TV series

Handoku!!!

2001 · 1 season

A brash, heartfelt medical drama that mixes streetwise energy with life-and-death stakes and a touch of comedy.

Overview: As a former gang member, Hazama Ichiban witnessed the worst side of the emergency medical system and vowed to become a doctor to change it. With the aggressive passion he learned on the streets, Ichiban has worked his way to becoming a no-nonsense emergency medicine resident. But it is this same passion that he must learn to control when confronted with a situation beyond his help.
How it feels: Earnest, tense, warm and light. Brisk and needs your attention.
About: Redemption, healing, work, morality
Content: Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
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Full breakdown

Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: redemption
healing
work
morality
trauma
Places: hospital
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none