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How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?

Sakura Hibiki is your average high school girl, with a voracious appetite. Noticing her clothes tightening in lieu of her slowly expanding waistline she decides to look into enrolling in the nearby gym. There she runs into a girl from her grade named Souryuuin Akemi. Akemi, who has a muscle fetish tries to get Hibiki to enroll in the gym despite its high ratio of macho men. Thankfully a beautiful trainer, Machio, appears and unknowingly convinces her to enroll and start her quest to a great body.

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Ian Sinclair
Narrator
Stephen Fu
Naruzo Machio
Ai Fairouz
Hibiki Sakura

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Episode 1

Why Don't You Try Strength Training?

23 mins

Dismayed by her recent weight gain, high school girl and food lover Hibiki Sakura joins Silverman Gym. The hordes of muscle men at the gym are intimidating, but Hibiki gives strength training a try after meeting the handsome trainer Machio Naruzo.

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Awards

  • 2020 - Anime Award - Best Boy - nominated
  • 2020 - Anime Award - Best Comedy - nominated
  • 2020 - Annual Award - Supporting Man of The Year - nominated
  • 2020 - Annual Award - Best in Character Design - nominated

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