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actually pretty sure tezuka osamu likes to add comedy even in serious scenes. looks odd to me too but it is what it is.
either that or it got localized badly
beta
When the girl died and he just said "see ya" I laughed hard, yeh yeh, its an old manga and shouldn't be compared with the new anime, I get it, but some of the developments are just weird and funny here. Happy to see how they changed the anime.