# E4 - Front Line, Gonococci, and Conflict
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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
**[02:55] ---**
Hey, Red Blood Cell...
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CELL
**[02:58] ---**
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.
**[03:04] ---**
I'm pretty sure that the White Blood Cells
are exterminating them now.
**[03:08] ---**
Is that right?
But you'd better not let your guard down.
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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!
**[03:20] ---**
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?
**[03:45] ---**
But what if those White Blood Cells
end up losing?
**[03:48] ---**
Don't worry. Those White Blood Cells
are all unbelievably strong.
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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!
**[07:09] ---**
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.
**[07:55] ---**
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?*
**[08:38] ---**
No, sir!
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*Then, put your lives in my hands!*
**[08:44] ---**
Yes, sir!
**[08:46] ---**
*This is a noble battle that we'll be
waging for the sake of this body.*
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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.
**[10:02] ---**
Oh yeah? Thank goodness
you have some sense!
**[10:05] ---**
Uh, no, no, no!
I didn't say a word about going!
**[10:08] ---**
Don't worry. He and I
will make those deliveries for sure.
**[10:11] ---**
Hey! Speak for yourself!
**[10:21] ---**
Captain, please wait.
**[10:24] ---**
You...
**[10:25] ---**
Please take me, too.
**[10:27] ---**
You dummy! You just got beaten up
by a gonococcus! You're in no shape to fight!
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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!
**[10:42] ---**
Captain, please!
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Please let me fight, too!
**[10:51] ---**
All of you, please listen
to what I have to say.
**[10:55] ---**
We're being flooded
with reports on the battle.
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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!
**[11:19] ---**
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.
**[11:34] ---**
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...
**[12:07] ---**
don't die in vain.
**[12:10] ---**
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?
**[12:53] ---**
You're crazy, you know that?
**[12:56] ---**
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.
**[13:03] ---**
If White Blood Cell's job
is to drive out bacteria,
**[13:06] ---**
then delivering oxygen to cells
is the Red Blood Cells' job.
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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.
**[13:26] ---**
Is that so?
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When it comes to White Blood Cell,
you totally go through this personality change.
**[13:31] ---**
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.
**[14:05] ---**
Are you okay?
**[14:06] ---**
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?
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No, I didn't.
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I'm lonely, see?
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Watch out!
**[14:32] ---**
W-We have to...
**[14:35] ---**
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!
**[15:33] ---**
They just keep increasing
more and more!
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*The cell wall's so hard!*
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*Cell wall.*
**[15:52] ---**
*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.
**[16:14] ---**
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!
**[16:37] ---**
Hey...
**[16:38] ---**
let's turn back after all.
**[16:40] ---**
I'm going to finish the job
even if I have to do it alone.
**[16:43] ---**
Huh? You're telling me
to turn back on my own now?
**[16:47] ---**
Hey, wait up, will you?
**[16:51] ---**
Lonely...
**[16:53] ---**
Lonely...
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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...
**[17:10] ---**
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!
**[17:20] ---**
Run.
**[17:23] ---**
Hurry! Run!
**[17:25] ---**
She's right. Let's get out of here.
There's nothing you and I can do here—
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It's not dirty.
**[17:30] ---**
Huh?
**[17:31] ---**
Huh?
**[17:33] ---**
Pus is proof that the White Blood Cells
fought with their lives on the line!
**[17:37] ---**
Even if others fear them and find fault with them,
they never say a word of complaint.
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They go on fighting for this body. For us cells.
It's proof that White Blood Cell fought for us!
**[17:50] ---**
So, how could it be dirty?
**[17:53] ---**
How insolent. What can a puny
Red Blood Cell like you do?
**[17:58] ---**
I deliver oxygen!
**[17:59] ---**
Just like White Blood Cell,
I put my life on the line to deliver oxygen!
**[18:10] ---**
What the cell is this?
**[18:11] ---**
My cell wall is disintegrating!
**[18:14] ---**
Is this...
**[18:15] ---**
I have a report!
**[18:17] ---**
It seems that an antibiotic has been delivered
from the mouth via the esophagus!
**[18:21] ---**
Antibiotic...
**[18:22] ---**
Penicillin, then?
**[18:24] ---**
*Penicillin.*
**[18:25] ---**
*The world's first antibiotic.*
**[18:28] ---**
*Works by inhibiting bacterial cell wall synthesis.*
**[18:36] ---**
*Since penicillin only affects
bacterial cell walls,*
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*it leaves human cells unharmed.*
**[18:43] ---**
I'm lonely.
**[18:45] ---**
I have to multiply
so I'll have more friends!
**[18:52] ---**
White Blood Cell!
**[18:56] ---**
Captain!
**[18:57] ---**
I've got this! You protect
the Red Blood Cells and head to the back!
**[19:01] ---**
But if we do that, you'll...
**[19:04] ---**
Let the Red Blood Cells finish their job.
**[19:07] ---**
I want you to create a future
for this world by surviving!
**[19:11] ---**
Come with us!
Captain, you should survive, too!
**[19:15] ---**
That's what I'm planning to do. Now go!
**[19:21] ---**
We'll clear the path open.
**[19:23] ---**
We're going to run straight through.
**[19:25] ---**
All right!
**[19:32] ---**
Now that their cell walls are gone,
**[19:34] ---**
we can destroy them
faster than they can multiply.
**[19:39] ---**
This is our chance to strike back!
**[19:41] ---**
We're going to show them
how powerful we White Blood Cells are!
**[19:44] ---**
Annihilate them!
**[19:51] ---**
Let's see it through to the end.
**[19:55] ---**
This is...
**[19:56] ---**
the White Blood Cells' job!
**[20:06] ---**
*We've lost scores of our friends
in today's battle.*
**[20:11] ---**
*Still...*
**[20:12] ---**
*thanks to your hard work,
the gonococci have been wiped out!*
**[20:17] ---**
Therefore, I declare
the gonorrhea completely cured!
**[20:22] ---**
What's going to happen
to the White Blood Cells who passed away?
**[20:25] ---**
They'll be eliminated as a pus
from the urethra.
**[20:29] ---**
Captain...
**[20:35] ---**
E-Excuse me!
**[20:38] ---**
I'm so sorry.
**[20:40] ---**
For asking if you were really doing
your job right, and mouthing off at you.
**[20:45] ---**
That's just how it goes with work.
**[20:47] ---**
What?
**[20:49] ---**
You guys deliver oxygen,
and we exterminate germs.
**[20:54] ---**
There's no way for us
to cover for each other.
**[20:57] ---**
That's precisely why we can be proud.
**[21:01] ---**
*Now opening the urethra.*
**[21:09] ---**
*Life-threatening jobs...*
**[21:11] ---**
*Will we ever find it fulfilling someday?*
**[21:20] ---**
Here's the military gains report for today's battle
between the gonococci and the White Blood Cells.
**[21:25] ---**
This is deplorable.
**[21:26] ---**
Just how many casualties did they produce
going up against mere gonococci?
**[21:30] ---**
Damn those fragile White Blood Cells!
**[21:32] ---**
If I may, sir, I believe
the White Blood Cells put up a good fight—
**[21:35] ---**
MILITARY GAINS REPORT
**[21:35] ---**
You're too lenient!
**[21:37] ---**
This body's condition isn't showing an iota
of improvement because they're so pathetic!
**[21:42] ---**
No one can save it
from this crisis but us T Cells!
**[23:19] ---**
PREVIEW
**[23:20] ---**
Work, work, work
until you drop!
**[23:23] ---**
OVERWORK
**[23:25] ---**
The hair that we created...
**[23:26] ---**
HAIR LOSS
**[23:27] ---**
keeps falling out.
**[23:29] ---**
DELIRIUM
**[23:29] ---**
We have to do it!
**[23:30] ---**
We have to!
**[23:31] ---**
OVERWORK, HAIR LOSS, AND DELIRIUM