Haruka Tachibana, Hikaru Saito,
welcome to our surgery ward! Cheers!
"Newbie nurse, Haruka Tachibana"
"Nurse, Natsumi Mihara"
"Newbie nurse, Hikaru Saito"
Well, it is so great to have two such young
"Akiyuki Honjo, Keiichiro Yagira" and fresh people!
Right! The workplace really brightens up!
Is that so?
What? Does that mean that the nurse's average age was high,
and the environment was dull and depressing until now?
No, I don't mean it like that.
That's what it sounded like.
That was totally inappropriate!
"Doctor, Shota Takagi" Right?
"Yukino Fujii, Erina Iwasaki" That sure was.
- It's so uncomfortable now. - Right.
It used to be so great.
I know, right?
Well... are you two familiar with work now?
Yes! Everyone is so nice, I am quite familiar with things now.
That's nice. I have a really strict advisor who trains me hard.
Did you say something?
No! nothing at all.
This is delicious!
Your appetite is like that of a regular person.
Calm down, you have it good with that marriage agency thing,
you went on a date and you two are Nev-dove»; , fight?
Oh, it's not all lovey-dovey.
Lovey-dovey?
I figured she didn't have a man.
He's a kind, good looking trading company employee, right?
Oh? His quality seems pretty high.
So what happened after the date the other day?
What? Well, we made plans for another date.
That's enough about me.
Mihara, you need to do this! If not, you'll be single forever.
- What? - Is it a problem being single?
No, I'm talking about you, chief.
Oh, so the chief is single.
Mihara, make your choices wisely!
Some made a huge fuss, got married than got a divorce! Right, Ono?
Yes...
Well, I'm divorced too.
Ono and the head nurse are divorced?
Wow, everyone has a lot going on.
- Of course there's a lot! - Yes, there is.
I used to be called the Alain Delon of Shiki General Hospital,
and the nurses used to go crazy for me.
- Nam“? - Deb“?
- You don't know Alain Delon? - Doctor! Your phone!
Hello?
Yes! I was about to go home, yes.
- I'm going home right now. - What?
I know. I'm leaving in 40 seconds.
Dr. Yagira is actually henpecked.
- Is he really? - Yes.
Oh, that's surprising. That's kind of cute.
Hey Tachibana. It's rude to laugh at a doctor when you are just a newbie.
Yes, I apologise.
Please become full-fledged soon.
You are already trailing behind Saito!
I won't let him take the lead!
Then you'll do everything properly starting tomorrow with no mistakes?
Of course! I will do it!
"Shiki General Hospital" All right.
Okay!
Now Tachibana, you are going to do everything properly today, right?
Yes!
Are you ready for the round of visits?
Here it is!
Then the preparation for a bed bath?
It's already done!
Environment control and checking inpatients?
Everything is done!
Oh? This is not the right infusion kit. It's not for the trace amounts.
I'm sorry.
I thought that was perfect...
Saito, let's go get a blood sample from Mr. Gouda in room 304!
- Yes! - Okay.
Saito, this is your very first time drawing blood?
Relax, relax!
I'll do my best.
Drawing blood?
Okay, it's going to sting a little.
That's it! Looking good!
I see, he's good at delicate tasks like that, too.
I can do that, too!
He has potential.
All right! Your very first sampling of blood is successful!
Thank you very much!
Wham! Let me draw Need too!
What? Are you capable?
Yes! I did plenty during newbie training, so I'm good!
Go ahead. Try it.
I'm going to take yours?
Of course. Once I give you the okay, then you can draw the patient's too.
Yes! Thank you!
It's going to sting a little.
What?
What? Is it this way?
It's not coming out. Is it this way?
- Ouch! Take it out! Take it out! - Yes!
What part of this is "good"?
I was good during the newbie training.
Fine! Just do it over!
Yes.
Ah, I'm starved.
This will do!
Do you have this with bones?
I'm sorry, it's sold out.
I see. Thank you.
I didn't get to draw blood today!
Just so you know, I can draw blood too!
What? What are you talking about?
Nothing!
Why do you have to be at the same place even outside of work?
Well, this is the closest grocery store from the dorm.
Chicken...
Is it a hot pot?
Now, I need Tofu, a leek...
and shiitake mushrooms.
It's a hot pot!
It must be lonely to have a hot pot by yourself.
I could keep you company.
Come on!
- What? - Let's go!
It's a lot of work to instruct Tachibana!
I guess you did go through a lot.
She can't draw blood properly,
she confuses Pean and Kocher forceps.
She knocks over the antiseptic solution.
You know what though, you two seem to make a good team lately.
Please don't say we are a good team!
This is what she wanted to talk to me about.
Boy! When I was a newbie, I used to study when I got home.
I wonder what she's doing right now.
It's delicious!
This is amazing. Saito, you are a genius!
You can start your own business with this quality!
Anyone can make this when you get used to it!
I've lived alone for a long time too.
I've lived by myself for a long time, but I can't make this.
Oh, the beer is perfect with the hot pot! Another one!
Should you drink so much? We start early tomorrow too!
A man shouldn't care about such details!
Come on, Saito! You too! Drink up!
It's a beer.
Saito, you used to play basketball?
Yeah, I was the captain in the senior year of high school.
Amazing! You were the head?
The head?
So are things good with the guy you met through the marriage agency?
Yes, for now.
I've been marriage hunting for a year,
and I finally feel like I hit the jackpot! Yeah!
- I see. - Natsumi?
It is!
Satonaka! Why are you here?
I was drinking with my co-workers.
"Eiichi Satonaka" Wow...
I'm glad to run into you here!
No! It's fate!
Natsumi?
Oh, this is Mr. Satonaka. I met him through the marriage agency.
Oh, I see.
The jackpot.
This is the head nurse at my hospital.
Oh, how do you do? My name "vs Home.
You are the head nurse?
I've heard a lot about you from Natsumi.
Is that so?
It seems you're taking good care of Mihara here...
Not at all. Well, I'll see you tomorrow?
Yes, tomorrow.
Good bye now.
You have a date tomorrow?
Yes!
Well, he seems like a really nice guy.
You think so?
Hey, you know...
are you really going to quit when you get married?
Are you really quitting?
Oh, who's going to instruct Tachibana when I quit?
Who knows? Who would work?
I don't know if any of them can handle her.
It's just like taming a wild animal!
That was delicious!
If you add rice and egg in here, it would be the best!
I was about to.
- Gruel is the way to finish! - Be careful!
Saito, you know your stuff!
Hey! Let's drink! Drink!
- Okay! Let's drink. - Let's drink!
- Cheers! - Cheers!
Did I?
I'm wearing it!
Butjust because I'm wearing it...
doesn't mean nothing happened.
"312, Saito"
"412, Tachibana"
Did I?
"Nurse in Action!"
Did I...? I'm wearing it.
Butjust because I'm wearing it...
doesn't mean nothing happened.
I... Did I?
Tachibana!
What? You haven't prepared for the bed bath yet?
Oh, it's for Hashimoto in 301, right?
Oh, that's not it. Hashimoto can take a bath starting today...
What happened? You were so motivated yesterday?
What's the matter?
None, I just came to get the blood pressure gauge.
I see.
You know, so yesterday...
Oh, yeah! You forgot this!
Please don't do that here!
It's because you were gone when I woke up!
Oh, you two are...
maybe...
No! There's nothing between us!
Probably.
Maybe...
you live at the same dorm?
Yes! We are in Shiomi Dorm.
I knew it! I used to live there when I first started!
That place is nice!
- The grocery store nearby... - She's being nostalgic.
Mihara and Tachibana,
please go greet Mariko Sugino, who is being admitted today.
- Yes! Come on! Let's go. - Yes!
Mariko Sugino?
The appendicitis you previously were operated for
"Patient, Mariko Sugino" in Yokohama is fine,
but your stomach ulcer has spread quite deeply.
It must have hurt a lot.
First, you will fast, and we'll treat you with medicine and IV.
In three days we'll take a look again with the endoscope
to check on your ulcers.
Yes.
Hikaru?
Mariko?
Hikaru, Mariko?
- What? Do you know her? - What?
What is your relationship with her?
She was in my class in college.
To meet again here!
What a coincidence.
Are you okay?
You were working at this hospital, Hikaru.
You look good in your nurse uniform.
Oh, thank you.
There's something going on.
Something's going on?
It's a nurse's instinct!
So? What is your relationship with Ms Sugino in 305?
My relationship with her?
Why do you sound like you are my girlfriend or something?
Stop that! A girlfriend?
Did we do something a boyfriend and a girlfriend
would do last night?
Last night?
Give me a break! You got drunk and fell asleep,
and you wouldn't wake up no matter what I did.
So then nothing happened!
If that's the case, say it sooner!
We were sleeping in the same bed, so I assumed...
What? In the same bed? What do you mean?
It's cold...
That's right.
Just forget about that! I want to know about you and Sugino!
She's my ex-girlfriend.
I see. 80 she's your ex-girlfriend.
What? She's your ex-girlfriend?
Shh! Too loud!
I see, so she was your ex-girlfriend.
When I was in college.
See? My nurse instinct is quite good.
A girlfriend from college. How youthful.
Well, unlike us, college was pretty recent for them.
It's quite fresh!
Maybe this is the fateful reunion.
- Hey, hey, hey. - No...
A fateful reunion?
Well back in the day, I ran into my ex-girlfriend at the hospital.
Then we talked about having tea...
then what we did was...
Dr. Yagira, no one is listening.
Maybe her stay here might reunite you two.
It's possible!
Well, I don't know...
Get back together?
Why am I anxious?
Ms. Sugino, here's your medication.
Thank you very much.
Your work seems hard.
I just started there this April, so there's a lot I need to learn.
Then you are just like me!
Do you have a strict person at a bank too?
I can hear you, you know.
Is Hikaru working hard here?
- Saito is excellent. - That gets on my nerves though.
I see.
Excuse us.
"Keihin Bank, New employee training reference"
Sugino works at a bank?
She has probably been upstanding since college.
It's hard to get employment at Keihin Bank.
Right! I've never thought of becoming a banker!
I'm sure.
Then why did you think to become a nurse?
Mihara, did you watch it as a child?
Close up! The nurse! 24 hours at the hospital!
Oh, I did.
I loved that show.
I wanted to be that kind, angelic nurse!
Okay...
Even in that case, that's ordinary.
Right.
Well, regardless of your reasons,
I need you to be a full-fledged nurse as soon as possible.
The head nurse told me to get you fully trained
before I quit to get married.
Mihara, you are quitting when you get married?
Yes, that's my intention.
Isee...
What? Is that such a shock?
Yes! My impression was, that you would be a nurse forever.
What is that? Don't have a random impression of me!
I'll go get a patient for their check-up.
A nurse forever?
That was such a coincidence yesterday!
We went to that place a lot.
I see.
ML HOMO, the head nurse,
seemed kind. It's nice to have a boss like him.
He manages the workplace full of women really well.
It's a great workplace.
I see. I would like to see you at work once.
Really?
Oh, then would you like to be admitted to the hospital once?
You said the other day
that you wanted your partner to quit the job and stay at home?
Yes.
That's not a temporary thing,
it means to quit work completely, right?
Yes, it does.
If I get relocated abroad in the future,
I would like my wife to come with me.
You wouldn't be able to continue working.
Right.
Natsumi, you said you wanted to quit work once you got married.
Yes, that's true, but I just wanted to clarify it.
Natsumi.
Yes.
Please marry me.
I was prepared to say that just now...
but I'll put it on hold for now.
It seems that you need some time to think things over.
Tachibana! What are you doing!
I will have Mihara acknowledge me tomorrow!
Okay!
The head nurse told me to get you fully trained
before I quit to get married.
Once I become fully independent...
Mihara is going to quit?
Natsumi, please marry me.
Marriage!
It seems that you need sometime to think things over.
To marry him means...
to quit being a nurse.
"Shiki General Hospital"
Ms. Sugino? What's wrong?
It's your stomach? Do you feel sick?
What? Ms. Sugino threw away her medication?
She had stomach cramps last night.
It was strange so I asked,
then she said she threw away the medication.
- Why would she do that? - What did Ms. Sugino say?
Well, she won't say anything.
We can't force it out of her either.
I see.
From now on, we'll make sure she takes the medication,
and take care of her.
Yes.
This kind of a case is troublesome.
Even if we control the symptoms with medication,
we can't heal what's going on in her mind.
Is it true that you threw away the medication?
Why?
You know you won't get better without those medicines.
Doctors and nurses are working hard to treat patients.
Why did you do what you did?
Leave me alone.
I can't leave you alone.
If there's something, say it.
You won't be able to go back to the bank like this!
Hikaru...
you won't understand my feelings!
Leave.
- Leave! - What are you doing?
What are you doing? Stop! Stop!
Mariko? Mariko, are you okay?
- Mariko. - Saito.
Saito! What are you doing?
Are you okay? Call the doctor!
- Yes! - Does it hurt?
Let's lift up your legs.
I'll take your pulse.
Even if they are close to you,
a nurse must attend to them with appropriate control.
You do know that, right?
I'm sorry.
Do not agitate Ms. Sugino anymore.
Yes.
I'll be careful too.
Okay.
Let's go for our rounds.
I've never seen Saito like that.
Unlike you, he was never scolded by his seniors.
Stop looking so depressed.
Your lunch is going to be ruined.
I'll eat.
At the college graduation,
I met Mariko after a long time.
She was looking forward to working for Keihin Bank.
"Graduation Ceremony, Meikei University"
She grew up watching her father as a banker,
and it was her dream to work for the same bank.
That's what she always said.
I see.
When I see her now, I'm frustrated with what she's doing with herself.
So that's why I did what I did.
I'll take your blood pressure.
Excuse me.
Mihara, I'm done with my break. I'll take over.
What? What about the pre-surgery Vitals for Imada in 302?
That had to be done first!
For crying out loud.
When will she be able to do it efficiently?
I'm sorry.
I'm the same way.
I'm no good either.
I did my best in studies and internships
since I was a student,
and I worked hard to get into the bank.
Once I was there, I was surrounded by high-calibre people.
It was beyond my capability.
I can't do it anymore.
What?
Once I'm better, I'll have to go back to work.
That's why I threw away the medication.
I don't want to be discharged from the hospital.
That's what it was?
That was the reason behind her throwing away the medication.
Yes... She seemed to be taking it really hard.
I do understand how she feels though.
The environment completely changed, and her mind and body don't get it.
You've heard of the May blues, right?
It's the same thing. We need to heal her illness,
but we need to support her mentally as well.
I'm counting on you.
Yes.
Could you go get Mr. Yoshida for rehabilitation?
Yes, Excuse me.
Saito.
"Bank ID. Mariko Sugino"
Ms. Sugino.
Isn't it cold here?
Wait!
Hey! These are to be used by people with injuries!
It's not a toy for you! Get it?
Yes! I'm sorry.
Go on now.
Shut up you old hag!
Say it again, you obnoxious twerp!
I'm sorry, I couldn't help myself.
"Tachibana! What's with your speech!"
That's what Mihara tells me all the time.
Then we'll keep that a secret for now.
Thank you very much.
Umm...
Hello?
Tachibana! You are wandering around somewhere again!
I'll be back right away!
My scary superior is waiting. I'll see you around.
Sugino.
How are you feeling? Everyone at the branch is worried.
- I'm sorry. - Don't worry about work.
Just take your time in getting better.
"Bank ID. Mariko Sugino"
Will quit the bank.
What do you mean quit?
I can't do it anymore.
You don't have to rush to make a decision.
You can think it through before you make your decision.
Right? There.
Ms. Sugino in 305,
we are checking to make sure she takes the medication.
She seems to have concerns over her work environment.
We will talk over the nursing plan tomorrow again.
Does anyone have anything to report?
We are fine.
Great work.
Thank you.
I wanted to help Ms. Sugino,
but I don't know what to tell her.
It's complicated.
We can only do what we are supposed to do as a nurse.
As a nurse?
"Tachibana"
Hey Tachibana! I saw something!
- Something? - Yes!
Saito's ex-girlfriend, Ms. Sugino?
I saw her throw it away at the patio.
You know, the bank's... What was it again?
The bank ID.
What?
Hey! Where are you going?
"Bank ID. Mariko Sugino"
Oh, my.
This is everything you collected today?
Yes, it is. You are seriously going to looks through this?
I don't know if you could find it.
Right.
Tomorrow morning, the trash collection will be here,
so make sure to put it back the way it is by then!
Yes...
Okay!
I just heard that there's a nurse
going through trash at the collection site.
What?
Who would do such a thing?
I wonder.
Could it be...?
Tachibana!
What are you doing here?
Mihara.
Ms. Sugino threw away her Bank ID.
What? She did?
I've been looking for it for a while, but I can't find it yet.
Of course you can't find it that easily.
What? Did she ask you to find it?
No.
What? The patient didn't even ask you, so why are you doing this?
Why?
In any case, this is not a job for the nurse.
Come on, clean it up, and let's go home!
I won't leave.
Tachibana, Ms. Sugino threw it out on her own will, right?
Why is it necessary to do this for her?
When you don't feel good, you get weak.
So maybe Ms. Sugino will feel differently once she's better.
I thought she might
then regret it. "I shouldn't have thrown it away!"
That's why I was looking for it.
Even so...
Those things could be re-issued too!
Right. I do know that.
Just do whatever. I don't think you'll find it though.
Right.
Head nurse.
That's so like Tachibana.
But that's not something a nurse should do.
When I met her for the first time at the job interview,
I asked her why she wanted to be a nurse.
Then she said,
"I was saved by a nurse".
When I was a senior in high school,
my best friend was in a motorcycle accident
and was taken to the hospital.
When I got there, she wasn't even conscious.
All I could do was cry,
and I couldn't do anything for her.
Then the nurse there
spoke to my unconscious friend,
like "Today's weather is nice".
Or "It's going to get warm soon".
Then she said to me...
"What are you doing?"
"Hold her hand and talk to her".
My best friend passed away,
but I was able to talk to her and was able to say my goodbye.
If she didn't say that to me,
I would have been helpless, and I would have regretted it.
That's why I wanted to be able to help someone like she did,
so I aimed to become a nurse.
When I heard that, I thought...
she's a bit unconventional,
but maybe she'd be able to become a nurse who will always
understand the patient's point of view.
For her, this may be a nurse's job as well.
Oh, man! If this gets out,
I might get scolded by the office manager later!
Don't misunderstand me. If you get in trouble,
I'll be held responsible as your instructor.
I just want to get it done quickly.
Wham.“...
Be careful! Watch your back!
Don't treat me like an old lady!
Hey! Move your hands before you talk!
Yes!
No work, no play.
That's not quite it.
I found it!
Oh, it wasn't it.
Give me a break, Mihara!
My bad! My bad!
Hey! I'm being nice helping you out here!
What? You are backlashing?
"Shiki General Hospital"
Maybe it's impossible to find it after all.
What? You are all bark and no bite! Come on!
Yes.
I found it!
What? Did you say something?
I found it!
"Bank ID, Mariko Sugino"
You found it!
Hoorah!
Here you go.
This is yours, Ms. Sugino.
How did you...
I thought you might be in a bind by throwing it away by accident.
No, I'm--
Oh, I summarised the facts about your ulcers, so I'll get them!
We apologise for doing something unnecessary.
What Tachibana does totally baffles me.
Once she starts something, she just won't listen.
She found it by looking through all the trash bags one-by-one.
Oh, it's been disinfected, so don't worry about that.
There was a time...
when I threw this away too.
When I was new, I couldn't get used to being a nurse,
and I was scolded by a demon-like senior nurse every day.
"Mihara! What are you doing!"
"Mihara, hurry up!"
Mihara too?
I think it was three months in.
I thought I was done.
So I threw it away along with my uniform.
Of course, I rushed over to the trash site to pick it up later.
Well, if I think about it, it's almost time for that bonus.
So I figured I would give it a try until then.
Then what happened?
Then it was almost vacation time for the summer,
so I tried until then,
and then until the New Year's.
Then it was until the new nurse started working.
When I realised, I had continued on to this very day.
Maybe work is all about accumulation of those small goals,
to continue on.
Tachibana.
Excuse me.
I'll leave it here, so if you'd like, please read it.
"Bank ID. Mariko Sugino"
"Nasugamama" You are so much work!
Would a normal person think to find a small item in all that trash?
What? You seemed to be having fun towards the end though.
You were like, "Oh, I found it!"
What? If I didn't help you, you wouldn't have found it at all!
That is true. Thank you very much.
What is this? You sound so formal.
- HOMO. - Y es?
Ms. Sugino seems to have a positive attitude towards the treatment.
Is that so?
Yes, I went and checked on her just now.
I'm sorry.
She said she wants to do the treatment to get better,
and go back to work.
Oh, is that so? That's great.
I wonder why she is so positive all of a sudden?
That's...
No more of what happened today, okay?
I'm tired of being at the mercy of your absurd behaviour.
No! To throw away your uniform is a lot more absurd than me!
You were listening? That was a long time ago.
It's so busy, and it's so hard.
The pressure gets to me,
and no matter how many times I want to run, I always want to come back.
The nurse's job is endless.
Mihara.
I'm sorry.
It was so great,
but let me reject the arrangement with Mr. Satonaka.
What? What are you thinking, Mihara?
You will never get such a great opportunity again.
I... I know.
But it's just that our terms don't work anymore.
Terms?
Yes, I want to continue working as a nurse.
I'm sorry. I'll contact you again.
Okay!
I'm sorry about yesterday.
Me too.
I'll try again.
It's too disappointing to run now.
You haven't changed a bit!
You know that newbie nurse, Tachibana...
isn't she great?
She's energetic, radiant, and she's a bit wild.
I think she's good for you, Hikaru.
- What? - What?
No way! Of course not!
You haven't changed either.
- See you. - Okay.
Oh, my!
It won't be like that on my end either!
You rejected him? That jack pot?
Yes, it was Satonaka's term to quit work after getting married.
So you won't quit to get married?
I need to teach Tachibana!
I can't quit yet.
I see! I see!
But you will continue marriage hunting?
Of course I'll continue marriage hunting.
It's great that I can continue to be a nurse even if I'm married.
- Right. That's right. - Yes.
Well, I'm glad for now.
Yes. Excuse me.
- I'm back. - Yes.
Tachibana! The men and women are reversed on the bath list!
I'm 3 o rry'
For crying out loud. Haven't you learned your job by now?
I would like to be able to depend on you to draw blood soon!
Even so, I can't practice drawing blood on my own.
I'm done with the check-ups.
- Good job. - Thank you.
It's going to sting a little.
Why do you need to practise drawing blood on me?
A man shouldn't care about small details.
Ouch! That won't do!
Don't move the left hand. Move your right hand back a bit.
Like so?
Have your right hand on the patient. It's more stable.
Pull the syringe.
Yes.
I did it!
She did it.
She did it! Wait! It's normal.
I practised a lot too.
It's great.
They are so innocent.
Was that inappropriate?
That was just fine.
Yeah!
What?
Could I be included in as one of your candidates?
What?
A former nurse?
"A tough patient comes!" You are slow!
She's bulling the nurses.
It's progressing faster than we thought.
He doesn't remember about his mother anymore.
She did have a son after all!