diff --git a/client/src/telethon/_impl/tl/core/reader.py b/client/src/telethon/_impl/tl/core/reader.py
index 45d8bad7..703b3d1b 100644
--- a/client/src/telethon/_impl/tl/core/reader.py
+++ b/client/src/telethon/_impl/tl/core/reader.py
@@ -31,17 +31,17 @@ def _bootstrap_get_ty(constructor_id: int) -> Optional[Type["Serializable"]]:
 class Reader:
     __slots__ = ("_view", "_pos", "_len")
 
-    def __init__(self, buffer: bytes) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, buffer: bytes | memoryview) -> None:
         self._view = (
             memoryview(buffer) if not isinstance(buffer, memoryview) else buffer
         )
         self._pos = 0
         self._len = len(self._view)
 
-    def read_remaining(self) -> bytes:
+    def read_remaining(self) -> memoryview:
         return self.read(self._len - self._pos)
 
-    def read(self, n: int) -> bytes:
+    def read(self, n: int) -> memoryview:
         self._pos += n
         assert self._pos <= self._len
         return self._view[self._pos - n : self._pos]
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class Reader:
         assert self._pos <= self._len
         return struct.unpack(fmt, self._view[self._pos - size : self._pos])
 
-    def read_bytes(self) -> bytes:
+    def read_bytes(self) -> memoryview:
         if self._view[self._pos] == 254:
             self._pos += 4
             length = struct.unpack("<i", self._view[self._pos - 4 : self._pos])[0] >> 8
diff --git a/client/src/telethon/_impl/tl/core/serializable.py b/client/src/telethon/_impl/tl/core/serializable.py
index 7161c50d..acadc89b 100644
--- a/client/src/telethon/_impl/tl/core/serializable.py
+++ b/client/src/telethon/_impl/tl/core/serializable.py
@@ -36,10 +36,6 @@ class Serializable(abc.ABC):
 
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
         fields = ((attr, getattr(self, attr)) for attr in self.__slots__)
-        fields = (
-            (name, bytes(field) if isinstance(field, memoryview) else field)
-            for name, field in fields
-        )
         attrs = ", ".join(f"{name}={field!r}" for name, field in fields)
         return f"{self.__class__.__name__}({attrs})"
 
diff --git a/generator/src/telethon_generator/_impl/codegen/serde/deserialization.py b/generator/src/telethon_generator/_impl/codegen/serde/deserialization.py
index 3c0c7b1d..1faf69d8 100644
--- a/generator/src/telethon_generator/_impl/codegen/serde/deserialization.py
+++ b/generator/src/telethon_generator/_impl/codegen/serde/deserialization.py
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ from .common import inner_type_fmt, is_trivial, to_class_name, trivial_struct_fm
 # Some implementations choose to create these types by hand.
 # For consistency, we instead special-case the generator.
 SPECIAL_CASED_OBJECT_READS = {
-    0xF35C6D01: "reader.read_remaining()",  # rpc_result
-    0x5BB8E511: "reader.read(_bytes)",  # message
+    0xF35C6D01: "b'' + reader.read_remaining()",  # rpc_result
+    0x5BB8E511: "b'' + reader.read(_bytes)",  # message
 }
 
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def reader_read_fmt(ty: Type, constructor_id: int) -> Tuple[str, Optional[str]]:
     elif ty.name == "string":
         return f"str(reader.read_bytes(), 'utf-8', 'replace')", None
     elif ty.name == "bytes":
-        return f"reader.read_bytes()", None
+        return f"b'' + reader.read_bytes()", None
     elif ty.name == "int128":
         return f"int.from_bytes(reader.read(16))", None
     elif ty.name == "int256":