Doctor X

Autashi Shippan ShinaioDeh (I never Fail) !

Ita Shimanai (I won't do that)!

Oh I just loved this Show and don't know when fell in love with Ryoko Yonekura completely. <3 <3.

I am a big fans of House MD (10/10), getting recommended from my friend to watch this, and get hooked in an instant.

Don't get me wrong, it is nothing like House MD which requires multiple interpretation of finding the message of layers of story, on contrary in Japanese's way of telling story is very subtle and simple (zen and haiku), but still leave you a wisdom to cherish at the end of each episode.

The situation comedy sometimes distract the story line, which I would give 10/10 without it.

I never liked TV Shows but I loved this series. This is by far the best TV show I have ever watched.

Ryoko Yonekura is the best cast for Surgeon Daimon Michiko's personality. She is brave and precise in every surgery. Loved her to the max. I am finishing this show to watch her next show, Legal V.

Her best quote is "Watashi shippai shinainode" which means "I never fail".

"Doctor X" is as irreverent and far-fetched as the series "House." But it does this in a very Japanese way. So don't go into this series expecting an exact copy of the American drama. Do expect, however, a drama-comedy that (only slightly) exaggeratedly plays off Japanese-ness in terms of culture and norms.

What good about this series is that, as a Japanese comedy-drama, it works well due to its fantasy of a super talented outsider doctor taking on the system. Not only that, she's a woman, and a surgeon! In Japan, women make up less than 6% of all surgeons. That fact alone makes for a very promising series.

The machinations and politicking of the male doctors and hospital administrators are equally fun and interesting to watch. The acting is quite good if sometimes a bit overplayed. But that is usual for Japanese comedy-dramas. So too is the overall plot in each season.

The only downside is that the main character is a bit childish, which can be quiet grating at times to watch. Sadly, Japanese society sees ideal femininity as child-like, and so even Doctor X cannot escape this fundamental fact and our protagonist is not so revolutionary as she looks.

Freelance surgeon Dr. Daimon Michiko struts into a University hospital, is mistaken by the administrator for a sleazy Roppongi bar hostess, and takes on the most difficult case. Displaying an independent air gained from hard won experience in third world clinics and hospitals, Dr. Daimon refuses to do anything that doesn't require a doctor's license, from secretarial duty to golf games and leaves work promptly at 5 p.m. As she blows past the institution's cliques and hierarchy, the staff becomes infuriated as patients are cured one after the other. Her representative, Dr. Jonouchi Hiromi, who may be the real (failed)"Doctor X," submits an exorbitant bill and a melon to the institution, which usually leads to a senior staff shakeup. In between surgeries, Dr. Daimon rests at Dr. Jonouchi's physician's exchange, losing game after game of Mah Jong.