Smoking, Bacteria, and the Beginning of the End

Smoking, Bacteria, and the Beginning of the End is the 1st episode of the Cells at Work! CODE BLACK! anime adaption. It is based on the first chapter of the same name.

Plot
A naive and idealistic rookie red blood cell named AA2153 starts his first day of work and is overwhelmed by the state of the body he works in. The blood vessels are clogged by cholesterol, the red blood cells are not allowed to take breaks, and everybody is grumpy and rude due to the body being under stress. Delivering oxygen with a veteran red blood cell, they face a carbon monoxide cloud and are saved from a group of Pneumococcus bacteria by a white blood cell named U-1196. The weary veteran entrusts AA2153 with the body before committing suicide by running into the carbon monoxide. U-1196 leads AA2153 to the lungs, which are contaminated with tar, and horrifies him when she explains that the body is addicted to smoking cigarettes.

New characters
AA2153

U-1196

Platelets (BLACK)

Gastric Chief Cell

Pneumonia Coccus (BLACK)