"Daimon Michiko...you're fired." "How have you been?" "You mean our Daimon?" "This is gonna be good." "You got a big haul today!" "Yeah, first big haul in a long time!" "You're so lucky!" "I wanna be a fisherman too..." "Ain't gonna happen!" "Women folks can't go on fishing boats!" "Yasaku, what's the matter?" "That's what you get for eatin' so fast!" "Yasaku, you'll eat anything." "Did you have bad oysters or something?" "Here, drink this." "Sterilize your stomach with sake!" "Lie down." "Stop eating and help out!" "On his back, okay?" "I'm going to take a look at your stomach." " Where does it hurt?" "Here?" " No." " Here?" " No." " It's not appendicitis." "Here?" " No." " Here?" " No." " Here?" " Yeah, there..." "By the way, who are you?" " A surgeon just passing by." " Surgeon?" "I know it hurts, but you'll be fine." "Hello?" "32-year old male." "Rebound tenderness in upper abdomen." "Vomiting blood." "Consciousness level clear." "Possibility of gastrointestinal perforation." "Get ready for emergency surgery." "Hey, take it easy!" "Keep him level." "Onee-chan, you're cool!" "Yeah?" "Then get in front, sound the siren, and lead the way!" "Roger!" "Hang in there!" "CT!" "After that, gastroscopy." " Uh...excuse me, but..." " Me?" " She's a surgeon who was passing by!" " Exactly." " Hey, get out of the way!" " Quick, hurry!" "Let's begin." "First, antrectomy." "Scalpel." "Demon?" "!" "Hello." "Monopolar." " What're you doing here?" "!" " Can't you tell by looking?" "Why on earth are you here..." " in Takamatsu?" "!" " Get the retractor ready please." "Hey!" "You guys too, why're you..." " Hey, suction please." " Okay..." "Because I never fail." "That's not the point." "What's the deal?" " Replenishing sugar supply." " I'm not talking about the dumpling!" "Listen, that surgery earlier was unexpected!" "You guys said you needed a good doctor here and asked for one, right?" " No, we didn't." " No way!" "What satellite hospital in the sticks would ask for a doctor who demands exorbitant fees like you!" "But I was told to come~." "There must be a mistake." "But it worked out great, since I was unemployed." "Unemployed?" "I hadn't done any surgeries this past week, so I was getting antsy." "Is that right, you're unemployed!" "Demon's finally lost her touch!" " Failed in surgery..." " I did not." "That...the wife of the fishermen's union head gave them to me!" "Me!" " You've adapted quite well, huh?" " I had no choice but to adapt..." "These tangerines are delicious!" "Whose...whose fault was it that things turned out like this!" "If only..." "if only you never showed up," " by now, I would've been..." " A division chief or something?" "That's right." "Yes, I certainly would've been." "Mm, yum." "Come to think of it, the division chief election at" "Teito Medical University Hospital is coming up soon, I hear." "The medical staff must be feeling restless." "Medical staff...election..." "Those words have such a nice ring to it." "Sure brings back memories..." "Wads of money are lying around in operating rooms at university hospitals, right?" "That's right." "But at a satellite hospital in the sticks like this, tangerines are about the only thing you find lying around." "...or rather, you idiot!" "Stop messing with me!" "Pay me for the tangerines!" "You haven't changed at all." "Now then, it's my pleasure to introduce the three candidates for the upcoming election for division chief of" "Teito Medical University Hospital, Surgery Division No. 2." "University hospitals' medical offices were losing power, and even medical care which engages in life plunged into an era where the law of jungle prevailed." "But who would've expected" "Professor Takano to return, not to mention" "Kondo Sensei to emerge, at the last minute." "Professor Ebina has strong features, but his presence is hardly noticeable, huh?" "To fill the critical shortage in the medical field, freelance - that is, lone wolf - doctors emerged." "Wait, Kurumi-chan!" "Stop." "Come back." "For example, this woman." "It's the surgeon!" "Averse to groups, averse to authority, averse to constraints..." "Are you a patient here?" "a medical specialist's license and her self-honed skill are her only weapons." "Kurumi-chan, today's your day to get an IV infusion." "I don't wanna!" "Hey~, Kurumi." "Be a good girl." "It'll be over before you know it." "Okay?" "Go on now." "Thank you." "Come on, let's go." "What does that girl have?" "Malignant fibrous cytoma." "Malignant fibrous cytoma..." "Is it big?" "15 cm." "What's more, it's on the abdominal aorta and wrapped around blood vessels." "The main hospital accepted her at one time, but they concluded she was inoperable, and there was nothing more they could do." "And so, they sent her back here." " What are you going to do?" " What can we do..." "Even Daimon Michiko has to admit that at this stage she's inoperable, right?" "At this point, we can only treat her with IV steroid infusion and chemotherapy." "Let her at least spend her last days here in Takamatsu, her hometown, that's her parents' wish." "Surgeon Daimon Michiko." "Also known as" "Doctor X." "Three wins in a row~!" "Hiromi, you're getting better and better every time." "Thanks to you." "So, Daimon-san went to Takamatsu, huh?" "Well, she did perform the surgery on Professor Takano after all." "It's like she ended up siding with Executive Manager Mabuchi, right?" "You got it." " Takano-kun, you're working hard!" " Thank you." "Takano-kun's practically won the division chief race already!" "Not at all..." " We can't let our guard down yet." " You'll do just fine." "We certainly hope so, but there are opponents to beat..." "Professor Hiruma must be boiling over with anger." "What now?" "!" "What are we going to do now?" "!" "At this rate, the Takano faction has a big advantage!" "You got that?" "!" "There's money moving in the background, or so I heard..." " "Or so I heard"?" " I'm sorry..." "At any rate, we've got to capture the undecided votes, or else we're doomed!" "So, whether it's steak or eel, you'd better plan a party soon!" "Omiya at Sukiyabashi would be the place for steaks." " Eel would be..." "What we have doesn't matter!" " Gyoi." " It can be fugu (puffer fish) too." " For fugu..." " Don't think about it!" " You idiot!" " Gyoi." "You just stand there!" "Executive Manager Hiruma!" "What's the matter?" "Oh, good timing." "That place for eel..." "Ginza what was it?" "What was it called..." " That's not important now!" " W-what?" "What's wrong?" "Just a short while ago, an emergency patient was brought in..." "That's just a daily occurrence." "Seriously, I swear." " I don't care one way or the other." " Right now, Executive Manager Mabuchi and" "Professor Takano are examining her..." "Oh, okay." "I guess that's good." "Who is this emergency patient?" "About that..." "That's why...!" "That's why what?" "So who is it?" "Hiruma..." "My family?" "!" "Oh, you're all here." "Yuka-chan." "Yuka-chan..." "This is..." "Kondo-kun..." "I'm sorry, but can you all leave for a while?" "Please leave!" "Your childhood melanoma was still..." "Yuka-chan..." "A 5-cm tumor was found on the caudate lobe of the liver of" "Executive Manager Hiruma's daughter." "There's a possibility of caudate lobe metastasis of malignant melanoma..." "Frankly, her condition is very grave." "There isn't a moment to lose." "But this surgery can't be performed by our surgery team, can it?" "As I recall, a special team at St. Hopkins University in the U.S." "successfully treated a few cases of caudate lobe metastasis of malignant melanoma in the past by performing caudate lobectomy." "The U.S..." "Caudate lobectomy..." "Then make an appointment immediately with someone at this St. Hopkins University." "Make arrangements to send her to the U.S." "Excuse me, everyone." "I'm sorry for causing you worries." "Sorry I snapped earlier..." "This surgery... will be done here." " However, that's..." " Takano-kun." "You expect me to say we can't operate on the daughter of the Executive Manager of Teito Medical University Hospital's Surgery Department, so we'll have someone else do it?" "!" "I mean, can we?" "Can we do such a disgraceful thing?" "This isn't the time to be worrying about such nonsense!" "Right?" "Ebina-kun." "I'm going to leave you in charge of this surgery." "Where's your "Gyoi"?" "What happened to your usual hearty "Gyoi"?" "!" "I'm sorry..." "Then Kondo-kun." "Depending on your answer, I can narrow down the division chief candidate to just you." "Can you do it?" "I still believe caudate lobectomy is the only way..." "Do you have any experience with caudate lobectomy?" "Can you do it?" " Yes..." " Kondo..." "Don't be blabbering about something you can't even do!" "I'm sorry!" "Isn't there anyone who can do it?" "!" " I'm sorry!" " You ought to be ashamed!" "Gyoi!" " Now you say "Gyoi."" " I'm sorry..." " A hearty "Gyoi" at that..." " I'm sorry." " Professor Ebina." " What?" "This may be your chance." "Chance?" "If you can successfully perform Miss Yukako's surgery, you're guaranteed to get Executive Manager Hiruma's backing." "How did you guys know?" "That's secret information." "Don't underestimate our information network." "Whose subordinate do you think we are?" "But if that happens, not only will you be division chief, but you'll be like secure for life?" "What if I fail?" "Probably something worse than getting shipped out to some satellite hospital." "...seriously, getting shipped out to a satellite hospital like this, my life is all screwed up because of you!" "Oh, say, Kaji-chan!" "Lose the "-chan." No "-chan."" "About Kurumi-chan's surgery, you know you can block the blood flow to blood vessels the tumor's wrapped around, right?" "I've already thought about that." "The tumor's located behind the intestines and blood vessels." "Timewise, that's impossible." "Then how about a temporary bypass?" "That way, you won't have to block the blood flow to the intestines." "Abdominal aorta, vena cava, superior mesenteric artery, and celiac artery." "The tumor's wrapped around all of them." " How am I supposed to do it?" " Hm...." "Then..." "Here, Kurumi-chan's medical record." "If times hadn't changed..." "or rather, if only you weren't there, this Kaji Hideki who could've even been the division chief at Teito Medical University, after exploring every single possibility, came to the conclusion was she was inoperable." "Don't take it so lightly!" "I'm frustrated and angry too..." "Kondo Sensei..." "I..." "I'll be all right, won't I?" "Of course." "I don't want to die..." "Papa came earlier and told me that" "I'll recover for sure." "He said he'll cure me." "You'll do it for me, won't you?" "My surgery." "I... want you to save me." "Of course." "It's reassuring if Kondo Sensei does it, isn't it?" "Caudate lobectomy..." "The special team of our St. Hopkins University achieved great success of a surgery for caudate lobe metastasis of malignant melanoma which had been considered extremely difficult." "The person who joined our team this time and led us to the success of this caudate lobectomy by displaying substantial leadership is..." "Doctor-X." "Oh, look over there, look!" " There he is." "My dad!" " Where?" "That blue one!" "Dad~!" "Hang in there!" "Hey!" "Kurumi!" " He's cool!" " Well, yeah..." "If I was a boy," "I could've carried on Dad's work as a fisherman." "Why can't you?" "I'm sure girls can be fisherman too." "But..." "I can't be one if I can't grow up..." "Dad!" " Kurumi, we got a big haul again today!" " Wow!" "Hello~." "Akira-san?" "Oh, you must've read my mind." "I was just about to call you too." " What?" " Michiko, come back right away." "A top secret job came rolling in." "Top secret?" "Doesn't it have a nice ring to it?" "Top secret...top secret." "The scent of money, right?" "That's right." "This time, they're willing to pay ten times the normal fee." "Really~." "So, where am I going back to?" "Teito Medical University Hospital, Surgery Division No. 2." "I will not go back." "Executive Manager Hiruma's daughter was brought in with caudate lobe metastasis of malignant melanoma." "Caudate lobe metastasis..." "There's no way those folks at Teito Medical University can do it, right?" "Surgery of caudate lobe metastasis, huh?" "You did it once in the U.S., remember?" "Caudate lobectomy." "Oh yeah~." "I did!" "You can do it." "Aren't you itching to put your skill to use?" "Go!" "Hang in there!" "It's sudden, but I'm going back to Tokyo." "Listen..." "Don't give up, you hear?" "You're going to grow up and be a fisherman, right?" "I want to..." "Then promise me." "That you won't ever give up." "Okay!" "Let's go back and get you on your IV today." "What?" "She quit already and went back to Tokyo?" "That lady doctor." "She really was just passing by, wasn't she?" "When you get right down to it, that woman goes flying off to wherever she smells money!" "I'm thinking about going back to Tokyo..." " to introduce to you to my mother." " Huh?" "My wife wants our daughter's surgery to be done by the American special team, but..." "I think...it has to be done at our hospital." "I think that we should." "It's a matter that could affect Teito Medical University's honor." "Who cares about honor!" "It's just a matter of sending her to the U.S. as soon as possible." "You'll be performing the surgery on our daughter, right?" "Yes." "Our team will." "By "our team," you mean..." "in other words, does it mean another doctor will be there acting as your kagemusha (shadow warrior/double)?" "Yes." "Although that's none of our concern." "Gyoi." " Excuse me." "One more order of sirloin, please." " Certainly." "It's so good...!" "Well, uh...about this doctor who supposedly has outstanding skills, have we ever met?" "No, you haven't." "Come to think of it, this doctor... this doctor who's known as kagemusha loves to eat meat." "It seems to me that I heard that somewhere..." "I've conveyed to that person to eat to heart's content" " at this restaurant." " Oh, excuse." "Can you make that 2 more orders of sirloin?" "Yes, certainly." "If this very capable surgeon who we never even met shows even the least bit of lack of confidence," "I'm sending Yukako to the U.S." "I'm sure it will be fine." "That person..." " won't fail..." " never fails." "Uh...if we were to ask this doctor who's known as kagemusha to uh..." "operate on our daughter, in regards to the fee," "I'm thinking this doctor will demand quite an exorbitant amount..." "Can I fold it?" "Shall we get going then?" "Well, Kondo-kun, I'm counting on you." " Maybe we'll go have soba (buckwheat noodles) today." " Then..." " yabu soba (type of soba)?" " Don't say yabu (quack) to a doctor." "Two orders of sirloin." "I thank you once again." "Thank you for agreeing to do it." "Don't mention it." "Anyway, I want to win the division chief race no matter what I have to do." "Why?" "What meaning is there to that?" "I want to see..." "the view from the top." "Pork bun now after eating all that steak?" "It's dessert!" "Say, you're basically a surgeon, aren't you?" "Don't you feel the urge to do it yourself?" "The patient's your fiancée." "I simply can't fail." "That goes for all surgeries." "That's why I never fail." "Where does that confidence come from?" "Then let me ask you this." "Do you think it's okay to have doctors who fail in this world?" "Doctors... shouldn't fail." "To tell you the truth, I failed in the surgery of a case just like Yukako-san's in the past..." "That patient... died." "Oh, really." "I don't want the surgery to fail, so I do it myself." "You don't want the surgery to fail, so you won't do it yourself ...is that right?" "I'm an ogre~!" "Really~?" "Daimon-san's going to be a kagemusha for a surgery." "You get requests like that too, huh?" "It's a sweet deal." "There's a lot of money to be made." "I'm home~." " Hi, Kagemusha~." " Hi!" "Kagemusha~." "Oh, say." "You'll be the anesthesiologist tomorrow, won't you?" "That's fine with me." "But it's going to be a difficult surgery." "When it comes to caudate lobectomy." "No worries." "I know" "Michiko's capability more than Michiko herself." " Oh, yeah?" " You can do it." "Kagemusha's going to bed." " Good night!" " Good night~." "What's kagemusha?" "I heard it's really sweet." " I'm going to eat it too!" " You're going to eat it?" " Then shall we eat this?" " Okay." "I made this." "Professor Kondo!" "I heard you're operating on a very special patient today." "That's all everyone's talking about." "Who is this special patient?" "I also heard no observation whatsoever is allowed." "I'm sorry, but it's as you heard." "I can't tell you." "Excuse me." "Do you have a minute?" "No one except for us professors and the surgery staff have been told about this surgery." "It seems that way." "Do you really think you can do it?" "In life, when the time comes to take a chance, it's my policy to take that chance." "Doctors aren't gamblers!" "I know." "I can only think of it as a reckless gamble." "Kondo." "What are you going to do if you fail?" "There aren't any doctors who are allowed to fail." "I figured out the trick." "What do you mean?" "Daimon Michiko is back." "Don't you get it?" "Daimon Michiko's taking Kondo-kun's place..." "For the honor of the hospital." "And in order for Kondo-kun to win the division chief election..." "It seems they're desperate to resort to anything and everything." "What shall we do?" "Shall we leak this information to the public?" "Don't do that." "I, too, have the honor of Teito Medical University Hospital." " Where's Daimon Sensei?" " She's not here yet." "Are you sure you can't do this surgery?" "Yukako-san thinks that you're performing the surgery." "Is she really going to be all right?" "Entrusting the surgery to a freeter like her." "Have no fear." "We're talking about our precious daughter, you know." "I said have no fear." "Can't you arrange for the American team to come to Japan and have them perform the surgery in secret?" " Dear!" " Don't worry." "Hello, this is Hiruma." "Office Manager?" "Yes, it's me." "Yes, I'm at the airport to pick them up." "Yes." "Okay." "I just called to make sure." "Please put your mind at ease." "I'll make sure I'll do as told." " Yes, as quickly as possible." " Thanks." " Dear!" " Don't worry." "Epidural anesthesia and general anesthesia administered." "Vitals are stable." "We will now being the caudate lobectomy, the resection of the caudate lobe metastasis of malignant melanoma." "Daimon Sensei, please." "Scalpel." "Monopolar." " Hello~!" " Hello." "Aren't you early?" "The surgery's still in progress." "As you know, this time around it's Daimon Michiko's special project." "You requested a kagemusha for your surgery." "As such, additional fee will be incurred." "As such." "You dare to take advantage of my situation." "Being that the amount is quite large," "I thought you should at least have the bill first." "Here you go." "Of course, I have a melon for you too." "Thanks." "But you know, as far as the bill goes," "I got one already from Daimon Michiko herself." " Excuse me?" "From her?" " Yes." "Well, well..." "I learned there's this way to overcharge for services too." "I've got to say, she's a real piece of work." "That Daimon Michiko." "Excuse me." "Kelly." "Muscle hook." "Exposure complete of the inferior vena cava." "CVP (central venous pressure) under 5 and stable." "Ligation and resection of the short hepatic vein." "Fine tip kelly." "2 strands of 3/0 silk." "Metzen." "Michiko..." "What the hell is she thinking?" "Now then, give me back that bill." "In exchange, I'll give you back this bill for 10 million." "Daimon Michiko... she's a doctor totally consumed with greed, isn't she?" "I've never had anyone propose a condition like this." "Michiko~...!" "Resecting the caudate lobe and ligament." "Mosquito." "Starting with the right lobectomy." "Monopolar." "The hepatic vein split apart..." "It's the same as 3 years ago..." "It's bleeding from the area where the vein branches off." "I knew it..." "I knew this would happen..." "So?" "It split apart, so of course it's gonna bleed." " What do you mean it's gonna bleed..." " Just so you know, this isn't a failure." " But we should do a hemostatic suture immediately..." " I will not do that." " Not doing a hemostatic suture?" "!" " Blood pressure down to 70." "Hemostatic compression with rolled gauze." "You there, move." "You go over there." "Move it." "Proceed with caudate lobectomy." "Bring the damaged area from valley to wall and suture." "You weren't just sleeping these past 3 years, were you?" "The damaged area from valley to wall..." "We'll proceed with the caudate lobectomy." "Dissecting the split hepatic vein." "Monopolar." "The damaged area from valley to wall..." "From valley to wall..." "Dissection complete." "Suture." "5/0 nylon." "Forceps." "Hemostatic suture complete." "Vitals?" "Blood pressure 110 over 70." "Heart rate 90." "Proceeding with the caudate lobectomy." "Kelly." "Forceps." " Michiko~!" " No running in the hallways!" "Suture complete." "We're done." "Blood pressure 105 over 70." "Vitals stable." "Good job." "I'm leaving first." "Michiko!" "I heard from Executive Manager Hiruma." "What are you thinking?" "He gave it away, that old fox..." "Did you hear me?" "Huh?" "Are you getting on?" "Are you getting on?" "Michiko, stop!" "No!" "Hey, get off..." "Michiko!" "There's no way!" "Hello." "I was asked by Executive Manager Hiruma, and brought her from the airport a little while ago." "Thanks." "Thanks for making the long trip." "Were you surprised?" "Hello." "Tired?" "Demon...can actually smile." " How is it?" " It's 36.8." "What a relief~..." "What a great relief." "She must have some great skills, that Daimon Michiko." "Daimon Michiko..." "She agreed to be Kondo-kun's kagemusha in exchange for being allowed to operate on a child patient from a provincial hospital." "She's really an amazing..." "or rather, an appalling doctor." "Excuse me..." " That's not true." " What isn't?" "From the middle to the end of your daughter's surgery," "Kondo Sensei performed the surgery himself as the primary surgeon." "Huh?" "What about Daimon Michiko then?" "She was just watching... as his assistant." "Just watching?" "!" "You're getting your surgery done here." "I'll save you for sure." "You're going to grow up and be a fisherman like your dad." "Promise." "You're pretty darn good." "I told you, remember?" "I know your capability better than you." "It's impossible to operate on that girl." "Ex vivo resection (taking out organs and operating on them outside the body to remove tumors)," "That's what you're thinking, aren't you?" " Akira-san knows me well!" " Don't be so full of yourself!" "There have been only two successful cases of that surgery in the whole world." "It's unprecedented in Japan, you know?" "Michiko." "This time, there's no way you can say "I never fail."" "Michiko." "I don't want to lose you." "Are you trying to tell me, Daimon Michiko, who got to know that child and found out about her illness, to do nothing about it?" " You want me to run away?" " That's not what I..." "For that child, surgery's her last chance." "This is the story of a lone wolf woman doctor." "I was sure taken for a fool..." "University hospitals' medical offices were losing power, and even medical care which engages in life plunged into an era where the law of jungle prevailed." "To fill the critical shortage in the medical field, freelance - that is, lone wolf - doctors emerged." "For example, this woman." "Averse to crowds, averse to authority, averse to constraints, a medical specialist's license and her self-honed skill are her only weapons." "Surgeon Daimon Michiko." "Also known as Doctor X." "Daimon Michiko will have to fail." "She has 6 months to live." "Sensei says she never fails." "I will not allow you to perform a risky surgery." "Did the day finally come?" "For Michiko to quit."