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* ExcitedShowTitle: The title includes an exclamation, like all other ''Cells at Work!'' spinoffs.
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The manga runs in the ''{{seinen}} '' anthology ''Morning'' and has been licensed by Kodansha Comics for American release, starting its English-language run in July 2020.

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The manga runs in the ''{{seinen}} '' anthology ''Morning'' and has been licensed by Kodansha Comics for American release, starting its English-language run in July 2020.
2020. The manga is now complete at 4 volumes.
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Other [[SpinOff Spin-Offs]] of ''Manga/CellsAtWork'' include ''Manga/CellsNotAtWork'', ''Manga/CellsAtWorkBacteria'', ''Manga/CellsAtWorkCodeBlack'', ''Manga/CellsAtWorkAndFriends'', ''Manga/CellsAtWorkPlatelets'', ''Manga/CellsAtWorkLady'' and ''Manga/CellsAtWorkWhite''.

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Other [[SpinOff Spin-Offs]] of ''Manga/CellsAtWork'' include ''Manga/CellsNotAtWork'', ''Manga/CellsAtWorkBacteria'', ''Manga/CellsAtWorkCodeBlack'', ''Manga/CellsAtWorkAndFriends'', ''Manga/CellsAtWorkPlatelets'', ''Manga/CellsAtWorkLady'' and ''Manga/CellsAtWorkWhite''.''Manga/CellsAtWorkWhiteBrigade''.
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Other [[SpinOff Spin-Offs]] of ''Manga/CellsAtWork'' include ''Manga/CellsNotAtWork'', ''Manga/CellsAtWorkBacteria'', ''Manga/CellsAtWorkCodeBlack'', ''Manga/CellsAtWorkAndFriends'', ''Manga/CellsAtWorkPlatelets'', and ''Cells At Work: Lady!.''

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Other [[SpinOff Spin-Offs]] of ''Manga/CellsAtWork'' include ''Manga/CellsNotAtWork'', ''Manga/CellsAtWorkBacteria'', ''Manga/CellsAtWorkCodeBlack'', ''Manga/CellsAtWorkAndFriends'', ''Manga/CellsAtWorkPlatelets'', ''Manga/CellsAtWorkLady'' and ''Cells At Work: Lady!.''''Manga/CellsAtWorkWhite''.
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* FriendlySniper: Memory B Cell kills pathogens with a sniper rifle and is good at his job, but he is still a kid and displays a lot of emotions.


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* NightmareFetishist: Memory T Cell enjoys dissecting pathogens to learn about them. She creeps everyone out.
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* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: When the Intestinal Epithelial Cells are infected with Norovirus and start attacking the cells, Red Blood Cell screams at them to snap out of it. It actually works, as they stop and are able to remove the virus with the help of Immunoglobulin A ([=IgA=]).


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* VillainsWantMercy: After the Immunoglobulin G disables the Staphylococcus aureus, they beg the White Blood Cells for mercy, and receive none.

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Some of the explanation boxes on Volume 2 sounds like notes to new parents, so I think this is in play.


* {{Edutainment}}: While ''Baby!'' has a similar narrative as the main series, its intent is to give new parents advice on early child health.



* SameContentDifferentRating: Despite being essentially a chibified version of the original series, ''Baby!'' is bumped up from shonen to seinen.

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* SameContentDifferentRating: Despite being essentially a chibified version of the original series, ''Baby!'' is bumped up from shonen to seinen. The justification being the series intends to provide advice on neonatal health.
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* DeusExMachina: Many chapters are at least partly resolved by actions from the baby's unseen caregiver. In most cases, the caregiver simply helps the cells do their job by providing basic care. However, the caregiver sometimes saves the day completely, as in "Choking", when the baby (and all their cells) would have suffocated to death were it not for a last-minute save. The use of the ''deus ex machina'' trope is justified, however, as newborns are largely helpless and cannot fend for themselves and ''must'' be actively cared for to survive.


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* NoAntagonist: While some chapters do have antagonists in the form of bacteria or viruses, a large percentage have none at all. In these chapters, the conflict generally stems from external events more akin to forces of nature than anything else.
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* LanguageBarrier: A variation. The main Platelet in ''Baby!'' cannot or does not speak, which leads to several misunderstandings by Red Blood Cell, who believes she is lost.


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* TheVoiceless: Platelet either can't or won't speak. This trait seems unique to her -- her fellow Platelets are shown speaking -- but no reason has been given as of Volume 2.

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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: In the real world (and other ''Cells at Work!'' spinoffs), the "child" equivalent of a red blood cell would be an erythroblast, which the [=RBC=]s in ''Baby!'' clearly aren't. However, they are portrayed as children to show that, like the cells of real-life newborns, they haven't entirely grown into their roles and are somewhat inefficient in their jobs.

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In the real world (and other ''Cells at Work!'' spinoffs), the "child" equivalent of a red blood cell would be an erythroblast, which the [=RBC=]s in ''Baby!'' clearly aren't. However, they are portrayed as children to show that, like the cells of real-life newborns, they haven't entirely grown into their roles and are somewhat inefficient in their jobs.jobs.
** While most of the other cells are drawn as children or preteens, the Platelets are drawn as ''toddlers'', pacifiers and all. Despite this, out of all the baby's cells they differ the ''least'' from their counterparts in other series -- their behavior is largely the same, and they're still quite competent at their jobs. They are weirdly large, however, with most being only a bit shorter than the regular cells.
* BecomingTheBoast: Killer T-Cell makes his first appearance as a braggart and a bully...yet he is lost and scared when the baby's first actual virus attack occurs. Although it takes a while -- and a few saves by White Blood Cell --he eventually does get it together and defeats the virus in badass fashion. While the experience doesn't completely end his SmallNameBigEgo ways, he's less of a bully and more mindful of his place among his fellow cells.


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* SmallNameBigEgo: Prior to his first battle, Killer T-Cell is entirely too convinced of his own importance as an immune cell, even though he hasn't yet done anything to earn it. Afterwards, he maintains this quality to some extent, though his antics become more comedic than callous.
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* {{Superdeformed}}: As the baby's cells are still quite young, they're drawn in ''chibi'' style with large heads and extremely large eyes. This is in direct contrast with the "adult" characters, who are much more realistically proportioned as manga characters go.

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* {{Superdeformed}}: SuperDeformed: As the baby's cells are still quite young, they're drawn in ''chibi'' style with large heads and extremely large eyes. This is in direct contrast with the "adult" characters, who are much more realistically proportioned as manga characters go.
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* SameContentDifferentRating: Despite being essentially a chibified version of the original series, ''Baby!'' is bumped up from shonen to seinen.
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* {{BFG}}: Immunoglobulin G ([=IgG=]), an antibody the baby obtains from the mother, is portrayed as a ''massive'' mounted artillery that effortlessly tears through an entire group of ''S. aureus'' bacteria. It's so big, it looks more like a vehicle than a weapon at first.

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* {{BFG}}: Immunoglobulin G ([=IgG=]), an antibody the baby obtains from the mother, is portrayed as a ''massive'' mounted artillery that effortlessly tears through an entire group of dangerous ''S. aureus'' bacteria. It's so big, it looks more like a vehicle than a weapon at first.
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* {{BFG}}: Immunoglobulin G (IgG), an antibody the baby obtains from the mother, is portrayed as a ''massive'' mounted artillery that effortlessly tears through an entire group of ''S. aureus'' bacteria. It's so big, it looks more like a vehicle than a weapon at first.

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* {{BFG}}: Immunoglobulin G (IgG), ([=IgG=]), an antibody the baby obtains from the mother, is portrayed as a ''massive'' mounted artillery that effortlessly tears through an entire group of ''S. aureus'' bacteria. It's so big, it looks more like a vehicle than a weapon at first.
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* LighterAndSofter: While not as quite as tame and fluffy as ''[[Manga/CellsAtWorkAndFriends Friends!]]'' or ''[[Manga/CellsAtWorkPlatelets Platelets!]]'', ''Baby!'' is lighter than its parent series and ''infinitely'' less dark and depressing than the ''other'' ''[[Manga/CellsAtWorkCodeBlack seinen Cells at Work!]] [[Manga/CellsAtWorkCodeBlack spinoff]].

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* LighterAndSofter: While not as quite as tame and fluffy as ''[[Manga/CellsAtWorkAndFriends Friends!]]'' or ''[[Manga/CellsAtWorkPlatelets Platelets!]]'', ''Baby!'' is lighter than its parent series and ''infinitely'' less dark and depressing than the ''other'' ''[[Manga/CellsAtWorkCodeBlack seinen Cells at Work!]] Work!]]'' [[Manga/CellsAtWorkCodeBlack spinoff]].
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** Subverted ''hard'' by White Blood Cell, who despite looking almost exactly like a ''chibi''fied U-1146 from the parent series, is actually a total scaredy-cat compared to his BloodKnight forbear. He's still quite strong and comes through when it counts, however.

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** Subverted ''hard'' by White Blood Cell, who despite looking almost exactly like a ''chibi''fied ''chibi'' U-1146 from the parent series, is actually a total scaredy-cat compared to his BloodKnight forbear. He's still quite strong and comes through when it counts, however.

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* {{BFG}}: Immunoglobulin G (IgG), an antibody the baby obtains from the mother, is portrayed as a ''massive'' mounted artillery that effortlessly tears through an entire group of ''S. aureus'' bacteria. It's so big, it looks more like a vehicle than a weapon at first.



* {{Expy}}: The main Red Blood Cell in ''Baby!'' [[IdiotHair looks]] and [[NoSenseOfDirection acts]] like the main series' [=AE3803=], and have the same role of being the "everymen" that tours the body.

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The main Red Blood Cell in ''Baby!'' [[IdiotHair looks]] and [[NoSenseOfDirection acts]] like the main series' [=AE3803=], and have the same role of being the "everymen" that tours the body.body.
** Subverted ''hard'' by White Blood Cell, who despite looking almost exactly like a ''chibi''fied U-1146 from the parent series, is actually a total scaredy-cat compared to his BloodKnight forbear. He's still quite strong and comes through when it counts, however.


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* LighterAndSofter: While not as quite as tame and fluffy as ''[[Manga/CellsAtWorkAndFriends Friends!]]'' or ''[[Manga/CellsAtWorkPlatelets Platelets!]]'', ''Baby!'' is lighter than its parent series and ''infinitely'' less dark and depressing than the ''other'' ''[[Manga/CellsAtWorkCodeBlack seinen Cells at Work!]] [[Manga/CellsAtWorkCodeBlack spinoff]].
* RedOniBlueOni: The spunky, impulsive Red Blood Cell and her level-headed, sober-minded co-worker F-niichan fill these roles throughout the early chapters.
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* {{Expy}}: The main Red Blood Cell in ''Baby!'' [[IdiotHair looks]] and [[NoSenseOfDirection acts]] like the main series' [=AE3803=], and have the same role of being the "everymen" that tours the body.

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Take babies, for instance. Most of us simply aren't aware of all of the interesting things that happen within a infant's body literally within moments of being born, or how perilous the birth process is even under ideal circumstances. ''Cells at Work: Baby!'' attempts to address this issue, as it seeks to provide readers with information on infant health in the guise of a comedy manga.

''Baby!'' is a 2019 manga written and illustrated by Yasuhiro Fukuda based on an original concept by ''Cells at Work!'' creator Akane Shimizu. Much like the numerous other ''Manga/CellsAtWork'' spinoffs, this series tells the story of [[AnthropomorphizedAnatomy human body cells portrayed as human beings]] as they go about the daily work of keeping their host human alive. In this case, however, the cells are all basically toddlers who've been dropped into the working world, and must now quickly adapt to life outside of the womb's supportive care.

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Take babies, for instance. Most of us simply aren't aware of all of the interesting things that happen within a an infant's body literally within moments of being born, or how perilous the birth process is even under ideal circumstances. ''Cells at Work: Baby!'' attempts to address this issue, as it seeks to provide readers with information on infant health in the guise of a comedy manga.

''Baby!'' is a 2019 manga written and illustrated by Yasuhiro Fukuda based on an original concept by ''Cells at Work!'' creator Akane Shimizu. Much like the numerous other ''Manga/CellsAtWork'' spinoffs, this series tells the story of [[AnthropomorphizedAnatomy human body cells portrayed as human beings]] as they go about the daily work of keeping their host human alive. In this case, however, the cells are all basically toddlers who've been dropped into the working world, and must now quickly adapt to life outside of the womb's supportive care.



* ArtisticLicenseBiology: In the real world (and other ''Cells at Work'' spinoffs), the "child" equivalent of a red blood cell would be an erythroblast, which the [=RBC=]s in ''Baby!'' clearly aren't. However, they are portrayed as children to show that, like the cells of real-life newborns, they haven't entirely grown into their roles and are somewhat inefficient in their jobs.
* InnocentInaccurate: In the first chapter, Red Blood Cell claims to know the cause behind the sudden earthquakes: they're under attack by a giant robot! She's wrong; of course -- the earthquakes are contractions -- but her reasoning is both funny and the kind of thing a young child would plausibly come up with.

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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: In the real world (and other ''Cells at Work'' Work!'' spinoffs), the "child" equivalent of a red blood cell would be an erythroblast, which the [=RBC=]s in ''Baby!'' clearly aren't. However, they are portrayed as children to show that, like the cells of real-life newborns, they haven't entirely grown into their roles and are somewhat inefficient in their jobs.
* ExcitedShowTitle: The title includes an exclamation, like all other ''Cells at Work!'' spinoffs.
* InnocentInaccurate: In the first chapter, Red Blood Cell claims to know the cause behind the sudden earthquakes: they're under attack by a giant robot! She's wrong; of course -- the earthquakes are uterine contractions -- but her reasoning is both funny and the kind of thing a young child would plausibly come up with.
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The manga has been licensed by Kodansha Comics for American release, and started its English-language run in July 2020.

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The manga runs in the ''{{seinen}} '' anthology ''Morning'' and has been licensed by Kodansha Comics for American release, and started starting its English-language run in July 2020.
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Human health and physiology is much more complicated and interesting than many people realize. Most general health education focuses on a "generic" human body (in most cases, a healthy young adult) as a baseline, or fixates exclusively on the illness ''du jour'' at the expense of viewing the body holistically. As a result there's a lot of weird and interesting things about the human body that tend to be glossed over or ignored outright if they don't fit into one of the above two categories.

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Human health and physiology is much more complicated and interesting than many people realize. Most general health education focuses on a "generic" human body (in most cases, a healthy young adult) as a baseline, or fixates exclusively on the illness ''du jour'' at the expense of viewing the body holistically. As a result result, there's a lot of weird and interesting things about the human body that tend to be glossed over or ignored outright if they don't fit into one of the above two categories.


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Other [[SpinOff Spin-Offs]] of ''Manga/CellsAtWork'' include ''Manga/CellsNotAtWork'', ''Manga/CellsAtWorkBacteria'', ''Manga/CellsAtWorkCodeBlack'', ''Manga/CellsAtWorkAndFriends'', ''Manga/CellsAtWorkPlatelets'', and ''Cells At Work: Lady!.''
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''Baby!'' is a 2019 manga written and illustrated by Yasuhiro Fukuda based on an original concept by ''Cells at Work!'' creator Akane Shimizu. Much like the numbers other ''Manga/CellsAtWork'' spinoffs, this series tells the story of [[AnthropomorphizedAnatomy human body cells portrayed as human beings]] as they go about the daily work of keeping their host human alive. In this case, however, the cells are all basically toddlers who've been dropped into the working world, and must now quickly adapt to life outside of the womb's supportive care.

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''Baby!'' is a 2019 manga written and illustrated by Yasuhiro Fukuda based on an original concept by ''Cells at Work!'' creator Akane Shimizu. Much like the numbers numerous other ''Manga/CellsAtWork'' spinoffs, this series tells the story of [[AnthropomorphizedAnatomy human body cells portrayed as human beings]] as they go about the daily work of keeping their host human alive. In this case, however, the cells are all basically toddlers who've been dropped into the working world, and must now quickly adapt to life outside of the womb's supportive care.
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: In the real world (and other ''Cells at Work'' spinoffs), the "child" equivalent of a red blood cell would be an erythroblast, which the [=RBC=]s in ''Baby!'' clearly aren't. However, they are portrayed as children to show that, like the cels real-life newborns, they haven't entirely grown into their roles and act somewhat inefficiently.

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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: In the real world (and other ''Cells at Work'' spinoffs), the "child" equivalent of a red blood cell would be an erythroblast, which the [=RBC=]s in ''Baby!'' clearly aren't. However, they are portrayed as children to show that, like the cels cells of real-life newborns, they haven't entirely grown into their roles and act are somewhat inefficiently.inefficient in their jobs.
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: In the real world (and other ''Cells at Work'' spinoffs), the "child" equivalent of a red blood cell would be an erythroblast, which the RBCs in ''Baby!'' clearly aren't. However, they are portrayed as children to show that, like the cels real-life newborns, they haven't entirely grown into their roles and act somewhat inefficiently.

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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: In the real world (and other ''Cells at Work'' spinoffs), the "child" equivalent of a red blood cell would be an erythroblast, which the RBCs [=RBC=]s in ''Baby!'' clearly aren't. However, they are portrayed as children to show that, like the cels real-life newborns, they haven't entirely grown into their roles and act somewhat inefficiently.
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: In the real world (and other ''Cells at Work'' spinoffs), the "child" equivalent of a red blood cell would be an erythroblast, which the RBCs in ''Baby!'' clearly aren't. However, they are portrayed as children to show that, like the cels real-life newborns, they haven't entirely grown into their roles and act somewhat inefficiently.
* InnocentInaccurate: In the first chapter, Red Blood Cell claims to know the cause behind the sudden earthquakes: they're under attack by a giant robot! She's wrong; of course -- the earthquakes are contractions -- but her reasoning is both funny and the kind of thing a young child would plausibly come up with.
* {{Superdeformed}}: As the baby's cells are still quite young, they're drawn in ''chibi'' style with large heads and extremely large eyes. This is in direct contrast with the "adult" characters, who are much more realistically proportioned as manga characters go.
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Human health and physiology is much more complicated and interesting than many people realize. Most general health education focuses on a "generic" human body (in most cases, a healthy young adult) as a baseline, or fixates exclusively on the illness ''du jour'' at the expense of viewing the body holistically. As a result there's a lot of weird and interesting things about the human body that tend to be glossed over or ignored outright if they don't fit into one of the above two categories.

Take babies, for instance. Most of us simply aren't aware of all of the interesting things that happen within a infant's body literally within moments of being born, or how perilous the birth process is even under ideal circumstances. ''Cells at Work: Baby!'' attempts to address this issue, as it seeks to provide readers with information on infant health in the guise of a comedy manga.

''Baby!'' is a 2019 manga written and illustrated by Yasuhiro Fukuda based on an original concept by ''Cells at Work!'' creator Akane Shimizu. Much like the numbers other ''Manga/CellsAtWork'' spinoffs, this series tells the story of [[AnthropomorphizedAnatomy human body cells portrayed as human beings]] as they go about the daily work of keeping their host human alive. In this case, however, the cells are all basically toddlers who've been dropped into the working world, and must now quickly adapt to life outside of the womb's supportive care.

The manga has been licensed by Kodansha Comics for American release, and started its English-language run in July 2020.

!! ''Cells at Work: Baby!'' contains examples of the following tropes:

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