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Otaku work out!

24.04.2009 by Patrick W. Galbraith


My friends tell me I need to lose weight. OK, so I'm a porker, no shame in that baby. But I agree I need to shed some blubber before cosplay and convention season. I was kicked out of my local gym for having tattoos and being generally antisocial. Ejected from public space, I retreated to my room looking for a quick fix. And the spankers on 2channel had it. Behold, "Let's Training!" heralded as the first anime exercise video. Boasting moe characters in compromising positions, viewers can be confident their forearms will be like a freaking gorilla as they “exercise” in the privacy of their own rooms. I considered it, but doubt this will solve my problems. Might actually compound them… Moe…



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Patrick wrote on 14.6.2009:

Insulted. The real thing is like six minutes of actual animation, mostly looped. The quality is high, but damn, they sure know how to milk the moe cow.

SurfPenguin wrote on 13.6.2009:

I honestly don't know whether to be amused or insulted by this video...

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