Cells NOT at Work!

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  Posted by Readers in Japan

  Jan 24, 2026 (PST) | Translate to English
  アニメ化してほしい漫画No.１
  No.1 manga I want you to animate
  This review contains spoilers. 個人的アニメ化してほしい漫画No.1です。『はたらく細胞』のスピンオフ作品ですが、主人公の赤芽球たちは働きません。あれこれ言い訳して脱核を逃れ続け、なんだかんだいって働きません。そんな個性豊かなニートたちの日常漫画です。本家、BLACK、細菌シリーズと実学的な知識は同じくらいあると感じます。一つ一つの解説は濃いので満足度は高いです。赤芽球やマクロファージ赤血球の血液循環については本家よりも詳しく、わかりやすい図解があります。そして不足分の知識を補うかのように、多様な豆知識を得ることができます。ドルオタのミツバ(328)ちゃんに合わせてドルオタ用語が解説されています。白血球たちと会合する回ではヨガのポーズと名前が覚えられます。おまけページにはチェスの駒の特徴講座が載っています。占い好きの白血球(４さん)が算命学の天中殺について説明するシーンもあります。もはやどのジャンルに属する漫画かひと言では言えません。しかしいうなれば、笑いもシリアスも恐怖も涙もありの最高に楽しい漫画です。一話一話がテンポ良くて面白く、どのキャラクターも好きになると思います。アニメになってキャラが動いたら一層魅力が増すと強く思います。ショートアニメ作ってほしい!ちなみに、巻末には『はたらかない細胞』の主人公らがアニメ『はたらく細胞』の制作現場に潜入したレポ漫画があります。企画が進んでいく様子がかなり詳細に描かれているので、アニメを観た人は是非読んでほしい。総作画監督や作曲担当の方のお話もあるので、観ていない人でも勉強になります。

  This review contains spoilers. This is the number one manga I want to personally animate. It's a spin-off of “Cells at Work,” but the main characters, erythroblasts, don't work. They continue to evade denuclearization by making excuses, and somehow they don't work at all. It's a comic about the everyday lives of NEET people with such rich personalities. I feel that there is about the same level of practical knowledge as the original, BLACK, and bacteria series. Each explanation is intense, so the level of satisfaction is high. The blood circulation of erythroblasts and macrophage red blood cells is more detailed than the original, and there are easy-to-understand illustrations. Then, you can get a variety of trivia, as if to make up for the missing knowledge. Dorota terms are explained according to Mitsuba (328) from Dorota. You can memorize yoga poses and names in sessions where you meet white blood cells. There is a course on the characteristics of chess pieces on the bonus page. There is also a scene where white blood cells (4), who love fortune telling, explains Tenchukuri in fortune-telling. I can't say in a nutshell what genre the comic belongs to anymore. But in other words, it's a super fun comic with laughter, seriousness, fear, and tears. Each episode has a good tempo and is interesting, and I think you'll love every character. I strongly think that if it becomes an anime and the characters move, the appeal will increase even more. I want them to make a short anime! Incidentally, at the end of the book, there is a repo comic where the main characters of “Cells That Don't Work” sneak into the production site of the anime “Cells at Work.” It depicts how the project is progressing in quite a bit of detail, so if you've watched the anime, be sure to read it. There are also stories from the chief animation director and the person in charge of composing music, so even those who haven't watched it can learn.

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  Posted by Readers in Japan

  Jan 16, 2021 (PST) | Translate to English
  よいです
  That's good
  This review contains spoilers. このシリーズとてもおもしろくて絵も好きで内容もすごーく面白いです！

  This review contains spoilers. This series is so interesting, I love the pictures, and the content is so interesting!

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  Posted by Readers in Japan

  Nov 28, 2018 (PST) | Translate to English
  細胞シリーズ、好き。
  I like the Cell series.
  働かない細胞。また違った角度から人体を見ることができるので、細胞シリーズが好きならおすすめ。

  cells that don't work. Also, you can see the human body from a different angle, so I recommend it if you like the Cell Series.

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