Original title
コウノドリ
Released
10/16/2015
Origin country
JP
Genre
Drama
Production companies
TBS
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
2
Number of episodes
21
The drama revolves around Kounotori Sakura, an Ob-Gyn doctor working at the Persona General Medical Centre who is also a gifted jazz pianist. His mother had died in childbirth and he was brought up in an orphanage, which is what fueled his ambition to be an ob-gyn. He hopes to be able to deliver every baby to this world, congratulating them on the gift of life given to their little bodies. (Source: TBS)
A compassionate obstetrician — who's also a gifted pianist — devotes himself to guiding his patients through the miracle and challenges of childbirth.
Against his staff's wishes, obstetrician Sakura Konotori accepts a pregnant woman who has had no prenatal care, saying the baby isn't to blame.
A woman in her final month of pregnancy gets hit by a car and is rushed to the hospital. Sakura wants to perform a C-section, but Kase disagrees.
Sakura reunites with a girl who was born blind due to her mother contracting rubella during pregnancy. A pregnant woman collapses in the street.
A couple must make a tough choice after the wife shows some concerning symptoms. Shimoya feels worthless as a doctor for how she handled their case.
Sakura treats a middle schooler from a struggling family who didn't know she was eight months pregnant until she collapsed at school.
A woman who conceived after years of fertility treatment reaches her final month of pregnancy. A single father rushes his baby to the hospital.
After Komatsu receives an offer to work at a maternity clinic, she takes offense when Shinomiya calls them unsafe places to give birth.
A woman in the final stages of pregnancy still grieves for her stillborn child. Shinomiya tells a patient that her baby has a congenital anomaly.
A girl who Shinomiya watched over since her birth suddenly passes away. A couple with a prematurely born baby struggles to accept difficult truths.
Aizawa covers the perinatal center for an article. Later, Sakura hears details of his birth for the first time from a woman who knew his mother.
Obstetrician Dr. Sakura Konotori helps out his old mentor in a general hospital on a remote island with limited medical resources.
Now a veteran OB-GYN, Sakura helps out at a small hospital on Okunoshima Island. Later, he returns to Persona and treats a pregnant woman who is deaf.
When a pregnant woman is diagnosed with cervical cancer, she and her husband must choose between prioritizing her treatment or delivering the baby.
Sakura recommends an epidural labor for a pregnant woman who has a heart disease. Meanwhile, the doctors worry that Sano has postpartum depression.
A woman who has had a C-section wants a natural birth for her second baby despite the risks. Sakura supports her, but Shinomiya strongly opposes.
Advised to be hospitalized until giving birth, a woman who may go into preterm labor bonds with another expecting mother who has the same condition.
Shimoya becomes friendly with a pregnant woman at Koharu OB-GYN Clinic. Later, the patient suffers cardiac arrest while being transferred to Persona.
Sakura diagnoses Komatsu with a serious uterine issue and advises her to consider a hysterectomy to prevent ovarian cancer from developing.
Shirakawa's ineffective treatment of a newborn baby tests his growing confidence. Shinomiya returns to his hometown after his father collapses.
After suffering a third miscarriage, a woman asks to be treated for infertility. Shinomiya performs an emergency C-section in his father's place.
Two sets of parents must decide what to do when their prenatal tests show a possibility for Down syndrome. Opinions differ between the doctors.
The members of the Persona team make decisions about their futures. Komatsu's old friend gives birth, but her condition suddenly worsens.
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