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3	''Cells at Work! Lady'' (はたらく細胞 Lady or ''Hataraku Saibou Lady'') is a spinoff of ''Manga/CellsAtWork'' written by Shigemitsu Harada, illustrated by Akari Otokawa, and supervised by the author and illustrator of the original manga, Akane Shimizu.
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5	Originally launched in the March 2020 issue of ''Monthly Morning Two'' on January 22, 2020, currently being serialized with three collected volumes published so far. [[https://x.com/kodanshamanga/status/1697312100731822089 An official English translation is stated for release on September 12, 2023]].
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7	Other spinoffs of ''Manga/CellsAtWork'' include ''Manga/CellsNotAtWork'', ''Manga/CellsAtWorkCodeBlack'', ''Manga/CellsAtWorkAndFriends'', ''Manga/CellsAtWorkBacteria'', ''Manga/CellsAtWorkBaby'', ''Manga/CellsAtWorkPlatelets'', and ''Manga/CellsAtWorkWhiteBrigade''.
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9	!!''Cells at Work! Lady'' provides examples of:
10	* AnthropomorphizedAnatomy: Every entry in the series personifies various cells of the human body and how they function. ''Lady'' is no exception.
11	* BreakingOldTrends: ''Lady'' is the only spin-off with a multi-cell-type cast that doesn't have a type of Red Blood Cell in the main crew.
12	* CastFullOfPrettyBoys: The main cast is staffed by fair-faced versions of the usual cell types.
13	* ConvenientMiscarriage: [[spoiler:The second pregnancy ends in this, and the host's resulting grief is represented as an endless snowstorm ravaging the cells' lives]].
14	* GenderFlip: Instead of the usual {{Ninja Maid}}s, the main Macrophage in ''Lady'' is portrayed as a {{Battle Butler}}.
15	* {{Hammerspace}}: Both the sperm and ovum has their own variations as a means to store their DNA strings, with the sperm having a BagOfHolding and the ovum having HammerspaceHair.
16	* HotterAndSexier: Though not to the extent of ''CODE BLACK'', ''Lady'' has its own moments of this, most damningly by having chapters that focuses on sexual intercourse and pleasure in a positive light.
17	* LawOfInverseFertility: Both downplayed and played straight. The first time around, it's implied that the host and her husband were inexperienced, causing pain and discomfort on the woman's end, but they eventually manage to conceive a child. The second time around, biological factors start playing a factor against them, from scarred uterine tissue from an earlier health issue, to the sperm not being strong enough and the egg wall being too stiff for the sperm to penetrate normally. [[spoiler:Eventually, the host has to resort to in vitro fertilization in order to get pregnant, and even then, it ends in a miscarriage]].
18	* LawfulStupid: Macrophage is [[{{Understatement}} dedicated]] to protecting his host, even mistaking things like intercourse as a planned assault on the host's body and nearly ruining her impregnation chance, despite the other cells trying to talk him down of being so gung-ho. The latter case is TruthInTelevision, since sperm and (for a brief moment) a fertilized egg are considered foreign entities to the female's immune system due to them containing a different DNA set compared to the host's own.
19	* MenstrualMenace: The third chapter has [[AllPeriodsArePMS PMS]] as the cause of the abnormalities that attack the cells that work in the female body.
20	* NobleMaleRoguishMale: Sophisticated, gentlemanly Macrophage as the noble male and the rough, uncouth Killer T as the roguish male.
21	* NoPeriodsPeriod: Averted, as one of the arcs focuses on the cells dealing with the host's Pre-Menstrual Syndrome. The actual event is depicted as giant robotic hands (prostaglandin) squeezing the lavish bed (uterus) and forcing the endometrial cells out, where they are carried away on a boat manned by a Red Blood Cell.
22	* PostStressOvereating: Naturally {{Deconstructed\|Trope}} in one chapter, since the host ingesting a large amount of food due to something happening to her love life, leading to constipation and her urinary tract to nearly become infected with E. Coli due to the build up of waste materials.
23	* SpermAsPeople: Just like with ''CODE BLACK'', the sperm cells make their appearance, but unlike in ''BLACK'', where their fate is an AmbiguousSituation, here we see them actively fulfill their duty of fertilizing the ovum. Their design is also altered slightly from ''BLACK'', as instead of wearing a tuxedo as seen in concept art, they're depicted as {{Bishonen}} knights to parallel the ovum's appearance as a regal princess.

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