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JizzyHitler said: you must be very fun at parties. Like how much do you let politics consume your life that you watch a goofy series about cells and somehow take it as an opportunity to push some shit about immigration. It's other way around - this series tried to push something like that right in the face and this was the result. And come on, it's obvious it was meant that way. There are times when humanizing the antagonist is a good thing in anime but this wasn't the case. Or would you go open arms to someone who just tried to kill you and your friends? In fact it would be a lot better resolution of the situation if he straight away killed him without mercy and let viewers think about it - it would be harsh but it would at least send some message - this was a cringe instead. |
| Damn, that was a pretty intense battle. NK did struggle more than I thought she wouold, along with Killer T and our familiar White Blood Cell, but when everyone rallied together, it made the final moments of the fight really epic, with NK getting a power buff by trolling Killer T once again! XD Another plus side was that the Platelets made a proper appearance again and our Red Blood Cell couldn't help but poke her finger into one of the Platelets cheeks, who also high-fived her in return. It almost gave me a cuteness overload again. X3 Lelouch0202 said: Cancer cell, a flawed existence. Who's to blame ? :( I can understand that mindset. It sucks for those cells in the first place, but they're still cancer cells after all. Sooner or later, they still need to be eliminated. It's sad, but that's the way it has to be. =( |
| This anime never fails to amaze me so far. Loved how tense this episode was. Cancer cell is a serious threat (as one would expect). But seems it's not the last we've seen of him. Can't get enough of Red Blood Cell and the platelets, poking the platelets cheek was just too adorable! |
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| They gave cancer a sad past for us to have empathy towards them, but in the end they are still cancer cells. Wish real life cells would be able to kill cancer cells on the stage that was pointed to be here (on metastasis) because when cancer is before metastasis it means it has already progress beyond immunity. Also, cool that in the anime all cells can do something against cancer cells, and it was just hinted but the main eritrocyte did a non-profecional antigen presentation, wish they would have note that and talked about it, maybe in the future. |
| "It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious." FAL SPRING 2019 Rank 650 FAL FALL 2019 Rank 136    |
| Very intense and interesting episode, it explains so well how cancer works and a lot of details that i never heard of. I laughed at the moment where they said that laughing revitalizes your NK cells, it's funny knowing that your laughter actually helps your cells to fight cancer while watching an episode where it's explained how NK cells revitalize xD Glad that they managed to destroy him, and again...all thanks to the red blood cell xD |
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| What a nice emotional episode, stil awesome to watch even read manga before. And I just realize 2nd verse of ED at the end of this eps. |
Glasses girls is the best girls. |
| I think the prostration of Cancer Cell is kinda questionable... The show made it as if the Cancer Cell's destructive action is some kind of act of revenge towards unfair oppression, when in fact that's what cancer cells do. If you want a tragic story for cancer cells, the better way of doing it would have been making them monsters that have no control over their actions. |
| Cancer's backstory and character was really nice, but it went way too easy. When I saw it coming I expected literal armageddon (medication) and story that will take all 2nd half of anime. |
Terkhev said: Cancer's backstory and character was really nice, but it went way too easy. When I saw it coming I expected literal armageddon (medication) and story that will take all 2nd half of anime. Went way too easy? Not really, humans often have cancer cells in our bodies, it's just production error that happens. But in a healthy body: i.e. one where the immune system are working properly. They will get killed off way before they got the chance to become a problem. |
garyborken said: Terkhev said: Cancer's backstory and character was really nice, but it went way too easy. When I saw it coming I expected literal armageddon (medication) and story that will take all 2nd half of anime. Went way too easy? Not really, humans often have cancer cells in our bodies, it's just production error that happens. But in a healthy body: i.e. one where the immune system are working properly. They will get killed off way before they got the chance to become a problem. Yeah, I know. But when we got cancer cliffhanger in previous episode, I expected a big development, not another monster of the week. |
| I drink less alcohol now, because I don't want to harm those cute platelets inside me. |
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| Really a great episode. From the beginning to the end. Loved the fight, the full ending ... And in in same time the last words of Cancer Cell. |
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| So the main issue some people have with this episode is that they made cancer cute /badass/have a sad backstory and I don't know about you but I personally didn't sympathize with him at all and the reason for that is simple they showed me what he can and want to do to this body so I can't say "poor cancer chan he just wanted to live" after seeing him almost kill white blood cell, he is like every other villain who almost kill everyone in the show but have a sad backstory, The point is even if they give cancer a sad backstory that will not make it any less of a villain HECK giving any villain a sad backstory does not and should not make their actions acceptable |
| It's hard to sympathies with the cancer cell when irl no one wants to have cancer. Gong to the doctor and hearing those words "you have cancer..." is just heart breaking. And here they want us to feel sorry for the cancer cell? The first half was good imo. Aww a little bit of platelet scenes. I'll call her Hana Platelet because that one platelet looks like Hanamaru from Aquors. Found it so cute when she was poking her friend's cheeks. That Macrophage is savage, wanting to aim for the head but instead her blade lands on the shoulder. Overall, it was a pretty fun episode.~ |
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garyborken said: I think the prostration of Cancer Cell is kinda questionable... The show made it as if the Cancer Cell's destructive action is some kind of act of revenge towards unfair oppression, when in fact that's what cancer cells do. If you want a tragic story for cancer cells, the better way of doing it would have been making them monsters that have no control over their actions. This. Cancer cells are not some kind of outcasts that just wanted to live a normal life like everybody else but ended in a "purge or be purged" struggle for revenge. Imagine a film that introduces a young Hitler as a loner who just wanted to be accepted and loved, but only got humiliation, pain and suffering, making you sympathize because "oh how poor soul he was early on". It would feel awkward to me. The villain also died too quickly and easily after the laughter ex machina boosted NK's power alone up to eleven, compared to the intended dramatic tension of the first half of the episode. From a narrative viewpoint, it just killed the drama for me. Too rushed IMHO. The final dialogue also gave me the impression of mimicking the social condemnation in Japan against individual "weirdos" that don't follow their preconceived role in the society (i.e. otakus, shinguru, etc.), and thus are perceived as being a dead weight for the rigid collective. But maybe I'm just loading that with meanings that weren't intended to be. |
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| I don't really think the point for giving a "sad" backstory to the cancer was to make us feel pity for it. It was more just to give an understanding of what the cancer is and why is it formed, at the end of it, is just a cell that mutates without it's consent. And considering that the anime make cells have personalities and emotions is just natural. Although I do agree that was overly dramatic at the end. Too much time wasted on that monologue while reminding the cancer cell "your existence is a threat so you must be eliminated" more than once made it worst. Regardless, it was a very good episode. I give it a 8/10 because this episode animation was freaking ugly, and even non motion frames were poorly made. |
| Japan, making us sympathize with cancer since 2018. Pretty great episode but I feel it suits a finale more than an episode that's just there in the middle. Also, the cure for cancer is laughter? What? |
| Wow the person whose body this takes place in is living a pretty shitty life, like damn, they can't catch a break lol |
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OriharaShinra said: I think you missed part of the narration/text - the immune system kills cancer cells all the time, well before they even become tumors. Those that register are an already especially hardy bunch.Wish real life cells would be able to kill cancer cells on the stage that was pointed to be here (on metastasis) because when cancer is before metastasis it means it has already progress beyond immunity. Bibimbapski said: Which is what makes it a tragic backstory: in the end, all he wanted to do was live, but his existence was incompatible with the continued existence of the world. He had to be destroyed not for what he did, but for what he was.Who cares about your tragic backstory when your proliferation means tragedy for the host and their friends and family. |
Polycell said: OriharaShinra said: I think you missed part of the narration/text - the immune system kills cancer cells all the time, well before they even become tumors. Those that register are an already especially hardy bunch.Wish real life cells would be able to kill cancer cells on the stage that was pointed to be here (on metastasis) because when cancer is before metastasis it means it has already progress beyond immunity. No, I do know that immune cells kill cancer cells all the time, the cell division process has lots of steps that can fail and the regulators of the celular cycle also fail a lot. But what I meant was that a cancerous cell that is on metastasis is already on a state in which the immune system has been surpassed and in that case human intervention is needed. |
| "It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious." FAL SPRING 2019 Rank 650 FAL FALL 2019 Rank 136 |
You would be surprised how much benefits laugh gives to our bodies. Not the cure but it's more like a "boost" for some cells. |
| https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2018-08-21/cancer-researcher-praises-explains-cells-at-work-anime-episode-7/.135692 "Cancer Researcher Praises, Explains Cells at Work! Anime's Episode 7" |
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TheFreycook said: Wow the person whose body this takes place in is living a pretty shitty life, like damn, they can't catch a break lol Pretty sure the person is pretty healthy. Bacteria, virus, etc attacks our body everytime and his immune system works well to handle everything, including cancer cells. (too well in case of pollen allergy). |
garyborken said: I think the prostration of Cancer Cell is kinda questionable... The show made it as if the Cancer Cell's destructive action is some kind of act of revenge towards unfair oppression, when in fact that's what cancer cells do. If you want a tragic story for cancer cells, the better way of doing it would have been making them monsters that have no control over their actions. I kind of got a different impression than you did. The way I saw it, was that cancer turned out like he did through no fault of his own, but his existence alone was a threat to the body. As such, white blood cell felt bad for him, but still recognized that he needed to be eliminated. Basically, even though the series gave him a sympathetic backstory, I don't think it was trying to excuse his actions or anything or say that the immune system was unjustified in destroying him and his friends. |
| It was amazing. best episode so far. |
| I like anime. |
| Anime almost made me cry for cancer, fucking cancer..... another great episode of the best show this season. |
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| of course this psychoneuroimmunology fringe science bs was gonna show up at some point, well I know people who have died from a heart attack while laughing so how's that? Sensational nonsense. |
| Please just freakin stop, why you do this to me? Why you making me sad and emphatic for cancer cell? It's literally cancer. Why you do this? |
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| did I just felt bad for a fucking cancer cell |
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| The cancer cells are deadly if not detected at the right time :( I didn't feel sorry for them one bit! They are a big threat to our immune system. Loving this anime so far :) I like how educational it has been since the beginning ^^ |
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| Laughter is really the best medicine lol |
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| That backstory reminded me of Sasuke's backstory in naruto for some reason. |
| Cancel cell is really stronk! 3 vs 1 is nothing and not a challenge for him! But good thing Commander Helper T cell already made a major move and defeated the multiplying cancer cells! 5/5. |
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| well mixed feelings for the cancer cell… I hate when we feel bad for the bad guys…. |
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| Interesting how cancer is the one enemy we've seen that arises entirely within the body's usual mechanisms. Heroic line from white blood cell when he says metastasis is the one thing he can't allow the cancer cell to do. |
| Oof. This show made me feel bad for cancer. It didn't ask to be born a problem. :( |
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| The narration puts the concept that one normally has of the tumors under a different light, humanizing it to the extreme, with obvious repercussions on the psychological level. Sad and nice episode, excellent choice. |
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