A great manga adaptation to provide creative teaching options for Biology topics. Some students may want to reference the manga and also the anime for certain processes that are covered

I absolutely love Cells at Work so I was excited to see Cells at Work! Baby 1. The babies are the chibi version and they are so super cute. Just like the Cells at Work each manga is filled with cuteness and educational information that doesn't feel bland. It's very entertaining.
ARC provided by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you so much to the publishing company, Kodansha Comics and Netgalley for providing me with a copy!!!

I have never seen the anime nor have I read the original manga series, but after this one I definitely will be checking it out!
I really really really enjoyed this one. I thought it was a cute and fun read. But not only that, I love how educational it is! And oh so insightful! This was just so informative and it really brought me back to when I took human biology back in college. I wish I had this book back when I took the class.
I just love how the information about the human body and the baby body was presented in an entertaining way.
The characters in this were just soooo adorable! The Red and White cells just stole my heart. I cannot wait to read the next volume and see the adventures of the main Red Blood Cell!

Cells at Work!" is literally the story of cells at work. But these body cells of ours take humanoid form and are in this fantastical world that is our body, which is constantly invaded by foreign agents. A pollen allergy causes hysteria, an influenza virus turns cells to zombies, a scrape wound reveals overlooked heroes - these set off a chain reaction that introduces us to a range of cellular characters. Our protagonist Red Blood Cell is spunky and White Blood Cell is a brooding potential love interest.

Not sure what their jobs are? No worries, "Cells at Work!" explains it to you in the most digestible way. This is by far the most educational manga I have ever read, and also simplistically imaginative and adorable. I wonder what else they can do in terms of forming an overarching narrative since they seem like pretty isolated story arcs. I am highly entertained by this series off the bat so I'll be checking out the next few volumes. Even if it's just for the Platelets - they are just too cute!

Thanks NetGalley and Kodansha comics for the Manga.
Cells at Work! Baby was infographic and interesting. I loved it.

The Cutest Cells Are in Action -- Cells at Work! Baby

Mangaka: Yasuhiro Fukuda
Publisher: Kodansha Comics
Genres: Comedy, Science Fiction
Published: February 2021

Cells at Work! has become popular recently, and it deserves every last bit of it. The series breaks away from the typical format of manga and creates an entirely new way of telling a story. We mean, who would actually think of depicting human anatomy and physiology in such a fun, yet very accurate way. Even Pixar only manages to give life to emotions, toys, and cars. If you think things can no longer be better, well, Cells at Work! Baby is knocking on your doors.

Contains Spoilers

Discussion Time

As the title suggests, Cells at Work! Baby tells the story of the hardworking cells within a newborn baby. The story starts from the baby’s birth, then continues until it’s a few days old. The series goes into fine details like muscle cramps and the water breaking, but that much is already expected. After that, we get to see how an infant’s anatomy changes the moment its connection to its mother is severed. That means we also get to see how the cells within the infant’s body adapt to the change of anatomy, which also means seeing how the baby’s physiology shifts from being dependent to independent.

Why You Should Read Cells at Work! Baby

1. Incredibly Cute Cells

Since these are cells of a newborn child, all of the cells are chibis. They are cute versions of older people’s cells. Fukuda does a great job giving the readers a point of reference as to how big the cute cells are. The cells working on the placenta are all adults since they are cells of the mother and not the infant. The baby’s cells are merely half of an adult’s cells, but each one of them is extremely cute. We mean just who can resist their big fluffy faces and their grit and dedication to whatever they are doing.

1. Highly Educational

Similar to the other installation of the Cells at Work! series, Cells at Work! Baby also has a lot of accurate information packed into it. It’s basically like a textbook about infant anatomy and physiology for kids. That being said, you should expect some medical jargon popping out every once in a while. To some, it may be a bit confusing, but the art does a very great job of illustrating complex medical concepts, which we think is awesome. We know that this isn’t even the tip of the iceberg when it comes to comprehending the human anatomy as a whole, but we sure enjoy learning new terms and whatnots.

1. A Completely Different White Blood Cell

The other white blood cells in the other installations of the series are badass, and they should be so. After all, those guys are the ones to look for and fight viruses and bacteria. The white blood cell in Cells at Work! Baby, however, isn’t as confident as the other white blood cells. Instead, he often cowers in fear even during his patrols. But that doesn’t mean that he can’t do his duty well. Despite his character, he still manages to do his job well and fight a Staphylococcus Aureus invading the baby’s body, preventing it from causing any further damage.

Final Thoughts

Cells at Work! Baby delivers what we expect from it. It’s highly entertaining while being highly educational at the same time. We’ve probably learned a lot more from reading this series than sitting in a three-hour lecture. What’s more, is it has the cutest art and characters. Those cute little beings catch our hearts, and we’re sure they will catch yours too. Together, we will surely hope to see more of them in the future.

By: Christian Markle

When I saw this ARC, I was so excited, as I loved the Cells at Work anime!
I’m not typically a big manga person (I find it hard to focus on the pictures, as my eyes are always drawn to the words), but this one was so sweet and adorable. It held my attention, and the pictures were so cute, they held even my attention.

Thank you to NetGalley and Kids shay for this eARC.

This was a highly enjoyable read! While it was not as raunchy as Cells at Work Black and much cuter than the original Cells at Work (due to their chibi/tiny forms), this story lies somewhere in between the titles and it an easy read. The story was enjoyable and if you like media relating to the body such Osmosis Jones or the Cells at Work! series in general, you'd enjoy this

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

That was an informative and fun manga to read. I found the characters so cute and the idea so interesting and at the same time so useful. This is a different style of manga that could be so helpful at schools during science classes or for the parents in order to explain things to their kids about cells and how the human body works.
It wasn't my usual kind of manga but I'm always open to new things. I just discovered that there is an anime based on the manga, so I'm sure gonna check it.

So this was fascinating-as expected from the Cells at Work series, but who exactly is the target audience? I am still quite unclear about that. Publisher information puts it as a General Adult title, but nothing in this seems particularly inappropriate for teen readers or really even Middle Grade.

So this was interesting. I didn't consider that this book although it says baby would start before birth. That part skeeves me out since I don't like anything birth related. Once I got over that I went straight into this book seeing red and white blood cells beginning as tiny ones and it was pretty cute. Being that I've watched the anime I had an idea of how this book would turn out and found it all the more enjoyable getting to see a bit more of these characters .

This book was really cute! However, the drawings were often crowded and hard to decipher, especially since the manga didn't have color. Overall, I really liked how similar it was to the anime, but I wish the drawings had made the story easier to understand.

Thank you so much to Netgalley and Kodansha Comics for the opportunity to read and review this manga. I really enjoyed this manga actually more than I expected to because of the original anime series was fun but a tad episodic. This manga was a lot more flowing and more continual and easy to understand especially when it comes to the birthing progress. This is also a very good manga if you are a new parent who wants to understand the infant's body with different situations but also for teens who want to explore how viruses and heat rashes manifest. My favorite part though was the new characters that was presented in this story and I'm excited to see more from this. Because of these points, I have to give this manga a 4 out of 5 stars

Cells at Work! Baby is a really cool way to learn about the human body and how it works.
The story starts just before birth and shows how the baby's body starts working on its own for the first time. And there are many new things to do - from breathing on your own, to meeting with viruses and bacteria.
The way that the information is explained is easy to understand and engaging, so I think this is a great way to help your kids learn about the body.

I definitely recommend if you're interested in how the body works.

*Thanks to NetGalley and Kodansha Comics for providing me with an ARC of this title in exchange for an honest review.*

This is another great edition to the Cells at Work franchise. It is just as educational and entertaining as the other titles in the series. The story is so attention grabbing that it doesn't seem like I am learning science. I would highly recommend this book to anyone but especially to students who are struggling to engage with human anatomy.

I received an ARC of this manga from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review!

These Mangas are a super fun way to learn a bit more about human biology and how our cells work, and this baby version of the series is really adorable!

This was such an adorable manga! It had adorable characters, was super informative and had me giggling out loud at a few parts.

This manga is about different cells in the body and how they work during different aspects of life. We specifically follow a red blood cell and her friend as they navigate life in a newborn’s body.

This was hilarious! And the information was delivered in such a smart way, it was super informative but in a very fun, easily digestible way. It never felt like I was reading a textbook, it felt very natural to the story and I appreciated that.

I’m really interested in reading future volumes of this manga! I really recommend this, especially if you’re interested in the human body!

4/5⭐️

This is cute and full of information! For some reason, I didn't realize that it was about a fetus growing in a mother's stomach (I don't know what I thought -- that the cells themselves were going to be chibi style??), which I'm not actually hugely interested in myself, but I do think a lot of curious kids will enjoy this!

You know how cute the platelets are in Cells at Work!? Now imagine an entirely new series in the Cells at Work! world where all the characters are babies! Adorable, right? Yes! This series is such a fun and informative adventure that you can't help but cheer on the little cells in their struggles. The first chapter is about the body that these chibi characters inhabit being born, and then the subsequent chapters progress into the struggles that a newborn may face. It's always interesting seeing how the different cells cooperate together in harmony to solve whatever problems arise.

I also enjoyed the interview with Dr. Hashimoto at the end. I thought it was interesting to hear his reasons for agreeing to be the medical fact checker for the series--that new mothers struggling could see just how miraculous birth is and that fathers could be more grateful!

My only complaint is that sometimes the medical explanations burden the panels, but I think that's unavoidable.

Review to come March 5th to blog/goodreads.

I received this book from Netgalley/publisher in exchange of an honest review.

So now I have seen/read three kinds of Cells at work and I am enjoying them all, well, OK I am still not sure about Cells at Work BLACK. But I love this one and I love the normal Cells at Work! I love that there are so many variations of the series and I really want to read them all. Whereas BLACK is more gritty and more about an older body, the normal Cells at Work is more humour and at times a dash seriousness, this one is all about a baby's body and the chibi-cells that work in it and are figuring out what the HELL is going on.

We begin with the pregnancy, the "aftershocks", and then comes the moment for these new cells to shine and figure out how things work WITHOUT the help of older cells. Which created some hilarious situations as the cells weren't sure what to do or what was happening. And it definitely didn't help our ever getting lost Red Blood Cell who kept getting even more lost because parts of the body weren't in function any more or stopped working for reasons. I loved that the brains had a small little library, fully kids/baby style with simple books. One of the guys working there had to find a book, read it, and then announce it through the system so the whole body (and thus the cells) would know. He didn't mind reading that much, in fact for most of the book he is found there or reading with a big pile of books (I definitely could relate to him).

It was so much fun to see all my favourite cells and others and I found myself rooting for these baby cells. I can only imagine how confusing it must be for them to just be thrown into a new body like that without any help. Without any support. Without any way to get back to the older cells of the mom's body. Red Blood Cell girl has her promise and that keeps her going and powering through things. She definitely does things that red blood cells probably wouldn't do. Haha. But all the cells help each other out and figure out their roles.

I had a big big laugh that our White Blood Cell went from murderous in one series to being a cute coward in this one. I am sure he will get stronger and he did show some amazing skills, though he will really have to work on not being so scared.

Just like with the other books in the Cells at Work series we get information on various things that happen in the body. I often couldn't read those very clearly as the text was tiny and the font not that clear. I will definitely be buying the series when I can, so I can read those then. I do love the extra information + we also get tips on healthy eating/living.

Oh, and I wish I had this series when I was still in high school. Because this is so much more fun than normal biology!

The art is super adorable, I do love some chibi cells!

All in all, I loved loved LOVED reading this one and I cannot wait for the next volume in the series.