patient who needs to be examined.

歴史に逆う命の誕生…

In the autumn of 1867, political power is returned to the the emperor in a step toward the restoration of imperial rule. Ryoma runs about every day. On the other hand, Ryoma weighs on Jin’s mind while he worries about Nokaze who is hospitalised at Jinyudo. Her lump is metastatic and she is waiting to give birth. Saki also visits a midwife for Nokaze’s sake and goes through a period of hard work so that she can help with the birth as much as possible. However, Kyotaro is ordered by by his superior to continue investigating Ryoma’s movements … One day, it is learnt that Nokaze’s foetus is in a breech position and that it would prove to be dangerous for her to give birth as things are now. With the assistance of everyone at Jinyudo, Jin tries to turn the foetus through chiropractic theraphy and moxibustion (a traditional Chinese medical practice that involves burning mugwort over an acupuncture point near the toes).

坂本龍馬、暗殺

The restoration of imperial rule, which is Ryoma’s earnest wish for ‘Japan’s rebirth’, comes into effect. This brings about the end of 260 years of history of the shogunate. On the other hand, Jin recalls how Miki had previously said that Sakamoto Ryoma died on his birthday, and realises that they are just one month away from the day of the assassination. Ryoma’s assassination draws closer. Jin, who has decided that he will make sure he saves Ryoma with his own hands, sets off for Kyoto together with Saki and Saburi. Meanwhile, Kyotaro is ordered by his superior to do something … Jin and the rest try to meet Ryoma as soon as they can, but have a hard time locating him despite searching the streets of Kyoto. Then the day of Ryoma’s birthday, 15 November, comes.

最終章前編〜タイムスリップの結末…

Ryoma is finally slashed just like in the events in history. While he is watched over by Otose, the female proprietress of Teradaya, and others, Jin prepares himself for a major surgery with the help of Saki and Saburi.

完結〜時空の果て… 150年の愛と命の物語が起こす奇跡のタイムスリップの結末

The new government army centred around Saigo enters Edo. Calling themselves ‘Shogitai’, the old government army (retainers of the shogun) that had served the Tokugawa family assemble at Ueno to wait for an opportunity to rise in revolt. Even though Kyotaro has been recommended by Katsu to study in France at a time like this, he agonises over his role in setting in motion Ryoma’s assassination and the path he should continue to take as a vassal of the shogun. Meanwhile, Jin, whose condition has been deteriorating, is asked by Matsumoto to instruct the Institute of Western Medicine at a time when Edo is under a full-scale assault. Aware of the time he has left, Jin tries to pass on his entire medical knowledge to the doctors at Jinyudo. Then the next day finally comes. Kyotaro, who has heard that the new government army will launch an offensive against the old government army, makes a decision.