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Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon: Season 1

8 episodes Premiered Oct 18, 2012 Updated Oct 26, 2026

Daimon Michiko is a thirty-seven-year-old freelance surgeon who operates as part of a questionable doctor placement service. This service places her as she wanders from hospital to hospital filling empty spots. Harsh environments at medical facilities have led many doctors to retire from their positions, which forces hospitals to utilize the program to temporarily fill the resulting staffing shortages. Despite her pr

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Season 1 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Daimon Michiko is a thirty-seven-year-old freelance surgeon.
  • ⚡ Michiko is part of a questionable doctor placement service that places her in hospitals.
  • ⚡ Harsh hospital environments have caused many doctors to retire from their positions.
  • ⚡ Hospitals are forced to use the doctor placement program to temporarily fill empty spots.
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Season overview

Daimon Michiko is a thirty-seven-year-old freelance surgeon who operates as part of a questionable doctor placement service. This service places her as she wanders from hospital to hospital filling empty spots. Harsh environments at medical facilities have led many doctors to retire from their positions, which forces hospitals to utilize the program to temporarily fill the resulting staffing shortages. Despite her professional role, Michiko does not look like a traditional doctor, standing out due to her flashy clothes and eccentric attitude.

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Season 1 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 1: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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S1·E1 Mytharc

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Oct 18, 2012 · 46 min

Hikaru Morimoto is a newly recruited doctor at the Teito University Hospital Ⅲ. He is on a blind date at a night club with fellow doctors when a man suddenly falls ill. Morimoto st

S1·E2 Core

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Oct 25, 2012 · 46 min

Noboru Nikaido, president of a publishing company, checks into the Teito University Hospital Ⅲ with pancreatic cancer. Ryunosuke Busujima ,the director gives him the VIP treatment.

S1·E3 Core

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Nov 8, 2012 · 46 min

Mitsue Hanayama, a celebrity chef and food blogger, has esophageal cancer. She checks into Teito University Hospital Ⅲ and treats the doctors with her food. While they praise her c

S1·E4 Core

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Nov 15, 2012 · 46 min

Hideki Kaji, Surgeon from Surgical Dept Ⅱ and the “Laparoscopy Wiz,” appears on a television show about super doctors. He makes a name for himself when he says, “Saving patients is

S1·E5 Core

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Nov 22, 2012 · 46 min

Hospital Director Ryonosuke Busujima is trying to get more information about Doctor-X from Akira Kanbara. Michiko Daimon meets a girl in the hospital suffering from pain in her leg

S1·E6 Core

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Nov 29, 2012 · 46 min

Motohiko Musaka visits Michiko Daimon. He knew her before she became a doctor. Her father performed surgery to treat his liver cancer ten years ago. He was fine after the procedure

S1·E7 Mytharc

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Dec 6, 2012 · 46 min

Surgery II Chief Surgeon Takashi Torii has been hiding his bile duct cancer. Michiko Daimon advises him to get treatment right away, but he refuses to acknowledge his cancer to her

S1·E8 Mytharc

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Dec 13, 2012 · 46 min

Michiko Daimon takes back Surgery II Chief Surgeon Takashi Torii’s bile duct cancer surgery from Professor Ikuya Hijikata. Hospital Director Ryonosuke Busujima is livid. Tsuyoshi T

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