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7 - Cancer Cell

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    USED GOODS COLLECTION
[01:37] ---
    What's going on?
[01:38] ---
    M-My shoelace broke on me!
SIGN    RED BLOOD CELLS:
    They carry oxygen
    and carbon dioxide
    using blood circulation.
[01:41] ---
    Oh no! That's a bad omen!
[01:42] ---
    BAD OMEN #1: Shoelace breaks
[01:44] ---
    Please go on ahead.
[01:46] ---
    I'll catch up in no time!
[01:47] ---
    Roger that.
    I'll be taking my time, okay?
[01:50] ---
    Senpai! Thank you for waiting!
[01:53] ---
    BAD OMEN #2: Walking under a ladder
[01:53] ---
    Listen, you! I just warned you,
    and you're passing under a ladder!
[01:57] ---
    Uh-oh!
[01:58] ---
    WASTE
[01:58] ---
    BAD OMEN #3: Dishes break
[01:59] ---
    H-Hey, I'm so sorry!
[02:01] ---
    The dishes! Bad luck!
[02:04] ---
    What are you doing?
[02:05] ---
    I'm so sorry!
[02:06] ---
    I'll pick it all up for you!
[02:08] ---
    BAD OMEN #4: Cowlick is agitated
[02:10] ---
    Even her cowlick!
[02:12] ---
    Is this a paranormal phenomenon?
[02:17] ---
    What's going on?
[02:19] ---
    I'm getting a really bad vibe.
[02:22] ---
    Oh, hey, it stopped.
[02:27] ---
    Show me who you really are!
[02:31] ---
    So, I'm busted, huh?
[02:33] ---
    You've progressed the most, and so,
    you passed yourself off as a harmless cell,
[02:37] ---
    hoping to lure us out, isn't that right?
[02:49] ---
    What about you, lady?
[02:50] ---
    You think you let your two allies get away
    from the enemy territory, don't you?
[02:54] ---
    I see you're not rattled at all.
[02:58] ---
    It would've saved me a lot of trouble
    if I had the three of you in one place.
SIGN    CANCER CELL:
    Cells that proliferate wildly
    when there's an anomaly
    in the cell's genes.
    Invading the boundaries
    between themselves
    and surrounding normal cells,
    they proliferate endlessly.
[03:04] ---
    Cancer Cell.
[03:05] ---
    Cells that proliferate wildly
    when there's an anomaly in the cell's genes.

[03:11] ---
    Invading the boundaries between themselves
    and surrounding normal cells,

[03:14] ---
    they proliferate endlessly.
[03:17] ---
    I didn't let them get away.
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    They were in my way, that's all.
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    EPISODE 7:
    CANCER CELL
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    After all, they couldn't
    even see through your disguise.
[03:25] ---
    You wretched bug bastard!
[03:27] ---
    You could've just wreaked havoc
    anywhere random,
[03:31] ---
    but you chose to come here
    and give that elaborate performance.
[03:33] ---
    You've got something
    up your sleeve, am I right?
[03:36] ---
    Tell me what it is, Cancer Cell!
[03:43] ---
    I don't want to.
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    CELL
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    Hey! What's up with that?
    What a lame attack!
[03:58] ---
    It was all I could do not to burst out laughing,
    and I still played along the whole time!
[04:05] ---
    Come on, let me enjoy myself a little longer!
[04:16] ---
    Hey, that's not half bad, you know.
[04:21] ---
    Well, excuse me and my lame attacks!
[04:29] ---
    Now then, what am I gonna do with him?
[04:39] ---
    Something's not right.
SIGN    WHITE BLOOD CELLS
    (NEUTROPHILS):
    Their main task is to
    eliminate foreign
    substances from outside,
    such as bacteria and viruses.
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    WHITE BLOOD CELL
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    Let's turn back and meet up
    with NK and the other one.
[04:45] ---
    Forget about them!
[04:47] ---
    Oh right. Let me contact them.
[04:50] ---
    What's this?
[04:52] ---
    This piece of paper...
SIGN    KILLER T CELLS (CYTOTOXIC T CELLS):
    Mobilize under orders
    from the Helper T Cells.
    They kill virus-infected cells,
    Cancer Cells and the like.
[04:58] ---
    What the hell is this?
[05:02] ---
    MAKE MORE FRIENDS
[05:02] ---
    GOING OUTSIDE IS PROHIBITED
    DON'T TAKE THIS OFF
SIGN    KEEP THE SWITCH CLEAN
SIGN    DO NOT HIT
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    ABOUT CHROMOSOMES
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    This is...
[05:11] ---
    Yeah. Hey!
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    Look at this!
[05:16] ---
    Does this mean that the cells here
    are ignoring the normal proliferation program?
[05:21] ---
    Yeah. There's tons of them.
SIGN    PROLIFERATION:
    Unable to suppress cell proliferation,
    Cancer Cells self-proliferate
    at an unchecked rate.
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    This is totally abnormal.
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    They're busting through their
    cell membranes. It's a free-for-all!
SIGN    INFILTRATION:
    Cancer cells can moisten the cell walls
    of normal cells around them.
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    They really did a number
    on the surrounding tissue, too!
SIGN    METASTASIS:
    Cancer cells travel through
    the blood vessels and lymph ducts,
    spreading to other parts
    of the body, and widening
    the scope of their activity.
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    FRAGILE
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    And just look at these moving boxes,
    organized so neatly!
[05:37] ---
    Don't tell me...
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    The cells that were here aren't...
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    CELL DIVISION
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    Proliferation, infiltration and metastasis!
[05:45] ---
    This is no viral infection!
[05:48] ---
    Are they Cancer Cells?
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    My bad!
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    There's so many of them!
[06:11] ---
    Dammit, where did they all come from?
[06:17] ---
    Th-This looks bad, Killer T!
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    NK and Cell are in danger!
[06:21] ---
    You moron!
[06:23] ---
    You need to worry about yourself
    and this time and place instead of others!
[06:31] ---
    NK!
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    Hey, NK! Damn you!
[06:38] ---
    All that bluster, and this is how you end up?
[06:40] ---
    Oh please. The two of you sure seem
    to be sitting pretty yourselves!
[06:44] ---
    Don't be such a sore loser!
    You've always been a loose cannon!
[06:48] ---
    Why don't you shut up, idiot?
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    You morons didn't even notice
    the Cancer Cell in our midst!
[06:52] ---
    What did you say?
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    Both of you! Don't fight at a time like this!
[06:56] ---
    NK! Forget about that!
    Where's that young cell kid?
[07:03] ---
    Could you be any denser?
    If you're looking for that one, there he is!
[07:09] ---
    C-Cancer Cell?
[07:20] ---
    I see all three of you are here.
[07:22] ---
    So that makes it
    three against one, I guess.
[07:26] ---
    That cell kid is a Cancer Cell?
[07:28] ---
    So NK knew all along?
[07:31] ---
    No, wait...
    When he was being chased earlier...

[07:34] ---
    That was him acting?
[07:36] ---
    Meaning he and his friends
    put on a performance?

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    Now that all three of you are here,
    I'll be glad to clue you in.
[07:42] ---
    Lady, you were keen to know
    why I'm doing this, weren't you?
[07:47] ---
    I wanted to let you experience it.
[07:50] ---
    How it feels to get ganged up on
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    and massacred so violently
    by you Immune Cells!
[08:01] ---
    What?
[08:02] ---
    So he'd already taken over
    this whole building?
[08:14] ---
    This is why I told you
    I'd handle this on my own.
[08:18] ---
    You wusses don't stand a chance
    against the enemy.
[08:21] ---
    Because you're only going to get hurt.
[08:25] ---
    NK...
[08:27] ---
    Y-You damn moron...
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    CAUTION
SIGN    PLATELETS
    They aggregate when the blood vessels
    are damaged, and cover the wounds.
[08:50] ---
    PLATELETS
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    It's Big Sister Red Blood Cell!
[08:53] ---
    Hello!
[08:54] ---
    Well, well! Hello, little Platelets!
[09:02] ---
    That tickles!
[09:03] ---
    FRAGILE
    CONDENSED GAS
[09:04] ---
    Can't get over how peaceful
    it is, huh, Senpai?
[09:08] ---
    You said it.
[09:10] ---
    Come to think of it, those bad vibes
    I was getting earlier...

[09:18] ---
    I guess I was just imagining things after all?
[09:22] ---
    Sorry about that!
[09:23] ---
    Oh, that's okay.
[09:25] ---
    See you later!
[09:26] ---
    - Bye-bye!
    - Bye-bye!
[09:28] ---
    Did you see that guy just now?
[09:30] ---
    That was some gigantic load of nutrients,
    he was carrying, huh?
[09:33] ---
    Looked like a lot to handle.
    Should we help him out?
[09:37] ---
    Good idea.
[09:40] ---
    Heave-ho! Heave-ho!
[09:42] ---
    H-Hey, hold up! Excuse me!
[09:44] ---
    Huh?
[09:45] ---
    What's the deal
    with this huge load of nutrients?
[09:49] ---
    Uh... We thought it was weird, too,
    but we just got a giant order.
[09:54] ---
    They're telling us to keep 'em coming.
[09:56] ---
    It's this housing complex
    that placed the order.
[10:03] ---
    Are there really that many cells living here?
[10:07] ---
    Why don't we take a peek inside?
SIGN    HOW CANCER CELLS WORK:
    Cancer cells release massive amounts
    of a substance called "inflammatory cytokine."
    This draws nutrient-rich blood to them
    on a preferential basis, contributing
    to Cancer Cell proliferation. If this persists,
    it upsets the body's balance in various ways.
[10:15] ---
    We'll just leave this outside!
[10:20] ---
    What was that? Talk about scary!
[10:22] ---
    Hey, this can't be a good thing, right?
[10:25] ---
    If they consume this amount of nutrients,
    this body's overall energy will...
[10:30] ---
    You're right, it's not a good thing.
[10:32] ---
    But we're being told to keep
    the deliveries coming, so...
[10:35] ---
    It seems really sketchy,
    but let's help out, too.
[10:39] ---
    Uh, right.
[10:41] ---
    But...
[10:44] ---
    Come on! Let's go!
[10:46] ---
    Right!
[11:11] ---
    Die, you goddamn bug!
[11:24] ---
    Die, you goddamn bug!
[11:30] ---
    Two Cancer Cells have escaped!
[11:32] ---
    Crap! Those goddamn bugs!
[11:34] ---
    Find them and eliminate them!
[11:37] ---
    Find them!
[11:39] ---
    Find them and make sure
    they're eliminated!
[11:45] ---
    This should be far enough...
[11:48] ---
    Hey—
[11:50] ---
    You little imbecile!
[11:52] ---
    Your copying error made us look like fools!
[11:55] ---
    Sorry about that! I was so wiped out.
SIGN    HOW MANY CANCER CELLS
    ARE PRODUCED IN 1 DAY:
    Due to copying errors that occur
    when normal cells divide,
    Cancer Cells are produced
    at a rate of several thousand a day,
    even in healthy people.
[12:04] ---
    H-Hey, are we gonna get killed
    even though we were only just born?
[12:11] ---
    What do they mean by "copying error"?
[12:14] ---
    D-Don't ask me!
[12:16] ---
    But for now,
    let's just try to escape together!
[12:21] ---
    H-Hey!
[12:24] ---
    There's one of them!
[12:25] ---
    Capture him!
[12:28] ---
    Gotcha! Just one more to go!
[12:30] ---
    Smoke him out no matter what
    and murder him!
[12:34] ---
    You goddamn bug!
[12:43] ---
    Did you call me a goddamn bug?
[12:46] ---
    And you're gonna kill me?
[12:47] ---
    Damn you, treating me like a defect!
[12:52] ---
    Who the hell do you guys think you are?
[12:55] ---
    Why should we have to get killed?
[13:04] ---
    We've never done anything wrong!
[13:07] ---
    All we did was come into this world!
[13:12] ---
    I'm gonna murder the three of you instead!
[13:39] ---
    It won't be long now!
[13:41] ---
    Oh my, Red Blood Cell!
[13:43] ---
    What's wrong?
    Why are you in such a rush?
[13:47] ---
    Macrophage!
[13:49] ---
    I'm not really sure why,
[13:50] ---
    but we're getting tons of orders
    from that housing complex right there!
[13:54] ---
    Something strange is going on
    with that complex!
SIGN    MACROPHAGE
    A type of White Blood Cell.
    Captures and kills foreign substances
    such as bacteria, and finds antigens
    and immunity information.
[14:02] ---
    Now, we're gonna scatter all over the body
    via the blood vessels and lymph ducts.
[14:07] ---
    That's where we're gonna proliferate,
    and then kill every last one of your friends.
[14:12] ---
    By knocking all you normal cells down
    from the killers' side to the victims' side,
[14:16] ---
    all the way to rock bottom!
[14:20] ---
    That's absurd!
[14:21] ---
    There's no way this world can be sustained
    by the power of lunatic cells!
[14:27] ---
    You can try all you want,
[14:29] ---
    but the only thing in store for you
    is annihilation!
[14:35] ---
    That's just fine with me.
[14:39] ---
    After all, it's my fate to die.
[14:42] ---
    Hold up! Metastasis!
[14:45] ---
    That's the one thing
    I won't let you get away with!
[14:50] ---
    See ya.
[14:56] ---
    You guys!
[14:57] ---
    Are you all right?
SIGN    B CELL (ANTIBODY-PRODUCING CELL):
    A type of Lymphocyte that fights antigens
    by producing weapons called "antibodies."
[14:59] ---
    You're finished, you damn Cancer Cell!
[15:04] ---
    Dear me...
[15:05] ---
    I was aiming for his head,
    but I seem to have missed!
[15:15] ---
    Just like you said, Red Blood Cell,
    this place is teeming with strange cells!
[15:19] ---
    Killing them will be so rewarding!
[15:22] ---
    Just when I thought he was nowhere
    to be seen, there's White Blood Cell!
[15:26] ---
    R-Red Blood Cell!
SIGN    HELPER T CELLS:
    They relay information
    and countermeasure strategies
    for foreign enemies to other cells.
[15:29] ---
    Cancer Cells!
[15:31] ---
    We, Immune Cells, have you
    completely surrounded!
[15:36] ---
    Just calmly surrender.
[15:44] ---
    Hey.
[15:48] ---
    You gonna sit there forever?
[15:58] ---
    We're gonna take that bastard out
[16:00] ---
    together, all right?
[16:02] ---
    You don't have to tell me!
[16:04] ---
    Killer T, NK...
[16:06] ---
    Losing to him...
[16:08] ---
    Losing to those Cancer Cells
    isn't an option!
[16:11] ---
    Let's do it for this world!
[16:14] ---
    Let's go!
[16:28] ---
    There they are!
    It's a horde of Cancer Cells!
[16:30] ---
    You're right! So scary!
[16:38] ---
    Killer, dodge to the right!
[16:40] ---
    Gotcha! To the right!
[16:42] ---
    Eat this! Full charge!
[16:53] ---
    Goodness, what an idiot you are!
[16:57] ---
    NK! What do you think
    you're doing?
[17:00] ---
    Hilarious! I'm telling you,
    this is totally killing me!
[17:09] ---
    My bad, Killer!
[17:11] ---
    Oh boy, was that hysterical!
[17:16] ---
    Laughing my head off
    gave me a shot in the arm!
[17:19] ---
    Wh-What's going on?
[17:23] ---
    I-I see! NK Cell...
[17:35] ---
    You picked the wrong opponent!
[17:37] ---
    I'll be happy to explain!
[17:39] ---
    See, as an NK Cell...
SIGN    NK CELL'S REVITALIZATION:
    Transmitters called "neuropeptides"
    are produced when the brain is stimulated
    through laughter. These bind to the surface
    of the NK cells, revitalizing them.
[17:45] ---
    ...I get revitalized by laughter!
[17:52] ---
    No way! How can this...
    How can this be happening?
[17:56] ---
    Go on, Neutrophil! Finish him off!
[17:59] ---
    Gotcha!
[18:02] ---
    Die, Cancer Cell!
[18:07] ---
    Canceled...
[18:15] ---
    Oh man, I was this close, too.
[18:18] ---
    Mister, are you
    that White Blood Cell from before?
[18:21] ---
    What do you want with me?
    You've got some bitter words for me?
[18:24] ---
    Like "How dare you lie to us?"
[18:27] ---
    Why don't you just say something already?
[18:30] ---
    Uh, actually...
[18:32] ---
    I was just thinking how you're a cell, too.
[18:38] ---
    You may not have the strength
    to move anymore,
[18:41] ---
    but it looks like you can still talk, huh?
[18:44] ---
    Before I finish you off,
[18:45] ---
    if you have anything to say,
    I'll be happy to hear you out.
[18:49] ---
    Pretending to be such a nice guy...
    You really piss me off.
[18:57] ---
    When I disguised myself as a normal cell,
    and you rescued me, I...
[19:03] ---
    That just made me so happy, you know?
[19:06] ---
    Since it was the first time in my life
    that anyone had ever rescued me...
[19:11] ---
    There isn't a single cell in this world
    who would try to save a cell like me.
[19:20] ---
    Why would there be, right?
[19:22] ---
    I'm really just a cell, you know!
[19:26] ---
    I should've gotten the chance to just live
    in peace every day with you all,
[19:29] ---
    as a member of this world!
[19:33] ---
    But...
[19:35] ---
    We, Immune Cells, can't save you.
[19:39] ---
    You defy the rules of this body,
[19:41] ---
    proliferating, stealing nutrients
    and destroying normal tissue.
[19:46] ---
    We can neither let you live nor repair you.
[19:52] ---
    I know that, all right?
[19:56] ---
    But... But once today ends,
[19:59] ---
    you're all just gonna forget!
[20:02] ---
    My grudge, my anger, my grief...
[20:07] ---
    They're all just gonna fade away,
    never to be heard!
[20:10] ---
    And it will be like they never existed.
[20:13] ---
    Nothing will remain.
[20:15] ---
    Thanks to a cell division gone wrong,
[20:19] ---
    the Immune Cells that should've been
    my allies went after me!
[20:23] ---
    I fought them and lost.
[20:25] ---
    And now I'm gonna die
    without leaving my mark in this world!
[20:29] ---
    Why was I ever born in the first place?
[20:33] ---
    Even so,
[20:35] ---
    I have no choice but to kill you.
[20:39] ---
    Because that's my job.
[20:45] ---
    Fine. I'll gladly lose to you.
[20:49] ---
    For today, that is.
[20:52] ---
    White Blood Cell!
[20:54] ---
    Are you all right?
[20:56] ---
    Red Blood Cell!
[21:04] ---
    Is he... Is he the enemy you fought today?
    The Cancer Cell...
[21:08] ---
    So scary!
[21:10] ---
    Nothing to be scared about.
[21:12] ---
    I've already finished him off.
[21:14] ---
    For now, at least.
[21:18] ---
    Fine. I'll gladly lose to you.
[21:21] ---
    For today, that is.
[21:24] ---
    Cancer Cell, please
    don't ever come here again!
[21:28] ---
    By the way, Red Blood Cell...
[21:32] ---
    You're the one who summoned
    the other Immune Cells, right?
[21:35] ---
    Thanks. I owe you one.
[21:38] ---
    Sure!
[21:39] ---
    By the way, what were you talking
    about just now?
[21:42] ---
    No, nothing, really.
[21:47] ---
    Cancer Cell...
[21:49] ---
    Even if we do meet again,
[21:52] ---
    we, Immune Cells,
    will bring you down for sure!

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    UP AHEAD
    INFERIOR VENA CAVA
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    VEIN
[23:24] [SONG] ---
    NEXT EPISODE
    PREVIEW
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    I'm going around the blood flow by myself!
[23:28] ---
    Good luck!
[23:29] ---
    Next episode of "Cells at Work!",
[23:30] ---
    SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE
[23:30] ---
    ROUTE
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    "Blood Circulation"!
[23:33] ---
    Hey, we ran into each other again,
    White Blood Cell!
[23:36] ---
    It's not like I tagged along, all right?
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    EPISODE 8:
    BLOOD CIRCULATION
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