Audience reviews
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Silent_Seinen_
Hataraku Saibou!! is the second season of Cells at Work, and it continues the same idea of turning the human body into a busy world full of characters representing cells. If you liked the first season, this one will feel very familiar.
The season sticks to short, self-contained episodes, each focusing on a specific problem inside the body. The pacing is faster than season one, mostly because this season is much shorter, with only 8 episodes.
Personally, even though it was shorter, I somehow felt more bored compared to the first season. The first season was longer, but it felt more fun and engaging. Here, the formula is the same, but it doesn’t feel as fresh anymore.
Red Blood Cell is still cute and clumsy, but her role feels smaller this time.
White Blood Cell (Neutrophil) gets more a…
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This honestly had me thinking “like what the hell” in the best way possible. I’ve definitely seen better anime, but this one wasn’t bad at all :33 It’s fun, educational in the weirdest way, and surprisingly adorable. Sometimes it did feel a bit rushed, but even then, it still managed to keep its charm. And let’s be real… those two characters absolutely belong together. Don’t even try to deny it. If you’ve seen the show, you know exactly who I’m talking about XD The chemistry is there, the dynamic is there, the vibes are there, it’s basically canon in my heart. Also, the fact that another series was supposed to come out in 2021 had me so excited. I really, really hope it actually releases because I’m looking forward to it owo The world inside the human body has never been this entertaining,…
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[color=green][size=130]I nearly dropped this series within the first ten minutes of season one, episode one, but decided to power through it, and I'm glad I did. As the show progressed, it grew on me and I came to love it. It reminded me a lot of 90s-00s health and healthy food based commercials where companies tried to make something look good by having singing, dancing and/or crime fighting. Cells At Work! was goofy and completely over dramatic, and that was its charm.
From an educational standpoint, it was very informative. I certainly learned things, and I appreciate that the writers wanted to make an educational show that was fun. Further, I understand it's not easy, and here is a fine balance to be had.
Season 2 specific feedback: The first few episodes had two stories in one, bot…
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After how much I enjoyed the first season, diving into Hataraku Saibou!! felt like a no-brainer. And honestly, it delivers exactly what I was hoping for—more clever storytelling wrapped in real biological facts, all animated with that same playful energy that made Season 1 so fun to watch.
The educational angle remains as strong as ever. This season continues to take real human biology and turn it into something surprisingly compelling. You’re not just passively watching something entertaining—you’re learning, without even realizing it half the time. I love that I can casually mention something like how ulcers work now, and it's all thanks to an anime.
It still blows my mind how they manage to make even the smaller details of the body feel like full-blown action sequences. There's a lot…
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This is my favorite anime. First of all, I would like to say a special thanks to the author of the story and the studio of this anime who has presented a very interesting anime.
Just like the previous season, this anime tells of the cells in the human body that are described as humans (to make it interesting) who struggle to eradicate and fight bacteria and viruses in the body. some viruses and bacteria that were not previously featured in this season. the most interesting is where there is a scene where the vaccine enters the body, which is closely related to the current pandemic era, as knowledge to the audience.
In essence, this anime is full of science that is packaged in an interesting way with various character designs, characteristics, explanation processes, plots, and contains el…
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After reintroducing myself back to the Cells at Work series with Code Black, I thought I'd take a crack at watching the second season to the first one which I rather liked. And after watching, I can only think of one word to describe this season: Unnecessary.
Not BAD, but I feel like this season didn't need to be made. A lot of the same issues are being dealt with as in past episodes with little variation to be seen. "Bump" is very similar to "Scrape Wound" from the first season, and "Dengue Fever" and "Mumps" feel like derivatives of varying parts from "Cedar Pollen Allergy." There's just no exciting material that vastly differs it from the first season. The only ones that felt like new material to me were "Acne" and "Peyer's Patch." And technically, the use of cytokines and H. pylori we…
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Quick take: Cells at Work!! is clearly meant for a young crowd. It is an anime I look forward to sharing with my young child for it's educational aspect. If you liked CaW1, you'll enjoy CaW2.
Compared to the first part, I would say part two is nearly equivalent except that there seems to be more depth to each story and a a bit more over arching plot lines. Yet, when it comes to the storyline of this anime, it's all surface. In other words, what you see is what you get. There still isn't a ton of depth and very little to no subplot. Despite that, the anime storyline isn't bad. I enjoyed the way it handled each episode and how an educational aspect was tied in. Despite knowing most of the information, I didn't find it boring at all.
Comedy is present and isn't overbearing. I could stand t…
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Basically just more Cells at Work. The art isn't that notable aside from a few crappy scenes. The story kinda stinks especially when Normal Cell is the focus (The last 2 episodes are the highlights even though they padded that arc quite a bit). He is very bland (possibly with intention). What is also a shame is that Red Blood Cell is sidelined for most of the series. She just appears to exist in many episodes. The lactobacilli are not replacements of her even though they are really cute (potential merch?). If you don't like Season 1, I doubt this will change your mind on that.
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The anime does not get to innovate so much in comparison to the first season. It reinforces again the importance of being healthy with the constant difficulties faced by our body.
As I didn't write anything about the first season, I will describe more clearly my idea of both seasons. It injects the “animated japonizing ray” into our body to talk about this more biological and preventive topic. This is an obvious idea, but not a simple one. I see no problem with some of the more common choices that anime makes. For example, the character design of the characters, which is more generic, their personalities and even the narrative structure is entirely designed to bring the viewer closer to the theme through personalities we already know.
Anime even subverts some things that (theoretically…
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I'll be going over this series as a whole.
This is the type of show I usually stay away from. From what I gathered of the cringe fanservice of the platelets and the overall ridiculousness of the theme, it didn't seem very interesting.
Well, honestly, it's not that cringy. I only watched it off of recommendations, but overall, it's a pretty decent show. it showcases the human body in self sentient anthropomorphic cells, and it serves as a comedic but also sort of educational show. Yes, if you took college level courses, you're not going to learn anything. But, for an anime, this is quite a bit of information. As someone that hasn't done these courses, I have learned a bit from the show. Obviously, you're better off just reading a biology textbook if you really want to know about the huma…
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As someone who really enjoyed the first season of Cells At Work, I was looking forward to the second season. While on the short side, I enjoyed the second season just as much as the first.
Story: 7
The story is nothing special by itself. But what I like about the franchise in particular is the educational content it has to offer. I really enjoy biology and learning about the human body, and this cour of episodes gives us a whole new slew of medical scenarios to observe and learn from.
Art: 8
With David Production at the helm, the art looks just as crisp and great as ever. They did a great job in all the episodes with character drawings and animation. All the shows they produce are eye candy.
Sound: 6
The sound effects and voice acting are good. The soundtrack is pretty lacking in my op…
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So, aside for my love for anime, i watched it for the science. And honestly, this time i was kinda disappointed.
Don't get me wrong, if you enjoyed the first season, you'll still enjoy this one. The anime is great i guess I'm just nitpicking. The thing is, I loved the simple way the topics wee explained in the first season, but this season, it seemed like more drama, less science to me. I also felt like that the science was more difficult to understand than last time, although it could just be because the topics they handled this time were slightly more complicated.
All in all, its basically the same format as last season, with the focus moving from RBC to WBC. if you want to enjoy some anime and learn biology at the same time, this is your stop!
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I think we’re really stretching what constitutes as a ‘season’ now. Like…it’s usually supposed to be 12 or 13 episodes. We’ve established this. This has nothing to do with how it impacts the quality or anything else with the storytelling, but rather a PSA on the fact that it seems like the definition of ‘season’ now is ‘whatever the showrunners want it to be’. I guess.
Story:
While I’m tempted replicate Mamiko Noto’s narration spiel about how the body has 37 trillion cells that all work hard to keep a human body alive, I’m instead going to just let everyone know that this season is essentially the intestine and digestion system season since that, broadly speaking, eats up a greater majority of the show’s runtime. Compared to the first season’s multitude of episodic romps that end in one…
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Hataraku Saibou S2 is a mediocre followup to the surprise hit that was the first Hataraku Saibou. Even as a fan of the first season I didn't find myself liking much of S2's content as much as I did with the first season.
I chalk most of this due to a lack of focus with its topics and plot. While the first season followed an inexperienced worker around her first day at work, having the benefit of the audience resonating with her journey of discovery throughout the human body, the second season is a lot more unfocused and scatterbrained. For the most part, you follow along WBC on his patrols but there is no real cohesion between each episode beyond fighting the Villain of the Week.
The writing in terms of comedy and plot progression do feel weaker. I don't know if it's because BLACK is a…
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This was a pretty disappointing ride in my honest opinion.
It is still good but it's not on par with the first season.
The characters are just 'there', existing without any development at all. The new character, the cell boi. get a little development so I give it points. Though I did not like him at all.
The story is original, but it's average. The setting is unique, but the plot itself is something we've seen every time. There's nothing into it that I would remember in a long time.
The animation is not impressive, especially coming from David Production. They used CGI a lot and it's jarring af.
My enjoyment... I found a lot of comedy here unfunny. There are a few scenes that was funny so I gave it points too. But overall, the comedy is just weak here.
My overall review of this show is…
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Well if you enjoyed season 1 then I'm assuming this is the reason why you're around here watching season 2. It isn't any real difference from season 1 to 2 as they are just a bunch of different events happening as you know, it's the human body and who knows what we do on a regular bases to our body.
There isn't much difference beside mainly focusing more on White Blood Cell this season then it did in the first which focus more on our main girl. Yes she's still around, but I feel like the focus is less on her and her misadventure through the body as we focus on different characters. Now is that good or bad? Really depends on who you like or don't, personally I didn't care for the "ordinary cell" guy. But I'm a fan of the trio lol... the big THREE!
Watch it if you enjoyed season 1 and li…
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There are a few episodes that sync up with Code Black, which aired at the same time. For example, both shows may talk about hair or something. So that might be more fun for you to watch both simultaneously.
Too many corners are cut in the animation department. CGI red blood cells walking around.
Educational value is decent except for the last two episodes which is nothing but action scenes and a bacteria that wears a fox fursuit.
Two episodes with platelets and a few more with the lactic acid bacteria. So you won't completely waste your time watching this, but you can tell they're trying to make do with very little content. Even for eight episodes.
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TLDR: if you liked the first season - you will most likely like this one. If you did not - don't waste time.
Story: basically it is more of the same stuff, out cells doing their work and overcoming different situations. It is really nothing much to speak about, considering this season is only 2/3 of a normal season in length.
Art, sound: the same as S1, solid but nothing stellar.
Characters: once again, more of the same. Most of the characters were already established in the first season (or at least had episodical role), so you know what to expect. No real character progression if by chance you expected any.
Enjoyment: like I said, you will like it if you liked S1. I sure did and I kinda enjoyed S2, but without novelty of S1 it felt kinda stale and due to being only 8 episodes it also f…
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I feel like this show needs no introduction for the myriad of you who've watched Season 1 way back in 2018. The TL;DR is this: our favorite body cells are back at it again, resuscitating a healthy body from many of the immune diseases as inspired and suffering from real life, but giving it the anime flare and feel that's basically one and the same from Season 1.
The only reason why we have a Season 2 in times like now, is because the spin-off (which is Hataraku Saibou Black, or Cells at Work: Code Black) is chosen to air in Winter 2021, so both mangaka Akane Shimizu and David Production had the perfect idea to release them both at the very same time in Japan, leading to that 1-hour back-to-back TV broadcast, and that by itself is a great call to advertise more of the mangaka's works.
The…
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Season 2 is out and does it still hold up to season 1?
Short awnser:"Yes, yes it does". Its still kinda surprising how many people havent talked about this anime, like I know that Aot and JJK are airing but I did expect a bit more popularity but that doesnt really matter, because I like underated shows, so lets talk about the anime....
I am going to talk about season 1 and 2
"This review is spoiler-free"
Story-
The story is verry simple but verry compelling and fun to watch. It is a story about 2 bloodcells doing their work and talking to eachother and always have fun with eachother. They arent in love with eachother(I believe) so its rather a slice of life instead of a romance. So there isnt really a story because its a slice of life but if you just want to see something refreshing I t…
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