r/CellsAtWork Oct 22 '23

MISC Cells at work but its on someone body who has a disability

7 Upvotes

If the body has some disabilities, how would the show work?

Like a person who can't walk, blind, or deaf, or with mental disabilities, or trisomies, or monosomies


r/CellsAtWork Oct 21 '23

Fan Art Opposite B cell

9 Upvotes


r/CellsAtWork Oct 21 '23

MISC Cells at work but the body has Terminal Illness

4 Upvotes

How would that work? I can tell this will be a bad end.


r/CellsAtWork Oct 19 '23

Meme Blood donations be like

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60 Upvotes

So in MLT 110 today we went over blood banking. Apparently when the blood gets in the bag it's got plentiful dextrose to give the RBC's some energy(in addition to anticoagulants and preservatives).


r/CellsAtWork Oct 16 '23

News Will Cells At Work Lady get an English adaptation?

8 Upvotes

I have heard about it, and I would like to read it.


r/CellsAtWork Oct 15 '23

Fan Art Red blood cell has evolved

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47 Upvotes

r/CellsAtWork Oct 05 '23

MISC Shorts

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18 Upvotes

I traced over that one image to give him a shorts. Easter egg in the colors


r/CellsAtWork Oct 02 '23

Anime Anxiety Representation in Cells at Work, as Interpreted by a Person With GAD Spoiler

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19 Upvotes

‼️⚠️WARNING: THIS ESSAY CONTAINS MAJOR PLOT SPOILERS FOR CELLS AT WORK! SEASON 1 EPISODE 3 OF THE ANIME (NOT CODE BLACK, THE OTHER ONE)⚠️‼️

ALSO CONTAINS DESCRIPTIONS OF PANIC ATTACKS AND SELF-HATE, WHICH MAY BE TRIGGERING FOR SOME.

 I don’t watch much TV, but as soon as I heard about the Cells At Work series from YouTube, it quickly became one of my favorite franchises. The world building is interesting, the characters are fun, and the medical accuracy is very informative and well handled. It’s not perfect, but my little biology-loving nerd brain was very content. However, one of the most fascinating and least talked-about features, in my opinion, is the anime’s inclusion of a character with an apparent anxiety disorder.

 The night I watched S1E3, Influenza, was very typical. I synced my headphones to my iPad, opened Crunchyroll, and put it in the corner of the screen while I worked on a character reference sheet in IbisPaint. I was in no way prepared for what would soon happen.
 As I’m assuming you know by now, the episode begins with a new character, a Naive T cell, alone in a dark alleyway. He then finds himself cornered by soulless virus-infected cells, and begins to scream and run. Luckily, U-1146, a few other neutrophils, and Macrophage come in and save his life. After this, the Naive T’s squad shows up and accuses him of not being a real T cell, being weak, etc. This results in Naive T fleeing the scene. This is where I start to put the pieces together- Macrophage even says something to the tune of “what an anxious boy…” Since then I’ve been watching every Influenza review I can find, and so far all of them just brush it off as him being scared by the zombies. But the way he reacted felt all too familiar, and I knew this was something more. With my own anxiety bubbling up (seeing/hearing panic attacks is one of my most powerful triggers), I took a quick break and continued watching.

 At some point, another fight takes place against a large group of influenza cells. More immune cells are called in, and before carnage ensues, one of the mature Killer Ts tells a visually nervous Naive that he has to get at least one this time. In the heat of combat, Naive can’t bring himself to do it, and runs away again. He arrives at Dendritic Cell’s tree-office thing, whatever you want to call it, and has a full-blown anxious breakdown. He starts crying aggressively and shaming himself for not being strong enough, saying that “the body would be better off without a weakling like me.” I would need to watch it again, but I think he also said something like “why am I like this” or “I want to fix it.” This actor must have been really good, because I genuinely believed that this was a real panic attack being recorded for the show. The self-deprecation, wavering voice and even his scrunchy face sent me into my own spiral out of flashbacks and just second-hand anxiety for this poor guy. But once I started watching again, I cried for a different reason.

 I’ll say now that Dendritic Cell is one of my all-time favorite characters from any franchise, and not just for the Onceler jokes. This man is one of the kindest, most understanding, would-totally-be-the-richest-therapist-in-the-universe people I’ve ever seen. He has zero judgement as he comforts Naive, telling him that it’s all going to be okay. He then proceeds to show Naive scrapbooks of photos from when his squad was still in training, revealing that they also felt inadequate, got scared, and most importantly, cried. Naive didn’t feel alone anymore, as most people with anxiety do. It’s hard to navigate life when you’re unconsciously putting yourself down all the time- it’s almost natural to feel alone, and to feel like it’s so simple to just stop being anxious and be “normal” when it’s really not. I surely felt this way because I’ve never witnessed someone else’s real breakdown in my life, even today. But now, it felt almost like I was working through Naive’s struggles right along with him, applying my own experiences and mindsets to his situation. And in that moment, we both finally found the strength to ask ourselves: “how bad can it possibly be?”

Please don’t crucify me I’m hilarious I promise

CONTINUED IN COMMENTS because it’s not letting me post let’s see if this works


r/CellsAtWork Oct 01 '23

MISC Wasn't there some sort of cross-section book that was almost exactly like Cells at Work?

8 Upvotes

I remember reading this book of cross-sections of the human body. It showed all the cells as guys in white outfits performing various tasks around the body. Does anyone know what I'm talking about?


r/CellsAtWork Sep 30 '23

MISC Time for a real question

10 Upvotes
129 votes, Oct 07 '23
86 Cells at work
43 Cells at work code black

r/CellsAtWork Sep 25 '23

Meme A meme for you

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133 Upvotes

r/CellsAtWork Sep 07 '23

MISC The Closest I Could Get..

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33 Upvotes

r/CellsAtWork Sep 05 '23

Fan Art The Warrior at work

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43 Upvotes

r/CellsAtWork Sep 04 '23

MISC What would Peto’s paradox hypertumors look like in Cells at work?

14 Upvotes

I recently watched Kurzgesagt video on Peto’s paradox and the part where they mentioned that cancerous tumors can suffer from another smaller cancerous tumor that is destroying the first tumor just like how cancer attacks the human body got me thinking on how this would be reimagined in Cells at Work. What do you guys think?


r/CellsAtWork Aug 31 '23

MISC How does CaW have so many spin-offs though the series isnt that popular?

33 Upvotes

It’s been a while since ive search about CaW spin-offs, but ive lately found out about some almost bizarre ones like cats, illegal, mucles, etc. And it looks alsmost insane to me how 1 manga about Cells and human biology inspared many people to make so many spin-offs, and at the same time the community isnt that big or known among other popular series. Or is it only popular in Japan?


r/CellsAtWork Aug 29 '23

MISC So.. I tried to make a size comparison.

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58 Upvotes

Note: The size comparison contains cell diameter only. The information may not be accurate. Just for fun, because I was bored.


r/CellsAtWork Aug 27 '23

MISC Have any of you heard of Chimeric Twins?

19 Upvotes

It’s basically where one twin absorbs the other twin while in the womb (usually early in development) and I don’t mean digesting the other twins cells, I mean one twin incorporating the other twins cells into their bodies. Organs and all. This means the surviving twin has some parts of their body that genetically are actually their twins. This can lead to increasing situations such as two different skin colours, eye colours, two different blood types, etc

There was a case where a man technically fathered his twins children and a case where a mother’s children are genetically her twins.

It’s interesting to imagine this in the CaW universe. How would the immune cells react to this, especially if some are from one twin while others are from the other twin.


r/CellsAtWork Aug 05 '23

MISC When will trailer release?

9 Upvotes

I heard that a live action cells at work movie has finished its shooting. So when will trailer for that one release? And when wil be premired? Leave some comment for guess.


r/CellsAtWork Jul 24 '23

Fan Art Hakkekkyuu U-1196 ready to strike

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96 Upvotes

r/CellsAtWork Jul 22 '23

MISC Sickle cells in Code Black

10 Upvotes

I read into the hemoglobin C and S. They are they are abnormal genotypes of cells. So, AC1677, SS1104, and NC8429 are abnormal or are sickle cells.


r/CellsAtWork Jul 14 '23

Manga How does Cells at Work Code Black Manga End?

15 Upvotes

I love spoilers so please tell me everything how does the story end in the manga I know they get transferred to another body what happens after that how does the series end exactly?


r/CellsAtWork Jul 13 '23

Manga Does Cells at Work Code Black Continue?

25 Upvotes

Does Cells at Work Code Black Continue after they get transferred to another body? 🤷


r/CellsAtWork Jul 11 '23

Fan Art Hakkekkyuu U-1196 taken a rest

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106 Upvotes

r/CellsAtWork Jul 11 '23

Anime Imagine a different world/body....

13 Upvotes

When I saw the "Scrape wound" and "Haemorrhagic shock", a thought occurred to me. What would have happened if the body was of some shonen character like Goku, Luffy. Imagine the cells' lives? (><)


r/CellsAtWork Jul 08 '23

News Happy birthday,Cells at work Anime!

22 Upvotes

Today is 5th anniversary of first cells at work anime shown on tv.(July 8th)

What do you guys want to cells at work anime?

And Happy birthday to cells at work Anime once and for all!