The casts of Cells at Work (2024) looks good! Can't wait to watch it!
Mei Nagano
Takeru Satoh
Riisa Naka
Koji Yamamoto
Kyoko Fukada
Sadawo Abe
Mana Ashida
There are 37 trillion cells in the human body. Red blood cells that carry oxygen, white blood cells that fight bacteria, and other cells work tirelessly day and night to protect your health and life.
Story takes a look at the cells in the bodies of a father and daughter, and the ongoing battle as pathogens start to sneak up on their bodies, and how different lifestyles and age affects them differently.
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thoughts on li jing?
Answered here specifically and here on fandom and parent-child binary viewpoints
TLDR: Li Jing's treatment by fandom is baffling and he and Nezha clearly have mutual respect for each other, it's just that Li Jing acted on what information he had (which was incomplete) and is shorter with people/businesslike to the point of coming off as harsh, but is not an abusive or bad person/parent. He trusted Nezha with the fate of the universe when he course corrected his behavior and listened to Nezha, and the subsequent comment about being proud of Nezha and regretting not saying it enough is better to me than just some "I'm sorry" would have been. He did what he needed to do through action and his own way of expressing emotion
They're also shown to be working together back up in the Celestial Realm in 5x10 in harmony, Nezha clearly in charge of a project while Li Jing looks on and smiles
Li Jing is Nezha's father and seems to also technically outrank him in the Celestial Realm, but the presence of a hierarchy isn't inherently bad/abusive it's just a workplace
Like that's it. I don't need any other indication of what their relationship is and the show didn't fail in writing them or let Li Jing "get away with" anything
I am admittedly steamed about it because of how prevalent a deeply negative and inaccurate view of him is in fandom without a real reason for it beyond black and white thinking
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Shousetsu Sousou no Frieren: Zensou
Author: Mei Hachimoku (Author of Natsu e no Tunnel, Sayonara no Deguchi)
Illustrator: Abe Tsukada
Original Story: Kanehito Yamada
Label: Shounen Sunday Comics
Release Date: 17 April 2024
My Score: 4/5
This volume is a collection of prequel short stories set in the Frieren universe. Each chapter focuses on a different character as we learn more about what their life was like before the start of the series.
We start the volume off with Fern, shortly after she starts living with Heiter. We then have a chapter with Stark, taking place shortly after his fight with Eisen as he arrives to the village that he will come to protect for three years. The third chapter focuses on Lawine and Kanne during their time at the magic school. As part of a test, they each have to defeat a monster. This is one of the more interesting stories in the volume as we haven't spent all that much time with these two in the main series and their past hasn't been touched on as much as Stark's and Fern's. I like the relationship between these two so it was nice to see more of them. The next chapter is an Aura chapter. This one starts with her first encounter with Himmel and Frieren and the other heroes, and the fallout from her army's defeat at their hands. This is another highlight as we barely spent any time with Aura in the main series so it's nice to see her being explored here. It's fun to be in the head of a demon too and to see their POV. This the longest story in the volume, and it's also the only one where I think the experience is improved if you've read up to at least volume 9 of the manga (which is where I am at), because Macht, a demon introduced in volume 9, makes an appearance. It's still definitely possible to read and have fun without having read the manga, but it does slightly improve the experience. The final chapter, of course, focuses on Frieren herself, reminiscing about her time with Flamme, and then about her time with Himmel and the others. It's a good story to end the volume on, even if it isn't a stand out. It's also got a few references to popular gags in the manga (like Frieren's blowing a kiss special attack), which was a lot of fun.
I really enjoyed this volume. It was easy to read and Mei Hachimoku captured the feeling and atmosphere of the Frieren series perfectly. Even when it was covering ground already tread by the manga, like Fern's relationship with Heiter, it was never boring. While I wouldn't call it a must read volume as it doesn't provide any particularly new insights for the characters or important information for the story, it was a delight to read and I would easily recommend it to Frieren fans. You probably could get away with reading this without having any previous experience with the franchise, but it would be a lot more boring and I can't see any reason to read this if you don't already love the characters and the world they inhabit.
I do want to mention that there aren't really any illustrations in the volume. Different sections of the cover are used as the title pages for the chapters and that's really it. There aren't any colour illustrations or monochrome illustrations depicting the events in the chapters. I somewhat expected this to be the case, but it's still disappointing. I get that Abe Tsukada was probably too busy drawing for the manga to do more than the cover for this volume, but I can't help but wish that were just a couple of illustrations throughout.
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Watching the show Railway Man rn and God nothing infuriates me more than AMERICANS I was gonna say government employees before AMERICANS IN POWER THAT CHOOSE TO DO NOTHING AND ALLL THE AMERICANS ON TUMBLR THAT ARE GOING TO COME TO ME I DON'T CARE I HAVE SM RAGE IN ME RN AND BEFORE I GO ON A RANT ON HOW THE SHOW IS GOOD I WANNA SAY THIS
Imbecile American can rot in their "free world" for they did nothing good out of global welfare and alliance
Yeah, now why are safety measures never working when you need them the most?! For those of who that came across this post and have no idea, this is about the Bhopal Gas Tragedy where about 8000 people were killed due to MIC, which is an extremely poisonous gas. And watch this show Indians should definitely watch this show. This show infuriates me to no extend over incompetent Government employees that don't know their job and corrupt politicians that can't fucking do atleast one thing right. And God save us for there are only "some" officials and people in the country that atleast do care. And that gives me hope for the future of the country. Men, women and children dying because there was no way of control and I have to say 'why are people so hard to restrain?!' when you tell them there's danger, don't get out of the train kyu train ke bahar aana hai, khud ke liye platform pe lashe giri dekhni hai— listen to the people that are looking out for your safety. Politicians, people in power, higher ranking officials that choose to sit silently for the danger isn't close to them are imbeciles, one that are legit the only harm to mankind. There's no gruesome crime than having a person in charge that doesn't have ounce of humanity.
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I need every one of you to hear me out on this crossover
I have so many thoughts for character interactions between the lmk cast and the batfamily, not just damian and red son............. mashing my interests together is my favorite thing ever actually
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