Episode 16

"Dengue Fever/Acne" (デング熱/ニキビ) is the 16th episode of the Cells at Work! (Anime) anime adaption.

Plot
Dengue Fever

Mast Cell receives countless complains when she releases excess histamines for a minor problem, which lead to inflammation. The cells grievances maker Mast Cell angry and she vows not to do her job.

Elsewhere, a mosquito bits the body and sucks out countless red blood cells. But not only that, the insect leaves a nasty gift afterward, the Dengue Virus.

The virus takes over Langerhans Cell and in a hypnotized state start attacking the body. Even though Mast Cell sees the damage she refuses to release histamines. Basophil tells her to do what she thinks is right.

Mast Cell gives in and releases the histamines which distract the infected cells. As a result, they alert the white blood cells so they can get rid of the virus.

The cells apologize to Mast Cell. With a triumphant sneer Mast Cell tells them that she was right all along. She believes she didn't do anything wrong with her previous histamine releases.

Acne

U-1146 investigates a pore that turned into a pimple. But not only that, he also finds that the Propionibacterium Acnes have enslaved the hair and sebum producing cells in order to feed on sebum.

Not only that, the bacterium has also killed several white blood cells and turned them into pus.

A young Hair Matrix Cell almost gives into despair and says they are only one hair and unimportant. But U-1146 gives him some encouraging words and tells him every individual cell 0is important.

The white blood cell fights off the countless acne bacteria because their king can regenerate indefinitely due to the sebum he consumes.

Drawing on U-1146's words, the young Hair Matrix Cell encourages his brethren to produce an overload of sebum. This leads to the king to get so engorged that he can barely move. Thus, allowing U-1146 to kill him.

U-1146 barely makes it out of the sebum alive.

New characters

 * Dengue Virus
 * Propionibacterium Acnes
 * Hair Matrix Cell

Returning characters

 * Mast Cell
 * Langerhans Cell
 * Basophil