Shigemitsu Harada

"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...

"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.

"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,...

"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...