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Review: ダンベル何キロ持てる? 1 [Dumbbell Nan Kilo Moteru?]

ダンベル何キロ持てる? 1 [Dumbbell Nan Kilo Moteru?] ダンベル何キロ持てる? 1 [Dumbbell Nan Kilo Moteru?] by Sandrovich Yabako
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

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2.5 Stars

Hey you! Do you like hot girls? Do you like weightlifting/bodybuilding/fitness? Do you like fanservice/ecchi comedies? Do you want scientifically accurate info on how to become SWOLE!? Then this manga might be for you! But then again it also might not.

I said YES to every one of those questions, but this manga still ended up being a bit of a disappointment. It has all those promised things, but that's literally it.

The characters have no personalities beyond their one defining character trait (muscle fetish, fat and stupid, and I don't even know what to say about the third girl), so you bet there's no character development. There's also very nearly no plot besides the main girl's broad goal of "getting a hot body to gain the attention of all the boys at the beach".

Every chapter features the girls going back to the gym and learning a new exercise. The movement is introduced and then there's a scientific explanation on how to perform it and which muscles are activated. The model of the movement is always very erotically drawn and just as scantily clad, so there's your dose of fanservice for ya. Repeat this over and over again for every single chapter.

The way this manga is set up kind of makes it feel like a commercial. Pretty characters to draw you in, but lacking any real personality. A novice character to substitute for the audience, and knowledgeable characters to show them the way of the BUFF. It's hard to explain but I hope you get what I'm trying to say. They're not actually selling anything though. Except, like, fitness.

All this being said, in it's own weird way this series is actually kind of addictive. It makes me want to just keep reading and I have no idea why. I see from online discussion that other people feel the same way, and that the bodybuilding, fanservice, and hot girls are more than enough to make them enjoy this manga. Other people even actually find it funny, which is good for them because the jokes were so far from landing on me that I didn't even know it was supposed to be funny until I saw it mentioned.

Basically, if you like what the first paragraph promises and are okay with receiving those and ONLY those things, you're on your way to having a good time.


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