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Kidamatchi sensei! 1: Sensei kanja ni nomareru
[Doctor Yellowpolk! I: Swallowed by a Patient]
BL Shuppan, 2017. 32 pp. ISBN 978-4-7764-0814-7.
Also published in: n/a
The first book in a series about Doctor Yellowpolk, a talented frog physician with yellow polka dots, and his interactions with patients and family members.
Doctor Yellowpolk is a kind and friendly practitioner. He bandages the leg of an elderly ant with a bone fracture and teaches breathing techniques to a lizard suffering from lack of oxygen after her husband stepped on her head. One day, he hears a calf is sick and makes his way to the pasture. The calf’s parents and other farm animals look on as Doctor Yellowpolk enters its mouth to discover that it has swallowed a ball. He goes in further to the stomach to retrieve the ball, and has himself dragged out with string, covered in saliva.
The difference in scale between Doctor Yellowpolk and his patients is comical, while their sicknesses and injuries—whether the bone problems of the old, issues caused by marital stress, or objects accidentally swallowed by young children—make one think of similar cases in humans. The realism of the illustrations brings a sense of the actual world of nature.
As of November 2021, there were six volumes in the series. In the fourth, the doctor goes to see his wife, who has a taste for the glamorous and dislikes country life, residing in the city instead. In the fifth, he visits his son, who wants to grow up while still remaining a tadpole. Doctor Yellowpolk’s worries make it easier for readers to warm to him. (DY)
Doctor Yellowpolk is a kind and friendly practitioner. He bandages the leg of an elderly ant with a bone fracture and teaches breathing techniques to a lizard suffering from lack of oxygen after her husband stepped on her head. One day, he hears a calf is sick and makes his way to the pasture. The calf’s parents and other farm animals look on as Doctor Yellowpolk enters its mouth to discover that it has swallowed a ball. He goes in further to the stomach to retrieve the ball, and has himself dragged out with string, covered in saliva.
The difference in scale between Doctor Yellowpolk and his patients is comical, while their sicknesses and injuries—whether the bone problems of the old, issues caused by marital stress, or objects accidentally swallowed by young children—make one think of similar cases in humans. The realism of the illustrations brings a sense of the actual world of nature.
As of November 2021, there were six volumes in the series. In the fourth, the doctor goes to see his wife, who has a taste for the glamorous and dislikes country life, residing in the city instead. In the fifth, he visits his son, who wants to grow up while still remaining a tadpole. Doctor Yellowpolk’s worries make it easier for readers to warm to him. (DY)
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