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Anime_Otaku
Dec 6, 2009

Amuys posted:

Didn't expect that to be a two parter episode so soon.

Yeah, it was kind of weird since it was basically two separate stories too, could they not have either put some extra stuff in the first half or adapted another chapter that was shorter as I’m assuming the flashback one was.

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El Burbo
Oct 10, 2012

Finally, my first post itt can be confirmed

Boksi
Jan 11, 2016
Looks like I picked a great time to start watching this series, now I gotta wait a whole week for a resolution to this cliffhanger :v:

I imagine this was a two-parter partly to catch the viewer off-guard(last ep's preview had nothing but the erythroblast school) and partly so they can dedicate the entirety of the next episode to the fight with the cancer.

Ammat The Ankh
Sep 7, 2010

Now, attempt to defeat me!
And I shall become a living legend!

El Burbo posted:

Finally, my first post itt can be confirmed

The microscopic women inside my body are way swoler than me, wtf?

where the red fern gropes
Aug 24, 2011


has rbc done anything right ever

also is she the only one with red hair cos i feel like she's not actually a red cell, but this isnt really that sort of series

Ammat The Ankh
Sep 7, 2010

Now, attempt to defeat me!
And I shall become a living legend!

where the red fern gropes posted:

has rbc done anything right ever

also is she the only one with red hair cos i feel like she's not actually a red cell, but this isnt really that sort of series

The entire reason she's a red blood cell is because she has red hair though.

Also be nice to her.

Amuys
Jan 2, 2017

Muuch Muuch

where the red fern gropes posted:

has rbc done anything right ever

also is she the only one with red hair cos i feel like she's not actually a red cell, but this isnt really that sort of series

She has a focus chapter on her and a her very own two parter in the manga.

Fangz
Jul 5, 2007

Oh I see! This must be the Bad Opinion Zone!

where the red fern gropes posted:

has rbc done anything right ever

also is she the only one with red hair cos i feel like she's not actually a red cell, but this isnt really that sort of series

She brought the steroid to the right spot last episode.

Tenebrais
Sep 2, 2011

Looks like she gets her deliveries out eventually. The life of a red blood cell just isn't all that exciting if something isn't going wrong.

demota
Aug 12, 2003

I could read between the lines. They wanted to see the alien.
I watched the new episode with a biologist friend and have a dumb idea that I hope is an actual thing.


He said that the immune system normally kills cancer cells because they recognize them as foreign because they're all mutated, but sometimes, a cancer cell appears that looks normal enough that the immune system ignores it. Except for NK Cells. So this whole thing with U-1146 and Killer-T not recognizing the cancer cell, but NK recognizing it, is actual biology.

I was curious about how she knew that the cancer cell was cancerous. This show normally has some kind of metaphor for processes like this, but NK didn't seem to have any kind of visible detector, and then I got an idea. Possibly a dumb one.

NK can tell that Cancer Cell doesn't have a background character design. U-1145 and Killer-T just see him as another cell, but NK is discerning enough to notice this mutation.

Xelkelvos
Dec 19, 2012

Boksi posted:

Looks like I picked a great time to start watching this series, now I gotta wait a whole week for a resolution to this cliffhanger :v:

I imagine this was a two-parter partly to catch the viewer off-guard(last ep's preview had nothing but the erythroblast school) and partly so they can dedicate the entirety of the next episode to the fight with the cancer.

The Cancer portion also probably seems a little too long for a single episode, especially with all of the action sequences, but probably not long enough to fill two episodes without stretching a few things. The ideal compromise is to have a half episode of something lighter and then the first third of the Cancer cell portion.

Spiritus Nox
Sep 2, 2011

Adorable blood cell babies....

Dark_Tzitzimine
Oct 9, 2012

by R. Guyovich
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzCuSNTTlC0

Dark_Tzitzimine
Oct 9, 2012

by R. Guyovich
https://twitter.com/GEAROUS/status/1029924155708256258

Wark Say
Feb 22, 2013

by Fluffdaddy
A powerful cell. :kimchi:

Amuys
Jan 2, 2017

Muuch Muuch
Macrophage stole the show!

Fire Barrel
Mar 28, 2010
Not tons to add to what's been said, but I'm surprised at how fun this show has been. Very easy to watch and not quite what I was expecting. Tried it on a whim, since now I finally have some proper down time, and I'm glad I did.

Amuys
Jan 2, 2017

Muuch Muuch
Shame about the quality drop for this episode, but I'm wondering what the finale will be.

El Burbo
Oct 10, 2012

Yeah some of those fight scenes and group shots were a bit bad looking. I was hoping this would be the episode they would go all out but it looks like it needs a touch up.

Also I can't feel pity for the cancer cell no matter how much they try!

Amuys
Jan 2, 2017

Muuch Muuch

El Burbo posted:

Also I can't feel pity for the cancer cell no matter how much they try!
I feel it's less 'pity the cancer cells' and more 'please don't do anything carciogenic to mess up what should be normal cells'

Cao Ni Ma
May 25, 2010



Cancer being X_X after such an emotional scene was amusing

Sindai
Jan 24, 2007
i want to achieve immortality through not dying

Amuys posted:

Macrophage stole the show!
That refined laughter while they slaughter.

Caphi
Jan 6, 2012

INCREDIBLE
Should have seen the twist coming the moment I heard Akira Ishida's voice.

Ammat The Ankh
Sep 7, 2010

Now, attempt to defeat me!
And I shall become a living legend!
They really should make Macrophage 50 feet tall.

chumbler
Mar 28, 2010

What's the bottom left one supposed to be?

Dickensian Aspect
Mar 18, 2009

chumbler posted:

What's the bottom left one supposed to be?

Pneumococcus

El Burbo
Oct 10, 2012

Ammat The Ankh posted:

They really should make Macrophage 50 feet tall.



and then have an episode where they gattai into an even bigger maid

Dark_Tzitzimine
Oct 9, 2012

by R. Guyovich

Ammat The Ankh posted:

They really should make Macrophage 50 feet tall.



Where does NK Cell lands on this chart?

Wark Say
Feb 22, 2013

by Fluffdaddy

Caphi posted:

Should have seen the twist coming the moment I heard Akira Ishida's voice.
At this point of the game, I'm just surprised he can still pull it off despite his age.

Plutonis
Mar 25, 2011

Cancer Cell is K9999

Plutonis
Mar 25, 2011

Captain Cappy
Aug 7, 2008


Is this a composite picture? The very scientific chart says Neutrophil should be twice as big as RBC. I don't know what to believe anymore.

Also it's really ridiculous how complicated our immune system is.

Captain Cappy fucked around with this message at 04:43 on Aug 19, 2018

Ammat The Ankh
Sep 7, 2010

Now, attempt to defeat me!
And I shall become a living legend!

Captain Cappy posted:

Also it's really ridiculous how complicated our immune system is.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQGOcOUBi6s


Cells at work skips over the fact that most cells die off once an infection is fought off, though.

Nine of Eight
Apr 28, 2011


LICK IT OFF, AND PUT IT BACK IN
Dinosaur Gum

Dark_Tzitzimine posted:

Where does NK Cell lands on this chart?

NK, T and B cells are the same basic type with different spécialisations so they're the same size.

Can Of Worms
Sep 4, 2011

That's not how the Triangle Attack works...
Lots of good faces this ep.




Amuys
Jan 2, 2017

Muuch Muuch

Can Of Worms posted:

Lots of good faces this ep.






Cells at Derp

tsob
Sep 26, 2006

Chalalala~
Please tell me Macrophage is holding a frying pan covered in blood and it's not just a badly drawn machete. I don't remember that particular moment from the episode, but I so want it to be a frying pan and it fits Macrophage's irreverence.

junopsis
Dec 28, 2008
That white blood cell with the googly eyes though
he so happy

Ammat The Ankh
Sep 7, 2010

Now, attempt to defeat me!
And I shall become a living legend!

junopsis posted:

That white blood cell with the googly eyes though
he so happy

In fairness, I'm pretty sure that one White Blood Cell always looks like that.

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Zomborgon
Feb 19, 2014

I don't even want to see what happens if you gain CHIM outside of a pre-coded system.

Being sabyo is a lot of work

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