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E1 - Smoking, Bacteria, and the Beginning of the End

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    I work...
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    WHITE BLOOD CELL
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    and work...
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    and work...
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    What are you doing?
    Deliver that oxygen!
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    I work and work and work...
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    but it doesn't make any difference!
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    Just what is it that we're all working for?
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    You have to keep on working anyway.
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    As long as you have a job to do.
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    Cells at Work!
    CODE BLACK
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    EPISODE 1:
    SMOKING, BACTERIA,
    AND THE BEGINNING OF THE END
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    Welcome, everyone.
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    Now that you've graduated
    from Erythroblast status,
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    as of today, you'll be working
    with us as Red Blood Cells.
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    We have great expectations of you all
    as you work for the bright future of this world!
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    Since we all share the same mission,
    we are like family.
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    Let's help each other out,
    join forces and do our best together.
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    CELL
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    This is the body in which
    you'll be working, starting today.

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    Throughout the film you're about to see,
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    we'll be introducing you to the various systems
    and cells inside this body.

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    First, the path that you Red Blood Cells will be taking
    to deliver oxygen, the blood vessel.

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    A route not only for you...
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    but also for the White Blood Cells who eliminate
    foreign substances that enter the body...

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    the Killer T Cells who eliminate cells
    infected by viruses...

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    and the Macrophages
    who clean up the body.

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    As you can see,
    it's a pathway for all types of cells.

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    And these are the Platelets
    who work to repair damaged blood vessels.

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    PLATELETS
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    - Hello!
    - Hello!

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    They just said hello to us!
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    Greetings are essential if you're going
    to have a good day at work, right?

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    And here are the internal organs
    which are indispensable for the work you'll be doing.

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    Each one serves its own crucial role...
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    and it's here that you'll find the cells
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    who can be considered specialists
    in their respective fields at work.

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    Among them are organs
    that will look after your Red Blood Cells.

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    Can't wait for that!
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    Yep.
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    And now, why don't we hear
    from one of them?

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    Gastric Chief Cell will speak to us now.
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    What are you doing right now?
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    This here's digestion.
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    It's an important process
    for absorbing nutrients.

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    Can you say a few words
    to our newly-joined Red Blood Cells?

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    Let's see.
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    When you come to the stomach
    to make deliveries, tell us your names.

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    It's a lot more pleasant to work
    with a familiar face

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    than with someone
    you don't even know by name.

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    We'll be waiting for you guys!
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    You may work in different systems,
    but you're all friends working in the same body.

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    By interacting,
    you can improve the work environment.

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    That's it for our introductory video.
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    You will now separate into groups,
    and start your on-the-job training.
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    Any questions?
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    Yes!
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    Go on.
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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...
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    Is it going to be all right?
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    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.
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    You can take a break
    before starting the second round.
[12:14] ---
    Okay.
[12:15] ---
    I'm going to take a look over there.
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    I'm exhausted.
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    - 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.
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    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!
[14:30] ---
    Wh-What's going on? The walls are...
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    Have you analyzed the toxin?
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    The acetylcholine receptors
    are in a state of agitation,
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    and the chain of command
    has been disrupted!
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    Acetylcholine receptors.
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    They exist in the synapses
    and are made of protein.

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    They receive the neurotransmitter
    acetylcholine...

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    sending signals across the nerve network,
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    and controlling the smooth muscles,
    skeletal muscles and sweat glands.

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    The acetylcohline receptors
    have been affected? Don't tell me it's...
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    E-Everybody?
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    W-We have to save them!
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    It's too late!
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    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?
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    Senpai!
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    Look.
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    Huh?
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    Bacteria's reached the blood vessel...
    at a time like this?
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    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...
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    A cleaner cell who eliminates
    germs from the body...
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    White Blood Cell!
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    White Blood Cell or Neutrophil.
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    Its main job is to eliminate foreign substances
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    such as bacteria and viruses
    that have invaded the body from the outside.

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    Sorry I got here late.
[16:52] ---
    The germs have been proliferating all over the place,
    so we've been really swamped.
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    Are you a rookie?
[17:01] ---
    Y-Yes.
[17:05] ---
    Let me take care of this.
[17:19] ---
    Let's go, rookie.
[17:20] ---
    Huh? Go where?
[17:22] ---
    Where do you think?
[17:25] ---
    We're going to deliver this oxygen.
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    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...
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    In a situation like this,
    even if we're under orders...
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    You must be kidding me!
    I can't take this job anymore!
[17:46] ---
    Don't ever forget this, rookie.
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    The moment us Red Blood Cells mature,
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    we discard everything that normal cells have.
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    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.
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    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?
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    White Blood Cell Lady!
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    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!
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    Emotions...
[19:27] ---
    No way is it easy to suppress them.
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    Not for any cell...
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    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.

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    All cells, please be careful
    when you head outside!

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    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?
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    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.
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    Lungs.
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    The organs that absorb oxygen
    from the air into the body...

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    and expel the carbon dioxide delivered
    by the Red Blood Cells back into the air.

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    How did it get so dirty?
[20:46] ---
    Today's emergency was caused by smoking.
    For the first time in ten years, that is.
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    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...
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    I hear that they detected nicotine,
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    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