It could be possible that the first two letters of the Red Blood Cells' ID Codes correspond to "A-type, Exists", with the first part referencing Type A antibodies and the second part referencing the presence of RH factors.
- An intriguing theory (Senpai RBC is AA), but the leader of the transfused blood cells are labeled as DB5963, which wouldn't make sense as there isn't a "D" blood type. Additionally, Kouhai RBC is labeled as NT4201. If I had to hazard a counter theory, it would be that the prefix designation refers to an occupational duty, or simply as an identifier.
- Actually, AE3803
is the hex code for her hair color. This also applies to AA5100 and her brown hair. DB5963 is still in the colour range (but is kind of pink). Cells at Work! CODE BLACK's AA2153 is purpleish, but NT4201 is not a legitimate hex code.- That is... astounding plausible and I think the best explanation we have here, at least for AE3803 and AA5100 I think we've cracked this one lads.
- Since NT4201 isn't a valid hex code, inputting it into a hex code colour finder gives you 000000, the hex code for black. Stealth Pun, anyone?
When the appearance of the body all the cells live in is revealed, he’ll...
- ...look exactly like Ordinary Cell and muse about how bad his luck is. Because he gets sick all the time
Cells take the form of their current host
So if their host is a cat, the cells would be represented as different breed of cats (Siamese, Persian, Maine-Coon) and if their host is a bird, they are different types of birds (Hawk, orpesy, eagle). If their host is an alien, however...- Alternatively, Cells usually have the form of whatever body they've come from, right down to species, subspecies and even what breed the host life-form is.
The way in which the B Cell from Episode 3 of the Anime claims to need to run back to swap out antibodies when the Influenza A virus hit after the Influenza B virus had been eradicated, as well as how the Effector T Cell from the same episode reverted to a naïve T-cell at the same point, could lead one to think that the characters aren't the actual cells themselves, but merely the designations given to the cells, with each death of a cell and redesignation of their ID code to a new cell being why those things happened.
The narration is done by either the Brain, or just one of its cells.
- How else would the narrator know so much about what goes on inside, and even outside, the body/world? The brain knows!
The body that we are seeing go through all these problems, belongs to a version of Touma Kamijou.
- Only somebody with his type of "rotten luck" would wind up experiencing all this crap weekly, if not daily, while still being able to get over it all in the end.
Alternately, it's Mako Mankanshoku.
- In episode 4 of Kill la Kill, Mako screams with a very similar visual effect to Red Blood Cell's "screaming mouth inside the screaming mouth" thing. Also, between Mako's ditziness, her father being a Back-Alley Doctor, and her usual proximity to Ryuko and all the fights she gets in, her suffering so many injuries and illnesses isn't at all unbelievable.
I know these cells can't reproduce with each other, and this is more of a pun than anything, but if NK and Killer T Cell had a child, would they make a Natural Killer T Cell? On a more serious note, how would NK-T Cells dress like? Black tank top on black pants?
Considering that NK-T cells are very few in number with an important and specialized role, they'd probably be an elite military unit the way Killer T cells are akin to S.W.A.T., with black military uniforms and a stronger Mildly Military flavor. Since NK-T cells perform functions that mirror those of other cells, they could show up as a Five-Man Band where each has a specialty that echoes one of the other cell types: The Big Guy is the Killer T-like brawler, The Lancer is the NK-like swordsman, there's a Dendritic cell-like motivator/troll, etc. Lack of NK-T cells can lead to increased risk of cancer, so we might see these guys if there's ever a Cancer Cell the Third.? On a more serious note, how would NK-T Cells dress like? Black tank top on black pants?- Agreeing with the above; NK-T cells are among the rarest - if not the rarest - white blood cells, comprising only 0.1% of Lymphocytes, making the rare Basophil at least ten times more common. They would be the white blood cell equivalent of the US Navy Seals or various Green Beret/Commando divisions of other militaries, it might be even better to compare them to elite units of those already elite divisions such as the US Seal Team 6, the British Black Fox units during the during the Cold War and the similar безымянный/"Nameless" KGB special ops units of the Soviet Union. These cells would be the absolute elite of the immune system - in universe anyway; in truth they're much like the basophils in that we have a general idea of some of their capabilities but the full picture is still quite murky, which sort of fits with a top secret black ops unit of elite soldiers.
AE3803 is a sickle cell.
It would explain the shape of her Idiot Hair, as well as her ineptitude but determination in spite of it; she can’t do her job as efficiently as her normal red blood cell peers, but she does it all the same.- Sickle trait would fit even better: 1. She gets stuck, but only a little, in capillaries. A true sickle cell would have serious problems getting out of the capillary and post-capillary venules every time. 2. She is good in tough situations (i.e. hypovolemic shock) and the sickle gene persists because it protects the body against malaria, an anemic stress. 3. There are no other similar cells, so she's likely a mutation late in the differentiation process. One mutation in the beta-globin gene is easier to believe than two, so sickle trait is more likely that sickle cell. 4. Her hair is sickled, but her hat is normal shape, which suggests not a full sickle cell.
The age of the cells reflect the age of the body.
With the obvious exception of the platelets, all of the cells we see are within a non-specific young adult range. This is the same age that the body they are inside currently is. As the body gets older, this same generalized age increases, until it reaches the point where stem cells rapidly mature into old age before being differentiated. This could serve as a metaphor for how the body becomes less and less efficient as it ages, ultimately leading to its death.- Langerhan cells are depicted as old gentlemen, though.
- True, but the platelets are still children. If there's exceptions one way, presumably there can be exceptions the other way. This is just following the general majority.
If we ever figure out cellular immortality, Cancer Cell will come back...
...as the one who provides said immortality to the rest of the body, fixing imperfections instead of causing them. Because that would be heartwarming to the extreme and a perfectly anime ending for such a tragic character. More dangerous/deadly or historic pathogens - if they appear - such as TB, Ebola, The Plague, Smallpox etc. will approach the Bishōnen Line, appearing as handsome/pretty human-like beings rather than twisted monstrosities.
That poor body... A nerve cell
... probably looks like Dendritic Cell's post, but with a telephone relay operator inhabiting it instead of a commissar. Illnesses that attack the nerves (such as Rabies) would turn it into a Living Structure Monster.- Jossed, BLACK shows us that the nerves are more like radio stations and music production studios.
Cells that don't work
Is about erythroblastic leukemia. Bacteria at Work's host is actually Chie from Persona 4
The host is stated to eat a lot of meat, Chie is shown to eat a lot of meat. The host is a doctor or a nurse.
Doctors and nurses are exposed to all sorts of diseases as they treat patients. That might explain why the host comes into contact with so many different viruses and bacteria.- They may in fact be a member of Doctors Without Borders or some other kind of foreign aid worker in a war-torn country in Africa or the Middle East. They suffer many tropical diseases like malaria, get grievously wounded (possibly by gunshot), and get parasites typically associated with a lack of properly hygienic food preparation.
The host is a soldier.
Judging by the amount of germs that get in, their surroundings must be a pretty dirty place. The parasite episode also mentions them eating raw fish, which suggests that they don't always have access to properly cooked food. And yet from the heat stress and hemorrhagic shock episodes, we know that they have some decent doctors looking after them, likely battlefield medics. This also means that the hemorrhagic shock isn't very far fetched, as it was likely a war injury.- We can even assume that the heat stress was caused by them being deployed in a desert environment.
If COVID-19 appears...
It would be a Godzilla-like kaiju monster that is Nigh-Invulnerable, reflecting fears that the coronavirus could wipe out mankind or at least destroy civilization.- Probably not, given that the disease is a viral infection. Far more likely, it would be portrayed as being like a nastier version of influenza, by turning individual cells into zombie-like beings. For bonus points, the coronavirus itself would manifest as a crown or wreath that gets attached to the cells' heads.
- And if they want to depict the coronavirus as an unusually dangerous enemy, then perhaps the COVID-zombies would behave somewhat like an evil intelligent Hive Mind capable of coherent thoughts and speech, thus acting more similarly to how bacteria are depicted in-universe rather than as the viruses they really are.
- And while the coronavirus would certainly be treated by the manga/anime as a genuinely serious threat, it would not be "nigh-invulnerable" nor necessarily an insurmountable problem. The body's immune cells would likely manage to eventually defeat the infection, though of course not without considerable difficulty.
- Congratulations: COVID-19 will be the Grand Finale of the main series.
- The chapter has come out and as usual portrayed the virus in a realistic (relatively) way - the effects of the actual virus aren't nearly as dramatic and concerning as the cytokine storm, which is the immune system reacting so strongly it attacks healthy cells and tissues and causes great damage to the body. It's specifically spelled out that even as viral load decreases, the immune cells remain in such a frenzy that it's represented as riots resulting in blood clots and the chance of multiple organ failure.
- Congratulations
- We know for a fact that Code Black takes place in a male body, and that series has a male narrator.
- The gender of the white blood cells does support that the main body is female. The Code Black body is male, and has female white blood cells. The main body has male white blood cells, so it's probably female.
- The genders of the cells seems to be somewhat arbitrary, though. Some types are female or male only, some are a mix, some seem to be only of one gender but with a few exceptions. With so few humans to compare, this can't really be taken as proof. If anything, the main body is likely to be male, since the buildings that represent the physical structures are inhabited by common cells, who are clones and all look very similar. Additionally, when heard coughing and sneezing in the anime, the body's voice sounds masculine, and does not match the narrator's voice at all.
The body belongs to Noriaki Kakyoin in an alternate universe where he survives the finale.
- The body is being exposed to so many things in a seemingly short period of time because Kakyoin has been taken out of his usual environment as he and the Joestar group travel across Asia and the Middle East towards Egypt. He nearly dies from massive blood loss at the end due to Dio's attack, but in this universe, he was effectively treated and survived the injury.
The red blood cells the body received through the blood transfusion belonged to a different, but compatible blood type.
- They have slightly different uniforms and accents to the body's own cells, but the white blood cells don't perceive them as invaders.
[[WMG: The gender of the red blood cells aren't determined by being A vs B antigen, but rather by whether or not they carry the Rh antigen
- If the blood type is +, then there'll be both male and female RBC, but if it's -, then it will only have the gender of the body.
- So if a man had, let's say O- blood, all his RBC would be men. But if he had O+ blood, he'd have men and women RBC.
