“Dr. Katou recruits maverick surgeon Asada to perform Japan's first Batista surgery and reform corrupt medical system.”
Iryuu: Team Medical Dragon
医龍-Team Medical Dragon-
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Synopsis
Dr. Katou recruits maverick surgeon Asada to perform Japan's first Batista surgery and reform corrupt medical system.
In order to gain a professorship at Meishin University Medical Center—with the greater goal of reforming the corrupt Japanese medical system—Dr. Akira Katou decides to focus her newest research paper on one of the most difficult surgical procedures in the world: the Batista. The Batista, otherwise known as a reduction left ventriculoplasty, can only be conducted by those with the highest degree of skill. Because it has never been accomplished in Japan, a successful Batista will be key to securing Katou's candidacy for professorship. However, she will need an incredible team to pull it off—her first recruit being the genius surgeon, Dr. Ryutaro Asada. Having once witnessed Asada's extraordinary surgical skills in person, Katou believes that he will be a valuable teammate. Things don't go according to plan, though, as Asada quickly causes trouble at the hospital, continuously defying the system in place. With her career on the line, Katou must find a way to keep the other surgeon in check before he derails her agenda. But if stopping him means conforming to the very system she seeks to destroy, can it really be worth it?
What people say
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Derived from 5 sampled reviews
What 5 readers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.17 · some divergence
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↓ 1.20
Running avg · Apr 2011 → Jan 2025
- 7 “As a seinen manga.... i would really recommend it... it don't know about other readers but for me this manga is worth the read specially people who have medical background or hospital experience. I...”
- 9 “I recently finished a reread of this manga and enjoyed it just as much if not more than the first time around. Iryuu is a must-read if you like realistic fiction. The story is balanced between...”
- 8 “Institutional corruption is prevalent in many systems, and one such prominent example is the medical field. Present day, one would think such is no longer the case, but as recent events would have...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 210 × 25 ch × vol
- Total read 28h 00m approx
- Published Nov 2002 – Jan 2011
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M1184 catalog