An all-around athlete with 万能

うるし:

「真面目(まじめ)だけど少(すこ)し抜(ぬ)けてていつも真剣(しんけん)で勉強(べんきょう)苦手(にがて)でスポーツ万能(ばんのう)か」

“Serious but a bit absent-minded, always earnest, struggles with academics, but excels at sports, huh?”

Key Points

1. 万能(ばんのう) here means “good at everything” within one area

   • In this scene, 万能(ばんのう) means Ayumu is an all-around athlete, not that he is universally capable at literally everything.

2. The sentence is a rapid list of traits

   • Urushi strings descriptions together with 〜て and omitted pauses, giving a quick rundown of what he was like.

3. Final か marks Urushi’s reflective “huh?”

   • The ending か is not a formal question here so much as a reflective reaction as she pieces the picture together.

   • That is why the translation ends with “huh?” rather than a direct information-seeking question.

See Also

• Kanji: Hands and skill with 手