So… a special write-up of sorts. Singapore is on a “circuit breaker” mode, essentially a lockdown but not really… We are still allowed to go out of the house but only for essential things like buying takeaway food or groceries. Only companies in essential industries are open such as healthcare, food & beverage (thus takeaway food, no dining in), repair works, supermarkets, wet markets. Mostly, we are still advised to stay home.

Anywaysssss….

Because Singapore is on a circuit breaker mode, it means that I have too much time on my hands, which translates to me being able to write like this and actually watch shows that I’ve always wanted to watch but had no time.

First up is Cells at Work, a TV anime that I’ve always wanted to watch but was not able to catch up on. I was pretty excited to see that it is on Netflix.

Cells at Work is an anime about the… erm… cells in your body. If the cells in your body look like humans, that is. So, you have the protagonist, a red blood cell, that is most often than not got lost in the ways of the world (that is your body) and always got in trouble with the villains, the bacteria, germs and viruses. But fret not, there’s the white blood cell to the rescue killing all the bacteria, germs and viruses.

Leave it to the Japanese to create a world inside your body and explain how your body works in the simplest way possible. It does have scientific terms but it tried to break it down in layman’s term. According to a doctor on YouTube, the way these cells (bacteria, germs and viruses) are drawn pretty much look like how it’s supposed to look like if it’s human. And platelets are cute little kids because it’s one-third the size of a red blood cell. D’awww…

At the end of the 13 episodes, you might come out knowing more about how you get your bacteria, germs and viruses and how the cells in your body work together to kill them off. It’s kind of neat for someone who does not take biology lessons in school. In a way, it’s educational. Haha!

So, if you want to know more about how your body works, you can catch it on Netflix. I enjoy it a lot so I give it a 4.5 out of 5. Minus 0.5 because there are some things that may not be as accurate or as dramatic as it looks in the anime.

Trailer…