Night Shift Nurses

Night Shift Nurses is a modern remake of a 1990s visual novel. At St. Juliana Hospital, disgraced doctor Ryuji Hirasaka gets a second chance through an unexpected offer from Narumi Jinguji, a former victim of his experiments. Narumi wants to create the world’s most corrupt hospital ward and asks Hirasaka to help shape its staff. He is tempted by the chance to pursue his ambitions, but his incompetence and unlikable nature may bring the Night Shift to an end before it begins.

Story

Hirasaka is a brilliant doctor with severe personality issues. He cares only for humiliating and toying with people, whom he treats as experimental subjects. At St. Juliana, he is put in charge of candidates for the special ward, while Narumi’s reasons for inviting him remain unclear.

Characters

The candidates for the special ward include Ren Nanase, whose looks and devotion to patient care make her seem like an “angel in white.” She treats Hirasaka sincerely and respectfully when they first meet. Ako Fujisawa is mild-mannered and quiet, with an otherworldly air; she is often teased and seems aware of it. Energetic and naïve, Hikaru Kodama is a devoted and tolerant nurse whom patients trust, though she is also feisty and openly tells Hirasaka what she thinks of him.

Remi Shinjo supervises the nurses. A clean freak and perfectionist, she is brilliant but intolerant of mistakes, and her prideful, confrontational manner gives way to a fragile side when her own failings are pointed out. Makoto Karino is a patient recovering from the effects of a car accident. The head surgeon’s daughter, she behaves selfishly and treats Hirasaka with contempt. Narumi Jinguji is influential, talented and beautiful, but her true motives for working with a former victimizer remain a mystery.

Features

The story takes more than half an hour to read. The remake includes a new English translation and full Japanese voice acting by seasoned professionals.