Gyne
Posted on January 28th, 2010
Gyne
[Rating: 8/10]
Genre: Medical, Drama
Hiragi Nachi is an anti-social obstetrician who would do anything to save her patients, even if great risks are involved. Though her colleagues are dismayed by her attitude, they know she is one of the best in her field and is a genuine doctor who cares for her patients. Nachi also has her personal reasons for the way she conducts herself. One day a freak accident makes her re-evaluate things as the situation puts not only her career but the entire department at stake.
First of all you must be wondering if Gyne is my favourite jdrama for the season, why did I rate it lower than My Girl? Well, just because it’s number one doesn’t mean it has to have a higher rating. For one thing I like shows with some action and mystery involved, and Gyne despite not having as stellar a cast had a good storyline. It’s probably my second favourite medical drama after Iryu, which says something (I know I keep bringing up Iryu alot lately but I can’t help it~). Gyne was also pretty psychological which I enjoyed, Nachi’s downward spiral into post- trauma parnoia rather surprised me at first but it was riveting to watch. So was the underlying tension/rivalry between her and fellow doctor Higuchi. Higuchi turned out to be one of my favourite characters, even over Nachi and I sorta felt sorry that she was the middle-man in the whole thing, and her talents seemed to be overlooked. I really wanted her to get together with the other doctor… forgot his name (the tall one). A surprising sub-plot I didn’t expect to like that much was the romance between the Susami and Segawa. Though I found their relationship developed really quickly in the show I realized most of it was subtle and behind-the-scenes it was. Despite their age difference they were very sweet together, and the ‘wedding scene’ was touching especially with Susami and the improv rings. This was where I started to take notice of Uchida Yuki (Segawa) and she’s now one of my favourite actresses (she’s in Iryu 2 as well). I also give this show extra cookies for being a hospital drama not set in the general Emergency ward or the cardiosurgery ward (enough of the batista operations I think, though they were good). It presented a good insight to this lesser known department, and balanced doctor and patient point of views well. The Tokutomi family’s story was very touching, and I couldn’t hate them for what happened afterwards, though I do think the dad was rather naive though his confusion and distraught is understandable. And Nachi’s son? So sweet. He reminded a little me of Koharu in My Girl with his odd child sense of understanding.
Ok, now onto what I didn’t like about the show which lead me to give it a lower rating than My Girl were. Tamaki, the other main character of the show, the rookie doctor who Nachi was supposed to mentor. He’s whiny and went round sleeping with two people from the same department at the same time. Both girls genuinely liked him and he did throw away a good chance in the end.I think the show was supposed to be told from his viewpoint but that didn’t really work that well… it was pretty vague exactly what his purpose was supposed to serve. I feel the show could have worked just as well without him. The other characters totally overshadowed him. Other than that the cast interactions were good but lacking dynamic in some places, but it could be partly due to the relations between the characters. And though I doubt it, I hope to see something where Nachi gets back together with her husband? They seem to care alot for each other still, and hey, he did sorta save her and the department in the end. Quite sad that he’s not on the tree diagram of the main characters because he was definitely more than just a cameo. I took ages to search for the actor (Hasegawa Hiroki).
So there you have it, my favourite drama of Autumn 2009 =3
Filed under: ** jdrama, drama, medical