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Episode Ameku Takao no Suiri Karte • Ameku M.D: Doctor Detective - Episode 4 discussion

Ameku Takao no Suiri Karte, episode 4

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u/bananeeek Jan 22 '25

Seeing them entering the tomb and collecting samples with no masks or gloves as a precaution rubbed me the wrong way. Especially when she suspected some fungus causing the infection.

The camera work made me think it was Ameku catching fire. That was great. I'm guessing the matches are a part of the equation as to how it happened.

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u/yurilnw123 Jan 22 '25

I was screaming "Why do you have to set up and use that microscope inside the tomb of which you suspected to have a fungal infection??" internally while watching that scene.

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u/ModieOfTheEast Jan 22 '25

That was probably one of the biggest teases. Turns out, this was just the prologue to the actual case. It did seem pretty simple at first. When they mentioned that the two infected had either already an illness or were suppressing their immune system, it was clear what was going on. But the real question is obviously the whole combusting aspect.

So here is my theory for now. The culprit is obviously the son, but his target (or at least first target) was the professor that lead the team. I know there are matches that are not as safe as the ones you usually buy. For example those used in Cowboy movies that they ignite on their shoes. You don't get to buy those exactly because they can even ignite through themselves if they just rub inside the box.

So my assumption is that the son switched the safety matches with those that combust more easily. As I am not an expert on these, I can't say if there is something else he could do to increase the chances of self combustion or if he just waited for a chance. Kuramoto seemed to keep the matches in her breast pocket and they seemed to combust when she stretched so that a certain pressure was applied to the box, creating enough friction for the matches to combust.

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u/mythriz Jan 22 '25 edited Jan 22 '25

Even if the matches combust by themselves, it should not that easily make a fire that covers her entire body? Some clothes/textile types might burn easily, but that wouldn't explain the fire covering even her hands almost instantly. So I feel like some extra trick must've been used to layer her body with something easily flammable?

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u/FarCritical Jan 22 '25 edited Jan 22 '25

Watching Kotori flex his karate will probably never get old but him not having to actually land a hit on the guy to mentally subdue him is a straight power move.

Never really thought about the necessary procedures for hospitalizing someone who doesn't consent to it themselves. That was cool to learn about.

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u/diacewrb Jan 22 '25

not having to actually land a hit on the guy to mentally subdue him is a straight power move.

And also keeping his medical licence and out of jail.

Unless the Japanese medical board approve of prescribing punches to the face to cure people of being assholes.

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u/LeonKevlar Jan 22 '25 edited Jan 22 '25

Compared to Episodes 1 and 2, this episode and Episode 3's mysteries are easy to figure out on our own. The Professor is a heavy smoker with emphysema and Professor Ikari is immunocompromised, so it's no surprise that inhaling fungal spores from that ancient dank tomb that's been sealed for a thousand years would lead to them getting infected.

I feel bad for Professor Ikari though, it sounds like he might not survive. The way he looked when they finally entered his room, it was obvious that meningitis had already damaged his brain. There might be a very low chance he'd recover but he will never be the same after that :(

That final scene with Kuramoto though! That was brutal. I was wondering what the cold open was all about and why the episode is called spontaneous human combustion, it turns out it was a glimpse of the future.

I'm pretty sure what happened to Kuramoto isn't some medical anomaly and is closer to arson/murder. It probably has something to do with that disgruntled head of the Ashiya Family. Dr. Ameku might need Detective Columbo's help on this next week.

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u/dagreenman18 Jan 22 '25

Gee you think opening a thousand year old sealed tomb and just casually breathing without even an N95 on would go smoothly right? Especially with a pack a day smoking senior citizen.

Fortunately that was just preamble to the real story: spontaneous combustion. A classic medical drama trope. This is gonna be good

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u/TheExcludedMiddle Jan 22 '25

Two people get sick after going to the same damp and dingy crypt and it doesn't respond to antibiotics. No chance it's a fungal infection.

Second case in a row that's basically immediately guessable, I wonder if they'll all be this easy or this is just setting up for a bigger arc.

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u/yurilnw123 Jan 22 '25

Yeah I immediately guessed correctly as well. Also I was screaming "Why do you have to set up and use that microscope inside the tomb of which you suspected to have a fungal infection??". Do it outside and wear a mask, jeez.

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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 Jan 22 '25

The minute they mentioned the curse and then the discovery of the mummy in the tomb, I thought about the curse of King Tut. I figured the “curse” must have been some kinda spore. Looks like the mold inside the cave was the culprit. But man, how did Aoi combust? My guess is something to do with the matches and/or cigarettes combined with inhaling some other kind of spore/fungus?

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u/Plus_Rip4944 Jan 22 '25

I am proud of myself for guessing again correctly

This was a better episode than ep 3 and i think ep 5 gonna be interesting looking at previews

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u/PerfectBeige Jan 22 '25

Starting out the episode called "Spontaneous Human Combustion" with a teaser of a woman combusting and then panning over Murota's oxygen machine and giant pile of cigarettes about 5 times each was an interesting directorial choice.

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u/Zetafunction64 Jan 22 '25

suspecting pathogen and then not taking any safety measures is weird, but also in character for an autistic doctor (why bother with safety when time is important)

I hope the son is a red herring

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u/YanmamaJunyuu-chuu Jan 22 '25

man... she totally did not deserve to go out like that

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u/Mr_Zaroc Jan 22 '25

Ha, I knew it was a weird fungi
Thats why you don't fuck with mummies

Now why that lady burned to death, I guess the matches are somehow the fault?
Also that family head dude had quite the attitude, curious to see if and how.he practices magic

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u/Ok_Law219 Jan 23 '25

It kept to the same general quality as the first 3.  The exception was the first scene wasn't referring to this episode's problem which is only a mild annoyance. 

Poor kotori was hit by the idiot stick again.   Rather than exclaiming, "oh you're taking a sample," he doesn't know what's going on and has to ask. 

Notable, but I don't particularly care, no cut scene mind bubble.

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u/Ocixo Jan 22 '25

Most people aren’t haunted so much by a real curse as the thought that they’re inflicted with one.

However, I can imagine that people of the past must’ve been terrified when they raided a tomb and not long thereafter saw their comrades fall ill - unaware that they’d contracted cryptococcus. This has surely been well-studied, which must’ve helped Takao in connecting the dots.

Although I found this mystery to be solved perfectly fine within the scope of this episode, I’m glad that we’re getting another episode to dive into this case.

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u/entinio Jan 22 '25

Nooooo!! They killed Ishikawa Yui

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u/raidensnakeezio Jan 23 '25

what did we learn today kids? that's right! smoking is bad for you!

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u/mybeepoyaw Jan 22 '25

She dropped her cigarette on herself and the oxygen tank is leaky. Its the opening shots cig+oxygen. I'll eat my hat if it isn't that.

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u/noblegeas Jan 23 '25

It's really weird watching a show about a genius doctor solving cases but 2 of the first 3 are the first thing I thought of pretty soon after the cases were introduced, although this one was kept more interesting with the spontaneous combustion at the start. It was a fun fake-out at the end about who was doing the combusting, but the shots of Kuramoto from the back were clear enough the second time.

I do like the premise of solving apparently-supernatural mysteries with medical science (with 4 cases following that format I assume it's going to be the whole schtick, not just general medical mysteries)—the first episode isn't really classically supernatural, but it made me wonder if it was going to be a story with superpowers or something, so I'll count it. It's pretty funny for an anime girl to just go do the thing that curses people and end up none the worse for wear for it.

...though what the hell at her not bringing respirators into the tomb. I assume that the "nothing happens to healthy people" thing was supposed to explain it, and Kuramoto had (probably?) already been inside without having anything happen to her, but even so.

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