FREELANCE SURGEON MICHIKO DAIMON
Sayaka! Stop!
Keep it down!
Hey! Watch out!
Hey, old lady! Why did you do that?
-"Old lady"? -Why did you do that, old lady?
Hurry up and fix it!
It's your fault for doing this right here!
I'm sorry! Okay, everyone. Let's do this over there.
Move this stuff!
Let's clean up! Let's see who's fastest! Go!
-How dare you call me "old lady." -So what?
Mr. Nishiki. We've been expecting you.
We've been expecting you.
NISHIKI GROUP CEO TOSHIRO NISHIKI
Here you are.
Is this good enough?
Sorry, everyone.
Hey, old man! Why did you do that?
-Do you have any idea who I am? -Who are you?
Dr. Daimon!
SURGEON KIMIHIKO MURASAKI
"Doctor"?
You're telling me this rude woman is a doctor?
-She's just a part-timer. -A part-timer?
Is this hospital all right?
Who are you calling rude?
Put back the dominoes you knocked over.
Now.
I'm terribly sorry about this.
She is truly an unbelievably rude part-timer.
Let's go.
Hey!
Hey! You!
Darn you!
Okay, let's set them up again.
KENJI KOSAWA
You're really fast, mister.
-Mister? -Mister?
-Are you okay? -Out of the way!
-Mister! -I'm going to touch here.
-Mister! Are you okay? -Mister.
-Get a stretcher, now! -Okay!
NURSE MASAKO OHMA
This is the story of a maverick female doctor.
Rapid pulse. Conjunctival pallor. Dull pain in the right abdomen.
-Let's get a CT scan. -Right.
This is Mr. Kosawa from room 403. He was just released today.
What? That's insane.
I'm sorry.
In 2019, the ivory towers are completely crumbling.
Japan's university hospitals have fallen into tremendous debt.
Lifesaving medical treatment
has entered the era of financial jungle law.
ACTING HOSPITAL DIRECTOR NICHOLAS TANGE
Excuse me.
Toshiro Nishiki, CEO of the Nishiki Group, has just checked in.
I see. The man referred by Director Hiruma.
He's hoping to get a transplant to treat his hereditary ATTR amyloidosis, right?
That's right. He has promised to invest one billion
into the fund we need investors for if his surgery succeeds.
Awesome!
I am the acting hospital director, Mr. Tange.
Why hasn't Director Hiruma come to see me?
I'm terribly sorry.
The director is currently in jail, under investigation.
Is this hospital all right?
-I don't know. -Not to worry.
A team especially for you
will be chosen from Totei University Hospital's best medical staff
to handle your treatment. How are you feeling now?
Incredibly bad!
But there's no way I'm going to retire yet.
My life is worth 500 billion yen!
That precious 500-billion-yen body of yours,
please entrust it to us.
I heard about your desire to invest.
We will give you the finest treatment possible.
Go ahead.
Meanwhile, this freelance maverick doctor, who was never part of
a university medical department, showed up.
-I'm returning this patient. -Oh, welcome back!
-You can come back? -Yes, unfortunately.
If you're still sick, how could they kick you out just because you're broke?
That's what a hospital does.
Once the poor are cured, they get out right away.
Dr. Daimon!
-Daimon! Good morning! -You look frightening!
-Let's go. -This woman hates groups, authority,
and restrictions.
Her specialized medical license and well-honed skills
are her weapons.
PRIVATE ROOM C
Find possible donors among CEO Nishiki's relatives right away.
Got it.
Oh, good morning, Dr. Daimon.
Hey! The least you can do is say hello!
Surgeon Michiko Daimon,
otherwise known as Doctor X.
Case 12.
This is our most urgent patient.
Toshiro Nishiki, male, age 60.
He's diagnosed with hereditary ATTR amyloidosis,
late onset V30M variant.
Due to peripheral nerve disorder,
he suffers pain and numbness in his legs.
He can lose consciousness due to nausea and orthostatic hypotension.
This serious disease is a genetic mutation
that manifests in amyloid deposits caused by abnormal proteins.
Over 95 percent of those proteins are created in the liver.
The current treatment is injection of tafamidis
to relieve the symptoms.
-Why? -What do you mean "why"?
It's the first medication in the world
that has been approved for this disease.
I'm asking why don't we perform a transplant?
Let me do it!
We're discussing this because we can't get a donor so fast.
-Like I said, why? -Because we haven't found a donor.
What about his family?
There must be one relative willing to offer a healthy liver.
I've met with Mr. Nishiki's family.
However...
Mr. Nishiki needs a liver transplant. Won't any of you donate?
What about you, Mrs. Nishiki?
What? Me?
Come here for a second.
Why do I have to let my liver get all carved up
for that cheating husband of mine?
I see. And you? You're his eldest.
There's no way I'm doing that. I don't consider him my father.
-But-- -He's bossy and short-tempered.
He's beaten me more than once or twice you know.
What about the second son?
I wouldn't do it for 100 million. Everyone here hopes he dies soon.
Not a single one of them gave their approval.
-That's so awful. -Yes, it is.
Without a donor, I can't operate!
Are you only concerned about whether you're able to operate or not?
TOTEI
Aren't there any other relatives?
He's such a womanizer that his own wife hates him, right?
Then he must have one or two illegitimate children.
I didn't look that far.
There is one more. His youngest daughter.
What? How did you know that, Tako?
Kaji! Ask that girl right away!
Don't order your boss around!
-Oh, right. -Ebina!
Sorry. My mistake.
Well, she ran away and her family doesn't know where she is.
She's missing?
This is a problem.
If that's the case, then our only choice is
to hospitalize him and treat him for his peripheral nerve disorder.
Please do that, Dr. Hamachi.
Leave it to me.
-Yes, sir! -Yes, sir!
The surgical transplant team will continue to explain to his family
and find a donor as soon as possible.
Yes, sir!
-Yes, sir! -Yes, sir!
That is all for this conference.
Hold on a second!
We haven't finished discussing this patient.
Who is this patient?
He's a stage three liver cancer patient who left on his own.
Dr. Daimon brought him back.
He would die if we released him as-is.
All the beds in the large rooms are full.
Also, Dr. Tako determined he could be treated as an outpatient.
This is quite different than our handling of that rich old guy.
Are you abandoning the poor patients in the group infirmary?
Of course not. The value of every patient's life is the same.
They're more valuable than the earth itself.
Why don't I place that patient under your care, Dr. Daimon?
Then if we find a donor, I'll perform the surgery.
Of course. Okay, Dr. Daimon.
Okay, Nichotan.
KOSAWA'S GIRLFRIEND YURI
Daimon, how do you open these digital medical charts?
I always had the assistants do this, so I don't know how.
Oh, no! I sent an email! How am I supposed to do this?
-Leave me alone! -Darn you! Hey.
-How do you open digital charts? -Hey.
Wasn't Kenji Kosawa originally your patient?
Yes, that's right.
"Outpatient treatment possible." Are you stupid, Tako?
Hey! Director! That's power harassment!
Hey! Who said the freelancer could harass people?
She'd never listen if I said that. Deal with it yourself.
Tell me everything you haven't written in the record.
I didn't want to abandon him either!
He's a childhood friend of mine.
A childhood friend?
He has no family, so finding a donor isn't easy.
Chemotherapy hasn't had any effect,
and his hepatic reserve is so bad, we can't operate on his liver.
Our only choice is a liver transplant.
He was hospitalized, waiting for a donor,
but...
he hasn't paid his hospital bills and he's taking up space.
So the admin told me to urge him to check out.
How about checking out and switching to outpatient care?
What?
That's what I told him.
Tako, how can you call yourself his friend?
-What? -Do you know what it feels like
to have a hospital abandon you?
Do you know what it feels like to have nowhere to go?
-Yes. -No, you don't.
Excuse me. Dr. Ebina, Tako hasn't done anything wrong.
-Do you know what it's like, Hara? -No, I don't.
-What about you, Daimon? -What? You look frightening.
-What the heck is with you? -You don't get it.
Tako.
Would you just get out of here?
Don't talk like that. It's power play.
What are you doing, Mr. Kosawa? Please get back in bed.
Mr. Kosawa!
Wait, Ken! Don't push yourself like this.
I can't cause any more trouble for the hospital.
Hey! Wait!
You'll collapse again if you leave now.
Dr. Daimon.
Oh, are you Dr. Daimon?
I heard you saved Ken.
-Thank you. -It was nothing.
I still haven't saved him.
-Wait. -I'm fine.
Say, are you his girlfriend?
Yes.
Then hurry up and get married.
As his wife, you can give him your liver.
Sorry. This doctor is a little odd.
Dr. Daimon.
We can't get married.
Why not?
Her father says he'd never approve.
It's only natural. I hardly make any money,
and on top of that, I'm sick.
I can't even pay my hospital bills.
But even if everyone in the world were against it,
I still want to marry Ken.
Yuri. I want to marry you after I'm cured
and able to gain your father's approval.
Ken.
-What a lot of trouble. -What?
I just want to operate. I won't let you leave until then.
Hey! Dr. Daimon!
Dr. Daimon, please give my liver to Ken!
Please!
Use my liver for his liver transplant.
-Impossible. -How come?
In Japan, living organ transplants between strangers are not approved.
Your love won't save Ken.
The only thing that can save him is the liver of a qualified donor.
Today, we're going to administer a laser Doppler test.
You give me nothing but tests! When can I get a transplant?
Hey!
You again? You dumb part-timer!
-Is this hospital all right? -So have you found a donor?
I didn't think so. Let me operate when you do.
Even as a part-timer, I'm better than these guys.
-Who do you think you are? -I am terribly sorry.
Let's go.
Dr. Daimon, the acting director wants to have lunch with you.
Why?
She hates romance and marriage, and her only purpose in life is surgery?
What's wrong with Dr. Daimon?
She's uninterested in living males and only loves organs.
What's wrong, Tako?
I want to help Kosawa and his girlfriend.
But he does dream of bringing happiness
to the people of the world through dominoes.
Dominoes?
This is him.
-You can be a domino master? -Yes.
Looks like fun.
Maybe I'll quit being a doctor and be a domino master.
-What's your problem, Dr. Ebina? -That would be better.
You like that?
Can you make a living as a domino master?
It sure isn't easy.
But if Kosawa married his girlfriend,
it would be the ultimate reverse gold digger.
But he's not that kind of guy.
-"Ultimate reverse gold digger"? -"Ultimate reverse gold digger"?
Sorry.
Wait. Hold on a second.
I stewed this feijoada all night last night.
I see.
SECRETARY TO THE ACTING HOSPITAL DIRECTOR RURI IKURA
-That's delicious. -I'm glad you like it.
To reduce costs, the acting director makes his own lunch every day.
After I arrived, I was astonished at just how horrendous
the financial situation is here.
If this main hospital falls, the satellites will fall like dominoes.
Many patients will be cast into the streets
and numerous patients will never be saved.
The reforms I'm making now, Dr. Daimon,
I believe you can understand.
Excuse me, but are you listening to what the acting director is saying?
Dr. Daimon.
That was delicious.
Japan has the great saying, "Eating out of the same pot."
Dr. Daimon, as a partner in these operational reforms,
I can count on you to fight alongside me, right?
Making tons of money from wealthy patients
while kicking the poor out of the hospital.
That's your real intention, right, Nichotan?
-Dr. Daimon! -If I don't do that,
I cannot save this hospital that's on the verge of death.
The feijoada and pao de queijo were fantastic.
Thank you for the meal.
My friend, let us talk a while longer.
I decline.
Even if we do eat from the same pot,
it doesn't mean we hang out together.
Excuse me, Assistant Hospital Director.
Assistant Hospital Director, I think we've found a donor for CEO Nishiki.
You have?
We found the missing daughter.
Yuri Nishiki. She's visiting her boyfriend in this hospital today.
Is she that girlfriend?
Actually, yes.
Why didn't you tell me that sooner, Tako?
-That's power harassment! -They told me not to!
She doesn't want anyone to know
she's the daughter of the Nishiki Group CEO.
Do whatever it takes to get her to be the donor.
I don't think that will be possible.
She despises her father, so she ran away.
Do everything you can to get her to approve.
-Yes, sir. -Yes, sir.
-Where's your "Yes, sir"? -That's power harassment!
I told you to tell me everything that wasn't on the record, Tako!
Cut that out!
Don't worry about money anymore.
I'll work hard to save for your operation.
I can't make you do all that.
It's all right. You do your best to fight too.
Are you still with that guy, Yuri?
Father...
-Well... -I'm sorry.
Don't criticize Yuri.
Are you hospitalized here?
Yes.
No matter what you say, Father, I will stay with Kenji.
I need Ken!
Why you...
Mr. Nishiki, you'll hurt yourself!
What a disaster!
What's the point in letting people, who produce nothing, live?
Father, how can you say that?
-That's so cruel! -Stop it, Yuri.
Ken?
Ken!
Doctor, it's Ken!
-Kenji? -Ken!
Kenji! Are you all right?
Possible internal hemorrhage from the tumor. Stretcher!
Right away!
Ken, pull yourself together!
-Get it now! -I am!
Ken.
You're Yuri Nishiki, right? Can I talk to you for a moment?
Okay.
It's about your father who's hospitalized here.
Won't you please decide to donate for your father's sake?
Never. There's no way I'm giving my liver to my father.
-Yuri-- -Goodbye.
I'm Dr. Ushio, Director of Next-Generation Intelligent Surgery.
Everyone is afraid of being operated on,
but don't you worry.
I will perform the perfect surgery.
I've conducted over 100 transplants and have never once failed.
It's not that I'm afraid of surgery.
That man is no father.
He's your only father!
Who are you?
Sorry. I'm Dr. Ebina, a surgery staff.
I have a daughter about your age too,
so I shouted without thinking. I'm sorry.
My daughter is in her rebellious period now.
She says awful things like, "I hope you die soon, Dad."
But if I really did die, we couldn't argue.
Wouldn't that be sad?
Cut that out.
A doctor demanding a transplant is unethical.
But Yuri...
Everyone wants to save your father.
Will you just cut it out?
KANBARA FAMOUS DOCTOR AGENCY
The Nishiki Group is a privately-owned company,
but his children want nothing to do with him?
Since there's nobody to take over the group,
if the CEO, Toshiro Nishiki, dies,
assets will be drained through inheritance issues
and the domino effect could cause
dozens of subsidiary companies to fail.
That sounds like trouble.
What does "domino effect" mean?
It means they fall one after the other like dominoes.
I see.
But no one in his family is willing to donate their liver, right?
Of course not. Why would they suffer by giving their
precious liver to that stingy, arrogant, tormenting father?
If he dies, then they'll get a huge inheritance.
Even with his money, none of his family will be his donor.
Now that's misery.
Then there's the young man who has love but no money for surgery.
Who is happier?
He has a donor, but there are stupid problems preventing it.
Mi, aren't you going to play today?
Oh, forget about her. Let's just play, the three of us.
You're right. Let's play.
Oh, dear!
-What are you doing? -Hey!
Cut that out, would you?
-You messed it all up. -They're all mixed up.
-Why did you go wild at a time like this? -That's it. Start over.
The domino effect...
Dr. Daimon?
Have you also come to tell me what the other doctors have?
There's no way I'm doing it.
I'm never giving my organs to my father.
That's what I thought.
But
you want to save Ken, right?
You'll save Ken?
It depends on how hard you try.
How fucking long do I have to stay cooped up in here?
Haven't you found a donor yet?
I understand how you feel. Please be patient for a while longer.
-I know you feel unwell-- -I've had it!
Get out there and buy a liver for me!
I have more than enough money! I'll pay one billion, even two!
Buy me a liver!
Okay.
-How can you say that? -Dr. Ebina!
-Buy you a liver, right? -Yes!
You'll be arrested if you do that.
I'm sorry. I can't buy a liver.
-Not you again. -Dr. Daimon, didn't you know
that this is the private room of CEO Nishiki?
I brought you a donor.
Yuri?
Yuri! How dare you come here!
Father.
I didn't know about your disease.
I know you never told Mom or my brothers
and suffered all by yourself. Right?
I'm sorry I never noticed.
Yuri's the only one who would give her liver
to a father like you, right?
You're just after my money, aren't you?
I bet that you went broke hanging out with that guy.
How much do you want? One hundred million? One billion?
I don't want any stupid money.
I want you to get well, Father.
Yuri...
Daimon, I didn't think you had it in you.
There is an eighty-percent survival rate after five years
for living-donor liver transplants.
There's a 15-percent rate of complications.
That means this is a difficult surgery that carries risks.
If there are any mistakes,
even though you're healthy, you could lose your own life.
Shouldn't you reconsider?
Yuri.
Are you sure?
Dr. Daimon.
I never fail.
Please take care of this.
Regarding Toshiro Nishiki's living-donor liver transplant,
the donor is his daughter, Yuri Nishiki, age 23.
Her blood type is compatible, and her liver function is normal.
HLA typing is also not a problem.
-The surgeon-- -Me!
-Me!
I have done over 100 live liver transplants in the US.
This is an extremely important operation,
so as Director of Next-Generation Intelligent Surgery, I should do it.
No. As Director of Next-Generation Ultra-Minimally Invasive Surgery,
I should do it.
I'm the one who got the donor.
-Everyone really wants to do this. -They all think it's attractive.
The Nishiki Group is rolling in money.
-So it's for money. -Right.
Nichotan!
Definitely not her.
Like her surgery the other day,
uncontrollable doctors outside the AI's predictions are dangerous.
She's very talented, but you're right.
For the organ removal surgery on the donor...
-I'd like you to do it, Dr. Kaji. -Yes, sir.
For the transplant surgery on Toshiro Nishiki...
Dr. Ushio, the fate of Totei rests on this surgery.
-Cooperate with Dr. Kaji on this. -Yes, sir.
SURGERY IN PROGRESS
We will now conduct Yuri Nishiki's donor surgery.
-Let us begin. -Yes, sir.
-Scalpel. -Here.
Here.
OPERATING ROOM 2 TOSHIRO NISHIKI
Abdominal opening is complete.
Resect the falciform ligament of the liver.
Here.
Resection of the falciform ligament of the liver is complete.
Use the liver retractor to widen the surgical view.
Detach the porta hepatis.
SURGERY TIME
Portal vein taping is complete. Let's elevate the right liver.
The liver is more swollen than expected.
This will make handling of the short hepatic vein tough.
Detach and move the liver from the retroperitoneum.
-Metzenbaum scissors. -Here.
Detaching left hepatic vein.
-Metzenbaum scissors. -Here.
YURI NISHIKI
LEFT LIVER LOBE REMOVAL LEFT LOBE OF THE LIVER
Removal of left liver lobe is complete.
Ice the graft and fill it with the preservation agent.
-Gauze. -Here.
We'll shape the hepatic vein with a clip-graft.
-Drop my loupe. -Yes, sir.
-6-0 monofilament. -Here.
I'll stop the hemorrhaging now.
Here.
The left lobe graft has been completed in operating room one.
Remove the liver within 30 minutes
and prepare the patient for receiving the graft.
Dr. Ushio.
Separating ligature from short hepatic vein.
-4-0 absorbable suture. -Here.
Handling of the short hepatic vein is very important.
Please detach it carefully.
Shaping is complete. Okay.
-Take the graft to operating room two. -Yes.
The liver graft is being taken from operating room two to one.
It's progressing nicely so far.
I've brought the graft.
TOSHIRO NISHIKI
We'll soon be finished with removing the liver here.
LIVER EXCISION
Please proceed with vein detachment carefully.
Are you sure it's okay? BP has fallen below 70!
Inferior vena cava has been damaged.
Surgery falling behind schedule.
Please hurry to complete removal of the liver.
It's fine!
I can't suction fast enough!
Hemorrhaging has exceeded 1,000.
-Suction properly! -Sorry!
Things are not okay.
At this rate, other blood vessels will become damaged.
There's a risk of a domino effect.
-Stop the hemorrhaging! -It's fine!
Follow the AI's instructions.
Stay calm. What are the AI's instructions?
The weight of the left lobe graft is lower than expected.
It's below 30 percent of the necessary weight.
There is a possibility of post-op small-for-size graft syndrome.
-Then what should I do? -Cancel the transplant
and end the operation after stopping the hemorrhaging.
-What? -Are you kidding?
You can't disobey the AI.
-Gauze! -Here.
I can't believe this.
What'll happen to his investment to the Totei University Hospital fund?
That's one billion yen!
If this fails, we'll lose one billion in investment!
Are you kidding?
Get out of there!
-Gauze. -Here.
Dr. Ushio! Don't give up! Hang in there!
If this operation fails, it will cost us one billion yen!
One billion!
Like the AI has instructed, we're ending this operation.
-Yes, sir. -Hold on!
What about the donor?
His daughter's liver has already been removed!
-Gauze. -Here.
-Suture. -Here.
Michiko Daimon!
Out of the way.
Oh, dear! Look at all the damage to the blood vessels!
Was this also the instructions of the AI?
End the surgery.
Shut up!
-Turn off the sound. -Right.
End the surgery...
Adding procedure.
Adding portal vein and IVC shunt for small-for-size graft.
For vessel damage, I'll block the IVC to stop the hemorrhaging.
-Prepare crushed ice. -Right.
Here.
Why are you just standing there? Open the surgical field.
-4-0 absorbable suture. -Here.
She'll transfer blood flow from the portal vein to the IVC
by creating a new pathway.
That will keep the portal blood pressure under control
and increase blood flow in the hepatic artery.
You mean it makes a small-for-size liver transplant possible?
Portal vein and IVC shunt prep and liver removal, complete.
I'm putting in the graft. Give me the left lobe graft.
SURGERY TIME
Finished.
Hey!
-What is Dr. Daimon doing? -You kept it clean and cool, right?
Yes.
-I'm taking this. -You're taking it?
What's going on? What was that about?
That's the liver that was removed from this patient, right?
Anyway, I'm sure it doesn't matter.
Where the heck did she take it?
She's entered this operating room.
-Did it go well? -Yes, but it took some work.
Sorry I kept you waiting.
His BP is 127 over 82. Pulse, 78.
Let's begin.
We will now conduct
a living-donor liver transplant from Toshiro Nishiki to Kenji Kosawa.
-Scalpel. -Here.
What the heck is going on here?
Yuri Nishiki became a donor
to save her beloved boyfriend as well.
What?
TRANSPLANT AGREEMENT FIRST RECEIPT
NISHIKI
Father, I have one request.
What is it? If you want money, I'll give you as much as you like.
That's not what I want.
Can you sign this as well?
It's an agreement to use the liver removed from you in another patient.
What's this all about?
Please, Father. I want you to save him.
This is for him?
That was an agreement to allow the use of
her father's liver in an urgent necessity for a third party.
Transplants from a first recipient to a second recipient
can be approved when done for a non-relative third party.
By doing this, Yuri donated her liver to her father
and her father donated his liver to Yuri's boyfriend.
It's called the living-donor domino liver transplant.
-Sealing device. -Here.
SURGERY TIME
Okay. Finished.
Dr. Daimon, thank you for saving Kosawa.
You too, Tako.
Thank you!
Hey, Ebi.
You know, I understand how he feels.
What?
Can you take this?
Hey, don't do it. Ebi!
Excuse me, I may be butting in,
but everyone gets depressed about it at first.
You're not the only one who's been overcome by a sense of defeat.
Michiko Daimon isn't an ordinary doctor, so it can't be helped.
Change and challenge!
If you'd like, I'll join you for a drink tonight.
We'll go Dutch.
You're a plebe, right?
Oh, that's right. Sorry. I'm a plebe.
Sorry, I stepped out of line.
I keep on forgetting that I'm a plebe.
I just can't seem to get used to being a plebe.
You did good. That was impressive.
How is Ken?
He's still asleep under anesthesia, but he's fine now.
Your father's liver was very weak,
but it was good to donate to your boyfriend.
Dr. Daimon, thank you for everything.
I never fail.
You're pretty amazing.
You got her to be a donor for her wealthy father
and even got him to approve your marriage.
It's all thanks to Dr. Daimon.
All I did was operate. Leave the troublesome talk like that to Tako.
There she goes again.
I'm starving!
Akira!
As a reward for the great operation, I'll buy you takoyaki!
I'm so happy! But I'm...
-What is it? -Forget it.
Okay, let's go!
-Two, please! -Welcome. Go ahead. Take two.
-Okay. Which should I take? -Here you are. Thank you.
-It's hot! -Thank you.
This is awesome!
Okay, let's eat.
This looks delicious!
Here I go.
Hold on.
-This seems awfully big. -Was there octopus in mine?
The octopus is big.
-Yours are bigger than mine! -Not true. They're the same.
We concluded a contract
for one billion in investment from the Nishiki Group.
How is the Totei University Hospital Rebirth Plan 2020 going?
Just as planned, funds will be garnered from
the redevelopment of the closed Lake Mashu,
Oga, and Kusatsu hospitals which will be turned into
resort condos for Chinese and Australians.
It's still not enough. What other satellite hospitals can be closed?
Within six months, five other satellite hospitals can be closed.
Okutama Satellite Hospital 17,
Yonaguni Satellite Hospital 5, Wajima Satellite Hospital 10,
Ibigawa Satellite Hospital 12,
Genkai Sea Satellite Hospital 20.
We can garner 20 billion in redevelopment funds from these.
Acting Director, Mr. Kanbara is here from the Famous Doctor Agency.
Acting Hospital Director,
I'm glad to hear your cost cutting is snipping along smoothly.
This is a melon.
This is the bill.
PLEASE PAY THE FOLLOWING AMOUNT
In this era? You must be kidding.
Also, Acting Hospital Director Tange just had melon
for dessert during breakfast.
Oh, I'm terribly sorry.
Then would you please give it to Director Hiruma in jail?
I don't know who leaked his deeds to the police,
but I heard he's become worn out from the harsh daily interrogations.
Melons are Director Hiruma's favorite.
I see.
The great deed of Japan's first AI-guided
living-donor liver transplant conducted by Michiko Daimon
will be credited entirely to Director Ushio.
Considering the remuneration, donation,
and investment of significant funds in the reconstruction plan,
this is quite inexpensive.
I never give a discount for my price.
Thank you, Nichotan!
Yes! Nichotan!
ONE MONTH LATER
-Congratulations on your release. -Thank you.
-Congratulations! -Congratulations!
Dr. Tako, everyone, thank you for your help.
I'm glad you got your surgery!
The liver you received may develop amyloidosis in the future,
but it has given you a new lease on life, so treat it well.
I have one other announcement.
We're going to the city office after this.
We're going to get married.
Really? Now?
-Congratulations! -Congratulations!
That's great!
-Checkmate! -Right, checkmate.
-Congratulations! -Congratulations!
This really is great.
What's this?
I didn't know you could feel joy at someone else's happiness.
They'll marry, have children, and their liver can be transplanted.
A salvage living-donor liver transplant.
When I think about doing that, I get so excited!
All she wants is to do surgery.
-Congratulations. -I'm so happy for you.
Dr. Michiko Daimon,
your living-donor domino liver transplant was magnificent.
-I'm glad it succeeded. -I'm very pleased.
You are truly a goddess who never makes mistakes.
I'm glad you were able to save that wealthy patient.
Congratulations on your release.
Congratulations.
And thank you for your donation.
You!
-You're a pretty darn good surgeon. -Thank you.
The scar is hardly noticeable. I like you!
Thank you.
I'll call on you again if anything else happens.
Yes.
-We'll be ready for you. -Good!
Now you can publish a paper about the AI-guided
-living-donor liver transplant. -Right.
-"Right"? Give me a break! -You know,
Director Ushio was getting a lot of compliments today. How come?
He messed up that surgery!
That's right. If Dr. Daimon hadn't covered for his mistakes,
he wouldn't be close to release. There'd be huge trouble.
-That's so right. -That's so right.
But in an organization like this,
it's guys like that who get promoted.
I wonder how Director Hiruma is doing.
Come to think of it, you got a huge remuneration, right?
I completely forgot
what I had done!
I forgot!
-Watch out! -I'm going to fall!
-Hold on! -Help!
-Be careful. -You can do it!
-I'm scared!
-You can do it! -You can do it!
She hates groups, hates authority,
-and hates restrictions. -Okay, everyone!
-Here goes! -Her specialized medical license
-and well-honed skills are her weapons. -Okay!
Ready. Go!
-Go! -Go!
Go!
We did it!
Surgeon Michiko Daimon,
otherwise known as Doctor X.
Good afternoon, common folk!
Are you stupid?
Gossip shows never tire of scandal.
The gaffe-prone minister has tongue cancer.
I have the final decision!
In this world, this is called "reading between the lines."
I never make gaffes.