Gal ni Yasashii Otaku-kun - Vol. 2 Ch. 8

[JennyTals]

Bro's got the sleeper build.

 

[pepinotomate]

In the current uploaded page 2, second text box, it definitely mentioned "Three," so I was expecting there was one and two. But no...

Hopefully the scanlators notice it. I feel there's something missing...

Also, I had to literally check the dumbbells that Otakura uses for training.

Spoiler: Chapter and page

It's in page 25 of chapter 1, and page 2 of chapter 6, fyi.

The missing pages already got added a while ago which were 3, you can check the raws out there to make sure too

 

[tcw3002]

Sleeper build

 

[TestAddress]

What's next, T-Rex?

 

[AnacondaHL]

OH​

NO​

HE'S​

ULTRA​

FUCKING​

HOT​

 

[Angelonius]

OTACHAD!
MARRY THAT GYARU!
NOW!

 

[KuroViLolitannia]

Make me wanna exercise just so I can lift my children

 

[lolipedofin]

30 year old father with hip problem??!!! Author, spare my feeling please as a childless 37 year old man!!!! My hips are still pretty ok tho, I guess.

 

[FinaruVictory]

I started working out when I rewatched DBZ and Super in late 2018, then OPM came to my attention, then Dumbells came out later. I gained 30 pounds of muscle in a year, but then covid hit and the realization of how much I was spending on food... I keep trying to get back into it but I really need a follow up season of Dumbells to get that extra 15lbs back.

 

[Xerlith]

People in the comments finding a nerd dude spend 2-3 hours a week on a solo, grindy activity to be unrealistic.

As if half the actual gym goers weren't weird nerds IRL, lmao.

 

[tantei_metal]

OH NO HE'S HOT!

 

[Gray_Raven]

Definition of sleeper build

 

[sanepsycho]

I

I don't mind all the soft skills, but making him shredded on top of all that is kinda too much.

I disagree, the I've never felt a rug-pull moment with any other MC-kun~ 🤣

 

[sanepsycho]

Yeah and I think this would work a lot better if it just made it the premise initially or part of a gag, but as is it feels so contrived. Like the MC just happened to watch anime and got too invested so he learned skills in literally everything that'd normally make him the most popular man in the world? Like ya'll have mandatory gym and changing and I'm supposed to believe no guy's seen how ripped he is and told everyone else? None of the class saw how strong he is? The worst part is the MC not realizing this. He just comes off as an ignorant dumbass.

A series where the MC is a super elite because of anime and knows it so he's an open Otaku but no one can criticize him with a comedy routine and the gal love interest would be a great subversion of the genre. Currently though I can't even tell if this is supposed to be rhetorical. The author is either a bad writer because they can't write a rhetorical gag Manga clearly or a bad writer because they can't write a realistic entry in a basic genre copying a million other existing series.

I've enjoyed this series so far. My bias comes from being burned out on other otaku MCs who are always shying away, being neurotic, or always playing the straight-man.
I do agree on your point about how there's no way he doesn't get seen at school (my only theory being that he wears an undershirt, and that's a super weak argument). But at the same time, applying to much logic to a manga comedy makes reading more annoying than enjoyable.
The dense mindset has been done to death, but in my opinion, it feels different from the usual kind. Going against what I just said about logic, if I were randomly approached by a hot chick, I'd questioned alot things, even if I have general confidence in myself.
I believe the author is writing a story that more optimistic than most, and it probably won't be for everyone.
The only thing left for me to say now, this MC felt boobs on his back, and just went, "fuck it, I'll carry everyone" instead of being overly conscious about it. I've never since this instance portrayed in any other manga. Props~

 

[Daerovius]

I don't mind all the soft skills, but making him shredded on top of all that is kinda too much.

It's not THAT unbelievable, I've always been an otaku, and still played rugby and went to the gym often, and still doing it (except the rugby) 2 and a half decade later... As for the other skills, it's kinda easy to have quite a lot of them when you're curious enough

 

[deathmailrock]

This is the story of a loner Otaku, who is great at everything has no flaws and is absolutely shredded...

No he isn't great at everything.... He's just good at hair and girl clothes....

And he happens to be buff....

The hair and girl clothings are just because of his hobbies.... Same with the nails ..

Basically he's good at being a stylist....

 

[deathmailrock]

I don't mind all the soft skills, but making him shredded on top of all that is kinda too much.

He doesn't actually have a lot of soft skills.... All the skills he have are actually pretty well connected

And him being buff is just a sudden thing.... It was meant to be a shock...

But the first chapter actually foreshadowed him working out

Having a few good areas doesn't magically make him amazing....

It's just that he's not as bad as he seems

 

[deathmailrock]

Basically this chapter is "oh no he's hot" meme as a chapter

 

[amaniza2010]

Holy shit he JACKED with just dumbell!???

 

[testableneptune]