The Travel Nurse Episodes 1~7

I went into The Travel Nurse fully expecting to drop it within 2 episodes at most. Who wants to see a jdorama about not just one but two male nurses with female names? I was expecting a lot of why is a male nurse here jokes where there are but what I did not expect was that The Travel Nurse is similar to Sawamura Ikki's Doctors: Saikyou no Meii.

Doctors is a smartly written show about a doctor Sawamura Ikki who manipulates people to get good outcomes, especially Moriyama Sensei who is just a bad person but has the ability to do good. The Travel Nurse is about Nakai Kiichi whose real identity and motives are mysterious doing behind the scenes stuff at the hospital that the just started working at.

Okada Masaki (Ayumi) is the other travel nurse who joins with Nakai Kiichi at the hospital. He has worked as a nurse practitioner in the United States and complaining about how Japan does things different and has an antagonist relationship with Nakai Kiichi. He is the typical annoying and whining main character that needs to be taught a lesson.

Now I am not saying that The Travel Nurse is on the level of Doctors. The Travel Nurse is not on a must watch level but I find the writing surprisingly funny and the stories touching without being too melodramatic. It also helps that the nurse are overworked and treated badly by doctors and hospital so you are of course rooting for them.

Even Nanao who I don't particularly like is OK. Nakai Kiichi's identity and motive is a good hook for the show. On a side note I need to check if I have watched all the dorama SP for Doctors and one day I shall do a rewatch.

So if you want an easy to watch a feel good jdorama about a group of nurses this show might be for you. It is interesting to know that travel nurses are a real job. They get to travel around a lot, get paid and not have to pay for accomodation. 

Thanks to Madmansubs for subbing the show. You can get the show from their discord. One thing that is bugging me is that Endo Kenichi has been doing the voice over for the show's intro and he better show up in the final episode. Surprisingly watchable.