How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?


How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? is a Japanese manga series written by Yabako Sandrovich and illustrated by MAAM. It has been serialized via Shogakukan's Ura Sunday website and MangaONE app since August 2016 and has been collected into nine tankōbon volumes as of April 2020. The manga is licensed in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment.
An anime adaptation by Doga Kobo aired from July to September 2019.

Plot

Hibiki Sakura is a second year high school girl who has a voracious appetite; this habit leads to her gaining weight. Once this is brought to her attention, she reluctantly thinks about joining the Silverman Gym. At the gym, Hibiki finds out that Akemi Soryuin, a schoolmate of hers, is also thinking about joining. Upon meeting Naruzo Machio, one of the trainers, she falls heads over heels in love with him and joins the gym. Motivated, Hibiki vows to lose weight.

Characters

Main characters

;Hibiki Sakura
;Akemi Soryuin
;Ayaka Uehara
;Gina Boyd
;Satomi Tachibana
;Naruzo Machio

Supporting characters

;Barnold Shortsinator
;Nana Uehara
;Rumika Aina
;Yakusha Kure
;Kutaro Deire
;Jason Sgatham
;Narrator

Media

Manga

How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? is written by Yabako Sandrovich and illustrated by MAAM. It began serialization on Shogakukan's Ura Sunday website and MangaONE app on August 5, 2016. Shogakukan has compiled its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was published on December 19, 2016. As of April 10, 2020, nine volumes have been published.
In North America, Seven Seas Entertainment announced the acquisition of the manga for an English release in April 2019. The first volume was published on November 26, 2019.

Volume list

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced on January 15, 2019. The series was produced by Doga Kobo and directed by Mitsue Yamazaki, with Fumihiko Shimo handling the series composition, Ai Kikuchi designing the characters, and Yukari Hashimoto composing the music. It aired from July 3 to September 18, 2019 on AT-X, Tokyo MX, KBS, SUN, and other channels. The opening theme is "Onegai Muscle" performed by Ai Fairouz and Kaito Ishikawa, while the ending theme is "Macho A Name?" performed by Ishikawa. Funimation has licensed the series. It ran for 12 episodes.

Episode list

Reception

In 2019, the manga was nominated for the 65th Shogakukan Manga Award for the shōnen category.
Gadget Tsūshin listed lines from the opening theme and the training video in their 2019 anime buzzwords list.