In the Forbidden City, which has a long history and profound cultural heritage, there live many cute cats. From the perspective of humans, they live an enviable and leisurely life. Among them, six royal cats are special. They are responsible for protecting the memory of cultural relics of "Wuhua."
They entered the world of Wuhua and defeated the destroyer Black Owl time and time again, bringing the world of Wuhua back on the right track and thus protecting the cultural relics. The six imperial cats are Luban and Momo from the literary class, and Shuangmei, Aobai, Pingan and Xiaozai from the martial class. Not only are they intelligent and brave, they also have a tacit understanding.
They form the Forbidden City Imperial Cat Room, which protects the national treasures of the world.
Only people who really love anime, cats, and martial arts will like this. It's set in China and character cats are Chinese but obviously produced by the Japanese. Kinda strange. Meow!😸🐈🐈🐈
tags: Japanese dorama, medical, mystery, Netflix, quirky
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Wikipedia
Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon is a Japanese medical drama that premiered in October 2012 on TV Asahi. It stars Japanese actress Ryoko Yonekura.
The series ran for seven seasons until December 2021, with a total of 69 episodes and one special. It is one of the longest-running medical dramas on Japanese television, notable for its consistent high ratings and enduring popularity throughout its broadcast period. A continuation, Doctor-X: The Movie, was released in 2024.
The show follows Daimon Michiko, a freelance surgeon who works at university hospitals in Japan. Also known as Doctor-X, Daimon is introduced at new hospitals by walking into surgery staff planning review sessions, where the conditions of her work are established. She is depicted as challenging a medical system in crisis, which follows the laws of the jungle. Her trademark line is "I never fail", and she is willing to do high risk surgeries that other surgeons are not, sending those patients elsewhere when they are deemed non-operable. Her success in treating high risk patients is a result of always putting the patient first, prioritizing their health above performing medical firsts or innovative techniques, and to adapt the right surgical methods on the spot when needed. This practice often puts her into conflict with other doctors. Beyond being a surgeon, she also served as a vet, combat surgeon and resort doctor. Daimon is supported by her manager Akira Kanbara and anesthesiologist Hiromi Jōnouchi.
Doctor X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon all 7 seasons and the movie were in my watch list on Netflix before the Korean remake was added last week. I'm watching it 2 episodes at a time because there are 7 seasons, 70 episode total. Plus the over 2 hour movie. That's a lot to watch.
I'm not into medical dramas, the last one I watched was the 2 or 3 seasons of ER but I love this Japanese series from the first time Michiko came on. She was in a glittery dress and stiletto high heels dancing by herself in a club when a man got sick and she gave her medical opinion which turned out to be accurate. She, as usual with Japanese characters, is a strange funny person with her sets of rules in order to work in the hospital as a surgeon. As the other characters are introduced, I became addicted to the series. Michiko lives with an elderly man, Akira, who is also her "manager" collecting her salary as a freelance surgeon and gifts the director of the hospital a boxed Japanese melon (those cost hundreds of dollars each BTW). He is very happy when he gets paid walking on air clutching his bag of cash. Yes, cash. Michiko and Akira who was also a surgeon play mahjong with 2 other males most nights after her shift ends at 5 P. M. and after a little dancing at the club.
tags: Doctor X, Korean drama, medical, Netfix, remake of Japanese Doctor X
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The drama is a remake so the plot is similar. I've only seen 3 episodes and I dropped it like a hot tteokbokki. I am not liking the changes the Korean writers and director made to the original series which is full of humor but still dramatic with some mystery thrown in. The remake is darker with humor and quirks completely gone. I like the lead actress but she does not fit the role. The other reason I dropped it is the "manager". She started screaming on Episode 3, which is the polar opposite of the always happy soft spoken Akira character. And the intern over reacted when he mistakenly thought that Doctor X was hurt. What the heck!
Mayu has just moved back to her hometown to plan her wedding when tragedy strikes. Her father is murdered. Her uncle, Takeshi, a former Las Vegas marquee magician, impulsively decides that he'll catch the culprit himself. Who needs the police? When Mayu's former classmates emerge as the prime suspects, it takes a conjurer's dazzling sleight of hand to unravel this teasing pandemic-period puzzle.
Who's next? The murderer holds the high cards, always one step ahead. But who better to unpack this twisty, turny mystery than a master illusionist? Mayu's naive eyes are about to be opened wide--as she hurtles headlong into a nightmarish narrative with a shocking conclusion!
I like very much Keigo Higashino murder mystery novel, set after Covid-19 pandemic in 2021. This reads closer to previous KH novels because it was translated by Alexander O. Smith who really captures the Japanese way of acting and speaking and unlike Guilt, the only curse word used is crap.
Takeshi, the younger bother of the victim is a brilliant magician. He uses his expertise in making things happen to find out who murdered his brother and why. His method is both effective and remarkably entertaining to the annoyance of the police. There are lots of suspects to consider and plenty of humor courtesy of Takeshi and his niece Mayu's interaction with each other.
Highly recommended for mystery and Keigo Higashino readers.
