# Cells at Work! CODE BLACK
A rookie Red Blood Cell has been bustling about, frantically making oxygen deliveries all around the body! But it turns out that his workplace is on the brink of going Code Black!! Drinking, smoking, stress, sleep deprivation… Struggling to survive a life not unlike the brutal corporate world, what must these overworked cells be thinking at the end of the day? This is a tale about the inside of your body…
# Season 1
# E1 - Smoking, Bacteria, and the Beginning of the End
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GVWU0V547/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.
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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!
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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?
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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.
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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!
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You've really been skimping
on the oxygen supply lately!
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I'm sorry. We've been ordered to prioritize
deliveries to the main organs, so...
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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.
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Thank you very much, Senpai.
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So, there's going to be
a massive supply of fresh oxygen?
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No, I made that up.
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Huh?
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Well, we'd never get anything done
if we actually listened to all the complaints.
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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.
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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.
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Huh?
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"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!
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Watch your step, rookie.
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Okay.
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Hey, dummy!
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Don't ever let go of that oxygen!
It's more precious than life itself!
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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?
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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...
**[11:50] ---**
Is it going to be all right?
**[11:53] ---**
Don't worry about stuff like that!
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All we need to do is suppress our emotions
and deliver oxygen in silence!
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We're back.
So, I've gone around once.
**[12:11] ---**
You can take a break
before starting the second round.
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Okay.
**[12:15] ---**
I'm going to take a look over there.
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I'm exhausted.
**[12:21] ---**
- Get up.
- Huh?
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Who said you could take a break?
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We don't have time for breaks!
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Huh? Um...
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Hey, come on.
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He just went around the whole body on his first job.
Of course, that's got to tire him out some...
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It's too soon to whine and give up.
**[12:39] ---**
We've got to make so many trips
around the body a day.
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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.
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Don't coddle the rookies anymore.
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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!
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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!
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Wh-What's that gas?
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- Are you all right?
- Idiot!
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Don't go near him!
This is carbon monoxide!
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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!
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Huh?
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Meaning that the body will become
oxygen-deprived!
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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.
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A toxin?
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The heart rate's going up!
Blood pressure rising!
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The capillaries are constricting!
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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...
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E-Everybody?
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W-We have to save them!
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It's too late!
**[15:15] ---**
These guys have turned
into carboxyhemoglobin!
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*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.*
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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?
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Those are Pneumococci!
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*Pneumococci. Pathogenic bacteria that trigger
pneumonia, septicemia and the like.*
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*A highly durable and toxic bacteria.*
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What should we do?
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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...
**[16:31] ---**
A cleaner cell who eliminates
germs from the body...
**[16:35] ---**
White Blood Cell!
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*White Blood Cell or Neutrophil.*
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*Its main job is to eliminate foreign substances*
**[16:45] ---**
*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.
**[17:00] ---**
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.
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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,
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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—
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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.
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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.
**[23:31] ---**
THE LIVER, ALCOHOL, AND PRIDE
# E2 - The Liver, Alcohol, and Pride
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G31UXPDZN/the-liver-alcohol-and-pride)
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**[00:01] ---**
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
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Why were they ever born in this world, then?
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EXCITEMENT, EXPANSION, AND EMPTINESS
# E3 - Excitement, Expansion, and Emptiness
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G9DUEXQ57/excitement-expansion-and-emptiness)
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*In this body, tons of cells are at work.*
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WHITE BLOOD CELL
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*Delivering oxygen to those cells...*
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PLATELETS
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*That's our job as Red Blood Cells.*
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*But...*
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Hey you!
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CELL
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Where's my supply of fresh oxygen?
**[00:19] ---**
S-Sorry! I'll get it to you right away!
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How many times have I heard that line?
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I'm going to complain to your supervisors!
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Please, anything but that!
**[00:29] ---**
*The work environment here is...*
**[00:32] ---**
It's carbon monoxide! Run!
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*It's a Code Black!*
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EPISODE 3:
EXCITEMENT, EXPANSION,
AND EMPTINESS
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It's clear...
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that arousal's not far off.
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You're not thinking of going through
with this, are you?
**[02:20] ---**
We were lucky to just get by
in the previous mission!
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Due to his deteriorating lifestyle quality,
conditions are even worse than before.
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Even so,
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we still have to do it!
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There'll be no avoiding some casualties.
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*Attention, all cells.*
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*Attention, all cells.*
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*This body is about to enter a state of arousal.*
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*I repeat.*
**[02:49] ---**
*This body is about to enter a state of arousal.*
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I've come to deliver your oxygen!
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What, that's it? Again?
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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.
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*Red Blood Cells,
please report to the specified location.*
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Hey, this is...
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I can see that you're all tied up today.
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You can bring it next time.
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I'm sorry!
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Hey, is this your first time?
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Yes.
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Is that right? Well, go on
and make a man out of yourself, then!
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*I repeat.*
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*Red Blood Cells,
please report to the specified location.*
**[03:34] ---**
Hey, rookie!
We're being summoned!
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Oh, but I still have
some deliveries left.
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This mission is more important.
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Come on!
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R-Right!
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*Red Blood Cells,
please report to the specified location.*
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There's going to be a battle today.
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Good luck, rookie.
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Where are we?
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Hey, what the cell is this place?
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*Thank you for gathering here,
Red Blood Cells.*
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This body has now entered
a state of arousal for reproductive purposes.
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Whether or not a flourishing posterity
is achieved depends on how well you do!
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*That's right.*
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*What you're tasked with today is...*
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an erection!
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Erection?
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*Engulf the corpora cavernosa with blood...*
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*and produce an erection!*
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*The corpora cavernosa.*
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*The sponge-like tissue inside the penis.*
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*It becomes engorged with blood
during sexual arousal,*
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*causing the corpora cavernosa to expand,
producing an erection.*
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Hey, I see you rookies are here, too.
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Oh, Senpai, good work today!
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Is this your first time?
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I've delivered oxygen
to the corpora cavernosa a few times,
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but I've never experienced an erection.
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Is that right?
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This place is full of narrow capillaries, right?
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The corpus cavernosum is a sponge-like mesh of
tissue made up of fibrous veins and cave-like spaces.
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When it reacts to the nitric oxide
released during arousal,
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it secretes a substance called cyclic GMP
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which causes the arteries to dilate,
filling the corpus cavernosum with blood.
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Once we're inside,
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our job is to push the wall open and increase
pressure so the penis will achieve an erection.
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Not only that, but we also have to use
pressure to keep the blood trapped inside.
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It's a totally grueling task.
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You must be kidding me.
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Don't let your guard down or it'll come back to
bite you in the butt. Keep that in mind and be tough.
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Okay!
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Okay.
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Hey, what's up with you?
You're so gung-ho.
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It's really important for living creatures
to leave behind descendants.
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Don't you think it's an honor
to get to take part in a mission like that?
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Huh? Well, yeah, I guess.
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*We have to succeed no matter what!*
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We're sorry for the inconvenience!
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The passageway is narrow,
so please proceed one by one!
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Whoops, sorry.
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Excuse me, but we're lining up here.
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Yeah, we're lining up, too.
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Would you mind waiting your turn?
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Shut up, you! You're a rookie, aren't you?
Just shut up and let your senpais go first!
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"Senpai" has nothing to do with it.
I deliver oxygen, too!
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Huh? Look, you sure talk big, but
have you ever experienced an erection before?
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Well...
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not yet, actually.
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Embarrassing, much?
So, you're still just a wittle boy!
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Little brats who have zero experiences with
erections shouldn't shoot off their mouths!
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Whether you have experience or not
isn't a big deal at all.
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White Blood Cell?
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What really matters
is how you take on the task before you.
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Um, this is between us Red Blood Cells,
so would you mind not butting in?
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What do you know about erections anyway?
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What the... Hey, stop!
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Please stop!
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It's a Pseudomonas.
A little one, but still...
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Oh, did I frighten you? Forgive me.
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Thank you very much.
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I don't think
there's anything to thank me for.
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Hey, it's Glasses!
Where are you headed to now?
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To the testes.
I've never been there before...
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Oh, really? We're on our way
to patrol that area now. Wanna come?
**[08:15] ---**
Uh, sure!
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Is something the matter?
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I'm concerned about this body's
lowered resistance.
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So, these are the testes.
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*The testes.*
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*Where sperm is produced and formed.*
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*When fully-formed,
the sperm is stored in the epididymis.*
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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.*
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So tiny.
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Cute!
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Thank you for your hard work.
**[09:09] ---**
If you could sign this, please...
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Is this your first time
seeing spermatogonia?
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Yes.
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When these babies mature,
they become sperm.
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And it's our job as Sertoli Cells
to take care of them.
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*Sertoli Cells.*
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*They support and provide nourishment
to the spermatogonia in the testes.*
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Eventually, the sperm encounter ova,
and new lives are born.
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These tiny babies become the basis
for us cells being born later on, right?
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That's how we keep life going.
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But unless you Red Blood Cells
trigger an erection to ejaculate them,
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these children can never set off
to find the ova.
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So, we're counting on you, Red Blood Cell.
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Right.
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We're going this way.
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Right, I'm heading back to the lungs.
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I owe you one.
Thanks for showing me the way.
**[10:16] ---**
See you, Glasses!
**[10:18] ---**
Catch you later!
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About what you asked me the other day...
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Whether our jobs are worth
risking our lives for.
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Right.
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If it's to protect a new life,
then risking your own isn't such a bad thing.
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That's what I think.
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Of course, there's a lot more
to my answer than that.
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Right!
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Thank you very much!
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*For the sake of new lives,*
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*I'm going to make sure...*
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*this mission succeeds!*
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When the nitric oxide spreads,
that's the signal!
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Charge, full speed ahead!
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*Everyone, prepare to charge!*
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*Five seconds before charging.*
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*Three, two, one...*
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Charge!
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Charge!
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Line up!
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Single file!
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Push together now!
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Expand the helcine arteries!
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*The helcine arteries of the penis.*
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*Arteries that serve as valves
to pump blood into the penis.*
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*When these are relaxed,
there's a massive inflow of blood.*
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Let me handle this.
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R-Right!
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It moved!
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All right, it expanded!
Everybody head to the back!
**[12:12] ---**
Blood levels are at 50%!
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We've cleared Stage One!
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All right, everybody,
let's get ready to go!
**[12:21] ---**
Okay!
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Those Red Blood Cells
are really working hard!
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And we're going to work
just as hard, aren't we?
**[12:37] ---**
Look at that!
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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!
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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...
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It's the corpora cavernosa!
**[13:45] ---**
The Red Blood Cells have been pushed back
by the corpora cavernosa!
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The erection rate is down to 50%!
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45... 40... It's not stopping!
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Dammit! Why aren't the cyclic GMP levels rising?
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It seems like the nerves aren't sending
sufficient arousal signs to the penis.
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We believe it's caused by accumulated stress.
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What the cell is...
**[14:15] ---**
So, the erection isn't going to last
long enough for ejaculation.
**[14:19] ---**
This is...
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ED!
**[14:24] ---**
No way...
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*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.
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Otherwise, we're going to get crushed
by the constricting blood vessels.
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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?
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Protect new lives and keep life going.
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Right now, we're the only ones
who can make that happen!
**[15:25] ---**
*So, we're counting on you, Red Blood Cell.*
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*If it's to protect a new life...*
**[15:32] ---**
*then risking your own isn't such a bad thing.*
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*That's what I think.*
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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...
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There's no way that a decent erection
can be achieved under these conditions.
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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.
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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.
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Today's mission has fail—
**[16:49] ---**
Hold on a second!
**[16:52] ---**
The cyclic GMP levels
in the corpora cavernosa...
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are rising!
**[16:57] ---**
What?
**[16:58] ---**
What's this? Something's inhibiting
the PDE5 function?
**[17:02] ---**
PDE5...
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The enzyme that breaks down cyclic GMP.
**[17:08] ---**
What's going on here?
**[17:10] ---**
Found it!
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It's because of this!
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It seems to have been administered
from outside!
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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!
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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!
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FRONT LINE, GONOCOCCI, AND CONFLICT
# E4 - Front Line, Gonococci, and Conflict
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GX9UQDGJP/front-line-gonococci-and-conflict)
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**[00:03] ---**
Lonely...
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Lonely!
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WHITE BLOOD CELL
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I-I won't let you get past me!
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Lonely... Lonely...
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You'd better get out of here now.
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White Blood Cell?
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That sexual intercourse
just let in some gonococci!
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Lonely...
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We're lonely, see?
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*Gonococci. The bacteria
that causes gonorrhea.*
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*It proliferates at a blistering pace,*
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*and its incubation period
is short, at 2 to 9 days.*
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We'll hold them off here.
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Get yourselves to safety right now!
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O-Okay.
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White Blood Cell...
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Come on, let's get going.
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Lonely...
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Lonely...
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EPISODE 4:
FRONT LINE, GONOCOCCI,
AND CONFLICT
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Hey, Red Blood Cell...
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CELL
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We heard that we've been invaded
by gonococci. Is that true?
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Yes. But it's not like I've actually seen them.
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I'm pretty sure that the White Blood Cells
are exterminating them now.
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Is that right?
But you'd better not let your guard down.
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Since they say that gonococci multiply
at an insane speed!
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Come on! Get up and do your jobs!
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Does this seem like a good time
to be sniveling?
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We don't want to!
There's gonococci in this body, right?
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PLATELETS
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It would be so scary if they attacked us!
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I don't give a damn if you're scared,
you little pieces of crap!
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Oh, jeez!
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You don't need to worry
about the gonococci.
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Because the White Blood Cells are fighting them
and taking care of them right now.
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Really?
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But what if those White Blood Cells
end up losing?
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Don't worry. Those White Blood Cells
are all unbelievably strong.
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They've rescued me
more times than I can count.
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So, let's put our faith in them, okay?
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- Okay! Gotcha!
- Okay! Gotcha!
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Hey, thanks.
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Not at all.
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Lonely...
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Lonely...
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What do we care if you're lonely?
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Lonely...
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Lonel—
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Lon—
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Dammit, there's no end in sight!
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Lonely!
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We're withdrawing for now!
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What? But I can still fight!
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It's no good!
We're hopelessly outnumbered!
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Seriously?
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Everyone! We're withdrawing for now
so we can regroup!
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Retreat! Retreat!
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Here's my report!
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The 3rd Platoon has retreated!
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The gonococci have advanced
to Urethra Area 2!
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The gonococci is unstoppable.
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How can they multiply so fast?
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Tell me what's happening.
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The gonococci are still proliferating.
They've expanded their forces further.
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The areas around the urethra and the prostrate
are about to be taken over by the gonococci forces.
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What are they doing on the front lines?
What's the status of the epididymis?
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*It's still intact for now,*
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*but at this rate, it's only a matter of time
before it falls to gonorrhea.*
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Lonely... Lonely... Lonely...
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*Gonorrhea.*
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*A sexually-transmitted disease.*
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*The infection rate is high,
at 30% per sexual intercourse session.*
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*Left untreated, it will trigger
inflammation of the epididymis.*
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*The testes will become swollen, blocking
the sperm's pathway, potentially leading to sterility.*
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I'm scared!
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It'll be fine. No need to worry.
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He shouldn't be having sex
when his resistance is so low!
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This is all-out war!
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Summon the White Blood Cells
to the lymph node!
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*Attention, all White Blood Cells!
Attention, all White Blood Cells!*
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*You are to report to the lymph node at once.*
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What's wrong?
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It's no good. Stay away from here.
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They say it's crawling with gonococci.
You'd better take the long way around.
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For crying out loud,
what are the White Blood Cells doing?
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White Blood Cell...
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Hey, hey!
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They're covered in blood!
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If the White Blood Cells are here,
does that mean the bacteria's nearby, too?
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Wh-White Blood Cell!
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Were you able to drive out the germs?
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Are you serious?
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Put yourselves in our shoes, will you?
We have to come through these vessels every day!
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Hey, knock it off!
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It's your job as White Blood Cells to secure our
routes so we can be safe delivering oxygen, right?
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He's right!
Why don't you do your jobs right?
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Come on, protect us!
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How can you talk to us like that?
You have no idea what kind of battle we're—
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Sorry. We're heading back to the lymph node
to come up with a strategy as soon as possible.
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You can beat those gonococci, can't you?
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We're going to do our best.
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Hey! We're not done talking!
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Don't run away!
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Huh? It's not like we're running away, all right?
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Come on.
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Listen, you were out of line.
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Yeah, but if we run into those gonococci,
there's nothing we can do.
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So, we need them to do their jobs.
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Take the critically injured over there.
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Everyone able to fight
is to stand by for further orders.
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This will be the last showdown, huh?
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But...
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I've returned...
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Captain.
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So, you survived...
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1196.
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Yes. Somehow.
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We're in the middle of a brutal battle.
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You're lucky to have made it back alive.
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*Attention, White Blood Cells.*
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*As I'm sure you all know,*
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*this body is about to be stricken with gonorrhea.*
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*The gonococci have invaded
the areas surrounding the urethra...*
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*and are now closing in on the epididymis
where the sperm are.*
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*Are we going to continue to let them
get away with such tyranny?*
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No, sir!
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*Then, put your lives in my hands!*
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Yes, sir!
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*This is a noble battle that we'll be
waging for the sake of this body.*
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*Put your lives on the line to annihilate
every last one of the enemy!*
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Yes, sir!
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Your job is to be at my beck and call.
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The higher-ups have no clue
about the front lines.
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Here, these are your next deliveries.
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The urinary tract,
the bladder, the prostrate...
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Huh? But those are all
in the lower body!
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Yeah, well, ever since the gonococci invasion,
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everyone's been avoiding
deliveries near the urethra.
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Hey, then, me, too—
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Rookies have no refusal rights.
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We leave the dangerous jobs to the rookies.
That's how it's always been done.
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Come on.
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Enough of your whining!
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If you have any complaints,
take them to the White Blood Cells!
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If they would've wiped out the gonococci,
we wouldn't be in all this danger.
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But the White Blood Cells are fighting, right?
On the front lines?
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What else would they be doing?
The only ability they have is to fight.
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I'll go.
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Oh yeah? Thank goodness
you have some sense!
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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.
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Hey! Speak for yourself!
**[10:21] ---**
Captain, please wait.
**[10:24] ---**
You...
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Please take me, too.
**[10:27] ---**
You dummy! You just got beaten up
by a gonococcus! You're in no shape to fight!
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I'm all right now.
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You should back off.
You'll only get in our way.
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You don't have to worry about me!
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Worst case scenario, I'll at least take
one or two of the gonococci down with me!
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Captain, please!
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Please let me fight, too!
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All of you, please listen
to what I have to say.
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We're being flooded
with reports on the battle.
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Some of you may have
actual combat experience.
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I know you're each putting up a good fight.
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However, the gonococci's proliferation speed
is far greater than our phagocytosis speed.
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In other words, gonorrhea...
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has no chance of healing naturally!
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Captain, does that mean...
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I'll be honest with you.
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This fight...
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is a losing battle.
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I'll be honest with you.
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This fight...
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is a losing battle.
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Shut up!
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The captain isn't done talking.
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Even if there's no hope of winning,
we're going to go on fighting.
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That is the mission of those born
as White Blood Cells.
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To devour all bacteria out of existence
with no fear of death.
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That's our pride. But...
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don't die in vain.
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There are other ways that you can be useful
to this world by surviving.
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It's a given that you'll fight valiantly.
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But when in doubt, I want you to choose
the more likely path to survival.
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This could very well
turn into a prolonged battle.
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If anything happens to us,
who will protect the other cells?
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For now, value that life of yours.
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Understood.
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You're thinking that what I just said
was unbecoming of a captain, right?
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No. I had the same view as you.
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TO THE URETHRA
THIS WAY
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Hey, are we really going, then?
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You're crazy, you know that?
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Didn't you hear that the urethra
is a hellhole of gonococci now?
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We'll be fine. White Blood Cell
will take care of them for us.
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If White Blood Cell's job
is to drive out bacteria,
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then delivering oxygen to cells
is the Red Blood Cells' job.
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No matter what the situation is,
we have to fulfill our duty!
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Dammit, all right.
**[13:20] ---**
You've changed somehow, you know?
**[13:23] ---**
Like, you've gotten
kind of dependable, I guess.
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Is that so?
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When it comes to White Blood Cell,
you totally go through this personality change.
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Huh? R-Really?
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What's this?
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It's the White Blood Cells!
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What? Then, this is...
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pus?
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*Pus.*
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*An opaque, viscous fluid
produced at the site of inflammation.*
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*Composed of White Blood Cells, blood serum, etc.,
it also contains tissue debris and dead bacteria.*
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N-No way.
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Are you okay?
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Hey, this place is bad news!
Let's get out of here!
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Lonely...
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Hey, did you just say something?
**[14:15] ---**
No, I didn't.
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I'm lonely, see?
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Watch out!
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W-We have to...
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hold them off.
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So, the gonococci have come this far.
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Macrophage!
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*Macrophage.*
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*A type of White Blood Cell.*
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*One of its duties is to clean up
dead cells and bacteria.*
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What are you doing
in a dangerous place like this?
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W-We have a delivery to make up ahead.
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I see. If you're planning to move on,
brace yourselves.
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It's hell back there
in the arteria profunda penis.
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Lonely...
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Lonely!
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Hold your ground!
Annihilate the enemy!
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Devour them out of existence!
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*Phagocytosis or opsonic action.*
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*The process...*
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*by which White Blood Cells and the like engulf bacteria
and other foreign substances, and break them down.*
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Lonely!
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Unbelievable proliferation rate!
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They just keep increasing
more and more!
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*The cell wall's so hard!*
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*Cell wall.*
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*The armor-like structure
found on the cells of plants and bacteria.*
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*It's durable and repairs itself swiftly.*
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*Unless we do something about that...*
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*it will be impossible for us
to overtake their proliferation rate!*
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Hey there, White Blood Cells.
Why don't we all become friends?
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What did you say?
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I know all about it.
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That the other cells are scared of you
**[16:17] ---**
and treat you all like outcasts.
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The truth is, you're lonely, aren't you?
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Shut up!
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Captain!
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Lonely!
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Hey...
**[16:38] ---**
let's turn back after all.
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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?
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Hey, wait up, will you?
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Lonely...
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Lonely...
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I'm lonely, see?
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White Blood Cell...
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How pitiful is that? To be ostracized
by the other cells, to be hated by them...
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Useless even when it comes
to your only redeeming feature, battle.
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And to end up in a pile of filthy pus!
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Run.
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Hurry! Run!
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She's right. Let's get out of here.
There's nothing you and I can do here—
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It's not dirty.
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Huh?
**[17:31] ---**
Huh?
**[17:33] ---**
Pus is proof that the White Blood Cells
fought with their lives on the line!
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Even if others fear them and find fault with them,
they never say a word of complaint.
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They go on fighting for this body. For us cells.
It's proof that White Blood Cell fought for us!
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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,*
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*it leaves human cells unharmed.*
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I'm lonely.
**[18:45] ---**
I have to multiply
so I'll have more friends!
**[18:52] ---**
White Blood Cell!
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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
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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!
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PREVIEW
**[23:20] ---**
Work, work, work
until you drop!
**[23:23] ---**
OVERWORK
**[23:25] ---**
The hair that we created...
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HAIR LOSS
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keeps falling out.
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DELIRIUM
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We have to do it!
**[23:30] ---**
We have to!
**[23:31] ---**
OVERWORK, HAIR LOSS, AND DELIRIUM
# E5 - Overwork, Hair Loss, and Delirium
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G8WUND8GP/overwork-hair-loss-and-delirium)
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The White Blood Cells struggled badly
in the gonococci battle,
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drastically thinning their ranks.
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Right now, no one can save this world
but you Killer T Cells!
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*Helper T Cells.*
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*When notified of invading external enemies,*
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*they serve as commanders who formulate
appropriate attack strategies,*
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*and they issue orders to Killer T Cells.*
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CELL
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Foreign substance sighted.
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*Killer T Cells.*
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*Deployed on the orders of a Helper T Cell.*
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*Professional killers who recognize
and destroy foreign substances,*
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*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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GZ7UV782V/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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GD9UVNJQE/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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GQJUGD1VW/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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G50UZ29X3/calamity-athletes-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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GWDU89WE4/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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GG1U2MQ47/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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G0DUN31D3/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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GEVUZP2X8/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...*
**[20:12] ---**
*and deliver it to the entire body.*
**[20:14] ---**
*That's all there is to it. But...*
**[20:18] ---**
*That's our job as Red Blood Cells.*
**[20:19] ---**
RECEIVED
**[20:22] ---**
*One by one, the jobs we cells do
may be insignificant, but...*
**[20:28] ---**
*with all the efforts of us cells at work,*
**[20:32] ---**
*this body is able to live on!*
**[22:11] ---**
The vascular wall?
**[22:12] ---**
You Red Blood Cells, stay back!
**[22:14] ---**
Okay!
**[22:16] ---**
Something's coming?
**[22:22] ---**
It's sucking us in?
**[22:25] ---**
White Blood Cell!
**[22:26] ---**
Let me go or you'll get dragged into this, too!
**[22:29] ---**
I'm not letting go!
**[22:32] ---**
Red Blood Cell!
**[22:40] ---**
Senpai! Senpai!
**[22:46] ---**
Senpai! Thank goodness!
I was afraid you were never going to wake up!
**[22:52] ---**
Where the cell are we?
**[22:54] ---**
The subclavian vein, it says.
**[22:57] ---**
SUBCLAVIAN VEIN
**[22:58] ---**
The subclavian vein?
**[23:00] ---**
When we passed through it before,
it was all cleaned up,
**[23:05] ---**
but this blood vessel is all bumpy.
It's just like it was before.
**[23:09] ---**
No, it's even more
of a Code Black than before!
**[23:19] ---**
Don't tell me this is a different body!
**[23:25] ---**
*Our Code Black jobs...*
**[23:29] ---**
*aren't over!*