History Series / DoctorXSurgeonMichikoDaimon

* OnceASeries: Each time Dr. Daimon starts working as a freelancer at a hospital, Akira distributes a list of things that are often expected from doctors working at a large hospital but she won't do since they don't require a medical license, such as accompanying the director to golf or doing superfluous administrative work to look busy.

%%* BrutalHonesty: Daimon does not mince words, ever.

* {{Falling into His Arms}}: In season 7, after Daimon shares a pleasant dinner with Dr. Hachisuka, she twists one of her ankles and almost falls over. Hachisuka catches her in the last second and accidentally pulls her flush against him. They both look absolutely bewildered by the turn of events.

* IWasNeverHere: Due to her status as a freelance surgeon, all of the operation she conducts are given credit to another doctor. Akira takes advantage of this to leverage expensive bills from the current Director or the highest authority in charge of the surgery.

* BrutalHonesty: Daimon does not mince words, ever.

* {{Catchphrase}}:
** Daimon has several.
*** "I never fail." Rather than arrogance, however, this is more of a self-reminder that doctors cannot fail since the patient's life is at stake.
*** "I won't do it." She won't do things that don't require a medical license, some of which are listed in her standard contract.
*** "Let me operate on you!" is how she asks for her patients' consent. Sometimes followed by the blunt "You'll die if you don't have the operation."
*** "Move", or "Out of the way.", followed by a shove to the main surgeon when she knows the main surgeon cannot or will not continue to operate on the patient.
** Ebina's campaign slogan for the hospital chairmanship election is "Change and Challenge!", in English.
** The sycophantic doctors respond to orders with an acknowledgment phrase often heard in ''{{jidaigeki}}'', "''Gyoi!''" Daimon occasionally lampshades this.

* CountryMouse: A subplot during Season 4 between the doctors in Teito University as the doctors from the city looks down on the doctors from the countryside or from rural areas of Japan.

* CunningLinguist: Dr. Daimon speaks English, Chinese, Thai, French, Spanish, and Portuguese.

* SlaveToPR: Most of the doctors shown are very concerned of their public image, especially the directors, resulting them trying to stop Dr Daimon from operating because she's a 'part-timer'. Akira exploits this to charge them high fees for Dr Daimon's surgery while they can take her credit.

* StatusQuoIsGod: Despite everything that happens, Dr Daimon will always go back to working at Teito University Hospital.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The seventh season in 2021 features the Internal Medicine department being prioritized over Surgery due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, as well the rivalry between Doctor Daimon and Doctor Korogi, who [[DirtyCoward abandoned his duties]] when they worked together in New York during the height of the pandemic.

* LegFocus: While they rarely get acknowledged by characters in-universe, the lengths that the show's costume and camera crews are willing to go to put Dr. Daimon's legs on display are notable. This is understandable, as she ''is'' played by Ryoko Yonekura, who tops Japan's "celebrities with the most beautiful legs" surveys ''year after year'', and who has even commented that filming the show puts a good deal of strain on her legs owing to the way the show emphasizes their beauty: within most of the series, Dr. Daimon either wears high-heeled over-the-knee boots with ''very'' slim shafts or goes for similarly high-heeled pumps. And, as if intentionally flaunting her confidence, she ''never'' wears any stockings or hose and is ''always'' bare-legged (even in a professional environment such as the hospital, where almost every other female character wears hose).

* PowerWalk:
** The directors of Totei University Hospital, especially Hiruma, are fond of conducting this with their posse of doctors.
** A humorous example in season 7: Doctors Ebina, Kaji, and Hara do this on their way to help [[spoiler:Dr. Daimon and Jonouchi]] operate on [[spoiler:Dr. Hachisuka]]. They are accompanied by nurse Masako, who has to walk behind them because the hallway is too narrow. She is also too short to show up on camera behind them, so she hops a few times in an attempt to be seen onscreen.

** Director Hiruma occasionally mentions her 'beautiful legs', and she has warned him that it counts as sexual harassment.
** FootFocus: The constant spotlight given to Dr. Daimon's legs is frequently extended to her feet as well. Many scenes have her bare feet shown prominently on screen (with the famous recurring hot tub shots where her soles are directly facing the camera being the most notable), and she is shown to be a character who [[DoesNotLikeShoes likes slipping her shoes off in general]]. As, besides wearing her heels without hose, she also never wear socks in her boots and sneakers either, it makes sense that she would take as many chances as she can to pop her shoes off and air out her sweaty feet.

* KansaiRegionalAccent: Season 3 arc is about the rivalry between the two top hospitals of Kansai and Kanto areas, and the Kansai doctors speak in this. Daimon even notices that the two factions' pronunciations of "''gyoi''" are slightly different.

** FootFocus: The constant spotlight given to Dr. Daimon's legs is frequently extended to her feet as well. Many scenes have her bare feet shown prominently on screen (with the famous recurring hot tub shots where her soles are directly facing the camera being the most notable), and she is shown to be a character who [[DoesNotLikeShoes likes slipping her shoes off in general]]. As, besides wearing her heels without hose, she also never wear socks in her boots and sneakers either, it makes sense that she would take as many chances as she can to pop her shoes off and air out her sweaty feet.
** Director Hiruma occasionally mentions her 'beautiful legs', and she has warned him that it counts as sexual harassment.

* LegFocis: While they rarely get acknowledged by characters in-universe, the lengths that the show's costume and camera crews are willing to go to put Dr. Daimon's legs on display are notable. This is understandable, as she ''is'' played by Ryoko Yonekura, who tops Japan's "celebrities with the most beautiful legs" surveys ''year after year'', and who has even commented that filming the show puts a good deal of strain on her legs owing to the way the show emphasizes their beauty: within most of the series, Dr. Daimon either wears high-heeled over-the-knee boots with ''very'' slim shafts or goes for similarly high-heeled pumps. And, as if intentionally flaunting her confidence, she ''never'' wears any stockings or hose and is ''always'' bare-legged (even in a professional environment such as the hospital, where almost every other female character wears hose).

* ShesGotLegs: While they rarely get acknowledged by characters in-universe, the lengths that the show's costume and camera crews are willing to go to put Dr. Daimon's legs on display are notable. This is understandable, as she ''is'' played by Ryoko Yonekura, who tops Japan's "celebrities with the most beautiful legs" surveys ''year after year'', and who has even commented that filming the show puts a good deal of strain on her legs owing to the way the show emphasizes their beauty: within most of the series, Dr. Daimon either wears high-heeled over-the-knee boots with ''very'' slim shafts or goes for similarly high-heeled pumps. And, as if intentionally flaunting her confidence, she ''never'' wears any stockings or hose and is ''always'' bare-legged (even in a professional environment such as the hospital, where almost every other female character wears hose).

** The shrewd and aggressive Dr. Hachisuka has "hachi" (bee or wasp) as part of his last name. The series itself even lampshades this by having a CGI bee land on the miniature of his infectious disease research center.

** The shrewd and aggressive Dr. Hachisuka has "hachi" (bee) as part of his last name. The series itself even lampshades this by having a CGI bee land on the miniature of his infectious disease research center.

** The "hachi" in Dr. Hachisuka can mean "bee". The series itself even lampshades this by having a CGI bee land on the miniature of Hachisuka's infectious disease research center.

* Meaningful Name:

* SignatureMove: After each operation, Daimon puts her hand on the sedated patient's shoulder for a few seconds.

* {{Falling into His Arms}}: In season 7, after Daimon shares a pleasant dinner with Dr. Hachisuka, one of her high heels snaps, almost sending her tumbling to the floor. Hachisuka catches her in the last second and accidentally pulls her flush against him. They both look absolutely bewildered by the turn of events.

* {{HighPressureBlood}}: In the first episode of season 7, this happens during the second surgery, splattering Dr. Daimon and causing Dr. Hachisuka to let out a high-pitched shriek in terror. He is justified since [[the patient is infected with Lassa Fever]].

* {{High-PressureBlood}}: In the first episode of season 7, this happens during the second surgery, splattering Dr. Daimon and causing Dr. Hachisuka to let out a high-pitched shriek in terror. He is justified since [[the patient is infected with Lassa Fever]].