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That guy again?

He gave the dermatology department hell today.

He's a real pain in the neck, isn't he?

Dr. Miyazaki, you're needed at the outpatient ward!

You know, though...

For as long as we're doctors we don't have any choice but to listen to him.

It isn't a surgeon who can tell whether or not...

... you've got cancer.

Diagnostic Pathology Department

It's a pathologist.

As far as Keiichiro Kishi is concerned, this is what all the doctors say:

"He's a real eccentric, but...

He's the best there is."

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I'm so glad you got into your university!

I am, too!

That's my Karin!

I guess...

It's even better because I was thinking I might go to be with your father again in April.

What with you being all grown up now, and him working so far away these past five years alone...

That's great!

Going there is great!

I wanted to try living on my own, too.

I'll miss you a lot, but...

All daughters move out someday.

That's right!

I've still got to walk Leo, so I'll go on ahead!

Replace the water in his bowl too, okay?

Yeah!

Karin!

Karin!?

An ambulance!

Someone call an ambulance, please!

Based on his brain scans, we haven't found a problem.

You can rest easy now.

But...

He was showing the same symptoms they broadcasted on TV.

Having the same symptoms doesn't necessarily mean he had a stroke.

As soon as I saw it on TV, I really thought he did!

I had to take him here right away!

Well...

After the exam, I can say for sure it isn't a stro--

Exam or not, aren't there cases when it's too late for treatment?

Are you absolutely sure you didn't miss anything, Doctor?

I understand.

I'll explain the results to you one more time, all right?

How long were you at the outpatient ward?

I'm sorry.

I told you, if you keep doing things like that your work will never end.

I know.

Dr. Kosaka, we need you in the ER!

The patient is 18 years old and suffered a head injury.

There we go.

I'll show you how it's done, so come and help me.

All right.

The CT scans of your head are practically flawless, aren't they?

There isn't any haemorrhaging at all.

Thank you so much.

But you don't look so good.

Does it hurt?

Just a little bit.

And your hips?

Do you feel anything strange?

Oh... yes, but just a little bit.

The scans of your hips are...

Well, there aren't any outstanding problems.

Likely the discomfort you feel in your lower body is due to disc degeneration.

Disc degeneration?

There are intervertebral discs between the bones in your spine.

This is cartilage that acts as a type of cushion.

I believe the reason you feel pain below the waist is due to this cartilage becoming brittle.

Kageyama-san!

Good morning to you!

How do you feel?

I'm feeling all right.

Do you feel any pain anywhere?

No, I don't.

Um, will I be discharged any time soon?

If anything's on your mind, you can tell me.

I'm totally fine, though.

Dr. Kosaka!

About the patient we admitted yesterday, Karin Kageyama...

The one who might have disc degeneration?

Yes.

Well, um...

What do you think about performing a few more tests?

Like an MRI scan...

Chief!

Ah, good morning!

Karin Kageyama, an 18 year old female.

She was admitted with head trauma, fever, some nausea, and discomfort in her lower body.

Have you seen that girl?

Is she cute?

She's certainly not bad...

For now we've given her Ibuprofen.

It helped ease her headaches, nausea, and fever.

However...

Her lower body pain still remains.

We think it's disc degeneration.

Her hips, huh...

That she fell was a real stroke of luck if it led to detecting this.

You scanned her lower spine, yes?

Of course.

But after scanning...

We didn't find anything particularly strange about her bones.

What about an MRI scan?

Don't you think that's too much?

I suppose so.

It'd certainly mess with their insurance.

Have her checked by the orthopaedic ward.

Yes, sir.

I'll have her head there as she's being discharged.

Okay. And with that...

Excuse me!

What is it?

Um...

No, never mind.

All right! That ends today's conference.

What's wrong, Dr. Kishi?

Do you have any complaints?

Well, this is pretty amazing, isn't it?

I'd like to know more, too.

Especially since you haven't shown any evidence to the actual disc degeneration.

Surely you read about some new evidence I haven't heard of!

From which journal?

Dr. Kishi, we don't have the time for this!

Could it be that hip pain automatically means disc degeneration?

Without any damage to her brain, there's a high chance that's what it is.

So how do you explain the nausea and the fever?

The medicine has eased that away.

You some kinda moron?

What're you saying?

This really is the pits.

Hey, what're you trying to prove, anyway?

I'm saying your diagnosis is messy and premature.

Even the experienced docs here don't know shit.

Enough accusations!

This isn't the Pathology Department's business!

What's the number one thing you doctors should do?

It's to determine a clean, simple treatment based on collected data.

So what the hell is all of this?

You're saying that based on this data, it's got to be disc degeneration.

Even with so many doctors present...

Do none of you see anything wrong?

Or are you too scared to speak your mind?

Well, not like it matters.

Can you quit it with this crap?

It makes me ashamed to be called a doctor.

You keep your mouth shut!

Enough!

Perform an MRI scan on her hips.

Make sure it really is disc degeneration.

I'll trust you to arrange it, Dr. Kosaka.

Of course.

Are you satisfied now?

I'm wholeheartedly grateful for your cooperation.

Man, I'm beat!

It's just morning and I already had to shoot 'em down.

So you've gone and made another doctor submit to you, huh.

Yeah, duh.

There's always a reason and a mechanism to an illness.

That's what they always fail to understand.

It's not like that's new, though.

Aren't most doctors always like that?

Here're your tissues for examination.

They built up while you were out tearing the other departments a new one, so please hurry up.

Making me work early again, Morii-kun?

If I didn't, you wouldn't get anything done.

In this whole hospital, you're the only pathologist and I'm your only technician, so it can't be helped!

I know, I know! In any case,

I'll just take a breather and drink one cup of coffee.

These...

... must be done by today.

I know! I know that!

Do you really?

Can you really finish these by today?

Excuse me?

Please leave your request for an exam in the proper bin!

Just gimme some coffee, Morii-kun...

Um...

I'm Miyazaki from the Neurology Department.

I'd like to ask Dr. Kishi something.

About Karin Kageyama from this morning's conference...

I don't think it's disc degeneration, either.

She's been reluctant with talking about how she feels lately.

And I think that she might be hiding something from us.

The only ones who've questioned Kageyama-san's diagnosis are you and I, Dr. Kishi.

So I was wondering if maybe you'd like to see Kageyama-san for yourself, Doctor.

What?

You want me to meet the patient?

Yes, if you'll please!

Not meeting a patient face-to-face is one of the few privileges of a pathologist.

I suppose, but...

I think there're things data can't capture which you can only...

... see for yourself...

All you doctors...

You make mistakes because you're obsessed with the external symptoms.

You see, pathology...

It deals with examining what happens inside the body.

We look at patients' tissues and cells without meeting them.