(CR) Hataraku Saibou (Cells at Work!)

[James Rye]

Originally Posted by Dengar

The longer this goes on the more I am assuming that the body is actually just a young child. Kids go through a LOT.

Yeah, that would make sense. Most adults and teens would know the risks of a heatstroke and drink plenty. Not all of them ofc, but it would make sense for a child to play so much in the heat and then suddenly fall over and then have adults nearby to help him or her. Like in the swimming pool for example.
Also this is a show made for kids, make sense that the main body is a child's one. Plus in "once upon time...life" the bodies of children were often the focus of many episodes.

[Anh_Minh]

I was thinking someone new to some kind of extreme sport... (I never had much health issues as a child past infant-hood. I think I had one instance of flu that kept me home two or three days.)

[mangamuscle]

Originally Posted by Anh_Minh

One thing that struck me as weird. I can understand why human civilians in human society think policemen are too brutal against human criminals. I don't get why an RBC would think WBC "mistake violence for justice"...

The comparison I have in my mind is the dog pound, you must have something similar in your city, but if they used a knife to kill the stray dogs right there in the sidewalk, people would think them to be too violent. Don't get me started with their associates, the Killer T and NK cell, which would be the equivalent of the repression of fascist regimes like the one of Francisco Franco, where any would be terrorists were expunged. Don't say that Killer T cells do not kill innocent cells, because to answer I would have to spoil a chapter of Cells at Work! Black.

BTW, since this is done by David Productions, am I the only one thinking this might be the body of Jonathan Joestar at the end of startdust crusaders? haven't read the manga, but if in the next episode we get a blood transfusion, it would fit.

[Dengar]

Originally Posted by Anh_Minh

I was thinking someone new to some kind of extreme sport... (I never had much health issues as a child past infant-hood. I think I had one instance of flu that kept me home two or three days.)

Well, outside of the heat stroke and the flu, and now this... whatever it is.

All of the cases we've seen were just minor stuff like scrapes and allergies. I know it might not seem minor due to each one being portrayed as some near apocalyptic scenario, but that's to give some indication that your cells work incredibly hard to keep the body alive, even when it concerns only minor things.

[Liddo-kun]

Watched episode 12:

RBC is now a sempai.. although the kouhai isn't impressed much.

Nice to see Eosinophil-chan again. ^^

Neutrophil brutalizing a bacteria as usual.

What surprised me is the nuclear explosion that happened... they did good in making tension. And it's haunting when Neutrophil found the place with no blood cells at all...

Looking forward to next week !

[Obelisk ze Tormentor]

Anybody seen this yet? I'll post it here just for fun :

YouTube

https://youtu.be/pnvgQCavmkM

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[James Rye]

Just saw it an hour ago, loved it how much he loved the first episode.^^

[Itlandm]

"White blood cells eat bacteria. Imagine your local police officers dealing with criminals that way." Hmm, no, it's better as it is, thank you. ^_^

[Anh_Minh]

Originally Posted by Itlandm

"White blood cells eat bacteria. Imagine your local police officers dealing with criminals that way." Hmm, no, it's better as it is, thank you. ^_^

I wouldn't even dare to jaywalk, I can tell you that...

[BWTraveller]

Originally Posted by Obelisk ze Tormentor

Anybody seen this yet? I'll post it here just for fun :

YouTube

https://youtu.be/pnvgQCavmkM

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Yeah. I love how he immediately guessed the zombies to be virus-infected cells and approved that representation. There's also a series of videos put out of a group of med school students watching episode after episode. Some even wished they'd seen certain episodes before their tests.

[Liddo-kun]

Originally Posted by Itlandm

"White blood cells eat bacteria. Imagine your local police officers dealing with criminals that way." Hmm, no, it's better as it is, thank you. ^_^

If ordinary police would be as brutal as them. I think there would be much less crimes. A common pickpocket getting caught by the "men in white".. would be murdered with combat knives right there in the streets. Then police give a thumbs up when job is done. Get their clothes cleaned and look for next victim.

[BWTraveller]

Originally Posted by Liddo-kun

If ordinary police would be as brutal as them. I think there would be much less crimes. A common pickpocket getting caught by the "men in white".. would be murdered with combat knives right there in the streets. Then police give a thumbs up when job is done. Get their clothes cleaned and look for next victim.

I'm just glad that's not their uniform. We hear enough crap as is.

[Anh_Minh]

Originally Posted by Liddo-kun

If ordinary police would be as brutal as them. I think there would be much less crimes. A common pickpocket getting caught by the "men in white".. would be murdered with combat knives right there in the streets. Then police give a thumbs up when job is done. Get their clothes cleaned and look for next victim.

Except they're super racists. To them, a criminal is someone who looks foreign.

[BWTraveller]

Originally Posted by Anh_Minh

Except they're super racists. To them, a criminal is someone who looks foreign.

I'm not sure "racist" is the appropriate term here. There's all sorts of different types of cells which have far more distinction than what you'd find between races. They're simply able to tell when they've encountered something that came from outside.

[Mr. DJ]

I think extreme isolationist would be a better fit.

[James Rye]

Extreme violent Isolationist.^^

[Dengar]

Aw man that was so delightful to watch. It just gave me a bunch of good feelings watching a person enjoy something that much.

[Irenesharda]

My gosh, what does this person go through? Was he/she in a car accident or something? Usually head wounds bleed profusely, but its not life-threatening. This must have been a pretty deep gash in the right spot to cause hemorrhagic shock.

Plus sadly, the heart pumping as hard as it is, is just going to pump more blood out the wound. The cells are going to need some outside help here!

[Stark700]

And...it's over!

This week's episode or rather the finale really made me think about the vulnerablities of the human body. In fact, I think it's obvious that humans are far from perfect when it deals with consequences.

I feel like they did a pretty creative job at making this anime into something special with the way characters operate.

Even in this finale, you can see everyone working together to set things straight again. This earned a 9/10 for me, a possible contender for anime of the season in my book.

[Dengar]

Awwww I loved this.

I was really moved by RBC just working hard. While I easily get intellectually invested in shows, I don't always get emotionally invested. But watching this one just warms my heart all the way through.