Hataraku Saibou

Inferring scientific details in an entertainment media is a tough job, more or less. You could get your stuff soggy very easily, overwhelmed with false parallels and unnecessary windups. But what makes this one worth it is that it neatly skimmed itself from going that way; it adopted the most richest of countenance, by obeying the Hippocratic oath, which is my central theme I elaborate here.

There is one running theme in this anime, that is, relentless repetition of certain behaviors; red blood cells getting confused with the circulations and white blood cells neutralizing yet another antigen, all while platelets are busy patching the pavements. This ... may seem senseless and rather boring for few; but it is the best part for this anime. "First do no harm" is a very important countenance; there is no need of perfection in terms of body health, rather durability is in not breaking working workflows. Oxygen gets distributed, platelets patch up stuff, white blood cells castrating antigens, that is how stability works. Even on a blood loss, the human body sends additional pressure to patch up, eventhough it backfires one a many times. That is how humans work, we do our best to not break our 9-5 cycles. I don't want to be some ubermensch, I just want to have a pint with the lads tonight after my honest trade, up-the-rah!

I am happy with this anime, genuinely well written stuff with well timed comedies and adorable platelets, I respect it for not breaking stuff but patching it, up-the-rah :D

I'll admit it. I thought it was cute. I even thought it was really cool, seeing the human body functions as little characters. It would have definitely made Human Anatomy class much easier.

But that's all it is. It's cute. If you're looking for a quick watch, with a few thrilling episodes and cute friendships, this is good for you. It's fun to watch the Red Blood Cell slowly grow up and navigate her way around, and you'll learn a lot. Even the White Blood Cell has his adventures. But it isn't exactly some thrilling show.

But the platlets were so cute! I love them sm!

This show first attracted me because I thought it looked novel, and it was. For the first four episodes. After that I was really bored with this show. I couldn't sit through the show as the story repeated over and over with no effective change. The stories follow a certain format. Red Blood Cell finds either a germ, white blood cell, or a friend red blood cell and then they act afraid as the immune system fight the germs or that episode. The show failed to make me care about any of the characters. The art doesn't look back but it can be really ... lazy at times such as in the ED and is some walking animations.