I absolutely love suspense dramas so this is definitely my cup of tea. No doubt there's a lot of mind-boggling medical terms and the general atmosphere of this drama is heavy and dark, I'm sure those who are looking for a roller-coaster ride and are interested in medical dramas will be satisfied with this drama.Be warned that there will be lots of spoilers from now on so if you have not watched the drama and do not wish to know the ending, you may wish to skip this review.
To be frank, there were minimal clues from the beginning to the middle which could pinpoint the identity of the culprit. And there wasn't a single cause to the series of surgical deaths! As such, you will find that things were not simple by the time you got to the end. With regards to Himuro's involvement, I still find it hard to fathom why he decided to kill 4 of the patients. If according to him, he had simply thought of killing the patients because he was so tired of work, lonely and snapped when his pet died, that just feels a bit weird. As for Kiryuu, Narumi and Kakitani's reasons or motive for causing those deaths, I find it more logical. For the sake of ensuring the existence of the team and saving more patients before Kiryuu's eyes reach the limit, Kiryuu and Narumi were effectively challenging themselves almost to the point of no return. Meanwhile for Kakitani, his motive was impulse-driven and he just wanted to confirm his suspicions about Kiryuu's skills. However, despite knowing the implications, Kakitani gave in to his need to find out the answer to his burning question and caused the death of an innocent person.
Anyway, this ending is different from the novel so I will have to read the original to see which version I prefer. Do look out for a cameo appearance by the author Kaidou Takeru in the last episode where he "interviews" Shiratori on TV.
As the story has a sequel and the movie version will be made with the same cast, I am guessing that we might see a sequel for the drama version in time to come since ratings have been pretty OK (No.4 this season).
Among the cast, I like the performances of Miyahara Daisuke (Narumi) and Nakamura Tooru (Shiratori) very much. Miyahara played Narumi very well which makes him the most favourite character of mine. As for Nakamura, I've always liked his acting and his potrayal of Shiratori is quite a refreshing change from the past where he usually plays cool roles. This time round, he manages to create some comical relief with Ito Atsushi who plays Taguchi which really helped in making the mood of the drama lighter especially when the tension mounts up suddenly. Ito is good with his acting but I really don't like the fact that he's always in roles of meek good guys. It can get really boring over time.
And my ratings for this drama...
Story: 9 out of 10 (The tension builds up nicely and progressively but the front portion may be mind-boggling as the story seems to leave little clues for guessing)
Acting: 8.5 out of 10 (Especially for Miyahara and Nakamura)
Theme song: 5 out of 10 (They should have gotten a better theme song. This song did not leave an impression on me at all)
Visual effects / Scenery: 6 out of 10 (Majority of the scenes were within the hospital or the operating theatre)
Teamwork / Chemistry: 8 out of 10 (Ito and Nakamura did pretty well together. As for Team Batista itself, their characters keep to themselves most of the time so chemistry wasn't that evident. It seems like they are on good terms off-screen though.)
Total score: 36.5 out of 50
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