"How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?" will be adapted into an anime starting in the summer of 2019. Written by Sandrovich Yabako and illustrated by MAAM, this popular work is currently being serialized on the comic app "Manga One" and the manga distribution site "Ura Sunday." Its upcoming anime adaptation is attracting attention from fans of the original work and those who aren't. In this article, we'll introduce the charms of Sakura Hibiki, the protagonist of "How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?"! Be sure to check it out and prepare yourself before the anime airs.
Before we introduce the protagonist, what is the story of "How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?"
High school girl Hibiki Sakura is a second-year student at Kouou Girls' Academy. One day, her friend Sayaka Uehara points out that she's gained weight recently. This leads Hibiki to decide to go on a diet. She visits a newly opened "Silverman Gym" in her neighborhood, where she meets Soryuin Akemi, an honor student at her school. Often referred to as a "JK Body Modification Comedy," this is a groundbreaking anime about high school girls each competing in sports at the gym!
What kind of character is Hibiki Sakura?
Now, let's get into the main character, Hibiki Sakura. Hibiki is a high school girl in Class 2B at Kouou Girls' Academy. Her hobby is eating out. She absolutely loves food, eating six meals a day! She's also not very good at exercise, so she's not getting enough exercise. This has led to her weight gain, and her friend Sayaka Uehara points out that she's gotten fat.
She starts going to the gym!
So, with rather impure motives (?), Hibiki decides to join a sports gym: "I want to get a figure that will attract the opposite sex!" When she checks out the newly opened "Silverman Gym" in her neighborhood, she finds an instructor there that she likes. She immediately decides to join. While she initially thought she wouldn't be cut out for it due to her lack of perseverance, she's actually quite motivated when it comes to materialistic desires.
Sakura Hibiki Loves to Eat
Since she's supposed to eat six meals a day, Hibiki eats a lot. Her level of fitness is impressive. She can eat multiple 300g steaks, and she always brings a box of bento boxes (likely a sports day lunch!) for lunch. She looks like a competitive eater, and sometimes those around her struggle to keep up with her energy. Incidentally, her ability to eat so much has led Akemi, who has a serious muscle fetish, to hope she'll master the art of muscle building.
Hibiki's muscle mass appears to be increasing
However, thanks to advice from her friends, Hibiki has gradually increased her muscle mass, and her body seems to be more toned than before. However, due to her limited knowledge of dieting, she binge-eats in an attempt to build muscle like a sumo wrestler, which ultimately led to an increase in her body fat percentage. Her weight loss struggled for a while. Even though she's toned now, she's still a bit on the chubby side. She still struggles, sometimes overeating and gaining weight back, or having her tight clothes rip while working out.
Even though she has a lot of muscle, Hibiki Sakura isn't good at exercise.
She has a lot of muscle and frequents the gym, so it might seem like she's good at exercise, but in reality, she's not good at it. Although he's particularly weak at running, he boasts impressive strength. For example, despite being an amateur, he can easily punch a punching bag. Nana says he has the potential to become a world champion. His arm wrestling prowess is also impressive enough to make his trainer, the muscular Machio, go all out. However, perhaps unconsciously, he's not fully realizing his true potential.
By the way, this is what Machio looks like!
Machio Naruzo (Machio Naruzo = Maccho Naruzo?) is Hibiki's trainer. At first glance, Hibiki sees him as a refreshingly handsome and kind man, so she decides to join. But in reality, he's a seriously muscular guy! While he appears to be a refreshingly handsome, well-behaved young man when he's dressed, he has a habit of taking off his clothes while explaining his training routines and then striking bodybuilding poses to show off his muscles. He's so quirky that he sometimes even poses in the street.
What does Sakura Hibiki look like?
She has long blonde hair tied in twin tails and is quite tanned. Although she loves to eat and is a little on the chubby side, her body is muscular and her muscle mass seems to be gradually increasing. She said she "wants to lose weight by summer!" It'll be fun to follow her story and see how her figure changes.
Hibiki Sakura's Hobbies Are Games! She Also Loves Action Movies
Hibiki's hobbies are action movies and games, and she plays a variety of them. She's good at slots and mahjong, but she's not very good at batting cages or shooting games due to her poor dynamic vision. He has one of the lowest grades in baseball history and strikes out every pitch, making him an impressive player in another sense. He's also a big fan of action movies.
Hibiki Sakura's Profile!
Here's more about Hibiki.
She's Interested in Machio
Machio is an instructor who caught Hibiki's eye at first sight. Although Machio may appear cool and handsome, his body is heavily muscled and looks like a composite photo. Hibiki, who likes fresh-looking men, was initially put off by Akemi's overly developed muscles, but is gradually becoming attracted to them. Incidentally, recently, while Hibiki was initially put off by Akemi's muscle fetish, she seems to be gradually becoming addicted to him.
Average Grades
Hibiki's grades are average, and she can only write the alphabet up to L. Her dream for the future is to study sports theory at an American university, just like Machio. However, due to her poor grades, people around her say it's impossible.
Other Profile
She's 160 cm tall, weighs 55 kg, and her measurements are 88-65-88. To earn money to buy snacks, she works part-time at a butcher shop run by an older man who quit his job. Despite being a high school student, she works five days a week.
Hibiki Sakura's voice actor is Fairouz Ai
For the anime adaptation, Fairouz Ai will be the voice actress for the main character, Hibiki Sakura. With the anime adaptation underway, much attention is focused on what kind of voice actress she will be. Her unique name is also a bit of a curiosity.
Profile
Born in Tokyo, Fairouz is half Egyptian and half Japanese, and speaks an Egyptian dialect of Arabic. She's a beautiful woman with an exotic aura. Her birthday is July 6th, her blood type is O, she's 159 cm tall, and her hobbies are drawing, weight training, and watching horror movies. Her special skills include Arabic (conversational level), drawing, and death metal vocals. She holds qualifications such as a Level 3 Business Skills Certification and a Level 4 Equestrian Functional Certification. She shares Hibiki's hobby of weight training! That's why, when Ai first saw Hibiki, she wanted to mutter, "Hibiki... are you me?" The two characters share many similarities. Hibiki has experience working part-time at a sports gym, so this role was a perfect fit for her.
Agency: Pro Fit
After graduating from the Pro Fit Voice Actor Training School, Ai immediately joined the voice acting agency Pro Fit and continues to work there. Her previous roles include the role of Hatsuratsu-kun in the web anime "Hatsuratsu-kun" and the narration for the Adobe short-term intensive seminar "Mago Sensei Seminar." Now that she's been cast as the lead character in "How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?", we're excited to see what else Ai will be up to!
A Summary of Hibiki Sakura's Charms!
That concludes our introduction to Hibiki Sakura, the protagonist of "How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?"! With the anime starting soon, we're excited to see Hibiki's continued success. The anime's promotional video was recently released, so be sure to check it out!
