45 minSeason 1 • Episode 10
LatestThe story of Kishi Keiichitaro, a dashingly handsome pathologist who is intensely eccentric and brutally honest, but also holds one of the most brilliant minds. A pathologist is a physician whose job is to determine a diagnosis of disease or cause of death based on an assortment of data, including a patient's tissue, bodily fluids, organ samples, blood, etc.
Acting
Tomoya Nagase's deadpan delivery is uncomfortably perfect.
Writing
Cases twist like proper mysteries, not medical melodrama.
Production
Clean, clinical aesthetic that mirrors Kishi's own detachment.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tomoya Nagase reportedly studied with real pathologists to perfect Kishi's clinical detachment and specific hand movements during autopsy scenes.
The series quietly critiques Japan's medical hierarchy; Kishi's refusal to defer to surgeons mirrors real tensions between pathologists and clinicians in Japanese hospitals.
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