Nagai Akira & Nogizaka Tarou | Iryuu: Team Medical Dragon

Japanese: 医龍-Team Medical Dragon-
Synonyms: Team Medical Dragon
Type: Manga
Volumes: 25
Chapters: 210
Status: Completed
Published: Nov 1, 2002 to Jan 28, 2011
Genres: Drama, Psychological, Seinen
Authors: Nagai Akira (Story), Nogizaka Tarou (Art)
Serialization: Big Comic Superior

Synopsis: Dr. Katou is an ambitious woman who seeks to revolutionize the corrupt and inefficient Japanese medical system from within by becoming a professor in a teaching hospital. She enlists a maverick surgeon, Dr. Asada Ryuutarou, to help her with research that would catapult her to a professorship should they succeed and publish. However, Asada's refusal to conform to the system soon threatens to destroy not only her plans but her entire career. Katou is prepared to do anything, including going along with the system, in order to achieve her end goal, but she begins to question whether she has gone too far as Asada's actions bring many of the system's shortcomings to light.

Background

Won the 50th Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga in 2005.

Groups Scanlating

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Lively Scans

Mauzel

Nexgear

Noblesse Oblige

Outerworld Scans

Selene Scans

Sugooi Scans

Source: MAL Manga info, Baka updates

Main characters

Ryutaro Asada

Brilliant Surgeon, Ryutaro used to work in a famous team called "Team Medical Dragon". Dr House-like character, he's doing whatever he can to treat his patients. He goes to Meishin after Akira's request, to perform the Batista's surgery... 

Akira Katou

Vice-Professor of the Chest Surgery Unit, she wants to become the first female professor of Meishin Hospital. In order to do that, she needs to achieve the Batista's Surgery... 

Noboru Ijuuin (伊集院 登)

A hardworking intern at Meishin. He was hand picked by Ryutaro to be part of the batista team. Yet to be corrupted by the system, he lacks confidence in his skills and lacks agency. It is through the batista team that he grows.

Source: MAL