Where was <i>Cells at Work</i> when I was agonising over tedious paragraphs before a biology exam- this manga would've made the ideal school textbook!

I was grinning at how clever it all is - the sci-fi spacecraft setting, the roles each cell type plays (delivery, patrol, command!), even down to the cool mechanics (of a sneeze, a clot healing, steroid combatting infection). I was so tickled at the doomsday poet personality of the Memory T cell. The rather trope-y romance (mysterious strong MMC x naive spazzy FMC) and action sequences raise, rather than detract from the memorability

Note : Only Volume 1 was included as a part of the eARC.

My thanks to Kodansha and NetGalley for the eARC, all opinions my own!

Really enjoyed this one! I should have read it so much sooner! But I don’t regret it. This maybe a new obsession! I love the characters, plot, etc.

just a collection of cells at work but i love it all the same. everything is the same except for the fact thats its 3 volumes long instead of the standard 1

I've noticed a pattern with manga like this, or Dr. Stone, or anything where it throws a lot of learning lessons into their manga that they need to have good characters to get me attached. Red Blood Cell and White Blood Cell (Two main characters) are interesting enough leads. The main issue though is when they keep talking about a disease and they have to handle it, them talking isn't as exciting as me seeing them do it. They can do less with the overexplaining. But as someone who loves the idea of knowing more about the medical field, this was a solid read.

Very impressive how actually decently complex biology knowledge is added to spectacular fight sequences to make a both interesting and entertaining lesson about cells.

Cells at Work! Is pretty gruesome and over the top but also still lots of fun. We follow 1 very spastic Red Blood Cell on her adventures through the body to do her job, making deliveries. She consta the gets lost and finds herself in the way of dangerous bacteria and viruses as they assault the body she lives in. She meets all konda of different cells in the body and we learn along with her their functions in the body. It's all pretty hilarious with a hint of education. I love the platelets!!

I loved the TV series, so I decided to read this. !! I love it. I'm excited about reading additional volumes and also plan to buy my own copies once I move across the country next year so I can enjoy it all over again whenever I want.

It does suck that we won't get a romance from the Red and White Blood Cells, since this is a biology/science/body comic/story.

And it's also helped me understand the way my body functions better than I ever learned in school or from watching that Osmosis movie.

Cells at Work is fun and interesting, especially for those who grew up with the likes of Osmosis Jones.

It is full of laughable moments that grab you out of nowhere, while also educating you on things you may not have known before.

The downside is that if your initiation to the series is the anime, the manga just feels lack luster in comparison. Which feels really sad because there is more content to the manga.

Really enjoyed this one.

Loved the art work.

I also love the front cover to this.

I adored to concept to this story.

Hope to get a physical copy one day.

Cells at Work vol.1 é o primeiro volume da série de mangás de mesmo nome que contém células antropormizadas lutando em prol do corpo humano, a cada capítulo elas entram em combate para eliminar um problema diferente.

Essa leitura foi uma que eu adoraria ter lido quando estava começando a lidar com interpretação de texto na escola, para poder responder um quiz sobre o que aprendeu nas páginas, já que tem um tom super educativo, explicando o que cada personificação de célula serve para o corpo humano.

Com a minha volta a ler mangás (voltei com Spy x Family), o tom das minhas leituras puxam mais para o slice-of-life, e fiquei um pouco surpresa com o clima geral de Cells at Work, pois ele puxa bem para a ação com pancadaria e sinais de ação nas páginas, ponto que deixa as páginas com um jeito mais poluído de informações, porém não de forma ruim.

Ouvi falar dessa série de mangás no blog Duqueza Azarada e ao ver a e-ARC dele no Netgalley em inglês me fez pensar que o hype dessa série vem em crescimento e o que eu acreditava que o motivo era porque tinha animação para sair, caí do cavalo ao descobrir que já tem e está no Crunchyroll.

This series deftly combines facts about the functions of different cells with an action oriented plot. By giving the cells personality and making germs into villains we are compelled forward, anxious to see what happens next, hardly noticing that we are learning.

Thanks NetGalley and Kodansha Comics for this arc!

5/5 silly stars

This was a very educational, funny, violent lol, and cute all rolled up into one! Honestly this is a really fantastic way to learn about how parts of the human body work in a way that doesn't necessarily feel like you're learning much. Fun!

I love cells at work. The anime and the manga. It was so fun to read vol 1-3 all at once in one omnibus. Cells at work is such a clever idea for a manga and each character is fabulously written.

Educational and action packed manga with awesome illustrations! I'd recommend this book to anyone who's interested in learning how human body functions, presented in the most fun way possible. Basically different cells and functions are personified and presented in an easy to grasp way. All of the main characters are also really wolesome. I also watched the anime that this series has and liked that too. Let me just say that it's popular with a reason!

This is probably the classic of the educational manga genre and it does a great job of showing how the many different cells of the body work together in their different jobs to power, protect, maintain, and grow. Educational and entertaining.

Around 3/4 stars
Thank you NetGalley and Kodansha for the chance to read (PDF was up to Volume 1).

You follow along with the main character the red blood cells and basically learn about how the body works and fights of viruses. If looking for an educational manga about the human body, it would be a fun one.

It is a series though I have to be in the mood to read though. I also did watch the anime before reading the manga .

I decided to check this out after watching a few episodes of the anime. It's fun, but not my thing when reading.

I am a HUGE fan of the Cells at Work anime. It provides comfort to me when I see the human body working together to stay healthy and transport nutrients. During the pandemic, such a show reassured nervous people like me while we were in lockdown and not knowing who would or wouldn't get sick. It would remind a person to hydrate, not smoke if you dared watch Code Black, and avoid heatstroke.

Reading the manga that inspired the anime is fascinating. It feels like the episodes took inspiration from the panels and knew what exactly to expand. You can tell that the creator Akane Shimizu knew how to show their work in cell functions during the human body. White Blood Cell and Red Blood Cell have amazing chemistry as they fulfill their jobs, and Red Blood Cell becomes braver.

One nitpick: if this is a review copy of the Omnibus, it should have all of the volumes mentioned within the Omnibus. Or it should list upfront that only one volume is available. I find that misleading, considering the term "Omnibus" and that the promotional title lists the volumes in question.

This manga series follows the cells of the human body as they do their work to keep up alive and fight the terrible infections and diseases that want to threaten us.

I loved the way they represented the science in the manga, with beautiful illustrations for the different cell types (I particularly loved how adorable the platelets were). And the science itself is quite accurate, which I always approve of!!

This Omnibus covers half of the series (stories 1-14), the rest should be shown in Omnibus#2. The stories shown in this one include fighting allergies, food poisoning, and cancer. It's quite educational.

Thank you for letting me read the Arc of this manga.

I had seen the anime and was very impressed by it, it makes me laugh a lot and the manga gave me the same vibes. fantastic and informative too.