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In the Hataraku Saibou Anime, do the cells have cells in their body? and do
those cells have cells?

by cells i mean little people running around the hosts body.

like infinate cells who are running around etc??? #RabbitHole


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Hataraku Saibou - does the cell have cells in their bodys'?


No, the cells do not have little people running around inside of them. You
seem to be accusing the show of making a [homunculus
argument](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homunculus_argument), a fallacy
whereby a concept is explained recursively with itself, but this isn't the
case. Importantly, these humanoid cells are not an _explanation_ for what is
going on inside the human body. Instead, the cells are an example of
personification, whereby animals, ideas, or something else (in this case,
cells) are given human characteristics. These humanoid characters are a
representation of the thing itself. Of course, in the context of the story
these human appearances are important and necessary, but there is no reason to
assume the analogy goes so far as for the cells to have little people inside
of them.

To illustrate the anatomy of cells, and how they don't have little people
inside of them, here are pictures of an erythrocyte and a neutrophil, which is
what the two main characters are:

**Erythrocyte**

[![erythrocyte](https://i.stack.imgur.com/sJDJY.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/sJDJY.jpg)

**Neutrophil**

[![neutrophil](https://i.stack.imgur.com/DD1AF.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/DD1AF.png)

The two humanoid main characters represent the two types of cells above. A
cell is the basic unit of life, and is not composed of itself (cells aren't
made up of cells). Cells have organelles, cytoplasm, membranes, etc. We
shouldn't confuse the personification in this story such that we believe the
cell characters are exactly equivalent to human beings and thus end up with a
recursive homunculus argument.

Full disclosure: I have only seen the first season of this show. However, you
haven't provided any details that would make me think my answer is wrong. Such
pertinent details might include, but wouldn't be limited to, a scene in the
show where it shows little people inside of one of the characters.


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NO. I assume your question is half in jest. But here is the Biology Lecture,
please don't get bored.

Biologically, Cells are the smallest independent functional unit and hence
make up the building blocks of the body. i.e. anything smaller than a cell
cannot exist without the associated molecular machinery that only a cell can
provide.

The internal structure of the cells are made up of organelles and other
molecular machines which assist in the functioning of a cell. Performing tasks
such as maintaining cell structure, maintenance of genetic information,
generation of energy in form of ATP to say a few.

* * *

Now, there is what is called an endosymbiotic hypothesis which says that
certain organelles within the cell like the mitochondria and chloroplast in
planet cells were once ancient Prokaryotic bacteria, which were engulfed by
larger cells. These in time gave rise to Eukaryotic cells which make up our
body.

So, in a way, cells do have cells within them. Or more accurately the remains
of cells.


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