岸京一郎、職業・病理医。病理医とは、生検や病理解剖などを行って、病気の原因過程を診断する専門の医師のこと。各診療科の医師は、彼の鑑別をもとに、診断を確定させたり治療の効果をはかる。医師たちの羅針盤となり、人知れず患者を救う岸。医師たちは彼について、口をそろえてこう言う。「ヤツは強烈な変人だが、極めて優秀だ」と――。
Kyoichiro Kishi, occupational pathologist. A pathologist is a specialized doctor who diagnoses the causative process of disease by performing biopsies and pathological autopsies. Doctors in each department use his differential diagnosis to confirm the diagnosis and measure the effectiveness of treatment. Kishi becomes a compass for doctors and secretly saves patients. Doctors all say this about him: “He’s a strong eccentric, but he’s extremely talented,” he said.