It's a top-secret hospitalization, so be careful.
We're the only ones who know about this secret VIP.
To keep other patients and employees from noticing,
I think we need to use a fake name on the room and bed tag.
Really?
So, Yuji Kudo isn't his stage name?
It's his real name.
Yu has been living true to himself since his debut.
Since I was in high school, to me, Yu has been
a god!
Hey, are you listening? He's a legend!
-It's about time for him to arrive. -All right!
-You scared me! -Do you want me to operate on that VIP?
Why the heck are you here? It's none of your business!
The VIP asked for Dr. Yuzuru Hara himself!
-My name's "Mamoru." -"Mamoru"?
It wouldn't be an overstatement to say I became a surgeon for this day.
-What are you looking at? -I can't help it.
Kin's hairstyle is funny.
This is the story of a maverick female doctor.
He sure is late. When is he coming?
Isn't that him?
That's not him at all.
-Oh, dear. -What?
NO PARKING
Out of the way! Mr. Niizu!
I've been expecting you.
Come this way.
Out of the way!
Niizu? Is that the Internet breakout singer-songwriter?
Compared to Yu, that guy's a small fry.
-Don't call him a small fry. Wow! -He sure is late!
-Isn't that Yu? -Yu!
Dr. Kaji! He's here! Yu!
Yu, I run an oden stand over there. Come eat there!
Sure thing.
Yu!
Settle down!
I'm Kudo. Nice to meet you.
We've been expecting you.
I'm Dr. Kaji, director of Next-Generation
Ultra-Minimally Invasive Surgery.
Nice to meet you.
YUJI
-Nice to meet you. I'm Mamoru Hara. -Speak up.
-Are you Dr. Hara? -Yes.
Nice to meet you.
Yu, give me your autograph!
-I don't care if I die now. -You're making me sick.
And what the heck happened to this being top secret?
My husband is always changing his mind.
He said, "Sneaking in the back door to the hospital is totally not rocking."
We live separately, but I am still his wife.
In 2019, the ivory towers are completely crumbling.
What? Takuya Niizu?
He's a popular artist?
His debut song has been viewed more than 900 million times.
Oh, is that right? Wow!
We need to be particularly careful when entertainers are hospitalized.
-Yes, sir. -If he's cured,
it has fabulous PR effects at zero cost.
So has the rock star I asked here arrived?
Just now, he made a flamboyant appearance at the front entrance.
-That's magnificent. -What rock star?
Yuji Kudo.
-I'm sorry. -Are you okay?
Thank you. Sorry about that.
Dr. Ushio and Dr. Hamachi, just for good measure,
I've looked into your affairs.
Let me give this to you right here and now.
That Tange Nicholas who's in detention,
it's quite likely that he won't be coming back.
You short sold one million shares of
Hexagon Bridge
then manipulated the stock by leaking on the Internet
that President Rokkakubashi was sick with cancer.
As a result, you reaped immense profits. Isn't that right?
That's outright insider trading!
Though Tange Nicholas scouted the both of you and hired you,
to me, you're valuable subordinates. You're treasures. You're assets.
-Thank you. -Thank you.
If you two would work for me and be my brains,
I would be very grateful.
-Yes, sir. -Yes, sir.
It's one-of-a-kind
We're unrivaled
No strong wind can...
Japan's university hospitals have fallen into tremendous debt.
Lifesaving medical treatment
has entered the era of financial jungle law.
Meanwhile, this freelance maverick doctor, who was never part of
a university medical department, showed up.
This way, Mr. Kudo.
This woman hates groups,
authority, and restrictions.
Her specialized medical license and well-honed skills
are her weapons.
Mr. Kudo is coming through.
-Nice to meet you. -Who are you, pal?
You don't know? I'm sorry, Mr. Kudo.
-Kudo? Who's that? -Yuji Kudo!
-You really don't know me? -Not at all.
There's actually a Japanese person who doesn't know me?
That must mean all you did was study medicine in university.
It's nice to know you.
If I'm operating on you, it's good to know you.
I'm good and fast.
I like it. You've got tons of confidence.
That's just like me. You're the female Yuji Kudo.
I'm Michiko Daimon.
I'm very sorry about this. Let me show you to the VIP room.
Oh, he just has hemorrhoids.
Surgeon Michiko Daimon,
otherwise known as Doctor X.
Here you go.
This is the VIP room?
It's smaller than my own bathroom.
Their VIP room was already taken.
They said this was the only one open.
I'm terribly sorry!
You just missed getting it.
Who's a more important patient than Yuji Kudo?
The prime minister?
-Well, actually... -Yu!
I really am terribly sorry!
I don't mind,
but what would Yuji Kudo say?
Excuse me.
NURSE KANA IINO
Mr. Kudo, time for your endoscope exam.
Come with me.
PROCTOLOGY
Is that you, Niizu?
Oh, Mr. Kudo. Hello. Thanks for your help at the summer festival.
You doing well? Oh, I guess you're not.
This is a hospital, after all.
Are you seeing the proctologist too?
Let's both get operated on fast and get better, okay?
Take care of yourself too, sir.
Hold on a second here. Is the VIP in the VIP room...
I'm sorry about that.
I'll make sure you don't meet any other patients from now on.
Are you sure your security is good enough to keep outsiders out?
If the tabloids find out I'm hospitalized...
I couldn't stand it.
We're being very prudent, so don't you worry.
The test results are good.
As planned, we'll operate tomorrow.
With me operating, this simple surgery will take only 15 minutes.
My schedule is packed.
Get me out of this hospital as soon as you can.
I will.
Doctor, are you sure you're okay with Kudo being in this room?
I'll tell them to hand over the VIP room!
-Oh, Dr. Daimon! -What?
-Doctor! This room is just fine. -What?
-He's better selling than us. -Maybe so, but...
Who said you could come in?
Enough! Stop! No!
Even now, I can't sell CDs.
There's no way he's better selling than me.
The number of times he's been played on the Internet is amazing!
You can't trust the Internet.
At any rate, he's making more money.
Ma'am, I don't think that's the issue here.
Yu, you see, he has no money.
Every year, he makes a big show of doing a charity concert
and spends gobs of money on it out of his own pocket!
You spend a ton on your car and your clothes too, right?
He's hardly "great"!
He's strapped for cash.
Money comes and money goes.
It's a man's job to act totally cool
and give people dreams, right?
I'm not paying for the cost of a bed in a VIP room.
Kyoko...
Fine! I'll let that kid have the VIP room.
Wherever you are, Mr. Kudo, is a VIP room!
Doctor, do you know what it is I've got that he doesn't?
The pride of being number one.
I'll do things in my own way.
Call the media and have a press conference.
A press conference?
Get me that person, the confident female Yuji Kudo.
-You called? -You were eavesdropping.
I'm the good and fast Michiko Daimon.
You really are fast. I'm liking you more all the time.
Big news!
-Big news! -Okay.
Tomorrow, Yu is going to hold a press conference.
-Yu? -Oh, Yuji Kudo.
I happened to be passing by his room and heard them talking.
-"Happened to"? -That's good news.
This will be a rocking press conference.
That's right!
What? Ebina would usually come rushing in at a time like this.
Where is he?
He's using up his vacation days this whole week.
Due to labor reforms, the plebes are forced to take vacations.
Those aren't labor reforms. They're more like no-labor reforms.
What?
You're not letting me do the surgery?
I'm doing the surgery.
I want you
to think of a disease name appropriate for me
and be at the press conference.
All you've got are hemorrhoids.
How did you know?
I didn't say a word.
I didn't have to ask. There's that.
At any rate, you do the surgery,
you do the press conference. I appreciate it.
-I'd be honored! -I decline.
You mean you're rejecting a request from Kudo?
There are no cool diseases or uncool diseases.
There are diseases that can be cured and those that can't.
That's your view of the world, but I'm Yuji Kudo.
The only thing that matters to me is if it's cool or not.
Wander free tomorrow, rock 'n' roll heart
Impossible dreams, rock 'n' roll heart
Yes!
See you at the press conference!
Ms. Daimon, what are you watching?
Oh, it's Yu. He's in the hospital, right?
Yes. I saw him in person.
No way! No wonder you're into him now!
No. Don't be stupid.
Michiko, just don't get involved in a sex scandal with a rock star.
-Say, how old is Yu now? -Sixty-nine.
But he's sexy and powerful, and his lifestyle is so cool!
-What kind of lifestyle is that? -This kind.
Okay. You've got this too.
"Working Your Way Up.
I myself am rock 'n' roll."
Since Yu was young, he never flattered anyone or had groupies.
He climbed his way up alone with his rock 'n' roll attitude.
He seems a lot like someone I know.
But I can do as good as him.
Rock 'n' roll!
There!
You're looking cool, Akira.
Are you all right, Akira? Did you throw out your back?
-I knew I couldn't do it. -You've done it now.
Why were you swinging around a mop?
Dr. Daimon?
Oh, you've decided to be at my press conference. See you there.
Answer my questions.
Have you experienced stomach pain or nausea recently?
-Nausea? -Answer.
Next question.
When you're performing...
Why do you stop here?
Is it because you get intense pain in your back
and can't move for a moment?
That's the trouble with amateurs.
-That's a break. -A break?
You take a momentary pause, then strike your big finish!
Then the fans go wild.
But until a year ago, you went...
There was no break, was there?
Lately, the pain has become worse, and you can't control your moves.
If I say it doesn't hurt, it doesn't.
Don't treat me like an old man.
I'm only here for an operation for hemorrhoids.
This could be a disease worse than hemorrhoids.
What is this disease that's worse than hemorrhoids?
Let's get you tested right away. If we don't hurry, it will be too late.
-Yu-- -Butt out of this.
I've got a press conference now.
This is no time for a press conference.
Good morning. Many people from the media are here.
Is that right?
Let's get you tested.
Dr. Daimon, what's the matter?
I think this doctor is a little crazy.
-Bring that. -Yes, sir.
This is a race against time.
YUJI KUDO
Here we go.
Oh, Yu!
Nice to meet you. I'm Yuji Kudo.
Please, have a seat.
Thank you all for coming.
I'd like to now inform you about the treatment for
the big star, Yuji Kudo.
I am Dr. Hideki Kaji, director of Next-Generation
Ultra-Minimally Invasive Surgery.
I am the surgeon Mamoru Hara.
I will explain the surgery we will perform.
Mr. Kudo's disease is called Dockelburn Syndrome.
That's what the tests show, but don't you worry.
No way. It wasn't just hemorrhoids?
It's just hemorrhoids.
Most likely, that's a made-up name.
It's time. Please come to the operating room.
Again this year, Yuji Kudo plans on having
an enormous charity concert at year's end.
I promise you that this will be
a perfect surgery, and he will make a full recovery.
We will do our utmost. Thank you.
Thank you, doctors.
Let's all do our best.
Yes, let's do our best.
Okay.
Go ahead. What?
-Are you okay? -Don't move!
It's okay. It's nothing.
Yu!
-Stretcher! -Right!
Oh, dear...
My
worst suspicions were right.
Yu...
I need to speak with you.
Is it good news? Or is it bad news?
It's the test results.
It sounds like I don't just have hemorrhoids.
We found that you have retroperitoneal sarcoma.
Sarcoma?
That's cancer, right?
It can be cured with surgery, right?
You know,
why don't you just snip that out when you do my hemorrhoid surgery?
Can't you
operate on it?
I'm not going to die, right, Doctor?
I'm Yuji Kudo.
I can't let cancer get the best of me, understand?
We will do our best.
What? Yuji Kudo doesn't have hemorrhoids?
Right.
Yuji Kudo, age 69.
He's been diagnosed with stage three retroperitoneal sarcoma.
There is a 15-centimeter tumor around the abdominal aorta
near the origin of the celiac artery.
Oh, my goodness.
You must be kidding.
The abdominal aorta is surrounded by the tumor.
It's enormous. It must be 16 centimeters.
Dr. Hara. What in the world is going on here?
I'm terribly sorry.
You were so focused on the hemorrhoid surgery
that you didn't see a sarcoma this large?
I am truly very sorry.
Retroperitoneal sarcoma is a silent killer.
The patient doesn't have any symptoms,
so it's no surprise it wasn't found in pre-op tests.
Hey!
Ms. Daimon, why are you so silent?
You're always talking big and saying, "Let me operate!"
or "I can do this surgery!"
Early symptoms are abdominal pain, nausea,
and anemia.
Eventually, there are bouts of intense pain.
Stage three retroperitoneal sarcoma.
I had the same.
Really?
But you're alive, and you're doing just fine.
When you had your surgery back then, Daimon,
it was Dr. Kaji and Dr. Hara who performed it, right?
Won't it be all right this time too?
Dr. Daimon,
now's the time
when you should be saying, "I never fail," right?
In my case,
the tumor wasn't this large.
This will probably be
a more formidable surgery than that one.
You must be kidding me. I can't believe this.
I made a promise during that press conference.
Don't you know what kind of situation this puts me in?
Who cares about that?
If we allow Yu to die,
his fans nationwide won't stand for it!
Excuse me! There's trouble! Yuji Kudo has disappeared!
I can't find him anywhere.
Dr. Hara!
-Was he on the second floor? -No, he wasn't.
Check the first floor. I'll check the third.
Okay. Thank you.
Yu...
Excuse me.
Have you seen Yu?
No, I haven't seen him.
Come on, Dr. Kaji!
Wait!
I think this looks like Yu's motorcycle.
Let's look around in this area.
Yu...
I don't know what to do now!
Yu...
Yu!
I can't take this.
I can't even operate on my most precious pupil.
I don't know why...
I don't know why
I ever became a doctor.
I want you to
live so much longer.
ODEN
I never thought you'd actually come, Yu.
I'll look after your motorcycle tonight.
Thanks, man.
I wanted to ride farther on my bike.
But your butt hurt, so you couldn't ride, right?
-What a bother you are. -You're a Yu groupie?
I've been looking all over for you. I'm starving.
Sir, I'll have hot sake and oden too.
Okay. Coming right up.
I'll keep watch to keep away the weirdos.
Far away? Where did you plan on going?
To an old friend's place?
I thought about it,
but I don't have any friends.
ODEN
I've lived my life as a lone wolf.
I never let anyone get close to me.
I had never once given a single thought to dying.
I'm still living my dream.
I don't want to die!
I'm afraid of dying!
What are
the chances I can be saved?
Tell me honestly.
It's a brutal surgery, right?
Okay, I'll tell you.
It's 50-50.
Or
even less.
If you don't get surgery, you can sing for three more months.
But the disease will progress during that time,
and there's a 100 percent chance you'll die.
So 50-50 or even less?
You must be kidding me.
This is ridiculous!
You can say that because you're a doctor.
Put yourself in the patient's shoes!
Who the heck
would let someone do surgery like that?
Get away from me!
Go away!
I want to save you!
Everyone is afraid of dying.
I was afraid too.
Retroperitoneal sarcoma,
stage three.
I had the same disease.
Naturally,
I can't operate on my own disease.
I wrote out lots of notes on the surgical procedure.
I wrote tons of notes!
And entrusted myself to them.
Did they save you?
That's why
I will,
with these hands,
save you.
What does it feel like
to cut into a patient's body with a scalpel?
At first, I was so afraid, I was trembling.
A physician can never make a mistake.
So, I told myself
I never fail.
I said it out loud.
Unless I conquer myself like that,
I can't save my patients.
We're alike.
You are just barely conquering too.
Can you conquer
my surgery too?
I swear
I'll conquer.
Dr. Daimon.
I'm counting on you.
I'm depending on you!
I...
never fail.
You just watch.
It'll be fine, Daimon.
Hara, Jonouchi, and I have already done this successfully.
So the fact that you can operate like this is
thanks to us. Take that!
-Let's go. -Yes, ma'am.
First, we'll ablate the tumor from the liver and pancreas.
Then we'll check the kidneys and aorta
and ablate it from the celiac artery.
Dr. Kaji and I will follow up by focusing on the arteries.
Let's get started.
We will now begin the excision of Yuji Kudo's retroperitoneal sarcoma.
Let's begin.
BP, 117 over 82. Pulse, 84, sinus.
-Scalpel. -Here.
Don't trouble yourselves over me.
I'm only here as a representative of Yu's fans nationwide.
If you mess up, I won't take any responsibility.
Hepatic portal exposed. Next, I'll clear around the pancreas.
-All right. Retractor. -Here.
Oh, dear!
The tumor's adhesion to the aorta is too strong.
There's invasive adhesion on the left kidney too.
How are we supposed to remove it? We'll never ablate the tumor now.
-Dr. Daimon! -Ms. Daimon.
-Change in surgical procedure. -Change in surgical procedure?
Total tumor removal via combined resection of the left kidney and aorta.
Then we'll replace it with a synthetic vascular prosthesis.
-Are you crazy? -That's impossible!
Don't even try it!
-Prep the PCPS. -Right.
Here.
-Prep the heparinized saline solution. -Right.
The tumor has infiltrated to right under the aortic opening.
We can't use a synthetic vascular prosthesis like this.
It's impossible to do anything else.
It's not impossible. I'm sure we can overcome this.
It's all right. He has always just barely conquered things.
What's she talking about?
Michiko...
Let's replace it with a hybrid synthetic graft.
A hybrid synthetic graft?
We don't have one of those.
-Get that thing immediately. -Right.
We used it during Dr. Daimon's surgery.
I prepped it.
Thank you.
-Hara, totally awesome job. -Thanks.
What's that all about?
A hybrid synthetic graft is a synthetic vascular prosthesis
attached to a stent graft.
Due to the stent's pressure bonding,
you can connect the vessels
without suturing them.
Dr. Hara saved them this once.
I'm back.
This will work.
We'll replace the aorta with a hybrid synthetic graft.
-Right. -Yes.
-Exposing the aorta. Metzenbaum. -Here.
-Widen the view from that side. -Got it.
Here goes.
SURGERY TIME
What are his vitals?
BP, 109 over 78. Pulse, 77, sinus.
-Good work. -Well done.
That's Yuji Kudo for you.
He stuck in there and roughed it out.
Dr. Daimon, well done.
Dr. Daimon!
As his attending physician
and a fan of Yu, let me express my thanks.
Thank you.
You can do the hemorrhoid surgery.
Okay!
SHIGEKATSU HIRUMA
Dr. Michiko Daimon's surgeries sure don't do my heart any good.
Ruri, can you get me something sweet to eat?
Something sweet, like daifuku.
-Excuse me. -Get me a daifuku, please.
-Oh, you're already here? -I don't have any daifuku,
but I do have a melon.
-This is a melon. -Okay.
-This is the bill. -Okay.
But the operation just ended. Isn't this awfully fast?
This is far too expensive.
Naturally, Totei University will get the credit for the surgery.
The fee for keeping our silence has also become great.
I appreciate your cooperation.
This feels great!
Job well done.
Thank you for saving Yu's life.
What?
Allow me to wash your back as a token of my thanks.
I never said anything,
but I'm actually a secret fan of Yu!
He's completely different than my husband,
the dentist I met at Totei University.
But you have to promise to keep this a secret.
Everyone at the hospital already knows.
What? You're kidding!
ALBERT SAVAROTTI
You saw, Ben Casey. Don't tell a soul. It's a secret.
-I'm back! -Welcome back.
What are you doing, Akira?
I made all your favorite foods today, Michiko.
Crab cream croquettes!
What a great smell!
Oh, that's right. This arrived for you here.
Thank you.
Excuse me.
This is my fifth time, you know.
Why...
why won't my husband even let me, his wife, see him?
Nichotan! You finally came to see me.
This is my husband.
It's been a while. How have you been?
Why in the world do you keep coming here?
And you even lie that you're my common-law wife.
Because I want to operate on you.
You have a congenital heart disease.
A congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries.
The right and left chambers are reversed.
How did you know that?
With the dangerous condition your heart is in,
I couldn't just ignore you.
It's none of your business.
-I'm as good as dead. -You're still alive.
Hurry up and tell them everything and get out of jail.
With you here, I can't operate on you.
What good would that do?
I don't care if
my heart stopped right now.
However, I'm worried about the future of
this country and its children.
That university hospital full of weaklings...
In fact, this country itself
will soon be gobbled up by an enormous black bass.
Hey!
A genius like you
should get out now.
Farewell, my friend.
Hey! Nichotan!
This is the story of a maverick female doctor.
Hey! Are you all right?
We were able to release you in time for the charity concert.
Thank you.
There's a patient I'd like to introduce.
Come on.
This is Kazuto Yoshiyuki.
Kazuto is very young, but he's a genius pianist.
He was going to play with me during this year's charity concert.
But now he has a serious disease.
At this rate, he may not be able to keep playing the piano.
But, Kazuto, don't you worry.
Here at Totei University,
there's a magnificent doctor.
That's exactly right. We have magnificent doctors everywhere.
The doctor who saved me, Dr. Michiko Daimon.
I entrust Kazuto's life to Dr. Daimon.
Dr. Michiko Daimon is super great!
This woman hates groups,
hates authority, and hates restrictions.
Her specialized medical license and well-honed skills
are her weapons.
I'll ask you again.
You agree to a plea bargain, right?
Yes. I merely followed his orders.
Everything
was by the direction of Tange Nicholas.
My diagnosis is
congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries.
If he suffers cardiac failure,
he will require immediate surgery.
Surgeon Michiko Daimon,
otherwise known as Doctor X.
FINAL EPISODE
I want my life to end quietly.
I won't abandon him.
-If you operate, you're a criminal. -I want you to live.
-Suicide? Are you crazy? -It's cancer.
I absolutely never fail.