Tatsukawa Taichi's condition deteriorated all of a sudden.
It makes you suffer the most.
Is it because you have to lie to your grandpa about his illness?
I am so scared.
There are so many unknowns.
I feel that my family has broken up.
Save me, Aoi.
Don't worry, I will keep you company.
Ready to insert the tube.
Okay. I am sorry.
It seems that your grandpa will be transferred back to a normal ward.
Juri, you have to consider about your own body...
and stop visiting him for now.
You took it upon yourself and hide his sick condition from him.
Why do you have so much of deciding power?
I have told you before.
My grandma suffered a lot because of anti-cancer drugs.
I was very upset back then.
If I were her, it would be a huge blow for me too.
You are the only person who is worried about that!
It's because you are afraid of anticancer therapy.
Juri.
What's wrong?
Don't cry again this time.
(Pharmacist, Aoi Midori)
I have learned not to cry.
You are awesome!
Aoi, what are you doing here?
You were admitted to the hospital for muscle injuries.
It's because you played too hard...
in the baseball center, weren't you?
Is that why you are here?
Did you play baseball when you were young?
I have been playing baseball until I was in high school.
My dad has always been playing baseball.
I came here several times with my dad.
It went out!
- That's awesome! - Thank you!
- Good job! - That's great!
Are you okay?
I will think about my dad's condition.
I won't let Juri worry too much.
Is Mr. Tatsukawa all right?
Do you mean me?
Have you heard of the second-generation patient?
No.
The family or close friends of those patients...
who are down with severe illness...
may suffer more than the patients.
It is very suffering to see your family tortured by illness.
Don't keep it to yourself.
It is better to talk to someone.
(Don't forget to eat. Have some drinks!)
Under such guiltiness,
if Juri continues to stay by Mr. Taichi's side,
I don't think she can manage herself.
Are you saying that Juri is a second-generation patient?
Yes, you are also a second-generation patient.
What should I do?
Firstly, you should look for someone to discuss what to do.
For example, you can approach your familiar pharmacist.
Aoi.
Good morning.
Did you borrow the dress from Koharu?
My grandpa seems to have been transferred back to a normal ward.
I am going to pay him a visit.
Wait a minute.
Your dad has something to tell you.
Juri.
I plan to tell Grandpa about his condition.
What?
After explaining to him,
I hope that he will agree to receive anticancer treatment too.
Dad.
However, it might make all of us upset.
You will struggle moving forward.
Can you take it?
Firstly, this is the image of esophagogastroduodenoscopy.
The uneven surface is cancer.
Let's look at the CT.
The black area is also cancer.
In short, you are having final stage gastric cancer.
Please forgive me for hiding your health condition from you.
I told the doctor to do so.
I am sorry, Grandpa. I had lied too.
I am really sorry.
I see.
I have guessed it.
Grandpa.
Doctor, how much longer can I live?
Judging from the metastasis,
it is impossible to remove all the cancer cells by surgery.
If you don't receive any treatment,
you can only live for three more months.
However, if you start receiving anticancer treatment now,
and start taking S-1 pills and cisplatin injection,
chances are the tumor will shrink.
Doctor.
I don't think I require treatment.
Dad, what are you talking about?
It will cost a lot for sure.
But...
I just want to continue cooking in the restaurant...
and eating together with my family.
I am left with three more months and I am happy about it.
Juri.
I knew that...
you would say so.
However, since you have decided,
I will support your decision.
However, you only have three more months.
I don't want to see you die.
Mr. Taichi.
There are rest periods for anticancer treatment.
Even if you receive treatment,
you can go home and rest.
You can also work while nursing your body.
No matter what is your decision,
the people who can live with you and support you...
are your son and Juri.
Please discuss this...
with your family...
about the future.
You are right.
I will have a thorough discussion with my family.
I wish I could eat fried rice as much as I can.
Stop talking nonsense.
The next day, Mr. Taichi decided to receive anticancer treatment.
This is Tatsukawa Taichi who is admitted to the hospital...
due to the final stage gastric cancer.
These are his supporters,
Tatsukawa Shuzo and Tatsukawa Juri.
Everyone is living an important life outside of the hospital...
and they have a future to continue living.
The people who would protect them...
are pharmacists.
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All right, I am going to take a photo.
Juri!
Koharu.
Are you okay after getting discharged?
Yes, my appetite is coming back.
I have gone back to school too.
That's great.
Thank you for your help, Koharu.
As a token of appreciation,
please discharge me from the hospital.
My goodness.
I am just kidding.
By the way, Aoi, look.
I did this together with Grandpa.
(A list of things I want to do)
Our main goal is to watch a baseball match.
We are going to watch the match after he has discharged.
Please do me a favor, Aoi.
Sure.
I am surprised that Kariya knows how to do it.
Is this your first time in the chemotherapy room, Aihara?
Yes.
Are all the anticancer drugs being prepared here?
Yes.
Kariya is the only pharmacist who is qualified...
to prepare anticancer drugs.
- Please confirm for me. - Sure.
"Cisplatin 90mg."
"Stroke-physiological saline solution 250mg."
Okay.
I am surprised that you are interested in it.
Yes.
Working in a biosafety cabinet...
is like conducting experiments.
It's cool!
That is how I perceived pharmacists before I became one.
I feel so embarrassed.
The reason I chose to be a pharmacist is so lame.
This is the first time I see you so active at work.
If you are interested,
I can lend you some reference books on how to be a certified pharmacist.
I don't have such a plan.
You don't have such a plan?
Are you interested in chemotherapy?
Yes, I finally found what I want to do.
I see. It is not bad.
I mean the feeling of working at the chemotherapy room.
Yes, chemotherapy room.
The chemotherapy room...
is where we prepare injection drugs for cancer patients.
That is the perk of being a hospital pharmacist.
- It's more than that. - It doesn't matter.
I think it's awesome.
Ms. Handa.
Can I follow Aoi...
to see Tatsukawa Taichi?
I would like to observe...
patients who are receiving anticancer treatment...
so that I can learn.
I think it is still a little too early for you to do that.
I think it is okay.
You are okay with it, right?
Yes.
I got it.
Aoi, please guide her.
Sure.
Thank you very much!
- Good afternoon. - Good afternoon.
Aoi.
Mr. Taichi, how do you feel?
I am quite energetic.
After a long talk with my family,
receiving treatment is indeed the right choice.
Mr. Taichi.
If you feel pain or discomfort due to the side effects,
don't put up with the pain.
Just let me know.
There is only one thing that troubles me.
What is it?
My hair is all gone. I am bald.
I think you have always been bald.
Mr. Taichi doesn't have diarrhea problems or ulcers.
His renal function is intact too.
I think he can continue using cisplatin.
Who knows if he can be cured, right?
- Dr. Hatara. - Yes.
Tatsukawa Taichi...
has fulfilled all the requirements...
to try out the newly invented drug, M325.
"The newly invented drug"?
It's Dr. Nanao's suggestion.
M325...
can help patients even if they have final stage cancer.
There are cases where patients' lives were extended to six months.
Isn't that great?
Mr. Taichi and Juri will be happy.
What do you think, Aoi, the most trustworthy person?
I am against the suggestion.
- Aoi. - Why?
A trial is very important,
but people always perceive it in a negative way.
I know it well.
No matter how detailed the explanation is...
for Mr. Tatsukawa and his family,
a trial is a strong word.
Aoi.
Which is more important? The patient or his family?
Both are equally important.
What should we do, Dr. Hatara?
The combination of S-1 and cisplatin works well on him.
I think we should stick to the treatment plan for now.
Got it.
I hope we won't regret it soon.
- Thank you for your hard work. - Thank you for your hard work.
Are you learning about anticancer drugs?
Yes.
I looked at the cases which are similar to Tatsukawa Taichi's case.
Are you that kind of person?
I am motivated by a sense of mission all of a sudden.
"A sense of mission"?
Mr. Taichi's life is in our hands.
Therefore, I want to do my best to save him.
Are you mocking me?
I am sorry, I am not mocking you.
Someone said the same thing in the past.
Thank you for your hard work.
Aihara, I am going to Nyan Nyan Tei later.
- Do you want to come along? - Yes.
I have something to tell Mr. Tatsukawa.
I am joining too.
That's rare.
- They serve delicious food, right? - Yes.
Let's go.
It's so delicious. This is so delicious.
Thank you for the compliment.
Seno is a real eater.
I didn't know that.
I will run out of energy if I don't eat well.
Choose food from the menu that is suitable for him.
Okay.
If he is nauseous after eating...
Aoi is really...
It's as if she can't breathe...
if she doesn't work hard for every patient.
Are you envious of her?
What are you saying?
(Private Pharmacist, Ryo Onozuka)
Your expression has betrayed you.
Okay.
Please pay attention to his mental health too.
Mr. Tatsukawa, please take a look at this too.
There is a 50-year-old patient with final stage cancer...
who successfully lived for five years...
after nivolumab injection.
- Such a case does exist? - Yes.
Don't give up, let's work together.
It would be best if he can live until he is 100 years old.
Excuse me.
I am coming.
Excuse me.
Aihara, please come here.
(Nyan Nyan Tei)
What is wrong?
The thesis that you showed him...
was not tested on patients with gastric cancer.
It is not applicable to Mr. Taichi.
However, they will be hopeful after listening that,
and it will increase the chances of recovery, isn't it?
You have to bear the responsibility...
if you decided to give them hope.
I do feel troubled once you mentioned about responsibility...
But I won't give up.
Hey.
Aihara, your fried rice is here.
Eat up.
How do you feel?
It is as if you are talking to your old self, right?
When you were new to the field,
you also made your own judgment.
You decided to come along after listening to Aihara...
because you are worried, right?
I just want to stop you before you lose your rag.
Aihara is working really hard.
You should be more patient with her.
Seno who was in charge of guiding me...
threw tantrums at me many times.
I shall finish the steamed dumplings.
I want to eat steamed dumplings too.
Dad, why are you crying?
You are so nosy.
Just don't think too much.
As your body mechanism is not well controlled,
you have to take a stroll in a wheelchair this time.
(Take a walk with Juri)
It is so beautiful!
(A list of things I want to do)
Do you feel numbness in your limbs?
I can still handle the wok!
- Congratulations on your discharge. - Congratulations on your discharge.
We are going to watch a baseball match tomorrow.
Can I have beers while watching the match?
Hey, I don't think you are allowed to drink alcohol.
- Am I right, Aoi? - You are right.
(Chinese Cuisine)
Grandpa, can I sleep beside you?
I shall sleep on the side.
It would be bad if something happens at midnight.
Dad.
- Grandpa? - Hey.
- Dad! - Grandpa!
I am still alive.
Stop pulling our legs!
You fool.
I just want to know...
how would both of you react if I am dead.
Don't say that! It is inauspicious.
Both of you reacted in a terrible way.
I am going to switch off the lights.
I can't wait to watch the baseball match.
However,
being able to spend time at home...
with my family...
What?
Nothing.
Good night.
- Good night. - Good night.
Tamiflu. Tamiflu. Tamiflu again.
Why does everyone need Tamiflu?
Yes, it is not even the flu season yet.
It means the flu season is coming.
We are already so busy.
I am sorry.
I have been skipping medicine preparation session lately.
- Aoi. - Yes.
Don't you need to tend the chemotherapy room?
Tatsukawa Taichi...
was sent to the hospital due to a high fever.
How come?
Though he has accumulation of serous fluid in the peritoneal cavity,
his renal function is still working continuously.
It doesn't cause any negative impact on the other organs.
We shall continue with the anticancer treatment.
- Okay. - I am sorry.
Grandpa, you will feel better soon.
All the best!
You are right.
Sorry for being late.
Aihara.
When you saw Mr. Taichi's condition,
you were shaking.
Patients are sensitive to our reactions.
You have to take note of it moving forward.
Okay.
- Aoi. - Yes.
My dad wants to talk to you.
Okay.
What is wrong?
Aoi.
We are almost done.
We can do this, right?
This is the last thing I want to do.
(Have fun with my family!)
No matter what happens in the future,
I don't want my life to be extended for no reason.
Mr. Taichi.
Juri and Mr. Tatsukawa are praying for you.
You can go home once you have recovered.
I know.
But...
I have the final say to decide how I want to live...
in my final days.
To be honest,
I can't take it anymore.
Aoi, I have done enough, right?
I am sorry.
I have decided not to say anything negative to my family.
Hence, I won't say this to Shuzo and Juri.
Aoi, can I ask for a favor?
I will tell Dr. Hatara about my decision.
What is going on?
The patient felt unbearable pain.
Therefore, he decided to stop the treatment...
and he will take medical cannabis to ease his pain.
He had worked really hard.
Since he chose palliative care,
he has given up on active treatment.
Some patients and their family will think...
that the patient is being abandoned.
Please watch your language.
How could you draw the line so effortlessly?
Isn't medicine existed to cure diseases?
If we only dispense medicine to extend a patient's life,
will we still be needed?
Aihara.
Doctors give treatment with the aim to cure diseases.
Pharmacists are more than that.
I don't get what you are saying.
I don't want to give up.
We are not giving up.
I didn't give up.
Medical cannabis always gives people the impression that...
someone is at the final stage and is incurable.
However, besides getting rid of pain,
let patients live their final days at ease is also a great treatment.
Aoi said the same thing to me.
I thought she was cold-blooded.
So you thought.
Aoi must have grown up a little too.
Fried rice?
Grandpa has been craving fried rice.
Hence, I want to fix his craving.
I will make sure the rice is extra soft.
I will also make sure I cut down on seasoning.
Please, Aoi.
Please.
(Watch a baseball game, eat fried rice and dumplings)
As it is just behind the hospital,
Dr. Hatara allows you to leave the hospital.
I see.
Hey! Sorry to have made you wait.
It's fried rice and dumplings...
fresh out of the pot from Nyan Nyan Tei.
What is going on?
After discussing with Aoi and the cafeteria at the hospital,
we got the permission to use the kitchen.
Really?
"Chinese cuisine has to be eaten while it is still hot."
Isn't that what you told me?
Enjoy your food.
As expected, it is delicious.
Now it's the time...
for the first baseball match...
between the Pharmaceutical Department of Yorozu Hospital...
and the local private pharmacists.
- I would appreciate your guidance. - I would appreciate your guidance.
It is a match where we put the dignity...
of Pharmaceutical Department at risk.
We have to make sure that we win!
Kick off!
- Ryu! - Hakura!
We forgot to confirm the signals.
Out!
- He is running so slow! - Why did he hit the ball?
- What is going on? - The beater is out!
Please pass me a drop ball.
- It's so painful! - It's a dead ball!
I am sure you did that on purpose!
- He is laughing. - I am not.
That is not the case.
No, it's not easy to serve a drop ball!
He looks like an expert.
Seno!
- If you don't want to lose to a man - If you don't want to lose to a man
Good ball!
Hey!
- It is as if seeing fireworks - It is as if seeing fireworks
- Wait. - You are in the wrong direction!
Out!
Darn it!
Let me do it.
- Who are you imitating? - Kariya!
Don't mind it.
You are so nosy.
That's right.
You can still take a turn for the best!
I can do it!
Home run!
(Watch a baseball game)
Dad.
Actually, I brought this too.
That's so sweet of you.
I wonder if Juri and I can still live a smooth life...
when you are gone.
I wonder if I can notice her changes.
I am afraid that I might not be able...
to protect our family and the restaurant.
- Same goes to me. - What?
The restless feeling will not go away anytime soon...
because she is the most precious thing for you.
She also told me that she is worried about you.
I am in no position to comment.
We are so alike because we are a father and son.
- Good job! - Nice catch.
Nice throw!
I am so happy today.
It has always been like this.
I am happy no matter what happens to my life.
Thank you, Shuzo.
Dad.
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- Aoi! - Yes.
Tatsukawa Taichi's condition deteriorated again.
We have informed his family.
Are you not going to see him?
Patients have been waiting for a long time.
That's not the right occasion for pharmacists.
- Just go. - Ms. Handa.
I am unbeatable now as I have had a breakthrough.
Yes, even if you are not around,
we can still do it.
Just leave it to us.
Give it to me.
Thank you.
Aihara, come with me.
No, I didn't do...
Let's go.
Death certified at 2:43pm.
Thank you, Dr. Harata.
We didn't react in a terrible way.
Thank you.
Grandpa.
Aoi, Aihara.
Thank you for your help.
It is not a big deal.
I feel sorry.
I told you not to give up and let's work hard together,
but I couldn't do anything.
I am glad to hear that.
See you in the restaurant again.
Sure.
That's all for today.
I am sorry.
You don't have to apologize.
You had worked hard for Mr. Taichi.
I believe that you can do more.
I am upset. I feel remorse.
Everyone is the same.
What we can do is to keep thinking...
what we can do for the patients.
Please don't forget that,
Aihara.
Okay.
Thank you so much.
I think Aoi is the most perplexed person.
What?
Aoi aims more than just saving the patients.
She wants to save their family too.
She thinks that is the duty of a pharmacist.
Therefore, she focused on not only the treatment for Mr. Taichi,
she also considered the time he could spend with his family.
However,
she is the one who wanted to save Mr. Taichi's life the most.
It is indeed a shame.
This is a present from Mr. Taichi.
(Thank you)
- Thank you for your hard work. - Thank you for your hard work.
Where is Aoi?
I think she has gone home.
What? I thought she would feel very defeated.
We planned to bring her for barbecue, right?
Seno, do you want to join us?
I think patients with influenza have increased.
All of us shall go home early today. Thank you for your hard work.
Yes.
- Thank you for your hard work. - Thank you for your hard work.
(Thank you)
Should he have tried the newly invented drug,
the situation could have changed.
What a shame.
Please pass the message to your favorite apprentice.
Dr. Nanao.
I bet you suggested to use the newly invented drugs...
only for your own benefit.
Being skeptical about experiments.
It is a big no for pharmacists.
Seno.
You are the one who perceives...
the newly invented drug in a negative way.
It's nobody's fault that your mom...
couldn't be saved.
It's just because the medicine was not powerful enough.
You will get into greater trouble if you beat me.
Like I said,
what cures diseases is medicine.
Even if a pharmacist insists on keeping patients company,
she can't solve any problems.
What Aoi does is meaningful.
I don't think that is a waste of effort.
When my sister was sick,
our family members took turns to take care of her.
Due to the treatment...
and the pain caused by the illness,
she always ranted out at me.
"Why do I have to suffer this, but not you?"
My parents, the doctor, and nurses...
worked really hard to save my sister.
I couldn't do anything.
I couldn't even cry.
Where is your sister?
We couldn't save her.
When I was sitting on my sister's bed,
the hospital pharmacist came.
Just like this, she and I were sitting back-to-back.
I couldn't hold back my tears anymore.
When I was crying,
that pharmacist kept me company in silence.
Is that why you became a pharmacist?
Yes.
Though I can't be like that pharmacist...
You can do it.
Aoi,
you can be like that pharmacist.
Thank you.
Sorry to have made you wait.
It is a treat.
- I am so happy! - Those were Grandpa's last words.
He told me to treat you to a meal.
Let me know if you want more.
Thank you.
Dad, shouldn't you cook something for me, your employee?
You should cook for yourself once in a while.
Please cook for me!
I only get paid 800 yen per hour. That is low!
When I worked for your grandpa,
I didn't get paid at all!
(Watch a baseball game, eat fried rice and dumplings)
(Have fun with my family!)
Why isn't the medicine working?
It might cause humans to go extinct.
Please don't simply make a decision for me.
Can you guarantee that it is correct?
Please tell me the truth.