This is an anthropomorphised white blood cell in the process of killing an anthropomorphised Pneumococci bacterium and I have questions:
Why do those bacteria carry blood that can splatter all over our white blood cell, anthropomorphised or not? Would that mean that if the camera zoomed in on its blood, we’d see tiny anthromorphised white and red blood cells there as well? Should I just relax and remember it’s only an anime series? But seriously, this is the sort of thing that bothered me with Er Was Eens… het Lichaam, one of those Pan-European eighties educational cartoons about the body and which Hataraku Saibou immediately reminded me off. The idea of your body as a huge city inhabited by your cells is an interesting one, but don’t think too hard about it or it breaks.
This first episode introduced our protagonists, a red blood cell (who all dress as parcel couriers) and a white blood cell (like a more psychopatic Mr Clean) as they travel the body in search of a Pneumococci bacterium trying to wreak havoc in the lungs. We also meet various other types of blood related cells, including the very adorable platelets above, who are all young children as apparantly this type of blood cell doesn’t live long. Awww.
This was great fun and on the other side of adorable, I hope we’ll soon meet the sword wielding berserker woman, who’s very much in AniTwitter’s category of women who you’d want to step on you. Not sure how educational this will all turn out to be, but if it stays inventive and fun like this first episode, this’ll be something to look forward to each week.
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