"How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? Episode 5". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on November 4, 2021. Retrieved January 10, 2021. [How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? is] set in the same universe as Kengan Ashura, which is written by the same author, Yabako Sandrovich.
Afterwards, Hibiki weighs herself. Once she sees the results, she leaves in a very happy mood. 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.
"Decline Bench Press" (デクラインベンチプレス, Dekurain Benchi Puresu) 53. "Shrugs" (シュラッグ, Shuraggu) 54. "Push-ups" (プッシュアップ, Pusshu Appu) 55.
Ai Fairouz will play Hibiki Sakura, and Sora Amamiya will play Akemi Sōryūin.
Silver Man Gym is presenting the project. Sandrovich and MAAM, a relatively new manga artist, launched the manga in Shogakukan 's web manga site Ura Sunday and in Shogakukan 's Manga ONE app in 2016, and Shogakukan will publish the sixth volume on Friday, January 18.
The "body-building comedy" centers around Hibiki Sakura, a high school girl who loves eating, and Akemi Sōryūin, the beautiful and charismatic student council president who has a muscle fetish. The staff describes the story:
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.
How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? is written by Yabako Sandrovich and illustrated by MAAM. The series is set in the same universe as Sandrovich's other work Kengan Ashura. 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 12, 2021, twelve 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.