Shigemitsu Harada
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Series
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing LLC
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
The manga and anime Cells at Work! showed you what happens when a young, healthy body gets in trouble... but what if the body wasn't so young, and was never very healthy? This new take stars a fresh-faced Red Blood Cell and his friend, the buxom White Blood Cell, as they struggle to keep themselves and their world together through alcoholism, smoking, erectile dysfunction, athlete's foot, gout... it's literal body horror! Whoever this guy is, he's...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing LLC
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
In this new spinoff of the hit manga, a newbie Red Blood Cell is one of 37 trillion working to keep this body running. But something's wrong! Stress hormones keep yelling at him to go faster. The blood vessels are crusted over with cholesterol. Ulcers, fatty liver, trouble (ahem) downstairs... It's hard for a cell to keep working when every day is a CODE BLACK! THE CONTENT OF ADULTS There are trillions of cells in the human body, and they all have...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing LLC
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
After years of struggle against the ill health of this body and the despair in its heart, the first glimmers of hope have begun to appear. Could the body finally be taking control of its health and looking to the future? Alas, even amid this turnaround, the costs of the life the body has led are still coming due. In a hidden corner, a copying error occurs, then repeats itself, then repeats itself again. A new, unnoticed threat is getting out of...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing LLC
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
SUGAR, SUGAR The red blood cells have a problem on their hands when their customers start refusing their sugar deliveries! The pancreas hasn't been producing enough insulin, and without it, sugar just keeps accumulating in the body and causing problems for every cell along the way! The red blood cells travel to the pancreas to set things right, but what they find there is a situation more hopeless than they could have imagined...one that could spell...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing LLC
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
GROWN-UP PROBLEMS The cells that keep this body running are doing their best, but there's only so much they can do against the abuse of an unhealthy lifestyle. A simple case of athlete's foot is one thing, but a flood of caustic acid caused by a stomach ulcer is enough to make any cell think about a career change. It turns out that there's only so much these hard-working cells can handle before the consequences turn as serious as a heart attack......
Author
Series
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing LLC
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
The body has faced down stress, diabetes, alcoholism, and more, but one affliction can be deadlier than them all: depression. As problems mount, the cells worry that the body is giving up. Outside interventions have, time and again, saved the day, but how long can medical science keep someone alive when despair has snuffed out all hope? The body faces its blackest chapter yet...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing LLC
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
After a harrowing journey into a new body, Red Blood Cell and White Blood Cell have finally met up again in this strange new world. But the circumstances of their reunion are dire: They've just discovered that this new body has diabetes. The kidney cells grew overtaxed by having to filter too much sugar, and a terrible fate has befallen the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas... A new code black brings a slew of new complications: sleep apnea, pancreatitis,...
Author
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The manga and anime Cells At Work! showed you what happens when a young, healthy body gets in trouble... but what if the body wasn't so young, and was never very healthy? This new take stars a fresh-faced Red Blood Cell and his friend, the buxom White Blood Cell, as they struggle to keep themselves and their world together through alcoholism, smoking, erectile dysfunction, athlete's foot, gout... it's literal body horror! Whoever this guy is, he's...
Author
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"GROWN-UP PROBLEMS: The cells that keep this body running are doing their best, but there's only so much they can do against the abuse of an unhealthy lifestyle. A simple case of athlete's foot is one thing, but a flood of caustic acid caused by a stomach ulcer is enough to make any cell think about a career change. It turns out that there's only so much these hard-working cells can handle before the consequences turn as serious as a heart attack..."--Provided...
Author
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"It's hard for a cell to keep working when every day is a CODE BLACK! The manga and anime Cells at Work! showed you what happens when a young, healthy body gets in trouble... but what if the body wasn't so young, and was never very healthy? This new take stars a fresh-faced Red Blood Cell and his friend, the buxom White Blood Cell, as they struggle to keep themselves and their world together through alcoholism, smoking, erectile dysfunction, athlete's...
Author
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The body has faced down stress, diabetes, alcoholism, and more, but one affliction can be deadlier than them all: depression. As problems mount, the cells worry that the body is giving up. Outside interventions have, time and again, saved the day, but how long can medical science keep someone alive when despair has snuffed out all hope? The body faces its blackest chapter yet..."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Kodansha USA
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"After a vicious battle, the body has finally subjugated ghastly cancer. But the damage has been done. Sensing weakness, bacteria and viruses attack the body. Distrust and confusion pit cells against one another. Can the body do what is necessary to create a healthy environment and avoid cancer's recurrence? The grief and horror of Cells at Work: Code Black reach their dramatic climax in this, the last volume of the series!"--Publisher.
Author
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"After a harrowing journey into a new body, Red Blood Cell and White Blood Cell have finally met up again in this strange new world. But the circumstances of their reunion are dire: They've just discovered that this new body has diabetes. The kidney cells grew overtaxed by having to filter too much sugar, and a terrible fate has befallen the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas... A new code black brings a slew of new complications: sleep apnea, pancreatitis,...
Author
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Having survived a heart attack, the body is starting to regain a bit of peace. The red blood cells are excited to finally be working in a non-exploitative work environment, but one day, a mysterious tube punctures the blood vessel and sucks up every blood cell in sight. When the cells come to, they're in a different body altogether--and the new offices might just be worse than the old ones..."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The red blood cells have a problem on their hands when their customers start refusing their sugar deliveries! The pancreas hasn't been producing enough insulin, and without it, sugar just keeps accumulating in the body and causing problems for every cell along the way! The red blood cells travel to the pancreas to set things right, but what they find there is a situation more hopeless than they could have imagined ... one that could spell doom for...