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はたらく細胞 [Hataraku Saibou] #6
CELLS AT WORK N.6
CELLS AT WORK N.6
¿Te has preguntado alguna vez qué pasaría si tu organismo estuviera protegido por células humanoides? Sigue el frenético día a día de un cuerpo cualquiera mientras sus células luchan para salvaguardarlo de enemigos de lo más variado. Pérdida permanente de visión, psoriasis y hasta COVID-19 son algunas de las amenazas que te esperan en el sexto volumen de Cells at Work!
¿Te has preguntado alguna vez qué pasaría si tu organismo estuviera protegido por células humanoides? Sigue el frenético día a día de un cuerpo cualquiera mientras sus células luchan para salvaguardarlo de enemigos de lo más variado. Pérdida permanente de visión, psoriasis y hasta COVID-19 son algunas de las amenazas que te esperan en el sexto volumen de Cells at Work!
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First published February 9, 2021
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October 20, 2026
The human in whose body this series occurs is in for one last bad week as they cope with head trauma, vision loss, psoriasis, and COVID-19.
I'm glad the series wraps up here because my interest in the concept is just now starting to wane. It's been fun and educational to follow the red and white blood cells in their battles to serve and protect the body, but there isn't much depth to the characters or variety to their lives. I can only watch them be upbeat as they deliver that oxygen or ruthless as they smash those bacteria so many times.
But there are a dozen or more spin-offs and adaptations into various media for anyone who's not ready to stop learning. I'm trying the picture book adaptations for children right now, but that may be it for me and this brand.
FOR REFERENCE:
Contents: Chapter 26. A Bump on the Head -- Chapter 27. Left Shift -- Chapter 28. iPS Cells -- Special Chapter. Psoriasis -- Chapter 29. Novel Coronavirus
I'm glad the series wraps up here because my interest in the concept is just now starting to wane. It's been fun and educational to follow the red and white blood cells in their battles to serve and protect the body, but there isn't much depth to the characters or variety to their lives. I can only watch them be upbeat as they deliver that oxygen or ruthless as they smash those bacteria so many times.
But there are a dozen or more spin-offs and adaptations into various media for anyone who's not ready to stop learning. I'm trying the picture book adaptations for children right now, but that may be it for me and this brand.
FOR REFERENCE:
Contents: Chapter 26. A Bump on the Head -- Chapter 27. Left Shift -- Chapter 28. iPS Cells -- Special Chapter. Psoriasis -- Chapter 29. Novel Coronavirus
March 22, 2022
I really loved that series! It encouraged me to see my body in a different light, and respect the systems in place to keep me healthy 💪
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 15, 2022
本書提到新型冠狀病毒容易引起細胞激素風暴（免疫系統打太兇）→多重器官衰竭→致命
然而這與––
老年人免疫力低，死亡率高
青壯年免疫力高，死亡率低
嬰幼兒免疫力是要抱要先洗手的低，死亡率沒啥印象的低
這樣現象好像對不上
感覺除了書中自承沒解明易引起細胞激素風暴的原因以外，還有其他複雜的因素沒提到
如果本書能等更多研究出來，描寫更多方面的現象的話那就好了
然而這與––
老年人免疫力低，死亡率高
青壯年免疫力高，死亡率低
嬰幼兒免疫力是要抱要先洗手的低，死亡率沒啥印象的低
這樣現象好像對不上
感覺除了書中自承沒解明易引起細胞激素風暴的原因以外，還有其他複雜的因素沒提到
如果本書能等更多研究出來，描寫更多方面的現象的話那就好了
December 22, 2023
En este tomo aprendemos lo siguiente:
- el trabajo de las plaquetas, que se ven cute así como pequeñas, pero es medio cruel que es como trabajo infantil.
- una enfe5rmedad que causa ceguera, nuevo miedo desbloqueado.
- la psoriasis
- el coronavirus
Entretenido
La celula cerebral y la gerente de las plaquetas, son identicas, lo unico que cambia es la ropa
- el trabajo de las plaquetas, que se ven cute así como pequeñas, pero es medio cruel que es como trabajo infantil.
- una enfe5rmedad que causa ceguera, nuevo miedo desbloqueado.
- la psoriasis
- el coronavirus
Entretenido
La celula cerebral y la gerente de las plaquetas, son identicas, lo unico que cambia es la ropa
September 23, 2021
I can’t believe the series is finally over 🥺😢 I like to think red and white blood cell start dating lol
April 8, 2025
More like a 3.5 star for this volume in particular. The entire series itself I give a 4 stars!! This final volume felt a bit rushed... Which it also was written in a jump from 2017 of the 5th volume to 2021... And as you can guess, COVID-19 comes into play at the end. This volume also felt really jumbled in terms of story.
This series overall though was actually very enticing, extremely educational and entertaining!!! Think of it as Osmosis Jones meets Dragonball Z to some extent. If you like either one, or both like I do, you'll love this series. My favorite volume of all was volume 5. The story was truly brought together and made it a very interesting read, zipped right through it. It also was the largest volume in the series. Kind of thought volume 6 was unnecessary, but nonetheless still had some entertaining bits to it. Learn something new every day, in this particular series, behind the human biology! Now every time I get sick or scrape my skin, or get a cut, I will always imagine the little cell workers in my body being at work!!! Best way to handle sickness or an injury!!
This series overall though was actually very enticing, extremely educational and entertaining!!! Think of it as Osmosis Jones meets Dragonball Z to some extent. If you like either one, or both like I do, you'll love this series. My favorite volume of all was volume 5. The story was truly brought together and made it a very interesting read, zipped right through it. It also was the largest volume in the series. Kind of thought volume 6 was unnecessary, but nonetheless still had some entertaining bits to it. Learn something new every day, in this particular series, behind the human biology! Now every time I get sick or scrape my skin, or get a cut, I will always imagine the little cell workers in my body being at work!!! Best way to handle sickness or an injury!!
November 24, 2023
4.5 stars, i’m so sad this series is over! i really liked the story with the basophil, i thought it was really sweet and gave us an idea of their life as kids and kinda reminded me of summer camp. i think the bits about covid and psoriasis could have been more fleshed out, but overall i really enjoyed this! it was also interesting to see how a sponsorship fit into a manga, i had never heard of something like that before this.
September 23, 2021
Mi mancheranno un sacco ❤️
January 13, 2022
GR上有第七集
但東立寫六集完結
所以??
細與胞之詩的真相太好笑了XDD
但東立寫六集完結
所以??
細與胞之詩的真相太好笑了XDD
January 23, 2022
This was a nice ending to the series. The last part of it was a big of saccharine team building, but I enjoyed the other interactions of the cells.
September 11, 2026
Cute (and taught me stuff I didn't know about covid)
May 7, 2023
Un capituló especial para las pequeñas y tiernas plaquetas.
Él senpai del Leucocito y el Eosinofilo era una célula misteriosa que pocas veces pudimos observar .
El avance tecnológico y científico ayudo a el cuerpo hospedero a recuperar algo que parecía estaba perdido.
Y un capítulo significativo, el nuevo Coronavirus Sars Cov 2
Él senpai del Leucocito y el Eosinofilo era una célula misteriosa que pocas veces pudimos observar .
El avance tecnológico y científico ayudo a el cuerpo hospedero a recuperar algo que parecía estaba perdido.
Y un capítulo significativo, el nuevo Coronavirus Sars Cov 2
September 13, 2026
The chapter with the IPS cell made me tear up a little ngl. Bodies and medical science are so cool.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 9, 2021
The final volume and we're still learning about new cells in the body! First off is Megakaryocyte, also know as the platelet's mom. Then we get another look at Basophil. And then we move to the eye and face a problem that I'm actually kinda concerned about. Then there's a special chapter about Psoriasis (which is something I'm probably going to get because it runs in my family) and a final chapter about Coronavirus 2019.
After reading the psoriasis chapter and the COVID-19 chapter, and noticing they both involve overactive cytokines, I'm a little nervous, but I am definitely glad the final chapter is in this book. I feel a lot more knowledgeable about what COVID-19 does in the body and why it's so dangerous. So, get vaccinated so your immune system will have a leg up (go read volume 3 if you need a reminder that vaccines are important), and wear a mask in public to reduce the chances of getting infected in the first place.
And on that note, please, be safe and take care of yourselves. Bacteria, viruses, disease, and health issues are very real dangers and your body is doing its best to keep you alive.
This series has 6 volumes.
For more content like this try Cells at Work! CODE BLACK which discusses adult health issues or Cells at Work! Baby which covers the health of newborns.
After reading the psoriasis chapter and the COVID-19 chapter, and noticing they both involve overactive cytokines, I'm a little nervous, but I am definitely glad the final chapter is in this book. I feel a lot more knowledgeable about what COVID-19 does in the body and why it's so dangerous. So, get vaccinated so your immune system will have a leg up (go read volume 3 if you need a reminder that vaccines are important), and wear a mask in public to reduce the chances of getting infected in the first place.
And on that note, please, be safe and take care of yourselves. Bacteria, viruses, disease, and health issues are very real dangers and your body is doing its best to keep you alive.
This series has 6 volumes.
For more content like this try Cells at Work! CODE BLACK which discusses adult health issues or Cells at Work! Baby which covers the health of newborns.
March 28, 2022
In this final volume of Cells at Work readers learn about the roles of platelets when there is internal bleeding, then a story arc tells about the different roles of neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils and how they all start out from the same type of stem cell and then differentiate over time, then Red Blood Cell tries to deliver oxygen to a rod cell in the retina but it is dying and the body is about to go blind of regressive degeneration in the eye but a cutting edge treatment saves the day, then Red Blood Cell delivers oxygen to a epidermis cell while the body is suffering from psoriasis and sees the destruction that can cause firsthand, and finally, the body catches covid and the immune system must work overtime to fight it off.
The back cover says this is the final volume in this series, which is sad. It does such a great job of teaching readers about the immune system in very creative and memorable (and scientifically accurate!) ways. I like how the adventure fighting covid helped readers really understand how it can be a fatal disease and what it can do to the body in worst case scenarios. The cutting edge treatment for regressive degeneration is fascinating to learn about.
Notes on content: I think it was 12 minor swears by the end. No sexual content. The epidermal cells are dressed in swimming attire, and one girl cell is wearing a fairly small bikini. There are battles between cells and invaders that depict a fight with blood, and earthquake-like events that injure cell characters represent upheaval caused by blunt force trauma and psoriasis.
The back cover says this is the final volume in this series, which is sad. It does such a great job of teaching readers about the immune system in very creative and memorable (and scientifically accurate!) ways. I like how the adventure fighting covid helped readers really understand how it can be a fatal disease and what it can do to the body in worst case scenarios. The cutting edge treatment for regressive degeneration is fascinating to learn about.
Notes on content: I think it was 12 minor swears by the end. No sexual content. The epidermal cells are dressed in swimming attire, and one girl cell is wearing a fairly small bikini. There are battles between cells and invaders that depict a fight with blood, and earthquake-like events that injure cell characters represent upheaval caused by blunt force trauma and psoriasis.
October 17, 2023
RATING: 2.5/5
If you like Cells, COVID-19, and Stemfit you maqy like Cells at Work! Vol 6
QUICK REVIEW
The final volume was unfortunately a lacklustre sendoff to otherwise a 5/5 series. Rather than having a dramatic high energy finale, we instead get a short story about COVID-19 which did not feel all that interesting. I still think this series is a 5/5 but for a final volume I really expected more.
REVIEW
If you would have told me this is the final volume of the series I would not believe you. This volume felt more like a random collection of stories than the final volume. You would assume that the final volume will culminate to a big epic event but instead the final chapter on Covid-19 was short and I found lacking in the information side. I also wished they brought back more characters introduced before to give a proper sendoff. All in all if you had to skip a volume it would weirdly enough the last one.
If you like Cells, COVID-19, and Stemfit you maqy like Cells at Work! Vol 6
QUICK REVIEW
The final volume was unfortunately a lacklustre sendoff to otherwise a 5/5 series. Rather than having a dramatic high energy finale, we instead get a short story about COVID-19 which did not feel all that interesting. I still think this series is a 5/5 but for a final volume I really expected more.
REVIEW
If you would have told me this is the final volume of the series I would not believe you. This volume felt more like a random collection of stories than the final volume. You would assume that the final volume will culminate to a big epic event but instead the final chapter on Covid-19 was short and I found lacking in the information side. I also wished they brought back more characters introduced before to give a proper sendoff. All in all if you had to skip a volume it would weirdly enough the last one.
March 27, 2026
5/5 ⭐️
En una historia que trata de enfermedades y procesos corporales alterados por diversas situaciones (principalmente microorganismos) que toman sentido al final, de la saga. Aunque por algunas enfermedades presentadas creí que lloraría, fueron otras que nunca se me pasaron por la cabeza que lloraría.
nunca creí que lloraría por un ojo (salieron lágrimas de mis ojitos por la situación de los ojos de la persona en donde se desarrolla la historia).
Además me permitió repasar temas de forma lógica temas de Inmunologia, Anatomía, Fisiología, entre otras Lo recomiendo para amantes de temas de la salud y a quienes les interese aprender sin ser taaaaaaaan expertos.
Si tengo que sacar máster en Japonés para leer todos los spin off, lo haré.
En una historia que trata de enfermedades y procesos corporales alterados por diversas situaciones (principalmente microorganismos) que toman sentido al final, de la saga. Aunque por algunas enfermedades presentadas creí que lloraría, fueron otras que nunca se me pasaron por la cabeza que lloraría.
nunca creí que lloraría por un ojo (salieron lágrimas de mis ojitos por la situación de los ojos de la persona en donde se desarrolla la historia).
Además me permitió repasar temas de forma lógica temas de Inmunologia, Anatomía, Fisiología, entre otras Lo recomiendo para amantes de temas de la salud y a quienes les interese aprender sin ser taaaaaaaan expertos.
Si tengo que sacar máster en Japonés para leer todos los spin off, lo haré.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 25, 2022
Dalam review jilid 1 komik ini di bulan Februari 2020, yang dengan tema virus atau bakteri biasa saja bisa bikin sel-sel kelabakan, aku membayangkan bagaimana jadinya kalau virus ganas macam Ebola atau Coronavirus menginfeksi tubuh manusia yang relatif sehat ini.
Eh, ternyata di jilid 6 ini digambarkan deh, bagaimana badai sitokin terjadi di mana T-cell mengamuk habis-habisan menghancurkan lawan dan kawan tanpa pandang bulu.
Untung ini tubuh manusia yang relatif sehat jadi di akhir jilid digambarkan mulai pulih, tapi tidak terbayang kalau yang kena Covid-19 tubuh manusia di Cells at Work! Black edition. Apakah akan kita lihat bagaimana semua sel tewas bergelimpangan?
Eh, ternyata di jilid 6 ini digambarkan deh, bagaimana badai sitokin terjadi di mana T-cell mengamuk habis-habisan menghancurkan lawan dan kawan tanpa pandang bulu.
Untung ini tubuh manusia yang relatif sehat jadi di akhir jilid digambarkan mulai pulih, tapi tidak terbayang kalau yang kena Covid-19 tubuh manusia di Cells at Work! Black edition. Apakah akan kita lihat bagaimana semua sel tewas bergelimpangan?
November 1, 2023
I've been away from the series for a while and it was nice to dive back into things. This collection of stories (and medical conditions) was pretty solid, although you also feel like they're reaching the end of the "character" stories for our protagonists. Things are just happening and it's a lot of excitement but it also needs a bit more to feel like a fuller narrative.
The sort of special one-off stories on key conditions (including the very visual COVID story) were great and I appreciated what they were trying to do. These are full-on PSAs on the different conditions and I hope they help somehow.
The sort of special one-off stories on key conditions (including the very visual COVID story) were great and I appreciated what they were trying to do. These are full-on PSAs on the different conditions and I hope they help somehow.
July 6, 2026
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I expected for the COVID storyline to be a little more prevalent, but this was another fun and educational installment, though it doesn’t really wrap up in a way to feel like an ending, which is kind of odd.
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I expected for the COVID storyline to be a little more prevalent, but this was another fun and educational installment, though it doesn’t really wrap up in a way to feel like an ending, which is kind of odd.
July 1, 2022
Last volume of this series. It was good like the others. It was interesting seeing how the stem cells were used to help cure a weakness in the body. And we finally find out why the body is having so many problems with getting injured! The last chapter was about getting a coronavirus which was interesting.
Content notes: some violence as the immune system kills bacteria. :) Nothing else. The science is a little higher than most middle school students will understand, but they may enjoy the story on its own.
Content notes: some violence as the immune system kills bacteria. :) Nothing else. The science is a little higher than most middle school students will understand, but they may enjoy the story on its own.
January 23, 2025
4.5
Este tomo me encantó más que el anterior, especialmente porque hay un capítulo en el que se aprecia mejor como trabajan las plaquetas.
Y también se me hizo muy adorable que las plaquetas fueran representados como niños, son muy adorables 😭😭
Además, hubo dos capítulos que me gustaron mucho, el de la psoriasis (hice que mi hermana leyera ese capítulo jajaj) y el del covid.
Algo que me gusta mucho, son los dibujos y cómo representan a cada célula del cuerpo, ahora ya no puedo evitar imaginarme a las células de otro modo 😂😅
Este tomo me encantó más que el anterior, especialmente porque hay un capítulo en el que se aprecia mejor como trabajan las plaquetas.
Y también se me hizo muy adorable que las plaquetas fueran representados como niños, son muy adorables 😭😭
Además, hubo dos capítulos que me gustaron mucho, el de la psoriasis (hice que mi hermana leyera ese capítulo jajaj) y el del covid.
Algo que me gusta mucho, son los dibujos y cómo representan a cada célula del cuerpo, ahora ya no puedo evitar imaginarme a las células de otro modo 😂😅
October 6, 2021
I’m this wonderful final installment of Cells at work we see the hard working cells deal with one of our biggest threat right now Covid-19 *gasp*
I’m so sad this series is over as it’s one of my favorites I’ve ever/read but I’m so glad I got to go on these adventures with the wonderful cells and learn how my body works
Over all I give the whole series 5/5 and I will be crying about to everyone I know
I’m so sad this series is over as it’s one of my favorites I’ve ever/read but I’m so glad I got to go on these adventures with the wonderful cells and learn how my body works
Over all I give the whole series 5/5 and I will be crying about to everyone I know
July 5, 2022
Really loved the conclusion to this short series as it has both a completed feel while still being open ended and it's rather fitting that it wraps up with a really relevant disease. Art style is consistent throughout the series and the conditions are all very different (problems are not always basic viruses). The arcs and stories are all fitting and there is always a different focus and something new to learn.
January 16, 2024
All the familiar immune system cells are back and ready for action! After dramatically dealing with near-blindness and giving us a beach episode on psoriasis, Cells at Work! appropriately closes out with a battle against the scourge of our time, COVID-19. The series ends on a note of optimism that should encourage all of us to keep fighting and rebuilding no matter how difficult the road ahead.
October 5, 2025
I discovered this series when I took my classes to the first library visit of the year. This is a fun, mildly educational manga series that imagines the different cells in the body as human-ish characters and the scenes portraying typical actions of each of these cells. The series focuses primarily on the different types of blood cells, introducing some different types in the last two volumes. I think the series could have continued but I understand why the mangaka ended it here.
October 19, 2026
No better time to have revisited this series now that I'm in grad school hell methinks :'^)
The shonen tropes and the humor were really fun and I loved how much whimsy it gave to learning about the human body. I will admit, the charm this series had at the beginning for me died down a little bit with how static most of the characters are. I wasn't expecting much since it's also an educational piece, but it did get a little boring as the series progressed.
At times I did feel like the cellular processes represented by the characters were a little too bluntly demonstrated (especially because the technical explanation was also always right there), but that might just be my medically educated background speaking lol
Anyway. 'Twas still fun and I know that it'll help me cement some concepts into the brain. Will definitely be reading the spinoffs to help my ass get through the rest of the school year 🫡
The shonen tropes and the humor were really fun and I loved how much whimsy it gave to learning about the human body. I will admit, the charm this series had at the beginning for me died down a little bit with how static most of the characters are. I wasn't expecting much since it's also an educational piece, but it did get a little boring as the series progressed.
At times I did feel like the cellular processes represented by the characters were a little too bluntly demonstrated (especially because the technical explanation was also always right there), but that might just be my medically educated background speaking lol
Anyway. 'Twas still fun and I know that it'll help me cement some concepts into the brain. Will definitely be reading the spinoffs to help my ass get through the rest of the school year 🫡
December 24, 2021
A pretty good send off. We get some origin for Basophil. There is a crisis over going blind with some stem cell therapy. The skin cell setup was fun. And the crisis of coronavirus. The coronavirus was done well, but most things have been well communicated in this series of edutainment.
I enjoyed this whole series.
I enjoyed this whole series.
January 24, 2022
This was adorable and awesome. My sister has a type of psoriasis so it was really interesting to read what her cells are doing that causes her spots. Novel Coronavirus was surprising. I was really happy seeing this chapter cause it's a current event that affect many and this was a good way of breaking down and explaining it.
December 23, 2022
This one brings it right to 2022 by discussing the novel coronavirus in addition to a bump on the head and psoriasis. My favorite characters play a major role for the bump on the head (the littles who are the platelets). Everyone working together to keep the body running swell.
Now I think I have to actually WAIT for a seventh volume. Ho hum.
Now I think I have to actually WAIT for a seventh volume. Ho hum.
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