I'm a doctor by profession, and I watch J-dramas. No brainer here.
EDIT: This post has a followup!
Code Blue
Starring: Tomohisa Yamashita, Erika Toda, Yui Aragaki
Synopsis: Four doctors undergo training in emergency medicine. With helicopters.
Bad Guy: just some regular disasters/accidents.
Drama: 8/10. Each character has their own dramatic thing going on and will try to milk you hard for tears. Most of it is patient related and they are usually nice people, so you feel sorry for them. The drama ratches itself up near the end.
Medical Accuracy: 3.5/5. I guess your disbelief will depend more on whether the actors/actresses were convincing to you. The cases themselves are understandable. As for that thing in the special, well...
Overall: 8/10. Again, a fun drama.
Nurse Aoi
Starring: Satomi Ishihara
Synopsis: A really good nurse is recruited into a hospital where the doctors mostly really suck. She fights off her emotional baggage and tries to make the hospital a better place.
Bad Guy: Tadokoro, a doctor who wants to transform the hospital into a health-for-profit place. And he sucks.
Drama: 8.5/10. Aoi treats all her patients like family, and is really a nice person. The one good doctor in the hospital is also a nice dude, and the episode that involves him was good drama. Medical Accuracy: 3/5. I dunno what the laws for nurses are in Japan, but are they allowed to perform at least needle thoracotomies, at least under supervision? The iffy translation made understanding the actual diseases harder, but throwing out a diagnosis of sick sinus syndrome just like that?
Overall: 7.5/10. It sucks when the nurse is better than most of the doctors in the hospital lol. But still a good drama.
Iryu: Team Medical Dragon
Starring: Kenji Sakaguchi, Asami Mizukawa, Teppei Koike
Synopsis: A super genius surgeon goes to a hospital, to perform a super hard heart surgery (season 1) and to revitalize a dying hospital (season 2.) Over the top drama ensues.
Bad Guy: Noguchi, an evil medical director who wants to make the hospital into a health-for-profit institution.
Drama: sdbjgfk/10. This series is sometimes so over the top its crazy. Surgery without electricity? Check. But with regards to scenes that mine those tears from your eyes, it's just okay.
Medical Accuracy: 2.5/5. Given that most of the medical scenarios in this series are ridiculously over the top (albeit possible) it's hard to say that it can happen in real life. A new Batista technique? Fictional. A thoracotomy using a ballpen case? Well...
Overall: 8/10. It's fun if you don't take it that seriously.
VOICE
Starring: Eita, Ikuta Toma, Satomi Ishihara
Synopsis: Four medical students undergo a special elective class... in forensic pathology.
Bad Guy: Whatever or whoever killed the dead person of the week.
Drama: 9/10. The drama focuses on each person who died and their intentions and reasons for dying. Most of it is thankfully really really good.
Medical Accuracy: 3.5/5. Actually the medicine takes a backseat to the drama in this series, but what medicine does exist is more or less spot on with a few exceptions.
Overall: 8.5/10. Fun drama by itself. As a medical drama, don't expect too much.
Tomorrow
Starring: Miho Kanno, Yutaka Takenouchi
Synopsis: A disgraced surgeon turned government worker is tasked to help rejuvenate a dying community hospital. Bad Guy: The dudes who want to close the hospital down and make the resort, or the Neurosurgeon who wants to make the hospital into a for-profit specialty hospital.
Drama: 10/10. I was impressed by the quality of the drama in this series. It is character driven and a bit manipulative, but it works overall.
Medical Accuracy: 3/5. A lot of the medicine here is okay, but some of it is just plain weird. Some take the medicine with some liberties (near instant recovery after a cranial hematoma evacuation? lolwut) What makes this drama different is that it tackes some important topics (DNR, right to live, living wills, 'monster patients,' overstaying patients, malpractice) that every health practitioner has encountered in their lifetime.
Overall: 9/10. Quite a good drama actually.
God Hand Teru
Starring: Junpei Mizobata, Asami Mizukawa Synopsis: The son of a super genius surgeon who died in a plane crash is recruited by a super prestigious hospital full of excellent surgeons. BUT, he's actually just a newbie. If he's in a bind, on the other hand, he summons the strength of his dead father and gains super genius surgeon powers.
Bad Guy: some evil corporation that wants the hospital to be for-profit. Are we beginning to see a trend here?
Drama: 7/10. Standard j-drama fare. What makes this different from Iryu is this isn't over the top enough. So it's not that fun.
Medical Accuracy: 2.5/5. Again, the outlandishness of some of the medical scenarios makes them hardly believable. Normal people would die with such grave conditions. But since our protagonist has super awesome surgeon powers, it's okay.
Overall: 7.5/10. Still fun, but not as fun as Iryu.
EDIT: This post has a followup!
Code Blue
Starring: Tomohisa Yamashita, Erika Toda, Yui Aragaki
Synopsis: Four doctors undergo training in emergency medicine. With helicopters.
Bad Guy: just some regular disasters/accidents.
Drama: 8/10. Each character has their own dramatic thing going on and will try to milk you hard for tears. Most of it is patient related and they are usually nice people, so you feel sorry for them. The drama ratches itself up near the end.
Medical Accuracy: 3.5/5. I guess your disbelief will depend more on whether the actors/actresses were convincing to you. The cases themselves are understandable. As for that thing in the special, well...
Overall: 8/10. Again, a fun drama.
Nurse Aoi
Starring: Satomi Ishihara
Synopsis: A really good nurse is recruited into a hospital where the doctors mostly really suck. She fights off her emotional baggage and tries to make the hospital a better place.
Bad Guy: Tadokoro, a doctor who wants to transform the hospital into a health-for-profit place. And he sucks.
Drama: 8.5/10. Aoi treats all her patients like family, and is really a nice person. The one good doctor in the hospital is also a nice dude, and the episode that involves him was good drama. Medical Accuracy: 3/5. I dunno what the laws for nurses are in Japan, but are they allowed to perform at least needle thoracotomies, at least under supervision? The iffy translation made understanding the actual diseases harder, but throwing out a diagnosis of sick sinus syndrome just like that?
Overall: 7.5/10. It sucks when the nurse is better than most of the doctors in the hospital lol. But still a good drama.
Iryu: Team Medical Dragon
Starring: Kenji Sakaguchi, Asami Mizukawa, Teppei Koike
Synopsis: A super genius surgeon goes to a hospital, to perform a super hard heart surgery (season 1) and to revitalize a dying hospital (season 2.) Over the top drama ensues.
Bad Guy: Noguchi, an evil medical director who wants to make the hospital into a health-for-profit institution.
Drama: sdbjgfk/10. This series is sometimes so over the top its crazy. Surgery without electricity? Check. But with regards to scenes that mine those tears from your eyes, it's just okay.
Medical Accuracy: 2.5/5. Given that most of the medical scenarios in this series are ridiculously over the top (albeit possible) it's hard to say that it can happen in real life. A new Batista technique? Fictional. A thoracotomy using a ballpen case? Well...
Overall: 8/10. It's fun if you don't take it that seriously.
VOICE
Starring: Eita, Ikuta Toma, Satomi Ishihara
Synopsis: Four medical students undergo a special elective class... in forensic pathology.
Bad Guy: Whatever or whoever killed the dead person of the week.
Drama: 9/10. The drama focuses on each person who died and their intentions and reasons for dying. Most of it is thankfully really really good.
Medical Accuracy: 3.5/5. Actually the medicine takes a backseat to the drama in this series, but what medicine does exist is more or less spot on with a few exceptions.
Overall: 8.5/10. Fun drama by itself. As a medical drama, don't expect too much.
Tomorrow
Starring: Miho Kanno, Yutaka Takenouchi
Synopsis: A disgraced surgeon turned government worker is tasked to help rejuvenate a dying community hospital. Bad Guy: The dudes who want to close the hospital down and make the resort, or the Neurosurgeon who wants to make the hospital into a for-profit specialty hospital.
Drama: 10/10. I was impressed by the quality of the drama in this series. It is character driven and a bit manipulative, but it works overall.
Medical Accuracy: 3/5. A lot of the medicine here is okay, but some of it is just plain weird. Some take the medicine with some liberties (near instant recovery after a cranial hematoma evacuation? lolwut) What makes this drama different is that it tackes some important topics (DNR, right to live, living wills, 'monster patients,' overstaying patients, malpractice) that every health practitioner has encountered in their lifetime.
Overall: 9/10. Quite a good drama actually.
God Hand Teru
Starring: Junpei Mizobata, Asami Mizukawa Synopsis: The son of a super genius surgeon who died in a plane crash is recruited by a super prestigious hospital full of excellent surgeons. BUT, he's actually just a newbie. If he's in a bind, on the other hand, he summons the strength of his dead father and gains super genius surgeon powers.
Bad Guy: some evil corporation that wants the hospital to be for-profit. Are we beginning to see a trend here?
Drama: 7/10. Standard j-drama fare. What makes this different from Iryu is this isn't over the top enough. So it's not that fun.
Medical Accuracy: 2.5/5. Again, the outlandishness of some of the medical scenarios makes them hardly believable. Normal people would die with such grave conditions. But since our protagonist has super awesome surgeon powers, it's okay.
Overall: 7.5/10. Still fun, but not as fun as Iryu.
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