Disclaimer: very pessimistic, contains spoilers

There were 3 main problems with this drama in my opinion.

1. Unrealistic plot
2. Very dramatic directing
3. Way too predictable

I understand having fictitious characters with out-worldly skills and brains, but in that case you cannot make the side characters or antagonists stupid. The gap between the characters is so unbelievably wide that you don't even understand why they're competing. They're not even in the same league! I don't mind Tokai and Saeki being portrayed as characters that are better surgeons that any other character, but they made the other doctors, especially the antagonists, look so stupid that you have no idea how they got their license. Also how were ALL the doctors always watching their surgeries? There is no way there was no other surgery or patient in the hospital at the same time. It just made no sense. I also don't like how Tokai has never let a patient die on the table. I understand they want to make it seem like he has demonic surgery skills, and this is a work of fiction, but there is a difference between fiction and fantasy. Doctors are humans, and patients are also humans who will eventually die. He can be a skilled surgeon with a LOW mortality rate, but not a NO mortality rate because that's implying that he would simply not enter the OR if the patient's condition is beyond saving. I guess this is because he was never the leading surgeon, but still, in a medical drama with human characters, mortality should be portrayed at least once.

The acting was also very dramatic, to which I think is due to the director's requests, considering how much they stared into the camera which is unusual in acting. It's funny that Tokai always has so much time to talk and demand money when the patient is supposedly in critical condition and bleeding dry on the operation table. The tone of the entire drama felt theatrical and dramatic, adding to how unrealistic the drama was.

Because of how stupid they made the side characters, and how repetitive the pattern of each episode was, you don't even get nervous when the patient is supposedly dying anymore. You know that things will go south in the OR, but Tokai will walk in and say 邪魔, demand money and then save the patient. Honestly, other than the forceps x-ray, you can predict the pattern of the rest of the drama just from watching 2 or 3 episodes.

Enough complaining, I just have one thing I liked in this drama. I enjoyed Sera's development. His character felt like a story-narrator considering how little backstory and screen time he has compared to Tokai and Saeki, but the way he improved naturally and unknowingly simply by working with Tokai was nice to see, and his interactions with the nurse (I forgot her name) was kind of cute. I only watched the whole thing because I was challenging myself to watch a medical J-drama with Korean subtitles.

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