# Season 2
# 1 - Bump
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GR3KVPQER/cells-at-work)
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**[00:19] ---**
The internal security here is a total joke!
**[00:22] ---**
All right! I'm lovely today, too! If I may say so
myself, I'm just too cute for a germ!
**[00:27] ---**
And how adorable!
**[00:30] ---**
There's no Immune Cell that could possibly
attack such an adorable germ like me!
**[00:34] ---**
When I catch him off guard with my cuteness,
I'm going to go, "Blam! Pow!"
**[00:39] ---**
It's like I've taken over this body!
**[00:45] ---**
Die, you damn germ!
**[00:50] ---**
WHITE BLOOD CELL
**[02:34] ---**
*This is the inside of a human body.*
**[02:47] ---**
Hello, Macrophage!
**[02:50] ---**
Oh my!
**[02:52] ---**
Good afternoon!
**[02:53] ---**
FRAGILE
CONDENSED GAS
**[02:54] ---**
I see that you're full of energy today, too.
**[02:56] ---**
Thank you very much!
**[02:59] ---**
And I see that you're working hard
as a good senpai!
**[03:02] ---**
No, I wouldn't go that far!
No, really, seriously—
**[03:09] ---**
You're in the way! What are you doing,
wandering around like this? Are you lost again?
**[03:13] ---**
I'm so sorry, Killer T Cell.
**[03:20] ---**
*We're the invincible T Cells!*
**[03:23] ---**
Are you okay, Senpai?
**[03:27] ---**
Hey, I'm fine!
**[03:28] ---**
ARTERY
**[03:29] ---**
*Roughly 37 trillion cells are working energetically
and with all their might again today.*
**[03:45] ---**
EPISODE 1:
BUMP
**[03:46] ---**
*"Bump."*
**[03:50] ---**
Th-Th-Th-Thank you... for waiting!
**[03:56] ---**
CELL
**[03:57] ---**
I've come to deliver
your nutrients and oxygen!
**[04:01] ---**
Hey, I appreciate your hard work.
**[04:03] ---**
CELL
**[04:05] ---**
TWITCH
**[04:05] ---**
Thank you very much!
**[04:05] ---**
STING STING
**[04:08] ---**
S-Sorry about making you come
through such cramped quarters.
**[04:13] ---**
Oh no! It's my job!
**[04:15] ---**
Y-Your face is all scraped up,
so take care, okay?
**[04:20] ---**
All righty.
**[04:22] ---**
Hey, look who showed up here
but Red Blood Cell!
**[04:25] ---**
Hey! I know you!
**[04:27] ---**
You're White Blood Cell's friend!
**[04:29] ---**
Hey there!
**[04:31] ---**
Listen, I hope you don't mind my asking,
but have you seen 1146?
**[04:35] ---**
Now that you mention it,
I haven't seen him in a while.
**[04:38] ---**
Are you looking for him?
**[04:40] ---**
Yeah. He's been pretty slammed
with work lately,
**[04:44] ---**
so I'm worried that he might be
feeling run-down or in a foul mood.
**[04:48] ---**
I thought I'd ask him to go for tea
and calm him down!
**[04:51] ---**
Is that right? Sounds good to me!
**[04:54] ---**
Well, hey, I'm embarrassed
to sound so patronizing, you know!
**[04:58] ---**
Don't give it another thought!
**[05:01] ---**
Hey, but maybe there's no need
for you to be so worried.
**[05:05] ---**
The last time I saw him, he was taking it easy,
sipping on some yummy-looking germ soup!
**[05:06] ---**
GERM SOUP
**[05:10] ---**
I think he might be better
at switching gears than we think.
**[05:14] ---**
You know how grounded White Blood Cell is!
I'm sure he's taking care of himself just fine!
**[05:23] ---**
4989?
**[05:25] ---**
Sorry. It's just that I had no idea there were
any Red Blood Cells looking out for us like that.
**[05:32] ---**
I mean, I never even dreamed it!
**[05:34] ---**
I was so moved,
I just broke down into tears!
**[05:36] ---**
Hey, come on! You're embarrassing me!
**[05:40] ---**
Knowing how grounded White Blood Cell is,
I bet he's sipping tea right now, looking like this!
**[05:40] ---**
RELAXING TEA
**[05:45] ---**
THIS TEA
IS SO GOOD
**[05:46] ---**
*This tea is so good!*
**[05:48] ---**
I think you're right!
**[05:53] ---**
You're not getting away!
**[05:57] ---**
W-W-W-Wait! Take a good look!
**[05:59] ---**
How dare you assault a lovely germ like me!
**[06:04] ---**
*This White Blood Cell...*
**[06:06] ---**
*is bonkers!*
**[06:07] ---**
*His deadly accuracy at top speed,*
**[06:09] ---**
*those devastating attacks that seem
to be cutting off all worldly desires...*
**[06:12] ---**
*He's my enemy, but I applaud him!*
**[06:17] ---**
This is U-1146
of the White Blood Cell Neutrophil Division.
**[06:20] ---**
The invading Bacteria have been exterminated.
**[06:26] ---**
*No matter what kind of germ it is,
it will be obliterated without mercy.*
**[06:29] ---**
*That's our job.*
**[06:32] ---**
*We can't let even a single one
slip through the cracks.*
**[06:35] ---**
*No matter what!*
**[06:45] ---**
S-So sorry! I guess
I got in your way, didn't I?
**[06:48] ---**
Hey! No, not at all!
**[06:50] ---**
I should be apologizing for scaring you.
I'll clean this up right away and leave.
**[06:54] ---**
Oh no, that's all right!
**[06:57] ---**
The thing is, I'm training
to become a strong Platelet right now.
**[07:01] ---**
I can't put this down
under any circumstances!
**[07:04] ---**
Huh? Training?
**[07:06] ---**
Would you mind tossing that
coagulation factor my way, please?
**[07:09] ---**
So I can catch it!
**[07:10] ---**
Uh, sure. I don't mind at all.
**[07:13] ---**
Can you handle it?
**[07:14] ---**
Thank you so much!
**[07:16] ---**
I'll be fine!
**[07:18] ---**
All right.
**[07:19] ---**
Here!
**[07:22] ---**
STUMBLE STUMBLE
**[07:24] ---**
BAM
**[07:25] ---**
Hey!
**[07:26] ---**
Plop!
**[07:26] ---**
PLOP
**[07:27] ---**
Are you okay?
**[07:28] ---**
*Plop...*
**[07:30] ---**
*Looks just like her!*
**[07:31] ---**
I-I'm all right.
I'm so sorry to worry you.
**[07:35] ---**
*She's fighting back tears!
I'll pick those up for you now, okay?*
**[07:40] ---**
Still, this is a White Blood Cell
migration route, you know.
**[07:43] ---**
Did you lose your way
during training, maybe?
**[07:46] ---**
BLUSH BLUSH
**[07:48] ---**
*Just like her.*
**[07:49] ---**
PLATELETS
**[07:51] ---**
I don't usually see you alone like this.
**[07:54] ---**
What happened? Did you get into a fight
with that kid you're always with?
**[07:56] ---**
Th-That's not it at all!
Leader is such a kind girl!
**[07:58] ---**
*You see, you see...*
**[08:02] ---**
It's just that I'm so weak.
**[08:07] ---**
The other day...
**[08:10] ---**
when we were practicing primary
blood clotting inside the bone marrow...
**[08:16] ---**
*Are you okay?*
**[08:19] ---**
*Plop!*
**[08:19] ---**
PLOP
**[08:21] ---**
*Are you all right?
Leader? Backward Cap?*
**[08:24] ---**
So, they call you Backward Cap, huh?
**[08:28] ---**
Since we're so tiny, at work, we clump together
to make up for our lack of height.
**[08:34] ---**
And there's nothing more important
than working as one...
**[08:39] ---**
But since I'm twice as weak
as the next Platelet,
**[08:41] ---**
I was always dragging everyone else down.
**[08:44] ---**
Even so, everyone still kept
cheering me on, but...
**[08:49] ---**
*So, I come to check on my apprentices...*
**[08:51] ---**
*and what exactly is this I'm seeing?*
**[08:56] ---**
SNACK
**[08:56] ---**
*Th-That voice!*
**[08:59] ---**
*M-Master!*
**[09:02] ---**
*Who would've thought that among my apprentices,
I'd still find an underdeveloped useless kid like you?*
**[09:09] ---**
*Out there in the real world,
"I can't do it" just won't cut it!*
**[09:13] ---**
*Make sure you've whipped yourself into shape
by the next hemorrhage!*
**[09:17] ---**
*Okay!*
**[09:19] ---**
What I want is strength!
**[09:21] ---**
That's why I'm carrying twice
the normal load of coagulation factors...
**[09:25] ---**
to get myself into shape!
I-It's so heavy!
**[09:27] ---**
TREMBLE
TREMBLE
**[09:29] ---**
CLENCH
**[09:29] ---**
I see. I really hope
you can become stronger!
**[09:34] ---**
But...
**[09:35] ---**
She yelled at me,
but Master's absolutely right.
**[09:39] ---**
I might end up thwarting the others
during a real mission because I'm incompetent.
**[09:44] ---**
So, I've made up my mind
not to go back until I've gotten stronger.
**[09:51] ---**
Is that right?
**[09:53] ---**
Well, but there's no need to panic, right?
**[09:59] ---**
Backward Cap, you have the positive mindset
to work hard at it, don't you?
**[10:03] ---**
As long as there's one of you like that,
**[10:06] ---**
it'll inspire the others to follow suit,
and then you can all do a great job.
**[10:09] ---**
There's no way
that you'd be thwarting them...
**[10:12] ---**
so why don't you go on back
and see how training together works out?
**[10:17] ---**
You really think so?
**[10:19] ---**
I see!
**[10:28] ---**
Look, we're close to the epidermis now.
**[10:30] ---**
Oh, wow!
**[10:31] ---**
This is the main road
along the temporal vein!
**[10:36] ---**
Hey! White Blood Cell!
**[10:40] ---**
Hey, long time no see!
**[10:42] ---**
Hey, Red Blood Cell!
**[10:44] ---**
Oh, it's Platelet's friend.
**[10:48] ---**
This is Backward Cap.
**[10:50] ---**
Hello, Backward Cap!
**[10:53] ---**
Hello!
**[10:54] ---**
What a coincidence! Just a minute ago,
we were wondering how you were doing—
**[11:02] ---**
What the cell's going on?
An external injury? Where's the wound?
**[11:08] ---**
Every capillary vein in the area is ruptured!
**[11:14] ---**
Red Blood Cell!
**[11:15] ---**
Don't worry about me!
**[11:18] ---**
White Blood Cell...
**[11:19] ---**
Take Backward Cap!
**[11:21] ---**
Gotcha!
**[11:22] ---**
Please give it all you've got!
**[11:26] ---**
Will she be all right?
**[11:28] ---**
Yeah. No need to worry.
**[11:31] ---**
*She's sure toughened up!*
**[11:33] ---**
No. 1146!
**[11:36] ---**
So, this is where you've been all this time, huh?
**[11:39] ---**
Hey, No. 4989, are we under attack?
This is an attack, right?
**[11:42] ---**
Hold up, No. 1146. Haven't you noticed?
**[11:45] ---**
This isn't like any of the other times.
**[11:47] ---**
The blood cells should be flying
out of the wound, but look!
**[11:50] ---**
It's like we've been thrown into
some kind of zero gravity space!
**[11:54] ---**
What the...
**[11:57] ---**
I see!
**[11:58] ---**
That's right!
**[11:59] ---**
This means that there's no wound!
**[12:02] ---**
And this is the head area!
**[12:04] ---**
So, this must be...
**[12:05] ---**
a bump, then?
**[12:07] ---**
*Bump.*
**[12:09] ---**
*A lump-like protrusion caused by swelling
and bleeding on the outer skull.*
**[12:09] ---**
BUMP
**[12:21] ---**
Stop the internal bleeding...
**[12:24] ---**
GRIP
**[12:24] ---**
Looks like it's time for me to step up!
**[12:27] ---**
That's what I like to hear!
**[12:29] ---**
Give it your all, Backward Cap!
**[12:33] ---**
Right!
**[12:34] ---**
I'll do my best!
**[12:37] ---**
And as for us Neutrophils...
**[12:40] ---**
No. 4989! You ready?
**[12:41] ---**
Yeah! I know what to do!
**[12:45] ---**
*Internal bleeding is a hemorrhage
occurring under the skin.*
**[12:49] ---**
*Which means that there's no wound
that can serve as a pathway for enemy intruders.*
**[12:53] ---**
*In other words...*
**[12:55] ---**
*what we can do as Neutrophils is...*
**[12:59] ---**
*nothing.*
**[13:00] ---**
All right! Let's work hard
at our jobs today, too!
**[13:04] ---**
Okay!
**[13:08] ---**
Cells at Work!!
**[13:13] ---**
Cells at Work!!
**[13:16] ---**
All right, everybody, listen up!
**[13:20] ---**
This is internal bleeding,
but it's the same job as always.
**[13:24] ---**
We're going to assemble in the ruptured area,
form a primary blood clot...
**[13:28] ---**
then form a secondary blood clot by sticking the Red and
White Blood Cells together with fibrin, to stop the bleeding!
**[13:34] ---**
We have a wide area to cover,
so it won't be easy, but let's do our best!
**[13:38] ---**
Okay!
**[13:41] ---**
There's damage here, too!
**[13:43] ---**
Anyone who's free, please come over here!
**[13:45] ---**
It's clotted!
**[13:46] ---**
We can cast the fibrin now!
**[13:49] ---**
Please bring us the coagulation factors!
**[13:51] ---**
Okay!
**[13:54] ---**
The coagulation factor!
**[13:55] ---**
Backward Cap, you have
a really great attitude!
**[13:59] ---**
*She's right!
Good for you, Backward Cap!*
**[14:02] ---**
*It's not about whether you're strong or not!
Sometimes a good attitude's all you need!*
**[14:06] ---**
Bad news, everybody! Listen, listen!
**[14:09] ---**
We don't have enough coagulation factors!
**[14:13] ---**
Don't worry! Backward Cap's on it—
**[14:14] ---**
Listen, listen! It's not that!
**[14:16] ---**
The really bad news we're talking about is...
**[14:19] ---**
Look at that!
**[14:21] ---**
That's...
**[14:23] ---**
Sorry!
**[14:25] ---**
The damaged area is too big
for us to close up, right?
**[14:29] ---**
What should we do?
**[14:30] ---**
Looks like we'll have to assemble far and wide
and close the whole thing off at once.
**[14:34] ---**
Everybody, gather round!
**[14:35] ---**
We're going to join forces
and form a primary blood clot together!
**[14:38] ---**
Come on, you, too, Backward Cap, hurry!
**[14:41] ---**
Uh-oh! Primary blood clots
are what Backward Cap has trouble with! Jeez!
**[14:45] ---**
Y-You can do it, Backward Cap!
**[14:47] ---**
Who's Backward Cap?
**[14:49] ---**
Plop!
**[14:49] ---**
PLOP
**[14:50] ---**
I see, so this gives you trouble, Backward Cap!
Wh-What should we do?
**[14:54] ---**
Is there anyone
who can take Backward Cap's place?
**[14:57] ---**
Hold on a second!
**[14:59] ---**
*Primary blood clot... We all need to unite
and work as one right now, but I...*
**[15:03] ---**
BONK
**[15:03] ---**
*If I'm like this,
I'm going to throw everyone else off, too!*
**[15:08] ---**
What the cell are you doing?
**[15:12] ---**
Lackadaisical!
No motivation whatsoever!
**[15:14] ---**
MEGAKARYOCYTE
**[15:14] ---**
What a bunch of slackers!
Asleep at the wheel!
**[15:17] ---**
Little squirts!
**[15:19] ---**
*Megakaryocyte.*
**[15:21] ---**
*The cell that produces Platelets.*
**[15:24] ---**
*The largest of all the cells in the bone marrow.*
**[15:28] ---**
- Master Megakaryocyte!
- Master!
**[15:30] ---**
So, I'm worried and come to check on you,
and what do I find?
**[15:33] ---**
Seriously, you call yourselves my apprentices?
**[15:36] ---**
I know I taught you!
**[15:37] ---**
That since there aren't much in the way
of defensive barriers like muscles or fat on the skull,
**[15:41] ---**
the veins are easily ruptured
by external trauma!
**[15:43] ---**
That because of all the capillaries,
bleeding there leads to catastrophe!
**[15:46] ---**
That it's dangerous when the internal bleeding
can't be stopped! Remember?
**[15:49] ---**
W-We're very sorry, Master!
**[15:53] ---**
That's not the way to go, Megakaryocyte!
**[15:54] ---**
Putting pressure on Backward Cap now
will only backfire in the end!
**[15:57] ---**
Ugh, the wind's smothering my voice!
**[16:00] ---**
I said, who is this Backward Cap anyway?
**[16:03] ---**
*Just look at that!*
**[16:05] ---**
*Thanks to that tongue-lashing,
she's curled up into a ball!*
**[16:07] ---**
*I don't get it!*
**[16:09] ---**
*To me, it just seems like she's only yelling
because it makes her feel good.*
**[16:13] ---**
*But could it be that she has the ability to bring
the Platelets together and resolve this issue?*
**[16:19] ---**
*Does she actually have a plan?*
**[16:21] ---**
All right.
**[16:23] ---**
Now, how can I goad
these useless brats into action?
**[16:27] ---**
Okay, I've got it.
**[16:30] ---**
WHOOSH
**[16:31] ---**
Listen up, little ones!
**[16:34] ---**
Ready?
**[16:36] ---**
Whoever does the best job today...
**[16:40] ---**
will get this special "You Did a Great Job
as a Platelet / Good Kid" gold medal!
**[16:46] ---**
WOW
**[16:49] ---**
I'm going to try harder!
**[16:50] ---**
Get to it!
**[16:51] ---**
- A medal!
- A medal!
**[16:53] ---**
A gold medal!
**[16:56] ---**
She's bribing them.
**[16:59] ---**
Show me what you're made of, little ones.
**[17:01] ---**
Let's see what you can do!
**[17:04] ---**
Heave-ho! Heave-ho! Heave-ho!
**[17:08] ---**
Here are the coagulation factors!
**[17:10] ---**
Okay!
**[17:11] ---**
BOOM
**[17:12] ---**
Primary Platelet blood clot!
**[17:14] ---**
Ah, impressive clumping.
**[17:18] ---**
You're compensating for what you lack
in numbers with your technique.
**[17:20] ---**
Not only that, but look at that total stability.
**[17:23] ---**
I don't know if it's your thirst
for a gold medal or just plain guts...
**[17:26] ---**
Right!
**[17:29] ---**
All righty!
**[17:30] ---**
Here! The last of the coagulation factors!
**[17:32] ---**
- Thanks!
- Sure!
**[17:35] ---**
All right, now we can...
**[17:37] ---**
SLIP
**[17:39] ---**
What the...
**[17:41] ---**
O-Oh no! Our precious coagulation factor!
**[17:47] ---**
Come back here!
**[17:51] ---**
Backward Cap!
**[17:52] ---**
Backward Cap!
**[17:57] ---**
SNAP
**[17:58] ---**
I did it! I got it!
**[18:02] ---**
Everybody! We're going to do
that clumping move now!
**[18:05] ---**
But that formation is so hard,
we've never managed to do it even once!
**[18:10] ---**
Don't worry!
**[18:11] ---**
I'm sure we can make it this time...
**[18:13] ---**
if we all work together as one!
**[18:16] ---**
O-Okay!
**[18:19] ---**
Go!
**[18:23] ---**
Now, that's an incredible super skill!
**[18:26] ---**
Backward Cap!
**[18:27] ---**
I'm coming!
**[18:35] ---**
Don't let go!
**[18:37] ---**
Hold onto my hand and the coagulation factor!
**[18:39] ---**
Okay!
**[18:40] ---**
It's all good! Don't worry, Leader!
**[18:44] ---**
I'm not letting go,
I know for sure that I won't ever let go!
**[18:47] ---**
That's the spirit, Backward Cap!
All your training is paying off now!
**[18:50] ---**
You've gained a little strength
in those arms, huh?
**[18:53] ---**
Good for you!
**[18:59] ---**
*Excellent! What amazing cohesion!*
**[19:02] ---**
*Look at you, rising to the occasion!*
**[19:04] ---**
*To think that even I'm floored
by your growth as your master!*
**[19:08] ---**
*You little ones are truly something else!*
**[19:13] ---**
My little ones!
**[19:14] ---**
Thanks to your efforts, we were able to keep
today's hemorrhage from escalating,
**[19:18] ---**
and we've stopped the bleeding!
**[19:20] ---**
Good job! I commend you
for your hard work!
**[19:22] ---**
Yes, Master!
**[19:23] ---**
But I can't make up my mind about something.
**[19:27] ---**
Who it is that I should award
the gold medal to, you know.
**[19:31] ---**
And why is that?
**[19:32] ---**
Because although it's true that Backward Cap
mustered her courage and came up clutch for us,
**[19:36] ---**
still, she was too sluggish before that,
during clotting! You have to try harder, okay?
**[19:44] ---**
Leader, you displayed some impressive
supervision skills,
**[19:46] ---**
but it was also you who dropped
the coagulation factor! A careless mistake!
**[19:50] ---**
HMM
**[19:52] ---**
You all worked very hard,
**[19:54] ---**
but it's not like I saw an ultra-good kid
who stood head and shoulders above the rest.
**[20:01] ---**
So, today I have no choice but to...
**[20:08] ---**
give you all a gold medal!
**[20:09] ---**
CLATTER
CLANG
**[20:10] ---**
Master!
**[20:12] ---**
Yay! Yay!
**[20:12] ---**
YAY
**[20:16] ---**
Backward Cap...
**[20:18] ---**
You really came through for us today!
**[20:20] ---**
It was your efforts that brought
everyone else together as one!
**[20:24] ---**
Master!
**[20:26] ---**
Since you've always been twice
as weak as the others,
**[20:29] ---**
I always worried if you'd make it or not.
But now, you've set my mind at ease.
**[20:34] ---**
Backward Cap, as an apprentice,
you're my pride and joy!
**[20:39] ---**
Master! Master!
**[20:41] ---**
Hey you!
**[20:43] ---**
*That's a relief.*
**[20:45] ---**
*I had no clue how that was going to turn out,
but it looks like I worried too much.*
**[20:49] ---**
*Backward Cap, not only do you have
a positive attitude,*
**[20:53] ---**
*but you also have
great friends and a great master.*
**[20:56] ---**
*There was no way that you wouldn't
find a way to overcome that jam!*
**[21:00] ---**
*Always cherish the memory of today,
as well as that gold medal.*
**[21:04] ---**
*Backward Cap—*
**[21:05] ---**
Gold medal! Gold medal!
**[21:08] ---**
Gold medal!
**[21:10] ---**
Gold medal!
**[21:12] ---**
Master!
**[21:14] ---**
See you, little ones!
Do your best next time, too!
**[21:18] ---**
Okay!
**[22:53] ---**
All right! All right! All right!
**[22:54] ---**
Here are more blood cells for the clot!
**[22:58] ---**
White Blood Cell! Good job!
**[23:02] ---**
Oh, right. So, you're safe and sound.
That's good.
**[23:05] ---**
Huh? You have an ever-so-slightly hurt look
on your face. Are you all right?
**[23:10] ---**
Sure. Hey, it's nothing.
**[23:13] ---**
The mood swings this guy goes through over the most
trivial stuff! Just because he got a little trampled on.
**[23:18] ---**
Trampled on?
**[23:19] ---**
Well, I'm sure it wasn't on purpose, so...
**[23:21] ---**
Who was it that trampled on you?
**[23:23] ---**
Well, actually...
**[23:25] ---**
NEXT EPISODE
PREVIEW
**[23:25] ---**
Memory Cell did mention something.
**[23:27] ---**
What did he say?
**[23:28] ---**
That the world's going to end for sure this time.
He has a feeling that it may or may not happen.
**[23:31] ---**
So, which is it?
**[23:32] ---**
Next episode of "Cells at Work!!",
**[23:34] ---**
"Acquired Immunity/Peyer's Patch."
**[23:34] ---**
EPISODE 2:
ACQUIRED IMMUNITY/PEYER'S PATCH
**[23:37] ---**
Work hard every day!
# 2 - Acquired Immunity/Peyer's Patch
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GR3KVPQER/cells-at-work)
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EPISODE 2:
ACQUIRED IMMUNITY
**[01:31] ---**
*"Acquired Immunity."*
**[01:38] ---**
*What's this?*
**[01:40] ---**
*What are all these images I'm seeing?*
**[01:42] ---**
WHITE BLOOD CELL
**[01:50] ---**
CELL
**[01:54] ---**
They're heading this way!
**[01:56] ---**
*They're flowing...*
**[01:58] ---**
*right into my mind!*
**[02:09] ---**
Mump...
**[02:17] ---**
What's wrong with you, Memory Cell?
**[02:20] ---**
*M-Meteorite shower, people fighting,
a messenger from the outside world...*
**[02:27] ---**
*What were those images I just saw?*
**[02:29] ---**
*Why would I have such a gorefest of a dream
when I'm not even a Phagocyte? It shouldn't happen!*
**[02:34] ---**
*The whole thing felt so abnormal.*
**[02:37] ---**
*Did I envision the moment
the world will end?*
**[02:40] ---**
*If that's the case,
then was that a vision of the future?*
**[02:44] ---**
*And that dream... Could it be...*
**[02:47] ---**
Memory?
**[02:48] ---**
*It's not just that I've committed all past
antigen battles to my memory...*
**[02:51] ---**
*I now have the ability
to see the future, too?*
**[02:55] ---**
Memory!
**[02:57] ---**
*If that's true, then when that virus shows up,
the world will come to an end!*
**[03:03] ---**
Do you hear me, Memory?
**[03:05] ---**
Enough with the mumbo jumbo!
**[03:07] ---**
Just get on with recording
the antigen data, will you?
**[03:10] ---**
It all hinges on your body of knowledge
whether or not I can put up a fight, okay?
**[03:19] ---**
*A viral infection has just been
detected in the parotid gland.*
**[03:23] ---**
*All Immune Cells in the area,
please head to the site immediately.*
**[03:28] ---**
Come on, let's go! If it's a known antigen,
we have to mow them down with antibodies!
**[03:32] ---**
Come on, time to get to work!
**[03:34] ---**
R-Right.
**[03:36] ---**
TOUR ROUTE
**[03:36] ---**
See? It's that thing
hiding in the shadows!
**[03:39] ---**
I wonder what that one is.
This is so weird.
**[03:54] ---**
MUMP
**[03:55] ---**
Mump.
**[03:58] ---**
What is that thing?
That's one strange virus.
**[04:01] ---**
Memory, is it in your records?
**[04:03] ---**
Huh? Memory?
**[04:05] ---**
*Get a hold of yourself!*
**[04:06] ---**
Memory!
**[04:07] ---**
*It's not like the world's definitely
going to end just yet!*
**[04:10] ---**
*Use your gift of second sight
to find a solution!*
**[04:10] ---**
ARISE ARISE
**[04:14] ---**
*Come to me.*
**[04:17] ---**
*Come to me!*
**[04:18] ---**
Mump!
**[04:21] ---**
Wait a sec!
**[04:27] ---**
Huh?
**[04:30] ---**
Target sighted!
**[04:32] ---**
Mump!
**[04:34] ---**
Die!
**[04:39] ---**
Hey, thanks, Neutrophil.
**[04:41] ---**
Sure. Long time no see,
B Cell and Memory Cell.
**[04:44] ---**
Don't leave me behind!
**[04:45] ---**
*Come to me, premonition!
Come to me! Come to me!*
**[04:48] ---**
*What happened to my third eye? Open up!*
**[04:50] ---**
Hey, is something wrong,
Memory Cell?
**[04:53] ---**
Never mind. We'll deal with all this,
so you guys go on ahead.
**[04:58] ---**
Mump!
**[05:01] ---**
Mump!
**[05:05] ---**
Wha...
**[05:06] ---**
Mump!
**[05:07] ---**
Whaaat?
**[05:16] ---**
Oh my! Oh my!
**[05:20] ---**
These guys are multiplying
like crazy now!
**[05:28] ---**
*I don't believe it! All that fighting
that I foresaw is really happening now!*
**[05:33] ---**
*Sure, it seems somewhat different
than what I saw with my second sight,*
**[05:38] ---**
*but does this mean
that my gift is the real deal?*
**[05:42] ---**
*Meaning that the fate of this world is—*
**[05:47] ---**
Hey, I didn't know you were here, B Cell!
**[05:50] ---**
Hurry up and make
some antibodies to save us!
**[05:52] ---**
This virus is no joke!
**[05:54] ---**
Hold on a second. I can't make antibodies
without any data on the antigens.
**[05:58] ---**
I need someone
to present the antigen first.
**[06:00] ---**
Okay then, forget the antibodies!
Just take those guys out!
**[06:03] ---**
Well, I may be a type of White Blood Cell,
but I don't do phagocytosis.
**[06:08] ---**
I specialize in attacking
with antibodies, so—
**[06:10] ---**
Oh, come on!
Figure something out, useless!
**[06:13] ---**
Wh-What did you call me?
**[06:15] ---**
*I'm the only one who can save the world!
Focus! Clear your mind!*
**[06:20] ---**
*A bizarre virus... A battle... Something...*
**[06:24] ---**
*Something's about to come
raining down, I think.*
**[06:28] ---**
I have no idea! Come on!
My miracle second sight power!
**[06:31] ---**
Whoa! What are you doing, Memory? Hey!
**[06:36] ---**
Mump!
**[06:38] ---**
Take this!
**[06:42] ---**
Thanks for saving us!
**[06:44] ---**
Will that do?
**[06:52] ---**
I'll go present the antigen
to the Commander Helper T Cell, then.
**[06:57] ---**
Take care, everyone!
**[06:59] ---**
Roger that! We're counting on you!
**[07:01] ---**
Counting on you!
**[07:02] ---**
*Once the antigen's presented,
the reinforcements will arrive.*
**[07:05] ---**
*But can we hold out until then?*
**[07:11] ---**
Come on! Help me look, Memory!
**[07:14] ---**
We'll make do with a similar-looking virus!
Can't you think of anything?
**[07:17] ---**
Don't talk to me, B Cell! The future...
I'm about to get a glimpse of the future!
**[07:23] ---**
All this talk about the future
when we're in a crisis...
**[07:26] ---**
Never mind the future!
Remember the past, will you?
**[07:32] ---**
*Hey...*
**[07:35] ---**
*That's right.*
**[07:36] ---**
*It happened all too suddenly.*
**[07:39] ---**
*From out of the distant sky,*
**[07:41] ---**
*way beyond anyone's reach,*
**[07:42] ---**
*a colossal tube appeared.*
**[07:46] ---**
*And then, a flood of spheres sealed by powers
from another world came spilling out.*
**[07:54] ---**
*Hey, there's something inside!
Inside those capsules!*
**[08:08] ---**
*What are these things?
They're weak as hell!*
**[08:10] ---**
*You're right, totally weak!
Could they be any weaker?*
**[08:14] ---**
*Mump!*
**[08:16] ---**
*Such pushovers.
I wonder what their deal is.*
**[08:19] ---**
*Who knows?*
**[08:20] ---**
*I guess we should stick to protocol and have someone
present the antigen and preserve the data sample.*
**[08:26] ---**
*Leave it to me.*
**[08:27] ---**
*Please record the antigen data,
all right, Memory Cell?*
**[08:31] ---**
*Oh! Will do!*
**[08:38] ---**
So, that wasn't me seeing the future,
**[08:42] ---**
MEMORIES
**[08:42] ---**
but rather images from the past
that I was seeing?
**[08:45] ---**
*Vaccination.*
**[08:47] ---**
*To inject a pathogen or toxin
in a weakened state in advance*
**[08:49] ---**
*in order to acquire immunity from an antigen
as a preventative measure*
**[08:53] ---**
*to develop protection against that disease.*
**[08:57] ---**
*The antigenic substance
that is administered is called a "vaccine."*
**[09:01] ---**
Mump!
**[09:12] ---**
Mump!
**[09:17] ---**
Mump!
**[09:18] ---**
Here they come!
They're going to try to smother us all at once!
**[09:21] ---**
Mump!
**[09:26] ---**
Wh-What's going on?
**[09:36] ---**
Hey, you guys...
**[09:43] ---**
Thanks for waiting.
**[09:44] ---**
*The system will now launch.*
**[09:46] ---**
*Self-check, okay. Starting injection protocol.*
**[09:52] ---**
*Target identified.*
**[09:54] ---**
*Antigen identified. Target, lock on.*
**[10:00] ---**
*Energy charge complete.*
**[10:01] ---**
Eat this, you dirty virus! This is...
**[10:06] ---**
PLEASE TAKE GOOD CARE
OF B CELL
**[10:07] ---**
the power of acquired immunity!
**[10:10] ---**
*Acquired immunity.*
**[10:12] ---**
*Immunity acquired
by infection or vaccination after birth.*
**[10:22] ---**
*And so, thanks to the power
of acquired immunity,*
**[10:24] ---**
*the antigens soon vanished
without a trace.*
**[10:28] ---**
Wow, that only took a second!
And without antigen presentation, too!
**[10:31] ---**
Way to go, B Cell!
**[10:33] ---**
Good ol' antibodies!
**[10:36] ---**
Well, he was able to make those antibodies
without the antigen presentation
**[10:40] ---**
thanks to my memories, you know.
**[10:42] ---**
What are you talking about? Jeez!
In the first place, it was you who—
**[10:44] ---**
Oh hey! Never mind that!
**[10:46] ---**
There already was an entry on today's virus,
listing it as an antigen,
**[10:50] ---**
but you were going on and on about some prophecy,
and you just forgot. That was the problem!
**[10:55] ---**
What's going on here?
**[10:56] ---**
The thing is,
this guy really dropped the ball today!
**[10:59] ---**
Hey, um, h-hey, hey, B Cell...
**[11:02] ---**
Just take a look at this.
**[11:04] ---**
*Mumps virus.*
**[11:06] ---**
*The virus that causes epidemic parotitis.*
**[11:09] ---**
*Characterized by swelling of one or both
parotid glands, causing difficulty in swallowing.*
**[11:14] ---**
*This is why epidemic parotitis is also known as the
"mumps," the plural form of "mump" or "grimace."*
**[11:22] ---**
I mean, look how thorough your records are!
Shouldn't we feel ridiculous? After all that toil!
**[11:29] ---**
Keep it in your head, for goodness sake!
**[11:32] ---**
Forget this ever happened, okay?
**[11:34] ---**
Huh? Should I have kept my mouth shut?
**[11:37] ---**
Where's the virus?
**[11:39] ---**
What, is it over already?
**[11:44] ---**
Man, I'm beat.
**[11:47] ---**
PEYER'S PATCH
**[11:49] ---**
*"Peyer's Patch."*
**[11:54] ---**
Here's the next batch!
**[11:55] ---**
SMALL INTESTINE
**[11:56] ---**
Lactose, sucrose, maltose!
**[11:58] ---**
Right!
**[12:01] ---**
So, this is the small intestine!
**[12:03] ---**
This is where they process all the nutrients, right?
**[12:06] ---**
Hey, what a bustling,
pleasant place this is, huh?
**[12:08] ---**
Thank you so much
for showing us around!
**[12:11] ---**
I have absolutely no clue about this area!
**[12:14] ---**
Don't mention it. You're welcome.
**[12:16] ---**
This is my first time here, too,
**[12:19] ---**
but I learned all about the small intestine
during my Erythroblast days.
**[12:23] ---**
Didn't anyone teach you, too, Senpai?
**[12:28] ---**
I-I know! Why don't I go get us some tea?
**[12:31] ---**
I'll only be a minute!
**[12:32] ---**
Hey, thank you so much!
**[12:34] ---**
PITTER-PATTER
**[12:35] ---**
Hey, Neutrophil!
You sure have the guts.
**[12:39] ---**
Here we are in the intestines, a single membrane
away from 120 trillion teeming bacteria,
**[12:44] ---**
and you're totally mellowing out.
**[12:47] ---**
Let me remind you, this isn't a vacation spot
for you nonchalant cells to zone out in!
**[12:51] ---**
It's a battleground where we Immune Cells
lock gazes with the germs!
**[12:56] ---**
Killer T...
**[12:58] ---**
I never knew you Neutrophils
were this complacent.
**[13:01] ---**
If you don't get your act together,
**[13:03] ---**
you and your friends will end up massacred,
and it'll be "The End" for you.
**[13:08] ---**
I'm not going to let that happen.
**[13:10] ---**
What's that? You've got a problem?
You're the one to blame.
**[13:15] ---**
I was only showing the new Red Blood Cells around
so they'd have an easier time doing their jobs.
**[13:20] ---**
That's what I mean!
Enough with the hand-holding!
**[13:23] ---**
Killing the enemy is the only thing
that should be on your mind!
**[13:26] ---**
H-Hey, hey, both of you...
**[13:27] ---**
All I want to know is, will you be able to respond
in an emergency if you're so laid-back?
**[13:33] ---**
What if, even as we speak...
**[13:35] ---**
there are germs on the...
**[13:38] ---**
attack.
**[13:43] ---**
This isn't the colony of bacteria
that resides in the intestines!
**[13:46] ---**
We're being attacked by every last germ
that multiplied in the nutrients!
**[13:50] ---**
This is 1146! Bacteria that multiplied
in the small intestine at D6-18 has landed!
**[13:55] ---**
The surrounding tissue is being destroyed!
Requesting immediate backup!
**[14:00] ---**
- Killer T...
- Huh?
**[14:02] ---**
We'll pick this up again later.
**[14:04] ---**
Give us a hand if it comes to that.
**[14:06] ---**
Right.
**[14:10] ---**
The toxic gas from that bacteria
is endangering the surrounding cells!
**[14:14] ---**
If we don't stop them,
it'll generate carcinogenic metabolites!
**[14:17] ---**
We have to eliminate them right away!
**[14:19] ---**
I'd like to see you try it, White Blood Cell.
**[14:24] ---**
Of course...
**[14:26] ---**
if you care at all about the life
of this Intestinal Epithelial Cell,
**[14:29] ---**
your only option is to do
whatever we Campylobacters say!
**[14:34] ---**
*Campylobacter.*
**[14:36] ---**
*One of the types of bacteria that causes infectious
enteritis, triggering fevers, diarrhea and stomach pain.*
**[14:42] ---**
Wha... A hostage? That's so low!
**[14:46] ---**
Help me!
**[14:48] ---**
It's not like we didn't think
long and hard about this.
**[14:51] ---**
After all, you murdered
so many of our friends.
**[14:54] ---**
Because your duty is to protect
the lives of all the normal cells, am I right?
**[14:59] ---**
All right, we shouldn't be lounging around here
or you might catch us off guard.
**[15:03] ---**
We'll be standing by
inside the intestinal tract.
**[15:07] ---**
Try and catch us if you can,
White Blood Cells!
**[15:10] ---**
Dammit!
**[15:12] ---**
We can't exit this tissue!
**[15:13] ---**
Hold up, Campylobacter!
**[15:15] ---**
Give us back that hostage!
What are your demands?
**[15:19] ---**
We want you to make these intestines
a more comfortable place.
**[15:22] ---**
For us Campylobacters, that is.
**[15:25] ---**
You'll deliver nutrients to us first
and eliminate all germs that get in the way!
**[15:34] ---**
And you White Blood Cells will perform for us
every day on the other side of that membrane
**[15:38] ---**
to keep us entertained.
**[15:40] ---**
Yeah, like that!
**[15:42] ---**
Also, you'll provide us
with three meals and a nap per day...
**[15:46] ---**
prime real estate in a quiet location
commanding a fine view
**[15:49] ---**
where we can build our own colony!
**[15:52] ---**
We're going to build a paradise of Campylobacters
by Campylobacters and for Campylobacters!
**[15:59] ---**
After which, for the sake of maintaining order
in perpetuity and for all eternity...
**[16:02] ---**
All right, fine.
**[16:03] ---**
We'll accept your terms.
**[16:05] ---**
MURMUR
**[16:06] ---**
Once we've done that—
What? No way! You accept?
**[16:10] ---**
*Yippee!*
**[16:10] ---**
IN TRAINING
**[16:13] ---**
What the...
**[16:15] ---**
*All right! In that case, we'll release
the hostage, but first, do as I say!*
**[16:20] ---**
*Think about what you've done!*
**[16:21] ---**
*You bastards slaughtered scores of our friends!
Dance some kind of jig!*
**[16:25] ---**
*We have no choice! Dance!*
**[16:27] ---**
*Now pulverize each other!*
**[16:31] ---**
*Wh-What the cell is that moron doing?*
**[16:34] ---**
*I always knew he was a moron,
but who would've known he was this stupid?*
**[16:39] ---**
W-We did as you asked.
**[16:42] ---**
All right, then, let the hostage go!
**[16:47] ---**
Now that you're in such a weakened state,
**[16:49] ---**
you probably couldn't catch me
if I invaded the tissue.
**[16:53] ---**
What? Don't tell me you're...
**[16:55] ---**
It'd be too pathetic if you died
because you turned on each other.
**[16:58] ---**
Why don't I just finish you off myself?
**[17:00] ---**
Wait, Campylobacter!
That's not what we agreed on! Let the hostage—
**[17:04] ---**
What do I care? Die!
**[17:10] ---**
You utter fool!
**[17:12] ---**
He was never going to release the hostage!
**[17:15] ---**
How can you not see that?
**[17:17] ---**
Squad Leader...
**[17:24] ---**
Just look at you!
**[17:26] ---**
You really underestimated
the power of a germ!
**[17:31] ---**
Bye now!
**[17:32] ---**
*Come back here!
You're not heading that way!*
**[17:36] ---**
Jeez, the germ just took off
with the hostage!
**[17:40] ---**
Damn, I can't even watch this.
**[17:43] ---**
You stupid nonchalant cell...
**[17:47] ---**
Talk about pesky!
**[17:48] ---**
You still have enough strength left
to chase after me?
**[17:53] ---**
Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch!
**[17:54] ---**
Are you okay...
**[17:55] ---**
No. 1146?
**[17:59] ---**
This is bad! Look at us! We're so close
to that spot that's super-easy to infiltrate!
**[18:03] ---**
There's no villi there, so it's like
an easy access entrance for bacteria!
**[18:07] ---**
You idiot! Keep your voice down
about that stuff!
**[18:10] ---**
Hey! That is...
**[18:11] ---**
Shush! We can't let them find out!
**[18:13] ---**
My bad!
**[18:14] ---**
They're in an uproar about something.
**[18:16] ---**
Hey, do you know
what they're talking about?
**[18:18] ---**
W-Well, that would be... um...
**[18:20] ---**
Well, if I told you...
**[18:22] ---**
would you at least spare my life?
**[18:24] ---**
Sure, I can do that.
**[18:26] ---**
Hey, don't do it, Intestinal Epithelial Cell!
**[18:27] ---**
You see, up ahead, there's a spot
where both villi and membranes are sparse.
**[18:28] ---**
Anything but that!
Just don't breathe a word about that to him!
**[18:31] ---**
And if I may say so myself,
it's about as airtight as a sieve.
**[18:33] ---**
So, I imagine it would be easily
infiltrated by you bacteria.
**[18:34] ---**
TEARY EYES
**[18:39] ---**
By any chance,
would you be talking about...
**[18:42] ---**
this place right here?
**[18:44] ---**
Uh-oh! We're doomed! He found it!
**[18:46] ---**
Um, what should I do now?
**[18:48] ---**
Shut up!
I have no more use for you!
**[18:50] ---**
Yippee! Follow me, you guys!
We've invaded the tissues!
**[18:53] ---**
From here on in, we'll have
unlimited food and a warm place to sleep!
**[18:57] ---**
And we'll never have to worry about
earning our keep again!
**[19:03] ---**
Woo-hoo! Nutrients!
**[19:05] ---**
Lucky us! Look how much there is!
**[19:08] ---**
Let's start gorging ourselves
and dividing like crazy!
**[19:18] ---**
Welcome.
**[19:19] ---**
What'll it be for you, sir?
**[19:24] ---**
What do you mean, what'll it be?
I'm a bacterium! I want all of the food here!
**[19:30] ---**
Ah, you don't say.
**[19:32] ---**
Please, partake.
**[19:34] ---**
After all, this is more or less your Last Supper.
Please enjoy yourselves to the fullest.
**[19:39] ---**
What are you talking about? Oh, never mind!
I'm just going to grab whatever— Wha...
**[19:45] ---**
We thought you'd never get here,
Campylobacter.
**[19:48] ---**
An Immune Cell?
Wh-What are you doing here?
**[19:52] ---**
Wh-What good will it do
to take us on alone?
**[19:55] ---**
It's punishment time.
**[19:57] ---**
To think that you couldn't see
through all that blatant baiting...
**[20:03] ---**
Stooping to dirty tactics
like taking a hostage...
**[20:06] ---**
Don't underestimate us Neutrophils!
**[20:08] ---**
This is an immune tissue
in the small intestine
**[20:12] ---**
where we lure stupid germs like you
so we can kill you in one fell swoop!
**[20:16] ---**
A Peyer's Patch!
**[20:17] ---**
*Peyer's Patch.*
**[20:18] ---**
*A mass of immune tissue that can be found in the
depressions between the villi in the small intestine*
**[20:23] ---**
*or in areas where there are no villi.*
**[20:26] ---**
*They are filled with lymphatic nodules.*
**[20:30] ---**
*These patches play a crucial role
in the intestinal immune system.*
**[20:39] ---**
And I'm M Cell,
the proprietor of this Peyer's Patch.
**[20:44] ---**
*M Cell.*
**[20:46] ---**
*A cell found on the surface of the Peyer's Patch
which traps bacterial and viral antigens.*
**[20:52] ---**
*The captured bacteria and viruses are handed off
to the Dendritic Cells and presented as antigens.*
**[20:57] ---**
You never caught on, but we sent
a signal when you knocked us back
**[21:04] ---**
that we were going to lure you
to the Peyer's Patch.
**[21:08] ---**
S-Signal?
**[21:09] ---**
That's right!
**[21:11] ---**
That was...
**[21:12] ---**
the "M" for "M Cell"!
**[21:16] ---**
That's not fair!
**[21:17] ---**
Shut up!
**[21:18] ---**
Like fair has anything to do with it!
**[21:24] ---**
CERTIFICATE
OF APPRECIATION
**[21:25] ---**
Hey, that sure worked out!
**[21:28] ---**
Good job, getting him
to fall for your trap!
**[21:31] ---**
I know I kept calling you a moron...
**[21:35] ---**
but you do have a good head on your shoulders
sometimes. I had the wrong idea about you.
**[21:40] ---**
Killer T...
**[21:41] ---**
But from now on,
try not to mellow out too much.
**[21:45] ---**
*Try not to mellow out too much.*
**[21:47] ---**
*Try not to mellow out too much.*
**[21:49] ---**
I seem to have forgotten something.
**[21:53] ---**
That White Blood Cell's taking forever, huh?
**[21:56] ---**
Just how long are we going to wait?
**[21:59] ---**
I wonder if he got lost.
**[22:01] ---**
Uh-oh!
**[22:03] ---**
I totally forgot to get
the Red Blood Cells their tea!
**[22:06] ---**
Okay, so he is a moron after all.
**[23:24] ---**
NEXT EPISODE PREVIEW
**[23:25] ---**
My receptor's picked up something!
**[23:27] ---**
White Blood Cell!
**[23:28] ---**
There's a weird mask on the ground!
**[23:30] ---**
- De-Dengue!
- De-Dengue!
**[23:32] ---**
Next episode of "Cells at Work!!"...
**[23:34] ---**
"Dengue Fever/Acne."
**[23:34] ---**
EPISODE 3:
DENGUE FEVER/ACNE
**[23:36] ---**
Work hard every day!
# 3 - Dengue Fever/Acne
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GR3KVPQER/cells-at-work)
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**[00:00] ---**
EPIDERMIS
300 μm
**[00:02] ---**
Hello!
**[00:04] ---**
I've come to deliver
your oxygen and nutrients!
**[00:07] ---**
Boy, have I been waiting for these!
I'm starving!
**[00:11] ---**
CELL
**[00:12] ---**
Thank you for your patience!
Here you go!
**[00:13] ---**
FRAGILE
CONDENSED GAS
**[00:14] ---**
Thanks!
**[00:16] ---**
My pleasure!
**[00:17] ---**
It's so nice out today.
Maybe I'll have it right here on the porch.
**[00:22] ---**
METAL DETECTED
**[00:23] ---**
That's not good!
**[00:24] ---**
Harmful materials detected
near the epidermis!
**[00:28] ---**
HISTAMINE
HANDLING
MANUAL
**[00:30] ---**
Let's see.
**[00:32] ---**
For this amount, I should turn
the dial to... about this much, right?
**[00:36] ---**
Time to dig in!
**[00:38] ---**
FULL COURSE
**[00:38] ---**
*Harmful materials detected nearby.*
**[00:41] ---**
*Now releasing histamines.*
**[00:43] ---**
Huh? No way! Just like that?
**[00:50] ---**
*Confirming histamine response.*
**[00:53] ---**
*Now dilating blood vessels.*
**[00:54] ---**
Everything just got short-circuited!
**[00:57] ---**
The itch nerves got short-circuited! Itchy!
**[01:02] ---**
What's going on?
**[01:03] ---**
WHITE BLOOD CELL
**[01:04] ---**
Where's the antigen?
**[01:07] ---**
Wh-White Blood Cell!
I-It's all right!
**[01:11] ---**
Achoo!
**[02:45] ---**
EPISODE 3:
DENGUE FEVER
**[02:48] ---**
I take a little break,
and look what happens.
**[02:50] ---**
Not exactly a breeze,
reacting to each and every harmful material.
**[02:55] ---**
Well, but it is my job, I guess.
**[02:59] ---**
Mast Cell! Where's the antigen?
**[03:02] ---**
Huh? What are you talking about?
**[03:04] ---**
There doesn't seem to be one,
White Blood Cell.
**[03:07] ---**
Hey, stop dumping histamine
so recklessly!
**[03:09] ---**
It's such a huge pain in the butt
for us every time!
**[03:11] ---**
H-Huh?
**[03:13] ---**
We were invaded by a harmful material,
so I responded! I did what I had to do!
**[03:18] ---**
What do you mean, "harmful material"?
**[03:20] ---**
You know you were just overreacting
to something trivial again!
**[03:23] ---**
Hey, hold up! Histamines
do play a crucial role, and...
**[03:26] ---**
Calm down, you guys!
**[03:27] ---**
But...
**[03:29] ---**
that's because it's my job.
**[03:31] ---**
Your job, your job! When have you ever done
anything but make trouble for others?
**[03:36] ---**
All you do is create extra work for us,
you hysterical cell!
**[03:41] ---**
Who are you calling a...
**[03:45] ---**
"hysterical cell"?
**[03:47] ---**
Mast Cell! Please calm down!
**[03:50] ---**
Okay, fine! So, I'm a troublemaker
who only creates extra work for you!
**[03:55] ---**
All right, I'm not going to do jack now!
**[03:57] ---**
Get out of here!
All of you, get out of my sight!
**[04:05] ---**
That was one mind-blowing fight.
**[04:08] ---**
Sure, it can be hard to get along,
since we each have our own roles, but...
**[04:14] ---**
S-Sorry! I had something on my mind
and wasn't looking where I was going.
**[04:19] ---**
No, I'm the one who should apologize.
**[04:23] ---**
*Langerhans Cell.*
**[04:25] ---**
*A type of Dendritic Cell
found in the epidermis.*
**[04:29] ---**
*They mainly present bacteria, viruses
and other foreign substances to the immune system,*
**[04:33] ---**
*alerting the brain to any invasions.*
**[04:35] ---**
*They also have a second self-protection function,
shielding the skin from ultraviolet and dryness.*
**[04:43] ---**
But you must be careful,
my dear Red Blood Cell.
**[04:46] ---**
We're close to the epidermis. There's no telling
when outside enemies might attack.
**[04:51] ---**
R-Right, sir!
**[04:53] ---**
*That's right!
I have to focus on my own work!*
**[05:00] ---**
Wh-What's that?
**[05:02] ---**
This sound...
**[05:06] ---**
What's that? A saw?
**[05:08] ---**
*Mosquito.*
**[05:09] ---**
*A parasitic insect that sucks blood from humans,
sometimes serving as a medium for malaria protozoa.*
**[05:21] ---**
Whoa! There's something in the air!
Stay away from here, everyone! It's dangerous!
**[05:26] ---**
H-Huh?
**[05:27] ---**
I'm getting sleepy.
**[05:30] ---**
*Wha... Wha...*
**[05:32] ---**
*Whaaaaat?*
**[05:34] ---**
*All the blood cells are being taken!*
**[05:38] ---**
*I-I'm about to be taken, too—*
**[05:41] ---**
Hang in there, please!
**[05:45] ---**
Here, take my hand!
**[05:53] ---**
Ouch! Ugh...
**[05:59] ---**
They're gone.
**[06:01] ---**
Wh-What just happened?
**[06:05] ---**
I wonder what this could be.
**[06:07] ---**
A mask?
**[06:11] ---**
I don't know where it came from,
**[06:14] ---**
but this mask seems to have
a mysterious allure.
**[06:26] ---**
A-Are you okay?
**[06:32] ---**
De-Dengue!
**[06:41] ---**
Whoa! The wind!
**[06:46] ---**
De-Dengue!
**[06:48] ---**
What's going on?
**[06:49] ---**
The Langerhans Cells
are acting crazy all of a sudden!
**[06:52] ---**
Don't tell me these guys
are virus-infected cells!
**[07:00] ---**
2k REALTY
ROOMS AVAILABLE
WHY NOT START A NEW LIFE?
**[07:00] ---**
Somebody help us!
**[07:05] ---**
What's up with this extreme reaction?
I have to release histamines!
**[07:09] ---**
*Stop dumping histamine so recklessly!*
**[07:11] ---**
*You hysterical cell!*
**[07:14] ---**
I-It doesn't matter.
**[07:16] ---**
I just have to do my job.
**[07:23] ---**
It would just be...
**[07:25] ---**
extra work, right?
**[07:28] ---**
That's right.
**[07:29] ---**
Even if I don't release histamines now,
someone will eventually show up.
**[07:40] ---**
Are those the cells from before?
**[07:43] ---**
*In my eyes,*
**[07:44] ---**
*you appear to be a marionette, forced to dance
by the very strings of words that shackle you.*
**[07:50] ---**
*In this world where all things intertwine, transform
and vanish, the blazing flames, chaos itself...*
**[07:56] ---**
Wh-Why is this showing up onscreen?
**[07:57] ---**
*Of which this catastrophe, too,
is but a fragment...*
**[08:00] ---**
*In this uncertain world, there exists
but one thing that each life can control.*
**[08:05] ---**
*And that is the ego as well as the self.*
**[08:08] ---**
*Basophil, who are you speaking to?*
**[08:11] ---**
*We, who are but fragile life forms,*
**[08:14] ---**
*must affirm our reason for being
through independent actions,*
**[08:18] ---**
*and make our lives complete
by fulfilling our missions.*
**[08:23] ---**
*"Follow the path you believe in."
Is that what you're saying?*
**[08:27] ---**
*We must never forget that our reason for being
is to prove our existence—*
**[08:29] ---**
*Wh-What's this?*
**[08:32] ---**
*De-Dengue!*
**[08:40] ---**
Dammit! What's taking
the Immune Cells so long?
**[08:43] ---**
I'm sure they'll be here soon,
so please stay calm!
**[08:47] ---**
But if they don't get here...
**[08:49] ---**
- De-Dengue!
- ...we'll be toast!
**[08:51] ---**
- De-Dengue! De-Dengue!
- I don't care who it is!
**[08:53] ---**
Just save us!
**[08:54] ---**
De-Dengue!
**[09:04] ---**
Is this histamine?
**[09:06] ---**
Was that you again, Mast Cell?
**[09:09] ---**
Just shut up, sit back and watch.
**[09:12] ---**
Watch me work!
**[09:14] ---**
*Confirming histamine response.
Now dilating blood vessels.*
**[09:19] ---**
*Immune Cells, please head
to the site immediately.*
**[09:22] ---**
Where are they?
**[09:23] ---**
Just you wait! Here we come!
**[09:23] ---**
We're going to wipe them out
and then have a tea party!
**[09:25] ---**
Come on out and show your faces!
**[09:27] ---**
I'll kill you!
**[09:29] ---**
Target sighted!
**[09:32] ---**
All of you, die!
**[09:34] ---**
You damn infected cells!
**[09:39] ---**
W-We're saved.
**[09:41] ---**
De-Dengue!
**[09:44] ---**
Bye-bye, germ!
**[09:46] ---**
Thank you very much!
**[09:50] ---**
*The crisis was averted
in the nick of time.*
**[09:53] ---**
*Thanks to the Immune Cells
who arrived on the scene...*
**[09:56] ---**
*the virus was wiped out without proliferating.*
**[10:00] ---**
*The enemy was revealed
to be the dengue virus.*
**[10:04] ---**
*This incident was triggered
by the invasion of the dengue virus*
**[10:07] ---**
*when the mosquito sucked blood
from the body.*
**[10:13] ---**
They say it was a mosquito. Scary, huh?
**[10:16] ---**
We have to do some construction!
**[10:18] ---**
So, this crisis was caused
by a mosquito bite, huh?
**[10:22] ---**
Yeah. The cells we lost
won't be coming back.
**[10:26] ---**
But we did manage
to minimize the damage.
**[10:30] ---**
Thanks to Mast Cell, that is.
**[10:33] ---**
It was because you released the histamines
that we were able to rush to the scene.
**[10:43] ---**
Mast Cell...
**[10:44] ---**
Wh-What do you want?
**[10:46] ---**
Hey, I'm sorry.
**[10:49] ---**
I didn't know that histamines
summoned the Immune Cells.
**[10:53] ---**
Looks like it was you
who came to our rescue today.
**[10:57] ---**
Hey you! Is it true
that you got tangled up in another incident?
**[11:00] ---**
Yes! I'm sorry!
**[11:03] ---**
Thanks, Mast Cell!
**[11:06] ---**
Sorry I called you hysterical, okay?
**[11:10] ---**
W-Well, I should've released
the histamines sooner.
**[11:16] ---**
Then, you wouldn't have had to feel scared. So, I'm...
**[11:16] ---**
Didn't I tell you to be careful?
I'm taking your hat from you!
**[11:20] ---**
But that's so unfair!
**[11:21] ---**
...sor—
**[11:23] ---**
Wait, I've been telling you from the start,
I've done nothing wrong!
**[11:29] ---**
Why should I have to apologize, too?
**[11:32] ---**
That's so messed up!
**[11:33] ---**
Jeez, I was this close to apologizing!
**[11:35] ---**
We told you!
The histamines make us so itchy!
**[11:37] ---**
PLATELETS
**[11:38] ---**
What do I care?
**[11:41] ---**
An irrational life causes a gust of wind to blow,
and all things transform.
**[11:46] ---**
Did the wind break your umbrella?
**[11:50] ---**
- Yes.
- Why, you...
**[11:52] ---**
public hazard cell!
**[11:56] ---**
ACNE
**[12:08] ---**
This inflammatory response...
**[12:10] ---**
*Hair root.*
**[12:12] ---**
*The part of a hair embedded under the skin.
The tissue where hair is developed.*
**[12:20] ---**
Hey, stop slacking off!
**[12:23] ---**
Come on, make that sebum!
**[12:26] ---**
Anyone I find slacking
will get one hundred lashes!
**[12:28] ---**
I-I can't go on...
**[12:31] ---**
Elder! Elder!
**[12:34] ---**
Aha! I spy a big-time slacker!
**[12:39] ---**
One hundred lashes—
**[12:43] ---**
L-Little boy, stop...
**[12:46] ---**
*Hair Matrix Cell.*
**[12:48] ---**
*Divides to produce hair.*
**[12:51] ---**
Don't you dare abuse the Elder!
**[12:55] ---**
All right, then are you ready to take
that old geezer's beating for him?
**[13:01] ---**
Would that be a bit too cruel maybe?
**[13:04] ---**
Oh, but on second thought...
**[13:07] ---**
a hundred lashes it is!
**[13:13] ---**
Die!
**[13:14] ---**
You damn germ bastard!
**[13:20] ---**
I'm White Blood Cell.
**[13:22] ---**
I'm with the Neutrophil Division.
Who are you?
**[13:26] ---**
We are the cells who work in this pore.
**[13:30] ---**
What in the world happened here?
**[13:33] ---**
In the past, we all carried out
our own respective tasks,
**[13:37] ---**
like producing sebum or coloring.
**[13:39] ---**
But one day, the acne germs showed up
and began tyrannizing us!
**[13:44] ---**
This is no longer a mere pore!
It's a pimple!
**[13:50] ---**
*Pimple.*
**[13:51] ---**
*An inflammatory disease of the skin.*
**[13:54] ---**
*Inflammation begins
when the pores become clogged with sebum.*
**[13:59] ---**
*The parts of the body that produce
excess sebum are susceptible to acne.*
**[14:02] ---**
*An outbreak is often accompanied
by pus and some pain.*
**[14:06] ---**
What's this?
What's all this commotion?
**[14:08] ---**
It's the acne germs!
**[14:11] ---**
*Acne germ.*
**[14:13] ---**
*Normal bacteria flora that can cause acne.*
**[14:16] ---**
*Official name is "Propionibacterium acnes."*
**[14:20] ---**
*Dislikes oxygen and loves sebum.*
**[14:24] ---**
Huh? Y-You damn White Blood Cell! How dare you!
**[14:28] ---**
*Acne germs? Just look at that horde!*
**[14:34] ---**
Big Brother White Blood Cell!
I'm going to help you fight!
**[14:37] ---**
L-Little boy! Stop it!
**[14:42] ---**
Big Brother!
**[14:48] ---**
- White Blood Cell!
- Little boy!
**[14:52] ---**
There are no saviors here!
**[14:54] ---**
Now get back to your posts and work!
**[15:04] ---**
Where are we?
**[15:05] ---**
You came to?
**[15:06] ---**
Sorry about that! It's all my fault.
**[15:10] ---**
No. You've done nothing wrong.
Anyway, who were those guys back there?
**[15:17] ---**
It all started with such a minor problem.
**[15:22] ---**
The pipe we use to send sebum
to the epidermis got clogged with dirt...
**[15:26] ---**
and the whole pore got flooded with sebum.
**[15:29] ---**
That's when the sebum-loving acne germs
set their sights on us.
**[15:32] ---**
And they just kept getting
stronger and stronger!
**[15:35] ---**
The next thing we knew,
we'd been taken over...
**[15:38] ---**
and they'd made us their slaves!
**[15:42] ---**
Why did you wait around
for them to multiply like that?
**[15:45] ---**
Didn't my friends come to save you?
**[15:48] ---**
Sure they did. But... But they just...
**[15:51] ---**
They gave up!
**[15:53] ---**
All of them!
**[15:57] ---**
Look at that.
**[16:00] ---**
Wh-What is that? Pus?
**[16:02] ---**
My friends' corpses?
**[16:07] ---**
They were all brave warriors just like you.
**[16:11] ---**
But...
**[16:14] ---**
Just look at them now!
**[16:16] ---**
*This hair root is our homeland
as well as our precious workplace.*
**[16:21] ---**
*But in the overall scheme of things,
it's merely a single pore.*
**[16:26] ---**
*All we have to do
is submit to being wiped out.*
**[16:31] ---**
*Little boy, try to understand.*
**[16:34] ---**
I see.
**[16:37] ---**
If only I had courage
just like you White Blood Cells!
**[16:48] ---**
This is No. 1146.
**[16:50] ---**
I've spotted a den of acne germs
in that hair root.
**[16:53] ---**
Requesting those nearby
to come to my aid.
**[16:55] ---**
*Gotcha! We'll be a little late!*
**[16:58] ---**
Huh? B-B-But...
**[16:59] ---**
No matter how small its impact...
**[17:02] ---**
so long as a germ runs rampant
in this body, I can't let it go.
**[17:07] ---**
That's my...
**[17:09] ---**
That's our job.
**[17:12] ---**
Big Brother...
**[17:15] ---**
All right! A hundred lashes!
**[17:19] ---**
Die!
**[17:23] ---**
Ah, you're that White Blood Cell
who should've died then. You're still alive?
**[17:29] ---**
How amusing!
**[17:31] ---**
I, the King of the Acne Germs, shall add you
to my collection of White Blood Cell corpses!
**[17:37] ---**
You can take your place in that pus now!
**[17:40] ---**
I'll kill you first!
**[17:52] ---**
Be careful!
**[17:54] ---**
Try not to fall!
**[17:56] ---**
You can do it, Big Brother!
**[17:59] ---**
Die!
**[18:05] ---**
I'm going to smash you to pieces!
**[18:10] ---**
Hey, look! He has a shot at winning!
**[18:13] ---**
Something's off.
**[18:14] ---**
I'm sure you were too obese and slow
to defeat all those White Blood Cells.
**[18:20] ---**
What kind of low methods did you stoop to,
Acne Germ King or whatever?
**[18:26] ---**
You have no clue yet
how terrifying I can be!
**[18:30] ---**
I'm going to give you a taste
of some interminable suffering!
**[18:34] ---**
Just as I did your friends!
**[18:37] ---**
What?
**[18:39] ---**
Muah!
**[18:39] ---**
MUAH
**[18:45] ---**
How do you like that?
Talk about a geographical edge!
**[18:49] ---**
Here, we have an endless supply
of our favorite food, sebum!
**[18:54] ---**
That's why we're able to heal over and over!
**[18:57] ---**
Th-This is bad!
**[18:59] ---**
It was futile from the start.
**[19:02] ---**
It was simply that man's fate to become pus.
**[19:06] ---**
Let us resign ourselves.
**[19:08] ---**
After all, what is this but a single hair?
**[19:16] ---**
*No matter how small its impact...*
**[19:19] ---**
*so long as a germ runs rampant
in this body...*
**[19:21] ---**
*I can't let it go.*
**[19:24] ---**
Elder...
**[19:27] ---**
Elder, you...
**[19:29] ---**
dummy!
**[19:30] ---**
POW
**[19:32] ---**
L-Little boy! How dare you
do such a thing to the Elder!
**[19:35] ---**
Big Brother told me...
**[19:37] ---**
that no matter how small its impact,
he'd still fight it!
**[19:40] ---**
Because that was his job!
**[19:43] ---**
It may be a single hair...
**[19:45] ---**
but it's still our precious homeland!
**[19:49] ---**
Big Brother and all the White Blood Cells
who died were fighting for a single hair!
**[19:56] ---**
So, how can we give up on it ourselves?
**[20:00] ---**
L-Little boy...
**[20:03] ---**
Elder, I'm sorry, but...
**[20:05] ---**
Elder...
**[20:07] ---**
Elder, we feel the same way.
**[20:10] ---**
Now is the time...
**[20:12] ---**
for us to make a stand!
**[20:14] ---**
Y-You people...
**[20:18] ---**
Not bad! Who knew you'd hang on this long?
But it's all over now!
**[20:24] ---**
Die!
**[20:29] ---**
A resounding victory for me!
**[20:32] ---**
Now, let's get you
into my collection of corpses!
**[20:35] ---**
Heave-ho! Heave-ho!
**[20:37] ---**
What's that I hear?
**[20:47] ---**
Open it up all the way!
**[20:49] ---**
Turn it! Full throttle, now!
**[20:53] ---**
- This is our workplace!
- And we're going to protect it ourselves!
**[20:59] ---**
W-Water? No, this is...
**[21:02] ---**
sebum?
**[21:03] ---**
Full blast! Keep turning
until it's open full blast!
**[21:06] ---**
If it's sebum you want,
we'll give you sebum!
**[21:09] ---**
Big Brother...
**[21:12] ---**
My belly's so heavy!
This is bad! I'm drowning!
**[21:16] ---**
I have to get away from here for now.
**[21:20] ---**
You feasted too much on sebum, slowpoke!
**[21:31] ---**
Die, you miserable germ!
**[21:42] ---**
Sir White Blood Cell,
please forgive us.
**[21:45] ---**
Big Brother!
**[21:53] ---**
We don't know where
that White Blood Cell went after that.
**[21:57] ---**
Is that right?
**[21:59] ---**
Who knows what became of him?
**[22:07] ---**
We're going to search over there!
**[22:20] ---**
Did I fall into the sebum pipe?
**[22:23] ---**
I'm shiny all over!
**[22:25] ---**
Big Brother!
**[22:31] ---**
Big Brother!
**[22:37] ---**
Thank you. This single hair
that you protected...
**[22:41] ---**
We'll always cherish it
and take good care of it.
**[22:45] ---**
Until the day it falls out.
**[22:48] ---**
I'm telling you, man,
you have to be kinder to yourself.
**[22:53] ---**
People who can't be kind to themselves
can't be kind to others.
**[22:57] ---**
Yeah, I'll keep that in mind.
**[22:59] ---**
Hey, thanks.
**[23:02] ---**
Hey!
**[23:03] ---**
White... Blood... Cell?
**[23:08] ---**
Did you, uh, switch jobs?
**[23:11] ---**
No, I just... you know...
**[23:15] ---**
*Big Brother, this is for you.*
**[23:21] ---**
*It's a token of my gratitude!*
***SIGN*** NEXT EPISODE PREVIEW
**[23:25] ---**
H. pylori go, "piro-piro,"
so what makes a sound like, "new-new"?
**[23:29] ---**
A new employee?
**[23:30] ---**
The answer is...
**[23:31] ---**
You'll have to look forward
to the next episode!
**[23:33] ---**
Next episode of "Cells at Work!!"...
**[23:34] ---**
EPISODE 4:
H. PYLORI/ANTIGENIC SHIFT
**[23:35] ---**
"H. Pylori/Antigenic Shift."
**[23:37] ---**
Work hard every day!
# 4 - H. Pylori/Antigenic Shift
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CELL
**[01:41] ---**
EPISODE 4:
H. PYLORI
**[01:42] ---**
*"H. Pylori."*
**[01:46] ---**
FRAGILE
CONDENSED GAS
**[01:48] ---**
There are virus-infected cells here, too!
**[02:01] ---**
We have a situation near the pharynx.
**[02:03] ---**
Immune Cells...
**[02:04] ---**
are to head to the site immediately!
**[02:06] ---**
WHITE BLOOD CELL
**[02:06] ---**
Target sighted!
**[02:08] ---**
Come on, come on, come on!
**[02:10] ---**
We're going to slaughter 'em all!
**[02:12] ---**
Die!
**[02:13] ---**
Don't let any get away!
**[02:17] ---**
Die!
**[02:21] ---**
And so, it's the same old,
same old again today.
**[02:24] ---**
The Immune Cells come swooping in,
**[02:27] ---**
defeat the infected bad guys,
and now the town is peaceful again.
**[02:32] ---**
And so, just like any other day,
**[02:35] ---**
we ordinary cells are stuck
on the sidelines again.
**[02:42] ---**
What a drag!
**[02:46] ---**
I mean, those Immune guys
just don't play fair!
**[02:49] ---**
OUT OF ORDER
**[02:50] ---**
The way they put on that whole superhero act
when they're just a bunch of assassins...
**[02:54] ---**
And then, when we get attacked
by viruses, they're like...
**[02:57] ---**
"It's your own fault for not protecting yourselves!"
or "You should've done your homework!"
**[03:03] ---**
Jeez.
**[03:05] ---**
Just once in my life,
if someone would say,
**[03:07] ---**
"Thank you for rescuing me!"
**[03:09] ---**
What wouldn't I give to hear those words?
**[03:18] ---**
If only I was stronger!
**[03:21] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[03:22] ---**
Nyuuu! Nyuuu! Nyuuu!
**[03:26] ---**
G-G-Germs?
**[03:28] ---**
Oh man, I've stumbled upon something I shouldn't
have! I've got to let the Immune Cells know!
**[03:33] ---**
Nyuuu! Nyuuu! Nyuuu!
**[03:36] ---**
Wh-What's wrong?
**[03:38] ---**
- Nyuuu!
- You can't get out of there?
**[03:41] ---**
*You're germs! Don't beg a cell for help!*
**[03:45] ---**
Nyuuu! Nyuuu! Nyuuu!
**[03:49] ---**
What am I going to do?
**[03:51] ---**
I'll help you, but you'd better go
back to where you came from, okay?
**[03:54] ---**
What, are you still babies?
**[03:57] ---**
That's it! You've got this!
**[03:59] ---**
You can do it! Almost there!
**[04:02] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[04:06] ---**
Look at those happy faces.
**[04:09] ---**
Hey, I just rescued some germs.
**[04:11] ---**
Oh man.
**[04:12] ---**
Nyuuu! Nyuuu! Nyuuu!
**[04:13] ---**
Hey, don't get attached to me!
You guys are germs, aren't you?
**[04:18] ---**
Hey! Ordinary Cell there!
What are you being so sneaky about?
**[04:21] ---**
N-N-N-N-Nothing! It's nothing!
**[04:24] ---**
I just kind of overate! I wasn't feeling well,
so I decided to crouch here to rest!
**[04:30] ---**
Is that right? Take care, then!
**[04:33] ---**
Jeez, that was close! There's no telling
what they would do if they spotted you.
**[04:39] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[04:40] ---**
Now, be good and go back
to where you came from.
**[04:42] ---**
- Nyuuu?
- See ya.
**[04:46] ---**
Nyuuu! Nyuuu!
**[04:48] ---**
Hey, stop following me, dammit!
**[04:51] ---**
I don't want to get yelled at, all right?
**[04:53] ---**
I'll pretend I never saw you,
so try to make it back to—
**[04:56] ---**
Nyuuu?
**[05:00] ---**
Nyuuu! Nyuuu! Nyuuu!
**[05:07] ---**
NYUUU
**[05:07] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[05:10] ---**
I went and brought them home.
**[05:13] ---**
Jeez, this is bad! I'm so going to get yelled at!
**[05:17] ---**
Wait, worst case, I could get killed, too!
**[05:29] ---**
My receptor's definitely
picking something up,
**[05:32] ---**
so where are the antigens?
**[05:34] ---**
Hey, White Blood Cell!
**[05:36] ---**
Thank you for saving us earlier!
**[05:38] ---**
Sure.
**[05:40] ---**
Is something the matter?
**[05:42] ---**
No. I've been patrolling this area
for antigens, and...
**[05:47] ---**
Not at home?
**[05:48] ---**
Hello? I've come to deliver your oxygen!
**[05:52] ---**
Ordinary Cell?
**[05:53] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[05:54] ---**
NYUUU
**[05:56] ---**
Dummies! Shush! Shush!
**[05:58] ---**
Keep it down, all right?
If we're caught, they're going to kill you!
**[06:02] ---**
Hello? Cell boy? Are you in there?
**[06:07] ---**
No answer, huh?
**[06:08] ---**
Do you think maybe he was talking
in his sleep?
**[06:11] ---**
Well, never mind.
**[06:12] ---**
I have to find those antigens first.
**[06:16] ---**
No, hold up!
**[06:17] ---**
Maybe the antigen's threatening
Cell boy inside there,
**[06:21] ---**
and there's no way
for him to call for help,
**[06:23] ---**
so he emitted that sound
just now as a last resort?
**[06:27] ---**
*If you call for help, you're dead!*
**[06:29] ---**
*Nyuuu!*
**[06:29] ---**
NYUUU
**[06:31] ---**
I-It's all quiet out there now.
**[06:34] ---**
Are they gone?
**[06:35] ---**
All right.
**[06:37] ---**
I'm going to slip out now
and take them back.
**[06:39] ---**
Hey, Cell boy! Are you okay?
I'm coming to save you now!
**[06:48] ---**
Nyuuu! Nyuuu! Nyuuu!
**[06:52] ---**
And what exactly...
**[06:53] ---**
is your explanation for this?
**[06:55] ---**
W-Well, long story short, I rescued them,
but then they got attached to me.
**[06:55] ---**
Nyuuu! Nyuuu! Nyuuu!
**[07:00] ---**
And when I thought about them being killed,
I couldn't turn my back on them.
**[07:05] ---**
I see.
**[07:06] ---**
I can see how it'd be hard
to turn your back on them.
**[07:09] ---**
- Nyuuu! Nyuuu! Nyuuu!
- Oh? You're hungry?
**[07:14] ---**
I don't have anything for you.
**[07:16] ---**
I said, I have nothing. See?
**[07:18] ---**
Nyuuu! Nyuuu! Nyuuu!
**[07:21] ---**
Cell boy...
**[07:22] ---**
I understand how you feel,
**[07:24] ---**
but I can't allow germs
to multiply inside this body.
**[07:28] ---**
Once they multiply, germs go on to release toxins,
harming the cells inside the body.
**[07:33] ---**
In some cases, this could trigger hemolysis
which would destroy the Red Blood Cells
**[07:37] ---**
or take away their nutrients.
**[07:40] ---**
You understand, right?
**[07:44] ---**
*I guess it would be cruel to do it before his eyes.*
**[07:48] ---**
Thank you for your help
in capturing the antigens.
**[07:50] ---**
Oh...
**[07:51] ---**
Nyuuu! Nyuuu! Nyuuu!
**[07:58] ---**
*This is No. 4989!*
**[08:00] ---**
We're battling germs in the stomach,
and it's not looking good!
**[08:02] ---**
We need your backup right away!
**[08:05] ---**
Roger that! I'm on my way!
**[08:07] ---**
Cell boy, sorry, but I'm taking
custody of these germs!
**[08:14] ---**
Ordinary Cell?
**[08:15] ---**
S-Sure, of course.
**[08:17] ---**
He's only doing his job.
**[08:19] ---**
Protecting us all is the Immune Cells' job, after all.
**[08:26] ---**
U-Uh...
**[08:29] ---**
Hey, wait, Ordinary Cell!
**[08:31] ---**
Sign this!
**[08:37] ---**
That's right! Run around in a frenzy!
**[08:42] ---**
What's going on?
**[08:43] ---**
Where's the enemy?
**[08:45] ---**
Hey, 1146!
**[08:47] ---**
Um, it's on the other side of that wall!
**[08:53] ---**
Pylori!
**[08:55] ---**
*H. pylori.*
**[08:57] ---**
*Resistant to gastric acid.*
**[08:58] ---**
*Can trigger gastrointestinal diseases, causing
ulcers and sometimes leading to stomach cancer.*
**[09:04] ---**
*It's a type of harmful bacteria,
detrimental to the human body.*
**[09:08] ---**
*Officially known as "Helicobacter pylori."*
**[09:11] ---**
H. pylori? Who would've thought?
**[09:15] ---**
There's nothing you cells can do to stop me!
**[09:19] ---**
We H. pylori have bodies that are tough as nails,
so we can operate in gastric acid! Unlike you lot!
**[09:28] ---**
It's like chaos here!
**[09:30] ---**
So, this is the front line, huh?
**[09:34] ---**
Nyuuu...
**[09:36] ---**
B-But it's not like we can go to him, you know!
**[09:40] ---**
We'll get dissolved in that gastric acid!
**[09:42] ---**
I'll go!
**[09:43] ---**
I'll land a fatal blow on him
before I get dissolved!
**[09:45] ---**
What? But 1146,
if you do that, you'll die!
**[09:50] ---**
There's no way around it!
It's for the sake of this body!
**[09:53] ---**
*For the sake of this body...*
**[09:54] ---**
*That's right.
It's for the sake of this body.*
**[09:58] ---**
*To die for someone else's sake...
How cool is that?*
**[10:02] ---**
*For someone like me...*
**[10:04] ---**
*For a humble ordinary cell like me,
that would be impossible.*
**[10:08] ---**
*How powerless am I anyway?*
**[10:10] ---**
This world belongs to the H. pylori now!
**[10:14] ---**
Oh, crap! The stomach lining!
**[10:17] ---**
At least put this on!
It's made of acid-resistant enamel!
**[10:21] ---**
It's crumbling!
**[10:25] ---**
Look out!
**[10:33] ---**
C-Cell boy!
**[10:38] ---**
Sorry. I'm nothing but an ordinary cell,
**[10:42] ---**
so I can't protect you like I should.
**[10:47] ---**
You guys are bacteria inside this body,
so you're going to end up dead.
**[10:52] ---**
But you know what?
**[10:53] ---**
I would've saved you if I could.
**[10:57] ---**
Just remember that you did have
somebody who cared about you.
**[11:04] ---**
Well, now, I've seen everything!
A cell, protecting germs?
**[11:08] ---**
Hmm... I just know
I've seen you somewhere before.
**[11:12] ---**
Are you all right?
**[11:14] ---**
Oh, never mind!
I'm going to eliminate you all in one go!
**[11:18] ---**
Take this! Gastric Acid Hell!
**[11:21] ---**
Uh-oh!
**[11:24] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[11:27] ---**
Those germs opened up a hole,
so now we have a pathway!
**[11:30] ---**
This is our chance to take over this—
**[11:33] ---**
Nyuuu?
**[11:34] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[11:35] ---**
Huh?
**[11:37] ---**
The other germs that happened to show up
just got turned into slush!
**[11:39] ---**
Can you believe how powerful that was?
**[11:41] ---**
Nyuuu! Nyuuu! Nyuuu!
**[11:45] ---**
W-Wait! One's missing!
**[11:51] ---**
No way! So, I guess he's—
**[11:55] ---**
Nyuuu...
**[11:58] ---**
Nyuuu...
**[12:01] ---**
Hey, he's alive!
**[12:05] ---**
Wh-What's going on?
**[12:08] ---**
That germ's acting...
**[12:20] ---**
Wh-What was that? Did the H. pylori
just take a hit from that germ's attack?
**[12:24] ---**
Grrr! I-Impossible! You actually dared
to inflict a wound on me?
**[12:31] ---**
Huh? W-Wait, don't tell me you're...
**[12:34] ---**
a lactic acid bacterium?
**[12:36] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[12:39] ---**
*Lactic acid bacteria.*
**[12:40] ---**
*Rather than refer to a specific bacteria,
it is the blanket term for germs*
**[12:44] ---**
*that produce lactic acid
in massive quantities*
**[12:46] ---**
*by breaking down sugars to produce
the energy necessary for growth.*
**[12:51] ---**
Nyuuu! Nyuuu! Nyuuu!
**[12:53] ---**
Stop it!
**[12:57] ---**
I can't take this!
My only option is to flee— Oh no...
**[13:01] ---**
You finally came out from the sea of acid!
**[13:04] ---**
N-N-N-Now I've done it!
**[13:06] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[13:07] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[13:08] ---**
You pylo-ing scum...
**[13:10] ---**
Die!
**[13:11] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[13:12] ---**
Pylori!
**[13:17] ---**
Nyuuu! Nyuuu! Nyuuu!
**[13:20] ---**
D-Did he just beat that huge H. pylori?
**[13:24] ---**
Nyuuu! Nyuuu! Nyuuu!
**[13:26] ---**
Wh-Wh-What's up with you guys?
**[13:28] ---**
Hey, don't jump on me! You're all covered
in gastric acid! It's bad for me!
**[13:31] ---**
Hey, are those germs...
**[13:34] ---**
Yeah.
**[13:34] ---**
Nyuuu! Nyuuu! Nyuuu!
**[13:35] ---**
It looks like it.
**[13:38] ---**
Cell boy...
**[13:39] ---**
I'm so sorry!
**[13:41] ---**
After what just happened,
I get it now...
**[13:43] ---**
exactly what kind of germs
those guys are.
**[13:45] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[13:48] ---**
Those germs...
**[13:50] ---**
are good bacteria
that work for the sake of this body.
**[13:55] ---**
*Good bacteria.*
**[13:56] ---**
*The layperson's term for the bacteria
found in the digestive system*
**[13:59] ---**
*that are beneficial
for the human body's health.*
**[14:04] ---**
*Well-known examples include
lactic acid and lactobacillus bifidus.*
**[14:07] ---**
*Some lactic acid bacteria
are resistant to gastric acid*
**[14:11] ---**
*and can suppress the activation of H. pylori.*
**[14:15] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[14:17] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[14:18] ---**
They must've entered this body
along with food or something.
**[14:23] ---**
I've never seen them in an inactive state,
**[14:26] ---**
so I didn't realize it at first.
**[14:28] ---**
All right, I have to get back to patrol duty.
**[14:32] ---**
Because bacteria might invade
through that hole the H. pylori ripped open.
**[14:36] ---**
B-But what about these guys?
**[14:47] ---**
Hey, you want to go to your friends, don't you?
**[14:49] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[14:50] ---**
Nyuuu! Nyuuu!
**[14:54] ---**
I can't go with you. I'll melt.
**[14:57] ---**
Nyuuu?
**[14:58] ---**
Nyuuu...
**[14:59] ---**
Nyuuu...
**[15:00] ---**
Nyuuu?
**[15:04] ---**
Go on.
**[15:05] ---**
Nyuuu...
**[15:08] ---**
Nyuuu! Nyuuu! Nyuuu!
**[15:11] ---**
Take care of yourself.
**[15:14] ---**
All right, Cell boy...
**[15:17] ---**
I'm about to tell you something
that has nothing to do with you.
**[15:21] ---**
There are all kinds of types
of lactic acid bacteria,
**[15:23] ---**
and I hear they all work with their friends
near different digestive organs.
**[15:28] ---**
I'm heading out to patrol those areas now.
**[15:32] ---**
Wanna come along?
**[15:34] ---**
Yeah!
**[15:38] ---**
Hey!
**[15:40] ---**
So, there you are, Ordinary Cell!
**[15:42] ---**
I was wondering where you'd gone!
**[15:44] ---**
If you could just stamp that receipt...
**[15:46] ---**
or your signature will do, too. Right here, please.
**[15:49] ---**
Sorry, I forgot all about that.
**[15:52] ---**
Nyuuu! Nyuuu! Nyuuu!
**[15:54] ---**
Ordinary Cell, haven't you put on
some weight since I last saw you?
**[15:58] ---**
Huh? Oh, yeah...
**[16:07] ---**
ANTIGENIC SHIFT
**[16:09] ---**
*"Antigenic Shift."*
**[16:12] ---**
SMALL INTESTINE
**[16:15] ---**
All right, I'm heading this way.
**[16:17] ---**
Right.
**[16:19] ---**
Good work!
**[16:21] ---**
WELCOME
TO THE
SMALL INTESTINE
**[16:26] ---**
This is the small intestine.
**[16:29] ---**
Okay! Hoist up the microvilli
from No. 1 through 10!
**[16:34] ---**
There are all sorts of stuff
coming in again today.
**[16:36] ---**
Nice to get some balanced nutrition, huh?
**[16:39] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[16:41] ---**
So, this is the small intestine, huh?
**[16:43] ---**
I've never been to a place
like this before! It's awesome!
**[16:47] ---**
Put those lactic acid bacteria away
or they'll be spotted.
**[16:49] ---**
It looks like they're scooping something up
with a huge net. What is that?
**[16:54] ---**
There are nutrients that got dissolved
in the stomach on the other side of this wall.
**[16:58] ---**
It's here in the small intestine that
they get absorbed into the body,
**[17:01] ---**
processed and turned into nutrients for you cells.
**[17:02] ---**
SAMPLES
**[17:05] ---**
Hey, you're right!
We eat that stuff all the time!
**[17:08] ---**
- Wow!
- Nyuuu!
**[17:09] ---**
But if they're from outside, doesn't that mean
all kinds of substances get in? Like viruses?
**[17:15] ---**
Bad stuff like that
isn't absorbed by mistake, right?
**[17:18] ---**
Most of it gets destroyed by gastric acid,
so it's all good.
**[17:21] ---**
Still, there are other things, too,
that can get tricky.
**[17:24] ---**
Whoa! What's all this?
**[17:27] ---**
What are we going to do with all this?
Did you have to absorb this boatload of purines?
**[17:32] ---**
B-But, sir,
**[17:33] ---**
we have no recourse
against the mass production of purines.
**[17:37] ---**
Don't make excuses!
**[17:38] ---**
Listen, you know that uric acid is formed
when the body breaks down purines!
**[17:41] ---**
And if there's an excess buildup of uric acid,
sharp crystals will form,
**[17:42] ---**
Oh man, he's getting yelled out. Poor guy...
**[17:44] ---**
and that would mean major trouble!
**[17:46] ---**
Yeah.
**[17:47] ---**
I'm telling you, it's like every other word
out of your mouth is some excuse!
**[17:52] ---**
That's why you're no good!
**[17:53] ---**
Nyuuu...
**[17:55] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[17:56] ---**
TASTY LACTOSE
**[17:57] ---**
- Nyuuu! Nyuuu!
- Hey! Hey you, get back here!
**[17:59] ---**
- Nyuuu!
- Huh? Wh-What's that thing?
**[18:02] ---**
Nyuuu! Nyuuu! Nyuuu!
**[18:05] ---**
Nyuuu! Nyuuu! Nyuuu!
**[18:06] ---**
It's eating the purines!
**[18:10] ---**
Nyuuu! Nyuuu! Nyuuu!
**[18:12] ---**
BURP
**[18:12] ---**
Burp.
**[18:15] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[18:16] ---**
Nyuuu! Nyuuu! Nyuuu!
**[18:17] ---**
Is it happy because it's eaten its fill?
**[18:20] ---**
Nyuuu?
**[18:21] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[18:25] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[18:34] ---**
Nyuuu! Nyuuu! Nyuuu!
**[18:34] ---**
OM
NOM
NOM
**[18:35] ---**
Wait! Huh? All they're doing
is devouring the purines?
**[18:38] ---**
These guys are pretty docile, huh?
**[18:41] ---**
Hey, you're doing us a favor!
**[18:43] ---**
Here, eat up these purines, too!
**[18:45] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[18:47] ---**
Aren't they amazing?
Watch them gobble it all up!
**[18:51] ---**
- Nyuuu!
- Smug!
**[18:51] ---**
NYUUU
SMUG
**[18:53] ---**
I see.
**[18:54] ---**
So, this is what these lactic acid bacteria do?
**[18:57] ---**
Lactic acid bacteria coexist with cells in the body
in various ways according to type.
**[19:02] ---**
*These guys can make friends
with all kinds of cells!*
**[19:06] ---**
*That's incredible!*
**[19:08] ---**
I guess the small intestine might be
the ideal place for those germs to live.
**[19:13] ---**
Yeah.
**[19:15] ---**
Hey!
**[19:16] ---**
Nyuuu?
**[19:18] ---**
Nyu-nyu-nyuuu!
**[19:22] ---**
Take care.
**[19:29] ---**
Well, who knew? Lactic acid bacteria
really does a lot for the body, huh?
**[19:34] ---**
Do these guys totally rock or what?
**[19:36] ---**
Well, don't get too carried away, Cell boy.
**[19:39] ---**
They may be useful, but germs are germs.
**[19:41] ---**
If they ever start acting sketchy,
I'm going to deal with them right away.
**[19:45] ---**
And one more thing. Whatever you do,
don't ever let anyone see them.
**[19:49] ---**
If any of the other Immune Cells
spot them, I—
**[19:51] ---**
Hey, check this out, will you?
**[19:53] ---**
Nyuuu! Nyuuu! Nyuuu!
**[19:54] ---**
Ta-da!
**[19:55] ---**
A lactic acid bacterium in the hand
and one on the head!
**[19:58] ---**
These guys are so fluffy and adorable!
**[20:01] ---**
Go ahead and pet them,
White Blood Cell!
**[20:04] ---**
Huh? Germs nearby? My receptor!
**[20:06] ---**
Moron! Hide them! Do you want them to get killed?
**[20:07] ---**
Whoa! Don't yell at me!
**[20:09] ---**
Huh? There's nothing here.
**[20:11] ---**
Wh-Whoa!
**[20:12] ---**
Malfunction, I guess.
This receptor of mine...
**[20:14] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[20:17] ---**
Nyuuu! Nyuuu! Nyuuu!
**[20:18] ---**
The lactic acid bacterium!
**[20:20] ---**
- Come back here!
- Cell boy!
**[20:22] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[20:25] ---**
- Nyuuu!
- Lactic Acid Bacterium!
**[20:32] ---**
What should I do? It's too dangerous
for him to be on his own!
**[20:34] ---**
I have to look for him!
**[20:36] ---**
But there's no telling
where he'll end up inside this vast body.
**[20:40] ---**
I know! White Blood Cell, can you notify
the other Immune Cells right now?
**[20:44] ---**
Tell them not to kill
that lactic acid bacterium!
**[20:47] ---**
I'm sorry. I can't do that.
**[20:49] ---**
We Neutrophils are unable to present antigens.
**[20:53] ---**
I can't tell other Immune Cells
not to attack him because he's good bacteria.
**[21:00] ---**
If he reaches an Immune Cell who can see
that he's good bacteria, he'll be fine.
**[21:06] ---**
But if he gets dealt with
as a mere foreign substance,
**[21:09] ---**
then it would be out of my hands.
**[21:11] ---**
Sorry.
**[21:12] ---**
No way.
**[21:14] ---**
Nyuuu?
**[21:16] ---**
I don't get it, White Blood Cell.
**[21:21] ---**
You know he's not a bad guy.
**[21:24] ---**
Right. Even still...
**[21:26] ---**
That little guy...
**[21:27] ---**
That little guy must've given it all
for this this body, too! I know it!
**[21:32] ---**
Why would you kill someone like that?
**[21:35] ---**
You Immune Cells are jerks!
**[21:39] ---**
That's...
**[21:40] ---**
That's my...
**[21:42] ---**
That's our...
**[21:43] ---**
It's our job, that's why.
**[21:46] ---**
That voice just now...
**[21:51] ---**
Long time no see.
**[21:53] ---**
NK Cell!
**[23:24] ---**
NEXT EPISODE
PREVIEW
**[23:25] ---**
Nyuuu! Nyuuu!
**[23:27] ---**
What, you want to take part in the preview?
**[23:29] ---**
Nyuuu! Nyuuu!
**[23:31] ---**
Hey! Sounds like it'll be fun!
**[23:34] ---**
Next episode of "Cells at Work!!"...
**[23:35] ---**
"Cytokines."
**[23:35] ---**
EPISODE 5:
CYTOKINES
**[23:37] ---**
Nyuuu! Nyuuu!
**[23:37] ---**
Please look forward to it!
# 5 - Cytokines
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GR3KVPQER/cells-at-work)
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**[00:00] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[00:00] ---**
CELL
**[00:00] ---**
- Come back here!
- Cell boy!
**[00:02] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[00:03] ---**
Lactic Acid Bacterium!
**[00:05] ---**
WHITE BLOOD CELL
**[00:06] ---**
If he reaches an Immune Cell who can see
that he's good bacteria, he'll be fine.
**[00:12] ---**
But if he gets dealt with
as a mere foreign substance,
**[00:15] ---**
then it would be out of my hands.
**[00:17] ---**
Sorry.
**[00:18] ---**
No way.
**[00:20] ---**
That little guy...
**[00:21] ---**
That little guy must've given it all
for this this body, too! I know it!
**[00:26] ---**
Why would you kill someone like that?
**[00:29] ---**
You Immune Cells are jerks!
**[00:32] ---**
That's...
**[00:34] ---**
That's my...
**[00:36] ---**
That's our...
**[00:37] ---**
It's our job, that's why.
**[00:40] ---**
Long time no see.
**[00:42] ---**
NK Cell!
**[00:47] ---**
Here I am, taking my job seriously,
**[00:50] ---**
and knowingly or not,
you utter something I can't just ignore.
**[00:54] ---**
Do you need to be schooled, perhaps?
**[00:57] ---**
If it wasn't for us Immune Cells,
**[00:59] ---**
the rest of you cells would be killed off
by the germs, all right?
**[01:04] ---**
And by the way, I'm an NK Cell.
**[01:07] ---**
A Lymphocyte who can kill off
any cell at her own discretion.
**[01:11] ---**
You need to watch your mouth, Cell boy.
**[01:15] ---**
Back off, NK!
**[01:16] ---**
I don't believe you, either, Neutrophil!
**[01:19] ---**
What are you doing, acting all buddy-buddy?
**[01:22] ---**
I-I'm not acting buddy-buddy at all!
**[01:25] ---**
*This person's beyond ferocious!
Are all Immune Cells like her?*
**[01:31] ---**
*Lactic Acid Bacterium,
please just stay safe!*
**[03:03] ---**
EPISODE 5:
CYTOKINES
**[03:05] ---**
*"Cytokines."*
**[03:15] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[03:18] ---**
Nyuuu? Nyuuu?
**[03:20] ---**
Hey, good morning! I see you're awake...
**[03:23] ---**
Nyuuu?
**[03:24] ---**
...little Lactic Acid Bacterium!
**[03:26] ---**
Nyuuu! Nyuuu!
**[03:30] ---**
I found you passed out
in the gutter outside, you know.
**[03:35] ---**
Nyuuu?
**[03:36] ---**
I don't know what happened to you,
but you should rest up here for a bit.
**[03:40] ---**
Want a cookie?
**[03:41] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[03:43] ---**
I'm Dendritic Cell. Nice to meet you.
**[03:47] ---**
I just baked a big batch of these cookies.
You can take your time eating them, okay?
**[03:54] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[03:56] ---**
Hey!
**[03:57] ---**
Where are you?
**[04:00] ---**
Wait for me, Lactic Acid Bacterium!
**[04:03] ---**
I'm coming to save you now!
**[04:07] ---**
Where are you?
**[04:13] ---**
Lactic Acid Bacterium!
**[04:16] ---**
*Dammit!*
**[04:18] ---**
*I don't even have a clue!*
**[04:20] ---**
*What should I do?*
**[04:23] ---**
*I'm never going to find him, am I?*
**[04:26] ---**
Oh my!
**[04:27] ---**
Are you looking for something?
**[04:30] ---**
Would you like us to help you find it?
**[04:42] ---**
Th-Th-Th-That won't be necessary!
**[04:45] ---**
Are you sure?
**[04:46] ---**
You seemed to be at a loss, so...
**[04:49] ---**
We're sorry we couldn't be of use to you.
**[04:54] ---**
Good day!
**[04:55] ---**
Let's go! Let's go!
**[04:56] ---**
Thank you for your hard work.
**[05:02] ---**
Hey! By the way,
what are you two looking for?
**[05:05] ---**
Uh, nothing special, really.
**[05:07] ---**
Oh?
**[05:09] ---**
You sure seem to be searching
pretty frantically to me.
**[05:12] ---**
Hey! Where are you?
**[05:15] ---**
Huh? Did you call?
**[05:17] ---**
Oh, pardon me.
Looks like you've got the wrong guy.
**[05:21] ---**
Hey, Cell boy... Try not to be
conspicuous while NK's around!
**[05:24] ---**
But I have to find him
as soon as possible!
**[05:28] ---**
Never mind that, NK.
**[05:30] ---**
What were you doing there yourself?
**[05:33] ---**
Well, let's just say
I was looking for something, too.
**[05:36] ---**
You, looking for something?
**[05:40] ---**
*Uh, an influenza virus has been detected
near the small intestine.*
**[05:44] ---**
*Beware of the risk
of being infected with influenza!*
**[05:46] ---**
INFLUENZA
VIRUS
DETECTED
NEAR
THE SMALL
INTESTINE
**[05:47] ---**
*All Immune Cells in the area,
please head to the site immediately!*
**[05:52] ---**
Lightweights... At a time like this...
**[05:54] ---**
NK, what is it that you're looking for?
**[05:57] ---**
That red thing there!
**[05:59] ---**
Found you, Lactic Acid Bacterium!
**[06:02] ---**
Hold up! That's—
**[06:03] ---**
Kishaaa!
**[06:05] ---**
I-It's a virus-infected cell!
**[06:10] ---**
*The influenza virus.*
**[06:11] ---**
*The virus responsible
for the infectious disease influenza.*
**[06:15] ---**
*Falls into three main categories, A, B and C.*
**[06:18] ---**
*Causes symptoms, such as fevers over 100 degrees,
headaches, joint pain and muscle cramping.*
**[06:26] ---**
I don't have time to fool around
with you right now!
**[06:39] ---**
What the...
**[06:41] ---**
I-It's so strong!
**[06:50] ---**
Th-There's something really strange about them!
**[07:01] ---**
We came to help out!
**[07:04] ---**
Eat this, damn virus!
**[07:06] ---**
Take this!
**[07:12] ---**
All right! That should do it!
**[07:15] ---**
What the...
**[07:21] ---**
Memory Cell?
**[07:23] ---**
My heart just—
**[07:25] ---**
Memory Cell, what's wrong?
**[07:27] ---**
No good! It's the end of the world!
**[07:30] ---**
Everyone, run for your lives!
We were utterly powerless!
**[07:34] ---**
Just as the stars will one day explode
and dissolve into the darkness of outer space—
**[07:37] ---**
In a nutshell!
**[07:40] ---**
B Cell, we have no chance
against that influenza virus!
**[07:43] ---**
Take a good look! Just look at him!
**[07:46] ---**
Look at that virus's head!
**[07:50] ---**
Those ominous points on his head!
**[07:51] ---**
POKE
**[07:52] ---**
That's a different type of virus!
**[07:55] ---**
*Antigenic shift in influenza.*
**[07:57] ---**
*As influenza is prone to mutation,
the nature of the antigen changes every year.*
**[08:02] ---**
*This is why it can't always be blocked
by acquired immunity.*
**[08:06] ---**
Our normal attacks
aren't going to work on them!
**[08:09] ---**
Huh?
**[08:11] ---**
For real?
**[08:13] ---**
This world is doomed!
**[08:24] ---**
CELL
STILL MISSING
**[08:25] ---**
Nyuuu...
**[08:26] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[08:28] ---**
Lactic Acid Bacterium?
**[08:30] ---**
Want some more cookies?
**[08:32] ---**
Nyuu... Nyuuu!
**[08:34] ---**
Nyuuu! Nyuuu! Nyuuu!
**[08:36] ---**
And in return, if you don't mind...
**[08:40] ---**
there's a favor I'd like to ask of you.
**[08:44] ---**
Nyuuu?
**[08:48] ---**
I-Influenza's something the body catches
now and then, right? Is it that scary?
**[08:53] ---**
Yeah.
**[08:54] ---**
In its normal form,
we'd have a chance against it,
**[08:57] ---**
but it's a lot different if it's gone
through an antigenic shift!
**[09:00] ---**
We don't have a single clue
about that one! Not a shred of data!
**[09:06] ---**
Even so, we can't just let them
have their way...
**[09:08] ---**
or the virus-infected cells
could multiply like crazy!
**[09:11] ---**
Hey! The spores are gathering!
**[09:18] ---**
Oh crap! This is going to be
hit-or-miss, but here goes!
**[09:22] ---**
How do you like this?
**[09:26] ---**
No good! It's not working!
**[09:27] ---**
Let's head into the tunnel for now!
**[09:42] ---**
White Blood Cell!
**[09:43] ---**
All right, now's your chance!
**[09:45] ---**
- Make a run for it!
- O-Okay!
**[09:52] ---**
White Blood Cell!
**[09:55] ---**
Outta my way, Ordinary Cell!
**[09:57] ---**
I've got my hands full here!
**[09:59] ---**
*It dodged that?*
**[10:01] ---**
In that case...
**[10:03] ---**
These things...
**[10:09] ---**
*I've never seen moves like that!*
**[10:11] ---**
*And they're crazy fast!*
**[10:14] ---**
What's the problem, NK?
**[10:15] ---**
Neutrophil and I kill infected cells, too,
but aren't you the pro among us?
**[10:20] ---**
They're dodging all of your attacks!
**[10:22] ---**
Sh-Shut up, will you?
**[10:24] ---**
I-I'm not losing to a mere influenza virus!
**[10:28] ---**
N-NK?
**[10:33] ---**
Wh-What the...
**[10:35] ---**
What the heck are they doing?
**[10:41] ---**
The end is here!
**[10:45] ---**
Not good! They're heading this way!
**[10:48] ---**
Wh-What?
**[10:50] ---**
Are they bringing on a stomachache?
**[10:55] ---**
RUMBLE RUMBLE
**[10:56] ---**
CHURN CHURN
**[10:57] ---**
Wh-What?
**[10:58] ---**
Are they bringing on
a stomachache?
**[11:00] ---**
- Run!
- Or you'll get dragged into it!
**[11:03] ---**
Nyuuu! Nyuuu! Nyuuu!
**[11:04] ---**
Lactic Acid Bacterium!
**[11:07] ---**
Lactic Acid Bacterium!
**[11:13] ---**
Lactic Acid—
**[11:15] ---**
Protect him with your life!
**[11:16] ---**
White Blood Cell!
**[11:18] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[11:19] ---**
Thank goodness you're okay!
**[11:21] ---**
Thank you, White Blood Cell!
**[11:22] ---**
PLATELETS
**[11:24] ---**
NK!
**[11:25] ---**
You can't take them on
in close combat now!
**[11:27] ---**
Distance yourself!
**[11:32] ---**
Damn... Why can't I...
kill those low-level scrubs?
**[11:38] ---**
I'm done.
**[11:43] ---**
What's gotten into you, NK? You're the linchpin
of our virus-infected cell suppression strategy!
**[11:47] ---**
NK, don't tell me you're...
**[11:49] ---**
weakened by stress!
**[11:51] ---**
Are you in a slump?
**[11:52] ---**
I'm a natural-born assassin, and yet...
**[11:56] ---**
*Immunity and stress.*
**[11:59] ---**
*Under stress, Lymphocyte activity
becomes sluggish and immunity plummets.*
**[12:05] ---**
Hey, NK, c'mon!
**[12:07] ---**
Who am I anyway?
Seriously, I've had enough.
**[12:10] ---**
NK! Snap out of it!
**[12:12] ---**
I can't.
**[12:13] ---**
Who's going to stop these guys, then?
**[12:17] ---**
When we met up earlier,
**[12:19] ---**
I was trying to stand up for you
because Cell boy was ranting at you.
**[12:23] ---**
- But you just got mad at me, Neutrophil!
- I-Is that right? M-My bad, NK! Thanks!
**[12:28] ---**
NK, don't ever lose confidence in yourself!
**[12:30] ---**
We're pros!
**[12:32] ---**
We've got skills
that we trained hard to master!
**[12:34] ---**
If we join forces,
we can beat any enemy!
**[12:37] ---**
Get yourself motivated!
Get up! Get up and run!
**[12:51] ---**
What's wrong? Are you motivated now—
**[12:57] ---**
N-NK, ma'am...
**[12:59] ---**
Whatever is the matter?
**[13:02] ---**
I'll kill anyone who saw it!
I'll kill anyone who saw it!
**[13:07] ---**
Who the cell had the nerve to unearth this?
**[13:17] ---**
NK, are you activated now?
**[13:20] ---**
How on earth?
**[13:24] ---**
Hey, thanks a lot, Lactic Acid Bacterium.
**[13:27] ---**
Nyuuu?
**[13:27] ---**
Thanks to all these
polysaccharides you produced.
**[13:31] ---**
Sorry.
**[13:32] ---**
Nyu-nyuuu!
**[13:41] ---**
For the first time in a long time...
**[13:47] ---**
I've been activated!
**[13:51] ---**
*How lactic acid bacteria works.*
**[13:53] ---**
*Some lactic acid bacteria produce polysaccharides
which modulate the immune system.*
**[14:00] ---**
*These immunomodulatory polysaccharides
are said to assist in activating Dendritic Cells.*
**[14:07] ---**
Good day, everyone!
**[14:10] ---**
D-Dendritic Cell? Why are you dressed like that?
**[14:13] ---**
Hey, the stomachache's getting closer!
Let's get out of here!
**[14:18] ---**
Everyone! Our enemy today...
**[14:23] ---**
is unbelievably strong, right?
**[14:26] ---**
Therefore, I'll be glad to support you
from the shadows today!
**[14:33] ---**
Kindly take a look at the photos
I've handed out!
**[14:37] ---**
Please gaze upon your past selves
and remember from whence you came!
**[14:42] ---**
UNDERGOING
ACTIVATION
**[14:48] ---**
The truth is,
I'd rather not do it this way.
**[14:51] ---**
You know, stoop to blackmail.
**[14:53] ---**
Then, don't do it!
**[14:55] ---**
It's just that... You know,
it'll motivate you to try harder this way.
**[15:00] ---**
The data doesn't lie!
**[15:01] ---**
CYTOKINES
**[15:03] ---**
So, let me be the first...
**[15:05] ---**
to work even harder than usual, all right?
**[15:08] ---**
*Cytokines.*
**[15:09] ---**
*The blanket term for physiologically active proteins
secreted by cells to stimulate other cells.*
**[15:17] ---**
H-Hold up a second, Dendritic Cell!
Don't go any farther—
**[15:20] ---**
We'll give it our all! We'll give it our all
for sure even without those!
**[15:23] ---**
I've already been activated!
Give me a break!
**[15:27] ---**
All right, everyone! Let's get cracking,
all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed now!
**[15:32] ---**
*Immunity boost.*
**[15:34] ---**
*When Dendritic Cells are activated,
they are thought to boost NK activation*
**[15:39] ---**
*and produce antibodies against certain viruses
through the production of cytokines.*
**[15:49] ---**
Nooooo!
**[15:52] ---**
Oh my, how lovely.
**[15:54] ---**
Everyone's going to have
a field day with these!
**[15:58] ---**
Are you kidding me?
**[16:04] ---**
Wh-What's this? What's this?
What's this? What's this? What's this?
**[16:08] ---**
B-B-Black History!
**[16:11] ---**
Universe!
**[16:20] ---**
I'm on fire!
**[16:23] ---**
Look how motivated everyone is!
**[16:26] ---**
All right.
**[16:27] ---**
Let's join in!
**[16:33] ---**
Wh-Wh-What the cell is this?
**[16:36] ---**
N-No way is this me!
**[16:38] ---**
Who the cell is this immature Thymocyte kid
who's a dead ringer for me?
**[16:44] ---**
APPROVED
**[16:44] ---**
MOBILIZATION PERMIT
**[16:44] ---**
Approved! Approved! Approved!
**[17:10] ---**
I see.
**[17:11] ---**
So, they were all able to fight like that
because you activated Dendritic Cell.
**[17:17] ---**
That's right. Thanks to all
the polysaccharides he produced.
**[17:21] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[17:22] ---**
Lactic Acid Bacterium,
**[17:24] ---**
it's all thanks to you that they were able
to drive out the influenza virus.
**[17:27] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[17:28] ---**
- You're so tiny, and yet you're so amazing!
- Nyu-nyuuu!
**[17:31] ---**
You're way better than me.
**[17:33] ---**
I mean, look at me.
I dropped you in the waterway
**[17:36] ---**
and got blasted away
by the stomachache.
**[17:39] ---**
- Nyuuu! Nyuuu!
- Nyuuu! Nyuuu!
**[17:39] ---**
Sorry I put you in danger like that.
**[17:42] ---**
Nyuuu?
**[17:43] ---**
It looks like someone will be coming
to pick you up.
**[17:46] ---**
Oh, right.
**[17:49] ---**
See? Here they are!
**[17:55] ---**
Nyu-nyuuu!
**[17:58] ---**
Your friends!
**[18:00] ---**
Nyuuu! Nyuuu!
**[18:05] ---**
I didn't get to spend
much time with you,
**[18:08] ---**
but this is goodbye.
**[18:09] ---**
Nyuuu...
**[18:12] ---**
Take care of yourself, okay?
**[18:13] ---**
Nyu-nyuuu!
**[18:16] ---**
Nyu-nyuuu!
**[18:18] ---**
Nyu-nyuuu!
**[18:22] ---**
So, you're down to one now?
**[18:24] ---**
I'll take that one to his friends for you.
**[18:27] ---**
Oh...
**[18:29] ---**
Right.
**[18:31] ---**
Hey, White Blood Cell...
**[18:33] ---**
I'm sorry I called you a jerk
back at the waterway.
**[18:37] ---**
I know I said some horrible things.
**[18:39] ---**
Even though you were helping us out.
**[18:43] ---**
When I got blasted away
by the stomachache,
**[18:45] ---**
I was so happy that you caught
the lactic acid bacterium.
**[18:48] ---**
Thanks.
**[18:49] ---**
No, I'm the one who should be apologizing
to you for scaring you,
**[18:54] ---**
for not notifying my friends,
**[18:56] ---**
for not being able to help you.
**[18:58] ---**
Sorry.
**[18:59] ---**
It's okay!
**[19:00] ---**
Also...
**[19:01] ---**
there's no need to think
you made me go along with you.
**[19:04] ---**
After all, I actually enjoyed myself
a lot this time—
**[19:06] ---**
All right! I'm going to go
apologize to everyone!
**[19:09] ---**
All you Immune Cells!
Sorry, I had no idea!
**[19:12] ---**
Hold up, Cell boy!
**[19:14] ---**
Who knew you were being blackmailed
by embarrassing photos to make you work harder?
**[19:18] ---**
Especially you, NK—
**[19:20] ---**
I don't know what you're talking about!
**[19:22] ---**
Just let her be, all right?
**[19:24] ---**
A-Anyway, let me return
your last bacterium.
**[19:27] ---**
Oh, okay.
**[19:29] ---**
Wait here for a second.
I'm going to go talk to NK.
**[19:32] ---**
Remember, it's all over
if they find that one.
**[19:35] ---**
R-Right, I forgot!
**[19:36] ---**
I'll be right back!
**[19:37] ---**
Okay!
**[19:44] ---**
It's only you now, huh?
**[19:46] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[19:48] ---**
Are you lonely?
**[19:50] ---**
It's going to be all right.
**[19:52] ---**
I'll see to it that you're taken
to your friends, too.
**[19:55] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[19:58] ---**
I'll kill that stupid leaf head!
**[20:00] ---**
No, that's not it!
**[20:01] ---**
Why am I so mentally weak?
**[20:04] ---**
NK!
**[20:05] ---**
Do you have a minute?
**[20:07] ---**
RELAXING TEA
**[20:07] ---**
Uh, I'm just telling you
because it's all over now.
**[20:11] ---**
It was that lactic acid bacterium
that we were searching for.
**[20:15] ---**
We were keeping it hidden because
we wanted to return it to its friends.
**[20:18] ---**
Oh really?
**[20:19] ---**
I totally don't give a hoot.
**[20:21] ---**
It must be fun to have such a peaceful life.
**[20:25] ---**
Anyway, NK...
**[20:26] ---**
What was it that you were searching for?
**[20:30] ---**
Oh, so that's where this is going?
**[20:33] ---**
Fine. It's not like it has nothing
to do with you, so I'll tell you.
**[20:37] ---**
Take this as a warning, too.
**[20:39] ---**
Neutrophil,
no matter who the enemy is,
**[20:43] ---**
it's in your best interest
not to think twice before killing it.
**[20:46] ---**
You know that the data on all the cells we kill
is stored as antibody data, right?
**[20:53] ---**
And you also know that as long as they have
that data, cells can replicate, don't you?
**[20:58] ---**
Yeah.
**[21:00] ---**
A certain cell's antibody data
has been leaked.
**[21:03] ---**
What?
**[21:04] ---**
Along with the genetic data
included in those records.
**[21:07] ---**
That cell's already acquired a physical form
somewhere inside this body.
**[21:13] ---**
You remember, don't you?
**[21:14] ---**
The one who swore
to come back to life and kill you...
**[21:19] ---**
*And now I'm gonna die
without leaving my mark on this world!*
**[21:23] ---**
*Why was I ever born in the first place?*
**[21:29] ---**
That's who I'm searching for.
**[21:38] ---**
Pretty sweet to have your own body!
**[21:44] ---**
Now I can finally see you.
**[21:46] ---**
At last.
**[21:49] ---**
I can't wait.
**[23:24] ---**
NEXT EPISODE
PREVIEW
**[23:25] ---**
You see, you see...
**[23:27] ---**
They say there are germs called
"hard candy bacteria" in the large intestine!
**[23:30] ---**
Wait, I think you mean
"harmful bacteria," right?
**[23:33] ---**
Next episode of "Cells at Work!!",
"Harmful Bacteria."
**[23:35] ---**
EPISODE 6:
HARMFUL BACTERIA
**[23:37] ---**
Work hard every day!
# 6 - Harmful Bacteria
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**[01:38] ---**
*I wonder what's wrong.*
**[01:40] ---**
*Since he had had that talk with NK,
things seem kind of tense.*
**[01:40] ---**
CELL
**[01:40] ---**
WHITE BLOOD CELL
**[01:47] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[01:49] ---**
I wonder what's bugging those two.
**[01:52] ---**
Nyuuu?
**[01:54] ---**
EPISODE 6:
HARMFUL BACTERIA
**[01:56] ---**
*"Harmful Bacteria."*
**[02:06] ---**
U-Um, excuse me, how much farther?
**[02:09] ---**
Oh, right.
**[02:11] ---**
We're almost there. See?
**[02:17] ---**
This is the large intestine.
**[02:17] ---**
KEEP THE INTESTINE CLEAN
**[02:20] ---**
*The large intestine.*
**[02:22] ---**
*The organ that absorbs water and minerals
and produces feces.*
**[02:26] ---**
*Where the final stage
of digestion is performed.*
**[02:29] ---**
*The large intestine
is about 1.5 meters in length*
**[02:32] ---**
*and can be divided into the cecum,
the colon and the rectum.*
**[02:36] ---**
*It is said that several hundred
different species of bacteria,*
**[02:39] ---**
*totaling one hundred trillion,
inhabit the large intestine.*
**[02:44] ---**
Not looking good.
**[02:45] ---**
It's gone to ruin, all right.
**[02:49] ---**
FRAGILE
CONDENSED GAS
**[02:51] ---**
Let's see.
**[02:54] ---**
White Blood Cell! Ordinary Cell!
**[02:57] ---**
Thank you for your— good work—
I just happened— to be delivering—
**[03:01] ---**
Are you okay?
**[03:04] ---**
I-I can't breathe!
**[03:08] ---**
This is toxic gas from the harmful bacteria
that live in the intestines.
**[03:12] ---**
- "Toxic gas"?
- "Toxic gas"?
**[03:15] ---**
The bacterial balance in the gut must be off,
and the harmful bacteria seem to be predominant.
**[03:22] ---**
This is bound to cause
some harmful effects.
**[03:24] ---**
Is that right?
**[03:25] ---**
What a stink!
**[03:27] ---**
I-I'm going to take care of this delivery right now!
**[03:29] ---**
You be careful, okay?
**[03:32] ---**
Let's see, this delivery's going to...
**[03:36] ---**
WELCOME
PROBIOTICS
IN THE LARGE
INTESTINE
**[03:36] ---**
Everyone, please look this way!
**[03:39] ---**
PLATELETS
**[03:39] ---**
Okay!
**[03:44] ---**
TROLLEY
STOP
**[03:46] ---**
Roughly three types of bacteria
reside in the intestines.
**[03:51] ---**
First, the good bacteria
that are beneficial to the body...
**[03:55] ---**
*Good bacteria.*
**[03:57] ---**
*Lactic acid bacterium, Lactobacillus gasseri,
Lactobacillus bifidus and the like*
**[04:00] ---**
*work to boost immunity
and to stimulate intestinal activity.*
**[04:07] ---**
Next, the scary harmful bacteria
that wreak havoc on the body!
**[04:13] ---**
*Harmful bacteria.*
**[04:15] ---**
*Pathogenic E. coli, Staphylococci,
Clostridium and the like*
**[04:20] ---**
*cause proteins to degrade
and produce toxic by-products.*
**[04:24] ---**
Wasn't that scary?
**[04:26] ---**
Yeah!
**[04:28] ---**
Last but not least,
**[04:29] ---**
Are you okay?
**[04:29] ---**
neither good nor bad...
**[04:31] ---**
Opportunistic pathogens!
**[04:33] ---**
*Opportunistic pathogens.*
**[04:35] ---**
*Bacteroides, non-pathogenic E. coli,
Eubacterium and the like*
**[04:39] ---**
*are all bacteria
which do neither good nor harm.*
**[04:44] ---**
*They ally themselves with whichever bacteria,
good or harmful, has the upper hand.*
**[04:49] ---**
Oh, so cute!
**[04:52] ---**
Look how many of them there are!
**[04:56] ---**
That was fun, wasn't it?
**[04:57] ---**
Do you think
we can come back sometime?
**[04:59] ---**
I hope so!
**[05:03] ---**
Hey there!
**[05:06] ---**
Oh! Big Sister Red Blood Cell!
**[05:09] ---**
Hello, little Platelets!
**[05:11] ---**
Hello!
**[05:12] ---**
Are you touring this area?
**[05:14] ---**
Yes!
**[05:15] ---**
Oh! This way, this way!
**[05:17] ---**
Go on! Take a look!
**[05:18] ---**
It's really cute!
**[05:25] ---**
THEATER ROOM
**[05:27] ---**
The intestines are said to be home
to approximately a hundred trillion bacteria in all.
**[05:33] ---**
The body's health changes whenever
there's a shift in the balance between them.
**[05:38] ---**
Oh really?
**[05:41] ---**
Hey, so his friends are all here?
**[05:44] ---**
Yeah.
**[05:45] ---**
There are up to a hundred trillion bacteria
in the intestines, they say.
**[05:51] ---**
Wow! That many right here?
**[05:54] ---**
Then, we're sure to find them, right?
**[05:56] ---**
Yeah.
**[05:57] ---**
That'll be a relief.
**[05:59] ---**
*He doesn't sound
the least bit relieved.*
**[06:03] ---**
*I wonder what's up with him.*
**[06:05] ---**
Nyuuu! Nyuuu!
**[06:07] ---**
Lactic Acid Bacterium,
it won't be long now.
**[06:09] ---**
There are tons of your friends
right here, all right?
**[06:14] ---**
I bet you have
some awesome powers of your own!
**[06:18] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[06:19] ---**
Hey, you need to pipe down!
**[06:19] ---**
Nyuuu! Nyuuu! Nyuuu!
**[06:21] ---**
Hey! You don't want NK to catch on!
**[06:23] ---**
She's eagle-eyed, you know!
**[06:26] ---**
*It's glaringly obvious, guys.
So ridiculous!*
**[06:29] ---**
Look, you two, I don't care what you do
as long as you're quiet.
**[06:33] ---**
I don't want him to know
we're on the move.
**[06:37] ---**
Attention!
**[06:38] ---**
Squad Leader, please be careful!
**[06:40] ---**
We'll be close behind you
with the antigen presentation signal!
**[06:43] ---**
All right!
**[06:44] ---**
Now, I've fought with him once in the past.
**[06:47] ---**
And I'm going to use that experience today
to head to the front lines as a Memory T Cell
**[06:52] ---**
and finish off the enemy!
**[06:55] ---**
*Memory T Cell.*
**[06:57] ---**
*Some Killer T Cells
turn into Memory T Cells*
**[07:01] ---**
*so that they can be ready to attack
in case the same enemy reappears.*
**[07:07] ---**
I'm sure you'll miss me,
but it's going to be okay!
**[07:09] ---**
I'll still be looking out for you
even as a Memory T!
**[07:14] ---**
Whether or not you'll be
up to the fight after losing me...
**[07:18] ---**
Nothing worries me more
as your squad leader.
**[07:21] ---**
After all, who else but me
has the inside track on his moves...
**[07:23] ---**
and the ability to land the decisive blow...
**[07:24] ---**
The squad leader sure looks thrilled.
**[07:26] ---**
He may be mistaking this for a promotion.
**[07:29] ---**
But I swear on this cap
that I'll fulfill my mission.
**[07:33] ---**
Though there's no guarantee that any of us
will be alive when we meet again.
**[07:37] ---**
So, I'll be waiting for you all in hell!
**[07:41] ---**
Squad Leader!
**[07:44] ---**
Man, you're in my way.
**[07:50] ---**
Squad Leader!
**[07:51] ---**
Killer T!
**[07:52] ---**
Wh-What the...
This abrupt, uncalled for violence is—
**[07:56] ---**
Oh my, I'm really sorry. My foot slipped.
**[08:00] ---**
NK!
**[08:02] ---**
I was wondering what all you passive grunt cells
were doing, milling around here.
**[08:06] ---**
Is it a farewell bash?
Or maybe you're rehearsing for a play?
**[08:10] ---**
How nonchalant!
**[08:12] ---**
I'm not sure you even remember who the enemy is
now that you're so complacent, Memory T Cell.
**[08:18] ---**
NK, what did I ever do to you?
**[08:22] ---**
NK! Stop provoking Killer T
so that he'll regain his confidence!
**[08:26] ---**
Shut up!
**[08:28] ---**
Neutrophil! Did I hear you call me "Killer T"?
**[08:32] ---**
Can't you see this cap of mine?
**[08:34] ---**
It's "Memory T" today!
**[08:37] ---**
- Memory...
- Memory...
**[08:42] ---**
Hey! There you go again, mellowing out
with an ordinary cell!
**[08:46] ---**
Keep that up and you won't even be able
to kill a lowly germ!
**[08:49] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[08:51] ---**
"Nyuuu"?
**[08:52] ---**
Th-That's not true!
**[08:53] ---**
It may seem to be true,
but actually, it's not true at all!
**[08:58] ---**
That's right! It's not true!
I'm a natural-born killing machine!
**[09:02] ---**
And now, I'm off to prepare for battle!
**[09:04] ---**
It's dangerous here,
so you should go somewhere safe!
**[09:06] ---**
Yep, yep!
**[09:08] ---**
Yeah! You'll only get in my way
when I battle that guy!
**[09:11] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[09:11] ---**
NYUUU
**[09:13] ---**
I hear something crying.
**[09:14] ---**
What are these guys, idiots?
**[09:17] ---**
U-Um, I just have a simple question.
**[09:20] ---**
Who's this guy you keep mentioning?
**[09:28] ---**
- A Cancer Cell.
- A Cancer Cell.
**[09:30] ---**
C-Cancer Cell?
**[09:34] ---**
A-A-An enemy like that at large...
I-I-Isn't that dangerous?
**[09:39] ---**
Sure, it's dangerous.
**[09:41] ---**
I've got to head out right away
to crush him. So, Cell boy...
**[09:45] ---**
we'll be going our separate ways now.
**[09:47] ---**
Huh?
**[09:49] ---**
It's time for me to get back to work.
**[09:52] ---**
I'm sorry I can't accompany you to the end.
**[09:58] ---**
Listen. If you go down this road and take a left,
you'll reach the tip of the intestinal epithelium.
**[10:04] ---**
I'm sure you'll come into contact
with Lactic Acid Bacterium's friends there.
**[10:08] ---**
So, return the little guy,
then leave the large intestine
**[10:11] ---**
and make your way
back to the pharynx.
**[10:15] ---**
Okay.
**[10:16] ---**
All right. Keep an eye on your surroundings
and watch your back.
**[10:20] ---**
You can do it, right?
**[10:21] ---**
Yeah.
**[10:22] ---**
Thanks!
**[10:24] ---**
Oh, hold up, White Blood Cell!
**[10:30] ---**
Can you tell me one thing before you go?
**[10:33] ---**
White Blood Cell,
why did you protect us?
**[10:36] ---**
After all...
**[10:39] ---**
you Immune Cells...
**[10:42] ---**
If it's for the sake of the body,
**[10:44] ---**
you kill bacteria and infected cells
who used to be your allies.
**[10:47] ---**
Killing them is your job, isn't it?
**[10:50] ---**
So, how come?
**[10:54] ---**
Nyuuu?
**[10:56] ---**
Huh?
**[10:59] ---**
Right. You're absolutely right.
**[11:02] ---**
It's my job to kill.
**[11:07] ---**
But...
**[11:09] ---**
since all I ever do is kill...
Maybe that's why...
**[11:15] ---**
All right, see you!
**[11:16] ---**
Make sure you send him off right!
**[11:19] ---**
Nyu-nyuuu! Nyu-nyuuu!
Nyu-nyuuu!
**[11:21] ---**
Right!
**[11:28] ---**
This slimy mucin will keep out
any invading bacteria.
**[11:32] ---**
INTESTINAL BARRIER SEEDLINGS
**[11:32] ---**
GOBLET
**[11:32] ---**
Let's get them set up
so they don't get breached.
**[11:42] ---**
That sounds close.
**[11:43] ---**
Yeah.
**[11:44] ---**
We'd better hurry!
**[11:48] ---**
H-Here it comes!
**[11:54] ---**
All right!
The barrier's holding up like a champ!
**[11:58] ---**
You just can't beat mucin for durability.
**[12:01] ---**
That was barely a blip on the radar, huh?
**[12:04] ---**
Hold up!
**[12:07] ---**
- Oh no!
- There's more on the way!
**[12:10] ---**
Let's get out of here!
**[12:17] ---**
This way, this way!
**[12:25] ---**
Sorry!
**[12:29] ---**
There you go!
**[12:30] ---**
Thanks, Big Sister!
**[12:32] ---**
I wanna ride piggyback!
**[12:34] ---**
Me, too!
**[12:35] ---**
Me, too! Piggyback!
**[12:43] ---**
Ouch!
**[12:49] ---**
Um, you see, you see... Um...
**[12:53] ---**
Um...
**[13:00] ---**
Everyone! Big Sister Red Blood Cell doesn't know
what to do, so you all need to line up!
**[13:06] ---**
Okay!
**[13:08] ---**
You're all going to ride?
**[13:11] ---**
Wh-What's that?
**[13:13] ---**
Whoa!
**[13:14] ---**
Excuse me!
That section seems to be broken—
**[13:22] ---**
Is that going to hold up?
**[13:23] ---**
Oh, please don't worry about it.
It happens all the time.
**[13:26] ---**
Whaaat?
**[13:28] ---**
Lately, with the surge in harmful bacteria,
the intestines have been a mess!
**[13:32] ---**
We're totally at our wits' end!
**[13:35] ---**
I-I see that's it's been tough for you all.
**[13:40] ---**
Um, go straight here...
**[13:43] ---**
I hear there are tons of bacteria
on the other side of this wall.
**[13:47] ---**
Nyuuu?
**[13:50] ---**
It's almost time to say goodbye.
**[13:52] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[13:54] ---**
A lot of terrifying things happened,
but it sure was fun, Lactic Acid Bacterium!
**[13:57] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[14:01] ---**
See...
**[14:03] ---**
I never had anyone
to play with when I was a kid,
**[14:06] ---**
and I was bored out of my mind.
**[14:08] ---**
I was really lonely.
**[14:11] ---**
So, meeting you guys...
**[14:14] ---**
and traveling all around the body like this...
**[14:22] ---**
It was such a blast!
**[14:25] ---**
Nyuuu! Nyu-nyuuu!
**[14:27] ---**
Nyuuu! Nyuuu! Nyuuu!
**[14:30] ---**
I told you, it's no use!
**[14:34] ---**
Nyuuu?
**[14:36] ---**
No good!
**[14:37] ---**
The bacteria's attack is too devastating,
and it's only a matter of time before they invade!
**[14:43] ---**
*Goblet Cell.*
**[14:45] ---**
*A mucous-secreting Immune Cell
that produces mucin.*
**[14:49] ---**
*Can also be found in the small intestine
but particularly abundant in the large intestine.*
**[14:54] ---**
Hang in there, Goblet Cell!
**[14:58] ---**
*Intestinal Epithelial Cell.*
**[15:00] ---**
*Absorbs nutrients and water.*
**[15:03] ---**
*Also builds mucous barriers to prevent excessive
immune responses toward Intestinal Cells.*
**[15:11] ---**
Do you know how many billions, trillions
of bacteria there are beyond this wall?
**[15:16] ---**
It looks like they're in trouble.
**[15:18] ---**
Nyuuu?
**[15:19] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[15:21] ---**
We Intestinal Epithelial Cells have to hold them off
with this intestinal barrier!
**[15:25] ---**
Oh man! No way are we
getting there in time now!
**[15:29] ---**
I mean it, it's futile! Come back here!
**[15:33] ---**
- I-I'll help you!
- Don't give up!
**[15:35] ---**
"With burning hearts!
With a solid intestinal barrier!"
**[15:38] ---**
Isn't that our motto? We have to keep
fighting until we reach our limit!
**[15:42] ---**
And I'm telling you, this is our limit!
**[15:47] ---**
Nyuuu! Nyuuu...
**[15:49] ---**
There goes all the mucin
we planted!
**[15:53] ---**
Huh?
**[16:00] ---**
So, this is the other side of the intestinal wall
that we've been striving to reach?
**[16:03] ---**
Now that we're here,
it's nothing special.
**[16:07] ---**
Not a shred of style.
**[16:09] ---**
Who cares? We're going to turn it
into an oasis for us harmful bacteria!
**[16:14] ---**
Toward that end,
**[16:16] ---**
we're going to have to start
by eradicating all of the weeds!
**[16:24] ---**
Come on!
**[16:32] ---**
Wh-What's going on?
**[16:33] ---**
Uh, it looks like
there's some kind of problem.
**[16:36] ---**
It happens all the time!
**[16:38] ---**
H-H-H-Huh?
**[16:40] ---**
These harmful bacteria
sure are troublesome!
**[16:44] ---**
Oh, you guys should all
make a run for it, too!
**[16:46] ---**
Whaaat?
**[16:49] ---**
Are you okay, Platelet?
**[16:51] ---**
Yes! I'm fine!
**[16:53] ---**
- Better get out of here now!
- It seems like we've been invaded by bacteria!
**[16:58] ---**
Everyone! Watch out, okay?
**[17:00] ---**
I can't see in front of me!
**[17:11] ---**
The path's going to narrow
from this point.
**[17:13] ---**
All right, then I'll take the lead.
**[17:17] ---**
Don't ram into me, you klutz.
**[17:23] ---**
I didn't shove you that hard, you know.
**[17:25] ---**
Are you that narrow-minded?
**[17:33] ---**
Damn you! Can you be
more unsteady on your feet?
**[17:35] ---**
Just go the cell home!
You're only going to get in my way!
**[17:37] ---**
Oh, that's rich! Right back atcha!
**[17:39] ---**
You bumped into me first!
**[17:41] ---**
Oh yeah? Well, why are you tagging along,
you miserable loner?
**[17:44] ---**
THUNK
**[17:45] ---**
I'll take being a loner any day!
Better than your band of spineless fools!
**[17:48] ---**
BOOM
**[17:49] ---**
What did you say?
Didn't I tell you to stay away?
**[17:51] ---**
THUMP
**[17:52] ---**
It was my long years of experience and intuition
that led me to determine that he was here!
**[17:54] ---**
RUMBLE
**[17:55] ---**
You're following me!
**[17:56] ---**
WHACK
**[17:57] ---**
Hey, how about not clobbering
each other before the battle?
**[17:57] ---**
STAB
**[17:59] ---**
SMACK
**[18:00] ---**
BANG
**[18:02] ---**
All right! We'll be reaching
the residential area soon!
**[18:05] ---**
It'll be teeming with cells! It might be
unbearable for a social outcast like you!
**[18:09] ---**
Killer T, you might want to stop talking now—
**[18:11] ---**
Huh? "Killer T"?
**[18:13] ---**
Call me "Memory T"! Don't you see this cap?
**[18:16] ---**
All right, fine! Just be quiet!
**[18:18] ---**
There's no telling
where the enemy might be lurking!
**[18:21] ---**
He's right. Are you a moron or what?
**[18:23] ---**
Why are you only telling me off? Not fair!
**[18:27] ---**
Shush!
**[18:31] ---**
It looks like he's meeting us
head-on this time.
**[18:46] ---**
Hey, NK!
**[18:47] ---**
Damn you!
**[18:53] ---**
*Where is he?*
**[19:02] ---**
NK!
**[19:03] ---**
Go!
**[19:08] ---**
You really came back to life just so you could
throw a tantrum, you stupid Cancer Cell?
**[19:12] ---**
Die!
**[19:24] ---**
Did I get him?
**[19:27] ---**
So, you fell for it!
He's nothing but a puppet!
**[19:33] ---**
Look at all the effort
you had to put in against a mere doll.
**[19:36] ---**
Do you know what you've gotten
yourselves into, Immune Cells?
**[19:40] ---**
Where the heck is that voice coming from?
**[20:02] ---**
I'm so thrilled!
**[20:04] ---**
It's the trio from before, right?
**[20:10] ---**
Cancer Cell!
**[20:13] ---**
*Cancer Cells.*
**[20:15] ---**
*Cells that multiply uncontrollably
due to a genetic abnormality.*
**[20:21] ---**
*They overstep the boundaries with neighboring
cells in a process called "Infiltration."*
**[20:28] ---**
It's been a long time, huh?
**[20:33] ---**
NK Cell...
**[20:37] ---**
Killer T, now Memory T Cell...
**[20:42] ---**
Lastly...
**[20:44] ---**
Neutrophil...
**[20:47] ---**
This just might be
what they call fate, huh?
**[20:50] ---**
For the three of you from that day
to saunter right toward me.
**[20:56] ---**
Now then, which of us, me or you three,
is on the side of justice?
**[21:02] ---**
Let's settle it once and for all.
**[21:08] ---**
Here he comes!
**[21:11] ---**
Die! Die!
**[21:14] ---**
NK!
**[23:24] ---**
NEXT EPISODE
PREVIEW
**[23:25] ---**
I'll take care of the preview today!
**[23:27] ---**
Outta my way! I'm doing it!
**[23:29] ---**
Next episode of "Cells at Work!!"...
**[23:30] ---**
EPISODE 7:
CANCER CELL II (PART I)
**[23:31] ---**
"Cancer Cell II (Part I)"!
**[23:33] ---**
Hey, butt out, will you?
**[23:34] ---**
Shut up, loner!
**[23:35] ---**
Hey, be nice, you guys.
# 7 - Cancer Cell II (Part I)
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GR3KVPQER/cells-at-work)
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**[00:00] ---**
*I wonder what's wrong.*
**[00:03] ---**
*Since he had had that talk with NK,
things seem kind of tense.*
**[00:03] ---**
CELL
**[00:03] ---**
WHITE BLOOD CELL
**[00:08] ---**
- Not looking good.
- It's gone to ruin, all right.
**[00:12] ---**
I-I can't breathe!
**[00:14] ---**
This is toxic gas from the harmful bacteria
that live in the intestines.
**[00:18] ---**
- "Toxic gas"?
- "Toxic gas"?
**[00:21] ---**
So, his friends are all here?
**[00:23] ---**
Yeah.
**[00:24] ---**
There are up to a hundred trillion bacteria
in the intestines, they say.
**[00:30] ---**
Then, we're sure to find them, right?
**[00:32] ---**
Yeah.
**[00:33] ---**
That'll be a relief.
**[00:35] ---**
*He doesn't sound
the least bit relieved.*
**[00:38] ---**
Look, you two, I don't care what you do
as long as you're quiet.
**[00:42] ---**
I don't want him to know
we're on the move.
**[00:45] ---**
Now, I've fought with him once in the past.
**[00:48] ---**
And I'm going to use that experience today
to head to the front lines as a Memory T Cell
**[00:52] ---**
and finish off the enemy!
**[00:54] ---**
U-Um, I just have a simple question.
**[00:57] ---**
Who's this guy you keep mentioning?
**[01:02] ---**
- A Cancer Cell.
- A Cancer Cell.
**[01:04] ---**
C-Cancer Cell?
**[01:09] ---**
Are you okay, Platelet?
**[01:10] ---**
Yes! I'm fine!
**[01:13] ---**
Everyone! Watch out, okay?
**[01:15] ---**
I can't see in front of me!
**[01:17] ---**
PLATELETS
**[01:22] ---**
It looks like he's meeting us
head-on this time.
**[01:39] ---**
*Where is he?*
**[01:47] ---**
You really came back to life just so you could
throw a tantrum, you stupid Cancer Cell?
**[01:51] ---**
Die!
**[01:57] ---**
Did I get him?
**[02:00] ---**
So, you fell for it!
He's nothing but a puppet!
**[02:05] ---**
Look at all the effort
you had to put in against a mere doll.
**[02:08] ---**
Do you know what you've gotten
yourselves into, Immune Cells?
**[02:21] ---**
I'm so thrilled!
**[02:23] ---**
It's the trio from before, right?
**[02:27] ---**
Cancer Cell!
**[02:29] ---**
It's been a long time, huh?
**[02:31] ---**
This just might be
what they call fate, huh?
**[02:34] ---**
For the three of you from that day
to saunter right toward me.
**[02:40] ---**
Now then, which of us, me or you three,
is on the side of justice?
**[02:45] ---**
Let's settle it once and for all.
**[02:48] ---**
Here he comes!
**[02:51] ---**
Die! Die!
**[02:54] ---**
NK!
**[04:42] ---**
EPISODE 7:
CANCER CELL II
(PART I)
**[05:01] ---**
You really are a one-trick pony
when it comes to attacking!
**[05:05] ---**
You saved us, NK!
**[05:06] ---**
Hey! You can gloat after you've untied us!
**[05:11] ---**
Now then... Boy, would you mind
telling me something?
**[05:15] ---**
Why'd you come back to life
when you knew you'd only be killed?
**[05:20] ---**
Don't tell me you actually thought
you could win this time!
**[05:24] ---**
This is my second time battling you!
**[05:26] ---**
Your tactics are a little too exposed
for you to be picking a fight with me, you know.
**[05:32] ---**
It's not that I want
to pick a fight with you.
**[05:36] ---**
It's just that I've found
what it is I have to do.
**[05:40] ---**
And I wanted you three to bear witness.
**[06:08] ---**
Surprised?
**[06:10] ---**
These are all the same
as that puppet you just saw.
**[06:13] ---**
They're all fragments of my tissue.
**[06:16] ---**
You can stab them with your sword,
but they won't die.
**[06:19] ---**
They'll keep moving forever.
**[06:21] ---**
There isn't a thing that you can do.
Just resign yourselves to being my captives.
**[06:47] ---**
Behind you, NK!
**[06:52] ---**
Over by you, too, Neutrophil!
**[07:01] ---**
Who do you think you're dealing with?
**[07:02] ---**
I'm Memory T Cell,
and I've seen every one of your attacks!
**[07:07] ---**
Memory T Cell...
**[07:10] ---**
I see.
**[07:11] ---**
Meaning you're not quite
the same guy you were before?
**[07:14] ---**
You can't escape!
**[07:16] ---**
Right now, I can foresee
your every next move!
**[07:21] ---**
Right there!
**[07:26] ---**
Kindly cease your attacks.
**[07:29] ---**
Those are not the appropriate responses.
**[07:32] ---**
He is not an enemy
from the outside world.
**[07:35] ---**
He was born of this body.
**[07:37] ---**
He's a cell just like us.
**[07:40] ---**
I will not allow any attacks
on the body itself.
**[07:44] ---**
R-Regulatory T Cell...
**[07:49] ---**
*Regulatory T Cells.*
**[07:51] ---**
*They control the activity of T Cells to prevent them
from triggering anomalous immune responses.*
**[07:57] ---**
Wh-Why...
**[07:59] ---**
would you...
**[08:13] ---**
No good! Memory T!
**[08:14] ---**
Watch your back!
**[08:22] ---**
N-Neutrophil!
**[08:33] ---**
*...146, where are you? Come in!*
**[08:36] ---**
*1146! Where are you?*
**[08:38] ---**
Just as I thought.
**[08:39] ---**
*Come in, 1146! Come in—*
**[08:43] ---**
I knew you'd protect him.
I was sure you would.
**[08:52] ---**
Let's have a nice, long chat...
**[08:54] ---**
instead of killing each other.
**[08:56] ---**
Okay?
**[09:05] ---**
Nyuuu! Nyuuu!
**[09:07] ---**
Are those germs still behind us?
**[09:09] ---**
I'm not sure!
**[09:11] ---**
Just keep running!
**[09:17] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[09:30] ---**
We're going to keep our handkerchiefs
pressed to our mouths and run low to the ground!
**[09:34] ---**
Okay!
**[09:38] ---**
It looks like the intestine
is in even worse shape than before.
**[09:48] ---**
Big Sister Red Blood Cell...
**[09:50] ---**
What is it?
**[09:51] ---**
You see, you see... I don't think
we can take this path.
**[09:55] ---**
See? Look!
**[09:56] ---**
NO ENTRY
**[09:56] ---**
You can't come this way!
**[09:58] ---**
The bacteria's invaded the area up ahead!
**[10:00] ---**
What?
**[10:01] ---**
Take another route
and run as fast as you can!
**[10:03] ---**
R-Right!
**[10:05] ---**
I'm so scared...
**[10:06] ---**
Big Sister Red Blood Cell!
**[10:09] ---**
We're going to be fine, Backward Cap.
**[10:13] ---**
*The Platelets seem really anxious.*
**[10:16] ---**
I have to be their rock now!
**[10:19] ---**
You guys, we're going to run
at top speed, okay?
**[10:21] ---**
Okay!
**[10:38] ---**
NK! Memory T!
**[10:43] ---**
Cancer Cell!
**[11:01] ---**
Memory T!
**[11:03] ---**
Let me out of here, Cancer Cell!
**[11:05] ---**
Wasn't I the one you wanted to kill?
**[11:07] ---**
If you have a grudge against me,
then I'll take you on!
**[11:11] ---**
That won't do, White Blood Cell.
**[11:13] ---**
You shouldn't fly off the handle
when you're all banged up.
**[11:16] ---**
You need to value your own life more.
**[11:19] ---**
If you agree to what I'm about to say,
**[11:22] ---**
I'll let you out of there right away.
**[11:25] ---**
Since I'm sure it's tearing you apart
to be locked up and helpless.
**[11:32] ---**
Regulatory T Cell,
open this door, will you?
**[11:36] ---**
I'll do it! I'll kill this Cancer Cell! So please!
**[11:40] ---**
Kill? I can't open that door
if you're going to kill him.
**[11:44] ---**
As he's in no way an external enemy.
**[11:48] ---**
*Regulatory T Cell's role.*
**[11:50] ---**
*Regulatory T Cells are responsible
for reining in the activity of Immune Cells,*
**[11:54] ---**
*preventing them from attacking the body's
own tissues or cells that are beneficial to the body.*
**[12:00] ---**
*In this case, as the Cancer Cell
originated from this body,*
**[12:04] ---**
*instead of recognizing him
as a foreign substance, a non-self cell,*
**[12:07] ---**
*she is trying to suppress
the Immune Cells' attacks.*
**[12:14] ---**
It's not like she's betraying you guys.
**[12:16] ---**
This is that lady's job, I hear.
**[12:20] ---**
Cancer Cell, I'm gonna kill—
**[12:25] ---**
You mustn't...
**[12:26] ---**
ever attack other cells.
**[12:30] ---**
Isn't this amusing?
**[12:31] ---**
You normal cells are all so dead serious.
**[12:35] ---**
And yet, despite being dead serious...
**[12:39] ---**
White Blood Cell...
**[12:41] ---**
you rescued that ordinary cell
and those Lactic Acid Bacteria, didn't you?
**[12:45] ---**
About that...
The only reason I didn't kill them
**[12:48] ---**
was because those bacteria
weren't toxic to this body! That's all!
**[12:51] ---**
Sure. I get that, all right.
**[12:54] ---**
But the thing is, I've changed my mind
somewhat. It got me thinking.
**[13:00] ---**
Lives that are necessary
and lives that are not...
**[13:03] ---**
Why does such a distinction
have to made at all?
**[13:07] ---**
When it's so tragic for us to be taking lives
or being robbed of our lives,
**[13:12] ---**
why do we have to keep repeating
that cycle over and over again?
**[13:17] ---**
What do you think?
Have you ever had a thought like that?
**[13:21] ---**
It's for the sake of this body!
**[13:23] ---**
Because it's necessary!
That's why we die and kill!
**[13:28] ---**
That's what I thought you'd say.
**[13:30] ---**
Okay, then let's take it a bit further.
**[13:33] ---**
Which is more important?
**[13:36] ---**
The lives of trillions of cells?
**[13:39] ---**
Or this body's one life?
**[13:44] ---**
We cells are killed, burn with hatred
for each other and are sacrificed
**[13:48] ---**
all so that this body can go on living.
**[13:51] ---**
Those of us who get killed, and you guys,
the ones who kill... We've all suffered so much.
**[13:56] ---**
So, how about a world where we cells
don't have to kill or be killed at all?
**[14:02] ---**
Even if it's a world gone mad,
approaching death...
**[14:07] ---**
If it's to make that world a reality
even for a split second...
**[14:11] ---**
don't you think we'd be justified
in sacrificing the life of this body?
**[14:15] ---**
I won't let you!
**[14:16] ---**
No way will I ever let you do such a thing!
**[14:19] ---**
Let me out of here, Cancer Cell!
**[14:21] ---**
I'll kill you! You're horrendously wrong,
but I'll set you straight!
**[14:25] ---**
If this body dies, that means
that all of us cells will die with it, too!
**[14:30] ---**
Sure, we'll die.
**[14:32] ---**
But we'll die after we've been liberated.
**[14:34] ---**
And it's my job to make that happen.
**[14:38] ---**
There's nothing wrong about that at all.
**[14:40] ---**
There's no way you could pull that off—
**[14:42] ---**
Oh, I can pull it off.
**[14:45] ---**
Regulatory T Cell is siding with me.
Not to mention...
**[14:51] ---**
this place, as well.
**[15:08] ---**
Th-Those fumes are...
**[15:12] ---**
harmful bacteria...
**[15:14] ---**
toxins!
**[15:21] ---**
When the new world is completed...
**[15:24] ---**
then let's be friends, all right,
White Blood Cell, you kindhearted assassin?
**[15:30] ---**
Stop!
**[15:56] ---**
Don't do it, Cancer Cell!
**[16:15] ---**
NK! Memory T! Regulatory T Cell!
Are you all right?
**[16:19] ---**
Y-Yeah!
**[16:22] ---**
So, you're more worried
about your friends than yourself?
**[16:26] ---**
You know, that's what I like about you
**[16:30] ---**
along with all the contradictions you bear.
**[16:33] ---**
Even though you can only live
for someone else's sake,
**[16:36] ---**
you were born a cell
who can do nothing but kill others.
**[16:40] ---**
Watching you, I feel
such pity and impatience.
**[16:45] ---**
And it's so entertaining.
**[16:46] ---**
How dare you!
**[16:50] ---**
I'm sick of all your yammering,
you annoying little punk!
**[17:01] ---**
Cancer Cell, I'm gonna kill—
**[17:04] ---**
You mustn't...
**[17:06] ---**
ever attack other cells.
**[17:07] ---**
Do you realize you've been repeating
the same conversation over and over?
**[17:11] ---**
- What are you, a moron?
- Sh-Shut the cell up!
**[17:13] ---**
As if...
**[17:14] ---**
I had time...
**[17:15] ---**
to think...
**[17:16] ---**
of different lines...
**[17:17] ---**
every single time!
**[17:18] ---**
I totally agree.
**[17:19] ---**
In the first place...
**[17:21] ---**
is that the only move you've got,
pounding him head-on?
**[17:24] ---**
Can you at least try a different move
for once, you idiot?
**[17:28] ---**
Shut up! This is how I've always been, moron!
**[17:33] ---**
That's right.
**[17:34] ---**
This is how you've always been.
**[17:37] ---**
Tactics were never your strong suit.
**[17:40] ---**
Easily swayed by your emotions,
**[17:42] ---**
unable to thrive on victory,
**[17:44] ---**
and unable to use defeat as a stepping-stone...
**[17:50] ---**
You will never be able
to defeat me like that.
**[17:52] ---**
It's futile to even struggle.
**[17:54] ---**
Just let it go and cease your attacks.
**[17:59] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[18:16] ---**
W-We're surrounded! What should I do?
**[18:19] ---**
TREMBLE
TREMBLE
**[18:19] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[18:22] ---**
*Lactic acid bacteria.*
**[18:23] ---**
*Good bacteria that work to support
the health of the human body.*
**[18:27] ---**
*They have a variety of features.*
**[18:30] ---**
It's all right, Lactic Acid Bacterium!
**[18:32] ---**
I'll p-protect—
**[18:34] ---**
Huh! This cell just said he's going to protect
that lactic acid bacterium!
**[18:39] ---**
That's pretty funny, you know.
**[18:41] ---**
*Harmful bacteria.*
**[18:42] ---**
*Pathogenic E. coli, Staphylococci,
Clostridium and the like*
**[18:47] ---**
*cause proteins to degrade
and produce toxic by-products.*
**[18:51] ---**
Why don't we test you to see
if you can really protect it?
**[18:54] ---**
I wonder if you can withstand this.
**[18:56] ---**
The Harmful Bacteria Toxic Attack!
**[18:59] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[19:01] ---**
*The toxicity of harmful bacteria.*
**[19:04] ---**
*Toxic effects of harmful bacteria include intestinal
putrefaction, production of toxins and carcinogens.*
**[19:13] ---**
*A host of deleterious effects to the human body
can ensue, such as a weakened immune system,*
**[19:20] ---**
*foul-smelling stools and gas,
and diarrhea or constipation.*
**[19:26] ---**
- My legs!
- Nyuuu!
**[19:29] ---**
Show us a good time, Cell boy!
**[19:32] ---**
We came all this way to this side
of the intestinal wall
**[19:35] ---**
only to find it duller than we thought,
so it's been a real gut punch for us!
**[19:41] ---**
We're going to torment you every which way,
so be sure to show us some juicy reactions!
**[19:46] ---**
Nyuuu! Nyu-nyuuu!
**[19:50] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[19:53] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[19:56] ---**
What kind of a lame attack is this?
**[19:58] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[20:01] ---**
Lactic Acid Bacterium!
**[20:07] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[20:09] ---**
Huh! You miserable good bacteria runt...
**[20:11] ---**
You're a germ,
and yet you're sucking up to a cell?
**[20:15] ---**
If you dare turn on us,
I'll obliterate you first!
**[20:17] ---**
Nyuuu! Nyuuu!
**[20:19] ---**
Stay away, Lactic Acid Bacterium!
**[20:21] ---**
Just run away as far as you can!
**[20:22] ---**
Nyuuu?
**[20:23] ---**
Don't worry about me!
Just run and save yourself! Hurry!
**[20:27] ---**
Nyuuu! Nyuuu! Nyuuu!
**[20:31] ---**
You dummy! Go now!
**[20:32] ---**
Hey, he's...
**[20:34] ---**
Get out of here now! I said go!
**[20:41] ---**
Nyuuu...
**[20:44] ---**
Get out of my sight!
**[20:50] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[20:52] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[20:56] ---**
Huh! Now that was one lame farce
you made us watch.
**[21:00] ---**
Sorry that you were the only one
who got such a sad goodbye.
**[21:08] ---**
But it's all right. As long as you can
go on living, that's enough.
**[21:16] ---**
Grow up to be a strong, fine
lactic acid bacterium, okay?
**[21:19] ---**
Now then, are you ready?
**[21:23] ---**
Time for us to have some fun!
**[21:49] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[23:24] ---**
NEXT EPISODE
PREVIEW
**[23:25] ---**
I-It seems like you've really got your
hands full, White Blood Cell!
**[23:29] ---**
Our battle has hardly even begun yet!
**[23:29] ---**
CLENCH
**[23:31] ---**
Next episode of "Cells at Work!!"...
**[23:33] ---**
EPISODE 8:
CANCER CELL II (PART II)
**[23:34] ---**
"Cancer Cell II (Part II)"!
**[23:36] ---**
Who was that just now?
**[23:37] ---**
Target sighted!
# 8 - Cancer Cell II (Part II)
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EPISODE 8: CANCER CELL II (PART II)
**[01:31] ---**
*"Cancer Cell II (Part II)."*
**[01:36] ---**
All right, how should we go about this?
**[01:39] ---**
Where should the first slash go?
**[01:41] ---**
*Harmful bacteria.*
**[01:43] ---**
*Pathogenic E. coli, Staphylococci,
Clostridium and the like*
**[01:47] ---**
*cause proteins to degrade
and produce toxic by-products.*
**[01:50] ---**
*They are detrimental to the human body
in various ways.*
**[01:56] ---**
Impressive! You harmful bacteria
are the entertainers of evil!
**[02:01] ---**
Incredible! Letting him know
what you're about to do to him...
**[02:05] ---**
How insanely cruel!
**[02:07] ---**
How about slamming him against the wall
with your tentacles next?
**[02:11] ---**
*Opportunistic pathogens.*
**[02:13] ---**
*Bacteroides, non-pathogenic E. coli,
Eubacterium and the like*
**[02:16] ---**
*are all bacteria
which do neither good nor harm.*
**[02:21] ---**
*They make up roughly 70 percent
of the bacteria in the intestines.*
**[02:27] ---**
Shut up, opportunistic pathogens!
**[02:29] ---**
I'm trying to come up with the most artistic
way of tormenting this cell in the name of evil!
**[02:34] ---**
So, don't disturb me!
**[02:36] ---**
So brutal! I'm getting goosebumps!
**[02:38] ---**
Well, not that I can blame you
opportunistic bacteria
**[02:42] ---**
for being enthralled by our cool evil souls.
**[02:47] ---**
Watch and learn!
**[02:48] ---**
- Woo-hoo!
- Hey there, Mr. President!
**[02:50] ---**
You're so cool!
**[02:52] ---**
All right, what should I do?
**[02:54] ---**
Should I start dismembering you
from the fingertips?
**[02:58] ---**
Okay, I've got it.
**[03:00] ---**
Your eyes!
**[03:07] ---**
WHITE BLOOD CELL
**[03:09] ---**
Damn!
**[03:11] ---**
White Blood Cells!
**[03:14] ---**
Sorry to keep you waiting, Cell boy!
**[03:19] ---**
You've got a lot of nerve, rampaging
around the biggest immune system in the body!
**[03:23] ---**
It's punishment time, you lousy germs!
**[03:27] ---**
*Gut immunity.*
**[03:28] ---**
*The ability to fight off and eliminate bacteria
and viruses invading the body is called "immunity."*
**[03:34] ---**
*The digestive tract acts as a barrier
to protect against infection*
**[03:38] ---**
*and is said to be home to upward of 50 percent
of the body's immune system.*
**[03:44] ---**
Wh-What should we do, Harmful Bacterium?
**[03:47] ---**
Hold your ground! So unsightly!
**[03:49] ---**
Huh! We've still got...
**[03:53] ---**
the edge in sheer numbers!
**[03:55] ---**
What the...
Where'd all these come from?
**[03:57] ---**
This staggering number of opportunistic
bacteria are all my allies!
**[04:02] ---**
In an environment where
the harmful bacteria hold sway...
**[04:04] ---**
you should be mortified that you were ever rash
enough to show your idiotic faces even for a second!
**[04:10] ---**
Numbers! The symbol of power!
**[04:12] ---**
There is no higher aesthetic
for us bacteria than to win by numbers!
**[04:42] ---**
THUNK
**[04:42] ---**
POP POP
**[04:42] ---**
RUMBLE
RUMBLE
**[04:42] ---**
NYUUU
**[04:42] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[04:43] ---**
A-Are those good bacteria?
**[04:46] ---**
*Good bacteria.*
**[04:47] ---**
*Lactic acid bacterium, Lactobacillus gasseri,
Lactobacillus bifidus and the like*
**[04:51] ---**
*work to boost immunity
and to stimulate intestinal activity.*
**[04:56] ---**
*Their actions are beneficial
for the human body's health.*
**[05:02] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[05:07] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[05:11] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[05:15] ---**
How can there be so much good bacteria?
**[05:18] ---**
Hey, opportunistic bacteria!
**[05:20] ---**
What are you doing?
Get rid of them already—
**[05:22] ---**
TRAMPLE
TRAMPLE
**[05:23] ---**
Huh?
**[05:23] ---**
CRUSH
CRUSH
**[05:25] ---**
Quit nagging, will you?
The environment's changed, all right?
**[05:28] ---**
Right! What do you mean
by "artistic" and "cool evil"?
**[05:32] ---**
Don't be full of yourselves! How troublesome!
**[05:35] ---**
From now on, it will be
the Age of Good Bacteria!
**[05:37] ---**
It's time for us to find our place
among the beautiful and wholesome bacteria!
**[05:42] ---**
*The nature of opportunistic pathogens.*
**[05:44] ---**
*They ally themselves with whichever bacteria,
good or harmful, has the upper hand.*
**[05:49] ---**
So... So anyway...
**[05:51] ---**
FLIP-FLOP
**[05:51] ---**
let's all get along and be friends, everyone!
**[05:55] ---**
Not by a long shot.
**[05:57] ---**
All you germs guilty of unlawful entry,
get the cell out!
**[06:04] ---**
PLATELETS
**[06:10] ---**
We should feel a little safer here, huh?
**[06:13] ---**
Oh look, Big Sister!
**[06:15] ---**
Huh?
**[06:19] ---**
Wait, something's changed?
**[06:25] ---**
- It's easier to breathe!
- Yeah!
**[06:29] ---**
*Come to think of it...*
**[06:31] ---**
*This is toxic gas from the harmful bacteria
that live in the intestines.*
**[06:36] ---**
*The bacterial balance in the gut must be off,
and the harmful bacteria seem to be predominant.*
**[06:42] ---**
CELL
**[06:42] ---**
*This is bound to cause some harmful effects.*
**[06:45] ---**
I wonder if White Blood Cell is all right.
**[06:52] ---**
Memory T! NK!
**[06:54] ---**
Don't worry.
**[06:56] ---**
I'm not planning to kill them.
**[06:58] ---**
There!
**[07:01] ---**
Stop!
**[07:02] ---**
Knock it off!
**[07:05] ---**
Cancer Cell!
**[07:07] ---**
Why? Why won't you fight me?
Fight me!
**[07:12] ---**
I don't want to.
**[07:13] ---**
Because what I like about you
is how self-contradictory you are.
**[07:16] ---**
You're the same as me,
writhing within your preordained destiny.
**[07:20] ---**
I don't want to kill a friend.
**[07:23] ---**
That's right. Unlike you...
**[07:28] ---**
I detest you!
**[07:30] ---**
Because you called me "a goddamn bug"!
**[07:32] ---**
Stop! Isn't that enough?
**[07:34] ---**
Step away from Memory T!
**[07:42] ---**
I can't tell you how glad I am that I brought
the three of you here.
**[07:46] ---**
I like you, White Blood Cell!
**[07:48] ---**
I could sit and chat with you
about all kinds of things.
**[07:50] ---**
As for Memory T and NK,
I hate you both!
**[07:53] ---**
What wouldn't I give to demolish
everything you hold dear?
**[07:57] ---**
I can turn those emotions into energy
**[07:59] ---**
and acquire that power
way sooner than I thought!
**[08:03] ---**
If I divide once, it'll be double.
**[08:05] ---**
Divide again, and I can double again!
**[08:08] ---**
A mere thirty divisions will result...
**[08:13] ---**
in more than a billion of my friends.
**[08:17] ---**
Try and stop me if you can...
**[08:20] ---**
my hard-working Immune Cells.
**[08:25] ---**
It's too soon for a victory lap.
**[08:30] ---**
I still have my...
**[08:32] ---**
trump card left.
**[08:35] ---**
Bursting at the seams with my memories...
**[08:40] ---**
The ultimate secret technique!
**[08:42] ---**
*Memory T?*
**[08:44] ---**
*That moron... What in the world is he...*
**[08:47] ---**
And it's called...
**[08:52] ---**
The T Cell Ultimate Secret Technique...
**[08:54] ---**
"Perforin Cannon Punch"!
**[09:01] ---**
*"T Cell Per—" What?*
**[09:03] ---**
*Huh?*
**[09:04] ---**
*"T..." Huh?*
**[09:06] ---**
What was that?
**[09:08] ---**
"T Cell Puerile Cretin Panties"?
**[09:12] ---**
That's "T Cell Perforin Cannon Punch"!
**[09:15] ---**
*Secret technique?*
**[09:19] ---**
*The thymus.*
**[09:20] ---**
*The lymphoid organ
where Precursor T Cells are differentiated*
**[09:25] ---**
*and then mature
into full-fledged T Cells.*
**[09:38] ---**
*Hey, you were hopeless a little while ago,
but these days you're on fire!*
**[09:43] ---**
*That was just dumb luck.*
**[09:44] ---**
*But I'm going to keep grinding away
and hone my skills. You'll see.*
**[09:48] ---**
*Actually, the way you're going...
Oh, but I shouldn't say it...*
**[09:51] ---**
*Oh come on, spit it out!*
**[09:52] ---**
*Well... See...*
**[09:54] ---**
*I'm thinking that a cell of your caliber just might
be able to master that ultimate secret technique.*
**[10:00] ---**
*Ultimate secret technique?*
**[10:03] ---**
*Yeah.*
**[10:03] ---**
*It's called the "T Cell Ultimate Secret Technique"...*
**[10:07] ---**
*Perforin...*
**[10:08] ---**
*Cannon Punch!*
**[10:11] ---**
*Perforin.*
**[10:12] ---**
*A chemical released by Killer T Cells
upon attacking infected cells.*
**[10:18] ---**
*It's a legendary move
that can only be unleashed*
**[10:21] ---**
*when a T Cell's urge to protect the world
intensifies to its maximum peak inside him.*
**[10:27] ---**
*They say that whoever's on the receiving end
of its devastating force and impact*
**[10:30] ---**
*ends up getting blasted away
like they were smashed with a massive fist.*
**[10:37] ---**
*"Ultimate Secret Technique"...*
**[10:40] ---**
*Emotions... Making your fist... Massive...*
**[10:44] ---**
*The T Cell Ultimate Secret Technique...*
**[10:47] ---**
*Perf... Perforin Cannon Punch!*
**[10:49] ---**
*Whoops, I mangled it.*
**[10:50] ---**
*Oh jeez, he's really practicing it!*
**[10:52] ---**
*Who would've thought
he'd swallow a dumbass story like that?*
**[10:55] ---**
*Like that kind of move even exists!*
**[10:56] ---**
*Perforin C-Cannon Panty!*
**[10:59] ---**
*Oh crap, my arm cramped up!*
**[11:02] ---**
*What are those guys doing?*
**[11:05] ---**
*They just want to reassure themselves
by looking down on others. What a pair of morons.*
**[11:34] ---**
*You're not going to get your way.*
**[11:37] ---**
Oh?
**[11:44] ---**
Eat this!
**[11:45] ---**
T Cell...
**[11:47] ---**
Perforin Cannon Punch!
**[12:01] ---**
T Cell Perforin Cannon Punch!
**[12:29] ---**
*It really...*
**[12:31] ---**
*worked!*
**[12:36] ---**
Wh-Wh-What the cell
was that baffling move just now?
**[12:39] ---**
Regulatory...
**[12:41] ---**
Regulatory T Cell!
**[12:43] ---**
You're supposed to suppress his attacks!
**[12:45] ---**
Why did you just dodge now?
**[12:47] ---**
It's your job to protect me—
**[12:50] ---**
I should've known better.
**[12:52] ---**
I seem to have misperceived you.
**[12:54] ---**
Huh?
**[12:56] ---**
You are not a cell
that warrants protection.
**[13:01] ---**
Now, at last, I've realized my error.
**[13:07] ---**
Upon closer inspection, I can see...
**[13:10] ---**
that you're not a cell...
**[13:12] ---**
CLL
**[13:12] ---**
but rather a "cll."
**[13:14] ---**
That's what convinced you?
**[13:16] ---**
*Regulatory T Cell's role.*
**[13:19] ---**
*Once she's perceived a change
in a Cancer Cell,*
**[13:22] ---**
*Regulatory T Cell no longer recognizes it
as a cell to be protected.*
**[13:27] ---**
Because I'm a "cll," not a "cell"?
**[13:31] ---**
Is that it?
**[13:32] ---**
That's correct.
**[13:33] ---**
And I'm not a cell
that warrants protection, huh?
**[13:37] ---**
So, that means you're no longer
on my side, right?
**[13:41] ---**
Well, I guess that's fine by me.
**[13:43] ---**
If that's what you think, Regulatory T Cell,
then that's fine by me.
**[13:48] ---**
But...
**[13:50] ---**
you're going to have to stay out of my way!
**[13:53] ---**
I told you!
I know all your tricks!
**[13:56] ---**
CLENCH
**[13:56] ---**
*Nailed it!*
**[14:00] ---**
And I told you, remember?
**[14:02] ---**
Slashing me does no good!
**[14:05] ---**
Stop making me repeat myself!
**[14:07] ---**
I'm telling you, I know all your tricks!
Didn't you hear—
**[14:16] ---**
What's wrong?
I thought you knew all my tricks!
**[14:26] ---**
Whoa! Whoa!
**[14:28] ---**
All right, let's finish this now, Immune Cells.
**[14:34] ---**
Damn!
**[14:42] ---**
I'll kill you!
**[14:49] ---**
*Damn!*
**[14:50] ---**
Crap! Damn, you're hard!
**[15:08] ---**
Won't be long now.
**[15:10] ---**
This is...
**[15:13] ---**
the end!
**[15:37] ---**
The new world...
**[15:40] ---**
Now we can be free!
**[15:43] ---**
And...
**[15:46] ---**
It's over now.
**[15:49] ---**
The only thing that's over is you!
**[15:56] ---**
- You goddamn bug!
- You miserable Cancer Cell!
**[15:59] ---**
- Die!
- Die!
**[16:08] ---**
I'm telling you, you can slash me,
you can stab me, and I won't die.
**[16:14] ---**
My wings! Wh-Why?
**[16:22] ---**
I can't maintain my strength!
**[16:25] ---**
I'm no longer getting a boost?
**[16:29] ---**
But why?
**[16:35] ---**
It looks like the intestinal
environment's changed,
**[16:37] ---**
so now the toxins from the harmful bacteria
that were empowering you are dwindling.
**[16:46] ---**
White Blood Cell—
**[17:02] ---**
I've been defeated.
**[17:05] ---**
So, I lose again, huh?
**[17:09] ---**
Oh well, that's fine.
**[17:12] ---**
I'd rather be killed by a friend
**[17:16] ---**
than by someone I hate. This is way better.
**[17:21] ---**
See you... my gentle assassin... White...
**[17:26] ---**
Blood... Cell...
**[17:38] ---**
All right, it's over!
**[17:44] ---**
You guys...
**[17:45] ---**
You've gotten so big!
**[17:48] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[17:51] ---**
Nyuuu! Nyuuu! Nyuuu!
**[17:54] ---**
*Lactic acid bacteria.*
**[17:56] ---**
*Good bacteria that work to support
the health of the human body.*
**[17:59] ---**
*They have a variety of features.*
**[18:03] ---**
Nyuuu?
**[18:05] ---**
I'm okay.
**[18:08] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[18:10] ---**
Nyuuu! Nyuuu! Nyuuu!
**[18:12] ---**
Thank goodness, Lactic Acid Bacterium!
**[18:14] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[18:16] ---**
Hey, thanks for coming to save me!
**[18:18] ---**
Nyuuu?
**[18:20] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[18:22] ---**
Nyuuu! Nyuuu! Nyuuu!
**[18:30] ---**
The Cancer Cell has been vanquished!
**[18:34] ---**
The crisis is over!
**[18:36] ---**
IT REALLY WORKED...
**[18:36] ---**
It really worked.
**[18:37] ---**
Yes, it did.
**[18:37] ---**
YES, IT DID.
**[18:41] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[18:43] ---**
Whoa! Amazing!
**[18:45] ---**
Just look at him repair
the intestinal wall for us!
**[18:48] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[18:50] ---**
*How lactic acid bacteria works.*
**[18:52] ---**
*Some lactic acid bacteria directly stimulate
the Intestinal Epithelial Cells*
**[18:57] ---**
*to help maintain the intestinal tract's
barrier functions.*
**[19:01] ---**
Lactic Acid Bacterium, you're awesome!
**[19:04] ---**
Thanks to you guys,
the intestinal environment's improving!
**[19:07] ---**
Nyuuu!
**[19:09] ---**
You did great, too, Cell boy!
**[19:11] ---**
Huh? Me?
**[19:13] ---**
Bringing those lactic acid bacteria
back to their friends
**[19:17] ---**
helped to improve
the intestinal environment.
**[19:20] ---**
It was you who rescued us. Thanks.
**[19:27] ---**
*Jeez. Just once in my life,
if someone would say...*
**[19:29] ---**
*"Thank you for rescuing me!"*
**[19:31] ---**
*What wouldn't I give to hear those words?*
**[19:35] ---**
You mean I...
**[19:37] ---**
I was able to help out, too?
**[19:40] ---**
Yeah!
**[19:41] ---**
Nyuuu! Nyuuu!
**[19:43] ---**
*Intestinal environment and immunity.*
**[19:45] ---**
*Three different types of bacteria reside
in the intestines. Good, harmful and opportunistic.*
**[19:52] ---**
*The intestinal environment changes whenever
there is a shift in the balance between them.*
**[19:56] ---**
*When the number of good bacteria increases,
there's a boost in immunity.*
**[20:00] ---**
Nyuuu! Nyuuu!
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*Intestinal flora.*
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*There are good, harmful and opportunistic bacteria
residing in the intestinal tract,*
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*comprising hundreds of billions of bacteria
from hundreds of different species.*
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*Because it looks like a flower bed of colonies
of various plants in the intestinal tract,*
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*it's called "intestinal flora."*
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*So, this...*
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*This is the world where you guys live, huh?*
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We're totally drenched.
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Yeah.
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Goodbye...
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Lactic acid bacteria.
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Oh! White Blood Cell!
Thanks for your hard work!
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CHOPSTICKS
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Hey there! Good work!
**[21:42] ---**
Thank goodness!
So, you're all right!
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Yeah! You, too!
**[21:47] ---**
Oh, I almost forgot!
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I've been delivering nutrients,
and I've gone all the way around...
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And the apartment belonging
to that cell in the pharynx...
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You wouldn't believe
what's happened to it!
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Huh?
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SINCE YOU'RE NOT
AT HOME,
WE'LL BE BACK LATER
TO REPAIR YOUR DOOR.
PLATELETS
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DELIVERY
NOTICE
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Look at this huge pile
of missed delivery notices!
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No food for me, then?
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GROWL
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Maybe I'll send him a snack later.
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And we'll do our best to get his nutrients
delivered as soon as possible!
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Right, try and do that, will you?
**[22:21] ---**
Hey, Senpai!
**[22:24] ---**
Time to get back to work!
**[22:26] ---**
Oh, okay!
**[22:29] ---**
All right, White Blood Cell...
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SEEDLING SOUP
**[22:30] ---**
If you'll excuse me...
**[22:33] ---**
Yeah! See ya around!
**[22:37] ---**
All right, Naive Cells, check this out!
**[22:40] ---**
In that moment,
my punch will transform into...
**[22:43] ---**
the T Cell Ultimate Secret Technique!
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Perfavore Cannon Punch!
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SWOOSH
**[22:51] ---**
Whoops, mangled it a bit!
**[22:53] ---**
That just looks
like a regular punch to me.
**[22:55] ---**
I know.
**[22:56] ---**
One more time!
**[22:57] ---**
Parfyorin Can...
**[23:00] ---**
FRAGILE
CONDENSED GAS
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*This is the inside
of a human body.*
**[23:06] ---**
*Roughly 37 trillion cells*
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*are working energetically
and with all their might again today.*
**[23:19] ---**
Thank you for waiting!
**[23:20] ---**
Here's your oxygen for the day!