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  • Published: 19 May 2020
  • ISBN: 9781646510344
  • Imprint: Kodansha
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 160
  • RRP: $34.00

Cells at Work! CODE BLACK 5



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!

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 SWEETNESS

After 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?!

  • Published: 19 May 2020
  • ISBN: 9781646510344
  • Imprint: Kodansha
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 160
  • RRP: $34.00

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Praise for Cells at Work! CODE BLACK 5

"I found myself wanting to be healthier after reading it... a better PSA than anything I was forced to watch back in middle school. I really don't want my body turning into a really janked up version of 1984." -reader review