Megakaryocyte

Kyokakukyū (巨核球) is a minor character in Cells at Work!.

Appearance
She's a tall, heavyset woman with long hair who wears a cap, a t-shirt, sweater, and shorts. She's shown to be carrying a baby cell on her chest.

Personality
Megakaryocyte's somewhat of a harsh commander to the platelets. She criticizes them and bribes them with medals to get them to accomplish a difficult task. However, it is shown that she cares about them when she encourages them and when she rewards them after a success.

Background
She serves as a teacher and caretaker to the Platelets.

Trivia

 * Since Platelets are produced from Megakaryocytes by fragmentation, Megakaryocyte could be seen as the mom of the Platelets.
 * As Megakaryocytes among the largest cells in the human body, this could explain why she is depicted as a heavyset woman.
 * In real life, Megakaryocytes do not leave the bone marrow, contrary to what happened in Episode 14 (Bump).