Season 1
- E1 - Smoking, Bacteria, and the Beginning of the End
- E2 - The Liver, Alcohol, and Pride
- E3 - Excitement, Expansion, and Emptiness
- E4 - Front Line, Gonococci, and Conflict
- E5 - Overwork, Hair Loss, and Delirium
- E6 - Kidneys, Kidney Stones, and Tears
- E7 - Caffeine, Temptation, and Jealousy
- E8 - Calves, Pulmonary Embolism, and Quick Thinking
- E9 - Calamity, Athlete's Foot, and the Meaning of Work
- E10 - Stomach Ulcer, Friendship, and Loss
- E11 - Desperation, Gout, and Rebellion
- E12 - Return, the Heart, and Demise
- E13 - Cardiac Arrest, Revival, and a Change
E1 - Smoking, Bacteria, and the Beginning of the End
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I work...
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WHITE BLOOD CELL
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and work...
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and work...
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What are you doing?
Deliver that oxygen!
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I work and work and work...
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but it doesn't make any difference!
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Just what is it that we're all working for?
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You have to keep on working anyway.
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As long as you have a job to do.
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Cells at Work!
CODE BLACK
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EPISODE 1:
SMOKING, BACTERIA,
AND THE BEGINNING OF THE END
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Welcome, everyone.
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Now that you've graduated
from Erythroblast status,
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as of today, you'll be working
with us as Red Blood Cells.
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We have great expectations of you all
as you work for the bright future of this world!
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Since we all share the same mission,
we are like family.
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Let's help each other out,
join forces and do our best together.
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CELL
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This is the body in which
you'll be working, starting today.
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Throughout the film you're about to see,
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we'll be introducing you to the various systems
and cells inside this body.
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First, the path that you Red Blood Cells will be taking
to deliver oxygen, the blood vessel.
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A route not only for you...
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but also for the White Blood Cells who eliminate
foreign substances that enter the body...
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the Killer T Cells who eliminate cells
infected by viruses...
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and the Macrophages
who clean up the body.
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As you can see,
it's a pathway for all types of cells.
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And these are the Platelets
who work to repair damaged blood vessels.
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PLATELETS
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- Hello!
- Hello!
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They just said hello to us!
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Greetings are essential if you're going
to have a good day at work, right?
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And here are the internal organs
which are indispensable for the work you'll be doing.
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Each one serves its own crucial role...
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and it's here that you'll find the cells
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who can be considered specialists
in their respective fields at work.
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Among them are organs
that will look after your Red Blood Cells.
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Can't wait for that!
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Yep.
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And now, why don't we hear
from one of them?
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Gastric Chief Cell will speak to us now.
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What are you doing right now?
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This here's digestion.
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It's an important process
for absorbing nutrients.
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Can you say a few words
to our newly-joined Red Blood Cells?
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Let's see.
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When you come to the stomach
to make deliveries, tell us your names.
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It's a lot more pleasant to work
with a familiar face
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than with someone
you don't even know by name.
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We'll be waiting for you guys!
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You may work in different systems,
but you're all friends working in the same body.
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By interacting,
you can improve the work environment.
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That's it for our introductory video.
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You will now separate into groups,
and start your on-the-job training.
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Any questions?
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Yes!
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Go on.
[03:56] ---
Uh, can you tell us
how much overtime to expect?
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We can't say that there won't be any,
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but we've been working toward
reducing overtime as much as possible.
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You know, what they call "work-style reforms."
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Seriously? Good to know!
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Efficient, shortened workdays
and increased benefits are part of our plan
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to provide you with security
in the workplace.
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Hey, this job's gonna be easier than I thought!
[04:24] ---
Uh, yeah.
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It seems like a friendly environment,
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and the people from the other systems
seemed nice, too.
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Hey, what are you looking at?
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I need to learn all our delivery destinations.
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How serious are you?
Can't we just figure that out during OJT?
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Well, yeah, I guess.
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We have one simple job, delivering oxygen,
so there's no need to get so gung-ho about it.
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You're late, rookies.
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Oh, are you the senpais
who'll be training us in the field?
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Grab your oxygen now. Come on.
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Hurry up! Two boxes per person!
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R-Right!
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What are we going to do now?
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Your jobs, what else?
Transport that oxygen.
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We're working already?
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But we heard that we'd be training—
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We don't have time to train you.
Learn on the job.
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This body is short on both manpower and time.
Now get going.
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Huh? What about the work-style reforms?
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All you're ever going to find here
is never-ending toil.
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Huh?
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If you're a Red Blood Cell,
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then deliver, deliver,
deliver oxygen until you drop!
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The aortic valve will now open.
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Let's make today
another day without injuries...
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and work energetically
with a smile on our faces!
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Go! Go! Go!
Run! Run! Run!
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Run until you drop! Work!
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Keep working until your strength is sapped!
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This is the moment that it started.
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The black labor within this body!
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This is rough!
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Don't slow down! Hurry up!
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Right!
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What is this? I never signed up
for anything like this!
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Idiot!
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AC1677! You need to go this way!
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Right.
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Which way is the stomach?
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You're in our way! Move it!
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Oh! Sorry!
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Platelet, hello—
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Just skip the formalities and get out
of our way! Get a life, will you?
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Oh, hey, I'm sorry!
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Sorry about that.
It's just that we're in a hurry.
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The stomach. Stores all ingested food
and disinfects it with gastric acid secretions.
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In addition, a digestive enzyme called "pespin"
breaks down food, turning it into a paste,
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thus completing the first stage of digestion.
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Sorry to keep you waiting for your oxygen.
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Oh, you were in that training video.
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You're too damn slow!
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How long does it take
to deliver one canister of oxygen?
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I'm sorry.
I only just started working today—
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What do I care? Once you're in the field,
it doesn't matter if you're a rookie or a veteran!
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Right! Sorry!
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Oh, and also... this is my first day,
and I'm AA2153.
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Huh?
[07:39] ---
Th-That's my name.
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Who the cell has time to remember names?
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Every one of you has
the same damn face and name!
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Read the room, will you?
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But in that video, you said
you wanted to know our names.
[07:51] ---
Huh? They're still using that thing?
From ages ago?
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What?
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Since we recorded that video, this body's gone
so downhill, you can't even compare it to before!
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I don't have a second to spare like I did then.
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How did that happen?
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Not just fatigue, but sleep deprivation to boot.
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Not to mention excessive eating and drinking.
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No matter how hard we work,
it's only getting worse and worse.
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But...
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Now you know, so next time,
bring that oxygen faster!
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R-Right!
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Hey, Red Blood Cell!
[08:39] ---
You've really been skimping
on the oxygen supply lately!
[08:42] ---
I'm sorry. We've been ordered to prioritize
deliveries to the main organs, so...
[08:48] ---
Huh? So, the cells in the extremities
can just die, is that it?
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P-Please forgive me.
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Really sorry about this.
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We'll be able to provide you
with a massive supply of fresh oxygen soon,
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and you'll be first on our list.
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Really?
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This is just a special deal for you, ma'am.
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Now, then, we'll be off.
Let's go, rookie.
[09:14] ---
Thank you very much, Senpai.
[09:16] ---
So, there's going to be
a massive supply of fresh oxygen?
[09:19] ---
No, I made that up.
[09:21] ---
Huh?
[09:22] ---
Well, we'd never get anything done
if we actually listened to all the complaints.
[09:25] ---
Oh, so that's it?
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Oh, I'm sorry to make you carry the oxygen!
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Hold it diagonally, like this,
and it'll be more stable.
[09:35] ---
Hey, you're right!
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You were out of luck,
starting here at a time like this.
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Normally, it's part of our job to show
the ropes to the rookies...
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but there isn't a single person here
who has that kind of time.
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Why are we so short-handed?
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It's probably due to stress.
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To prioritize the vitals,
there's been less bloodflow to the extremities.
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Years ago, this body was nothing like this.
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Let's go! The higher-ups will give us an earful
if we don't fulfill our quotas, right?
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Senpai!
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Senpai, how can you possibly smile
when things are like this?
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Hey, it's simple!
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All you have to do
is suppress your emotions.
[10:19] ---
Huh?
[10:20] ---
"I want to rest."
"I want to have an easy time."
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Hoping for that kind of thing
is what brings you anguish.
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If you suppress all of your emotions,
you can keep smiling.
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True. His eyes aren't smiling.
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What's going on here?
The vessel's all bumpy!
[10:43] ---
Watch your step, rookie.
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Okay.
[10:49] ---
Hey, dummy!
[10:50] ---
Don't ever let go of that oxygen!
It's more precious than life itself!
[10:55] ---
Is that the LDL guys?
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Hey, come back here!
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Get a hold of yourself. Can you stand?
[11:01] ---
Yes.
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Who were they?
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LDL. The bad cholesterol guys.
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That was them illegally disposing
of cholesterol secreted by the liver.
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Illegal disposal?
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Seriously, if this ends up blocking the vessel
and causing arterial sclerosis,
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we won't be able to get through.
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Won't be able to get through?
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Because of oxidation in the body.
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Oxidation...
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This is also due to stress.
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Stress generates increased levels of active oxygen,
creating bumps on the vessel walls.
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That's why it's so bumpy.
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And now that resistance is also low,
I hear that more germs have shown up.
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Germs...
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Um...
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This body...
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Is it going to be all right?
[11:53] ---
Don't worry about stuff like that!
[11:56] ---
All we need to do is suppress our emotions
and deliver oxygen in silence!
[12:07] ---
We're back.
So, I've gone around once.
[12:11] ---
You can take a break
before starting the second round.
[12:14] ---
Okay.
[12:15] ---
I'm going to take a look over there.
[12:18] ---
I'm exhausted.
[12:21] ---
- Get up.
- Huh?
[12:22] ---
Who said you could take a break?
[12:25] ---
We don't have time for breaks!
[12:28] ---
Huh? Um...
[12:31] ---
Hey, come on.
[12:32] ---
He just went around the whole body on his first job.
Of course, that's got to tire him out some...
[12:37] ---
It's too soon to whine and give up.
[12:39] ---
We've got to make so many trips
around the body a day.
[12:43] ---
When we were rookies, we took it easier—
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And we're paying for that now, aren't we?
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If you have time to reminisce
about the old days, get moving.
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I can go.
[13:01] ---
Don't coddle the rookies anymore.
[13:09] ---
If I'm not mistaken,
the road splits off up ahead
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into the carotid artery leading to the head,
and the descending aorta leading to the torso.
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Good job, rookie!
[13:18] ---
This time, we're going to pass through
the digestive system from the descending aorta
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to get back to the heart.
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Okay!
[13:27] ---
Wh-What's that gas?
[13:41] ---
- Are you all right?
- Idiot!
[13:43] ---
Don't go near him!
This is carbon monoxide!
[13:46] ---
Carbon monoxide?
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Us Red Blood Cells contain
tons of hemoglobin.
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Hemoglobin has a binding affinity
with carbon monoxide!
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Hemoglobin. The protein containing
the red pigment that gives blood its red color.
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By binding with oxygen, it enables Red Blood Cells
to transport oxygen throughout the body.
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If we bind with carbon monoxide,
we won't be able to deliver oxygen!
[14:12] ---
Huh?
[14:13] ---
Meaning that the body will become
oxygen-deprived!
[14:17] ---
Carbon monoxide detected
within the blood vessel!
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Irritation to the central nervous system!
[14:21] ---
It seems like some kind of toxin
has been introduced.
[14:23] ---
A toxin?
[14:25] ---
The heart rate's going up!
Blood pressure rising!
[14:27] ---
The capillaries are constricting!
[14:30] ---
Wh-What's going on? The walls are...
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Have you analyzed the toxin?
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The acetylcholine receptors
are in a state of agitation,
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and the chain of command
has been disrupted!
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Acetylcholine receptors.
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They exist in the synapses
and are made of protein.
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They receive the neurotransmitter
acetylcholine...
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sending signals across the nerve network,
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and controlling the smooth muscles,
skeletal muscles and sweat glands.
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The acetylcohline receptors
have been affected? Don't tell me it's...
[15:06] ---
E-Everybody?
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W-We have to save them!
[15:14] ---
It's too late!
[15:15] ---
These guys have turned
into carboxyhemoglobin!
[15:18] ---
Carboxyhemoglobin.
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Formed when hemoglobin binds
with carbon monoxide.
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Red Blood Cells are unable
to deliver oxygen in this state.
[15:29] ---
But where did this carbon monoxide come from?
[15:33] ---
Senpai!
[15:34] ---
Look.
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Huh?
[15:39] ---
Bacteria's reached the blood vessel...
at a time like this?
[15:43] ---
Bacteria?
[15:46] ---
Those are Pneumococci!
[15:48] ---
Pneumococci. Pathogenic bacteria that trigger
pneumonia, septicemia and the like.
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A highly durable and toxic bacteria.
[16:06] ---
What should we do?
[16:07] ---
Nothing we can do but run.
[16:10] ---
They attack cells, seeking nutrients!
[16:12] ---
We're going to end up
getting ruptured, too!
[16:26] ---
That's...
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A cleaner cell who eliminates
germs from the body...
[16:35] ---
White Blood Cell!
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White Blood Cell or Neutrophil.
[16:43] ---
Its main job is to eliminate foreign substances
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such as bacteria and viruses
that have invaded the body from the outside.
[16:50] ---
Sorry I got here late.
[16:52] ---
The germs have been proliferating all over the place,
so we've been really swamped.
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Are you a rookie?
[17:01] ---
Y-Yes.
[17:05] ---
Let me take care of this.
[17:19] ---
Let's go, rookie.
[17:20] ---
Huh? Go where?
[17:22] ---
Where do you think?
[17:25] ---
We're going to deliver this oxygen.
[17:27] ---
If the delivery of oxygen is halted,
the cells will die of necrosis.
[17:32] ---
Our job doesn't allow for breaks.
[17:34] ---
B-But...
[17:36] ---
In a situation like this,
even if we're under orders...
[17:40] ---
You must be kidding me!
I can't take this job anymore!
[17:46] ---
Don't ever forget this, rookie.
[17:49] ---
The moment us Red Blood Cells mature,
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we discard everything that normal cells have.
[17:56] ---
Our cell nuclei, our mitochondria,
all of our organelles.
[17:59] ---
And we become cells that are 90% hemoglobin,
cells that are dedicated to delivering oxygen.
[18:06] ---
We spend our entire lives
delivering oxygen to the entire body,
[18:09] ---
traveling the same route
over and over 200,000... 300,000 times!
[18:14] ---
This isn't an order.
[18:17] ---
There's nothing else that we can do!
[18:22] ---
Don't think about anything,
suppress your emotions and transport the oxygen!
[18:27] ---
We don't need any wimps here.
[18:29] ---
You retrieve the oxygen and take
the descending aorta to head back to the lungs.
[18:34] ---
Huh?
[18:34] ---
That route is still safe.
[18:37] ---
I'll take the carotid artery
to transport your oxygen to the brain.
[18:41] ---
Because the brain cells are our top priority.
[18:43] ---
The carotid artery?
[18:48] ---
White Blood Cell Lady!
[18:50] ---
We're counting on you!
[18:52] ---
Senpai, it's no good! If you do that—
[18:55] ---
I'm leaving the rest to you.
[18:57] ---
Make sure you become a fine Red Blood Cell.
[19:00] ---
Sorry I couldn't pass the baton to you
in a better environment.
[19:04] ---
Senpai!
[19:25] ---
Emotions...
[19:27] ---
No way is it easy to suppress them.
[19:30] ---
Not for any cell...
[19:37] ---
Senpai!
[19:40] ---
Don't let his resolve have been for nothing.
[19:43] ---
Come with me.
[19:48] ---
The carbon monoxide advisory
has been lifted.
[19:50] ---
All cells, please be careful
when you head outside!
[19:54] ---
Have you calmed down a little?
[19:56] ---
Yes. Thank you for saving me,
White Blood Cell.
[20:01] ---
I just did my job, that's all.
[20:04] ---
Um, White Blood Cell?
[20:08] ---
Are our jobs really worth
risking our lives for?
[20:17] ---
We might be working
so that we can find the answer to that.
[20:22] ---
Where are you going?
[20:24] ---
To the lungs. I'm going to see
what caused the carbon monoxide outbreak.
[20:31] ---
Lungs.
[20:32] ---
The organs that absorb oxygen
from the air into the body...
[20:36] ---
and expel the carbon dioxide delivered
by the Red Blood Cells back into the air.
[20:44] ---
How did it get so dirty?
[20:46] ---
Today's emergency was caused by smoking.
For the first time in ten years, that is.
[20:51] ---
Smoking?
And this has happened before?
[20:54] ---
Look up there.
That's the grime from before.
[20:58] ---
Just when it was finally starting to get clean...
[21:01] ---
I hear that they detected nicotine,
[21:02] ---
a toxin that affects the acetylcholine
receptors in the nerve tract.
[21:08] ---
Why would this body deliberately
ingest something like that?
[21:12] ---
Because one of its effects
is temporary pleasure.
[21:16] ---
Not only that,
but nicotine is also addictive.
[21:20] ---
The same thing is going to happen
again and again.
[21:23] ---
You should keep that in mind.
[21:24] ---
B-But...
[21:29] ---
Red Blood Cells, receive your oxygen at once
and deliver it to the entire body!
[21:34] ---
Repeat, receive your oxygen at once
and deliver it to the entire body!
[21:39] ---
The resumption of smoking
after ten years...
[21:42] ---
That was only the beginning
of the dangers awaiting this body.
[23:19] ---
PREVIEW
[23:20] ---
No way!
[23:21] ---
I've always wanted to visit the liver!
[23:22] ---
LIVER
[23:24] ---
Calm down.
[23:26] ---
This is alcohol.
[23:26] ---
ALCOHOL
[23:28] ---
PRIDE
[23:28] ---
As long as they're here,
I don't want them to see my weak side.
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THE LIVER, ALCOHOL, AND PRIDE
E2 - The Liver, Alcohol, and Pride
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For your next deliveries, you'll be
going here, here, here and here.
[00:05] ---
This many?
[00:06] ---
You've got a problem?
[00:08] ---
This is me giving you a lighter load
since you're a rookie.
[00:11] ---
Right.
[00:13] ---
I'll be heading out now.
[00:14] ---
Whatever you do, don't forget
to get those receipts stamped!
[00:17] ---
R-Right.
[00:20] ---
Am I ever going to be done?
[00:22] ---
Hey, rookie, could you be any slower?
[00:26] ---
- Sorry!
- I don't believe it.
[00:28] ---
You haven't even gotten through
half of your quota yet!
[00:31] ---
What kind of plan do you have
for delivering this oxygen anyway?
[00:35] ---
- Or maybe you're just slacking off?
- I am not—
[00:38] ---
Oh well, what do I care?
[00:40] ---
Why don't you start
by picking up the pace?
[00:42] ---
Here, I'm adding these, too.
[00:44] ---
Huh?
[00:45] ---
I know you can do it!
[00:46] ---
Prove to me that
you haven't been slacking off, okay?
[00:51] ---
I see you're having a hard time, too, huh?
[00:53] ---
Yeah.
[00:55] ---
Talk about overwhelmed!
[02:33] ---
EPISODE 2:
THE LIVER, ALCOHOL, AND PRIDE
[02:33] ---
Okay, let's get going.
[02:34] ---
Sure. See ya.
[02:35] ---
See ya.
[02:38] ---
Th-That's a Macrophage.
[02:41] ---
They're all so pretty.
[02:44] ---
Huh?
[02:50] ---
What?
[02:51] ---
Macrophage.
[02:53] ---
A type of White Blood Cell.
[02:55] ---
Catches and kills
foreign substances like bacteria,
[02:58] ---
while determining antigens
and information about immune responses.
[03:01] ---
I have to kill more. More...
[03:10] ---
Oh my, so you're a Red Blood Cell.
[03:13] ---
Y-Yes.
[03:15] ---
I thought you were a bacterium!
[03:17] ---
My sincerest apologies.
[03:23] ---
Man, that Macrophage is exhausted, too.
[03:28] ---
Next is the Mucosal Cell in the oral cavity.
[03:31] ---
ORAL MUCOSAL EPITHELIUM
[03:31] ---
This way, huh?
[03:33] ---
Mucosal Cell?
I've come to deliver your oxy—
[03:38] ---
It's on fire?
[03:39] ---
Mouth ulcer.
[03:41] ---
An inflammation inside of the mouth
or on the tongue.
[03:43] ---
When the lesions are round, shallow
and have a distinct border,
[03:47] ---
they are called "aphthous."
[03:49] ---
Often caused by stress, sleep deprivation
and lack of oral hygiene.
[03:55] ---
A-Are you Mucosal Cell?
[03:58] ---
Oral mucosa.
[03:59] ---
The mucous membrane
lining the inside of the mouth.
[04:02] ---
Also known as the mirror
reflecting one's physical health.
[04:06] ---
WORKFLOW MANUAL
FOR RED BLOOD CELLS
[04:06] ---
When this kind of thing happens...
[04:11] ---
DURING DELIVERIES,
TRANSFERAL OF THE OXYGEN
MUST BE YOUR TOP PRIORITY!
[04:11] ---
"Top priority"?
[04:15] ---
Your seal...
[04:17] ---
U-Um, th-this receipt...
[04:21] ---
Please stamp this receipt!
[04:27] ---
The receipt!
[04:34] ---
Don't worry about stuff like that!
[04:36] ---
All we need to do is suppress our emotions
and deliver oxygen in silence!
[04:42] ---
No way can I do that.
[04:44] ---
No way.
[04:46] ---
- Run.
- What?
[04:48] ---
The mouth ulcer ruptured.
[04:50] ---
We'll soon be invaded by bacteria!
[05:06] ---
Stay away!
[05:08] ---
Stay away from me!
[05:14] ---
White Blood Cell!
[05:17] ---
WHITE BLOOD CELL
[05:24] ---
That was uncalled for.
[05:26] ---
Hey, don't be that way, Senpai.
[05:31] ---
She's right. After all,
it was such a hassle getting here.
[05:37] ---
Th-Thank you so much!
[05:39] ---
You?
[05:41] ---
We've met before.
[05:44] ---
You remember me?
[05:46] ---
Too bad.
[05:47] ---
You get extra points for the glasses,
but you're too slim.
[05:51] ---
I hear you! If only he was
just a little more macho-looking, right?
[06:04] ---
Phagocytosis or Phagocytic Effects.
[06:06] ---
When Phagocytes, such as Monocytes,
Macrophages and Neutrophils
[06:11] ---
engulf bacteria and other foreign
substances, and break them down.
[06:27] ---
This is your precious oxygen, right?
[06:29] ---
Don't ever let it go even if it kills you.
[06:31] ---
R-Right!
[06:35] ---
Not good!
[06:36] ---
Hold onto something!
[06:47] ---
What's going on?
[06:48] ---
We're being engulfed by water and povidone-iodine
from the damaged area! This is...
[06:53] ---
It's gargling!
[06:55] ---
Gargling.
[06:56] ---
To wash away bacteria and viruses
in the mouth,
[07:00] ---
preventing respiratory tract inflammation.
Various theories exist.
[07:03] ---
Povidone-iodine.
[07:05] ---
An antiseptic used in gargling solutions.
[07:08] ---
Though it has a unique scent,
it's highly effective as an antiseptic.
[07:13] ---
- Where'd that come from?
- Jeez, that's gross.
[07:23] ---
Good job hanging onto that oxygen.
[07:25] ---
Y-Yes. Thank you very much.
[07:29] ---
Hang in there, rookie.
[07:32] ---
See you later, Glasses!
[07:34] ---
Build up that body of yours!
[07:41] ---
Hey, Glasses is totally staring at us!
[07:44] ---
Do you think maybe he's smitten with Senpai?
[07:48] ---
Save your breath, will you?
[07:50] ---
Right!
[07:53] ---
I'm so wiped.
[07:55] ---
No rest since Day One.
How many rounds do we have to do in a day?
[08:01] ---
I came this close to dying three times.
[08:03] ---
I'm telling you, I can't take
much more of this job.
[08:06] ---
Are you okay, rookies?
[08:09] ---
Oh, good work, sirs!
[08:10] ---
It's all right, stay seated. The stress is more intense
than usual today, so I bet it's a lot to take in, huh?
[08:16] ---
Just my veteran's gut,
but a day like this, it's going to rain.
[08:20] ---
Rain?
[08:22] ---
Wh-What's this?
[08:24] ---
Hey, simmer down. This is alcohol.
[08:28] ---
Alcohol.
[08:30] ---
Upon entering the body,
it has the effect of alleviating tension
[08:33] ---
by temporarily improving circulation and inducing
the secretion of dopamine and serotonin.
[08:39] ---
Alcohol?
[08:41] ---
You can count on this happening
after overwhelming stress.
[08:45] ---
Sure, it improves the circulation,
[08:46] ---
but then the body absorbs more fat,
making the blood all viscous.
[08:50] ---
At this rate, we'll be delivering alcohol
all over the body.
[08:53] ---
The other cells are going to be pissed.
[08:55] ---
This stupid job... This stupid job...
[08:59] ---
Why should we do it?
Give us some days off!
[09:02] ---
Give us a long weekend off!
[09:04] ---
I didn't... I didn't become
a Red Blood Cell for this!
[09:14] ---
Hey, hey, get a grip.
[09:16] ---
You're not used to alcohol, huh?
No way around it! Come with me.
[09:21] ---
Even we need a break sometimes, right?
[09:25] ---
How about we get some healing
and refresh ourselves?
[09:30] ---
We're here.
[09:32] ---
This is the liver.
[09:33] ---
LIVER
[09:34] ---
The liver.
[09:35] ---
An organ that performs
a wide variety of functions,
[09:37] ---
such as the synthesis, excretion
and detoxification of substances.
[09:42] ---
Woo-hoo! I've always wanted to visit the liver!
[09:46] ---
It sure is lively here.
[09:46] ---
BLOOD ALLEY
BILE TOWN
FIRST AVENUE
[09:48] ---
Well, of course.
The liver is the largest organ in the body.
[09:53] ---
Not only does it metabolize
the Big Three nutrients...
[09:55] ---
but it also handles all kinds of tasks
like producing bile and breaking down toxins.
[10:01] ---
So, it's a really crucial organ, huh?
[10:04] ---
Is this your first time, rookie?
[10:06] ---
Y-Yes.
[10:07] ---
Normally, I get by just dealing
with oxygen and nutrients, so—
[10:13] ---
We'll show you how to really have fun in the liver.
[10:17] ---
Hey! Why don't you detox with us,
Red Blood Cell gentlemen?
[10:21] ---
Come on, let's go!
[10:23] ---
Jeez, just can't get enough of that, huh, Gramps?
[10:26] ---
I'm coming! I'm coming!
[10:28] ---
Um, what do you mean by "detox"?
[10:31] ---
I brought along some youngsters. It's their first time,
so send them some sweet young things, okay?
[10:36] ---
Consider it done, since you're always
such good customers. This way, please.
[10:44] ---
Some guests have arrived!
[10:47] ---
Welcome!
[11:03] ---
You youngsters don't hold back
with your reactions. Good for you!
[11:07] ---
I-It's not like I'm reacting!
[11:09] ---
Thank you for your patience!
[11:11] ---
We'll be seating you in groups of three!
[11:14] ---
Hepatocytes, please take Table 3!
[11:18] ---
Welcome, Red Blood Cells.
[11:22] ---
Please refresh yourselves tonight.
[11:25] ---
Hepatocytes.
[11:27] ---
Cells that make up 70 to 80% of the liver.
[11:31] ---
They metabolize and detoxify substances.
[11:35] ---
- N-Nice to meet you.
- Is this your first time coming to a place like this?
[11:39] ---
Yes! It's our first time!
[11:43] ---
Wonderful, isn't it, rookie? Having a gorgeous
Hepatocyte like this help us detox!
[11:48] ---
What do you mean by "detox"?
[11:51] ---
Right, here you go.
[11:52] ---
Huh? What's this?
[11:54] ---
This is ADH.
[11:56] ---
ADH?
[11:58] ---
That's right. It's an enzyme
that breaks down alcohol.
[12:02] ---
ADH.
[12:04] ---
An enzyme present in the Hepatocytes.
[12:06] ---
Has the ability to convert
alcohol into acetaldehyde.
[12:10] ---
Alcohol is a substance
that triggers intoxication, right?
[12:13] ---
It's our job as Hepatocytes to break down
and detoxify alcohol in the blood to sober you up.
[12:20] ---
Oh, so that's what "detox" means.
[12:23] ---
Goro can't dwink ADH by himself!
[12:27] ---
Dwink?
[12:28] ---
What am I going to do with you?
Here, there you go!
[12:36] ---
Don't cringe at me, dummy!
[12:38] ---
When you're at a place like this,
just forget all about work and have a good time!
[12:42] ---
R-Right.
[12:47] ---
Forget all about work...
[12:56] ---
You really chugged that!
[12:57] ---
- That was hot!
- For real?
[12:59] ---
Gimme a "That's a good boy!"
[13:02] ---
That's a good boy!
[13:04] ---
What's wrong?
[13:06] ---
You have a frown on your face.
[13:08] ---
It's nothing.
[13:10] ---
You owe it to yourself to have some fun.
[13:13] ---
He's right! Drink up and refresh yourself!
[13:15] ---
Okay.
[13:20] ---
That was great!
Good job downing that!
[13:23] ---
I'm starting to feel queasy.
[13:25] ---
I'm telling you, I can't take it!
[13:28] ---
The blood vessels are so uneven,
trying to walk through them is a joke!
[13:31] ---
The higher-ups aren't giving us
a second thought!
[13:35] ---
Damn it! They have to improve
our working conditions or we can't go on!
[13:41] ---
That's right!
[13:42] ---
Don't we even get paid time off?
Where's our paid time off?
[13:45] ---
Wh-What's that?
That black haze...
[13:48] ---
That's acetaldehyde.
[13:50] ---
Huh?
[13:51] ---
Acetaldehyde is what you get
when alcohol is metabolized by ADH.
[13:56] ---
It's a powerful toxin,
but to eliminate alcohol completely,
[14:00] ---
you need to convert it
to this substance first.
[14:03] ---
Acetaldehyde.
[14:05] ---
A highly toxic substance.
[14:08] ---
Can also be found in automobile
exhaust fumes and tobacco smoke.
[14:12] ---
A toxin?
[14:14] ---
That's why everyone's pissed
and out of control.
[14:17] ---
All right, the next step is...
[14:22] ---
What's that?
[14:23] ---
An enzyme called "ALDH."
[14:26] ---
ALDH.
[14:28] ---
An enzyme that metabolizes acetaldehyde
into acetic acid, detoxifying it.
[14:33] ---
Acetic acid is ultimately converted into water
and carbon dioxide, then expelled from the body.
[14:39] ---
If you detoxify the acetaldehyde
by metabolizing it,
[14:42] ---
it will sober you up completely.
[14:45] ---
Now, does everyone have a glass of ALDH?
[14:49] ---
Once again, let's raise a glass
to working healthy again tomorrow!
[14:54] ---
Cheers!
[14:55] ---
Cheers!
[15:00] ---
Transport the oxygen!
[15:16] ---
How can I be in the mood to raise a glass?
[15:21] ---
Can we just erase it all with this enzyme?
[15:24] ---
All our suffering...
[15:26] ---
Rookie?
[15:27] ---
Every day, all we do
is run around delivering oxygen.
[15:32] ---
We're so easily replaceable.
[15:35] ---
One or two drops of blood being shed
isn't going to affect this body in any way!
[15:40] ---
Oh, don't talk like that.
In one go, all right?
[15:44] ---
What do you...
[15:46] ---
What do you people know about it?
[15:50] ---
Aren't the internal organs and the bowels
where the elite work?
[15:53] ---
A safe spot from where you can watch us
scrambling around?
[15:56] ---
People like you with such carefree jobs...
[15:59] ---
You don't know anything about our pain!
[16:05] ---
That's enough. You're a really bad drunk.
[16:10] ---
Are you all right?
[16:12] ---
I'll bring you another glass right away.
[16:17] ---
Rookie...
[16:20] ---
Come with me.
[16:23] ---
Are you all right?
[16:25] ---
I'm sorry.
There's been so much alcohol lately.
[16:29] ---
Why don't you take a break?
[16:31] ---
I'll be fine.
[16:33] ---
The other Hepatocytes have been hit hard by the
acetaldehyde toxins, but they're soldiering on.
[16:40] ---
Liver failure.
[16:42] ---
Overconsumption of alcohol
can lead to a fatty liver
[16:46] ---
due to acetaldehyde inhibiting
the breakdown of fats.
[16:50] ---
Chronic binging will eventually destroy
the liver cells, triggering hepatic cirrhosis.
[16:58] ---
We're not the only ones who are suffering.
[17:01] ---
The Red Blood Cells risk their lives
to work like crazy for us.
[17:07] ---
As long as they're here,
I don't want them to see me being weak.
[17:16] ---
I've seen all kinds of cells over the years,
[17:19] ---
but there isn't one single easy task
in this world.
[17:22] ---
Well, I guess you've been through a lot.
[17:25] ---
If an old geezer like me will do, talk to me.
[17:30] ---
I...
[17:31] ---
I...
[17:33] ---
I just ran off!
[17:36] ---
Bailing on the job I was supposed to do...
[17:40] ---
Because of that, S-Senpai...
[17:44] ---
My only task is to deliver oxygen,
but I can't even get that right!
[17:49] ---
I'm not blaming you.
[17:52] ---
The longer you live,
the more shame you suffer.
[17:55] ---
I've been scrambling around myself,
just like you.
[17:59] ---
That's how each and every one of us
eventually becomes a full-fledged cell.
[18:08] ---
Right.
[18:09] ---
The future of this world
rest on the shoulders of you youngsters.
[18:14] ---
I'm counting on you, rookie.
[18:20] ---
I'm really sorry.
[18:22] ---
For being so rude to you just now.
[18:25] ---
Don't worry about it. That's how harsh
the conditions you're fighting under are.
[18:29] ---
Come detox yourself anytime, okay?
[18:32] ---
Okay! Thank you very much!
[18:34] ---
Well, now we're refreshed.
Why don't we head out now?
[18:37] ---
Hey, come on. Let's go, Gramps.
[18:41] ---
Gramps?
[18:47] ---
So, he's passed away.
[18:51] ---
Thank you for your long years of hard work.
[18:57] ---
No way.
[18:59] ---
Take him to the sinusoid.
[19:15] ---
Who's that?
[19:16] ---
That's the Kupffer Cell.
[19:19] ---
She devours Red Blood Cells
who've completed their missions.
[19:22] ---
What?
[19:23] ---
Kupffer Cell.
[19:25] ---
A type of Macrophage
that exists in the sinusoid.
[19:29] ---
It activates by ingesting foreign particles.
[19:32] ---
Aging Red Blood Cells are also ingested
to produce bile pigment from hemoglobin.
[19:40] ---
This is the life of a Red Blood Cell.
[19:42] ---
We deliver oxygen until we die,
and we get used as nutrients afterwards.
[19:48] ---
Still, it's not a bad way to go, is it?
[19:53] ---
Gramps...
[19:55] ---
sure did look content.
[20:08] ---
Goodbye, rookie.
I'll be waiting for you.
[20:12] ---
Okay!
[20:16] ---
Good luck at work.
[20:24] ---
White Blood Cell!
[20:27] ---
Oh hey, it's not what you...
[20:30] ---
I came to patrol the fatty liver.
[20:33] ---
It could trigger cirrhosis
if we just leave it.
[20:35] ---
O-Oh, is that right?
[20:37] ---
Come to think of it, seems like
a lot of alcohol rained down.
[20:41] ---
Are you all right?
[20:42] ---
Yes. Um, thanks to Hepatocyte.
[20:46] ---
I see.
[20:47] ---
But don't let your guard down.
[20:53] ---
Hey, you rookies, are you okay?
[20:56] ---
I feel sick.
[20:59] ---
Not all of the acetaldehyde
got broken down, huh?
[21:05] ---
Hangover.
[21:06] ---
While traces of acetaldehyde
remain in the body,
[21:09] ---
its toxins trigger headaches and nausea.
[21:14] ---
You know this doesn't mean
that you can take a break, right?
[21:18] ---
We know.
[21:20] ---
All right, deliver that oxygen!
Take Gramps's share with you!
[21:23] ---
- Right!
- Right!
[21:25] ---
There are all kinds of jobs in this world.
[21:28] ---
I want to see it through.
[21:30] ---
By becoming a full-fledged Red Blood Cell.
[21:34] ---
Huh? Alcohol?
[21:35] ---
Come on! Again?
[21:38] ---
Hair of the dog.
[21:39] ---
Long touted as a remedy for easing hangover
symptoms, though there is no scientific basis for this.
[21:46] ---
It can be assumed that one is only gaining relief from
headaches and nausea thanks to being intoxicated.
[23:19] ---
PREVIEW
[23:20] ---
Due to this body
engaging in sexual reproduction...
[23:23] ---
it is now in a state of arousal.
[23:23] ---
EXCITEMENT
[23:25] ---
Go off and become men!
[23:26] ---
EXPANSION
[23:29] ---
EMPTINESS
[23:29] ---
Why were they ever born in this world, then?
[23:31] ---
EXCITEMENT, EXPANSION, AND EMPTINESS
E3 - Excitement, Expansion, and Emptiness
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[00:02] ---
In this body, tons of cells are at work.
[00:05] ---
WHITE BLOOD CELL
[00:06] ---
Delivering oxygen to those cells...
[00:07] ---
PLATELETS
[00:09] ---
That's our job as Red Blood Cells.
[00:13] ---
But...
[00:14] ---
Hey you!
[00:14] ---
CELL
[00:16] ---
Where's my supply of fresh oxygen?
[00:19] ---
S-Sorry! I'll get it to you right away!
[00:21] ---
How many times have I heard that line?
[00:24] ---
I'm going to complain to your supervisors!
[00:26] ---
Please, anything but that!
[00:29] ---
The work environment here is...
[00:32] ---
It's carbon monoxide! Run!
[00:36] ---
It's a Code Black!
[02:12] ---
EPISODE 3:
EXCITEMENT, EXPANSION,
AND EMPTINESS
[02:14] ---
It's clear...
[02:16] ---
that arousal's not far off.
[02:18] ---
You're not thinking of going through
with this, are you?
[02:20] ---
We were lucky to just get by
in the previous mission!
[02:23] ---
Due to his deteriorating lifestyle quality,
conditions are even worse than before.
[02:29] ---
Even so,
[02:31] ---
we still have to do it!
[02:34] ---
There'll be no avoiding some casualties.
[02:38] ---
Attention, all cells.
[02:40] ---
Attention, all cells.
[02:43] ---
This body is about to enter a state of arousal.
[02:47] ---
I repeat.
[02:49] ---
This body is about to enter a state of arousal.
[02:53] ---
I've come to deliver your oxygen!
[02:57] ---
What, that's it? Again?
[02:59] ---
Why don't you bring a proper load with you?
So inefficient!
[03:03] ---
I'm sorry. I'll bring you
some more right away.
[03:05] ---
Red Blood Cells,
please report to the specified location.
[03:08] ---
Hey, this is...
[03:10] ---
I can see that you're all tied up today.
[03:13] ---
You can bring it next time.
[03:15] ---
I'm sorry!
[03:16] ---
Hey, is this your first time?
[03:18] ---
Yes.
[03:19] ---
Is that right? Well, go on
and make a man out of yourself, then!
[03:27] ---
I repeat.
[03:29] ---
Red Blood Cells,
please report to the specified location.
[03:34] ---
Hey, rookie!
We're being summoned!
[03:37] ---
Oh, but I still have
some deliveries left.
[03:40] ---
This mission is more important.
[03:42] ---
Come on!
[03:43] ---
R-Right!
[03:47] ---
Red Blood Cells,
please report to the specified location.
[03:51] ---
There's going to be a battle today.
[03:54] ---
Good luck, rookie.
[04:02] ---
Where are we?
[04:05] ---
Hey, what the cell is this place?
[04:07] ---
Thank you for gathering here,
Red Blood Cells.
[04:11] ---
This body has now entered
a state of arousal for reproductive purposes.
[04:17] ---
Whether or not a flourishing posterity
is achieved depends on how well you do!
[04:22] ---
That's right.
[04:23] ---
What you're tasked with today is...
[04:27] ---
an erection!
[04:29] ---
Erection?
[04:31] ---
Engulf the corpora cavernosa with blood...
[04:33] ---
and produce an erection!
[04:37] ---
The corpora cavernosa.
[04:38] ---
The sponge-like tissue inside the penis.
[04:41] ---
It becomes engorged with blood
during sexual arousal,
[04:45] ---
causing the corpora cavernosa to expand,
producing an erection.
[04:50] ---
Hey, I see you rookies are here, too.
[04:52] ---
Oh, Senpai, good work today!
[04:55] ---
Is this your first time?
[04:56] ---
I've delivered oxygen
to the corpora cavernosa a few times,
[04:59] ---
but I've never experienced an erection.
[05:01] ---
Is that right?
[05:03] ---
This place is full of narrow capillaries, right?
[05:07] ---
The corpus cavernosum is a sponge-like mesh of
tissue made up of fibrous veins and cave-like spaces.
[05:15] ---
When it reacts to the nitric oxide
released during arousal,
[05:19] ---
it secretes a substance called cyclic GMP
[05:22] ---
which causes the arteries to dilate,
filling the corpus cavernosum with blood.
[05:26] ---
Once we're inside,
[05:28] ---
our job is to push the wall open and increase
pressure so the penis will achieve an erection.
[05:33] ---
Not only that, but we also have to use
pressure to keep the blood trapped inside.
[05:38] ---
It's a totally grueling task.
[05:40] ---
You must be kidding me.
[05:41] ---
Don't let your guard down or it'll come back to
bite you in the butt. Keep that in mind and be tough.
[05:46] ---
Okay!
[05:46] ---
Okay.
[05:48] ---
Hey, what's up with you?
You're so gung-ho.
[05:52] ---
It's really important for living creatures
to leave behind descendants.
[05:57] ---
Don't you think it's an honor
to get to take part in a mission like that?
[06:00] ---
Huh? Well, yeah, I guess.
[06:04] ---
We have to succeed no matter what!
[06:09] ---
We're sorry for the inconvenience!
[06:12] ---
The passageway is narrow,
so please proceed one by one!
[06:24] ---
Whoops, sorry.
[06:26] ---
Excuse me, but we're lining up here.
[06:29] ---
Yeah, we're lining up, too.
[06:31] ---
Would you mind waiting your turn?
[06:35] ---
Shut up, you! You're a rookie, aren't you?
Just shut up and let your senpais go first!
[06:39] ---
"Senpai" has nothing to do with it.
I deliver oxygen, too!
[06:43] ---
Huh? Look, you sure talk big, but
have you ever experienced an erection before?
[06:49] ---
Well...
[06:51] ---
not yet, actually.
[06:52] ---
Embarrassing, much?
So, you're still just a wittle boy!
[06:56] ---
Little brats who have zero experiences with
erections shouldn't shoot off their mouths!
[07:02] ---
Whether you have experience or not
isn't a big deal at all.
[07:06] ---
White Blood Cell?
[07:08] ---
What really matters
is how you take on the task before you.
[07:12] ---
Um, this is between us Red Blood Cells,
so would you mind not butting in?
[07:17] ---
What do you know about erections anyway?
[07:29] ---
What the... Hey, stop!
[07:34] ---
Please stop!
[07:43] ---
It's a Pseudomonas.
A little one, but still...
[07:55] ---
Oh, did I frighten you? Forgive me.
[07:59] ---
Thank you very much.
[08:01] ---
I don't think
there's anything to thank me for.
[08:04] ---
Hey, it's Glasses!
Where are you headed to now?
[08:07] ---
To the testes.
I've never been there before...
[08:10] ---
Oh, really? We're on our way
to patrol that area now. Wanna come?
[08:15] ---
Uh, sure!
[08:17] ---
Is something the matter?
[08:19] ---
I'm concerned about this body's
lowered resistance.
[08:27] ---
So, these are the testes.
[08:30] ---
The testes.
[08:31] ---
Where sperm is produced and formed.
[08:35] ---
When fully-formed,
the sperm is stored in the epididymis.
[08:40] ---
Um, I've come to deliver your oxy—
[08:47] ---
What's this?
[08:48] ---
The spermatogonia.
[08:50] ---
Spermatogonia.
[08:52] ---
Male reproductive cells
that mature into sperm.
[08:57] ---
So tiny.
[08:58] ---
Cute!
[09:05] ---
Thank you for your hard work.
[09:09] ---
If you could sign this, please...
[09:11] ---
Is this your first time
seeing spermatogonia?
[09:13] ---
Yes.
[09:14] ---
When these babies mature,
they become sperm.
[09:18] ---
And it's our job as Sertoli Cells
to take care of them.
[09:23] ---
Sertoli Cells.
[09:25] ---
They support and provide nourishment
to the spermatogonia in the testes.
[09:32] ---
Eventually, the sperm encounter ova,
and new lives are born.
[09:39] ---
These tiny babies become the basis
for us cells being born later on, right?
[09:45] ---
That's how we keep life going.
[09:49] ---
But unless you Red Blood Cells
trigger an erection to ejaculate them,
[09:53] ---
these children can never set off
to find the ova.
[09:58] ---
So, we're counting on you, Red Blood Cell.
[10:04] ---
Right.
[10:08] ---
We're going this way.
[10:10] ---
Right, I'm heading back to the lungs.
[10:13] ---
I owe you one.
Thanks for showing me the way.
[10:16] ---
See you, Glasses!
[10:18] ---
Catch you later!
[10:22] ---
About what you asked me the other day...
[10:25] ---
Whether our jobs are worth
risking our lives for.
[10:30] ---
Right.
[10:32] ---
If it's to protect a new life,
then risking your own isn't such a bad thing.
[10:38] ---
That's what I think.
[10:41] ---
Of course, there's a lot more
to my answer than that.
[10:45] ---
Right!
[10:46] ---
Thank you very much!
[10:51] ---
For the sake of new lives,
[10:54] ---
I'm going to make sure...
[10:56] ---
this mission succeeds!
[10:58] ---
When the nitric oxide spreads,
that's the signal!
[11:01] ---
Charge, full speed ahead!
[11:04] ---
Everyone, prepare to charge!
[11:06] ---
Five seconds before charging.
[11:09] ---
Three, two, one...
[11:14] ---
Charge!
[11:20] ---
Charge!
[11:30] ---
Line up!
[11:31] ---
Single file!
[11:32] ---
Push together now!
[11:34] ---
Expand the helcine arteries!
[11:36] ---
The helcine arteries of the penis.
[11:38] ---
Arteries that serve as valves
to pump blood into the penis.
[11:43] ---
When these are relaxed,
there's a massive inflow of blood.
[11:53] ---
Let me handle this.
[11:56] ---
R-Right!
[12:03] ---
It moved!
[12:04] ---
All right, it expanded!
Everybody head to the back!
[12:12] ---
Blood levels are at 50%!
[12:15] ---
We've cleared Stage One!
[12:18] ---
All right, everybody,
let's get ready to go!
[12:21] ---
Okay!
[12:24] ---
Those Red Blood Cells
are really working hard!
[12:27] ---
And we're going to work
just as hard, aren't we?
[12:37] ---
Look at that!
[12:37] ---
The corpora cavernosa veins are normally closed,
but now they're loosening up!
[12:44] ---
He's right! I think we can do this!
[12:46] ---
- Now keep going, all the way to the back!
- All right!
[12:50] ---
They may be loosening up,
but these things are super heavy!
[12:56] ---
We have to get this job done!
For the sperm's sake, as well!
[13:01] ---
Blood levels in the corpora cavernosa are at 70%!
[13:04] ---
He's reached the erection state!
[13:06] ---
Good job! Keep it up!
[13:09] ---
Wait, something's wrong.
[13:11] ---
What's the problem?
[13:13] ---
The corpora cavernosa's cyclic GMP levels
are taking a nosedive!
[13:16] ---
Are you serious?
[13:18] ---
The smooth muscle
is no longer in a relaxed state!
[13:20] ---
What do you mean?
[13:22] ---
He's not producing enough cyclic GMP!
[13:25] ---
At this rate, the blood vessels
are going to start constricting!
[13:34] ---
What's going on? The wall...
It's being pushed back!
[13:40] ---
What the...
[13:41] ---
It's the corpora cavernosa!
[13:45] ---
The Red Blood Cells have been pushed back
by the corpora cavernosa!
[13:48] ---
The erection rate is down to 50%!
[13:50] ---
45... 40... It's not stopping!
[13:54] ---
Dammit! Why aren't the cyclic GMP levels rising?
[13:59] ---
It seems like the nerves aren't sending
sufficient arousal signs to the penis.
[14:05] ---
We believe it's caused by accumulated stress.
[14:11] ---
What the cell is...
[14:15] ---
So, the erection isn't going to last
long enough for ejaculation.
[14:19] ---
This is...
[14:21] ---
ED!
[14:24] ---
No way...
[14:28] ---
ED.
[14:29] ---
Erectile dysfunction.
[14:30] ---
Possible causes include
poor blood flow to the penis,
[14:34] ---
or nerve signals from sexual arousal
failing to reach the penis.
[14:42] ---
Are you all right?
[14:45] ---
You guys, we're retreating for now!
[14:49] ---
Hey, there you are. So, you're okay.
[14:53] ---
Let's get out of here.
[14:55] ---
Otherwise, we're going to get crushed
by the constricting blood vessels.
[15:00] ---
No.
[15:01] ---
Huh?
[15:02] ---
I'm not running.
[15:05] ---
I can't allow myself to run away!
[15:07] ---
What are you talking about?
Things are going to get ugly unless we run!
[15:10] ---
I'm telling you, our job is done now!
[15:13] ---
If we run away,
who's going to trigger the erection?
[15:16] ---
Protect new lives and keep life going.
[15:20] ---
Right now, we're the only ones
who can make that happen!
[15:25] ---
So, we're counting on you, Red Blood Cell.
[15:29] ---
If it's to protect a new life...
[15:32] ---
then risking your own isn't such a bad thing.
[15:35] ---
That's what I think.
[15:40] ---
I'm not giving up.
[15:42] ---
No matter what!
[15:43] ---
No matter what!
[15:46] ---
We're triggering that erection!
[15:49] ---
Chronic stress on top of poor circulation
caused by lifestyle factors...
[15:55] ---
There's no way that a decent erection
can be achieved under these conditions.
[16:04] ---
I guess there's no way around it!
[16:07] ---
Count me in, too.
[16:09] ---
Huh? Are you sure?
[16:10] ---
If I go back, I'm only going to get yelled at
while I deliver oxygen.
[16:15] ---
I think I'd rather be doing this.
[16:20] ---
Thanks.
[16:23] ---
Hey...
[16:24] ---
Seems like it's looser than before,
don't you think?
[16:31] ---
What should we do? Should we order
the Red Blood Cells to withdraw?
[16:36] ---
It's not like we have any options here.
[16:44] ---
Attention, all Red Blood Cells.
[16:47] ---
Today's mission has fail—
[16:49] ---
Hold on a second!
[16:52] ---
The cyclic GMP levels
in the corpora cavernosa...
[16:55] ---
are rising!
[16:57] ---
What?
[16:58] ---
What's this? Something's inhibiting
the PDE5 function?
[17:02] ---
PDE5...
[17:04] ---
The enzyme that breaks down cyclic GMP.
[17:08] ---
What's going on here?
[17:10] ---
Found it!
[17:11] ---
It's because of this!
[17:14] ---
It seems to have been administered
from outside!
[17:16] ---
Is this... sildenafil?
[17:20] ---
Sildenafil.
[17:22] ---
A medication used to inhibit PDE5,
making it easier to achieve an erection.
[17:27] ---
Used to treat ED.
[17:29] ---
Best known as the product "Viagra."
[17:32] ---
What's this?
[17:34] ---
The vessels are still relaxing.
If we go now...
[17:37] ---
All Red Blood Cells who can still move,
follow me!
[17:41] ---
We're going to charge once again!
[17:48] ---
You guys!
[17:49] ---
Keep going until you reach the glans!
[17:51] ---
Okay!
[17:56] ---
Hey, Sertoli Cell, can't we go yet?
[18:01] ---
It won't be long now.
[18:02] ---
Hey, do you think
we'll really get to meet the ova?
[18:06] ---
The Red Blood Cells
are giving it their all right now.
[18:10] ---
Let's believe in them and wait!
[18:11] ---
Okay!
[18:13] ---
To send the sperm to the ova...
[18:17] ---
New lives!
[18:19] ---
Let's keep the chain going!
[18:22] ---
Blood levels, 98... 99...
[18:25] ---
They've now reached 100%!
[18:27] ---
I'm closing the veins to trap the blood in!
[18:29] ---
The penis has achieved a full erection!
[18:35] ---
Can we just take this
as good news, though?
[18:38] ---
He had to take sildenafil
to get that erection.
[18:42] ---
That just shows
how desperate this body is now.
[18:47] ---
Receiving signal from the neurons
to ejaculate.
[18:49] ---
Everyone, please prepare for ejaculation!
[18:52] ---
So, we can finally head out now, right?
[18:57] ---
All clear for ejaculation!
[18:59] ---
Constrict the urethral sphincter muscle!
[19:02] ---
Now constricting
the urethral sphincter muscle!
[19:04] ---
How ejaculation works.
[19:06] ---
The urethral sphincter muscle constricts to prevent
the simultaneous release of urine and semen.
[19:12] ---
The entrance and exit of the urethra
below the prostrate are sealed shut,
[19:15] ---
and by opening only the exit, semen can be
released with great force thanks to pressure.
[19:22] ---
Constriction complete!
[19:23] ---
Countdown!
[19:25] ---
Ten seconds before ejaculation starts.
[19:29] ---
Eight... Seven...
[19:31] ---
Six... Five... Four...
[19:34] ---
Three... Two...
[19:36] ---
Go!
[19:36] ---
One...
[19:37] ---
Fire!
[19:42] ---
Yahoo!
[19:43] ---
I'm first out of the gate!
[19:45] ---
- I'm coming after you!
- I won't lose!
[19:47] ---
Wait for me, Ovum!
[19:50] ---
I'm coming to see you now!
[20:02] ---
Ejaculation complete.
[20:06] ---
Red Blood Cells, please exit
the corpora cavernosa. No pushing, please.
[20:11] ---
Looks like they made it, huh?
[20:13] ---
I wonder if that made Glasses a man.
[20:16] ---
The Red Blood Cells did an impressive job,
completing their task as Red Blood Cells.
[20:20] ---
Now, let's complete our own task.
[20:23] ---
- Right!
- Right!
[20:27] ---
What?
[20:35] ---
Man, I can't move.
[20:37] ---
Good work! You did great, rookies.
[20:40] ---
This is the first time I've ever done
anything so fulfilling.
[20:44] ---
Those sperm will make it
to the ova all right, won't they?
[20:48] ---
Well, I don't know about that.
[20:52] ---
It's not like all sexual activity
is for reproductive purposes.
[20:56] ---
What?
[20:58] ---
You can never rule out ejaculation
purely for relieving sexual desire.
[21:02] ---
Actually, that's the more likely scenario.
[21:05] ---
Purely for relieving sexual desire?
[21:07] ---
Then, does that mean
all our work was for nothing?
[21:12] ---
It can't be helped.
[21:14] ---
In this body, there are jobs we have to do
even if it seems futile.
[21:19] ---
Then, what about those sperm?
[21:31] ---
Why were they ever born
in this world, then?
[21:34] ---
What did we and the Sertoli Cells
work so hard for?
[21:39] ---
You'd better get out of here now.
[21:43] ---
White Blood Cell?
[21:45] ---
That sexual intercourse
just let in some gonococci!
[23:19] ---
PREVIEW
[23:20] ---
This is an all-out war!
[23:21] ---
Annihilate every last one of the enemy!
[23:23] ---
FRONT LINE
[23:24] ---
I'm lonely, see?
[23:25] ---
GONOCOCCI
[23:27] ---
This is our chance to strike back!
[23:28] ---
CONFLICT
[23:30] ---
We're going to show them
how powerful we White Blood Cells are!
[23:31] ---
FRONT LINE, GONOCOCCI, AND CONFLICT
E4 - Front Line, Gonococci, and Conflict
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[00:03] ---
Lonely...
[00:06] ---
Lonely!
[00:07] ---
WHITE BLOOD CELL
[00:08] ---
I-I won't let you get past me!
[00:11] ---
Lonely... Lonely...
[00:20] ---
You'd better get out of here now.
[00:23] ---
White Blood Cell?
[00:25] ---
That sexual intercourse
just let in some gonococci!
[00:30] ---
Lonely...
[00:32] ---
We're lonely, see?
[00:37] ---
Gonococci. The bacteria
that causes gonorrhea.
[00:40] ---
It proliferates at a blistering pace,
[00:42] ---
and its incubation period
is short, at 2 to 9 days.
[00:47] ---
We'll hold them off here.
[00:49] ---
Get yourselves to safety right now!
[00:51] ---
O-Okay.
[00:53] ---
White Blood Cell...
[00:56] ---
Come on, let's get going.
[01:11] ---
Lonely...
[01:14] ---
Lonely...
[02:52] ---
EPISODE 4:
FRONT LINE, GONOCOCCI,
AND CONFLICT
[02:55] ---
Hey, Red Blood Cell...
[02:57] ---
CELL
[02:58] ---
We heard that we've been invaded
by gonococci. Is that true?
[03:00] ---
Yes. But it's not like I've actually seen them.
[03:04] ---
I'm pretty sure that the White Blood Cells
are exterminating them now.
[03:08] ---
Is that right?
But you'd better not let your guard down.
[03:11] ---
Since they say that gonococci multiply
at an insane speed!
[03:17] ---
Come on! Get up and do your jobs!
[03:20] ---
Does this seem like a good time
to be sniveling?
[03:23] ---
We don't want to!
There's gonococci in this body, right?
[03:23] ---
PLATELETS
[03:27] ---
It would be so scary if they attacked us!
[03:30] ---
I don't give a damn if you're scared,
you little pieces of crap!
[03:34] ---
Oh, jeez!
[03:35] ---
You don't need to worry
about the gonococci.
[03:38] ---
Because the White Blood Cells are fighting them
and taking care of them right now.
[03:43] ---
Really?
[03:45] ---
But what if those White Blood Cells
end up losing?
[03:48] ---
Don't worry. Those White Blood Cells
are all unbelievably strong.
[03:54] ---
They've rescued me
more times than I can count.
[03:57] ---
So, let's put our faith in them, okay?
[04:00] ---
- Okay! Gotcha!
- Okay! Gotcha!
[04:06] ---
Hey, thanks.
[04:08] ---
Not at all.
[04:10] ---
Lonely...
[04:12] ---
Lonely...
[04:14] ---
What do we care if you're lonely?
[04:18] ---
Lonely...
[04:21] ---
Lonel—
[04:24] ---
Lon—
[04:29] ---
Dammit, there's no end in sight!
[04:31] ---
Lonely!
[04:35] ---
We're withdrawing for now!
[04:37] ---
What? But I can still fight!
[04:39] ---
It's no good!
We're hopelessly outnumbered!
[04:42] ---
Seriously?
[04:44] ---
Everyone! We're withdrawing for now
so we can regroup!
[04:48] ---
Retreat! Retreat!
[05:00] ---
Here's my report!
[05:01] ---
The 3rd Platoon has retreated!
[05:03] ---
The gonococci have advanced
to Urethra Area 2!
[05:07] ---
The gonococci is unstoppable.
[05:09] ---
How can they multiply so fast?
[05:13] ---
Tell me what's happening.
[05:15] ---
The gonococci are still proliferating.
They've expanded their forces further.
[05:20] ---
The areas around the urethra and the prostrate
are about to be taken over by the gonococci forces.
[05:26] ---
What are they doing on the front lines?
What's the status of the epididymis?
[05:30] ---
It's still intact for now,
[05:31] ---
but at this rate, it's only a matter of time
before it falls to gonorrhea.
[05:35] ---
Lonely... Lonely... Lonely...
[05:37] ---
Gonorrhea.
[05:38] ---
A sexually-transmitted disease.
[05:40] ---
The infection rate is high,
at 30% per sexual intercourse session.
[05:44] ---
Left untreated, it will trigger
inflammation of the epididymis.
[05:48] ---
The testes will become swollen, blocking
the sperm's pathway, potentially leading to sterility.
[05:53] ---
I'm scared!
[05:54] ---
It'll be fine. No need to worry.
[05:58] ---
He shouldn't be having sex
when his resistance is so low!
[06:04] ---
This is all-out war!
[06:06] ---
Summon the White Blood Cells
to the lymph node!
[06:10] ---
Attention, all White Blood Cells!
Attention, all White Blood Cells!
[06:14] ---
You are to report to the lymph node at once.
[06:17] ---
What's wrong?
[06:18] ---
It's no good. Stay away from here.
[06:21] ---
They say it's crawling with gonococci.
You'd better take the long way around.
[06:27] ---
For crying out loud,
what are the White Blood Cells doing?
[06:37] ---
White Blood Cell...
[06:38] ---
Hey, hey!
[06:39] ---
They're covered in blood!
[06:41] ---
If the White Blood Cells are here,
does that mean the bacteria's nearby, too?
[06:44] ---
Wh-White Blood Cell!
[06:46] ---
Were you able to drive out the germs?
[06:50] ---
Are you serious?
[06:53] ---
Put yourselves in our shoes, will you?
We have to come through these vessels every day!
[06:56] ---
Hey, knock it off!
[06:58] ---
It's your job as White Blood Cells to secure our
routes so we can be safe delivering oxygen, right?
[07:03] ---
He's right!
Why don't you do your jobs right?
[07:06] ---
Come on, protect us!
[07:09] ---
How can you talk to us like that?
You have no idea what kind of battle we're—
[07:13] ---
Sorry. We're heading back to the lymph node
to come up with a strategy as soon as possible.
[07:17] ---
You can beat those gonococci, can't you?
[07:21] ---
We're going to do our best.
[07:25] ---
Hey! We're not done talking!
[07:27] ---
Don't run away!
[07:28] ---
Huh? It's not like we're running away, all right?
[07:31] ---
Come on.
[07:36] ---
Listen, you were out of line.
[07:38] ---
Yeah, but if we run into those gonococci,
there's nothing we can do.
[07:43] ---
So, we need them to do their jobs.
[07:50] ---
Take the critically injured over there.
[07:52] ---
Everyone able to fight
is to stand by for further orders.
[07:55] ---
This will be the last showdown, huh?
[07:58] ---
But...
[08:04] ---
I've returned...
[08:06] ---
Captain.
[08:07] ---
So, you survived...
[08:08] ---
1196.
[08:10] ---
Yes. Somehow.
[08:13] ---
We're in the middle of a brutal battle.
[08:15] ---
You're lucky to have made it back alive.
[08:19] ---
Attention, White Blood Cells.
[08:22] ---
As I'm sure you all know,
[08:24] ---
this body is about to be stricken with gonorrhea.
[08:28] ---
The gonococci have invaded
the areas surrounding the urethra...
[08:31] ---
and are now closing in on the epididymis
where the sperm are.
[08:35] ---
Are we going to continue to let them
get away with such tyranny?
[08:38] ---
No, sir!
[08:40] ---
Then, put your lives in my hands!
[08:44] ---
Yes, sir!
[08:46] ---
This is a noble battle that we'll be
waging for the sake of this body.
[08:49] ---
Put your lives on the line to annihilate
every last one of the enemy!
[08:54] ---
Yes, sir!
[09:02] ---
Your job is to be at my beck and call.
[09:07] ---
The higher-ups have no clue
about the front lines.
[09:14] ---
Here, these are your next deliveries.
[09:17] ---
The urinary tract,
the bladder, the prostrate...
[09:20] ---
Huh? But those are all
in the lower body!
[09:24] ---
Yeah, well, ever since the gonococci invasion,
[09:26] ---
everyone's been avoiding
deliveries near the urethra.
[09:29] ---
Hey, then, me, too—
[09:30] ---
Rookies have no refusal rights.
[09:33] ---
We leave the dangerous jobs to the rookies.
That's how it's always been done.
[09:36] ---
Come on.
[09:38] ---
Enough of your whining!
[09:40] ---
If you have any complaints,
take them to the White Blood Cells!
[09:44] ---
If they would've wiped out the gonococci,
we wouldn't be in all this danger.
[09:49] ---
But the White Blood Cells are fighting, right?
On the front lines?
[09:53] ---
What else would they be doing?
The only ability they have is to fight.
[10:00] ---
I'll go.
[10:02] ---
Oh yeah? Thank goodness
you have some sense!
[10:05] ---
Uh, no, no, no!
I didn't say a word about going!
[10:08] ---
Don't worry. He and I
will make those deliveries for sure.
[10:11] ---
Hey! Speak for yourself!
[10:21] ---
Captain, please wait.
[10:24] ---
You...
[10:25] ---
Please take me, too.
[10:27] ---
You dummy! You just got beaten up
by a gonococcus! You're in no shape to fight!
[10:30] ---
I'm all right now.
[10:33] ---
You should back off.
You'll only get in our way.
[10:36] ---
You don't have to worry about me!
[10:38] ---
Worst case scenario, I'll at least take
one or two of the gonococci down with me!
[10:42] ---
Captain, please!
[10:43] ---
Please let me fight, too!
[10:51] ---
All of you, please listen
to what I have to say.
[10:55] ---
We're being flooded
with reports on the battle.
[10:57] ---
Some of you may have
actual combat experience.
[11:01] ---
I know you're each putting up a good fight.
[11:03] ---
However, the gonococci's proliferation speed
is far greater than our phagocytosis speed.
[11:11] ---
In other words, gonorrhea...
[11:15] ---
has no chance of healing naturally!
[11:19] ---
Captain, does that mean...
[11:24] ---
I'll be honest with you.
[11:25] ---
This fight...
[11:28] ---
is a losing battle.
[11:32] ---
I'll be honest with you.
[11:34] ---
This fight...
[11:37] ---
is a losing battle.
[11:45] ---
Shut up!
[11:47] ---
The captain isn't done talking.
[11:53] ---
Even if there's no hope of winning,
we're going to go on fighting.
[11:57] ---
That is the mission of those born
as White Blood Cells.
[12:00] ---
To devour all bacteria out of existence
with no fear of death.
[12:04] ---
That's our pride. But...
[12:07] ---
don't die in vain.
[12:10] ---
There are other ways that you can be useful
to this world by surviving.
[12:14] ---
It's a given that you'll fight valiantly.
[12:16] ---
But when in doubt, I want you to choose
the more likely path to survival.
[12:23] ---
This could very well
turn into a prolonged battle.
[12:26] ---
If anything happens to us,
who will protect the other cells?
[12:31] ---
For now, value that life of yours.
[12:35] ---
Understood.
[12:40] ---
You're thinking that what I just said
was unbecoming of a captain, right?
[12:43] ---
No. I had the same view as you.
[12:49] ---
TO THE URETHRA
THIS WAY
[12:50] ---
Hey, are we really going, then?
[12:53] ---
You're crazy, you know that?
[12:56] ---
Didn't you hear that the urethra
is a hellhole of gonococci now?
[12:59] ---
We'll be fine. White Blood Cell
will take care of them for us.
[13:03] ---
If White Blood Cell's job
is to drive out bacteria,
[13:06] ---
then delivering oxygen to cells
is the Red Blood Cells' job.
[13:10] ---
No matter what the situation is,
we have to fulfill our duty!
[13:16] ---
Dammit, all right.
[13:20] ---
You've changed somehow, you know?
[13:23] ---
Like, you've gotten
kind of dependable, I guess.
[13:26] ---
Is that so?
[13:27] ---
When it comes to White Blood Cell,
you totally go through this personality change.
[13:31] ---
Huh? R-Really?
[13:35] ---
What's this?
[13:41] ---
It's the White Blood Cells!
[13:43] ---
What? Then, this is...
[13:45] ---
pus?
[13:47] ---
Pus.
[13:48] ---
An opaque, viscous fluid
produced at the site of inflammation.
[13:52] ---
Composed of White Blood Cells, blood serum, etc.,
it also contains tissue debris and dead bacteria.
[14:00] ---
N-No way.
[14:05] ---
Are you okay?
[14:06] ---
Hey, this place is bad news!
Let's get out of here!
[14:09] ---
Lonely...
[14:12] ---
Hey, did you just say something?
[14:15] ---
No, I didn't.
[14:17] ---
I'm lonely, see?
[14:21] ---
Watch out!
[14:32] ---
W-We have to...
[14:35] ---
hold them off.
[14:39] ---
So, the gonococci have come this far.
[14:42] ---
Macrophage!
[14:44] ---
Macrophage.
[14:45] ---
A type of White Blood Cell.
[14:47] ---
One of its duties is to clean up
dead cells and bacteria.
[14:52] ---
What are you doing
in a dangerous place like this?
[14:55] ---
W-We have a delivery to make up ahead.
[14:59] ---
I see. If you're planning to move on,
brace yourselves.
[15:04] ---
It's hell back there
in the arteria profunda penis.
[15:10] ---
Lonely...
[15:12] ---
Lonely!
[15:14] ---
Hold your ground!
Annihilate the enemy!
[15:17] ---
Devour them out of existence!
[15:19] ---
Phagocytosis or opsonic action.
[15:22] ---
The process...
[15:23] ---
by which White Blood Cells and the like engulf bacteria
and other foreign substances, and break them down.
[15:29] ---
Lonely!
[15:31] ---
Unbelievable proliferation rate!
[15:33] ---
They just keep increasing
more and more!
[15:48] ---
The cell wall's so hard!
[15:50] ---
Cell wall.
[15:52] ---
The armor-like structure
found on the cells of plants and bacteria.
[15:57] ---
It's durable and repairs itself swiftly.
[16:00] ---
Unless we do something about that...
[16:02] ---
it will be impossible for us
to overtake their proliferation rate!
[16:06] ---
Hey there, White Blood Cells.
Why don't we all become friends?
[16:10] ---
What did you say?
[16:12] ---
I know all about it.
[16:14] ---
That the other cells are scared of you
[16:17] ---
and treat you all like outcasts.
[16:19] ---
The truth is, you're lonely, aren't you?
[16:23] ---
Shut up!
[16:31] ---
Captain!
[16:32] ---
Lonely!
[16:37] ---
Hey...
[16:38] ---
let's turn back after all.
[16:40] ---
I'm going to finish the job
even if I have to do it alone.
[16:43] ---
Huh? You're telling me
to turn back on my own now?
[16:47] ---
Hey, wait up, will you?
[16:51] ---
Lonely...
[16:53] ---
Lonely...
[16:55] ---
I'm lonely, see?
[17:01] ---
White Blood Cell...
[17:05] ---
How pitiful is that? To be ostracized
by the other cells, to be hated by them...
[17:10] ---
Useless even when it comes
to your only redeeming feature, battle.
[17:14] ---
And to end up in a pile of filthy pus!
[17:20] ---
Run.
[17:23] ---
Hurry! Run!
[17:25] ---
She's right. Let's get out of here.
There's nothing you and I can do here—
[17:28] ---
It's not dirty.
[17:30] ---
Huh?
[17:31] ---
Huh?
[17:33] ---
Pus is proof that the White Blood Cells
fought with their lives on the line!
[17:37] ---
Even if others fear them and find fault with them,
they never say a word of complaint.
[17:44] ---
They go on fighting for this body. For us cells.
It's proof that White Blood Cell fought for us!
[17:50] ---
So, how could it be dirty?
[17:53] ---
How insolent. What can a puny
Red Blood Cell like you do?
[17:58] ---
I deliver oxygen!
[17:59] ---
Just like White Blood Cell,
I put my life on the line to deliver oxygen!
[18:10] ---
What the cell is this?
[18:11] ---
My cell wall is disintegrating!
[18:14] ---
Is this...
[18:15] ---
I have a report!
[18:17] ---
It seems that an antibiotic has been delivered
from the mouth via the esophagus!
[18:21] ---
Antibiotic...
[18:22] ---
Penicillin, then?
[18:24] ---
Penicillin.
[18:25] ---
The world's first antibiotic.
[18:28] ---
Works by inhibiting bacterial cell wall synthesis.
[18:36] ---
Since penicillin only affects
bacterial cell walls,
[18:40] ---
it leaves human cells unharmed.
[18:43] ---
I'm lonely.
[18:45] ---
I have to multiply
so I'll have more friends!
[18:52] ---
White Blood Cell!
[18:56] ---
Captain!
[18:57] ---
I've got this! You protect
the Red Blood Cells and head to the back!
[19:01] ---
But if we do that, you'll...
[19:04] ---
Let the Red Blood Cells finish their job.
[19:07] ---
I want you to create a future
for this world by surviving!
[19:11] ---
Come with us!
Captain, you should survive, too!
[19:15] ---
That's what I'm planning to do. Now go!
[19:21] ---
We'll clear the path open.
[19:23] ---
We're going to run straight through.
[19:25] ---
All right!
[19:32] ---
Now that their cell walls are gone,
[19:34] ---
we can destroy them
faster than they can multiply.
[19:39] ---
This is our chance to strike back!
[19:41] ---
We're going to show them
how powerful we White Blood Cells are!
[19:44] ---
Annihilate them!
[19:51] ---
Let's see it through to the end.
[19:55] ---
This is...
[19:56] ---
the White Blood Cells' job!
[20:06] ---
We've lost scores of our friends
in today's battle.
[20:11] ---
Still...
[20:12] ---
thanks to your hard work,
the gonococci have been wiped out!
[20:17] ---
Therefore, I declare
the gonorrhea completely cured!
[20:22] ---
What's going to happen
to the White Blood Cells who passed away?
[20:25] ---
They'll be eliminated as a pus
from the urethra.
[20:29] ---
Captain...
[20:35] ---
E-Excuse me!
[20:38] ---
I'm so sorry.
[20:40] ---
For asking if you were really doing
your job right, and mouthing off at you.
[20:45] ---
That's just how it goes with work.
[20:47] ---
What?
[20:49] ---
You guys deliver oxygen,
and we exterminate germs.
[20:54] ---
There's no way for us
to cover for each other.
[20:57] ---
That's precisely why we can be proud.
[21:01] ---
Now opening the urethra.
[21:09] ---
Life-threatening jobs...
[21:11] ---
Will we ever find it fulfilling someday?
[21:20] ---
Here's the military gains report for today's battle
between the gonococci and the White Blood Cells.
[21:25] ---
This is deplorable.
[21:26] ---
Just how many casualties did they produce
going up against mere gonococci?
[21:30] ---
Damn those fragile White Blood Cells!
[21:32] ---
If I may, sir, I believe
the White Blood Cells put up a good fight—
[21:35] ---
MILITARY GAINS REPORT
[21:35] ---
You're too lenient!
[21:37] ---
This body's condition isn't showing an iota
of improvement because they're so pathetic!
[21:42] ---
No one can save it
from this crisis but us T Cells!
[23:19] ---
PREVIEW
[23:20] ---
Work, work, work
until you drop!
[23:23] ---
OVERWORK
[23:25] ---
The hair that we created...
[23:26] ---
HAIR LOSS
[23:27] ---
keeps falling out.
[23:29] ---
DELIRIUM
[23:29] ---
We have to do it!
[23:30] ---
We have to!
[23:31] ---
OVERWORK, HAIR LOSS, AND DELIRIUM
E5 - Overwork, Hair Loss, and Delirium
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[00:04] ---
The White Blood Cells struggled badly
in the gonococci battle,
[00:08] ---
drastically thinning their ranks.
[00:10] ---
Right now, no one can save this world
but you Killer T Cells!
[00:17] ---
Helper T Cells.
[00:19] ---
When notified of invading external enemies,
[00:22] ---
they serve as commanders who formulate
appropriate attack strategies,
[00:26] ---
and they issue orders to Killer T Cells.
[00:29] ---
CELL
[00:29] ---
Foreign substance sighted.
[00:31] ---
Killer T Cells.
[00:33] ---
Deployed on the orders of a Helper T Cell.
[00:37] ---
Professional killers who recognize
and destroy foreign substances,
[00:40] ---
such as virus-infected cells
and Cancer Cells.
[00:45] ---
It's time for you to show
the cells residing here
[00:48] ---
as well as the foolish viruses
who dare throw down the gauntlet...
[00:51] ---
Show them that we T Cells
are the most powerful of all!
[00:58] ---
Work!
[02:38] ---
EPISODE 5:
OVERWORK, HAIR LOSS,
AND DELIRIUM
[02:39] ---
Here's today's oxygen. Stamp this, please.
[02:43] ---
There you go.
Thanks for your hard work.
[02:44] ---
RECEIVED
[02:46] ---
Thank you very much.
[02:47] ---
- Hey, hold up a second.
- Yes?
[02:49] ---
Is it just me,
or are you looking more manly lately?
[02:52] ---
Huh? You really think so?
[02:54] ---
Oh my! Seems to me like you're even looking
more gallant than before!
[02:59] ---
Well, lately, I've been starting to feel
a little more confident about my job.
[03:04] ---
What are you talking about?
[03:06] ---
I hate to break it to you,
but I'm still not getting nearly enough oxygen!
[03:09] ---
So keep 'em coming, got that?
[03:11] ---
R-Right!
[03:23] ---
So, this is a hair root.
[03:25] ---
Hair root.
[03:27] ---
The part of a hair embedded under the skin.
The tissue where hair is developed.
[03:34] ---
I've come to deliver your oxygen!
[03:36] ---
Hey, thanks for your hard work.
[03:38] ---
Okay, if you could put
one of them down over there...
[03:41] ---
Sure!
[03:48] ---
And just leave the other one over there.
[03:51] ---
U-Uh, right.
[03:56] ---
Did we surprise you?
[03:58] ---
We Hair Matrix Cells make hair
by dividing over and over.
[04:04] ---
Hair Matrix Cells.
[04:05] ---
They receive nutrients and oxygen from the
hair papilla, and divide to produce hair.
[04:12] ---
Even if he's sick or burdened with stress,
[04:16] ---
we still have to keep producing hair
on a constant basis.
[04:19] ---
It sure sounds like a tough job.
[04:21] ---
Hey, it's what we know.
From where I stand...
[04:24] ---
delivering oxygen day in and day out
like you guys seems a lot tougher.
[04:29] ---
Pigment Cell! This part's still white!
[04:33] ---
Oh, sorry about that!
I'll be right there.
[04:39] ---
Pigment Cell.
[04:41] ---
Also known as melanin, this cell produces
the pigment that hair color is based on.
[04:48] ---
There are all kinds of jobs in this world.
[04:52] ---
All right! Let's go!
[05:06] ---
White Blood Cell...
[05:11] ---
It's distracting to be watched.
[05:14] ---
S-Sorry!
[05:18] ---
You still haven't healed up yet.
Are you sure you should be exercising so hard?
[05:23] ---
This is nothing. It's rehab for me.
[05:27] ---
It's just not in my nature to sit still.
[05:29] ---
But...
[05:31] ---
The gonococci battle left the White Blood Cells
short-handed. I have to get back into action soon.
[05:39] ---
Well, please don't overdo it.
[05:41] ---
Right.
[05:43] ---
I guess I'll be on my way now.
[05:45] ---
Come to think of it,
[05:47] ---
you really helped me out the other day.
[05:51] ---
What you said really saved me.
[05:54] ---
Pus is proof that White Blood Cells
fought with their lives on the line!
[05:58] ---
Even if others fear them and find fault with them,
they never say a word of complaint.
[06:05] ---
They go on fighting for this body. For us cells.
It's proof that White Blood Cell fought for us!
[06:11] ---
So, how could it be dirty?
[06:15] ---
Thanks to you,
I was able to fight to the end. Thanks.
[06:19] ---
O-Oh, hey, please!
[06:21] ---
Just watching you and the other cells fight so hard
in this deplorable code black environment
[06:28] ---
made me realize that I have to give it
my all, too! That's why...
[06:32] ---
Wait, sorry if I sound arrogant!
All I want to say is...
[06:38] ---
let's keep working together
to build a great world!
[06:42] ---
Yeah.
[06:44] ---
Let's do that.
[06:48] ---
LYMPHATIC VESSEL
[06:57] ---
Someone's having a good time, I see.
[07:01] ---
Thanks to that pathetic fight you White Blood Cells
put up against the gonococci,
[07:06] ---
we have to go into battle
every single day now.
[07:09] ---
You don't have to be that way! White Blood Cell
put everything on the line to fight hard—
[07:13] ---
It's all right.
[07:15] ---
There's no question that we're putting
a lot of strain on the Killer T Cells.
[07:20] ---
So, it's not lost on you, then.
[07:22] ---
Whoops! We don't have time to chat
with a useless cell like you. Let's go.
[07:33] ---
White Blood Cell...
[07:35] ---
Don't look at me like that.
[07:37] ---
No matter what anyone says to me,
as long as there's peace in this world, it's all good.
[07:41] ---
I'm just going to do what I can do
for the sake of that peace. That's all.
[07:48] ---
I guess you're right.
[07:52] ---
Invasion of foreign substance in the blood vessels
near the nasal cavity detected!
[07:55] ---
Send out the Killer T Cells now!
[07:58] ---
But they just returned from that battle
with the virus-infected cells.
[08:03] ---
After fighting on consecutive days,
the Killer T Cells' exhaustion is building up.
[08:07] ---
Maybe you could at least request backup
from the White Blood Cells and Macrophages—
[08:11] ---
There's no need for that!
[08:13] ---
The Killer T Cells
are the Lymphocytes' elite forces!
[08:17] ---
This body's last line of defense
against outside enemies.
[08:20] ---
Even if they're suffering
from built-up fatigue,
[08:22] ---
this is a golden opportunity for them to
flex their muscles as the all-powerful T Cells!
[08:28] ---
As long as a foreign substance exists
in this world, our job is to eliminate it! That's it—
[08:35] ---
Are you all right?
[08:36] ---
Commander Helper T,
you should get some rest, too.
[08:39] ---
Shut up! Don't order me around!
[08:42] ---
To fight as long as we're able to...
[08:45] ---
it's for the sake of this world!
[08:47] ---
Mobilize, Killer T Cells!
[08:49] ---
Eliminate, eliminate, eliminate, eliminate
those foreign substances out of existence!
[08:56] ---
If push comes to shove,
we've got an ace-in-the-hole.
[09:00] ---
PLATELETS
[09:04] ---
Eliminate the foreign substances.
Eliminate the foreign substances.
[09:07] ---
Eliminate the foreign substances.
Eliminate the foreign substances.
[09:13] ---
The Killer T Cells aren't like their usual selves.
[09:17] ---
They were kind of scary!
[09:19] ---
Huh? Those Killer T Cells
always had scary faces!
[09:24] ---
But it seemed like something
was goading them on.
[09:28] ---
Don't worry about other cells!
Just work!
[09:31] ---
- Okay.
- Okay.
[09:36] ---
Did you hear? Thanks to the Killer T Cells
coming up big again,
[09:39] ---
the virus that invaded the nasal cavity
just got destroyed.
[09:43] ---
Amazing.
[09:45] ---
But doesn't it seem like the Killer T Cells
are being overworked lately?
[09:50] ---
I'm sure there isn't a single cell in this body
who isn't being overworked.
[09:56] ---
Here, too, huh?
[09:57] ---
The blood vessel's are clogged up
with bad cholesterol.
[10:01] ---
These days, the circulation in the crown is so bad,
it takes a huge effort to get to the hair roots.
[10:07] ---
All of you working near the crown...
[10:10] ---
This is Helper T Cell.
[10:11] ---
What's this?
[10:13] ---
There's some ongoing trouble in the crown
at this time, but the Killer T Cells have mobilized.
[10:19] ---
Sorry to cause you all worry...
[10:21] ---
but let's do our jobs
to eliminate the enemy without fail!
[10:26] ---
Trouble in the crown area?
[10:28] ---
Maybe a potent virus snuck in.
[10:31] ---
Oh well, if the Killer T Cells are on it,
we should be fine.
[10:37] ---
I guess so.
[10:42] ---
Hey, this capillary over here looks viable!
[10:46] ---
PORES
HAIR ROOT
[10:47] ---
Kinda hot in here, isn't it?
[10:49] ---
Were the hair roots always like this?
[10:51] ---
No, I was just here,
and it wasn't like this at all.
[10:56] ---
Hot!
[10:58] ---
Wh-What's going on here?
[11:02] ---
Is this hair root inflamed?
[11:10] ---
Is this hair root inflamed?
[11:18] ---
Help...
[11:19] ---
us...
[11:21] ---
Hair Matrix Cell!
[11:22] ---
Are you all right?
[11:26] ---
What the heck happened?
Did you get attacked by a germ?
[11:30] ---
It wasn't a germ or a virus.
[11:40] ---
Killer T Cell?
[11:43] ---
Thank goodness!
[11:44] ---
Please help us! It looks
like Hair Matrix Cell's under attack!
[11:48] ---
Do something about this, will you?
[11:49] ---
Sure, I'll eliminate the foreign substances.
[11:52] ---
The foreign substances...
[12:00] ---
What are you doing, Killer T Cell?
[12:04] ---
What am I doing?
[12:05] ---
Isn't it obvious?
[12:07] ---
I'm eliminating foreign substances
to protect this body from outside enemies!
[12:13] ---
That's our job as Killer T Cells!
[12:21] ---
What's going on here?
[12:24] ---
Outside enemies?
[12:26] ---
The Hair Matrix Cells are our friends!
[12:28] ---
Why would you attack a cell
who's on your side?
[12:32] ---
I-I'm begging you to stop!
[12:35] ---
What did we ever do to you?
[12:39] ---
Out of my way!
Are you a foreign substance, too?
[12:43] ---
Pigment Cell! Are you okay?
[12:46] ---
What in the world is...
[12:48] ---
We don't have a clue, either.
There are no outside enemies here.
[12:53] ---
And yet, the Killer T Cells
came out of nowhere, attacking us.
[12:57] ---
And now, they're destroying this hair root.
[13:10] ---
The hair is falling out!
[13:12] ---
Oh... The fruits of our labor...
[13:17] ---
Please, that's enough, Killer T Cell!
[13:20] ---
Eliminate all foreign substances...
eliminate all foreign substances...
[13:26] ---
S-Somebody!
Somebody, please stop them!
[13:30] ---
Where's Helper T Cell?
[13:32] ---
The one who gives all the orders...
What's Helper T Cell doing?
[13:36] ---
Foreign substances must be eliminated...
[13:38] ---
Foreign substances must be eliminated!
[13:41] ---
Hold on a second!
Commander Helper T!
[13:44] ---
Is that you, Dendritic Cell?
What do you want?
[13:47] ---
Dendritic Cells.
[13:49] ---
Their role is to present bacteria
that have invaded the body
[13:51] ---
and fragments of viral infection cells
as antigens,
[13:55] ---
and to notify other Immune System Cells.
[13:59] ---
Please cease the attack
on the hair root for now!
[14:02] ---
What did you say?
[14:03] ---
There's a chance that you could be attacking
the Hair Matrix Cells right now!
[14:07] ---
Hair Matrix Cells?
No way in hell!
[14:09] ---
A cell that divides at that blistering pace...
What else could it be but a Cancer Cell?
[14:13] ---
Don't forget, Hair Matrix Cells
also divide and multiply vigorously.
[14:18] ---
If you could just check first—
[14:20] ---
There's no time for that now!
[14:22] ---
Under these stressful conditions,
[14:24] ---
letting a single virus or Cancer Cell
slip through would be catastrophic!
[14:28] ---
We have to protect this body!
[14:31] ---
Can you protect it?
Can you carry this weight?
[14:37] ---
Eliminate all foreign substances!
[14:38] ---
Eradicate all red-flag characters
from this body!
[14:46] ---
The hair...
[14:47] ---
The hair we created together is falling out.
[14:51] ---
Spot baldness.
[14:53] ---
It's triggered when the body's defenses,
the Killer T Cells,
[14:57] ---
mistakenly attack the hair root's auto antigens.
[15:03] ---
It's an autoimmune disorder.
[15:05] ---
Causes include psychological stress.
[15:10] ---
Please stop!
[15:12] ---
Scurrying around like mice!
[15:14] ---
Is it you? Are you the Cancer Cell?
[15:16] ---
I-I'm not!
[15:18] ---
Eliminate!
[15:20] ---
Nothing's getting through to him at all!
[15:23] ---
H-He's totally lost it!
Let's get out of here!
[15:28] ---
No matter what anyone says to me,
as long as there's peace in this world, it's all good.
[15:33] ---
I'm just going to do what I can do
for the sake of that peace. That's all.
[15:41] ---
Let's deliver.
[15:44] ---
We're going to deliver
as much oxygen as we can!
[15:46] ---
Wh-What are you talking about?
At a time like this?
[15:49] ---
All the more at a time like this!
If we do nothing, all the hair will end up falling out!
[15:54] ---
We're going to deliver oxygen
to the hair root and revitalize it!
[15:58] ---
That's what we can do right now
for the sake of the peace of this world!
[16:04] ---
What are you doing?
You still haven't wiped out those Cancer Cells?
[16:11] ---
We're going to use our ace-in-the-hole.
[16:13] ---
Ace-in-the-hole?
[16:15] ---
We're secreting cytokines
onto the Killer T Cells!
[16:18] ---
But if you do that—
[16:19] ---
Out of my way!
[16:22] ---
We're the strongest cells,
so we can't mess up!
[16:25] ---
We have to wipe out all foreign substances
from this body to protect it!
[16:30] ---
Work, work, work until you drop!
[16:38] ---
Cytokines.
[16:40] ---
Substances used to stimulate
or inhibit the actions of Immune Cells.
[16:45] ---
Helper T Cells use cytokines
to stimulate Killer T Cells.
[16:52] ---
That's right.
We've got to dig in and fight...
[16:56] ---
To protect this body...
To protect everyone...
[17:00] ---
That's our...
[17:03] ---
That's our job!
[17:08] ---
Hey! This is looking really bad!
[17:11] ---
There are still some intact hairs over here!
[17:15] ---
Hey! Did you hear what I said?
That's it! You're on your own now!
[17:19] ---
Please bring the oxygen here!
[17:21] ---
Let's protect this hair root together!
[17:40] ---
We have to do the job that we can do!
[17:43] ---
To work like our lives depend on it,
to protect this body...
[17:47] ---
we have to deliver this oxygen!
[17:51] ---
That's it. That's what I like to see.
[17:54] ---
Work! For the sake of this body!
[17:58] ---
Killer T Cell's just seeing his own job
through to the end, that's all!
[18:03] ---
For this world, for us all...
[18:06] ---
So, how... How did he end up like this?
[18:09] ---
Hey, help!
[18:11] ---
What's that?
[18:12] ---
I don't know! When I tried to make a run for it,
a whole bunch came tumbling in!
[18:19] ---
We have arrived at our target destination.
[18:23] ---
Wh-What the heck is that thing?
[18:25] ---
Arrived.
[18:28] ---
Target cell confirmed.
[18:31] ---
Now eliminating.
[18:33] ---
- What the cell...
- Stand your ground!
[18:35] ---
Foreign substances must be eliminated!
[18:40] ---
Crap!
[18:49] ---
Wh-What the cell is that?
[18:52] ---
I found a match in my data!
Those are steroids!
[18:55] ---
Did you say "steroids"?
[18:59] ---
Target cell confirmed.
[19:02] ---
Now eliminating.
[19:04] ---
Steroids.
[19:06] ---
A medicine with powerful anti-inflammatory
and immunosuppressive effects.
[19:11] ---
Highly effective in suppressing
allergic reactions.
[19:15] ---
In the case of spot balding,
steroids suppress cytokine-secreting T Cells.
[19:20] ---
Back off!
Why should we be eliminated?
[19:24] ---
After all we've done for this body!
[19:28] ---
Now eliminating.
[19:37] ---
Let me go!
Don't get in the way of my work!
[19:39] ---
Let me go!
[19:41] ---
Everyone, that way! Please deliver
that oxygen now while you can!
[19:45] ---
Let me go! I'm going to eliminate
all foreign substances!
[19:48] ---
It's up to us to get it done!
It's up to us!
[19:54] ---
Hey! It's dangerous to go near him!
[19:57] ---
Killer T Cell...
[20:00] ---
That's enough.
[20:02] ---
You don't have to work anymore.
[20:06] ---
Don't have to work?
[20:10] ---
You've already worked more than enough
to protect this world.
[20:15] ---
There's no one
who would ever fault you for that.
[20:20] ---
Is that right?
[20:25] ---
So, I don't have to work anymore, huh?
[20:32] ---
I don't... have to work any...
[20:47] ---
I believed that if I gave it my all
and worked like crazy...
[20:51] ---
then this deplorable,
code black environment would get better.
[20:57] ---
Wh-What happened to me?
[21:00] ---
But is that really true, I wonder.
[21:08] ---
WHITE BLOOD CELL
[21:09] ---
All right.
[21:10] ---
Did you hear about the spot balding incident
with hair loss from the crown?
[21:15] ---
Yeah, I heard.
[21:16] ---
The T Cells went bonkers from overwork and
started assaulting the Hair Matrix Cells, right?
[21:21] ---
Seriously, what's going to happen to this body?
[21:29] ---
Run!
[21:30] ---
There's something in the urinary tract!
[21:35] ---
The urine...
[21:41] ---
It's turning bright red!
[21:46] ---
Where is this world heading?
[23:19] ---
PREVIEW
[23:19] ---
This is the organ of silence.
[23:22] ---
No matter what the conditions,
you have to work without a word.
[23:22] ---
KIDNEYS
[23:25] ---
A one-centimeter stone...
[23:25] ---
KIDNEY STONES
[23:27] ---
What are we supposed to do?
[23:28] ---
What's wrong with complaining?
[23:29] ---
TEARS
[23:31] ---
Just listen to what they're trying to say!
[23:31] ---
KIDNEYS, KIDNEY STONES, AND TEARS
E6 - Kidneys, Kidney Stones, and Tears
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[00:04] ---
Run!
[00:05] ---
There's something in the urinary tract!
[00:10] ---
The urine...
[00:13] ---
is bright red with blood.
[00:17] ---
I've never seen anything this massive.
[00:21] ---
What should we do?
[00:23] ---
There's nothing...
[00:25] ---
that we can do!
[02:03] ---
EPISODE 6:
KIDNEYS, KIDNEY STONES, AND TEARS
[02:07] ---
Yo! Good work!
[02:08] ---
Where are you heading back from?
[02:10] ---
The small intestine.
They just yelled at me to bring more oxygen.
[02:14] ---
Seems like nobody has enough.
[02:16] ---
Oh well, let's do our part
and deliver as much as we can.
[02:24] ---
What's going on here?
[02:26] ---
The waste is all backed up
because of dehydration.
[02:30] ---
We're seeing more and more
of these blood vessels lately, huh—
[02:34] ---
Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
[02:39] ---
Are you okay?
[02:44] ---
I could've fallen!
Hey, what do you think you're doing?
[02:47] ---
Well, I don't want to be
the only one getting dirty!
[02:49] ---
Stay away from me! Whoa!
[02:54] ---
Oh man! Come on!
Stop fooling around!
[02:57] ---
Your face is a mess.
[03:00] ---
So is yours.
[03:07] ---
Jeez, thanks to you, I'm sticky all over.
It feels disgusting!
[03:12] ---
My bad!
[03:13] ---
But the kidneys
aren't too far from here, right?
[03:16] ---
Let's go get cleaned up.
[03:18] ---
Hey, good idea!
[03:21] ---
NEPHRON
[03:24] ---
This is it!
[03:26] ---
The liver's a fun place, too, but the Glomeruli here
have a kind of grace. That's what I like about it!
[03:34] ---
TALKING IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN
[03:35] ---
Thanks for looking after me today, Glomerulus.
[03:39] ---
The Glomeruli.
[03:41] ---
Their job is to filter the blood.
[03:47] ---
Hello there! Here I am again!
Take good care of me today, okay?
[03:51] ---
How have you been?
I'm grungier than usual today, huh?
[03:56] ---
I suppose so.
[03:57] ---
Yeah, but wouldn't you say
that's the measure of a working man?
[04:00] ---
Thank you so much
for all your hard work.
[04:02] ---
Hey, you there!
[04:04] ---
You need to move your hands,
not your mouth!
[04:09] ---
TALKING IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN
[04:10] ---
Uh, sorry about that.
[04:15] ---
The kidneys.
[04:17] ---
Organs made up of approximately
one million nephrons,
[04:20] ---
each of which are comprised
of renal tubules attached to Glomeruli...
[04:24] ---
which filter the blood.
[04:27] ---
Urine is the by-product
of this filtering process.
[04:32] ---
Hey, hey! I'm still not clean!
Do a better job of washing it off!
[04:37] ---
I'm so sorry.
[04:38] ---
For heaven's sake, we're the ones
running around all day, and we're exhausted!
[04:42] ---
Unlike you people who do nothing
but stand around like statues!
[04:47] ---
That's no way to talk.
[04:50] ---
We're used to it.
[04:52] ---
It's fine.
[04:58] ---
Well, I appreciate it.
[05:01] ---
All that you Glomeruli do for us...
[05:04] ---
24/7, 365 days a year...
[05:07] ---
you keep filtering the blood for us.
[05:10] ---
It's thanks to you that we can
deliver oxygen in a clean state.
[05:18] ---
Not to mention, the blood's been all gooey lately,
so I'm sure you've been busy.
[05:24] ---
Overeating... Overdrinking...
[05:28] ---
This body's blood vessels are so clogged up,
[05:31] ---
it's only a matter of time
before something happens.
[05:34] ---
On top of that,
there's been a rise in oxalic acid lately...
[05:39] ---
because of that... Th-The... You know—
[05:41] ---
Hey you!
[05:42] ---
What are you doing,
prattling on and on like that?
[05:45] ---
I'm sorry!
[05:46] ---
Enough with the idle chatter!
Get to work!
[05:49] ---
Right.
[05:50] ---
I'm so sorry.
It's my fault for talking so much.
[05:54] ---
Um...
[05:56] ---
Please be careful when you pass by the ureter.
[06:00] ---
The ureter?
[06:04] ---
Oh boy! Talk about refreshing!
[06:07] ---
Wanna go again
after we're done with this round?
[06:09] ---
I don't think we should rely
on the Glomeruli too much.
[06:13] ---
You saw how they were working
so hard in silence.
[06:15] ---
You're no fun! What a straight arrow!
[06:22] ---
Do you hear that weird sound?
[06:24] ---
Huh?
[06:25] ---
This is near the ureter, right?
[06:28] ---
Isn't this where the urine
that the kidneys just produced comes through?
[06:32] ---
No. It sounds like something's stuck.
[06:36] ---
Please be careful when you pass by the ureter.
[06:45] ---
The wall!
[06:51] ---
Wh-What the cell are those?
[06:56] ---
The ureter's been ruptured!
[06:57] ---
The foreign object is still lodged inside!
[06:59] ---
Not looking good for spontaneous passage!
[07:02] ---
A one-centimeter stone?
[07:04] ---
How are we supposed to deal with that?
[07:07] ---
Kidney stones.
[07:08] ---
The most common types of kidney stones
are calcium oxalate stones,
[07:14] ---
formed when the oxalic acid and calcium in the
waste filtered by kidneys crystalize in the urine.
[07:20] ---
Stones that are larger than one centimeter
are harder to pass naturally.
[07:29] ---
The tear in the ureter is spreading!
[07:31] ---
Everybody, run! Please run!
[07:38] ---
It's going to start bleeding!
[07:45] ---
Gross hematuria.
[07:47] ---
When massive amounts
of Red Blood Cells enter the urine
[07:50] ---
until it can be perceived as red
by the naked eye.
[07:52] ---
When it's negligible and doesn't appear red
to the naked eye,
[07:56] ---
it's called "microscopic hematuria"
or "uric blood."
[08:00] ---
This is messed up!
[08:01] ---
If we don't get out of here,
we'll end up getting swept away, too!
[08:04] ---
Acute pain has been triggered!
[08:06] ---
Both the heart rate
and blood pressure are rising!
[08:09] ---
Kidney stones are sometimes accompanied
by pain so severe,
[08:13] ---
they're known as the "King of Pain."
[08:16] ---
The kidney's internal pressure is rising!
[08:18] ---
It's now affecting the cellular structure!
[08:27] ---
Gran—
[08:28] ---
Not another word out of you!
[08:30] ---
Listen to me. These kidneys
are known as "silent organs."
[08:34] ---
Whatever happens,
whining has no place here!
[08:36] ---
We've got to go on working in silence!
[08:39] ---
Even if the kidneys start to malfunction,
symptoms are often hard to detect.
[08:45] ---
Hence they're known as "silent organs."
[08:56] ---
Are you all right?
[08:57] ---
Yeah.
[09:06] ---
It stopped.
[09:10] ---
Hey, what are you doing?
[09:12] ---
If it stays stuck in here,
the pain's only going to spread!
[09:17] ---
We have to get rid of this,
for the Glomeruli's sake, too!
[09:22] ---
Huh? If that thing starts moving,
[09:24] ---
it could rip through the ureter again,
and then, we'd end up in the urine!
[09:31] ---
There it is again. You're so predictable.
[09:38] ---
Ah, all right.
[09:43] ---
- Wh-What's this?
- What's going on?
[09:45] ---
Something just entered via the urethra!
[09:48] ---
What?
[09:51] ---
URINE
[09:51] ---
And now, it's blowing past the bladder, wrenching
open the check valve and entering the ureter!
[09:56] ---
It's reached the kidney stone!
[10:07] ---
What's this? What's this sound?
Is it coming from inside the ureter?
[10:13] ---
Wh-What the cell?
[10:18] ---
Transurethral ureteroscopic lithotripsy.
[10:21] ---
A surgical method for smashing kidney stones with
lasers by inserting an endoscope into the urethra.
[10:27] ---
It's all crushed up.
[10:32] ---
Th-The fragments of the stone
are flowing away!
[10:35] ---
- Are you all right?
- Hey...
[10:37] ---
WHITE BLOOD CELL
[10:38] ---
White Blood Cell! So, you came to help?
[10:42] ---
You couldn't look more thrilled, rookie.
[10:44] ---
And we're not even on your radar!
[10:47] ---
Oh, hey, no, I didn't mean to...
[10:50] ---
There's no time for idle chatter.
We're taking you to a place that escaped damage.
[10:54] ---
Okay!
[10:56] ---
Platelets, we're leaving the rest to you!
[10:58] ---
Sure thing! Let us handle this!
[10:58] ---
PLATELETS
[11:01] ---
There won't be any more stones
coming this way, right?
[11:03] ---
Like a really huge one?
[11:06] ---
If something like that happened,
we'd end up in the urine, too.
[11:08] ---
Who cares?
If it happens, it happens!
[11:11] ---
Just get to work so that it doesn't happen!
[11:14] ---
Okay.
[11:16] ---
The Platelets are having a tough time, too.
[11:23] ---
White Blood Cell,
are you good to work now?
[11:26] ---
I think I'm in even better shape than before.
[11:29] ---
Really?
[11:30] ---
Well, that thing that was stuck in the ureter
got smashed up and washed away,
[11:33] ---
so I guess it's all good now.
[11:36] ---
But it's still too early to relax.
[11:39] ---
Huh?
[11:40] ---
That's right.
[11:41] ---
If we White Blood Cells
are gathered in one spot...
[11:46] ---
That means that something's been detected.
[11:56] ---
If we make our way back
through this tube,
[11:59] ---
we can go all the way in!
[12:03] ---
Germs are heading this way
through the urethra?
[12:05] ---
Yes. They're using the tube that was inserted
into this body to make their way in.
[12:10] ---
Meaning that they're on their way
to where the Glomeruli are.
[12:15] ---
The kidneys.
[12:18] ---
The bacteria has invaded
the bladder via the tube!
[12:22] ---
How can this be happening?
[12:24] ---
Normally, the check valve
would protect it,
[12:27] ---
making it hard for external bacteria
to reenter from the urethra.
[12:32] ---
Yes, but right now the tube that smashed
that kidney stone is inserted into the ureter,
[12:37] ---
so the bacteria can use it
to infiltrate all the way in.
[12:41] ---
Is such a thing even possible?
[12:43] ---
To our knowledge, it would only happen
in extremely rare cases.
[12:47] ---
So, this body's been abandoned
by luck, even?
[12:50] ---
At this time, the bacteria have reached
the bladder. If they breach the ureter...
[12:56] ---
it could cause acute pyelonephritis!
[12:59] ---
Acute pyelonephritis.
[13:02] ---
An infection of the renal pelvis
where the kidneys store urine,
[13:05] ---
triggered by a backflow of bacteria
from the urine.
[13:10] ---
Unless treated properly,
[13:13] ---
the bacteria can invade
the bloodstream or even cause sepsis.
[13:18] ---
If the germs climb all the way up here...
[13:25] ---
They're here.
[13:26] ---
Huh?
[13:30] ---
Whoa! Are you kidding me?
[13:32] ---
You two get away from here.
[13:37] ---
Let's go.
[13:41] ---
Everyone, attack mode.
[13:44] ---
We can't let them get past us!
[13:48] ---
Whatever it takes, annihilate them!
[13:50] ---
Charge!
[13:55] ---
Hey, where are you going?
[13:57] ---
To the kidney!
[13:58] ---
Huh? Why would you go there?
[14:01] ---
Those germs are heading toward the kidney!
Didn't you hear White Blood Cell—
[14:05] ---
That's why we're going!
[14:06] ---
Hey, are you serious?
[14:09] ---
Hey! Wait up, will you!
[14:16] ---
Hey, you're on a roll!
[14:18] ---
Well, I haven't fought in a while,
so I'm bursting with all this extra energy.
[14:22] ---
Still...
[14:23] ---
talk about outnumbered!
[14:26] ---
Well, we did get decimated
in that gonococci battle.
[14:30] ---
The White Blood Cells are struggling!
[14:32] ---
At this rate, it's only a matter of time
before the kidney's breached!
[14:35] ---
Did you call on the Macrophages for backup?
[14:37] ---
I did. However...
[14:40] ---
it will be a while before they get there.
[14:43] ---
Macrophages.
[14:45] ---
They advance at a slower speed
than White Blood Cells.
[14:49] ---
If worst comes to worst,
we'll have to abandon the kidney.
[14:53] ---
What?
[14:55] ---
The body has two kidneys.
[14:57] ---
Even if one is lost...
[14:58] ---
the body can still survive.
[15:01] ---
If that were to happen...
[15:03] ---
what would become of the Glomeruli
who work in the abandoned kidney?
[15:06] ---
I said it was the worst case scenario!
[15:09] ---
Hang in there to ensure
it doesn't end up that way, White Blood Cells!
[15:24] ---
Pyuria.
[15:25] ---
When bacteria invades the urinary tract,
triggering inflammation,
[15:29] ---
leading to White Blood Cells permeating the urine
which gives it a cloudy appearance.
[15:35] ---
We don't have
enough White Blood Cells as it is!
[15:40] ---
Everybody!
[15:41] ---
The germs are closing in!
[15:43] ---
Hide!
[15:46] ---
Not happening! Get back to work!
[15:48] ---
Gran...
[15:50] ---
It's an emergency!
This is no time to be talking like—
[15:53] ---
This is a silent organ.
[15:56] ---
We've got to go on working in silence
no matter what!
[16:03] ---
Please...
[16:04] ---
don't push them any harder
than you already are.
[16:08] ---
Just let them...
[16:10] ---
Just let them complain a little now and then!
[16:13] ---
Listen to what they have to say!
[16:20] ---
You're really overstepping.
[16:21] ---
What?
[16:22] ---
We have our own way of doing things.
[16:25] ---
I'll thank you not to butt in!
[16:29] ---
She's right.
This has nothing to do with us.
[16:32] ---
Come on, let's go.
[16:34] ---
I-If I may, Gran...
[16:39] ---
It's true that you're strict, Gran,
but you taught us everything about our work,
[16:45] ---
so we're all very grateful to you.
[16:47] ---
And we do understand
that you're strict with us because you care.
[16:54] ---
So, we have no intention
of complaining or whining.
[16:58] ---
Even so...
[17:00] ---
Even so...
[17:03] ---
there are times
when we want to just cry!
[17:12] ---
The germs got this far?
[17:20] ---
Look out!
[17:28] ---
Gran?
[17:40] ---
White Blood Cell!
[17:46] ---
I couldn't hold them back in the ureter.
[17:50] ---
But I won't let them
get any farther than this.
[17:55] ---
Gran! Gran!
[17:58] ---
Gran, I'm so sorry.
If it wasn't... If it wasn't for me...
[18:04] ---
Are you okay?
[18:05] ---
But why?
[18:07] ---
Forgive me for always giving you all
such a hard time.
[18:14] ---
At least, I got to make up for it
in the end. Thank goodness.
[18:18] ---
Don't talk like this is the end! Gran!
[18:21] ---
I want you to keep on teaching us
all about the kidneys!
[18:27] ---
Gran!
[18:31] ---
Wh-What is it, Gran?
[18:35] ---
Get to work.
[18:39] ---
You're still Kidney Cells.
[18:43] ---
It's up to the rest of you
who are left to get it done.
[18:48] ---
Humans are born
with approximately two million Glomeruli...
[18:53] ---
but these numbers gradually dwindle, as once
damaged, the Glomeruli can't regenerate.
[18:59] ---
Unless we keep working, this body
will soon be riddled with waste products.
[19:07] ---
We're a silent organ.
[19:12] ---
Get to work... in silence.
[19:15] ---
You have to... work.
[19:32] ---
Thank you!
[19:34] ---
Still...
[19:36] ---
Yeah.
[19:37] ---
No matter how many of them we slash,
more and more keep popping up!
[19:44] ---
What's that?
[19:47] ---
Target identified. Now disinfecting.
[19:54] ---
New quinolone antibacterial drug.
[19:57] ---
Drugs that act as bactericides
by inhibiting DNA gyrase activity.
[20:03] ---
Effective against urinary, intestinal
and respiratory infections.
[20:11] ---
The antibiotics have arrived!
[20:13] ---
Looks like the cells will be able to hold on!
[20:15] ---
Is that right?
[20:22] ---
If we keep barely coming out on top
in these battles, one of these days...
[20:34] ---
Come this way, please.
[20:35] ---
- Huh?
- Huh?
[20:37] ---
Please wash off all those
waste products and freshen up.
[20:44] ---
We're going to go all around the body now.
[20:48] ---
But look how soiled you are.
You shouldn't.
[20:51] ---
We'll be totally fine
for just one round, right?
[20:53] ---
Huh?
[20:54] ---
- Let's go.
- Uh, yeah, I guess.
[21:02] ---
Even if it's just for a split second,
[21:04] ---
go ahead and cry your eyes out.
[21:06] ---
For your Gran's sake, too.
[21:09] ---
Huh! Acting so cool...
[21:12] ---
That's not what that was about.
[21:15] ---
Once again, it really hit home.
[21:22] ---
That even if you're suffering,
[21:24] ---
and let yourself complain about it,
[21:26] ---
there's nothing you can do.
[21:27] ---
That's what a code black environment is.
[21:32] ---
Even so...
[21:34] ---
I...
[21:40] ---
I'm feeling that power surge!
[21:42] ---
Awesome! Who knew that there was
still a heaven in this world?
[21:46] ---
This totally rocks!
[23:19] ---
PREVIEW
[23:20] ---
Here it comes!
I can feel it surging!
[23:22] ---
CAFFEINE
[23:24] ---
This is manna from heaven.
[23:25] ---
TEMPTATION
[23:27] ---
Even if I'm right next to him...
[23:28] ---
JEALOUSY
[23:29] ---
all I ever do is try to run away.
[23:31] ---
CAFFEINE, TEMPTATION, AND JEALOUSY
E7 - Caffeine, Temptation, and Jealousy
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[00:02] ---
I've come to deliver your oxygen!
[00:05] ---
CELL
[00:05] ---
Right. Thanks for all your hard work!
[00:08] ---
If you could stamp this receipt here, please...
[00:12] ---
RECEIVED
[00:13] ---
Thank you very much!
[00:19] ---
I'm wiped. I think I'll take a break.
[00:26] ---
Someone's working his tail off.
[00:29] ---
All right.
[00:31] ---
I guess I'll make some energy.
[00:37] ---
Whoa!
[00:42] ---
A-Are you all right?
[00:44] ---
S-Somebody help me!
[00:46] ---
Whoa!
[00:50] ---
- It's all your fault!
- Huh?
[00:52] ---
It's because of that oxygen you delivered!
[02:32] ---
EPISODE 7:
CAFFEINE, TEMPTATION, AND JEALOUSY
[02:33] ---
Did you hear?
[02:35] ---
There was another accident!
[02:37] ---
Yeah, you mean the kind
where oxygen turns into ROS, right?
[02:41] ---
Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS).
[02:43] ---
A generic term for oxygen that's been altered
into a highly reactive chemical compound.
[02:48] ---
Highly oxidative,
they can cause cellular aging.
[02:52] ---
Scary, huh?
[02:54] ---
We're not getting enough nutrients as it is.
We can't go on like this.
[02:57] ---
Hey! You there!
[03:00] ---
I saw you! It was you who brought the oxygen
to the cell who had that accident, right?
[03:05] ---
Uh, y-yes.
[03:07] ---
So, that was on you, right?
Well, screw you! Get your act together!
[03:11] ---
That's right! It turned into ROS
because of your lousy handling, am I right?
[03:16] ---
So, what are you going to do
to make it right?
[03:18] ---
Well...
[03:20] ---
I think you have the wrong idea.
[03:22] ---
Hey man...
[03:24] ---
What we deliver is oxygen,
no question about it.
[03:27] ---
I'm told that when oxygen turns into ROS...
[03:30] ---
it's almost always
because of the body's internal environment.
[03:33] ---
Risk factors for increased production of ROS
include an inadequate supply of nutrients...
[03:37] ---
such as Vitamin E,
due to aging or improper diet,
[03:40] ---
smoking and ultraviolet exposure.
[03:45] ---
I get that you're all pretty worried,
but instead of pointing fingers...
[03:48] ---
why don't we all work together
for the sake of this world?
[03:53] ---
Oh, never mind. Let's go.
[03:57] ---
Hey, I owe you one.
You really know your stuff, huh?
[04:00] ---
Well, this is the world we work in.
[04:03] ---
But who knew that the oxygen we deliver
could end up hurting the cells?
[04:09] ---
Kind of hard to swallow, huh?
[04:12] ---
Oh hey, we've got
some place to be, remember?
[04:15] ---
Yeah, the awards ceremony
for rookie Red Blood Cells, was it?
[04:19] ---
What a drag!
[04:21] ---
You said it!
[04:24] ---
And now, it gives me pleasure to announce...
[04:26] ---
the winner of this term's Top Rookie Award,
for delivering the most oxygen...
[04:30] ---
AA2153, please join me on stage!
[04:33] ---
What, me?
[04:38] ---
Hey, isn't that your buddy? Wow!
[04:41] ---
Yeah, uh...
[04:42] ---
You're always hanging out with him, right?
[04:44] ---
So, does that mean you're a hotshot, too?
[04:46] ---
No, not me.
[04:49] ---
Hey! This is looking really bad!
[04:52] ---
That's it! You're on your own now!
[04:54] ---
Right. I'm always...
[04:59] ---
Let's get out of here!
[05:01] ---
I'm not running.
[05:03] ---
I can't allow myself to run away!
[05:08] ---
Even if I'm right next to him,
all I ever do is try to run away.
[05:14] ---
Look how far he's left me behind.
[05:17] ---
Congratulations!
[05:19] ---
Please keep up the good work
as the pride of your class!
[05:24] ---
Yes, sir!
[05:25] ---
And as for the disappointing few
among you who missed their quotas,
[05:29] ---
now that you're Red Blood Cells,
delivering oxygen is all that matters.
[05:33] ---
Follow this young man's example
and deliver oxygen to the best of your ability.
[05:46] ---
Pretty impressive, that buddy of yours.
Top Rookie Award, huh?
[05:51] ---
So, how did you do?
[05:52] ---
Nothing to write home about.
[05:54] ---
They should just do away
with ceremonies like this, huh?
[05:57] ---
They had them back in our day, too.
[05:59] ---
It's probably just to let the higher-ups
pat themselves on the back!
[06:02] ---
The guys who get the awards
might get a kick out of it,
[06:05] ---
but for losers like us who miss quotas,
it's hell, am I right?
[06:10] ---
We know just how you feel.
[06:13] ---
It's the same for us. We work our tails off,
and our efforts go unacknowledged.
[06:19] ---
So unfulfilling, huh?
[06:21] ---
- Want to come with us?
- Huh?
[06:24] ---
You know, somewhere
that'll give us a boost...
[06:27] ---
Somewhere that'll give us a boost?
[06:29] ---
You'll see when you get there.
[06:32] ---
I...
[06:33] ---
I think I'll pass.
[06:35] ---
Jeez, he's no fun.
[06:39] ---
Well, he'll join us one of these days.
[06:41] ---
That kid is one of us.
[06:46] ---
Good work.
[06:48] ---
Uh, yeah.
[06:49] ---
Where are you headed now?
[06:50] ---
The Sebaceous Gland in a scalp pore.
[06:52] ---
Same here.
[06:54] ---
Is that right?
[06:57] ---
Look, you don't have to slow down
for my sake, okay?
[07:00] ---
Since you're the Top Rookie and all.
[07:02] ---
Hey, come on!
That was just totally random.
[07:06] ---
Just be happy about it
because it's a great feat!
[07:09] ---
Huh? Yeah. Sorry.
[07:12] ---
Oh no. No need to apologize or anything.
[07:17] ---
We haven't been here
since the spot balding incident, huh?
[07:21] ---
PORES
HAIR ROOT
[07:21] ---
I wonder how the Hair Matrix Cells are doing.
[07:26] ---
Huh?
[07:28] ---
There's no hair!
[07:30] ---
Either the hair roots are closed
or the hair's all thin.
[07:34] ---
And the Hair Matrix Cells
don't seem to have much energy.
[07:40] ---
Hair Matrix Cell...
Long time no see.
[07:42] ---
Oh, it's you. Thanks again for helping us
during the spot balding incident.
[07:47] ---
Hasn't there been
any hair growth since then?
[07:50] ---
Yeah, well, there's actually been more hair loss
thanks to poor circulation from stress.
[07:54] ---
Oh, is that right?
[07:56] ---
Um, how do I get to the Sebaceous Gland?
[07:59] ---
Right, it's right above us.
You can ride up on that.
[08:08] ---
It's supposed to be
at the top of these stairs.
[08:11] ---
What, higher?
And we have to take the stairs?
[08:21] ---
What a workout,
getting up these stairs.
[08:26] ---
I'll carry some of those cylinders in your box.
[08:28] ---
It's okay.
[08:30] ---
Don't worry. I can handle it.
[08:32] ---
I said it's okay. I mean it.
[08:34] ---
You don't have to overdo it.
[08:35] ---
Which part of "It's okay" don't you get?
[08:39] ---
Fine.
[08:54] ---
Hey, what's up with that?
[08:55] ---
That's...
[08:57] ---
ROS!
[08:58] ---
What?
[09:02] ---
Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) attacks
the Red Blood Cells' membranes,
[09:07] ---
robbing them of their ability
to transport oxygen.
[09:10] ---
Let's get out of here!
[09:19] ---
It looks like we're safe now!
[09:21] ---
This sucks! What the heck is going on?
[09:24] ---
SEBACEOUS GLAND
[09:24] ---
This way.
[09:26] ---
Okay.
[09:27] ---
Whoa, it's all oily in here!
What a filthy room!
[09:31] ---
My apologies.
[09:34] ---
Oh hey, so you're here!
Sorry I said it was filthy.
[09:38] ---
Please don't give it another thought.
[09:39] ---
After all, it's true.
[09:42] ---
Sebaceous Gland Cell.
[09:43] ---
Divides repeatedly inside the Sebaceous Gland
by the Pore, storing sebum.
[09:49] ---
We've come to deliver your oxygen.
[09:52] ---
I hate to trouble you,
but if you could kindly set one down there
[09:54] ---
and attach the other one outside...
[09:57] ---
As the Sebaceous Gland is ready to burst,
I can't move a muscle.
[10:01] ---
Sure!
[10:07] ---
Is that all right?
[10:09] ---
Yes, I really appreciate it.
[10:10] ---
Getting a delivery of fresh oxygen
on my last day!
[10:14] ---
What do you mean, your last day?
[10:17] ---
You see, I'm retiring today.
[10:20] ---
What?
[10:21] ---
Not that I know how much
I was able to contribute to this body...
[10:25] ---
but somehow, I managed
to see this job through to the end!
[10:28] ---
Oh, would you like some tea?
Please feel free to take a break here.
[10:33] ---
Oh, please don't go to any trouble.
[10:35] ---
I'm truly grateful
to all you Red Blood Cells.
[10:39] ---
Running all over this body
is quite commendable.
[10:43] ---
Oh no.
[10:45] ---
Uh, Sebaceous Gland Cell,
what kind of work did you do?
[10:49] ---
It wasn't much of a job.
[10:51] ---
All I ever did was store sebum here
to protect the body and preserve moisture.
[10:57] ---
Oh really?
But that's such an important job!
[11:00] ---
No, all I did was hole up in this room
and wait for the sebum to build up.
[11:06] ---
But now at last,
I've stored a sufficient amount.
[11:11] ---
And I can do something useful
for this body.
[11:13] ---
How are you going to
transport all this sebum?
[11:17] ---
I'm going to rupture myself along with
this bag and scatter it outside this body.
[11:22] ---
- What?
- What?
[11:23] ---
When a Sebaceous Gland dies,
[11:26] ---
the expanded fat stored within it
bursts simultaneously,
[11:29] ---
and it leaks out of the pores,
all over the skin.
[11:32] ---
But if you do that, then you'll...
[11:36] ---
Forgive me. It seems like my time is up.
[11:40] ---
As it wouldn't do to expose you
to such a filthy sight, if you please...
[11:44] ---
Oh, right.
[11:45] ---
Let's go.
[11:50] ---
Now then, as this is my grand exit...
[11:53] ---
I just hope this won't generate any ROS.
[12:02] ---
Sebaceous Gland Cell...
[12:08] ---
That's ROS!
[12:10] ---
It's the one I delivered!
[12:13] ---
What's this smell?
My eyes are stinging!
[12:15] ---
It stinks!
[12:16] ---
Nonenal detected in a scalp pore!
[12:19] ---
It's producing an acrid odor!
[12:20] ---
An acrid odor from a scalp pore?
[12:24] ---
Body odor from aging?
[12:26] ---
Body odor from aging.
[12:28] ---
When the palmitoleic acid contained in the fat
secreted by the Sebaceous Glands is oxidized by ROS,
[12:35] ---
it's converted into a substance called "nonenal,"
generating body odor.
[12:40] ---
What the cell is this smell?
[12:42] ---
My eyes!
[12:45] ---
- It's my fault!
- Huh?
[12:47] ---
Sebaceous Gland Cell put his life
on the line to do this job...
[12:51] ---
but because the oxygen I delivered
turned into ROS again—
[12:55] ---
It's not your fault! There's another reason
why there's more ROS.
[12:58] ---
Has this ever happened to you?
Has any oxygen you delivered turned into ROS?
[13:03] ---
Well, maybe not that,
but that's only by chance, and—
[13:06] ---
No.
[13:08] ---
- It's just the way it is.
- Huh?
[13:11] ---
You and I are different!
[13:14] ---
Hold on!
[13:15] ---
Stay away from me!
[13:17] ---
A role model like you
shouldn't be hanging out with me.
[13:30] ---
Hey, you look pretty wiped.
[13:38] ---
Don't avoid us like that.
[13:41] ---
We're all Red Blood Cells.
All we want is to have each others' backs.
[13:45] ---
Let's go get a boost together.
[13:53] ---
Where are we?
[13:55] ---
The small intestine.
[13:57] ---
You can feel the effects to some extent
no matter where you are,
[13:59] ---
but these are the VIP seats.
[14:01] ---
Only a handful of Red Blood Cells ever get
any praise no matter how hard we work.
[14:06] ---
The fatigue just keeps building up,
but who's worried about us?
[14:09] ---
So, that's the thing that brings us salvation.
[14:12] ---
That?
[14:14] ---
It won't be long now, I bet.
[14:17] ---
The ingested nutrients
are arriving in the small intestine!
[14:22] ---
Not again!
[14:25] ---
Is this alcohol?
[14:27] ---
No. This is...
[14:30] ---
Manna from heaven!
[14:38] ---
Here it comes! I can feel it surging!
[14:42] ---
- Wh-What's this?
- What do you say?
[14:45] ---
Can't you feel that power surge?
[14:48] ---
It rains down at least five times a day,
[14:50] ---
and it totally puts that straight arrow
classmate of yours to shame!
[14:54] ---
Whoa!
[14:57] ---
Blood vessel, dilating!
[14:58] ---
The blood flow is about to increase!
[15:03] ---
All right, let's deliver like crazy!
[15:04] ---
Yeah!
[15:06] ---
Energy drinks.
[15:07] ---
The general term for beverages
sold as pick-me-ups or as dietary supplements
[15:13] ---
to counter physical fatigue.
[15:14] ---
They contain caffeine
which enhances mental alertness,
[15:18] ---
and arginine, known to boost energy
and expand the blood vessels.
[15:22] ---
Known to be effective in physical recovery.
[15:27] ---
Hey, hold up!
[15:28] ---
What, is that you? Long time no see!
Are you doing okay?
[15:32] ---
Yeah. Looks like you're on a roll there, huh?
[15:35] ---
Thanks to all the caffeine and arginine!
We've been getting a lot of it lately!
[15:39] ---
True. Thanks to that stuff, I'm not so tired,
and I've been working more efficiently,
[15:45] ---
but once the effects wear off,
I start feeling a little listless, and—
[15:49] ---
When that happens, all you have to do
is get showered with it again.
[15:53] ---
See, here it comes! Whoo!
[15:55] ---
The second it washes over me,
it gives me instant energy!
[15:58] ---
Do you think it's okay?
[15:59] ---
I mean, it's not great to feel exhausted
after working, but...
[16:04] ---
What are you saying?
[16:05] ---
I was just wondering
if it's too good to be true or not.
[16:08] ---
There must be some kind of catch—
[16:09] ---
There you go again! Mouthing off
like the role model that you are!
[16:13] ---
Remember what they told us?
That as long as we're Red Blood Cells,
[16:15] ---
all that matters
is how much oxygen we can deliver.
[16:19] ---
No matter how we go about it,
as long as we produce, it's all good!
[16:23] ---
See? It's surging now! See ya!
[16:36] ---
Which way?
[16:39] ---
Go, go, go!
[16:45] ---
Jeez, you're still here?
[16:47] ---
You sure took your time on that delivery.
What happened to you, Top Rookie?
[16:52] ---
Well, the vein's all tangled up in here—
[16:56] ---
Wh-What's that?
[16:58] ---
What's going on?
[16:59] ---
The capillaries in the nasal cavity
have ruptured!
[17:01] ---
It appears to have caused hemorrhaging
from the Kiesselbach's plexus!
[17:04] ---
Too much arginine in the system can lead
to excessive dilation of the blood vessels,
[17:09] ---
making one more susceptible
to nosebleeds.
[17:11] ---
Nosebleed!
[17:16] ---
Whoa!
[17:28] ---
Hey, over here!
[17:30] ---
Reach out your hand!
[17:32] ---
All right!
[17:34] ---
Are you okay?
[17:35] ---
No problem! I don't need your help!
[17:39] ---
C'mon, what are you doing? Hurry!
[17:45] ---
Come on!
[17:46] ---
This way! Hurry!
[17:50] ---
No good!
[17:51] ---
I have no strength!
[17:53] ---
Huh? Why not?
[17:56] ---
I feel listless. The effects...
The effects have worn off.
[18:02] ---
Caffeine addiction.
[18:03] ---
Caused by the neurotoxic nature
of caffeine itself.
[18:08] ---
Cessation of caffeine often triggers headaches,
lethargy and other withdrawal symptoms.
[18:14] ---
That kid got over exposed
to caffeine and arginine!
[18:19] ---
Please!
[18:22] ---
Give me some caffeine!
Some arginine! Somebody! Hurry!
[18:27] ---
This is no time to be talking like that!
[18:32] ---
Give it up! He can't be saved!
[18:34] ---
But no...
[18:37] ---
It turned out just like you said.
[18:41] ---
It's because I got too dependent
on that stuff.
[18:45] ---
Losers are losers no matter what they do.
[18:49] ---
I was always the first to bolt,
and all I did was get in your way!
[18:55] ---
A guy like me...
[18:56] ---
doesn't deserve to live.
[18:58] ---
Don't give up! There isn't a single cell
who doesn't deserve to live!
[19:03] ---
At the very least, I...
[19:06] ---
It was because of you!
[19:08] ---
I decided to give it my all to keep up with you
because you were there!
[19:11] ---
And there were so many times that I was able
to stay put and make a stand because I had you!
[19:17] ---
There's only so much
that a Red Blood Cell can do on his own.
[19:21] ---
That's why...
[19:23] ---
I need you!
[19:26] ---
I need you, my precious friend!
[19:34] ---
Don't give me that!
[19:37] ---
Jeez, listen to you,
always saying the right thing!
[19:42] ---
Because of you...
[19:44] ---
Because of you...
[19:49] ---
I want to live just a little longer now, dammit!
[19:57] ---
One more push!
[20:10] ---
Damn you!
[20:23] ---
Look at you, totally out of breath!
[20:28] ---
What happened to you, Top Rookie?
[20:32] ---
You're going there again?
[20:46] ---
Enough with the teen drama!
[20:48] ---
PLATELETS
[20:48] ---
You're in the way! Get lost already!
[20:51] ---
Right! Sorry about that!
[20:55] ---
Take good care of your friend.
[21:08] ---
Yo, you're in the zone again today, huh?
[21:10] ---
But it must be about to wear off.
[21:13] ---
Come on, let's go to our usual spot.
[21:22] ---
Sorry. I'm going to pass.
[21:26] ---
All right, I've got a delivery to make.
[21:28] ---
Don't you need it
because you have a delivery to make?
[21:31] ---
What I need right now
isn't caffeine or arginine.
[21:36] ---
What do you need, then?
[21:37] ---
That...
[21:39] ---
I'm too embarrassed to tell you.
[23:19] ---
PREVIEW
[23:20] ---
This body hasn't gotten any sleep
for two full days.
[23:23] ---
CALVES
[23:24] ---
The pulmonary embolism
formed in the deep vein
[23:26] ---
PULMONARY EMBOLISM
[23:26] ---
is now advancing
toward the upper torso!
[23:28] ---
QUICK THINKING
[23:28] ---
What can we do
to overcome this crisis?
[23:31] ---
CALVES, PULMONARY EMBOLISM,
AND QUICK THINKING
E8 - Calves, Pulmonary Embolism, and Quick Thinking
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[00:03] ---
Hey, come on, wait up!
[00:05] ---
What could be all the way
down here in the legs?
[00:08] ---
Haven't you noticed?
[00:10] ---
This body hasn't gotten
any sleep for two full days.
[00:13] ---
WHITE BLOOD CELL
[00:13] ---
What?
[00:14] ---
It's been in the same position, too, no less.
[00:16] ---
But that sounds pretty serious, right?
[00:23] ---
Just as I thought.
[02:07] ---
EPISODE 8:
CALVES, PULMONARY EMBOLISM,
AND QUICK THINKING
[02:10] ---
I've come to deliver your oxygen!
[02:12] ---
Right!
[02:15] ---
Oh, so it's you?
[02:17] ---
If you could stamp this receipt, please...
[02:20] ---
Hey, by the way, I heard!
[02:22] ---
Heard what?
[02:23] ---
CELL
[02:23] ---
Is it true that you got
some kind of award?
[02:26] ---
Uh, yeah.
[02:27] ---
What kind of award?
What kind of award?
[02:31] ---
It's called the "Top Rookie Award."
[02:34] ---
Oh yeah?
[02:36] ---
Look, don't get all full of yourself!
[02:37] ---
Huh?
[02:38] ---
I can't tell you how many Red Blood Cells
I've seen showered with praise in their youth,
[02:42] ---
only to stop trying, and end up useless!
[02:46] ---
Well, but I don't think
I'm acting all full of myself.
[02:49] ---
- I refuse to acknowledge you.
- Huh?
[02:51] ---
It's going to be a long time
before I acknowledge you, all right?
[02:54] ---
What are you waiting for?
Go deliver that oxygen already!
[02:56] ---
R-Right!
[03:01] ---
Just keep on giving it your all, okay?
[03:07] ---
Yo! Long time no see!
[03:08] ---
Hey, you're looking pretty good!
[03:10] ---
I've got the caffeine out of my system,
so I'm back in business!
[03:14] ---
For real? That's good to hear!
[03:18] ---
Carbon monoxide! Run!
[03:24] ---
For heaven's sake, what's going on here?
[03:28] ---
I get myself back on the job,
but now there's even more smoking than ever.
[03:33] ---
How can we be expected
to deliver oxygen like this?
[03:35] ---
You said it.
[03:37] ---
Hey, you two!
[03:39] ---
So, you survived?
[03:41] ---
- Oh, uh, thanks for your hard work!
- Thanks for your hard work!
[03:43] ---
Since I saw you last,
you seem to have manned up a lot.
[03:48] ---
Huh? You really think—
[03:49] ---
Hey, thanks!
[03:50] ---
Nah, I wasn't talking to you.
[03:52] ---
Seriously?
[03:54] ---
I'm just kidding!
[03:56] ---
The Red Blood Cell numbers are down,
so we're looking to you young guys to step up!
[04:01] ---
Especially in times like these.
[04:09] ---
Alcohol now?
[04:12] ---
I guess there's no way around it. Why don't we
have some lovely ladies detox us in the liver?
[04:17] ---
Hey, I haven't been there in ages!
I vote yes!
[04:21] ---
LIVER
[04:23] ---
Huh?
[04:24] ---
ACTIVATE
VITAMINS & MINERALS!
[04:26] ---
This is that liver?
[04:28] ---
But it was so lively last time.
[04:32] ---
It looks like a lot of places are shuttered.
[04:34] ---
BLOOD ALLEY
BILE TOWN
FIRST AVENUE
[04:34] ---
It sure seems desolate now.
[04:37] ---
On top of that, it's all sticky with oil!
[04:41] ---
Is Hepatocyte okay?
[04:46] ---
Three guests have arrived.
[04:52] ---
No way!
[04:53] ---
Hey, what happened
to all the glitz and glamor?
[05:03] ---
Welcome, Red Blood Cells.
[05:08] ---
H-Hepatocyte!
[05:13] ---
Hey, are you all right?
[05:15] ---
I'm so sorry you have to see
the place in such disarray.
[05:18] ---
There's been a surge in triglycerides
thanks to all that alcohol,
[05:21] ---
so the liver's functions
have been impaired.
[05:26] ---
Fatty liver.
[05:28] ---
When there's excess fat buildup
of more than 30% in the liver.
[05:33] ---
Often caused by alcoholism,
it prevents the liver from functioning normally,
[05:37] ---
and if left unchecked, it can lead
to hepatic cirrhosis or liver cancer.
[05:45] ---
Are you all right, Hepatocyte?
[05:48] ---
I guess I can't really help you Red Blood Cells
heal if I'm in this state.
[05:54] ---
Hey! Somebody give us a hand here!
[05:56] ---
We don't have enough people
to deliver oxygen!
[05:59] ---
Right, gotcha! We're coming!
[06:01] ---
What? Not even a short break for us?
[06:05] ---
We'll come back another time.
[06:07] ---
I'm really sorry.
[06:10] ---
Please take care of yourself.
[06:15] ---
Ugh... So exhausting...
[06:19] ---
We're almost there. It's up to young guys
like you and me to step up now!
[06:29] ---
I can't step up anymore!
[06:32] ---
We finally reached the calf, huh?
[06:35] ---
Let's take a break now, all right?
[06:37] ---
I mean, there's an even steeper climb up ahead!
[06:41] ---
Yeah, but I think it'll be easier.
[06:43] ---
Since the pressure from the calves
will be pushing our backs.
[06:46] ---
Huh? I didn't know that.
[06:48] ---
MUSCLE
[06:49] ---
The calves.
[06:51] ---
Because the calf muscles pump the blood
pooled in the lower torso back to the heart,
[06:59] ---
they're also known
as the body's second heart.
[07:03] ---
Well, what do we have here?
Hey, it's the rookies!
[07:07] ---
Look at you, diligently transporting oxygen
again today... Such heroes!
[07:12] ---
We should take a page from your book!
[07:14] ---
Come on.
[07:16] ---
But we were such good buddies!
How cold is that?
[07:20] ---
I bet you're jonesing for some caffeine
about now, am I right?
[07:23] ---
Let's go get drenched again sometime!
[07:26] ---
You were a lot more energetic back then!
[07:31] ---
- Excuse me.
- Huh?
[07:34] ---
I don't really care one way or another
how you two choose to work.
[07:38] ---
But if you could just stop dragging down cells
who take their jobs seriously, that'd be great!
[07:43] ---
Hey...
[07:49] ---
No wonder you're the winner
of the Top Rookie Award.
[07:53] ---
What a stirring speech!
[07:56] ---
Oh yeah, couldn't agree more!
[07:58] ---
We only said that for his own good, you know.
We weren't trying to drag him down.
[08:03] ---
Would you mind not having
anything to do with him anymore?
[08:07] ---
Sure, roger that!
[08:10] ---
Let's go.
[08:10] ---
O-Okay.
[08:14] ---
I can't stand them.
[08:16] ---
Straight-arrow squirts like that
bursting with self-righteousness...
[08:22] ---
This hill is murder!
[08:24] ---
I think it's even more exhausting
than the one before!
[08:28] ---
I don't get it.
[08:30] ---
Normally, we'd get pushed forward by the blood
pressure from the calves, so it's an easier climb.
[08:35] ---
Not only that, but thanks to dehydration,
the ground's all grungy!
[08:39] ---
This is so gross!
[08:46] ---
The blood vessel's so fragile now
that it's crumbling?
[08:49] ---
Are you okay?
[08:51] ---
Is this...
[08:53] ---
a blood clot?
[08:55] ---
Blood clot.
[08:57] ---
When blood coagulates
within a blood vessel.
[09:00] ---
Formed when the vessel wall
is damaged or becomes inflamed.
[09:05] ---
Because it hinders blood circulation,
it can lead to various ailments.
[09:10] ---
That blood clot formed
because of the pool of fallen Red Blood Cells!
[09:15] ---
Deep-vein thrombosis.
[09:18] ---
When a blood clot forms
in the veins of the lower torso.
[09:21] ---
Caused when the legs are immobile
for extended periods of time,
[09:24] ---
or by damage or inflammation
to the vessel walls.
[09:28] ---
If we were to fall into a place like this...
[09:33] ---
Look out!
[09:39] ---
So close.
[09:40] ---
You guys...
[09:42] ---
What the heck do you think you're doing?
[09:44] ---
I happened to drop my oxygen.
I was hoping you could go get it for me.
[09:52] ---
Since you two take your jobs so seriously,
[09:55] ---
that wouldn't be a problem
at all, would it?
[09:57] ---
This is insane!
[09:59] ---
Now's the time for us to give it our all,
and you're pulling a stunt like this?
[10:02] ---
Don't make us laugh.
[10:04] ---
For a body whose health is deteriorating
by the minute no matter how hard we work,
[10:09] ---
how are we supposed to give it our all?
[10:12] ---
Tell us, why don't you?
[10:14] ---
Whether or not you work your silly little
butts off, it doesn't change a thing!
[10:18] ---
But don't you dare ever mouth off at us again!
[10:27] ---
Dammit!
[10:37] ---
White Blood Cell?
[10:38] ---
Are you all right?
[10:42] ---
You saved us.
[10:45] ---
Thank you so much, White Blood Cell.
[10:48] ---
No need to thank me.
[10:50] ---
But seriously, you're always rescuing us.
[10:54] ---
It's a two-way street.
[10:57] ---
Is it really?
[10:59] ---
For now, let's just get you away from here.
[11:08] ---
But really...
[11:10] ---
I can't believe
there's such a gaping hole there.
[11:12] ---
Don't let your guard down as you move on.
[11:15] ---
Because that spot back there
isn't the only place where there's a blood clot.
[11:19] ---
Huh? Really?
[11:21] ---
I found a bunch of other clots
on my way here.
[11:24] ---
How did things get so bad?
[11:27] ---
Through excessive consumption
of nutrients five, six times a day.
[11:31] ---
Also, this body hasn't had any sleep
for two full days now,
[11:35] ---
and it's been in the same position
all that time, barely moving.
[11:38] ---
Huh? Two full days?
[11:40] ---
So, that's why the calf muscles
have hardly been functioning,
[11:43] ---
and the blood pressure that should be
pushing upward was so weak.
[11:47] ---
What's all this shaking?
[11:51] ---
The calf muscles are finally starting to move!
[11:56] ---
Hey, great!
[11:58] ---
Meaning that the blood pressure will rise,
so it'll be easier for us to climb, right?
[12:13] ---
Huh?
[12:16] ---
Whoa! What the cell is that?
[12:21] ---
Run into the capillary!
[12:27] ---
What the...
[12:28] ---
...h-heck was that?
[12:31] ---
That was the blood clot rolling out,
fanned by the sudden rise in blood pressure.
[12:37] ---
If that blood clot were to get stuck
in some crucial organ somewhere...
[12:41] ---
there could be trouble.
[12:44] ---
We have to stop it!
[12:47] ---
Hey! Hold up!
[12:49] ---
We have a problem!
[12:50] ---
What's going on?
[12:51] ---
The blood clot that formed in the deep vein
is not hurtling toward the upper torso!
[12:55] ---
What did you say?
[12:57] ---
Just where is it heading?
[12:59] ---
The pulmonary artery!
[13:10] ---
Did you see those rookies' faces?
[13:12] ---
So panicked, it was hysterical!
[13:15] ---
I bet they learned their lesson.
[13:17] ---
That's what happens to rookies
who have the nerve to mouth off.
[13:22] ---
Huh? What's going on?
[13:28] ---
Something huge is coming this way!
[13:28] ---
PLATELETS
[13:30] ---
No way! What is it?
[13:32] ---
Oh! So scary!
[13:35] ---
Don't run away, morons!
[13:37] ---
We've got to hold it off and—
[13:39] ---
Not happening, not happening!
[13:48] ---
Come on, not that thing!
[13:51] ---
So, that blood clot
hasn't come to a stop yet?
[13:54] ---
It's no good! The blood clot
is still heading toward the lungs!
[14:01] ---
Hey, it's not safe! Up ahead is...
[14:04] ---
PULMONARY
ARTERY
[14:05] ---
The pulmonary artery!
[14:09] ---
Stop!
[14:13] ---
Stop!
[14:18] ---
What was that just now?
[14:20] ---
WELCOME TO THE LUNGS
[14:21] ---
What on earth is going on?
[14:30] ---
We were too late.
[14:33] ---
LUNGS
[14:35] ---
The blood clot...
[14:37] ---
is stuck now!
[14:42] ---
What are you doing?
We have to get that clot out of there!
[14:45] ---
R-Right!
[14:52] ---
It's no good! It's not even budging!
[14:57] ---
Are you all right?
[15:04] ---
So, you got caught up
in the blood clot as it rolled by?
[15:10] ---
How lame is this?
[15:12] ---
Th-The pulmonary artery's clogged up.
[15:16] ---
Now we can't deliver oxygen to the lungs!
[15:22] ---
The light...
[15:25] ---
Economy Class Syndrome.
[15:26] ---
Also known as "pulmonary embolism."
[15:30] ---
When a blood clot in the lower torso
[15:33] ---
PULMONARY
ARTERY
[15:35] ---
makes its way to the lungs via the bloodstream.
[15:39] ---
As a result, the blood stops flowing
to the pulmonary alveolus,
[15:41] ---
preventing the Red Blood Cells
from transporting oxygen, thus triggering hypoxia.
[15:47] ---
Causes shortness of breath and chest pain.
[15:51] ---
In some cases, it can lead to death.
[15:56] ---
Can you believe this?
[15:58] ---
The pulmonary artery's blocked!
[16:00] ---
At this rate, the lungs will be destroyed, and
we won't be able to get any oxygen from the lungs!
[16:05] ---
Oxygen levels across the whole body
are plunging!
[16:08] ---
If this keeps up, this body will...
[16:11] ---
It's all over now!
[16:13] ---
We're both going to die!
[16:20] ---
This crappy world is history now!
[16:32] ---
What should we do?
[16:35] ---
How can we overcome this crisis?
[16:39] ---
White Blood Cell, you have to save us!
How can we deal with this?
[16:45] ---
We White Blood Cells are effective in battle
against external enemies.
[16:51] ---
The only ones who can get us
out of this predicament are actually...
[16:55] ---
What can we do?
[16:59] ---
The bronchial arteries.
[17:01] ---
Bronchial arteries?
[17:05] ---
We'll go through the bronchial arteries
to deliver oxygen to the lungs!
[17:08] ---
But those aren't blood vessels
for gas exchange, are they?
[17:12] ---
No way can we transport such
a massive load of oxygen!
[17:15] ---
The bronchial arteries.
[17:17] ---
Unlike the pulmonary arteries,
which specialize in gas exchange,
[17:21] ---
and through which
massive amounts of blood flow,
[17:23] ---
these are narrow vessels which deliver oxygen
and nutrients to the pulmonary alveolus itself
[17:28] ---
and other respiratory organs
via a separate route.
[17:32] ---
All we have to do is hold on until this blood clot
dissolves and the circulation is restored!
[17:36] ---
We have to supply
as much oxygen as we can!
[17:39] ---
I'm telling you, that's crazy!
[17:42] ---
Everyone, can you help us out?
[17:45] ---
Let's deliver oxygen to the lungs!
[17:54] ---
Well, of course I'll go.
[17:57] ---
I'll go, all right.
[18:03] ---
This is a job that no one
but you guys can carry out.
[18:08] ---
We're leaving this body to you.
[18:10] ---
Right!
[18:12] ---
BRONCHIAL ARTERY
6 - 12
[18:15] ---
So cramped.
[18:17] ---
I don't think we can deliver
oxygen through here.
[18:21] ---
The bronchial arteries are no more
than one to two millimeters thick.
[18:25] ---
The amount of blood flowing through them is only 1%
or so of what flows through the pulmonary arteries.
[18:31] ---
However, we have no choice but to do it.
[18:34] ---
Let's all work together!
[18:38] ---
Let's go!
[18:50] ---
I'm not kidding, man. A place like this...
[18:56] ---
Please let us get there in time!
[19:01] ---
It's been a while since they left,
but there's no response.
[19:05] ---
I guess it was a crazy idea, after all!
[19:13] ---
The blood clot's starting to dissolve!
[19:16] ---
Hey, now we can move on!
[19:17] ---
Everybody, deliver that oxygen!
[19:19] ---
What happened to the Lung Cells...
[19:22] ---
and the rookies?
[19:29] ---
Too late...
[19:35] ---
We're fine.
[19:38] ---
We're all just lying here
to preserve our strength.
[19:45] ---
But how?
[19:47] ---
It was just a trickle, but we started to get
a supply of oxygen from the bronchial arteries,
[19:53] ---
and that's how we were able to survive.
[19:56] ---
Thank goodness!
[19:58] ---
So, the blood clot dissolved, right?
[20:02] ---
It was all thanks to them.
[20:05] ---
Everyone! Please bring some oxygen
to those people over there, too!
[20:22] ---
Man, I'm wiped!
I can't move anymore!
[20:27] ---
But look. Thanks to the ample
supply of oxygen...
[20:33] ---
This is the good kind of exhaustion, huh?
[20:37] ---
True that.
[20:41] ---
Didn't I tell you it was a two-way street?
[20:44] ---
You guys just pulled off something
that we couldn't do.
[20:48] ---
You saved the day. I appreciate it.
[20:52] ---
Thanks.
[20:53] ---
Right!
[20:58] ---
That's right.
[21:00] ---
Because of the situation we're in,
as coworkers in the same body...
[21:04] ---
we have to join forces
and help each other out.
[21:08] ---
Precisely because of the situation we're in.
[21:26] ---
Something's...
[21:27] ---
not right!
[21:36] ---
I don't believe this!
[21:38] ---
The White Blood Cells are...
[21:40] ---
nowhere to be seen!
[21:44] ---
Just what in the world...
[21:48] ---
is happening to this body?
[23:19] ---
PREVIEW
[23:20] ---
I want you to be even more vigilant than ever
about bacteria and viruses!
[23:22] ---
CALAMITY
[23:23] ---
What the heck is this?
[23:24] ---
ATHLETE'S FOOT
[23:25] ---
Those sturdy walls on the bottoms
of the feet are full of holes!
[23:28] ---
THE MEANING OF WORK
[23:28] ---
We're all exhausted!
[23:31] ---
As if we have any time to rest!
[23:31] ---
CALAMITY, ATHLETE'S FOOT,
AND THE MEANING OF WORK
E9 - Calamity, Athlete's Foot, and the Meaning of Work
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[00:02] ---
I don't believe this!
[00:04] ---
The White Blood Cells
are nowhere to be seen!
[00:08] ---
Just what in the world...
[00:10] ---
WHITE BLOOD CELL
[00:11] ---
is happening to this body?
[01:50] ---
EPISODE 9:
CALAMITY, ATHLETE'S FOOT,
AND THE MEANING
OF WORK
[01:53] ---
Yo!
[01:55] ---
Oh. Thank you for your hard work.
[01:57] ---
Where are you headed now?
[01:58] ---
First the testes, then I'm dropping by the thighs,
then the Achilles' tendons,
[02:02] ---
and then I'll be passing
through the calves to get back here.
[02:04] ---
Talk about peak productivity!
[02:06] ---
I guess you've overtaken me
in terms of workload, huh?
[02:09] ---
Oh no, of course not.
[02:11] ---
All jokes aside, you and your generation will be
supporting this body. I know you're up to it.
[02:19] ---
Right.
[02:27] ---
Come to think of it...
[02:28] ---
we haven't caused
any erections lately, have we?
[02:31] ---
It must be because the blood vessels
are constricted due to stress,
[02:33] ---
and there isn't enough blood flow
to the area.
[02:37] ---
I remember when it used to be
a daily morning ritual.
[02:40] ---
What? Every morning doesn't sound
like the right timing.
[02:43] ---
Nocturnal penile tumescence.
[02:46] ---
A maintenance process for erections
[02:49] ---
caused by a regular supply of blood
to the testicles while sleeping.
[02:53] ---
Also known as "morning wood."
[02:54] ---
Not caused by the urge to urinate.
[02:58] ---
Huh? What are those things?
[03:00] ---
Those are ringworms. They're just low-level scrubs
that won't do much damage if we ignore them.
[03:05] ---
Ringworms...
[03:07] ---
Ringworm.
[03:09] ---
A type of mold, a fungus
prevalent in the natural world.
[03:13] ---
They invade through the skin's cuticles
and cause itching and the like.
[03:17] ---
They thrive in hot, moist environments.
[03:20] ---
We don't usually see them
all the way out here.
[03:23] ---
What are the White Blood Cells doing?
[03:29] ---
I've come to deliver your oxygen!
[03:36] ---
Excuse me!
[03:38] ---
Huh?
[03:42] ---
But there were tons
of spermatogonia here before.
[03:46] ---
How did this happen?
[03:48] ---
Smoking, alcohol...
[03:50] ---
low testosterone levels due to stress...
That's what caused this.
[03:53] ---
Sertoli Cell?
[03:55] ---
Sertoli Cells.
[03:57] ---
They support and provide nourishment
to the spermatogonia in the testes.
[04:03] ---
There's been a significant drop in numbers,
and they all seem listless.
[04:07] ---
Then, what about the goal
of leaving behind descendants?
[04:12] ---
It just can't handle that right now.
Not this body.
[04:32] ---
Good work!
[04:34] ---
Oh hey, good work.
[04:36] ---
Hey, come on, what gives? What's with that
blatantly depressed look on your face?
[04:40] ---
Well, I'm wondering
what's going to become of this body.
[04:44] ---
Huh?
[04:45] ---
Can't you sense it?
[04:46] ---
Lately, no matter where you go, everyone's
wiped out, and there are less and less of them.
[04:51] ---
You know, like when we went
to the liver recently.
[04:54] ---
LIVER
[04:59] ---
We've got to work harder.
[05:01] ---
It's up to us to run around like crazy
and deliver more fresh oxygen.
[05:06] ---
Or this body's only going to get worse.
[05:08] ---
Hey, that's not just on us, you know.
[05:14] ---
You seem to have a lot of energy today.
[05:16] ---
Huh? You think so?
[05:17] ---
Don't tell me you had
another energy drink.
[05:20] ---
I'm telling you, I haven't!
[05:23] ---
Wh-White Blood Cell?
[05:25] ---
You guys, have you seen
the other White Blood Cells?
[05:28] ---
Huh?
[05:29] ---
Now that you mention it,
I've been all over,
[05:32] ---
but I don't think I've seen any.
[05:35] ---
So, I was right.
[05:37] ---
Huh?
[05:40] ---
The White Blood Cell count
is severely depleted!
[05:44] ---
But I'm sure they were plentiful
until quite recently.
[05:48] ---
It seemed that way because of
a temporary surge of White Blood Cells
[05:53] ---
sent in to fight the germs
that increased due to stress.
[05:57] ---
But now...
[05:58] ---
due to recurring battles
with viruses and bacteria...
[06:01] ---
the number of spent White Blood Cells has surpassed
the number produced in the bone marrow.
[06:10] ---
Either way, when there aren't enough
White Blood Cells in the system,
[06:13] ---
immunity takes a nosedive.
[06:16] ---
I want you to be even more vigilant than ever.
[06:19] ---
Right.
[06:21] ---
I don't think I've ever seen that before.
[06:24] ---
What?
[06:25] ---
White Blood Cell looking so grim
in front of us.
[06:30] ---
True.
[06:31] ---
Just as I thought, this body...
[06:44] ---
Hey, isn't that...
[06:46] ---
Everyone, these are the lungs.
[06:49] ---
This is where carbon dioxide and oxygen
are transferred through gas exchange...
[06:52] ---
and oxygen is delivered to the body's cells.
That's the basic workflow.
[06:58] ---
Hey, that's rookie training, right?
What a blast from the past!
[07:00] ---
So now, there's a whole class
of newer Red Blood Cells than us, huh?
[07:04] ---
Man, I've been waiting forever
for the newbies to come in!
[07:07] ---
Now we can hand off
all the work we want, right?
[07:10] ---
No, you know we can't do that.
As their senpais, we gotta set a good example.
[07:14] ---
There you go again, honor student!
[07:17] ---
But weren't there a lot more of us?
[07:21] ---
You're right, that's a small group.
[07:23] ---
This must be another effect
of all the smoking and drinking.
[07:27] ---
The Red Blood Cell production
must be lagging because of iron deficiency.
[07:31] ---
Yeah, it seems like we're passing by
a lot less Red Blood Cells than before.
[07:35] ---
With numbers this low,
each and every one of us will have to step up.
[07:42] ---
Isn't that guy...
[07:43] ---
AA2153-senpai?
[07:45] ---
Huh?
[07:46] ---
You know, the one who got
the latest Top Rookie Award!
[07:50] ---
Oh really? That's him?
[07:53] ---
Excuse me, you're AA2153-senpai,
aren't you?
[07:56] ---
Huh? Well, yes, I am.
[07:58] ---
Can I shake your hand?
I totally idolize you!
[08:02] ---
Huh? Me? You're kidding.
[08:06] ---
Hey, can I shake your hand, too?
[08:08] ---
Uh, sure.
[08:10] ---
Jeez, you're like a celebrity.
[08:12] ---
Hey, come to think of it,
[08:14] ---
the other day, when that blood clot got stuck
in the pulmonary artery,
[08:17] ---
it was you who saved the Lung Cells, too,
wasn't it, Senpai?
[08:20] ---
Y-Yeah. I'm surprised you know that.
[08:24] ---
You really turned out great, huh?
[08:26] ---
I'm always hearing
about your stellar work.
[08:28] ---
You're the rising star of this body.
[08:32] ---
That's an exaggeration, sir.
[08:34] ---
You know, these kids are done with their training,
and it's time for them to go into the field.
[08:39] ---
If you don't mind,
can I ask you to be their mentor?
[08:43] ---
You want to ask me to?
[08:46] ---
Oh, please! I'd love to learn
by watching you work!
[08:49] ---
What? I don't know what to say.
[08:57] ---
So, what do I have to do to become
a Red Blood Cell like you, Senpai?
[09:02] ---
Um...
[09:03] ---
Well, it's not like I've ever thought
there was anything great about me, so...
[09:07] ---
Well, just keep delivering oxygen,
sure and steady, day after day.
[09:11] ---
Since that's about all that we can do.
[09:14] ---
Oh wow! That humble attitude,
the way you don't act like a hotshot... So cool!
[09:18] ---
Hey, come on.
[09:22] ---
The blood vessel's going to get really narrow here,
so let's carry our oxygen by hand.
[09:25] ---
- Okay!
- Okay!
[09:27] ---
If you hold it by the corners like this,
it'll be nice and stable.
[09:31] ---
- You're right!
- These things are pretty heavy, huh?
[09:34] ---
Well, I guess it'll be tough for you
until you get used to it.
[09:37] ---
Let me have some of yours.
[09:44] ---
Are you all right?
[09:45] ---
Yeah, I'm totally fine. Let's go!
[09:48] ---
MUSCLE
[09:56] ---
Hey!
[09:58] ---
Safe!
[10:00] ---
Hey, I'm so sorry!
[10:03] ---
You really need to watch out
for unevenness and obstacles on hills.
[10:07] ---
Right.
[10:09] ---
Oh hey, sorry about that!
[10:11] ---
It's okay. I'll go get them for you.
[10:16] ---
This one needs to go to that other building.
[10:19] ---
Make sure you don't get the wrong apartment.
[10:21] ---
Right.
[10:22] ---
What about this receipt?
[10:23] ---
Let's see...
[10:24] ---
Hey you!
[10:25] ---
Do you realize how late today's delivery is?
I've been waiting and waiting!
[10:29] ---
Oh, sorry about that. I'm doubling
as a mentor to these rookies, so—
[10:32] ---
That has nothing to do with me!
[10:34] ---
You need to transport it
at the usual pace!
[10:37] ---
Understood! I'll get right on that!
[10:40] ---
Sorry. All because of us...
[10:42] ---
Don't worry about it.
[10:44] ---
We're out of time, so I'll take
your deliveries along with mine.
[10:49] ---
But...
[10:50] ---
Senpai!
[11:00] ---
Oh man, I'm wiped!
[11:04] ---
I can't move anymore.
[11:07] ---
Do you always deliver this much?
[11:09] ---
Well, today's load
was actually lighter than usual.
[11:12] ---
- Are you serious?
- You really are amazing, Senpai!
[11:16] ---
You even took on our deliveries,
but you're not even tired out.
[11:20] ---
Is this what it takes to be
the winner of the Top Rookie Award?
[11:24] ---
Hey, I wouldn't say that—
[11:25] ---
Uh-oh!
[11:27] ---
What's wrong?
[11:28] ---
I still have a receipt in my pocket!
[11:32] ---
Planta pedis.
[11:34] ---
The sole of the foot, huh?
That's pretty far.
[11:36] ---
Oh man, this sucks.
[11:39] ---
It's okay. I'll go deliver it for you.
[11:41] ---
No, I can't let you do that for me!
[11:43] ---
It wouldn't take me as much time
as it would take you to do it.
[11:46] ---
Look, it's less efficient if I do this
while showing you the ropes,
[11:50] ---
so I was thinking I'd like to deliver
more oxygen anyway.
[11:53] ---
Sorry about this.
[11:55] ---
Hey, it's your first day. Take it easy.
[11:58] ---
Thank you very much.
[12:01] ---
That senpai sure is an angel, huh?
[12:06] ---
I've got to give it my all.
[12:09] ---
I've got to work.
[12:10] ---
Yo, good job!
[12:13] ---
Oh, hey, good job.
[12:15] ---
Hey, aren't you looking a little pale?
[12:19] ---
No, I'm fine.
[12:21] ---
Come to think of it, don't we always
take a break around now?
[12:26] ---
Oh right. That rookie forgot to make
a delivery, so I'm covering for him.
[12:30] ---
Huh? He's the one who forgot,
so let him do it himself!
[12:34] ---
It's his first day,
so he's not used to the job yet.
[12:36] ---
It'd take him a lot of time,
and that would be tough on him.
[12:39] ---
No, don't you remember how they ran us
into the ground on our first day?
[12:45] ---
Well, I don't want to treat my kouhais like that.
[12:48] ---
Not that I don't get
where you're coming from, but...
[12:51] ---
It's totally fine!
I'm on a roll right now!
[12:54] ---
And now that the number
of Red Blood Cells is down,
[12:57] ---
each one of us has to step up
and work harder.
[13:03] ---
All right, I'm heading this way.
[13:05] ---
Want me to help you transport those?
[13:07] ---
I'll be all right!
[13:09] ---
You have your own deliveries to do, right?
[13:11] ---
I still have a lot left in the tank.
[13:13] ---
I'll see you later!
[13:16] ---
Gotta give it my all.
[13:17] ---
Gotta work hard.
[13:26] ---
Hey, hold up!
Let me give you a hand, after all!
[13:30] ---
Ugh! So filthy!
[13:33] ---
And it's humid in here.
Pretty unsanitary, huh?
[13:36] ---
What the heck is this?
[13:38] ---
Those sturdy walls on the soles
of the feet are full of holes!
[13:43] ---
Whoa!
[13:44] ---
Those are the ringworms
that were in the testes!
[13:47] ---
Ew! These things are gross!
[13:51] ---
White Blood Cell!
[13:53] ---
I got word that there was a ringworm outbreak
in the planta pedis.
[13:56] ---
There are tons more coming!
[13:57] ---
Huh?
[14:04] ---
This is a symptom of athlete's foot.
[14:07] ---
Athlete's foot.
[14:08] ---
Also known as "foot ringworm."
[14:10] ---
An infectious disease in which the skin cuticles
are invaded by ringworm bacteria,
[14:15] ---
triggering inflammation.
[14:18] ---
Results in itchy, painful skin.
[14:22] ---
Why are there so many of them?
[14:24] ---
On top of the weakened immunity, this unsanitary
environment must be helping them to proliferate.
[14:29] ---
Depending on the area they infect,
ringworm is known by different names.
[14:34] ---
On the genitals, it's called "tinea cruris,"
on the scalp, "favus,"
[14:37] ---
on the hands and feet, "athlete's foot,"
and elsewhere, "tinea corporis."
[14:42] ---
White Blood Cell!
[14:43] ---
Weak-looking germs like these
should be easy, right?
[14:49] ---
They all ganged up on us!
[14:54] ---
Whoa!
[14:55] ---
Just what I expected of you,
White Blood Cell!
[14:57] ---
Looking good! Get them all!
[15:01] ---
Detecting scores of ringworms
in the planta pedis! We're way outnumbered!
[15:04] ---
D-Damn! Where are
the White Blood Cell reinforcements?
[15:08] ---
They've just arrived!
[15:10] ---
Sorry to keep you waiting!
[15:11] ---
The soles of the feet were so far away!
[15:14] ---
You guys!
[15:17] ---
It's only you two?
[15:18] ---
We did a lot of searching ourselves...
[15:20] ---
...but our friends are nowhere to be found.
[15:24] ---
Is that all we have...
[15:26] ---
to take on that swarm?
[15:28] ---
Come on!
[15:29] ---
Right!
[15:35] ---
No matter how many we slash...
[15:37] ---
These guys are seriously creepy!
[15:41] ---
There are way too many of them!
[15:42] ---
White Blood Cell, you should run!
[15:46] ---
White Blood Cell!
[15:50] ---
What's that sound?
[15:57] ---
The ringworms are getting washed away!
[16:00] ---
What?
[16:08] ---
Are you okay, White Blood Cell?
[16:13] ---
Something's coming out!
[16:17] ---
Butenafine hydrochloride
is now permeating the cuticles from outside!
[16:21] ---
It's inhibiting the synthesis of ergosterol
and disinfecting the area!
[16:25] ---
Butenafine hydrochloride.
[16:28] ---
Inhibits the synthesis of substances
necessary for fungal and mold cell membranes.
[16:34] ---
It causes the substances in the fungi's cells
to leak out, disinfecting them.
[16:52] ---
White Blood Cell...
[16:57] ---
It looks like we'll be safe for a while.
[17:01] ---
What's the matter?
[17:03] ---
- It's not over.
- What?
[17:05] ---
Have the White Blood Cells in the planta pedis
move out to eliminate the other ringworms!
[17:10] ---
B-But they just finished
waging a fierce battle!
[17:13] ---
I know that I'm asking the impossible!
[17:15] ---
But now that we're
so short-handed,
[17:18] ---
we have no choice but to ask
whoever's left to keep working!
[17:25] ---
Calling on the White Blood Cells
in the planta pedis.
[17:28] ---
There are ringworms in the testes,
scalp and nail areas, as well.
[17:32] ---
Please head out now
to eliminate them!
[17:34] ---
Are you serious?
[17:36] ---
There aren't enough of them to eliminate
the ringworms from the body! That's crazy!
[17:41] ---
It's all right.
[17:43] ---
Let's go!
[17:44] ---
Roger that!
[17:50] ---
I've got to work.
[17:52] ---
Huh?
[17:53] ---
Look how hard White Blood Cell's working.
[17:57] ---
So, I've got to...
[17:58] ---
What's wrong?
[17:59] ---
I've got to give it my all.
[18:01] ---
I've got to work hard.
[18:03] ---
Hey!
[18:05] ---
I've got to deliver this oxygen!
[18:06] ---
The oxygen!
[18:08] ---
The oxygen!
[18:09] ---
The oxygen!
[18:10] ---
That's why— Huh?
[18:13] ---
Watch out! Hey you!
Look where you're going, dammit!
[18:19] ---
Huh? What's up with him?
[18:22] ---
I've got to transport it!
[18:24] ---
I've got to give it my all!
[18:28] ---
Senpai! Are you all right?
[18:31] ---
Senpai!
[18:32] ---
Don't worry about me.
[18:33] ---
Huh?
[18:34] ---
The oxygen...
[18:36] ---
Deliver that oxygen!
[18:37] ---
Huh? But you said to take it easy today.
[18:40] ---
As if we have any time to take it easy!
[18:43] ---
There's not enough oxygen to go around,
[18:45] ---
and that's why this body's
starting to disintegrate!
[18:47] ---
Don't you care what happens to this body?
[18:49] ---
If we don't keep working,
it'll be all over for this body!
[18:52] ---
All right, that's enough.
[18:55] ---
You're exhausted today.
[18:57] ---
We're all exhausted!
[19:00] ---
Look at White Blood Cell! She's fighting
germs like crazy even as we speak!
[19:03] ---
You need to stop!
[19:04] ---
If you keep pushing yourself too hard,
you'll end up going down first!
[19:08] ---
Get out of my way!
[19:09] ---
I have my own way of doing things,
so leave me alone!
[19:12] ---
You couldn't leave me alone, remember?
[19:16] ---
Don't you remember how you risked your life
to save me when I was drowning in caffeine?
[19:21] ---
That's why it's the same for me!
[19:23] ---
I can't leave you alone right now!
[19:27] ---
You come with me.
[19:29] ---
Come with you?
But I have this oxygen to—
[19:31] ---
Just shut up and come!
[19:35] ---
CELL
[19:39] ---
Hey there, aren't you going to stop by
for some tea today?
[19:44] ---
Hey, if there's ever anything
you want to grumble about, give me a holler!
[19:47] ---
My, my, how heartless!
[19:50] ---
Where are we going?
[19:52] ---
Pretend you're lost and wander around.
[19:55] ---
What?
[19:56] ---
Oh, that's right.
[19:57] ---
If you stare at a map like this, no one will think
it's suspicious if you're standing still.
[20:02] ---
See, look. I'd recommend
that capillary there.
[20:07] ---
Like this... With a look on your face like,
[20:10] ---
"Oops, I guess I'm stuck,"
you won't get yelled at.
[20:13] ---
Right, especially in the extremities,
far from the heart, circulation's pretty bad,
[20:18] ---
so it'll take a while
for anyone to catch you.
[20:20] ---
What are you talking about?
[20:22] ---
I need to deliver that oxygen!
So, what are we doing here?
[20:26] ---
We're slacking off.
[20:29] ---
Are you out of your mind?
At a time like this?
[20:32] ---
Because it's at a time like this.
[20:33] ---
Huh?
[20:35] ---
The higher-ups expect a lot from you,
the guys under us respect you,
[20:38] ---
and you're amazing
for trying to live up to all that.
[20:42] ---
But...
[20:43] ---
don't try to shoulder
the load by yourself.
[20:45] ---
Huh?
[20:46] ---
A single Red Blood Cell can only do so much.
[20:50] ---
You have to relax once in a while
and take better care of yourself
[20:54] ---
or you're going to end up falling apart.
[21:00] ---
See? Check it out!
[21:06] ---
Even if we slack off,
the body just keeps on moving.
[21:11] ---
Not everyone can give it their all
like White Blood Cell.
[21:14] ---
You have to take it easy once in a while
or you won't be able to work when it counts.
[21:22] ---
You really are unbelievable.
All those times you disappear during work hours,
[21:26] ---
you mean you were actually
slacking off like this?
[21:28] ---
I know how to get around!
And you're too diligent.
[21:33] ---
Well, I guess it would be best
to aim for the middle ground.
[21:39] ---
So, that's what this world is like.
[21:42] ---
You'd never know unless
you looked around yourself, right?
[21:46] ---
Oh man, work sure is tough, huh?
[21:50] ---
Yep.
[23:19] ---
PREVIEW
[23:20] ---
Run!
[23:21] ---
An ulcer's developed on the stomach
[23:22] ---
STOMACH ULCER
[23:22] ---
and the membrane's been breached.
[23:24] ---
But he hasn't come back yet!
[23:25] ---
FRIENDSHIP
[23:28] ---
What am I supposed to do?
[23:28] ---
LOSS
[23:30] ---
I'm still scared of it!
[23:31] ---
STOMACH ULCER, FRIENDSHIP, AND LOSS
E10 - Stomach Ulcer, Friendship, and Loss
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[00:03] ---
I've got to deliver this oxygen!
[00:05] ---
The oxygen!
[00:06] ---
The oxygen!
[00:08] ---
The oxygen!
[00:10] ---
If you keep pushing yourself too hard,
you'll end up going down first!
[00:13] ---
I can't leave you alone right now!
[00:16] ---
You come with me.
[00:18] ---
Come with you?
But I have this oxygen to—
[00:20] ---
Just shut up and come!
[00:22] ---
See? Check it out!
[00:28] ---
Even if we slack off,
the body just keeps on moving.
[00:32] ---
You have to take it easy once in a while
or you won't be able to work when it counts.
[00:42] ---
Oh man... Work sure is tough, huh?
[00:46] ---
Yep.
[02:22] ---
EPISODE 10:
STOMACH ULCER,
FRIENDSHIP, AND LOSS
[02:24] ---
Hey!
[02:26] ---
You're looking totally refreshed.
[02:29] ---
Have you learned to game the system more?
[02:33] ---
Thanks.
[02:34] ---
H-Hey, where's this coming from?
[02:38] ---
If it wasn't for you,
I could've self-destructed that day.
[02:42] ---
Do you have to be such a straight arrow?
You're embarrassing me, man.
[02:54] ---
Hey...
[02:58] ---
As if we have any time to take it easy!
[03:00] ---
There's not enough oxygen to go around,
[03:02] ---
and that's why this body's
starting to disintegrate!
[03:04] ---
Don't you care what happens to this body?
[03:07] ---
If we don't keep working,
it'll be all over for this body!
[03:16] ---
U-Um...
[03:20] ---
About the other day, I'm sor—
[03:21] ---
- Please forgive me!
- Huh?
[03:24] ---
I had no idea what shape this body was in,
and I left everything to you, Senpai.
[03:29] ---
My classmate and I both feel terrible
about it, so since then,
[03:32] ---
we've been delivering
all the oxygen we can—
[03:33] ---
No! I'm the one who should
be apologizing to you!
[03:37] ---
I tried to take on the whole load
and ended up lashing out at you.
[03:42] ---
I'm really sorry!
[03:43] ---
No! Please don't apologize!
[03:45] ---
Realizing that you have problems, too,
kind of set my mind at ease.
[03:49] ---
Huh?
[03:51] ---
We're looking forward to being trained by you!
[03:57] ---
And I'm looking forward to it, too.
[04:01] ---
Hey! Any Red Blood Cells out there
who have time to help out?
[04:07] ---
I wonder what's up.
[04:10] ---
Did something happen?
[04:11] ---
This is an emergency summons!
[04:13] ---
We need you to go somewhere
with all the oxygen you can carry!
[04:17] ---
Where would that be?
[04:18] ---
The stomach.
[04:23] ---
The stomach.
[04:24] ---
Stores food that has been swallowed,
[04:27] ---
sterilizing it with the gastric acid
that it secretes from its walls.
[04:31] ---
In addition, it turns the food into mush
thanks to pepsin, a digestive enzyme,
[04:37] ---
carrying out the first step of digestion.
[04:40] ---
This place is always such a sight to see.
The food's all mushy.
[04:44] ---
Yeah. We'd get dissolved just like that
if we were to fall in.
[04:49] ---
Not bringing the rookies here
was the right call.
[04:52] ---
Hey you two!
[04:54] ---
Is this any time to be taking a tour?
[04:56] ---
- Oh, right! Sorry about that!
- Oh, right! Sorry about that!
[04:58] ---
We're not here to have fun!
Huddle up right now!
[05:07] ---
I'm not really a fan
of Old Man Gastric Chief Cell.
[05:13] ---
Gastric Chief Cells.
[05:14] ---
Cells that are prevalent in the stomach lining.
[05:18] ---
They secrete pepsinogen, the precursor of pepsin.
[05:23] ---
I'm going to lay it out for you
from the get-go!
[05:25] ---
This is a blast furnace
where energy's extracted from food!
[05:29] ---
Right now, it's the most dangerous
place in this body!
[05:32] ---
I'm literally going to work you to death!
[05:33] ---
STOMACH
[05:36] ---
If you can't put your heart into it,
then get out of my sight this second!
[05:40] ---
For us Stomach Cells,
[05:43] ---
keeping that powerful gastric acid under control
is a job we risk our lives for!
[05:46] ---
MUCUS
[05:47] ---
But now, we're having
a hard time controlling it.
[05:52] ---
Look.
[05:54] ---
An ulcer's developed in the stomach,
and the gastric mucosa's been breached.
[05:58] ---
U-Ulcer?
[06:01] ---
Since the stomach's normally protected
by the gastric mucosa,
[06:03] ---
it doesn't get dissolved
in the gastric acid, but...
[06:05] ---
Now that the mucosa's damaged,
it's being eaten away by the acid.
[06:10] ---
GASTRIC ACID
MUCOSAL LAYER
SUBMUCOSA
INTRINSIC MUSCULARIS
SUBSEROSA
SEROSA
[06:11] ---
Stomach ulcer.
[06:13] ---
Occurs when the layer of mucus
that normally protects the stomach is reduced
[06:16] ---
until it's no longer able
to neutralize the gastric acid,
[06:18] ---
ULCER
[06:19] ---
which then proceeds to eat away
at the stomach itself.
[06:25] ---
What the stomach needs most of all
right now is oxygen.
[06:28] ---
The oxygen's not flowing well
because of stress, so it's unable to digest.
[06:33] ---
Not only that, but the cells
who repair the mucosa need oxygen, too.
[06:39] ---
If the serosa gets perforated, as well,
this stomach will end up melting down.
[06:44] ---
So, whether we can stop that
from happening or not
[06:46] ---
will depend on how hard you guys work.
[06:50] ---
I'm counting on you.
[06:51] ---
Okay!
[06:54] ---
What's that old geezer's problem?
[06:57] ---
Who does he think he is?
[06:59] ---
Don't worry. It's just a bluff.
[07:02] ---
It is, right? Just a bluff, right?
[07:05] ---
No.
[07:07] ---
That Gastric Chief Cell
isn't the type to play around.
[07:12] ---
On the other side of the mucosa
is a sea of gastric acid, huh?
[07:15] ---
I can't believe anyone could work forever
in a scary place like this.
[07:19] ---
The old guy's kind of a jerk,
but I'll give him props for at least that.
[07:24] ---
Come to think of it, the reason we're short so many
Red Blood Cells might be because of this ulcer.
[07:30] ---
The blood's leaking and heading that way.
[07:34] ---
You mean they fell right into the sea
of gastric acid? You must be kidding me!
[07:40] ---
Emergency! The gastric acid-induced tear
has reached Area C-13!
[07:44] ---
Tear?
[07:45] ---
Area C-13 is...
[07:47] ---
right here!
[07:52] ---
The gastric acid's eroding?
[07:58] ---
Outta my way!
[08:02] ---
Subchief! Get that gastric mucosa fixed stat!
[08:05] ---
Copy that!
[08:08] ---
Gastric Subchief Cells.
[08:09] ---
Cells that secrete the mucus
that protects the stomach
[08:13] ---
from being damaged
by gastric acid and pepsin.
[08:16] ---
Platelets, close up the wound, will you?
[08:19] ---
Right, you don't have to tell us!
[08:20] ---
PLATELETS
[08:20] ---
Come on, guys, hurry it up!
[08:22] ---
Okay!
[08:26] ---
This is no time to get spooked!
[08:27] ---
If you don't want to end up
like that, get to work!
[08:30] ---
Okay.
[08:36] ---
Platelets.
[08:37] ---
A type of blood component.
[08:41] ---
They assemble
wherever a blood vessel is damaged...
[08:44] ---
to block the opening
and stop the bleeding.
[08:47] ---
You other cells do all you can to help out!
[08:53] ---
I hate to say it, but around here,
this is an everyday thing.
[08:58] ---
Gorging on alcohol and greasy foods...
[09:01] ---
And on top of that, smoking and stress...
[09:04] ---
Those bad lifestyle choices reduced the gastric mucosa
which protects the stomach from gastric acid.
[09:09] ---
Is that also what caused the ulcer?
[09:12] ---
No, that wasn't the only cause.
[09:14] ---
Number one was...
[09:16] ---
Because of him.
[09:18] ---
Him?
[09:20] ---
At any rate, sorry to have to say this
when you came out here to help,
[09:24] ---
but if you don't want to die,
then feel free to leave! As you can see...
[09:29] ---
you won't even get to die
a decent death here.
[09:35] ---
S-Sorry, I-I gotta...
[09:38] ---
Huh?
[09:39] ---
Hey! Where are you going?
[09:42] ---
Nothing we can do about that.
[09:44] ---
Having a spineless fool like that around
would only hinder us.
[09:50] ---
No.
[09:51] ---
He's worked just as hard as me until now.
[09:55] ---
I'm sure.
[10:03] ---
What do you want from me?
[10:05] ---
I'm still scared!
[10:08] ---
My knees are buckling!
[10:17] ---
WHITE BLOOD CELL
[10:21] ---
What are the White Blood Cells doing here?
[10:25] ---
It's so messed up in here,
I bet it would scare off even the bacteria.
[10:33] ---
Emergency!
A shock to the gastric mucosa!
[10:36] ---
Gastric acid erosion!
The lining will soon be torn!
[10:39] ---
What's this?
[10:42] ---
What's this shock?
[10:49] ---
The acidic gastric mucosa layer
is being neutralized by alkaline ammonia!
[10:53] ---
The gastric mucosa is no longer under protection,
and inflammation is about to ensue!
[11:01] ---
It's him!
[11:04] ---
They need oxygen and nutrients
to repair the mucosa!
[11:08] ---
Don't stop! Deliver, deliver!
We've got to stop the ulcer in its tracks!
[11:19] ---
If you fall from the wound, it's all over!
[11:21] ---
Watch out!
[11:32] ---
Uh-oh, the oxygen!
[11:36] ---
You...
[11:40] ---
I thought you'd run off for sure.
[11:43] ---
I happened to find the perfect capillary,
so I was just taking a break, that's all.
[11:47] ---
Why don't you head over yourself?
[11:59] ---
The ulcer has reached
the proper muscular layer!
[12:01] ---
VacA toxins are vacuolating
the gastric mucosa!
[12:05] ---
The mucosal layer has been stripped away...
[12:06] ---
and there's no stopping
the gastric acid erosion!
[12:09] ---
An enzyme that forms pores
in the gastric mucosal layer?
[12:12] ---
How did such a thing...
[12:15] ---
What the cell is going on here?
[12:19] ---
Hey, look! There's something over there!
[12:28] ---
Is that a germ?
[12:30] ---
No way!
[12:32] ---
No germ is that gigantic!
[12:34] ---
Not only that, but it can actually survive
in this sea of gastric acid?
[12:39] ---
That's right. That one right there...
[12:42] ---
is also what's causing this stomach ulcer.
[12:45] ---
A bacterium that can survive even
in a place brimming with powerful acid...
[12:49] ---
H. pylori!
[12:52] ---
Helicobacter pylori.
[12:55] ---
It releases an enzyme called urease,
producing alkaline ammonia around itself.
[13:01] ---
This neutralizes gastric acids,
allowing it to survive inside the stomach
[13:06] ---
and damage the gastric mucosa
by secreting VacA toxins.
[13:10] ---
An extremely high percentage
of stomach ulcers
[13:14] ---
are thought to be caused by the presence
of this pylori bacterium.
[13:18] ---
He's neutralizing the gastric acids with the ammonia
produced by the enzyme urease
[13:23] ---
to make it possible for him
to live inside this stomach.
[13:27] ---
He's planning to make all kinds of toxic
substances to damage the gastric mucosa.
[13:33] ---
Hey! Hurry up with the repairs there!
[13:36] ---
Wh-What kind of a germ is that?
[13:43] ---
Is that...
[13:45] ---
White Blood Cell!
[13:46] ---
Come on!
[13:49] ---
Don't let the pylori wreak any more havoc
on the gastric mucosa than it already has!
[13:52] ---
Roger that!
[13:53] ---
Get ready to die, you monster!
[14:03] ---
Whoa! Look out!
[14:07] ---
Come on!
[14:08] ---
Huh?
[14:08] ---
Let's deliver the oxygen!
[14:10] ---
Are you crazy?
When things are like this?
[14:12] ---
Isn't that why you came back?
[14:16] ---
Compared to what White Blood Cell and the others
are going through, this is nothing!
[14:24] ---
No way out of it, huh?
[14:28] ---
We're going to make a run for it, then,
[14:29] ---
since this is the last place
you'd want to loiter around in!
[14:32] ---
Are you ready?
[14:34] ---
Yeah. Our only option is to go!
[14:36] ---
Okay! On my count!
[14:39] ---
Three...
[14:40] ---
two...
[14:41] ---
one!
[14:42] ---
Run!
[14:50] ---
Dodge it!
[15:03] ---
All right, I'm good!
[15:04] ---
Okay! Here goes! There!
[15:08] ---
Okay, now it's your turn.
[15:10] ---
Thank you!
[15:14] ---
Almost there.
[15:17] ---
- Watch out!
- Whoa!
[15:19] ---
Ouch, ouch!
[15:27] ---
Hey, are you all right?
[15:29] ---
I'm fine. It's no big deal.
[15:34] ---
We should turn back, after all!
[15:36] ---
I'm okay, I swear!
[15:53] ---
If things go south,
you tell me right away.
[15:57] ---
All right.
[16:03] ---
He sure doesn't know when to quit, this one!
[16:07] ---
I'm ending it now!
[16:23] ---
All right!
[16:29] ---
Unbelievable!
[16:36] ---
Aren't the tremors
getting worse than before?
[16:41] ---
Hurry!
[16:42] ---
The gastric lining's about to be destroyed!
[16:44] ---
Run!
[16:55] ---
Look out!
[17:34] ---
Idiot! You're going to fall in!
[17:35] ---
P-P-Please let me go! My friend!
I have to save him!
[17:40] ---
Knock it off!
Do you want to die, too?
[17:42] ---
Please let me go!
He's not dead yet!
[17:45] ---
I know he's not dead yet!
[17:47] ---
Let me go! Let me go!
[17:51] ---
Let it go! It's too late now!
[17:55] ---
Hey, this way!
Seal up this wound, will you, Platelets?
[17:59] ---
Okay, move it now! Everyone, move!
[18:02] ---
Okay!
[18:03] ---
Wait! Please wait!
[18:05] ---
Hey! Get out of our way!
[18:07] ---
He's... He hasn't come back yet!
[18:11] ---
He?
[18:13] ---
Enough already! Didn't I tell you?
[18:15] ---
This kind of thing happens on a daily basis here!
[18:18] ---
You can't get sentimental every single time,
or you'll end up putting the others at risk!
[18:26] ---
Hey, Red Blood Cells!
[18:28] ---
Quit your dawdling and keep that oxygen
and those nutrients coming!
[18:31] ---
Okay!
[18:40] ---
Yo! Good work!
[18:42] ---
When it comes to White Blood Cell,
you totally go through this personality change.
[18:47] ---
Look, you don't have to slow down
for my sake, okay?
[18:51] ---
Don't give me that!
[18:53] ---
Because of you...
[18:56] ---
I want to live just a little longer now, dammit!
[18:59] ---
Don't you remember
how you risked your life to save me?
[19:02] ---
I can't leave you alone right now!
[19:05] ---
Your face is a mess.
[19:30] ---
Hey, what's that?
[19:32] ---
Is it attacking the pylori?
[19:35] ---
Clarithromycin.
[19:37] ---
An antibiotic.
[19:39] ---
It prevents the growth of bacteria
by inhibiting their protein synthesis.
[19:39] ---
DISINFECTION
[19:44] ---
I don't care what it is!
[19:46] ---
It's eradicating the pylori for us!
[19:48] ---
Attaboy! Kill that sucker!
[19:51] ---
You rotten Pylori Bacterium...
You can't croak fast enough for me!
[19:56] ---
Pylori eradication.
[19:58] ---
Along with proton pump inhibitor therapy,
which suppresses the secretion of gastric acid,
[20:03] ---
two types of antibiotics, clarithromycin
and amoxicillin are taken for seven days.
[20:10] ---
Should any pylori bacteria remain after
this first-line elimination therapy,
[20:14] ---
clarithromycin is replaced with metronidazole
for second-line therapy.
[20:20] ---
Under these methods,
eradication is mostly successful.
[20:23] ---
All right!
[20:27] ---
It will be easier to work
in this stomach now, won't it?
[20:31] ---
- It'll be the same.
- Huh?
[20:34] ---
As long as this body doesn't change...
[20:37] ---
neither will our work environment.
[20:41] ---
It will always be a code black workplace.
[20:49] ---
Oh boy, am I wiped!
[20:51] ---
That was too much to take!
A beast-class bacterium like that one!
[20:56] ---
Huh? Isn't that the rookie?
[20:59] ---
Hey! Good work!
[21:05] ---
Can't he hear us?
[21:25] ---
I can't take your call right now.
Please leave a message after the beep.
[21:31] ---
Hey! How long are you planning
to skip work and laze around?
[21:35] ---
ENUCLEATION CEREMONY
[21:36] ---
We're super short-handed here!
Get back here!
[21:39] ---
Hello? Hello? Are you there?
[21:40] ---
I'm...
[21:42] ---
done.
[21:43] ---
Hey, you can hear me, right?
I know you're there!
[21:45] ---
I...
[21:46] ---
don't want to work anymore.
[21:47] ---
Just get back here!
[21:49] ---
Hello? Hello?
[23:19] ---
PREVIEW
[23:20] ---
A cell who can't work doesn't deserve to live.
[23:23] ---
DESPERATION
[23:24] ---
Due to a battle with an unknown pathogen,
[23:25] ---
GOUT
[23:26] ---
each area is showing signs of inflammation!
[23:28] ---
Do something about this work environment!
[23:28] ---
REBELLION
[23:31] ---
Open your eyes, dammit!
[23:31] ---
DESPERATION, GOUT, AND REBELLION
E11 - Desperation, Gout, and Rebellion
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[00:40] ---
ENUCLEATION CEREMONY
[00:48] ---
It's all my fault.
[00:51] ---
If only...
[00:53] ---
I'd turned back then...
[00:58] ---
It's all because of me...
[01:01] ---
that he...
[02:42] ---
EPISODE 11:
DESPERATION, GOUT,
AND REBELLION
[02:45] ---
WHITE BLOOD CELL
[02:45] ---
CELL
[02:49] ---
Hey! Good work!
[02:55] ---
Can't he hear us?
[03:02] ---
Ugh! This is messed up!
[03:04] ---
You've got that right.
[03:06] ---
The blood vessel's full of the waste products
it couldn't process.
[03:10] ---
There's been even more greasy food
and alcohol lately, so no wonder.
[03:16] ---
I'm sure it's all an outlet for stress,
but it's getting hard to take.
[03:20] ---
He's totally not getting enough exercise.
Just look at that!
[03:25] ---
The place is teeming
with Fat Cells, too, huh?
[03:28] ---
Fat Cells.
[03:30] ---
Cells that contain fat droplets
or what we call "oil."
[03:36] ---
They become enlarged with the consumption
of high-calorie foods and lack of exercise,
[03:40] ---
causing obesity.
[03:43] ---
I know! We can't go on like this!
[03:45] ---
No days off for us,
and none of us are getting any sleep!
[03:50] ---
If we don't get any time
to take care of ourselves,
[03:52] ---
of course it's only going to make
our work environment worse.
[03:56] ---
Seriously, what's going on
with this body anyway?
[04:01] ---
Sleep deprivation.
[04:03] ---
The brain's waste products
are absorbed by the cerebrospinal fluid
[04:06] ---
and excreted into the bloodstream.
[04:09] ---
But since this activity increases during sleep,
[04:12] ---
prolonged sleep deprivation can lead
to the impairment of brain functions.
[04:17] ---
The discord among the cells is only growing.
[04:21] ---
I just hope it doesn't lead to trouble.
[04:24] ---
Emergency! Emergency!
[04:26] ---
Bacteria sighting reported!
[04:28] ---
White Blood Cells are to head
to the site immediately!
[04:31] ---
Repeat! White Blood Cells,
please head to the site immediately!
[04:37] ---
An unknown bacterium has been detected
near the base of the left big toe!
[04:41] ---
Here's a visual!
[04:44] ---
What is this?
[04:46] ---
This is...
[04:51] ---
Senpai!
[04:52] ---
Thank goodness we were able to catch up!
[04:54] ---
There's a pathogen at large.
They say it's in the left big toe.
[04:57] ---
Why would it show up there, of all places?
[05:00] ---
You can look into that later.
[05:03] ---
- Right!
- Right!
[05:16] ---
Could the left big toe be any farther away?
[05:19] ---
Wait, where are the germs?
[05:21] ---
Since we're in the foot,
could it be athlete's foot again?
[05:24] ---
Well, not that anything could surprise us now.
[05:34] ---
Wh-What kind of germ is that?
[05:39] ---
It looks like really bad news!
[05:43] ---
Look at you, totally freaking out.
[05:45] ---
Who wouldn't freak out over that thing!
[05:47] ---
That germ is gigantic!
[05:50] ---
That one is definitely bad news!
[05:54] ---
Don't you have any insight
at all on him, Memory Cell?
[05:58] ---
Memory Cell.
[06:00] ---
A Lymphocyte that remembers
the immune responses of antigens.
[06:04] ---
When the same antigen invades the body,
[06:09] ---
they're prepared to trigger
accelerated antibody production.
[06:13] ---
Nothing.
[06:14] ---
Nothing here, either.
[06:16] ---
Or here or there! It's all...
[06:19] ---
That's...
[06:21] ---
the first pathogen
that we've ever encountered!
[06:24] ---
First encounter... In that case...
[06:27] ---
Right. Our first order of business
should be to gather the data.
[06:31] ---
White Blood Cells, phagocytose the target!
[06:33] ---
Macrophages, identify the antigen!
[06:36] ---
Copy that!
[06:37] ---
Understood.
[06:39] ---
Now then, let's go.
[06:47] ---
Phagocytosis.
[06:49] ---
The process by which White Blood Cells and the like
engulf bacteria and other foreign substances,
[06:53] ---
and break them down.
[06:55] ---
No taste?
[07:01] ---
How awful. To think
that our attacks are ineffective...
[07:05] ---
It's no good! We can't acquire immunity!
[07:08] ---
We still can't identify the pathogen!
[07:12] ---
Now that it's come to this,
we'll have to do whatever it takes!
[07:15] ---
Everyone, Battle Formation One!
[07:18] ---
Battle Formation One!
[07:20] ---
We've received a request
to get into Battle Formation One.
[07:23] ---
Did you say "Battle Formation One"?
[07:26] ---
Meaning we're up against a bacterium
that powerful?
[07:29] ---
All units, head to the left big toe immediately!
And deploy reinforcements in the rearguard!
[07:35] ---
Battle Formation One!
All units, head to the left big toe!
[07:40] ---
If there's some collateral damage, so be it!
[07:42] ---
Break through no matter what!
[07:45] ---
Battle Formation One, deployed!
[07:48] ---
Battle Formation One has been deployed!
[07:50] ---
Commence full assault!
[07:53] ---
Fire!
[08:09] ---
Hey, kiddo! You'd better make a run for it!
[08:12] ---
They say we're being attacked
by a new strain of bacteria!
[08:15] ---
Really, what's going on these days?
[08:19] ---
Oh my!
[08:20] ---
I wonder if he's okay.
[08:39] ---
Hey, you there!
[08:40] ---
Hey, I'm talking to you!
[08:45] ---
You were with him the other day, weren't you?
[08:53] ---
Hey there, aren't you going to stop by
for some tea today?
[08:57] ---
Hey, if there's ever anything
you want to grumble about, give me a holler!
[09:01] ---
My, my, how heartless!
[09:05] ---
You know, I haven't seen him lately.
[09:08] ---
He used to stop by all the time
and chat with me.
[09:14] ---
Oh right, you're him, right?
His classmate, the honor student?
[09:19] ---
Huh?
[09:20] ---
He used to talk about you all the time.
You could see how proud he was of you!
[09:27] ---
When work gets really tough
and all I want to do is bail,
[09:30] ---
I make myself think of him.
[09:32] ---
When I think, "Hey, he must be delivering oxygen
like the super straight arrow that he is,"
[09:37] ---
it gives me just enough energy
to dig in and work harder.
[09:41] ---
Well, I guess you could say
he's a friend I can trust.
[09:44] ---
No way would he ever betray me.
And I don't ever want to betray him, either.
[09:52] ---
You can't just make friends
that you can trust, even if you want to.
[09:57] ---
So, make sure you take care of him, all right?
[10:01] ---
I...
[10:03] ---
couldn't take care of him.
[10:05] ---
What?
[10:07] ---
I...
[10:09] ---
Hey you!
[10:17] ---
SPLEEN
[10:18] ---
The spleen.
[10:20] ---
About the size of a fist,
it's a spongy and soft organ.
[10:24] ---
It's made up of White Pulp and Red Pulp.
[10:28] ---
Red Blood Cells, please line up, proceed
through the gate and undergo your screening.
[10:42] ---
This is as far as you're going.
[10:45] ---
All right.
[10:47] ---
Red Pulp.
[10:49] ---
Filters the blood
and removes unneeded material.
[10:53] ---
In addition, it monitors
the Red Blood Cells' condition,
[10:56] ---
sorting out abnormal, old or damaged cells
that can no longer function.
[11:04] ---
Thank you so much
for all your hard work until now.
[11:13] ---
Aside from sorting blood and sending it
to the muscles when needed,
[11:20] ---
the spleen's other functions include producing
mature B Lymphocytes and T Lymphocytes,
[11:24] ---
and destroying the Red Blood Cells
sorted by the Red Pulp.
[11:30] ---
Red Blood Cells, do not stop. Please keep moving.
[11:39] ---
What's the matter? Keep going.
[11:43] ---
Please process me.
[11:46] ---
I can't work anymore.
[11:50] ---
A cell who can't work doesn't deserve to live.
[11:54] ---
Please...
[11:56] ---
process me.
[12:00] ---
You're still young...
[12:02] ---
and you're not malfunctioning in any way.
[12:05] ---
Get back to work.
[12:08] ---
Do you hear me? Get back to work.
[12:13] ---
Because of me...
[12:15] ---
Because of me, a friend of mine died.
[12:18] ---
Even though he trusted me.
[12:21] ---
I just wasn't the guy he thought I was.
[12:26] ---
I betrayed him.
[12:28] ---
I'm a useless cell who isn't fit to live!
[12:34] ---
I'm begging you.
[12:36] ---
J-Just end things for me, please!
[12:44] ---
Please...
[12:46] ---
put an end to me.
[12:51] ---
Don't get the wrong idea!
[12:55] ---
This isn't a place
where the useless get processed!
[12:58] ---
It's where the curtain goes down
[13:00] ---
on the lives of the Red Blood Cells
who've carried out their duties to the end!
[13:03] ---
And it's my job to determine who they are!
[13:07] ---
Somebody died because of you?
[13:09] ---
You're useless?
[13:11] ---
Who do you think you are?
[13:13] ---
You have a long way to go
before you can find purpose in your job!
[13:18] ---
Get up! Get up on your feet and move on!
[13:21] ---
Work! Cell!
[13:23] ---
Work!
[13:36] ---
Due to the battle with the unknown pathogen,
there are signs of inflammation everywhere!
[13:40] ---
At this rate, the damage is only going to spread
to the surrounding areas!
[13:44] ---
What the cell are we supposed to do?
[13:46] ---
Um, there's something
that's been bothering me.
[13:49] ---
What is it?
[13:50] ---
Suddenly showing up in a strange spot
like the base of the big toe...
[13:54] ---
Keeping even its infiltration point from us...
[13:57] ---
Is there a cell capable of such a thing?
[14:01] ---
Meaning it didn't come from outside.
[14:04] ---
Then, where the cell did it come from?
[14:07] ---
What's this displaying?
[14:08] ---
It's a graph showing
the uric acid levels in this area.
[14:12] ---
Uric acid? But these levels are...
[14:15] ---
Yes. They've been hovering
around the danger zone for days now.
[14:20] ---
Uric acid.
[14:21] ---
A waste by-product formed
during the breakdown of purines,
[14:25] ---
the energy substance produced in the body
when food is consumed or metabolized.
[14:31] ---
It is particularly insoluble in the bloodstream
of the extremities where the body temperature is low,
[14:35] ---
such as the lower torso and fingertips,
and is conducive to buildup.
[14:39] ---
Uric acid.
[14:41] ---
A mysterious pathogen.
[14:44] ---
I see! So, that's what it is!
[14:48] ---
What is it?
[14:49] ---
He's...
[14:50] ---
No, I mean that thing is no pathogen.
[14:53] ---
What?
[14:56] ---
Unscathed.
[14:57] ---
Seriously?
[14:59] ---
We know what it is!
[15:01] ---
It's uric acid that didn't get dissolved
in the bloodstream
[15:04] ---
and ended up crystallized as urate.
[15:07] ---
Crystallized uric acid?
[15:09] ---
Uric acid is a purine metabolite.
[15:12] ---
When there's excess purine intake
due to gorging, uric acid levels soar,
[15:16] ---
and we've been mistakenly attacking
that urate crystal as a pathogen.
[15:22] ---
We've actually triggered gout!
[15:28] ---
Gout.
[15:30] ---
Occurs when uric acid, a waste product
in the bloodstream, forms sharp crystals.
[15:33] ---
When these are attacked by White Blood Cells,
inflammation ensues, causing severe pain.
[15:40] ---
As pain can be triggered
merely by a gust of wind,
[15:43] ---
it came to be known as "painful wind."
[15:48] ---
Then,
[15:49] ---
that means that, in trying to protect this body...
[15:53] ---
we've actually been abusing it instead?
[16:00] ---
I-I don't believe this.
[16:06] ---
What does it matter?
[16:09] ---
Unless we inflict this much damage,
[16:11] ---
this body will never hear our cries.
[16:16] ---
Rookie?
[16:19] ---
No matter how hard we work, it's useless.
[16:23] ---
We have to change this body.
[16:30] ---
Open your eyes, dammit!
[16:33] ---
Do something about this work environment,
or there'll be no turning back!
[16:38] ---
Stop gorging on food and drink!
Stop smoking, too!
[16:41] ---
Get enough sleep!
[16:43] ---
Exercise, dammit!
[16:45] ---
He's right!
[16:47] ---
How the cell...
[16:48] ---
How the cell can we work
under these conditions?
[16:51] ---
Give us more vitamins!
[16:53] ---
Let us rest once in a while!
[16:55] ---
You're consuming too much nicotine!
[16:57] ---
Cut back on the alcohol!
[17:07] ---
Knock it off.
[17:11] ---
Come on, enough already!
[17:16] ---
Knock it off!
[17:17] ---
I said knock it off!
[17:18] ---
Please don't stop me!
[17:26] ---
You're absolutely right.
[17:28] ---
But what good will this do?
[17:32] ---
There's nothing else that I can do anymore.
[17:38] ---
All I can do is make an appeal
to this body like this.
[17:44] ---
I know.
[17:46] ---
No matter how hard we work,
[17:48] ---
unless this body changes,
[17:51] ---
this code black environment
will never change!
[17:54] ---
That's why we're all suffering.
[17:57] ---
I know only too well how you feel.
[18:00] ---
I don't know how many times
I've lost hope for this body myself.
[18:04] ---
In this world...
[18:06] ---
cells are born and die
at a breakneck pace.
[18:12] ---
We may all be different...
[18:14] ---
but we're all here to protect this body
and to carry out our tasks.
[18:21] ---
What we need to do as the ones left behind
[18:24] ---
is to keep this body going. The body
that our dear friends risked their lives to protect.
[18:30] ---
Not destroy it.
[18:34] ---
Let's take better care of it.
[18:37] ---
This world that our friends put their lives
on the line to protect...
[18:43] ---
And you yourself, as well...
[18:50] ---
It wasn't your fault that he died.
[18:54] ---
See? You forgot these.
[19:01] ---
Don't blame yourself anymore.
[19:04] ---
Don't try to shoulder the load by yourself.
[19:07] ---
Don't try to shoulder the load by yourself.
[19:22] ---
Please hear it.
[19:24] ---
Us cells crying out...
[19:27] ---
This body has reached its limit!
[19:34] ---
The White Blood Cells have ceased their attacks
on the urate crystal and have settled down.
[19:40] ---
The ingested coichicine
appears to be working.
[19:44] ---
Coichicine.
[19:45] ---
Inhibits microtubule polymerization
by binding to a protein called "tubulin,"
[19:53] ---
inhibiting White Blood Cell activity,
leading to an anti-inflammatory effect.
[19:58] ---
Used to treat gout.
[20:01] ---
As prolonged use can cause damage
to reproductive organs,
[20:05] ---
it must be taken with caution.
[20:07] ---
Even if we've suppressed
White Blood Cell activity,
[20:11] ---
nothing will change unless the purine levels
decrease and the uric acid levels go down.
[20:15] ---
But if this kind of inflammation keeps
recurring, it's going to be grim.
[20:20] ---
Aren't the naturally-supplied purines
going to decrease?
[20:24] ---
I don't know.
[20:25] ---
Can this body stop neglecting
its health after all these years?
[20:29] ---
And I really hope that the damage from all that
drinking and smoking will come to a stop.
[20:34] ---
The risk of a gout attack increases
when the blood uric acid level rises above 7 mg/dL,
[20:42] ---
and this state continues
for several years.
[20:44] ---
Female hormones can induce
the flushing out of uric acid,
[20:48] ---
and so, 90% of gout patients are male.
[20:52] ---
This is how close to the edge
this body's been driven by psychological stress.
[20:58] ---
I wonder who the real villain is here.
[21:13] ---
Come on, rookie! Run! Run!
[21:15] ---
You're never going to be done at this rate!
[21:17] ---
I'm sorry!
[21:19] ---
Jeez, we're even more understaffed than ever.
What the cell can we do?
[21:23] ---
The blood vessels are deteriorating
by the day, too.
[21:27] ---
Whoa!
[21:29] ---
And it's going to be a while
before the rookies will be of any use.
[21:41] ---
Oh my gosh! The oxygen!
[21:43] ---
Hey! What are you doing?
[23:19] ---
PREVIEW
[23:20] ---
Man, you really had me worried!
[23:22] ---
RETURN
[23:22] ---
To think that the coronary artery
could get completely clogged like this...
[23:26] ---
THE HEART
[23:26] ---
This condition is...
[23:27] ---
Ah, ah...
[23:28] ---
DEMISE
[23:29] ---
We will now hold an emergency
meeting for all cells.
[23:31] ---
RETURN, THE HEART, AND DEMISE
E12 - Return, the Heart, and Demise
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[00:05] ---
We may all be different, but we're all here
to protect this body and to carry out our tasks.
[00:12] ---
What we need to do as the ones left behind
[00:15] ---
is to keep this body going. The body
that our dear friends risked their lives to protect.
[00:21] ---
Not destroy it.
[00:23] ---
WHITE BLOOD CELL
[00:43] ---
ENUCLEATION CEREMONY
[00:52] ---
The tricuspid valve is about to open.
Red Blood Cells, please do not stop.
[00:56] ---
Keep the line moving.
[01:01] ---
And I just got back from a full round
around the whole body.
[01:05] ---
Why do we even bother punching in?
[01:08] ---
Not like the higher-ups take a good look
at our timesheets.
[01:10] ---
You said it.
[01:12] ---
We don't get paid time off
or even makeup days.
[01:15] ---
The only rest we'll ever get is right here.
[01:19] ---
When the heart comes to a stop.
[01:23] ---
The heart.
[01:24] ---
A keystone organ that serves
as the engine for blood circulation.
[01:28] ---
A muscular organ, it constricts
to function as the body's circulatory pump.
[01:38] ---
Still, the blood vessels seem to be
in even worse shape these days.
[01:42] ---
It's a chore just to transport this oxygen.
[01:46] ---
The pathway's beyond bumpy for sure!
[01:49] ---
By the way, where's that rookie
you were always with?
[01:52] ---
You know, the one with the glasses...
[01:54] ---
I haven't been able
to get in touch with him for a while.
[01:56] ---
His chances of making it back
aren't looking too good.
[01:59] ---
Well, I can't say I blame him for wanting
to bail on an environment like this.
[02:04] ---
He did show a lot of promise, though.
[02:08] ---
Winner of the Top Rookie Award no less.
[02:10] ---
Don't just stand there!
[02:12] ---
Can't you see we're backed up here? Move it!
[02:14] ---
S-Sorry!
[02:18] ---
Even training an incompetent rookie
is such a chore.
[02:27] ---
You...
[02:29] ---
Um...
[02:33] ---
I'm so sorry!
[02:41] ---
Man, you really had me worried!
[02:45] ---
Been waiting for you, rookie!
[02:47] ---
No...
[02:48] ---
You're a full-fledged
Red Blood Cell now, aren't you?
[02:56] ---
Yes!
[02:57] ---
Hey! Senpai! Good work!
[03:00] ---
I was worried about you,
since I haven't seen you at all lately!
[03:03] ---
Is that right? Sorry.
I'm fine now, okay?
[03:07] ---
Please show me how things are done, all right?
[03:09] ---
I'm counting on you.
[03:11] ---
Right!
[04:47] ---
EPISODE 12:
RETURN, THE HEART, AND DEMISE
[04:51] ---
Hey, look how fast you are now.
Good pace!
[04:54] ---
Thank you very much!
[04:56] ---
Whoa...
[04:57] ---
There's construction going on everywhere!
[04:59] ---
PLATELETS
[05:00] ---
Please watch your step.
[05:03] ---
Thanks for your hard work.
[05:05] ---
Jeez, could it be any harder to get through?
[05:08] ---
Do you even need to do
this kind of construction work?
[05:10] ---
We apologize for the inconvenience.
[05:13] ---
The whole body isn't getting enough oxygen
as it is, so try not to slow us down!
[05:18] ---
We're sorry.
[05:20] ---
No need to apologize!
[05:22] ---
Since we're only doing what needs to be done!
[05:24] ---
Huh?
[05:25] ---
Haven't you seen enough of it yourself?
Clumps of cholesterol, plaque...
[05:32] ---
Plaque.
[05:34] ---
Bump-like piles of built-up
cholesterol and fat.
[05:39] ---
Differs from dental plaque,
the plaque that builds up inside the mouth.
[05:43] ---
Those things are breaking off
all over the blood vessels!
[05:47] ---
And fixing all that is our job!
[05:51] ---
Even still, all this construction work
everywhere we go is a huge pain for us!
[05:56] ---
Can't you be more efficient?
[05:57] ---
Oh, so we should just forget
about the whole thing? Huh?
[06:00] ---
Why don't you guys deliver that oxygen
more efficiently for heaven's sake?
[06:04] ---
Pretty tense, huh?
[06:06] ---
Neither of them is really wrong, but still...
[06:10] ---
Where to next?
[06:11] ---
Uh...
[06:13] ---
The next delivery's going to the stomach.
[06:17] ---
Is something wrong?
[06:19] ---
Uh, no.
[06:21] ---
The path to the stomach's pretty clogged, too, so...
Let's be careful on this delivery.
[06:25] ---
Right!
[06:34] ---
MUCUS
[06:38] ---
It's so hot!
[06:39] ---
This is my first time here, but who knew
the stomach was such a harsh place?
[06:43] ---
It seems to be in better shape
than the last time I was here.
[07:03] ---
Senpai? Are you okay?
[07:07] ---
I'm okay. Let's go.
[07:12] ---
Hey! You Red Blood Cells there!
[07:14] ---
Get a move on!
[07:16] ---
Bring that oxygen here!
[07:22] ---
Enough already! Didn't I tell you?
[07:24] ---
This kind of thing happens on a daily basis here!
[07:27] ---
You can't get sentimental every single time,
or you'll end up putting the others at risk!
[07:32] ---
Oh right! That guy...
[07:35] ---
Gastric Chief Cell!
[07:37] ---
Nice to meet you! I'm NC8429!
I look forward to working with you!
[07:42] ---
Huh?
[07:43] ---
Uh, I wouldn't...
[07:44] ---
Who the cell has time to remember names?
[07:47] ---
Forget that and just get to work!
[07:51] ---
STOMACH
[07:51] ---
W-We're sorry!
[07:53] ---
Come on, let's deliver this oxygen.
[07:54] ---
R-Right.
[07:59] ---
The same thing happened to me, too,
my first time here.
[08:02] ---
You watched that orientation video, right?
[08:05] ---
That's right!
[08:07] ---
When you come to the stomach
to make deliveries, tell us your names.
[08:11] ---
It's a lot more pleasant to work
with a familiar face
[08:13] ---
than with someone
you don't even know by name.
[08:17] ---
We'll be waiting for you guys!
[08:20] ---
See, that video's really, really old.
[08:23] ---
Is that right?
[08:24] ---
We should let them know
that they need to make a new one.
[08:27] ---
Hey, you there!
Quit jawin' and get to work!
[08:30] ---
Deliver that oxygen!
[08:31] ---
Sorry.
[08:34] ---
You work hard now, AA2153.
[08:38] ---
Right.
[08:40] ---
Huh?
[08:42] ---
Good for you for making it back.
[08:45] ---
Right!
[08:47] ---
That's amazing! He remembers
your name, huh, Senpai?
[08:55] ---
The truth is, I still didn't know...
[08:59] ---
We've come to deliver your oxygen!
[09:01] ---
Oh, thanks for your hard work.
[09:04] ---
...what it truly meant to work.
[09:08] ---
Here's your oxygen!
[09:10] ---
You work so hard every day.
[09:12] ---
No.
[09:13] ---
But...
[09:15] ---
Since this is...
[09:17] ---
my job!
[09:21] ---
Excuse me!
[09:24] ---
I'm going to try...
[09:27] ---
to give it my all one more time.
[09:35] ---
All right, we've spotted the germs!
[09:38] ---
Let's get this over with fast.
[09:40] ---
Since we need to make up
for our blunder during the gout battle.
[09:43] ---
Don't let your guard down.
[09:45] ---
- Copy that!
- Copy that!
[09:50] ---
Hey, this is a breeze!
[09:54] ---
Look out!
[10:00] ---
That was close!
[10:02] ---
Watch your back.
The shape this body's in...
[10:06] ---
Germs aren't the only enemy now.
[10:10] ---
What's up with this place?
[10:12] ---
It's bursting with plaque!
[10:14] ---
It's getting worse and worse, huh?
[10:17] ---
Watch your step, okay?
We'll have to transport them one by one.
[10:21] ---
Okay.
[10:25] ---
Finally made it through.
[10:28] ---
But still...
[10:31] ---
for the coronary arteries,
which carry blood to the heart,
[10:33] ---
to end up like this...
[10:35] ---
This is no joke.
[10:37] ---
RIGHT ATRIUM, RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY,
AORTA, LEFT ATRIUM,
LEFT CORONARY ARTERY,
RIGHT VENTRICLE, LEFT VENTRICLE
[10:38] ---
The coronary arteries.
[10:40] ---
Wrapped around the entire heart,
[10:42] ---
these arteries supply oxygen and nutrients
to the heart muscle.
[10:47] ---
About 5% of the total blood volume in the body
flows through these vessels.
[10:48] ---
RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY
[10:48] ---
LEFT CORONARY ARTERY
[10:56] ---
If this path is obstructed...
[10:59] ---
What would happen?
[11:00] ---
We wouldn't be able to reach the heart,
[11:03] ---
and we wouldn't be able to deliver
any oxygen or nutrients, either.
[11:06] ---
What? Doesn't that mean that...
[11:11] ---
It won't do any good to think about it.
[11:13] ---
Right now, let's just do what we can.
[11:24] ---
Did someone drop this?
[11:38] ---
Wh-What's going on?
[11:40] ---
Hey, you guys...
[11:43] ---
What in the world happened?
[11:44] ---
The plaque ruptured.
[11:46] ---
The plaque?
[11:47] ---
The Platelets are forming a clot now...
[11:50] ---
but as you can see,
[11:52] ---
the pathway's so narrow now,
it's turning into a traffic jam.
[11:55] ---
Is this...
[11:56] ---
a blood clot?
[11:59] ---
Blood Clot.
[12:01] ---
Blood that clumps inside the blood vessels.
[12:04] ---
Formed when the vessel walls
are injured or inflamed.
[12:09] ---
As they block blood flow,
they can lead to all kinds of diseases.
[12:15] ---
It's just like that pulmonary embolism.
[12:23] ---
Hey, you there!
[12:24] ---
Y-Yes?
[12:26] ---
Don't get any closer!
Do you want to end up like that?
[12:30] ---
I-I'm sorry!
[12:32] ---
We'll be careful as we move on.
[12:34] ---
W-We're moving on?
Through a place like this?
[12:37] ---
It'll be all right. Just follow me.
[12:45] ---
How are the coronary artery
plaque ruptures looking?
[12:48] ---
The Platelets are repairing them now,
[12:52] ---
but the vessels have narrowed,
so now the blood pressure is rising.
[12:56] ---
What?
[12:57] ---
We're seeing signs of angina.
[13:00] ---
Looks like there's just enough room
for the Red Blood Cells to pass through, but...
[13:04] ---
So, we've managed to avoid
the worst case scenario, but...
[13:09] ---
this means that there's still the risk
of a secondary disaster.
[13:14] ---
It looks like we can just make it through.
[13:16] ---
Yeah. Let's keep going
and get this oxygen to the heart.
[13:23] ---
It's gonna go! Make a run for it!
[13:27] ---
This way!
[13:37] ---
N-No...
[13:42] ---
A-Are you all right?
[13:44] ---
Come on, give me a hand!
[13:45] ---
R-Right!
[13:52] ---
No good. It's not budging.
[13:56] ---
Are you kidding me?
The space to get through...
[14:00] ---
It's completely gone!
[14:04] ---
Who would've thought?
[14:06] ---
To think that the coronary arteries
could get completely clogged like this...
[14:10] ---
These symptoms...
[14:12] ---
This is a heart attack!
[14:17] ---
Who would've thought?
[14:19] ---
To think that the coronary arteries
could get completely clogged like this...
[14:23] ---
These symptoms...
[14:25] ---
This is a heart attack!
[14:28] ---
Heart attack.
[14:31] ---
A disease that occurs when a blood clot forms in
the coronary arteries, obstructing the blood supply
[14:36] ---
and destroying the heart muscle.
[14:39] ---
Symptoms include prolonged,
severe pain in the front of the chest,
[14:44] ---
difficulty in breathing,
arrhythmia, cyanosis and shock.
[14:52] ---
At this rate, no oxygen will reach the heart,
and it will become necrotic!
[14:59] ---
S-Senpai, what should we do?
[15:06] ---
Senpai?
[15:08] ---
Grab as much of that oxygen as you can.
[15:10] ---
What?
[15:11] ---
Hurry!
[15:12] ---
O-Okay!
[15:15] ---
We have to get there! To the heart!
[15:18] ---
If we don't make it,
the heart's gonna stop!
[15:21] ---
This body will...
[15:23] ---
This body will be done!
[15:31] ---
CELL
[15:31] ---
Wh-What the...
Something's going on here!
[15:34] ---
Damn!
[15:36] ---
What in the world...
[15:38] ---
What in the world is happening?
[15:42] ---
So, the time has come at last, huh?
[15:46] ---
Actually, I'm surprised it held out this long.
[15:50] ---
And now,
[15:52] ---
we'll have to perform our final task.
[16:00] ---
Oh no! The oxygen's about to run out!
[16:03] ---
At this rate, the heart will...
We have to do something now!
[16:10] ---
Ah, ah...
[16:13] ---
All cells in this body, can you hear me?
[16:16] ---
We will now hold
an emergency meeting for all cells.
[16:21] ---
Emergency meeting?
[16:23] ---
This is a first for me, too.
[16:28] ---
All of you cells...
[16:32] ---
You've done a good job until now,
working for this body.
[16:38] ---
However...
[16:40] ---
there is no need for you to carry on.
[16:44] ---
Huh?
[16:46] ---
What does he mean,
"there's no need for us to work"?
[16:52] ---
Just now, a serious incident occurred
within the coronary arteries.
[16:57] ---
At this time, the oxygen supply
to the heart has been halted.
[17:03] ---
H-Hey! Hold on a second!
[17:05] ---
What's going to happen to this body
if the heart stops?
[17:09] ---
Smoking and drinking to excess...
[17:11] ---
Hot!
[17:12] ---
Increased cholesterol levels and stress...
[17:18] ---
These factors have led to the numerous threats
this body has been exposed to until now.
[17:25] ---
Liver dysfunction, gonococci, spot balding,
kidney stones, urinary tract infection...
[17:34] ---
pulmonary embolism, H. pylori...
[17:37] ---
And each time, thanks to your work,
we've managed to overcome those threats.
[17:43] ---
But this is the final straw.
[17:46] ---
As of today, this body will meet its demise!
[17:52] ---
Demise?
[17:54] ---
This is the end?
[17:56] ---
All of a sudden?
[17:57] ---
You really think you can give a speech
like that and we'll just eat it?
[18:01] ---
Give us a real explanation!
[18:04] ---
O-Of course, we'd anticipate the possibility
of something like this happening eventually.
[18:09] ---
But it's not as if we were concealing it from you.
[18:13] ---
There was a good chance that it could've been
averted had the situation improved.
[18:20] ---
Liar!
[18:22] ---
Don't give us that!
[18:24] ---
If you knew all along, wasn't there something
you could've done about it?
[18:28] ---
We've taken every possible action on our end...
[18:32] ---
but, uh, this body is now
in an extremely harsh environment.
[18:38] ---
You run us all into the ground,
and now you're dumping that on us?
[18:40] ---
Is that irresponsible or what?
[18:44] ---
Truly...
[18:46] ---
We are truly sorry!
[18:58] ---
All of you,
[18:59] ---
thank you for all your hard work until today.
[19:03] ---
Where are you going?
[19:10] ---
The heart...
[19:12] ---
It stopped?
[19:14] ---
Oxygen... Is there any oxygen anywhere?
[19:18] ---
You can search all you want,
but you won't find any.
[19:20] ---
What about the coronary arteries?
Can't we pass through the coronary arteries yet?
[19:25] ---
Not happening. They're still clogged up,
and there's nothing we can do.
[19:30] ---
Dammit!
[19:32] ---
Senpai?
[19:33] ---
As of today...
[19:35] ---
you won't have to work anymore.
[19:38] ---
And as for us,
we will take responsibility and...
[19:46] ---
What are we supposed to do?
[19:47] ---
How should I know?
[19:51] ---
Calm down!
[19:52] ---
Everyone, carry out your respective roles!
[19:59] ---
Th-The body's functions...
[20:02] ---
are coming to a halt!
[20:05] ---
There has to be some oxygen!
There has to be some somewhere!
[20:09] ---
WELCOME TO THE LUNGS
[20:10] ---
W-We're not getting any oxygen!
[20:13] ---
H-Has the breathing stopped?
[20:21] ---
It's all right. It's going to be all right.
[20:23] ---
So, everyone, calm down.
[20:34] ---
Dammit!
[20:35] ---
Digestion's stopped cold!
[20:42] ---
Um, your next order, sir...
[20:47] ---
We're waiting for your instructions, sir.
[20:50] ---
There's nothing more we can do.
[21:12] ---
It's the end of the world!
[21:17] ---
Now we can finally rest.
[21:20] ---
We don't have to work anymore.
[21:23] ---
But that's so...
[21:25] ---
irresponsible!
[21:27] ---
Telling us to work one second,
then telling us not to work the next!
[21:31] ---
Work...
[21:32] ---
Please work, heart!
[21:39] ---
I...
[21:41] ---
I still...
[21:45] ---
s-still...
[23:19] ---
PREVIEW
[23:20] ---
- Fight!
- Fight!
[23:21] ---
- Fight!
- Fight!
[23:22] ---
- Come on, fight!
- Please fight.
[23:23] ---
CARDIAC
ARREST
[23:23] ---
- Fight!
- Please, fight.
[23:25] ---
- Hang in there, dammit!
- Fight, please.
[23:26] ---
REVIVAL
[23:27] ---
Fight...
[23:28] ---
Fight!
[23:28] ---
CHANGE
[23:29] ---
One more time...
[23:30] ---
start moving, heart!
[23:31] ---
CARDIAC ARREST, REVIVAL, AND A CHANGE
E13 - Cardiac Arrest, Revival, and a Change
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[00:02] ---
If this path is obstructed...
[00:05] ---
we wouldn't be able to reach the heart,
[00:08] ---
and we wouldn't be able to deliver
any oxygen or nutrients, either.
[00:14] ---
N-No...
[00:18] ---
To think that the coronary arteries
could get completely clogged like this...
[00:22] ---
These symptoms...
[00:24] ---
This is a heart attack!
[00:27] ---
At this rate, no oxygen will reach the heart,
and it will become necrotic!
[00:32] ---
Just now, a serious incident occurred
within the coronary arteries.
[00:38] ---
As of today, this body will meet its demise!
[00:46] ---
Th-The body's functions...
[00:48] ---
are coming to a halt!
[00:51] ---
It's the end of the world!
[00:57] ---
Work...
[00:58] ---
Please work, heart!
[01:02] ---
I...
[01:04] ---
I still...
[01:06] ---
s-still...
[02:47] ---
EPISODE 13:
CARDIAC ARREST,
REVIVAL, AND A CHANGE
[02:48] ---
Let's all work together!
We're going to clear a path here!
[02:51] ---
Three, two...
[02:59] ---
No good! It's not budging an inch!
[03:02] ---
Dammit!
[03:03] ---
We've got oxygen, but we can't deliver it
to the heart? Who knew...
[03:09] ---
It's over.
[03:12] ---
The heart's stopped.
[03:15] ---
Give it up.
[03:16] ---
Waiting to die is all that's left
for this body to do.
[03:23] ---
Wh-What are these jolts?
[03:28] ---
WELCOME TO THE LUNGS
[03:33] ---
What the cell is going on?
[03:34] ---
Hey!
[03:36] ---
Come and take a look at this!
[03:39] ---
There's a crack in the rib
protecting the internal organs?
[03:43] ---
Oh man, it's all over now for this body.
[03:51] ---
Wh-What in the world...
[03:59] ---
What's going on?
[04:01] ---
S-Senpai!
[04:04] ---
Look at that!
[04:06] ---
It's blinking in time with each jolt?
[04:11] ---
Chest compressions.
[04:13] ---
Also known as "cardiac massages."
[04:16] ---
A cardiopulmonary resuscitation procedure.
[04:18] ---
It is performed in order to keep oxygen
flowing to the heart when it stops beating.
[04:24] ---
Because great force is being applied to the chest,
the ribs can sometimes break.
[04:32] ---
This body...
[04:34] ---
is trying to live.
[04:35] ---
Huh?
[04:36] ---
I have to go.
[04:39] ---
Senpai?
[04:40] ---
Now where are you going?
[04:42] ---
Once the blood flow is restored...
[04:44] ---
we're going to deliver oxygen right away.
[04:47] ---
That's...
[04:48] ---
our job!
[04:50] ---
Wh-What are you talking about?
[04:52] ---
This body is about to die!
[04:55] ---
Work isn't exactly...
[04:58] ---
That's right.
[05:00] ---
This body can just die for all I care.
[05:04] ---
Finally, we won't have to work anymore.
[05:07] ---
Isn't that what you're all thinking, too?
[05:10] ---
Or wait, do you actually want to go on
working in such an environment?
[05:16] ---
I'm serious! I'm sick and tired of it all!
[05:20] ---
Look at you.
[05:22] ---
Still trying to work at a time like this.
[05:26] ---
That's how deep this body's got
its hooks in you? Huh?
[05:32] ---
We couldn't work if we wanted to
because it's going to die!
[05:35] ---
So just sit back and shut up!
[05:38] ---
That's irrelevant.
[05:40] ---
What?
[05:42] ---
We're being forced to work under a Code Black?
[05:45] ---
We don't have to work anymore
because it's about to die?
[05:49] ---
All that's irrelevant!
[05:53] ---
I...
[05:54] ---
I work because I want to!
[05:58] ---
With these hands...
[06:00] ---
With these feet...
[06:01] ---
I want to deliver oxygen!
[06:04] ---
So, please... One more time...
[06:07] ---
start moving, heart!
[06:10] ---
Move!
[06:19] ---
Wh-What's going on?
[06:21] ---
Did the heart just start moving?
[06:26] ---
Does this mean
the pulse has been restored?
[06:32] ---
No, it's just in a convulsive state!
[06:35] ---
There's still no normal pulse!
[06:37] ---
"Convulsive state"?
[06:40] ---
Ventricular fibrillation.
[06:42] ---
A condition in which the heart begins
to palpitate rapidly, or quiver,
[06:45] ---
cutting off blood supply
to the entire body.
[06:50] ---
A type of life-threatening arrhythmia.
[06:54] ---
Fight.
[06:55] ---
Huh?
[06:57] ---
Fight... Fight... Fight!
[07:00] ---
Fight?
[07:02] ---
Fight! Fight! Fight!
[07:04] ---
Fight! You can do it, heart!
[07:07] ---
Fight! Fight! Fight!
[07:14] ---
It's useless.
[07:16] ---
Fight! Fight!
[07:19] ---
Fight! Fight!
[07:21] ---
Fight! Fight!
[07:21] ---
WHITE
BLOOD CELL
[07:23] ---
Fight! Fight!
[07:25] ---
Fight.
[07:27] ---
Fight.
[07:29] ---
PLATELETS
[07:29] ---
You can do it!
[07:31] ---
Fight.
[07:32] ---
Fight! Fight! Fight!
[07:35] ---
Please give it your best shot.
[07:37] ---
Fight!
[07:38] ---
Fight, dammit!
[07:41] ---
Please fight.
[07:47] ---
Come back to life!
[08:02] ---
Wh-What's going on?
[08:05] ---
Now what's happening?
[08:07] ---
Continuous stimulation is being applied
to the heart from outside!
[08:17] ---
The heartbeat...
[08:21] ---
Error, cleared!
[08:22] ---
The ventricle has stopped fibrillating!
[08:24] ---
The cardiorespiratory functions
have returned to normal!
[08:31] ---
PLEASE USE
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY
[08:31] ---
THE ALARM
WILL GO OFF
WHEN OPENED
[08:32] ---
AED.
[08:34] ---
Automated External Defibrillator.
[08:37] ---
A device that helps
restore the heart rhythm to normal
[08:41] ---
by delivering electric shocks to a heart
that's fibrillating due to myocardial infarctions, etc.,
[08:46] ---
and is no longer able to pump.
[08:50] ---
What about the coronary artery blood clot?
[08:52] ---
I-It's no good!
[08:54] ---
The blood cells' route is still blocked!
[09:00] ---
Either way, we won't be able
to ward off cardionecrosis!
[09:04] ---
Dammit! Dammit!
[09:06] ---
You think we're going to give up?
[09:08] ---
It's our job to deliver oxygen
to the heart up ahead!
[09:16] ---
What's that sound?
[09:20] ---
Whoa!
[09:23] ---
Wh-What the cell's that?
[09:28] ---
Huh?
[09:29] ---
It's starting to inflate!
[09:31] ---
G-Get back! Everyone, evacuate!
[09:53] ---
What the cell was that?
[09:55] ---
A new type of germ?
[09:57] ---
Hey, look!
[10:00] ---
This is...
[10:01] ---
The plaque's been pushed aside,
clearing the way?
[10:05] ---
All right! Now we can get through!
[10:08] ---
Oxygen! Deliver the oxygen!
[10:10] ---
Right!
[10:11] ---
To the heart! On the double!
[10:14] ---
Th-The coronary artery's unblocked!
[10:16] ---
Blood flow has been restored!
[10:18] ---
Yeah!
[10:21] ---
Stent treatment.
[10:23] ---
A procedure in which a catheter is inserted
into the coronary artery,
[10:27] ---
where a balloon is inflated to expand
a wire mesh tube called a "stent,"
[10:30] ---
to open up clogged arteries.
[10:35] ---
I-Idiots! It's too early to celebrate!
[10:38] ---
Huh?
[10:39] ---
If we don't get oxygen delivered across
the whole body as soon as possible,
[10:43] ---
the cells will start
undergoing necrosis!
[10:48] ---
Above all, if this brain is left
with any severe damage,
[10:52] ---
the consequences will be dire.
[10:58] ---
Hey there!
[10:59] ---
We brought you some oxygen!
[11:00] ---
Y-You guys!
[11:03] ---
You mean we can pass
through the coronary artery again?
[11:05] ---
That's right! For now, let's just
get this oxygen to the heart!
[11:08] ---
Right!
[11:09] ---
Let's get going!
[11:10] ---
Okay!
[11:12] ---
Way to go!
[11:13] ---
It's all up to those Red Blood Cells...
[11:16] ---
whether or not this body makes it!
[11:23] ---
The lights are back on!
[11:25] ---
Senpai...
[11:28] ---
Come on! The cells inside this body...
[11:31] ---
are waiting for this oxygen!
[11:34] ---
Right!
[11:41] ---
Sorry we're late!
We've come to deliver your oxygen!
[11:49] ---
Huh? Gastric Chief Cell?
[11:56] ---
What took you so long?
[12:00] ---
Come on, guys! The oxygen's here!
[12:02] ---
Take your positions!
[12:04] ---
We've got tons of work backed up!
Don't stop! Just keep going!
[12:08] ---
Right!
[12:09] ---
STOMACH
[12:11] ---
For heaven's sake...
[12:13] ---
I knew you'd come, AA2153.
[12:18] ---
Hey! You're keeping the other cells
waiting, right? Get going!
[12:23] ---
Right!
[12:24] ---
Go on, take it!
[12:27] ---
Right!
[12:35] ---
Sorry to keep you waiting
for your oxygen!
[12:38] ---
There you are.
[12:51] ---
You really saved the day.
[12:52] ---
Thanks to you guys, it looks like
the brain will be left with almost no damage.
[12:59] ---
Thank goodness.
[13:00] ---
Please accept my gratitude
on behalf of everyone.
[13:03] ---
Thank you for all your hard work.
[13:04] ---
No, we should be thanking you
for all that you do.
[13:13] ---
Is everyone all right?
We've brought you some oxygen!
[13:18] ---
Everyone, there's no time
for all this weeping!
[13:21] ---
We need to get ready to open!
[13:23] ---
Right!
[13:25] ---
Don't worry about us.
[13:27] ---
Please deliver that oxygen
to the more crucial organs.
[13:31] ---
He's right. Even if some hair falls out,
it wouldn't be life-threatening.
[13:36] ---
What are you talking about?
[13:37] ---
We're going to make sure
that every cell in this body gets oxygen!
[13:41] ---
Because that's our job!
[13:47] ---
Much obliged.
[13:50] ---
We've come to deliver your oxygen!
[13:55] ---
Yay! Thank goodness!
[13:58] ---
Well, this is unusual. I thought
the liver was known as the "silent organ."
[14:02] ---
TALKING IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN
[14:03] ---
It's all good.
[14:05] ---
When are we ever going to be happy if not now?
[14:12] ---
So sorry I kept you waiting!
[14:14] ---
I've brought you your oxygen!
[14:18] ---
Y-You...
[14:20] ---
I'm so glad you're safe.
[14:22] ---
If you could stamp here, please.
[14:27] ---
Thanks! Thank you!
[14:30] ---
CELL
[14:31] ---
After all the times
I lashed out at you until now...
[14:37] ---
Even so...
[14:39] ---
instead of abandoning me,
you're still bringing me oxygen.
[14:44] ---
Because that's...
[14:46] ---
That's our job.
[14:49] ---
Please use this oxygen...
[14:51] ---
to work hard again!
[14:58] ---
The cells...
[15:00] ---
...are regaining their vigor!
[15:03] ---
Okay, we're going to carry out
our own tasks, too!
[15:05] ---
We're going to head to the site of infraction
and help out with the aftermath!
[15:08] ---
- Roger that!
- Roger that!
[15:18] ---
The light...
[15:20] ---
is spreading...
[15:24] ---
One simple job.
Delivering oxygen every day.
[15:29] ---
All the while getting yelled at
by our senpais and other cells.
[15:33] ---
If you're a Red Blood Cell,
[15:36] ---
then deliver, deliver, deliver oxygen until you drop!
[15:41] ---
No matter how hard we work...
[15:45] ---
our work environment
just keeps getting worse.
[15:48] ---
I can't even count how many times
my life was in danger.
[15:59] ---
No way!
[16:02] ---
Everybody, run! Please run!
[16:08] ---
There were times
when I lost sight of who I was.
[16:12] ---
I've got to work hard.
[16:15] ---
And it was driven home to me over and over
just how powerless I was.
[16:20] ---
The hair is falling out!
[16:32] ---
ENUCLEATION CEREMONY
[16:34] ---
There were times
when I even bailed on my own job.
[16:39] ---
I...
[16:41] ---
don't want to work anymore.
[16:45] ---
So many times...
Over and over again, I questioned this job.
[16:50] ---
But...
[16:52] ---
this is our job.
[16:54] ---
Hey, what do you think you're doing?
[16:55] ---
It's something that this body can't do without.
[16:55] ---
Hurry up!
[16:58] ---
I can raise my head high
and take pride in it now!
[17:03] ---
In this job!
[17:27] ---
Everybody, this way!
[17:29] ---
Watch your step, okay?
[17:30] ---
Okay!
[17:34] ---
Hello!
[17:35] ---
Hello!
[17:37] ---
Everyone's getting a lot done, huh?
[17:40] ---
There haven't been
any carbon monoxide leaks lately...
[17:44] ---
and there's a lot less plaque
in the blood vessels...
[17:47] ---
so it's easier to transport oxygen now.
[17:49] ---
True.
[17:51] ---
The only unfortunate thing is that
since there's no more alcohol raining down,
[17:54] ---
we don't have as many chances
to head to the liver to get detoxed, huh?
[18:00] ---
It would be great if this could last.
[18:07] ---
Yes.
[18:11] ---
All right, I'm leaving that work to you, then!
[18:14] ---
Okay!
[18:18] ---
Whoa!
[18:21] ---
Wh-White Blood Cell!
[18:26] ---
It looks like you were battling
a pretty huge germ there.
[18:29] ---
No worries.
That was just a generic resident flora.
[18:35] ---
It's changed.
[18:37] ---
Yes. Since that day, both blood flow
and nutritional status have improved,
[18:42] ---
stress has been reduced, and it's a much
better environment for everyone to work in now.
[18:48] ---
Deliver oxygen
and retrieve carbon dioxide.
[18:53] ---
Nothing's changed about the tasks
that I have to carry out.
[18:55] ---
But...
[18:57] ---
In an environment like this,
I can work even harder than before!
[19:04] ---
You might be the one
who's changed most of all, huh?
[19:08] ---
Wha...
[19:09] ---
You've sure grown up a lot.
[19:11] ---
N-No way. I still have
a long way to go.
[19:14] ---
The way I see it,
you're a full-fledged cell now.
[19:16] ---
H-Hey, you're embarrassing me.
[19:19] ---
But...
[19:22] ---
I'm so thrilled to be acknowledged by you,
the one I've always looked up to!
[19:32] ---
"Looked up to"? That's just...
[19:36] ---
I mean, you're a Red Blood Cell
and I'm a White Blood Cell, so...
[19:41] ---
I-I'm so sorry! Maybe "looked up to"
isn't the right phrase—
[19:44] ---
Hey, Senpai!
[19:47] ---
Where should I transport this package?
[19:50] ---
Didn't I tell you earlier?
[19:53] ---
Go with him.
[19:55] ---
Oh, right.
[19:58] ---
Hey, Senpai, what were you doing
to make you blush like that?
[20:02] ---
Oh, uh, hey, this is just...
[20:06] ---
This is the inside of a human body.
[20:10] ---
Every day, we receive oxygen in the lungs...
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and deliver it to the entire body.
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That's all there is to it. But...
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That's our job as Red Blood Cells.
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RECEIVED
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One by one, the jobs we cells do
may be insignificant, but...
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with all the efforts of us cells at work,
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this body is able to live on!
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The vascular wall?
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You Red Blood Cells, stay back!
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Okay!
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Something's coming?
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It's sucking us in?
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White Blood Cell!
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Let me go or you'll get dragged into this, too!
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I'm not letting go!
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Red Blood Cell!
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Senpai! Senpai!
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Senpai! Thank goodness!
I was afraid you were never going to wake up!
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Where the cell are we?
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The subclavian vein, it says.
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SUBCLAVIAN VEIN
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The subclavian vein?
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When we passed through it before,
it was all cleaned up,
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but this blood vessel is all bumpy.
It's just like it was before.
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No, it's even more
of a Code Black than before!
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Don't tell me this is a different body!
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Our Code Black jobs...
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aren't over!