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OK, Team Medical Dragon is totally rad. I read the first volume last night and thoroughly enjoyed it. I have no idea how accurate it is in regard to the Japanese medical system, but it's good fun either way.
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Chas McGill posted:OK, Team Medical Dragon is totally rad. I read the first volume last night and thoroughly enjoyed it. I have no idea how accurate it is in regard to the Japanese medical system, but it's good fun either way. Some of the author's notes go into a lot more detail but it seems to be highly accurate. There's a line about how a US medical surgery intern has about 10x more operational experience then most Japanese residents/attending doctors that shocked me, but after further reading it makes sense because a single medical mistake in Japan is enough to end an entire career. And more senior doctors who make mistakes will often force a subordinate to take blame and quit in shame.
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Nov 14, 2013 10:17
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Chas McGill posted:OK, Team Medical Dragon is totally rad. I read the first volume last night and thoroughly enjoyed it. I have no idea how accurate it is in regard to the Japanese medical system, but it's good fun either way. There's also a live action drama of Team Medical Dragon that i remember being pretty entertaining, so you might want to check that out.
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Nov 14, 2013 18:35
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Chas McGill posted:OK, Team Medical Dragon is totally rad. I read the first volume last night and thoroughly enjoyed it. I have no idea how accurate it is in regard to the Japanese medical system, but it's good fun either way.
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Nov 14, 2013 21:07
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Japanese medicine seems to be really hosed up with the sheer volume of manga about it. Team Medical Dragon and Say Hello to Mr. Blackjack (warning: miserably depressing) being the better ones I remember. There's a bunch of others, including some Doogie Howser type one which I can't remember the name of with a young doctor who does pediatrics but hospitals hate pediatrics in Japan I guess because they're money losers. I think he ironically has the weirdo flipped-heart disease that is fixed by the big procedure Team Medical Dragon was made for. Dunno if that's an homage or not. Fabricated fucked around with this message at 21:12 on Nov 14, 2013 |
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Nov 14, 2013 21:07
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I think it's worth noting ahead of time that TMD is not entirely realistic, and makes concessions to fiction and manga tropes in particular in the interest of telling the story. You might wanna keep that in mind when the manga starts touting the Batista surgery as the be-all end-all of heart surgeries. (It's still a good manga though)
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Nov 14, 2013 21:15
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Yeah, I get the impression that it does include truths about the set-up, but obviously exaggerates things because it's a comic. I love the art and the patient-by-patient plotting makes for super compulsive reading. I remember Tenma in Monster having almost the exact same problems with hospital administration as what's shown in TMD, despite him being in Germany.
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Nov 14, 2013 21:22
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Yeah, the medical accuracy isn't THAT great. He's about dead on with the anesthesiologist being the moneymaker in the operating room however. Reason why is because if someone's going to end up killing you on the table by accident it's probably going to be the anesthesiologist. The difference between unconscious and dead is pretty disturbingly loving thin as far as anesthesia goes. I had tachycardia as a result of a reaction to anesthesia after (thank god not during) an operation and got to experience the joy of being defibbed while awake. Just FYI it loving hurts.
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Nov 14, 2013 21:39
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Fabricated posted:Reason why is because if someone's going to end up killing you on the table by accident it's probably going to be the anesthesiologist. The difference between unconscious and dead is pretty disturbingly loving thin as far as anesthesia goes. And this is a big issue with geriatrics having medical problems. Just putting them under for surgery is a massive gamble.
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Nov 14, 2013 23:43
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Fabricated posted:There's a bunch of others, including some Doogie Howser type one which I can't remember the name of with a young doctor who does pediatrics but hospitals hate pediatrics in Japan I guess because they're money losers. I think he ironically has the weirdo flipped-heart disease that is fixed by the big procedure Team Medical Dragon was made for. That was The Best Skilled Surgeon, made by the same author who made Yakitate Japan. A particular Doctor manga I liked is Godhand Teru, if only because the mood is the exact opposite of Team Medical Dragon. There the main character is similarly super-skilled (he has had no dead patients), but the hospital he's in is filled with bright, cheerful specialists who all have good rapport with patients. Only after like 30 volumes does the main character moves to a horribly managed profit-targeting hospital with horrible residents. He of course then proceeds to wow the non-resident hospital staff with his smile and optimism. A bit unrealistic, but quite a good introduction to all the specialists a hospital may need.
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Nov 15, 2013 01:03
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As far as doctor manga go there's also Jin which is about a modern day doctor getting transported back into the Bakumatsu becoming a doctor there but with his knowledge of modern medicine.
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pentyne posted:Some of the author's notes go into a lot more detail but it seems to be highly accurate. There's a line about how a US medical surgery intern has about 10x more operational experience then most Japanese residents/attending doctors that shocked me, but after further reading it makes sense because a single medical mistake in Japan is enough to end an entire career. And more senior doctors who make mistakes will often force a subordinate to take blame and quit in shame. Guess that's why in Trauma Center, messing up one case was a game over.
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I'm on chapter 8 of Hoshi no Samidare and it is aggravating how every single character in this manga would be a much, much better MC than Yuuhi. Thankfully they've introduced an awesome character (Shinonome) this chapter, and he is infinitely more entertaining than the insufferable aspie Yuuhi. I love how Samidare's sister just unloads on him every single time she sees him. She knows how awful he is.
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Nov 17, 2013 10:27
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He gets better. A lot better. Trust me.
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I'd actually say Yuuhi's negativity makes him a lot more interesting than the type of heroic characters you'd expect to find in stories like Biscuit Hammer, but just the same his character arc over the course of the series is outstanding.
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Negativity is not the the problem with that character. He's incredibly stupid, delusional and creepy as gently caress yet we're supposed to sympathize with him. It's cringe worthy how hard the author tries to portray him as "dark" and "twisted" because all he comes off looking like is an edgy aspie with gdaddy issues. That said, I am enjoying the manga a lot more now that side characters are getting so much panel time.
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Suben posted:As far as doctor manga go there's also Jin which is about a modern day doctor getting transported back into the Bakumatsu becoming a doctor there but with his knowledge of modern medicine. I love this series, I just wish someone would pick it up again. Apparently the series is completed at 20 volumes, but only 5 have been translated and the last one was around July. 
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Scent of Worf posted:Negativity is not the the problem with that character. He's incredibly stupid, delusional and creepy as gently caress yet we're supposed to sympathize with him. It's cringe worthy how hard the author tries to portray him as "dark" and "twisted" because all he comes off looking like is an edgy aspie with gdaddy issues.
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Scent of Worf posted:Negativity is not the the problem with that character. He's incredibly stupid, delusional and creepy as gently caress yet we're supposed to sympathize with him. It's cringe worthy how hard the author tries to portray him as "dark" and "twisted" because all he comes off looking like is an edgy aspie with gdaddy issues.
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Elysiume posted:I'm pretty sure you're supposed to view him as a weirdo with grandfather issues because that's what he is. He's trying to hide it and failing completely. Nate RFB posted:I guess I don't see how your first description and the last contradict themselves. Though he's hardly stupid, at least. I guess what I meant is that negativity in of itself is not a problem, the way the author portrays/writes that negativity is why it's awful. Unless you're saying you do find it interesting when he starts talking about killing people he just met because they might interfere with his princess...? I certainly hope not. He goes from boring loser to cold blooded killer in no time at all and he comes off as a huge tool. The author probably thinks he's being cool as gently caress. And it probably does to teenagers who read this manga. Someone who, in a manner of minutes, hops on board to destroy Earth is pretty loving stupid I'd say. It was hilarious how he started acting like a Knight in 2 panels flat. But then again Samidare's entire reason for wanting to destroy earth is incredibly stupid so maybe I was expecting too much out of the writing.
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The impression I got was that it was always true nature/personality (sort of), but he would have had no way to actually act out his nihilism because just because one has an awful personality doesn't mean he/she will go out and hurt people. But then he gets his powers and a "cause" that he can actually get behind, so he agrees immediately. For me at least, this dynamic of having "bad" characters as the leads and deceiving everyone else is the main initial hook for the story and makes it more unique for it. I don't think it's Mizukami trying to make them look cool so much as to surprise the viewers (and other characters) that these are our so-called heroes. But that said, the whole bloody thing is about character development so you should definitely see how it all plays out before you judge them entirely. It's certainly not a long story so it won't take you too long. By the way, don't feel afraid of posting about this stuff in the Satoshi Mizukami Thread either.
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Nate RFB posted:The impression I got was that it was always true nature/personality (sort of), but he would have had no way to actually act out his nihilism because just because one has an awful personality doesn't mean he/she will go out and hurt people. Guy has read up to chapter 8, so I'll just say thinking he's nihilistic already misses the point. Yeah Yuuhi in the beginning is a bit of a downer, but even by that point he's saved the life of the grandfather that horrifically abused him for a decade. So he's dark, why wouldn't he be? His life is poo poo, those chains of his aren't a metaphor. He was tied down in chains multiple times a day while his grandfather screamed how worthless humanity was at him. For a decade. After his mom left him. After his dad was brutally murdered, by his own partner. Adding to that his childhood dream was to be a detective like his dad, he basically had every single possible reason to hate the world thrown at him at once. And he still saves his grandfather. He talks a big game, but he's not even close to being the most nihilistic of the knights. Or character in the manga. As is fitting, as the entire point of the manga is learning to deal with loss and despair. It's not that he believes in nothing, it's that he desperately wants to believe in something and the world hasn't given him a single reason to do so....until Samidare. The fact that he believes in a person that wants to destroy the world doesn't change it's an incredibly positive step in his life to care about another human being. It just *sounds* worse than it is because they are, you know...trying to murder the world. Life can be funny like that.
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Holy poo poo. I'd been holding off on reading Boys on the Run because the premise was sort of eh(Wageslave to boxer, whoop). The first 20 chapters. drat. poo poo is intense.
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The boxing thing ought to be a spoiler since it doesn't even happen for a pretty drat long time.
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Two new Koe no Kotachi chapters are out. If you were holding off because it's a pretty huge downer early on, I suggest giving it a try now. Seems to be going in a much better direction now.
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So. Kimi no Knife is fully scanned. And the ending was... okay? The actual climax I have no problem with, though admittedly it's been so long since I started reading this I couldn't tell you if it's a good capstone to what's come before. The denouement, though, that I have a problem with. It's too fast; far too fast. It moves at roughly ten hundred thousand miles per second, and the events it covers really need about two or even three times as much space to do them justice. It lacks weight, emotionally. Still, everything up to that is pure gold, and I'm not generally the sort of person who thinks that a poo poo ending completely devalues everything that's gone before. A-?
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Anyone else remember Parasyte? Not the most original horror/sf offering, but decently written and boasted some great creature design work. Apparently, it is now getting an anime series. I kind of wonder why they've decided to dig it up now, all of a sudden, but I won't complain.
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Professor Irony posted:Anyone else remember Parasyte? Not the most original horror/sf offering, but decently written and boasted some great creature design work. Apparently, it is now getting an anime series.
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Professor Irony posted:Anyone else remember Parasyte? Not the most original horror/sf offering, but decently written and boasted some great creature design work. Apparently, it is now getting an anime series. Holy poo poo yes  This has been one of my dream shows since middle school when I read Parasyte for the first time. Does anyone know what studio is doing it? (please be ufotable please be ufotable)
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Professor Irony posted:Anyone else remember Parasyte? Not the most original horror/sf offering, but decently written and boasted some great creature design work. Apparently, it is now getting an anime series. Hopefully they can give it a better ending than the manga got.
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RatHat posted:Hopefully they can give it a better ending than the manga got.
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Dunno, I can't really remember. I just remember thinking that it was really abrupt and didn't resolve much.
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Another chapter of the literal Tsundere girl as she tries to deal with school again. Slightly less serious than the first chapter but still pretty hosed up.
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I know I read Parasyte, but it was so long ago I don't remember a single thing about it. Kinda wondering if I should do a re-read sometime or just watch the anime with a little vague familiarity but less baggage from being refreshed on the source material.
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Professor Irony posted:Anyone else remember Parasyte? Not the most original horror/sf offering, but decently written and boasted some great creature design work. Apparently, it is now getting an anime series.
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Kleptobot posted:Another chapter of the literal Tsundere girl as she tries to deal with school again. Slightly less serious than the first chapter but still pretty hosed up.  That escalated quickly.
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Elysiume posted:I read most of Parasyte in Barnes and Noble, so I sort of skimmed. In the end, his parasite basically goes dormant, and the idea is that it probably will just be a normal hand for the rest of his life? There was something about the local Mayor pushing a pro-parasyte agenda yet being parasyte free himself, and the protagonist fighting a guy with 5 parasytes in him and gently caress I can't remember anything besides it being badass as hell
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pentyne posted:There was something about the local Mayor pushing a pro-parasyte agenda yet being parasyte free himself, and the protagonist fighting a guy with 5 parasytes in him and gently caress I can't remember anything besides it being badass as hell
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