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KJ2025 This episode starts with Riko who is very loud and somewhat thoughtless. She has a good heart but comes from a wealthy family so a lot of what she says comes out condescending or inadvertently bragging. Her comments about the girls clothes was borderline mean but not truly mean spirited. She wanted to share her stuff but made the other girl feel just awful and not the least bit interested. Knowing she blundered, but not understanding why, Riko has been hiding out in the infirmary studying on her own and avoiding class. It is here that she eavesdrops on a conversation between Dr Mikano and a teacher. They are concerned that Satoshi has not been in school and is refusing to leave his room. They decide to visit his home and find the mom at her wits end and having to leave for work. Turns out she’s an operating room nurse at the hospital Mikano worked at. After she leaves the men try to convince the boy to come out of his room but find themselves unsuccessful. Not only that, Satoshi had escaped out the window where he ran into Riko and a bus adventure began. As they chat, Riko is beginning to understand what ‘reading the room’ means. Against his wishes, she chooses to accompany him on the quest of finding Satoshi’s dad. She becomes helpful because she boldly goes up to a mechanic and asks about his dad. Here he finds out that his dad had quit a month ago and wasn’t there. Dr Mikano catches up with them and rides the bus back. Here he learns he’s not ‘reading the room’ either. They end up at his old hospital where Satoshi is getting an IV and resting. When his mom gets there Riko helps break the ice and a candid conversation takes place. It’s a nice moment and Mikano speaks up to offer both help and encouragement. His old boss is listening and rather surprised at the progress Mikano is making. At school the next day both students decide to get back to class and make things right. He for his mom, and she with her classmates. Here their teacher had a warm fuzzy moment listening to the girls make up. This was another one where Ms Shinoya was not annoying. I am liking her a lot more these last couple episodes. She is learning how to read the room too.
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This is the first episode I wasn’t annoyed with Ms Shinoya😂 when she took the time to slow down she is much more personable and a lot less presumptuous. It was also an interesting note that Dr Mikano got her colleagues to realize how much they were taking her for granted and pushing extra work her way. It is often true that the one that works hardest is the most taken advantage of in the workplace. Her stubbornness in avoiding care was reaching a critical point. Stepping back, calming down, and taking the time to take care of herself made her much more likable. The care from her students I’m sure wrapped her up like a comfy blanket. Dr Mikano is seeing more of his environment and working on improving it which is a definite step away from tunnel visioned obsession with a body puzzle he is trying to fix. He is recognizing that he is a better doctor if he can understand the environment and mindset of who he is treating. By taking in the family circumstances as applicable, he can put more parties at ease dealing with health conditions and getting to the root cause of the trouble. In this episode her trial of uncertainty helped her better understand and look after her troubled student trying to fit in. Again, I cannot praise enough how wonderful these young actors are. They really work well together and the cast makes this drama enjoyable and thoughtful.
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This episode flashes back to the case that caused Mikano to have to leave the hospital. He needed to learn empathy. I like that he wants to work on all the body rather than specialize. But he still treats it as a puzzle or machine to work or be fixed in specific ways. He is a genius with that. But where he falls flat as a physician is understanding the soul and spirit and how that relates to understanding the mindset and healing both body and mind. His perspective is being broadened and his heart is growing through these children that are letting him see their true selves that even family and teachers don’t always see or recognize. He is being let into their inner circle because in many ways he is more of a child than they are in how to communicate and understand feelings. I think this is their way of repaying him for addressing their physical needs and treating the cause not just bandaging the symptoms. This is his gift as a physician. He wants to root out what is causing the pain or affliction and truly help them heal. The dad wanting to participate in bandaging his daughter’s wounds that he helped cause is very symbolic of their mutual healing and better understanding of each other. And her conversation with her mom lets both of them know she is doing fine where she is and will learn to be happy with her circumstances even if her mom lives elsewhere. This was a powerful episode in learning how to listen to mindset and body symptoms as a unit. True healing takes place when mind and body can be at peace and rest. He is learning how to listen and feel while still keeping his brain in tune with the afflictions he sees on / in their bodies.
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One of the 6th graders is a quiet girl that feels like an outsider. She has behavioral issues and when she gets overly upset she gets in a destructive mode that can get turned in items or even her person. After destroying a decoration the boy who caught her in the act is blamed for doing it. He is usually the impulsive troublemaker that finds everything not supposed to do to be exciting. He revealed something sad when he said he used that to keep the hurt away. So while he reacts differently, both of these children are acquainted with great pain. The school has an on site camping trip,for the students and she is fearful that the boy will tell on her and pushes him in a river. He is the first to notice that something else is going on and tries to help her find a different way to ease her anger. This gets both of them in trouble but also develops a budding friendship between them. When she gets home from the trip she finds her mom’s clothes gone and her dad has no clue when she will be back. Dr Mikano is the first to discover that the girl cuts when upset so when she doesn’t show up to school he goes to her house to be sure she’s ok. She doesn’t let him in but he stays close trying to get her to tell him her story. The child actors are phenomenal in this drama. They are totally believable in whatever scenario they are in. For as annoying as the doctor is supposed to be, I find the well meaning teacher the most aggravating. I want to cover my ears like Mikano does. 😂 I don’t fast forward because every once in a while she has a valid point. She just needs to be more succinct. 😝
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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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Dr Makino gives a first aid class for the school teaching CPR and how to use an AED machine. It was interesting for me that Japanese 911 is 119. A student jumps from a tree and hurts himself and the girl that started rumors comforts him but doesn’t tell anybody. The next day the same boy is more injured from same stunt and is taken to the hospital. Dr Makino takes the older boy to hospital to show him how fragile life can be. Here we see that he lost hospital privileges and another doc covers that he received permission to be there. The older boy was shaken but learned how harmful his choices were for the younger boy. He now understands that as the older one, he should be more responsible. He and Dr Makino have a very candid conversation and some, like his superior might think it too harsh for a child to hear. For some, this is the only way they really understand the gravity of foolish or dangerous choices. I agree that Dr Makino still needs a lot of improvement in addressing people. But he is actually more attuned than the smiley faced adults about what is really going on. This is how he is gaining the respect of the students. Even with the rumors they recognize he knows what he is talking about and well equipped to treat their injuries and sicknesses even if not caring for their feelings. When it comes to needing a good doctor, I’m with the kids on wanting the capable one over the nice one. The rumor monger from the school finds an old man lying on the ground and has to live out everything she saw in the AED class. She was terrified, but Dr Makino both calmed her and bullied her into action til he could get there. He let her know what a good job she’d done and also learned why she resented him so much.
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Dr Makino is replacing the local school nurse while she’s on maternity leave. He is an excellent diagnostician, but he severely lacks bedside manner. For this reason he has been assigned to the school so that he will learn how to communicate better with people in general. His first case is a boy who snuck into an off limits area. He suffered from shrub typhus and got help thanks to two other boys who were out sneaking with him. The more serious case was a little girl suffering from narcolepsy. Those around her thought she just wasn’t sleeping at night and goofing off to get out of class etc. As her condition worsened, Dr Makino was the only one who understood what was going on and strongly admonished her class to quit bullying her about it. Even her teacher was surprised the next morning when the little girl commented how Dr Makino was the only one that saw the real her…even if he was weird 😂 The actors made this slice of life classroom experience feel very real. The children in particular do an excellent job making all their maladies real and showing the dynamics of student relationships. Although Dr Makino still fails to communicate kindly, his notice of their real situations is winning the respect of his patients and their families. He is struggling with the simplest of social skills, but his new friends are teaching him how to communicate. 😁 There is a surprise twist at the end of the episode.
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Please Take Care of My Refrigerator Season 2 Episode 6
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This was a fun round because Eun Ji’s fridge required more tossing than using 🤣 she said in her case it was please clean my fridge😂 the funniest part of the usable items is that she had frozen meals by chef Hyun Seok that gave chef Kang Rok materials to use for dish. Chef Yeon Bok was his competitor. They both did an excellent job of making decent dishes with the unique array of items they had to use. The second round was spicy and here Jung Ji Seok competed with Kim Poong making spicy dishes. Poong was trying out his new pan to see if lucky or cursed. 😂 This was another fun round as items were scarce so when mistakes happened there was no backup or time to pivot. This was another fun round and winners were again surprises because guest ate lots of one dish to choose the other chef. So far, I have really enjoyed watching each round. I think chef Kang Rok seems to be too gentle a soul for this type of competition. He takes all the teasing good naturedly, but sometimes I find it more mean than funny, tho I don’t think intended to be that way.
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Please Take Care of My Refrigerator Season 2 Episode 5
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Son Jong Win and Queen of dim sum join chefs. The guests for this episode Jang Won Young and Lee Eun Ji. One host scored big for daughter’s birthday getting an autograph from her favorite idol. For first challenge of creamy Hyun Seok goes against Matfia Napoli. The older chefs kept commenting how similar they were. Hyun Seok began his career the same year Matfia Napoli was born😝 steak vs pasta this round. JWY had an interesting pallet because she liked thing like goat cheese with chestnut honey. The chefs enjoyed the varied fresh produce and meats her fridge had. For the second round Son Jong Win and Sam Kim competed. Their round was of fine dining with plating being as important as taste. This was another fun episode with much joking and laughter. I learned women make dolphin noises when pleased with food😂
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Once WangYe gets home we see the lengths his father will go to to try to keep him from temples. He just wants his son home to take over the family business. Wang Ye finds himself challenged by three Zhuge cousins who wants to know how he defeated Zhuge Qing. Once these three are punished for their insolence, WangYe seeks help to find out who is trying to kidnap him and to keep his family safe. Chulan, BaoBao, and Zhuge Qing offer assistance and start tracking the outsiders. This episode was fun to watch as WangYe used much more evasive skills than fighting abilities. The ending has WangYe disappearing from view with 8 more to find.
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Grandmaster defeats Gong Qing and learns what he knows. He is told ChiLan will cause another calamity and should be eliminated. Now it is understood why he wanted to trap ChuLan with the seal of Tianshidu. While it gives you the answers for everything, you can’t reveal them. And to take the gift, the Grandmaster dies. So ChuLan continues to refuse it because he figured it out. As punishment for killing Gong Qing,Grandmaster is imprisoned on a special mountain in Longhu. He is visited by ChuLan and again can’t tell him what he wants to know. But with this visit ChuLan knows he did the right thing. He also knows that his grandfather lied. Wang Ye is another person of interest because of his ability. He is banished and shunned by his Grandmaster so he decides to go home. We learn he is independently wealthy and being followed. Chulan, BaoBao, and WangYe are about to meet the ones following them.
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Grandmaster is traveling after Sinister Pleasure members seeking the leader that killed his friend. He is a storm of lightning cutting loose on them and has spared few in his journey. The elders are 50/50 in stopping him and letting him continue. He encourages LY to follow his heart and to quit pleasing others. He told LY his quest for perfection was not attainable and was not the true Taoist path. That finding love was the correct choice for him and he should see where it leads.
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Grandmaster has spent time tossing two men out of windows for bad behavior. ChuLan still refuses the gift and now has to settle things with BaoBao who has been counting on getting info for her family. And Grandmaster is also far from pleased because this was his scheme to protect ChuLan from Sinister Pleasure. During the attacks of Sinister Pleasure, a traitor in the midst managed to have the memories of JinZhong stolen. It was especially heartbreaking for his caretaker who was tricked into leaving him with the traitor. He is scarred by this and will need time to recover. They at least did have the resources to learn who the traitor was but have no means to get the memories that were taken. Grandmaster is definitely going to have a hand in capturing the traitor who is also the interim head of Sinister Pleasure. To be betrayed from within is something they all are dealing with. Chulan admits he did not claim the prize to BaoBao, but also promises to find out what happened to her family. The traitor is unique in that he loved and respected the person he killed. He demanded mourning from all members of Sinister Pleasure for seven days. Things are in an even weirder state than normal everywhere because of the deaths and conflicts that have taken place. People are deciding what side they are really on.
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Grandmaster quietly kicked butt. He helped several to consider the choices they made or will make. Sinister pleasure got some major defeats from this venture. LingYu and XiaHe have some thinking to do. ChuLan sees his grandfather again and now has better understanding of what his gift really is. They find out that many in NDT do not have ID’s and want to find out why. I enjoyed all the battles with the heavy hitters. I especially liked the Qi eater having Qi that didn’t agree with him. That was an entirely new experience for him and long past due.
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After the last battle Sinister Pleasure stirs up trouble to capture BaoBao. They are making distractions everywhere so that their real reason for being there is kept secret. The four crazies take on LingYu and Lu Jin. ChuLan asks the Grandmaster a question no one else has thought to ask.
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