The BEST episodes of Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon season 1

Every episode of Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon season 1!

Daimon Michiko (Yonekura Ryoko) is a 37-year-old surgeon and is part of a questionable ‘doctor placement service’ that has her wander from hospital to another. She holds a scrupulous compliance when it comes to her working hours, never does any unnecessary chores that don’t require a medical license, and couldn’t care less about the power struggles within the hospitals. Nobody knows how she acquired such a top-level skill that allows her to claim exorbitant sums as reward, but her private life is an even greater mystery to everyone around her. There are rumors that she once had to leave the medical world due to money problems and a medical error, but nobody knows anything for sure…

Last Updated: 5/10/2024Network: TV AsahiStatus: Continuing
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There is no need for familiarity, help, or will in the operating room. There are only sick people who have to help
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8.69
13 votes

#1 - There is no need for familiarity, help, or will in the operating room. There are only sick people who have to help

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/13/2012

Michiko Daimon takes back Surgery II Chief Surgeon Takashi Torii's bile duct cancer surgery from Professor Ikuya Hijikata. Hospital Director Ryonosuke Busujima is livid. Tsuyoshi Teshigawara, chief professor from the main Teito University Hospital, enters the viewing room and questions why a freelance doctor is performing the surgery, instead of Hijikata, the star doctor from the main hospital.

Directors: Miho Nakazono
Writer: Naoki Tamura
Isn't it the doctor's duty to tell you the truth?
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8.29
14 votes

#2 - Isn't it the doctor's duty to tell you the truth?

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/6/2012

Surgery II Chief Surgeon Takashi Torii has been hiding his bile duct cancer. Michiko Daimon advises him to get treatment right away, but he refuses to acknowledge his cancer to her. He spends his time writing the paper he plans to present at an international conference. A young doctor, Ikuya Hijikata, is set to join the ranks. Torii is prepared to do whatever it takes to defend his title.

Directors: Miho Nakazono
ope.5
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8.21
14 votes

#3 - ope.5

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/22/2012

Hospital Director Ryonosuke Busujima is trying to get more information about Doctor-X from Akira Kanbara. Michiko Daimon meets a girl in the hospital suffering from pain in her leg. Michiko cannot ignore her and takes her to Takuya Kishida, a pediatric surgeon and a rising star in the department. But he relies on the diagnosis of a superior and fails to catch the real cause of the girl's pain.

Directors: Miho Nakazono
I do not need it. The naming is strange and bad
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8.00
16 votes

#4 - I do not need it. The naming is strange and bad

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/8/2012

Mitsue Hanayama, a celebrity chef and food blogger, has esophageal cancer. She checks into Teito University Hospital Ⅲ and treats the doctors with her food. While they praise her cooking, Michiko Daimon takes one bite and says, "This is awful." The offended Mitsue turns to her blog and writes, "I met an unpleasant woman doctor." The hospital reprimands Michiko for her manners.

Directors: Miho Nakazono
Writer: Naoki Tamura
ope.1
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7.90
21 votes

#5 - ope.1

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/18/2012

Hikaru Morimoto is a newly recruited doctor at the Teito University Hospital Ⅲ. He is on a blind date at a night club with fellow doctors when a man suddenly falls ill. Morimoto struggles to find what is wrong. A woman approaches, takes off the sick man's trousers, and examines his body. When paramedics arrive, she tells them he needs an emergency operation for a strangulated hernia.

Directors: Miho Nakazono
Writer: Naoki Tamura
I can't die. I won't fail
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7.81
16 votes

#6 - I can't die. I won't fail

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/25/2012

Noboru Nikaido, president of a publishing company, checks into the Teito University Hospital Ⅲwith pancreatic cancer. Ryunosuke Busujima ,the director gives him the VIP treatment. Nikaido feels he is above everyone else and puts his needs ahead of everyone else's. All the doctors, other than Michiko Daimon, are willing to say anything because a successful treatment will help the hospital.

Directors: Miho Nakazono
I cut and help!
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7.79
14 votes

#7 - I cut and help!

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/29/2012

Motohiko Musaka visits Michiko Daimon. He knew her before she became a doctor. Her father performed surgery to treat his liver cancer ten years ago. He was fine after the procedure, but was recently diagnosed with bile duct cancer. He gave up on treatment after hospitals turned him down. Michiko wants to help and tries to take him to Teito University Dai-san Hospital, but there's no room.

Directors: Miho Nakazono
Writer: Naoki Tamura
Surgery is a priceless lifework for me
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7.64
14 votes

#8 - Surgery is a priceless lifework for me

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/15/2012

Hideki Kaji, Surgeon from Surgical Dept Ⅱ and the "Laparoscopy Wiz," appears on a television show about super doctors. He makes a name for himself when he says, "Saving patients is my priceless lifework." His high school friend and foreign fund manager sees the show and wants Kaji to handle his duodenal cancer. Kaji sees the chance for some extra money and accepts.

Directors: Miho Nakazono