Story
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!KILLING WITH SWEETNESSAfter 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, gum disease how can any cell keep working under these conditions?!Series Overview: 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 ' 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 lucky his cells can ' go on strike!
Details
Language:EnglishFormat:Paperback
Pages:160
Author:Shigemitsu Harada, Issey Hatsuyoshiya (Illustrated by), Akane Shimizu (Created by)
Publisher:Kodansha Comics
Size:8.2 x 5.8 x 0.5
ISBN:9781646510344
Release date:August 11, 2020