# 7 - Cancer Cell
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USED GOODS COLLECTION
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What's going on?
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M-My shoelace broke on me!
***SIGN*** RED BLOOD CELLS:
They carry oxygen
and carbon dioxide
using blood circulation.
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Oh no! That's a bad omen!
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BAD OMEN #1: Shoelace breaks
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Please go on ahead.
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I'll catch up in no time!
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Roger that.
I'll be taking my time, okay?
**[01:50] ---**
Senpai! Thank you for waiting!
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BAD OMEN #2: Walking under a ladder
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Listen, you! I just warned you,
and you're passing under a ladder!
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Uh-oh!
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WASTE
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BAD OMEN #3: Dishes break
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H-Hey, I'm so sorry!
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The dishes! Bad luck!
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What are you doing?
**[02:05] ---**
I'm so sorry!
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I'll pick it all up for you!
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BAD OMEN #4: Cowlick is agitated
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Even her cowlick!
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Is this a paranormal phenomenon?
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*What's going on?*
**[02:19] ---**
*I'm getting a really bad vibe.*
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Oh, hey, it stopped.
**[02:27] ---**
Show me who you really are!
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So, I'm busted, huh?
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You've progressed the most, and so,
you passed yourself off as a harmless cell,
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hoping to lure us out, isn't that right?
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What about you, lady?
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You think you let your two allies get away
from the enemy territory, don't you?
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I see you're not rattled at all.
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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.
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*Cancer Cell.*
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*Cells that proliferate wildly
when there's an anomaly in the cell's genes.*
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*Invading the boundaries between themselves
and surrounding normal cells,*
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*they proliferate endlessly.*
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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.
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You wretched bug bastard!
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You could've just wreaked havoc
anywhere random,
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but you chose to come here
and give that elaborate performance.
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You've got something
up your sleeve, am I right?
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Tell me what it is, Cancer Cell!
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I don't want to.
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CELL
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Hey! What's up with that?
What a lame attack!
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It was all I could do not to burst out laughing,
and I still played along the whole time!
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Come on, let me enjoy myself a little longer!
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Hey, that's not half bad, you know.
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Well, excuse me and my lame attacks!
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*Now then, what am I gonna do with him?*
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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.
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Forget about them!
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*Oh right. Let me contact them.*
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*What's this?*
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*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.
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What the hell is this?
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MAKE MORE FRIENDS
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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...
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Yeah. Hey!
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Look at this!
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Does this mean that the cells here
are ignoring the normal proliferation program?
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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!
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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!
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This is no viral infection!
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Are they Cancer Cells?
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My bad!
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There's so many of them!
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Dammit, where did they all come from?
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Th-This looks bad, Killer T!
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NK and Cell are in danger!
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You moron!
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You need to worry about yourself
and this time and place instead of others!
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NK!
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Hey, NK! Damn you!
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All that bluster, and this is how you end up?
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Oh please. The two of you sure seem
to be sitting pretty yourselves!
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Don't be such a sore loser!
You've always been a loose cannon!
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Why don't you shut up, idiot?
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You morons didn't even notice
the Cancer Cell in our midst!
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What did you say?
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Both of you! Don't fight at a time like this!
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NK! Forget about that!
Where's that young cell kid?
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Could you be any denser?
If you're looking for that one, there he is!
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C-Cancer Cell?
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I see all three of you are here.
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So that makes it
three against one, I guess.
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*That cell kid is a Cancer Cell?*
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*So NK knew all along?*
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*No, wait...
When he was being chased earlier...*
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*That was him acting?*
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*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.
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Lady, you were keen to know
why I'm doing this, weren't you?
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I wanted to let you experience it.
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How it feels to get ganged up on
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and massacred so violently
by you Immune Cells!
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What?
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So he'd already taken over
this whole building?
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This is why I told you
I'd handle this on my own.
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You wusses don't stand a chance
against the enemy.
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Because you're only going to get hurt.
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NK...
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Y-You damn moron...
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CAUTION
***SIGN*** PLATELETS
They aggregate when the blood vessels
are damaged, and cover the wounds.
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PLATELETS
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It's Big Sister Red Blood Cell!
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Hello!
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Well, well! Hello, little Platelets!
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That tickles!
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FRAGILE
CONDENSED GAS
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Can't get over how peaceful
it is, huh, Senpai?
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You said it.
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*Come to think of it, those bad vibes
I was getting earlier...*
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*I guess I was just imagining things after all?*
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Sorry about that!
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Oh, that's okay.
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See you later!
**[09:26] ---**
- Bye-bye!
- Bye-bye!
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Did you see that guy just now?
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That was some gigantic load of nutrients,
he was carrying, huh?
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Looked like a lot to handle.
Should we help him out?
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Good idea.
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Heave-ho! Heave-ho!
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H-Hey, hold up! Excuse me!
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Huh?
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What's the deal
with this huge load of nutrients?
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Uh... We thought it was weird, too,
but we just got a giant order.
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They're telling us to keep 'em coming.
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It's this housing complex
that placed the order.
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Are there really that many cells living here?
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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.
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We'll just leave this outside!
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What was that? Talk about scary!
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Hey, this can't be a good thing, right?
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If they consume this amount of nutrients,
this body's overall energy will...
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You're right, it's not a good thing.
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But we're being told to keep
the deliveries coming, so...
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It seems really sketchy,
but let's help out, too.
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Uh, right.
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But...
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Come on! Let's go!
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Right!
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Die, you goddamn bug!
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Die, you goddamn bug!
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Two Cancer Cells have escaped!
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Crap! Those goddamn bugs!
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Find them and eliminate them!
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Find them!
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Find them and make sure
they're eliminated!
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This should be far enough...
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Hey—
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You little imbecile!
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Your copying error made us look like fools!
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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.
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H-Hey, are we gonna get killed
even though we were only just born?
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What do they mean by "copying error"?
**[12:14] ---**
D-Don't ask me!
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But for now,
let's just try to escape together!
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H-Hey!
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There's one of them!
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Capture him!
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Gotcha! Just one more to go!
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Smoke him out no matter what
and murder him!
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You goddamn bug!
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Did you call me a goddamn bug?
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And you're gonna kill me?
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Damn you, treating me like a defect!
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Who the hell do you guys think you are?
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Why should we have to get killed?
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We've never done anything wrong!
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All we did was come into this world!
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I'm gonna murder the three of you instead!
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It won't be long now!
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Oh my, Red Blood Cell!
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What's wrong?
Why are you in such a rush?
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Macrophage!
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I'm not really sure why,
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but we're getting tons of orders
from that housing complex right there!
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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.
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Now, we're gonna scatter all over the body
via the blood vessels and lymph ducts.
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That's where we're gonna proliferate,
and then kill every last one of your friends.
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By knocking all you normal cells down
from the killers' side to the victims' side,
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all the way to rock bottom!
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That's absurd!
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There's no way this world can be sustained
by the power of lunatic cells!
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You can try all you want,
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but the only thing in store for you
is annihilation!
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That's just fine with me.
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After all, it's my fate to die.
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Hold up! Metastasis!
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That's the one thing
I won't let you get away with!
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See ya.
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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."
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You're finished, you damn Cancer Cell!
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Dear me...
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I was aiming for his head,
but I seem to have missed!
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Just like you said, Red Blood Cell,
this place is teeming with strange cells!
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Killing them will be so rewarding!
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Just when I thought he was nowhere
to be seen, there's White Blood Cell!
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R-Red Blood Cell!
***SIGN*** HELPER T CELLS:
They relay information
and countermeasure strategies
for foreign enemies to other cells.
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Cancer Cells!
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We, Immune Cells, have you
completely surrounded!
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Just calmly surrender.
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Hey.
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You gonna sit there forever?
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We're gonna take that bastard out
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together, all right?
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You don't have to tell me!
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*Killer T, NK...*
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Losing to him...
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Losing to those Cancer Cells
isn't an option!
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Let's do it for this world!
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Let's go!
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There they are!
It's a horde of Cancer Cells!
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You're right! So scary!
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Killer, dodge to the right!
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Gotcha! To the right!
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Eat this! Full charge!
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Goodness, what an idiot you are!
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NK! What do you think
you're doing?
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Hilarious! I'm telling you,
this is totally killing me!
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My bad, Killer!
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Oh boy, was that hysterical!
**[17:16] ---**
Laughing my head off
gave me a shot in the arm!
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Wh-What's going on?
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I-I see! NK Cell...
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You picked the wrong opponent!
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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.
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...I get revitalized by laughter!
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No way! How can this...
How can this be happening?
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Go on, Neutrophil! Finish him off!
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Gotcha!
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Die, Cancer Cell!
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Canceled...
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Oh man, I was this close, too.
**[18:18] ---**
Mister, are you
that White Blood Cell from before?
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What do you want with me?
You've got some bitter words for me?
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Like "How dare you lie to us?"
**[18:27] ---**
Why don't you just say something already?
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Uh, actually...
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I was just thinking how you're a cell, too.
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You may not have the strength
to move anymore,
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but it looks like you can still talk, huh?
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Before I finish you off,
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if you have anything to say,
I'll be happy to hear you out.
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Pretending to be such a nice guy...
You really piss me off.
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When I disguised myself as a normal cell,
and you rescued me, I...
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That just made me so happy, you know?
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Since it was the first time in my life
that anyone had ever rescued me...
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There isn't a single cell in this world
who would try to save a cell like me.
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Why would there be, right?
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I'm really just a cell, you know!
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I should've gotten the chance to just live
in peace every day with you all,
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as a member of this world!
**[19:33] ---**
But...
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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...
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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,
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I have no choice but to kill you.
**[20:39] ---**
Because that's my job.
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Fine. I'll gladly lose to you.
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For today, that is.
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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
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NEXT EPISODE
PREVIEW
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I'm going around the blood flow by myself!
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Good luck!
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Next episode of "Cells at Work!",
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SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE
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ROUTE
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"Blood Circulation"!
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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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