Iryuu: Team Medical Dragon

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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 plausible events and the touch of suspension of disbelief that makes one more entertaining. The motivations of each character are understandable if not always admirable, and their interactions follow that same winning mix of realistic and fun.

Something that I only realized after reading was that we are very rarely, if ever, shown the internal voice of Asada, despite being the main character and pretty much everyone else ... having their thoughts shown. This is an unconventional choice that shows the authors understood how Asada should be used. Asada as a personality is static and indomitable, having a philosophy that works well for himself that would be a compromise of his character to change. So, the story is about how others are changed through their interactions with him.

Because of this, how 'strong' a character is doesn't factor into much of anything on its own. Really, Asada isn't even a focus but rather a means to showcase other characters; the role is switched from the typical structure using the supporting cast to highlight the main character.

A main example of this is Kihara's story. He resents Asada because of how he looks by comparison, as a surgeon and in his personal life. However, when his mother is rushed in for surgery, he drops all of that to beg Asada to abandon his own surgery and save his mother instead. Asada, featuring here only as a skilled surgeon, highlights the character of Kihara as envious but also shameless. However, the audience is also able to empathize as we have been shown how much his mother means to him. So, an entire story is realized by using Asada passively.

Even characters that seem to be nothing but anti-entertainment, like Ijuuin's attitude at first, are actually central to what gives this manga its appeal. His situation and reaction is perfectly reasonable; he resents Asada for making chaos in the department and potentially screwing his own career prospects. Ijuuin's situation deteriorates further to the point where his unluckiness becomes comical as he is continually dragged deeper into Asada's antics. Of course, the series of coincidences that drag him along follow that same pattern of realistic/suspension of disbelief.

The weakest parts of the manga were definitely portions of the candidacy story, I felt it was getting too drawn out at times. I thought the final large event was also a little contrived but I can understand wanting to have a dramatic finale.

Overall, a great manga that I'll be coming back to in the future.

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 share same experiences in the real world, specially about the corrupt part and i think the author really did his research. Art is somewhat good because

it doesn't have to be detailed to be understood..everything is with the story... the art complements the story very well. And it was drawn very well.. especially female characters.

Characters are of course impossible in the real world but as a manga they are very interesting ... since all characters are very human like , mentally and emotionally.

Enjoyment is like a popular asian drama unfolding... I did feel excited sometimes and all sorts of emotions maybe because some scenes also happened in my past.

Overall verdict is that this is not for fantasy people... this is High drama with a lot of commonality to the american series "House" except that it is about surgery.

The manga started off great, but after 90 chapters it started going downhill for me. The main reason is that the story started focusing on Ijuuin, the intern, and less on Asada. I thought Asada was the MC, and I liked everything about him, but then he completely disappeared for 30 plus chapters. I already disliked the intern, with his constant whining, even though he was being trained by the best. All of a sudden, he has become the main focus of the series, even though he is a whining, ungrateful, and disloyal piece of work. Some of the antagonists ... of the story are better written, and bring something to the story. One of the main antagonist, Noguchi, that I despise is more worthy than Injuuin. If the story would not have completely disregarded the original MC, I would have given this manga a higher rating. Imagine reading GTO, and the MC disappears and only makes some cameos in certain chapters, would you still enjoy the series as much?