If there's a possibility, it should be suggested.
I'm saying it's gonna be a major problem if he dies because of it!
If you tell me I'll get better, I'll believe it.
- Good luck charm? - I want you to say it with your heart.
Doctors are responsible for what they say,
and people who can't understand that
shouldn't be doctors.
A miracle is called a miracle
because it seldom happens.
You'll get better... I should have told him that.
I... couldn't give him the good luck charm
Is something the matter?
Good morning.
It must be tough to be a resident in emergency, unlike internal medicine.
You have patients coming in one after another and every second counts.
They probably don't have time to agonize over every little thing.
What do you mean by that?
Nothing in particular.
A golf competition?
You want us to make the arrangements?
That's right. It's one of the medical staff's important job
that serves to refresh the busy doctors and promote friendship with pharmaceutical companies.
Konno Sensei, you must be experienced in these things.
- From your previous job. - Yes, a few times...
Having an experienced person is reassuring.
Well, everyone, I'm counting on you.
You call this an important job?
Of course it's an important job.
- If you want to be successful here. - Really?
Guys who can run the show are considered useful.
You guys' boss, that bootlicking Nakajima.
That's how he advanced too.
Just what you'd expect at a university hospital.
That's how all organizations are. You guys should give it a shot
to get on that fast track to success.
That means Konno Sensei has the advantage since he's experienced.
I'm not too interested in all that.
Is he still dwelling on that?
Morishita Sensei?
Tell him to make sure he attends the competition this time.
It appears he doesn't enjoy golfing too much.
Hm~...We're just not very compatible.
He likes spicy food, I like sweets. We don't have much in common.
I know what you mean. No matter how good a doctor he is,
that kind of lone wolf-like attitude is not commendable.
Nevertheless, personally, I'd like to be on better terms with him before
this next race for the dean's position.
Yes, indeed. You certainly need to be on good terms.
Anyway, we have to enjoy ourselves. I'm counting on you too.
You bet.
By the way, how's Konno Sensei doing?
Thankfully, he's settled down quite a bit.
I see.
The less foolhardiness, the better.
Oh, hi there.
- I see we got a new patient. - Yeah, from today.
Do you want to go give your business card to the new patient?
Yeah... later.
Are you still bothered about Kijima-san?
It's been 3 days already.
It's only been 3 days.
Did you, by any chance, go to the wake?
I didn't go...
I thought about going, but Morishita Sensei warned me not to.
What did he say?
He said I should draw a distinct line as a doctor between the patients and myself.
You'll be fine. I'm sure you'll get used to it soon.
Get used to patients' deaths?
Sorry...
- Good afternoon~. - Good afternoon.
Good job.
My name is Suzu.
I'm pleased to meet you. Get set...
- My name is Suzu.
- I'm pleased to meet you. - You did it. Awesome.
Name. This is... Excuse me for a minute.
Takeshi-kun, Hiroki-kun.
Pay attention to Sensei's sign language and follow her.
Sorry about those two earlier. I'll give them a good talking to.
That's okay.
If I could get them interested in sign language even a little, I'll be happy.
Excuse me. Where do you want these?
Oh, can you take them to the shed?
Got it.
Oh, that's right, I hadn't introduced you yet. This is
Katsuragi-san, the instructor for our sign language class.
He's our new part-timer starting today, Hayashida-san.
I'm Hayashida. Pleased to meet you.
He has a bad leg
from an accident when he was in high school.
What? From Surgery and Emergency?
They want to transfer the patients here.
Two at once, huh? Hm... The adjustment's going to be a pain.
Yes. Plus,
apparently, they're both rather troublesome patients.
- What kind of patients are they? - This...
What? Hayama Sanae?
You mean, that Hayama Sanae?
Excuse me.
- Is this the ward for general medicine? - Yes, it is.
My wife will be under your care starting today.
The nurse station is straight ahead.
Are you in general medicine?
Yes. My name is Konno.
I won't be here too long, but nice to meet you.
You don't know Hayama Sanae, Konno Sensei?
She's a super famous actress.
She was a regular at the movie awards and she was in dramas all the time too.
Most of the time I only watched period dramas or anime.
Hayama Sanae retired a few years ago, didn't she?
Rumor is, it was due to medical reasons...
Or rather, it's too late now.
Primary liver cancer.
Subsequent to being admitted for hepatectomy,
further tests found 4 tumors and Child-Pugh classification of C.
Which means she can't be treated.
Yes. Which is why we're keeping her here for a while
before she's transferred to a hospice.
And so, Konno Sensei, you will be her attending physician.
- What? - The patient, herself,
asked for Konno Sensei by name.
But I...
If you don't feel up to it, I can take over.
There's one more new patient. A young lady.
Oh, I'll take that one.
Oh, you're a resident.
Yes. Even though I'm in my late 30's.
That's unusual.
I'm sorry for my rude behavior earlier.
I didn't realize you were such a famous person.
That's alright. Besides, I'm retired now
and I feel more comfortable around
people who don't know me. That's why I asked for you.
However, I'm still inexperienced.
That's not a problem.
About the only thing you'll be asked to do is give me pain killers.
Mom, we're heading out now.
Okay, I'll go part of the way with you.
I wanted to have a cigarette anyway.
W-wait a minute. No smoking.
How come?
It might worsen your condition.
Sensei, save that line for
a patient with a prognosis for recovery.
- Attempted suicide?! - Idiot! Keep your voice down.
Yoshino Kaori-san, 22 years old.
She was transported to emergency this morning, but
proteinuria and hematuria was detected by urinalysis so
we were asked to examine her.
Uh...is she gonna be alright? What if she tries to kill herself again...
Yeah... She's probably still mentally unstable.
You'd better keep a good eye on her.
I drew the loser~. Crap!
- So she's refusing treatment? - That's right~.
Seriously, it's one of those give me a break case, right?
She's still a college student, isn't she?
What was the reason for her suicide?
Her job offer was rescinded and
right after that, her boyfriend dumped her.
I don't understand why she'd try to die for those reasons.
But, well, it's certainly worrisome. Suicides in hospitals aren't that uncommon.
What a major pain~
All I want to do is treat them quickly and be thanked.
Then why don't you go to Surgery when your residency's done here?
It's depressing in internal medicine. And there's a lot of patients who can't be cured.
I wonder how long Konno Sensei's going to stay.
He was gathering a ton of material on liver cancer.
Oh well. I don't think there's anything he can do this time.
He's also nervous after what happened to Kijima-san.
Maybe that's more normal.
It made me think.
When did I
start getting used to patients' deaths.
"I'm going for my routine checkup tomorrow. Are you feeling any better?"
"Not much yet... When human life is involved,
it's not that simple."
Here's the list of prizes for the golf competition.
There's a lot of restrictions these days, so
I'm strictly helping out on my own.
- Helping out? - Yes.
Also, if you could get the participants to
adjust their schedule by the end of the week.
Got it.
Let's divvy this up and get it over with.
But where's Konno Sensei?
Making the rounds. I don't think advancement is on his mind.
- Well, I'll ask her. - Really?
- I'm counting on you. - But she might refuse.
That's when you have to persuade her, Konno Sensei.
- After all, she asked for you by name. - Wah! All this?
Incidentally, there's one for Professor Saeki too.
He said he's a big fan so make sure he gets it.
Why don't you ask her yourself.
It's a little embarrassing to ask myself.
Ah~ I feel the same way.
Besides, as her longtime fan,
making contact with a real live Hayama Sanae is a little...
I know. I know that feeling. How long have you been her fan?
Since I saw her in "108th Love Letter"
when I was in high school.
For me,
it's was her first starring role in "Nishi Nippori Love Story."
Oh... that's a classic!
And so, if it's not too much trouble.
That's fine. I don't mind.
I'm free in the afternoon anyway.
We could only come in the morning today.
These people are busy too. Right?
I'm sorry.
That's right, Konno-san.
How about one cigarette per one autograph?
No deal. That's the rule.
You're sure inflexible.
Long time ago when a played a doctor in a drama,
I was nicer to my patients, you know.
Drama is different from reality.
Indeed.
In dramas, we used to effortlessly save
terminally ill patients.
I'll have these signed before I go to the hospice.
I'll treat them like keepsakes and sign them with care.
Then we'll take our leave for today.
Excuse me...
I'm sorry I can't be of help.
I did some research, but
I was unable to find an effective treatment for Hayama-san.
I'm really sorry.
Ah...um... Please raise your head.
You don't need to tell us as long as she knows.
- But... - I'm sorry! Excuse us.
Then I'll be back this afternoon.
I told you yesterday too, but
I recommend you get a kidney biopsy.
I'm telling you just so you know, but even if don't do anything,
it's not a life-threatening disease right now.
But if you let it go, it may lead to kidney failure.
If that happens, you're the one who's going to suffer.
Also, there are people in this world
battling lifelong injuries and diseases
but hanging in there and getting treatments.
I want you to think about those people.
You won't be taking your life so lightly just because of things like job or boyfriend.
If you'll excuse me.
Your numbers are down.
I don't see a problem for you to continue working.
However, please make sure you don't overexert yourself.
Thank you.
Is there anything else that's on your mind?
When you lost your first patient, how did you get back on your feet?
Well. You have to draw a line at how much you can do in your role.
Doctors aren't God, so
even if you take the most appropriate measures, it's patients' will that cures them.
On the other hand, unless there's an obvious medical blunder,
doctors aren't involved their patients' death.
That's about the extent of what doctors can do.
That's my philosophy.
However...how Konno Sensei arrives at his decision is a different matter.
Where one draws the line differs from person to person.
Hello.
Is Yuta-san still working?
He's running around. There's been some trouble.
Trouble?
A patient who tried to commit suicide
is missing.
Hey.
I think it'll be agonizing. To hang yourself.
Say.
Don't do it in such a dingy place.
Please leave me alone.
Don't get rough with me.
I'm going to die pretty soon from cancer.
Man coming in!
Oh dear. I've been found.
That's why I told you to keep your eye on her!
I'm sorry.
But I can't watch her all the time.
That's not all. The patient in the same room said
she left the room after you gave her a talk.
I just suggested that she get tested.
But coming down so hard on a mentally unstable patient
- is a problem. - Excuse me~
Why don't we have her transfer to Psychiatrics once?
If the patient has no intention of getting treatment,
there's no need to keep her hospitalized.
That's right, isn't it.
Ask her if she wants to go to Psychiatrics or be discharged.
- She's the one who has to make the decision. - Alright.
Thank God. The troublesome patient's gone.
But I have a hard time talking to her. Can someone else go in my place?
I'll be working on this.
She's your patient, Shimoda Sensei.
She'll be discharged soon anyway, right?
Besides, I don't think she likes me either.
Don't you think you're being irresponsible?
Maybe she could have died earlier.
She wasn't sick. It was suicide!
Are you saying it doesn't concern you if it was suicide?
It doesn't concern me, does it?
A doctor's job is to treat patients.
Don't think that everyone gets involved with
their patients like you, Konno Sensei.
That's just irritating.
Don't you want to help her?
Then why did you become a doctor, Shimoda Sensei?
I'll go talk to the patient.
I'm going too.
If you wish to be discharged,
please write a statement here.
We need to document the patient's refusal to receive treatment.
Why don't you wait at least until you get some counseling?
Yoshino-san.
- What a pain in the ass. - Sawamura Sensei.
Right now you're thinking about where you can die after you leave, aren't you?
Hey.
It's none of your business. That's right, it's not my business.
Once you leave this hospital.
That's why I'm telling you while you're still here.
You can die if you want, but
if you do, please don't inconvenience other people.
You live in an apartment. If you commit suicide there,
the landlord will be inconvenienced. You understand that, don't you?
If you jump in front of a train, other passengers will be inconvenienced.
If you jump off a building, that building and passersby will be inconvenienced.
Of course, if you die in this hospital, we'll be inconvenienced.
- That's none of my... - How can you say it's none of concern!
People
are made to come in contact with other people just by being alive.
If you're going to kill yourself,
think of a way to do it without inconveniencing other people.
Seriously, you're an inconvenience to us.
- Is everything alright? - It's fine.
Please take her to her room.
That meant die a natural death, right?
Ah~ I'm going crazy.
Are you alright?
- It's your fault, Konno Sensei. - Huh?
- The date of the competition? - Yes.
We'll decide on the date that's convenient for you.
Any time's fine with me.
- I'll go along with the other doctors. - But
I was told to make sure you participated.
If I have a patient I can't leave that day, that will take precedence.
Patients are the ones who determine a doctor's schedule.
Morishita Sensei,
why did you decide to become a doctor?
I mean, I feel like
- maybe I'm not cut out to be a doctor. - Why?
I always got fairly good grades in school, and when it came time to decide which course to pursue
I'm not sure why, but I applied for medical school.
I used to watch medical dramas and thought maybe I wanted to help others.
But I'm thinking maybe that's not good enough.
You'll be fine if you want to help others.
All you have to do now is find what your role is.
Besides, I'm the same as you.
I decided to be a doctor because of
a drama I watched when I was in high school.
We'll have to confiscate these.
Just one sip of wine.
- No? - No.
Hello, this is Office Hayama.
My name is Konno. I'm a doctor at Touo Medical University Hospital.
Touo? Ah, the hospital Sanae's at...
Yes. I'm her attending physician.
This phone number was listed as the point of contact.
Yes. Hayama doesn't have any relatives so
we asked that we be contacted if anything happens.
- May I bother you for a minute? - Come in.
I was bored stiff anyway.
What's with that fine look?
Are you going to confess or something?
Is there something I can do for you?
Give me back my liquor and cigarettes.
Other than that.
Cure me.
- ...Wouldn't that put you on the spot? - It would.
I heard it from a nurse earlier.
That one of your patients died a few days ago.
There's no need to torment yourself so much.
You did what you can to the best of your ability, didn't you?
Probably even now.
I guess you found out about those three, huh?
Yes.
It's an amazing world, isn't it?
I hear extras like them are in demand for ceremonial occasions.
Because it's lonely if there aren't enough people.
But I didn't hire them because I was lonely.
I hired them so that I could act it out.
A former actress hospitalized all by herself
doesn't make for a pretty picture.
I thought I'd choreograph a happy scene
of being surrounded by a family even if I'm terminally ill.
And we're the audience?
Wasn't it pretty good?
I heard from someone at your office.
That you didn't want
any work-related people coming to visit you at the hospital.
That's right.
Why?
I'd be scared to die if
people who were close to me are by my side.
I wouldn't want to show my true self.
Until the very last minute,
I want to be acting in front of those people I came into contact for only a fleeting second.
That's...the role I decided to play.
So Konno-san,
there's only one thing I want you to do for me.
Please don't...take pity on me.
You just need to fulfill your role as a doctor.
That's more than enough.
No smoking.
You're tough, Sensei.
Good morning.
Hey there, Konno.
Where's that Hayama Sanae's autograph I asked you to get?
You'll get it on the day of Hayama-san's discharge.
Make sure you get it, huh?
To be staying at the same hospital...
a coincidence like this will never happen again.
- Where's Yoshino-san? - She left already.
I tried to stop her, but she wouldn't listen.
Shimoda-kun, let's finish taking care of the prizes for the competition.
He said I should draw a distinct line
as a doctor between the patients and myself.
I drew a loser~ Crap!
What a major pain~
All I want to do is treat them quickly and be thanked.
You won't be taking your life so lightly just because of things like job or boyfriend.
You'll be fine if you want to help others.
All you have to do now is find what your role is.
Then why did you become a doctor, Shimoda Sensei?
Shimoda-kun!
He's got it too now.
You just need to fulfill your role as a doctor.
Shimoda Sensei!
Yoshino-san!
Won't you come back to the hospital?
Please come back and get treated.
I apologize for what I said the other day.
Other people has nothing to do with you, but
I disregarded your suffering and opened my big mouth.
How do I say, I can't do anything
about your work or your boyfriend, so
your suffering may not be eased because I can't be of help at all.
But I want to do something about your illness.
Because you ended up in our hospital and I ended up as your doctor.
That's why I want to help you, Yoshino-san.
Because that's my...
role as a doctor.
Please. Please get proper treatment.
Will insurance cover it?
Of course.
I tried to think of ways to kill myself without
inconveniencing other people like that lady doctor told me, but
I couldn't think of any...
Of course you couldn't. There isn't such a thing.
Everything has its own role.
In this world,
there's no razor that was made to slit a wrist, and
neither is there a rope that was made to hang oneself.
I'll come get you when test preparations have been made.
I'm glad things worked out, Shimoda Sensei.
I'll help with the preparation for the competition.
You have experience, after all.
Although I screwed up and got chewed out every time.
Aw, come on! Give me a break.
- You're really gonna mess me up. - Why's that?
I wonder why.
Thank you for everything, Sensei.
It was only for a short time, but it's been fun.
Although it wasn't good when I ran out of liquor and cigarettes.
The items we were holding for you.
Ah... thanks.
First thing I'll have to do when I leave here is have a cigarette.
No, you shouldn't. It's bad for your health.
I'm sorry, but I'll do as I like for the remainder of my life.
Please give up smoking and drinking.
I'll come visit you.
Forget it. Don't bother.
I'm coming.
Once I step out that door
your role as it relates to me is over.
But it's not just me.
Yoshino-san wants to go visit you too.
Why? She and I are...
Both Yoshino-san and I are already involved in your life.
Since we're a part of your life, we'll come visit you at the hospice.
That's the role I decided for myself.
That's called...
Self-satisfaction, I know.
When we come and if you really don't to want to see us, send us away.
I'll think of the next step when that time comes.
So...
take care of yourself and live as long as possible.
I don't like busybodies, Konno-san.
I'm sorry.
Bye.
"Thanks for being concerned the other day.
I'm alright now. Let's go have dinner sometime."
Like this?
- No, like this. - No, like this.
You can't use sign language when your hands are full.
This lady was asking you
why you're doing such a thing and
if you ever thought about the other person's feeling.
Well, I won't get into the heavy stuff, but
if you're gonna make fun of someone, do it behind his back.
If you do it in front of that person or someone with common sense,
you're gonna get scolded like you are now.
Learn to separate your private and public selves.
If you got it, go play outside.
I'm sorry.
It's tiresome to teach them glossed over truths.
It's okay
if people aren't all that considerate.
- Visit the grave? - Yes. I'm visiting Kijima-san's grave soon.
That's where I'm drawing my line.
Sounds like a good idea. If that's what you decided.
Thank you for your advice.
Is that all you wanted?
No. This too.
I didn't think you were her fan too.
I can somewhat see it in Professor Saeki and Nakajima Sensei.
There's nothing wrong with me being her fan, is there?
Well, no.
"Miracle Doctor Naoko."
- Huh? - Hayama Sanae starred in it.
It's what triggered me to become a doctor.
They have up to Season 7.
It's good. Watch it some time.