Jin (JIN - 仁 -)

We think that it's quite normal

to travel to the other side of the world if we want to.

To be able to communicate your thoughts whenever you feel.

It's commonplace

to wish for this little piece of happiness to continue forever,

like a night where the silence of the dark has been forgotten.

But what if one day, all of a sudden...

you lose everything that is important to you.

Your freedom like a bird,

your very fulfilled life,

and the glow of the night... If you were to lose it all...

If you were plunged into

the darkness of the night.

Would you be able to find

the twinkle in the night sky?

Would you try to grab onto that light?

Or would you rather attempt to provide brightness

to a world without light

with those two hands of yours?

Jin - Episode 1 -

A patient was discovered at Keishi Park unconscious.

Sex: male. Age: unknown. Many bruises and internal bleeding in the face.

There is a laceration from his right forehead to the back of the head.

Doctor, why won't you perform my surgery?

You've been taking care of me all this time.

Well...

It's a very difficult procedure.

Are you adamant that you won't do it?

Dr. Sugita is a far superior doctor than I am.

I'm positive that it's better this way.

It's for your own good, Tamada-san.

Doctor, why won't you operate?

I understand that Dr. Sugita is a great doctor, but...

- Tamada-san has faith in you, Doctor. - Ouch!

I added too much water.

I'm actually quite clumsy.

I put in too much hot water sometimes.

I'm that kind of guy.

Dr. Minakata, we have a patient in emergency. Could you take a look at him?

Okay, got it. I'll be right over.

It's an acute epidural hematoma, but there is more than that.

There is a tumor between the pineal gland and the cerebral ventricle.

Also, there is a complication of hydrocephalus.

How about the other doctors?

It's only you in the neurosurgery department.

This type of a procedure would be a piece of cake for you, right?

We will open his head and remove the hematoma.

If there is no damage in the cerebral parenchyma,

we will remove the tumor as it is.

Yes, sir!

Anesthetics is done.

First, we will remove the epidural hematoma.

Opening the head.

Air-powered drill.

Saw.

Removing hematoma.

We will proceed with removing the tumor.

Prepare a microscope.

After suction give me a bipolar.

I can see the tumor now.

Micro-forceps No.7.

This is... a fetal tissue component?

In his skull

there is a fetus in fetu?

I've heard of these cases in toddlers and younger children, but

it's obvious that this patient is an adult.

Let's remove it first and wait for the pathological diagnosis.

Detach the tumor from the cerebral parenchyma.

Is there something wrong?

No.

I'm fine.

Why is Dr. Minakata like that?

It's not as if he's bad at surgeries.

I wonder if he is lazy.

- Did you start working here this month? - Yes.

Then I guess you don't know about Dr. Tomonaga.

Know what?

Dr. Tomonaga was

an extraordinary surgeon and Dr. Jin's girlfriend.

They seem to have known each other since college days, but

they started dating 3 years ago when Dr. Tomonaga came to this hospital.

When they were considering marriage,

they found a tumor in her brain stem.

A tumor in the brain stem?

It was considered hopeless, but

Dr. Minakata decided to operate.

Minakata!

It's absolutely impossible.

It'll be fine.

If we approach from the sub-occipital and transcondylar.—

The tumor is embedded in the brain stem!

What if you damage the surrounding brain stem? This isn't an operation! It's an experiment!

If we don't do anything, we're just waiting for imminent death anyway!

This is also the wish of the patient.

If we succeed with this surgery,

thousands of people can have hope.

"Even if we don't succeed,

it's worth to serve as an example,"

is what she said.

Back then, Dr. Minakata was full of hopes and wills,

and Dr. Tomonaga trusted Dr. Minakata.

- Should we go now? - Everyone wanted to believe for a miracle to happen.

Unexpectedly, the tumor is entwined in the main artery.

What should we do, Minakata?

Maybe we should stop.

I'm going to continue.

- Minakata! - I'm the lead surgeon!

Excising the cerebellum.

Increase the heat of the bipolar from 20 to 30.

In the end, they were able to remove the tumor.

During the procedure, the main artery was damaged and caused massive bleeding.

As a result, Dr. Tomonaga

turned into a vegetative state.

After that, Dr. Minakata

would pass difficult surgeries on to other doctors.

But in return,

he took on more work so that the other doctors could concentrate on surgeries.

He'd take over other doctor's night shifts.

I can't bring myself to blame Dr. Minakata.

Miki?

I found something crazy today!

Fetus in fetu.

You want to have a look, don't you?

What do you say? Want to try waking up?

Could you start drinking these already?

You wanted to drink badly!

Say something?

You're so unsociable.

You know what?

I think that the sunset from here is the prettiest.

You're exaggerating!

I bet there are much nicer sunsets in the Caribbean Islands and Himalayas.

You don't get it, do you?

After you do an honorable job at hospital, watch the sunset.

That's what makes it so beautiful.

Oh, that's what you mean.

It's even nicer when you have one of these.

Hey!

Let me have a sip!

No, you can't! You're having surgery tomorrow!

- Just one! Come on! - Hey! No!

Hey, can't you join me?

I said, no!

Come on! This might be my last time!

Sorry.

It's not that I don't trust you.

But you know... What if... ?

Sorry.

The truth is...

I should be the one to trust you the most.

I know you're under a lot of pressure,

but you're trying your best to act normal.

Even so,

I'm so scared.

I didn't know it could be so scary to have an operation.

I had no clue all this time.

This is a good learning experience.

I'm scared, too.

I'm really scared.

I keep thinking what if I'd make a mistake.

In a time like this, I try to remember

your favorite saying.

"God only puts forth challenges which you can conquer."

Oh, yeah. That's right.

After your surgery, should we go see the sunset in the Himalayas for our honeymoon?

And in order to set your negative thinking straight!

I don't want to!

You can help me set my negative thinking straight by having a beer with me here.

Hey, you can't! Hey come on!

It's cold!

I guess you don't need the hat anymore, huh?

Hey! Wait, wait, wait! Please give it back!

Why?

Are you embarrassed?

Dr. Minakata?

I'm so sorry. I was out of line without knowing your situation.

However, I still feel like you should be the one to operate on Tamada-san.

I know it's inappropriate to think this way, but

if another doctor operates on him and fails the surgery,

Tamada-san's soul will not rest in peace.

Considering your past, I understand your fear.

Isn't it a doctor's responsibility to face his own fear for the sake of the patient?

As a doctor, that's how you earn respect, facing fears alongside your patients, isn't it?

There is no human being who doesn't get hurt from making mistakes.

Doctor, you're a coward.

What you're doing is getting others to get hurt on your behalf.

That's exactly right.

What?

That's exactly right.

Don't become a doctor like me.

I'm being called.

Yes.

The patient's wound appears to be the result of stabbing to the head with a sharp object like a knife.

He had a skull fracture and an acute extradural hematoma, so we performed an emergency surgery.

His face has many bruises, so we can't see his facial features.

As for his age, he seems to be in his 30's to 40's.

His height is approximately 180 cm.

Medium build.

Blood Type is A/RH+.

- Is he conscious? - He has not regained consciousness.