Manga like Iryuu: Team Medical Dragon

Black Jack ni Yoroshiku

Also known as Give My Regards to Black Jack.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

"What is a doctor?"- a young intern faces the dark side of the medical world.
The reality awaiting intern Eijirou Saito at the ultra-prestigious Eiroku University hospital turns out to be brutally long hours of work for a paltry salary of less than $500 a month. 3 months after his graduation from the university, his patients-first idealism crashes head-on into a medical system that's a veritable tangle of contradictions and competing interests.



Note: Won Excellence Prize for Manga in Japan Media Arts Festival (2002) and Grand Award in Japan Cartoonist Association Award (2004).

Tags: Medicine , Seinen , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Philosophy , Rehabilitation , Educational , Work , Disability , Episodic , Nudity , Heterosexual , Suicide

Dr. Koto Shinryoujo

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

After making a serious mistake in his work in Tokyo, talented surgeon Goto Kensuke is invited to take charge of the only clinic on the small island of Yonaguni, Okinawa. It is difficult to get competent doctors to serve on this remote island, and the islanders are now used to traveling for hours via boat for proper medical care. Despite seeming weak and unreliable (he gets very seasick, and does not have a driving license), he wins over the skeptical islanders with his skill and dedication. Some children of the island make a flag for his clinic, but get his name wrong. Thereafter he is known by all as Koto.

Tags: Medicine , Rural , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Primarily Adult Cast , Heterosexual , Work

Megumi no Daigo

Also known as Firefighter! Daigo of Fire Company M.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama

Fire, smoke, adrenaline, and fear--when everyone is running to escape from a fire, a few courageous people are running to jump right into the thick of it. Firefighters put their own lives on the line to protect others and Daigo Asahina has always dreamed of becoming one. He's fresh out of the training academy and has been newly assigned to Medaka-Ga-Hama fire station. Cocky and overconfident, Daigo responds to a few calls and is quickly humbled and put in his place--he's still got a lot to learn before he can call himself a true firefighter.



Tags: Firefighters , Urban , Work , Heterosexual , Primarily Male Cast , Outdoor Activities , Survival , Tragedy , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Time Skip , Love Triangle

Radiation House

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

It turns out that it’s not only the general practitioner who diagnoses our illnesses! There are medical radiographers, who probe for the causes and reveal the lesions using X-ray or CT imaging. Not to mention the radiologists, who interpret the scans and make the diagnoses. This 'image diagnosis' forms the foundation of modern medicine. From a previously unseen side of the hospital, where experts battle illnesses and injuries, we bring you 'Radiation House'.

Tags: Work , Medicine , Seinen , Educational , Primarily Adult Cast , Artificial Intelligence , Software Development

Saijou no Meii

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

A young boy named Mikoto Saijou was saved as a child by a skilled surgeon. After recuperating, the boy vows to dedicate his life to becoming the world's greatest pediatrician.

Tags: Shounen , Work , Medicine , Male Protagonist

Jin

Also known as JIN.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Supernatural

As a result of a strange encounter with a mysterious carcinogenic fetus he found inside a patient’s skull, brain surgeon Minakata Jin has slipped back through time. Equipped with modern medical knowledge, he faces various fatal diseases and injuries. Then, he meets the ordinary people of Edo as well as illustrious figures, and his surgical knife carves out a new history and story of life.

Note: Won the Grand Prize at Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2011.

Tags: Medicine , Seinen , Historical , Educational , Oiran , Samurai , Urban , Time Manipulation , Male Protagonist , Food , Female Harem , Age Gap , Prison , Firefighters

Hataraku Saibou

Also known as Cells at Work!.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

From Akane Shimizu, winner of Shounen Sirius' Rookie Award, comes an informative tale about anthropomorthized cells!
Strep throat! Hay fever! Influenza! The world is a dangerous place for a red blood cell just trying to get her deliveries finished. Fortunately, she’s not alone … She’s got a whole human body’s worth of cells ready to help out! The mysterious white blood cell, the buff and brash killer T cell, the nerdy neuron, even the cute little platelets—everyone’s got to come together if they want to keep you healthy!



Note: Contains the spin-off one-shot "Hataraku Saibou: Kansen-hen".

Tags: Educational , Shounen , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Anthropomorphism , Work , Survival , Gore , Pandemic , Female Protagonist , Urban

Lucifer no Migite

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

Three years ago, Katsumi Yu headed to Africa for a volunteer project as a doctor. However, soon after, a civil war erupted and he was captured by a guerilla group who was desperate for a doctor to treat the injured. He kept doing what he came to do, help people in need, and he does this for several years. But with the regime change in the country, the guerilla group was hunted down and Yu was forced into a situation of kill or be killed. He quits being a doctor soon thereafter and gets a tattoo of Lucifer on his right arm as a reminder of his past crimes.

Although Yu returns to Japan, he spends his days drinking. After a night of drunken brawls, he wakes up in a clinic run by Dr. Minatono. This shady looking clinic takes in all patients, even those without insurance and those who can’t pay at all, but still maintains state of the art equipment. It turns out Dr. Minatono deals with clients, such as the mob, who are unable to go to regular hospitals due to legal reasons and in exchange receives exorbitant amounts of money to help keep the clinic up and running. At first, Yu rejects the job offer from Dr. Minatono, but situations keep coming up that keep him busy in the surgery room.

Tags: Medicine , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Yakuza , Superhero

Kounodori

Also known as Kounodori: Dr. Stork.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Slice of Life

This drama, a smash-hit in Japan, looks at the lives of the men and women who work to deliver one million new lives into the world each year in Japan.



Note: Won the 40th Kodansha Manga Award for general manga in 2016.

Tags: Seinen , Male Protagonist , Educational , Primarily Adult Cast , Medicine , Work , Survival , Ensemble Cast

Dr. DMAT: Gareki no Shita no Hippocrates

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

General Practitioner Yakumo Hibiki found himself assigned to the DMAT: Disaster Medical Assistance Team, a special unit of the exceptional methods rescuers. Called only on accidents under extreme conditions, its members must react quickly and must know always keep their composure. Immersed in this new life that he never imagined, Hibiki will face this harsh new reality, its doubts and its fears. One hesitation would cost the death for the victims present at the scene of accidents.

Tags: Medicine , Work , Seinen