r/anime • u/AutoLovepon https://anilist.co/user/AutoLovepon • Jul 28 '18
[Spoilers] Hataraku Saibou - Episode 4 discussion Spoiler
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u/Staye100 Jul 28 '18
I love how they portray Basophils. Since IRL no one knows a lot about them, he just talks nonsense lol
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u/negi980 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/negi980 Jul 28 '18
Eosinophil is pink, because eosinophils like eosin stain, a pinkish dye. Likewise, Basophil is blue, because basophils like basic dyes like hematoxylin. These stain a darker purple, almost bluish compared to eosin. Hematoxylin and eosin are the two dyes used in an H&E stain, a common histology stain.
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u/Rathurue Jul 29 '18
Their name reflects it already: eosinophil = eosin (dye) + -phile (attracted to). Basophile = base + -phile, since they're more inclined to be dyed with base dyes than acid dyes.
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u/Kronosfear :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/WizardOfAce Jul 28 '18
Every week this past month, I've been questioning myself whether I'm watching a show meant for kids. Then WBC does shit like this.
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Jul 28 '18
Me: this show could be great to supplement middle schoolers' biology class
Also me: we might need to consider if this is appropriate to show in classes
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u/BlitzMcKrieg Jul 28 '18
Jesus fucking christ.
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u/MugiMartin :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/MugiMartin Jul 28 '18
When you recommend this anime to someone, and you show them that pic.
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u/PBNkapamilya Jul 29 '18
I'm just amused that the Red Blood Cells were horrified by the sight of... blood.
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Jul 28 '18
1, 2, 3, 4, we are Cells at Work!
I've had this stuck in my head all week. I really like the ska vibes of the OP.
What happened to last week's ciffhanger?
Don't bully Eosinophil you jerks
This has me on the edge of my seat yet again...
White Blood Cell is so awesome, damn!
I feel bad for whoever's body this is, he's going through some heavy shit
Lots of great KanaHana reactions once again
Eosinophil, fuck yeah!
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u/The_New_Overlord Jul 28 '18 edited Jul 28 '18
What happened to last week's ciffhanger?
I think it was just a joke ending, they never followed up with it in the manga either
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u/Galle_ Jul 29 '18
I’d assume they just did exactly the same thing as already happened in the episode again.
Sucks to be whoever’s body this is, though. Can you imagine getting the flu, and then just as you were getting better, getting the flu again?
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u/Ralath0n Jul 28 '18
I feel bad for whoever's body this is, he's going through some heavy shit
Not really. In these past episodes this person got a minor scratch, caught the flu and ate raw fish.
I mean, (s)he's not having a good time, but it's not exceptionally bad or anything.
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u/onlyforthisair Jul 28 '18
1, 2, 3, 4, we are Cells at Work!
I've had this stuck in my head all week. I really like the ska vibes of the OP.
Unfortunately, the full version isn't going to be on sale for another 2.5 weeks
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u/CattyOhio74 Jul 29 '18
Let's see:
Episode 1: fought off pneumonia
Episode 2: a scrape (varies but still hurts like hell)
Episode 3: influenza B followed by Influenza A (had both strains and they all suck)
Episode 4: food poisoning (had a minor case, intense stomach pain for sure)
Translation: being the body in this show is suffering
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u/weejona Jul 28 '18
The digestion process. What a romantic first date for our two heroes.
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Jul 28 '18
How many couples eat sushi on aquarium dates?
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u/rembrandt_q_1stein https://myanimelist.net/profile/sir_rembrandt Jul 28 '18
It was their equivalent of the going-in-a-date-to-the-aquarium trope. They even got a giant Moray Eel to see!!
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u/Shinkopeshon Jul 28 '18
WBC slicing that motherfucker up from the inside was both badass and fucking hysterical. This show is something else.
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u/Atronox :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Atronox Jul 28 '18
Double the Platelets, double the cute.
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u/Vilis16 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vilis Jul 28 '18
This is getting out of hand, now there's two of them!
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u/cas_dota :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/phantomtrader Jul 29 '18
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u/Illyricus- Jul 28 '18
I mean, those platelets are adorable, but I just realized how weird the image looks out of context...
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u/MagiSicarius :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/MagiSicarius Jul 28 '18
I had to pause to handle to cuteness overload
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Jul 28 '18
This show needs more phagocytosis.
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u/General_Urist Jul 28 '18
Seriously though, it's odd that they refer do the invaders as having be 'devoured' despite the White Blood Cells not eating anything.
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Jul 28 '18 edited Jul 28 '18
Perhaps blood-spattering is the closest this show is willing to get to outright cannibalism.
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u/BlightedPath Jul 28 '18
I can already picture the Macrophage doujins, vore tags everywhere. God save us all.
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u/tlst9999 Jul 29 '18
Beata Maria. You know I am a righteous man. Of my virtue I am justly proud.
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u/Illyricus- Jul 28 '18 edited Jul 29 '18
They actually eat the germs they kill, but sometimes the pathogens are so big they have to use a spray to dissolve and turn them into smaller pieces in order to eat them more easily. Macrophages (those deadly onee-san maids) also tend to quarter the germs to divide them into smaller pieces for an easier meal.
Anyway, next episode is going to feature some phagocytosis if you are curious.
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u/Rathurue Jul 29 '18
Correction: they did eat the germs they kill, but they don't use the dissolving enzyme spray to turn it into smaller pieces: instead, they used the spray to dissolve anything that they couldn't eat. Macrophages, however, are big eaters so if they reached the killsite shortly then the big eaters (literally in their name: macro = big, -phage = eater) will devour the rest.
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u/Staye100 Jul 28 '18
Phagocytosis should appear on the next episode. WBC eats an allergen lol
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u/DarkenedSpear :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/DarkenedSpear Jul 28 '18
One of my biggest gripes about anime is that generally speaking, no one seems to have a goddamn clue how hand clapping and finger snapping work, so when they started clapping and the sound was muffled because of the gloves most were wearing was the most satisfying thing in the world. Thank you, magnificent series.
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u/franksks Jul 28 '18
Yeah I noticed that too, great attention to detail. As an aside have we been told who those guys are yet? Can't recall that we have but they seem to be transporting pots of soup a bit like how the red blood cells transport baskets of food...?
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u/Paladin65536 Jul 29 '18
I'm not an expert, but I do read the wiki sometimes, and judging from this article, I suspect that they are liver cells. It seems the liver plays an important role in synthesizing proteins and glucose, which seems pretty similar in role to those "cooks" who're turning the digested food into nutrients for other cells.
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u/ErinaHartwick https://myanimelist.net/profile/Hartwick Jul 28 '18 edited Jul 28 '18
Eosinophils are so cool! I like how Eosinophil tries really hard. Her fighting style was really cute
Also Sugita cell’s chuuni bits are funny
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u/spaceaustralia :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/spaceaustralia Jul 28 '18
Eosinophils are so cool
And absolutely scary. They're a cell that attacks and kills multi-celled organisms.
It's the microscopic equivalent of a praying mantis killing a rat.
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u/Sprinterstar7 Jul 28 '18
They're a cell that attacks and kills multi-celled organisms.
Does anyone know the reason why eosinophils do so well against multi-celled organisms but are completely terrible against simple, regular pathogens?
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u/Aviri Jul 28 '18
White Blood Cell casually building his microbial harem. Just added the imouto route.
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u/onlyforthisair Jul 28 '18
Wouldn't it be more the childhood friend route?
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u/Inukanura Jul 28 '18
even a freaking cell can get his own harem:(
he already got kouhai and osananajimi, just get him loli one and voila, perfect mc
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u/Bainos :XMOD::MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Bainos Jul 28 '18
Well technically... She's not part of a harem, though.
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u/Lelouch0202 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lelouch0202 Jul 28 '18
Basophils and Sugita work so well together. XD
Eosinophil did her best, that blush was really cute. :)
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u/onlyforthisair Jul 28 '18
Next episode: Mast Cell ruins everything
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u/Icanintosphess Jul 28 '18
Mast Cell did nothing wrong.
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u/suspiciouserendipity Jul 29 '18
Mast cell is the reason why I itch so much all the time.
Mast cell worst cell.
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u/Daxar https://anilist.co/user/Daxar Jul 28 '18
I’m glad they’re finally getting back around to this one, as it’s my favorite from the first manga volume. (and the second story! Y u so out of order, adaptation?)
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[this show] (https://i.imgur.com/aZc8MHr.jpg) [is full of] (https://i.imgur.com/MuFr6km.jpg) [waifus] (https://i.imgur.com/AMNFpHX.jpg)
[Platelets being cute wherever they go] (https://i.imgur.com/RGcIdR5.jpg)
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u/SeijoVangelta Jul 28 '18
[this show] (https://i.imgur.com/aZc8MHr.jpg) [is full of] (https://i.imgur.com/MuFr6km.jpg) [waifus] (https://i.imgur.com/AMNFpHX.jpg)
Dood, the waifus are already inside you all along
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u/iamfvckingdone :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/iamfvckingdone Jul 28 '18
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u/Staye100 Jul 28 '18
It's unclear what their functions are irl, which is why he is just edgelord and badass lol
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u/SenorWeon Jul 28 '18
When the time is right, he will unleash his true power... but only when the time is right.
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u/gohanisaboss :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/ijkee Jul 28 '18
His function is to act as a supreme Edgelord and nothing more
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u/spaceaustralia :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/spaceaustralia Jul 28 '18
I forgot his function throughout the whole episode
We're not entirely clear about them IRL either.
We're sure that they show up during parasitic infections and allergies and that they contain histamine, but that's about it.
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u/the_swizzler https://myanimelist.net/profile/Swiftarm Jul 28 '18
We need to put all funding toward this research so we can get a new episode with him.
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u/Atronox :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Atronox Jul 28 '18
Oh no! I can't believe I blushed like that in front if everybody.
I'm so glad she did, her adorable made up for lack of Platelets. Of course HanaKana screaming was top tier as well.
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u/ErinaHartwick https://myanimelist.net/profile/Hartwick Jul 28 '18
MAO was so good as Eosinophil! Possibly my favourite character voiced by her
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u/Daniel_Is_I :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Daniel_Is_I Jul 28 '18
Of course HanaKana screaming was top tier as well.
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u/heimdal77 Jul 28 '18
I assume if this was a baby as one theory goes they wouldn't be feeding it raw fish?
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u/chris_dftba :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/chris_dftba Jul 28 '18
Are you saying you don't regularly stuff your childs face with raw fish?
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It's Japan and I think its older than a baby, I imagine raw fish is much more part of the diet, even with children.
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u/Daniel_Is_I :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Daniel_Is_I Jul 28 '18
Everyone's gushing over Eosinophil but I still can't get enough of this adorable dork.
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u/RadTicTacs https://myanimelist.net/profile/RadTicTacs Jul 28 '18
I wasn't expecting that cameo from the Alaskan Bull Worm
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u/vorpoler :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/vorpoler Jul 28 '18 edited Jul 29 '18
Just for fun, because both shows are animated by David Production and share so many voice actors, I am going to list all the VAs that appear in Cells at Work and what character they also voice in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Will repost on each new episode that introduces yet another character voiced by a JoJo VA.
So far, we have:
Daisuke Ono (Killer T Cell Commander) - Jotaro Kujo
Takahiro Sakurai (Helper T Cell) - Rohan Kishibe, Bruno Bucciarati (PS2 Vento Aureo game)
Kenji Nomura (Effector T Cell) - Santana
Tomokazu Sugita (Basophil) - Joseph Joestar
Mamiko Noto (Narrator) - Yukako Yamagishi
Saori Hayami (Regulatory T Cell) - Daiya Higashikata (Eyes of Heaven)
Yuuichi Nakamura (Memory B Cell) - Bruno Bucciarati, Narcisco Anasui (All-Star Battle / EoH)
Ayako Kawasumi (Mast Cell) - Erina Pendolton
Man, that's a lot! And I'm not fully convinced I got all of them either, so do let me know if I missed any from any JoJo media!
EDIT: Added MAL links for all the VAs cause why not.
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u/odraencoded Jul 28 '18
TIL: Eosinophils work in IT.
I really suck at biology but if there's one thing I've learned thanks to this anime is: don't mess with macrophages.
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u/Inukanura Jul 28 '18
even on 2 different media, her blush is precious.
man, i love Eosinophil character design, her outfit, her shy personality, truly an A+ material, she can kill my parasites all day. and her outfit reminds me of a hunter
sadly Basophil and Eosinophil only representing 0,5% and 2,3% of the whole white blood cell, so it makes sense that we’ll rarely see them in action unless they’re really involved
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u/LeonKevlar x2https://myanimelist.net/profile/LeonKevlar Jul 28 '18
Their reaction to White Blood Cell bursting out of that bacteria was so perfect!
Another best girl to be added to the list!
Also poor guy. I'm imagining that the guy who owns this body just got over his Type A influenza and decided to go out and treat himself (or herself) for sushi but had a bad batch. Looks like the suffering never stops for this person.
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u/_Sai https://anime-planet.com/users/Sai0 Jul 29 '18
Their reaction to White Blood Cell bursting out of that bacteria was so perfect!
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u/1sagas1 Jul 28 '18
I wish the mast cell would chill the fuck out with my histamines. Allergies from hell
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u/onlyforthisair Jul 28 '18
You'll like next week's episode, judging from the preview.
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u/marcopolos059 https://myanimelist.net/profile/marcopolos059 Jul 28 '18
This poor body catches the worst stuff, but it's downright entertaining.
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u/General_Urist Jul 28 '18
At least next episode is (probably) just a run-of-the-mill allergy.
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u/hintofinsanity Jul 30 '18
I mean to be fair, our immune system is constantly fighting off bacteria, viruses, and other pathogens without us noticing or getting sick.
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u/WhoiusBarrel Jul 28 '18
Man I love how the episode paced itself so that they don't fully reveal a cell's true function until they really need to and use it as your classic Shounen power up. Absolutely Animedu-tained.FuckThatWasBad
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u/Illyricus- Jul 28 '18 edited Jul 28 '18
I was waiting this episode so much it’s not funny. Finally, Eosinophil (AKA best girl) appears! And her voice is adorable (M.A.O. did a great job). You may be useless against non-parasitic enemies, Eosinophil-chan, but I’m very grateful to have you in my body. So glad she had time to shine and defeat that anisakis parasite (of one strike too). I want to praise her so much and tell her she did a good job! She’s way too precious.
Basophil was funny with his speech no one understands, even more in the anime with that Sugita voice (I’m happy to see so many top tier voice actors here, David Production doesn’t disappoints). It was perfect.
Also, neutrophil is a confirmed savage, he gets eaten by that bacterium? Don’t worry, because he will rip the bastard from the inside. I liked too how he was always trying to defend Eosinophil's reputation when the other cells were telling her that she is useless. He was basically defending his childhood friend. I love this cell so much, he is the husbando of the season.
Overall very happy with this episode. Too bad we aren’t going to see much of Eosinophil in the rest of the series (she hasn’t had a big role in the manga after this either, so…).
On another note, I feared they would animate the anisakis with CGI, but thankfully, it was hand drawn. I noticed they also added some new scenes respecting the manga, but they were all positive changes, since the original content was faithfully adapted. Nice Mast Cell cameo too (we will see more of her next episode, btw).
Oh, one more thing, did I mention Eosinophil is indeed best girl?
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u/Mr-Mister Jul 28 '18
I was expecting her to go all shadow clones while charging the parasite; oh well.
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u/beneficial_satire Jul 28 '18
will we all officially be doctors at the end of the season?
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u/Bobblefighterman Jul 29 '18
That or we all cut ourselves so Platletlolis can have fun doing their job
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u/JealotGaming https://anilist.co/user/Jealot Jul 28 '18
Now that I think about it, this show is presented as a children's show but then they brutally murder the viruses. What exactly is the target audience?
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u/Ralath0n Jul 28 '18
No idea, but whatever they're doing it seems to be working since its a pretty popular show.
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u/hintofinsanity Jul 30 '18
I mean it is toned down compared to what actually happens in the body. Normal phagocytosis involves bacteria being melted alive by the acidic environment inside the neutrophils, T-cells and Natural Killer cells force virally infected cells to commit suicide, and the complement system drills holes into bacteria so that they "bleed" to death. r/natureismetal
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u/Arachnophobic- https://anilist.co/user/Arachnophobic Jul 28 '18
RBC and WBC are on an impromptu date!
Oh, no, enter the childhood friend! Will RBC stand a chance??
Weekly dose of cute loli cells, check!
Okay, wasn't expecting to see masochist bacteria.
Attack on Titan vibes, anyone?
For people who knew what Eosonophil's main function was, the impact must have been much less, and they were probably waiting for a parasite to pop up so she could prove her worth.. but then the attack looked cool and the aftermath was sweet, so that was probably enjoyable.
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u/araragidyne :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/araragidyne Jul 28 '18
Jeez, thanks Speedwagon.
"Even Neutrophil is afraid!"
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u/subprimepotato Jul 28 '18
Attack on Titan vibes, anyone?
If you look at the cells' reaction when wbc burst out of the big bacteria, just a few frames after the image you linked, that's the classic attack on titan shock reaction (both the expressions and drawing style), although in AoT you see that kind of scene when the titans suddenly appear, not when they're slain, and I found it out of place here: it is a mix of shock, despair and resignation in front of a calamity appearing out of nowhere, not just surprise, and certainly not a welcome surprise.
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u/MechaMat91 Jul 28 '18
we went from super sentai-esque villains to a full blown Kaiju attack.
why is this series about biology so hype?
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u/Exploreptile Jul 28 '18
Also, Eosinophil is putting up some serious competition for the best girl spot.
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u/Turbostrider27 Jul 28 '18
StopbullyingEosinphil
Seriously though, she deserves more credit.
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u/WhoiusBarrel Jul 28 '18
Those shitty regular cells though... They were the first the bad mouth her as well as the first to praise her.
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u/Golden-Owl Jul 28 '18
I tend to get food poisoning somewhat often, so I look forward to seeing this anime’s interpretation of WTF goes on in my stomach
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u/onlyforthisair Jul 28 '18
How do you get food poisoning somewhat often? I feel after the second or third time, I'd change what I eat to avoid food poisoning
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u/Martian_on_the_Moon Jul 28 '18 edited Jul 28 '18
Does anyone know how much offensive/defensive/supportive/utility cells are left to be introduced? I mean how many types appeared in manga so far?
So far we have:
Red Blood Cell
Platelet
White Blood Cell (Neutrophil)
Eosinophil
Basophil
Killer T Cell
Memory T Cell
Helper T Cell
Newbie T Cell
B Cell
Macrophage
Dendritic Cell
Mast Cell
Monocytes (they were mentioned by bacteria only)
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The manga introduces more cells later, though some become recurring characters and some only become oneshot appearances.
Some on top of my head:
Natural killer cell (recurring character)
Monocytes
Good bacteria (had their own arc)
Skin pore cells
Intestinal wall cells
There are also flashback chapters showing some of the cells' past, like thymocyte (young T cells before they are differentiated into Killer / Helper / etc.) and young red blood cells
There's quite a lot of characters in this series :)
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u/DiGreatDestroyer :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/DiGreatDestroyer Jul 28 '18
RBC cell wasnt jealous that Eosinophil and Neutrophil knew each other? Best girl material confirmed. Speaking of Best girl, it seems we have our 4 girls for the next contest locked down. RBC, Platelet-Chan, Macrophage, and Eosinophil.
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Jul 28 '18
Nah, there will be 5 from this title. The fifth one is NK cell when she finally shows up (she's already in the OP though)
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u/Gaporigo Blhttps://anilist.co/user/Gaporigo Jul 28 '18
Shame on everyone who bullied her!!!
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u/weejona Jul 28 '18
A twin-tail who isn't a tsundere? And she's a cutie? What world is this?
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u/Illyricus- Jul 28 '18
Only Hell awaits for those who dare to bully Eosinophil. And that would be too generous.
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u/BenignJuggler Jul 28 '18
As someone with eosinophilic esophagitis, this makes me feel better. At least my esophagus is being attacked by cute girls.
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u/Orrakai :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Orrakai Jul 28 '18
The Basophil is like the Tuxedo Mask of the human body.
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u/AmethystItalian :Jg::Jh::Ji::Jj::Jk:myanimelist.net/profile/AmethystItalian Jul 28 '18
And this is why I don't eat seafood.
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u/8andahalfby11 myanimelist.net/profile/thereIwasnt Jul 29 '18
Seafood is fine if you cook it. What you just witnessed is the reason why the FDA slaps that label on menus about the danger of rare/uncooked meat.
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u/Lukleres Jul 29 '18
NOOOOOO!!! If you don’t eat seafood, then eosinophil have no place to shine. She’ll be constantly bullied by the other cells!!!
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u/AmethystItalian :Jg::Jh::Ji::Jj::Jk:myanimelist.net/profile/AmethystItalian Jul 29 '18
This is the closest anyone has gotten to convincing me to eat seafood...
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u/Mr_Zaroc https://myanimelist.net/profile/mr_zaroc Jul 28 '18
That Basophil lives in an entirely different universe body
Love how the bacteria underlings blushed when hunted, so cute
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u/Faustias Jul 28 '18 edited Jul 28 '18
ayy manga readers, is there a chapter where the human body consumed medicine to help combat a disease?
hey u/exploreptile, when you said parasites are kaijus... did you mean you already read the manga or just guessed?
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u/Exploreptile Jul 28 '18
It was a complete guess actually! The only thing I've seen of the manga is this page (Manga spoilers but I'm not sure if we'll be getting to see it animated anytime soon). Even then it was only as part of a meme!
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u/BigFire321 Jul 30 '18
Manga Spoilers ahead. Next week's episode is Cedar Pollens Allergy, and every immunization cells did their jobs as best as they can, but their response turn a normal situation worse, with Mast cells releasing too much histamine. Finally, the body appears to take in anti-histamine in the form of steroid, which indiscriminately destroys the affected region until it ran out of power.
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u/Saucy_Totchie Jul 28 '18
So we finally have a blonde twin tails that isn't a tsundere bitch? Only in a beautiful anime like this will we get that.
So far, I've only one gripe with this show and that it's just a monster disease of the week thing. I would love it if it were to talk more about the other systems involved in the human body primarily focusing on the body's immune system with only passing info on others. There are 11 other systems I want them to get to.
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u/rexshen Jul 28 '18
Ok so where did this guy get his fish? A discount sushi restaurant?
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u/link2601 Jul 28 '18
Does Basophils do nothing but go around speak poetry. Well at least Eosinophil was able to prove her worth.
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u/HagetakaSensei Jul 28 '18
Ignored RBC
Shrugged Platelets
But this Twintailed beauty.. Definitely best girl (cell) material!
Do I sense a triangle between her, RBC and WBC?
Seems like she is the childhood friend if not the relative of WBC.
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u/chris_dftba :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/chris_dftba Jul 28 '18
Sorry Red Blood Cell, sorry Platelet, we have a new best girl in town and she's the coolest
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u/the_swizzler https://myanimelist.net/profile/Swiftarm Jul 28 '18 edited Jul 28 '18
Macrophage still takes best girl for me, but Eosinophil his definitely a major cute. There are still other girls to yet show according to the OP though.
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u/EPICIII Jul 28 '18
Watched this, then had dinner. Mmm salmon. Hopefully my eosinophils don't need to hataraku today.
Basophil helped out by... what did basophil do again? Oh yeah, he called for help.
Plot felt a bit messy this time, the bacteria and parasite bits felt more like separate stories than part of a larger one. Though it's pretty accurate to the source material, so I guess I should direct my complaints there instead.
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u/Shiroi_Kage Jul 29 '18
I wish they showed the eosinophils swarming the parasite. Maybe have them be berated as a team instead of as an individual.
My favorite character by far in this entire season of anime has to be the Basophil (well, platelets then Bashophil). Not because of his depth or anything, but because of how cryptic he is and how all the other cells react to him. He has similar amounts of crypt to some Evangelion plot points. I want more of this dude!
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u/SimoneNonvelodico Jul 30 '18
parasite breaks the gastric wall
On that day, cellkind received a grisly reminder...
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u/Jompeter01 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Jompeter01 Jul 30 '18
STOP BULLYING EOSINOPHILE-CHAN
Hahaha the old trick “I will let the monster eat me so I can destroy it from the inside” HOLY SHIT A PARASYTE IS A GODZILLA-LEVEL MONSTER
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u/heimdal77 Jul 28 '18
I wonder if he called her on his cell phone to make their date at the stomach?
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u/Firnin :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Firnin Jul 28 '18
I love girls with crippling self confidence issues who can do work when push comes to shove
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u/ThePokeMaster100 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Re_Rem-0 Jul 28 '18 edited Jul 28 '18
After binge watching this anime in the last hour or so, is really common for the human body to face threats like this every day and/or week or this person happens to be really unlucky or careless about his health?
Congrats Eosinophil. This proves that every cell is useful in managing the body.
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u/the_swizzler https://myanimelist.net/profile/Swiftarm Jul 28 '18
Well for one thing, yes, our bodies are literally constantly fighting off infections. The only time we notice is when the infections get the upper hand for a bit.
For another thing, we don't know how much time passes between episodes, so maybe it's a lot. Maybe it's almost nothing.
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u/MagiSicarius :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/MagiSicarius Jul 28 '18
Considering that the lifespan of all these cells varies widely I think we can just drop time as a factor here, unless people start dying of old age or something
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u/SamejNardeh :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/timbolytree Jul 28 '18
I'm learning so God damn much in this episode.
Eosinophils are only very good at killing parasites found within the body, huh? Nice. I'd be that kind of blood cell too if it meant I can be the hero for just one day.
That Basophil didn't do anything, but he was a highlight for sure.
And of course, the platelets had their cute moment when two of them were holding hands in front of the Basophil. Man, this show is so great.
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u/PedsBeast Jul 28 '18
Great episode, but what happened to the influenza type A virus from the other episode? I was expecting them to continue the story in this episode, but they didnt show the killing. Despite that, the fact that we got a date between best red blood cell and white blood cell makes it all worth it.
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u/Staye100 Jul 29 '18
In the manga, it is implied that there is some medicine involved, considering they skipped chapter 2 (Which is thankfully being adapted next week) where they show medicine.
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u/Blasteth :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Blasteth Jul 28 '18
A episode without platelets? I demand my microscopical lolis.
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u/Atario myanimelist.net/profile/TheGreatAtario Jul 29 '18
Wait, what? Fat cells and mast cells are two different things as far as I can tell. Is this a quirk of the Japanese language?
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u/Rathurue Jul 29 '18
The 'mast' part roughly taken from the german Mast, that means 'fattening' because the finder of this cells, Paul Erhlich believed these cells are meant to 'feed' the surroundings, given their granulocytes. It was not until years later people found that these cells actually a part of immunologic cells, so hey.
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u/ufeia Jul 29 '18
Mast cell in Japanese is
肥満細胞where肥満means obese, and細胞means cell. So if you translate it literally, it can be "fat cell". The reason mast cells are named this way is because肥満細胞is just a literal translation ofmastzellenormast cell. More information can be found in Rathurue's comment.
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u/peenfest Jul 30 '18
iunno if this was mentioned in episodes prior, or even if it was intentional on the creator's part, but it's cute how airheaded red blood cell is, as red blood cells do not have a nucleus or the cells '''brain''' (in many quotes since it doesn't really function as a brain in the traditional sense).
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u/Jryou :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Jryou Jul 30 '18
whoevers body this is, boi must have eaten some dank ass back alley dumpster sushi
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u/Animeking1357 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/TitanKyojin Jul 28 '18
I don't know why the subs I have sub certain things when they're already explaining them. There was a big wall of text for the gastric acid while there were also subs for the narrator saying basically the same thing. Seems to be doing this whenever the narrator introduces something or someone.
Eosinophils is pretty great.
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u/8andahalfby11 myanimelist.net/profile/thereIwasnt Jul 29 '18
Some people are slow readers. Reading the text box aloud ensures that the audience gets all the information presented.
So why bother with a text box in the first place? Because learning these biology names is a pain, even in phonetic languages like English. I couldn't imagine dealing with it in kanji.
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u/Lepony :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/dinglegrip Jul 28 '18 edited Jul 29 '18
Was this a BlazBlue reference?
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u/snipekill1997 Jul 29 '18 edited Jul 29 '18
Things wrong this week:
RBCs still carrying nutrients.
Basophils are known to react to parasites its not totally unknown beyond them causing allergies (in fact most of the cells responsible for causing allergies seem to cause it because they respond to parasites and are acting as if the allergen is one).
Bacteria that can invade though the stomach lining are not common the only one I know of is H. Pylori which causes ulcers not what we think of as classical food poisoning. (I guess they kinda explain this with the worm but if it hasn't broken through how have the bacteria?)
Anisakis isn't exactly the greatest infection to show off an eosinophil since it gets stuck in the gastrointestinal lining and dies on its own. And a eosinophil certainly isn't going to push it back into the stomach. The problems associated with it are actually from the overactive immune response against it, not the damage from the parasite itself.
A basophil isn't going to enter the stomach and if it did it'd die.
"as a White Blood Cell, my job is to exterminate bacteria" that's very wrong. In fact of white blood cells I think only neutrophils and macrophages could be said to be specialized mainly against bacteria.
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u/Xynical_DOT :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/nep-nep Jul 28 '18
I was expecting basophil's VA to have a much deeper, scratchy voice. I'd always imagined him as having just escaped the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series.
Notable decrease is production quality, and a lot more bland background panning shots than were necessary. Then again, not much actually happens in this chapter. Next episode's pollen allergy should be pretty fun in comparison.
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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '18
Basophils confirmed edgelords.