After School Doctor Episode 3

Nao’s adventure

Nao gets to take a walk with his big sis and ends up at the school to use bathroom. There he exits and finds himself with three pranksters from 6th grade class. They tell spooky stories and lets him explore several classrooms. Dr Makino and Kei have a harder time finding him because they hide and keep him quiet to not get into trouble. Nao was much more animated the next day but neither child told their parents why. When Kei tries to talk to her mom about letting him get out more she is soundly slapped. Guilt and tunnel vision can make parents in particular make stupid choices. The healthy or least troublesome child is often ignored so extra attention can be given to the other. Kei was causing trouble because she wanted Dr Makino to be her brother’s main doctor again. That cleared up the who and why but also let Dr Makino tell her that if she had succeeded, he definitely would not be back to the hospital. Kei doesn’t go home after school and is finally found waiting in school infirmary. There the family, teacher and doctor all have a frank conversation about Nao’s condition. The mother starts to rant about Kei and the doc shuts her down and pivots it. He subtly lets her know that releasing her hovering to let him grow and go to school can give her some much needed downtime to just watch him enjoy playing. Her reaction to daughter is a beginning because she recognizes it cost her and daughter both pain. While it may seem too small of a step, she is finally seeing Kei as her own person. This will begin a healing path for them if mother can shift her focus to include a bigger parameter for Nao’s caregivers. It remains to be seen if she can handle that, but for her children’s sakes I hope so. The actors do a superb job of making you feel the situation from all their perspectives. It was very well done and the story is nicely paced filling in all the gaps as it goes. I like Dr Makino’s reaction to the teacher and he is a good lesson for her.🤣 children respect authority and strength of will and character.Dr Makino has that in spades. He just needs to learn to sugarcoat his speech more for the grownups.

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