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Pandemic: Warmup Audio

Pandemic: HQ Cover Art + Breakdown

Gun Dragon Sigma: Warmup Audio

Gun Dragon Sigma: Unedited Audio & Notes

Manga Details

• Author: 

  • By the late great Buichi Terasawa, of Space Adventure Cobra fame, who passed in 2023. He was a pioneer in adopting digital techniques, such as digital colouring using a PC-9801 on Black Knight Bat in 1985, and Takeru in 1992, a manga made entirely using CG production methods, popularly considered to be the first of its kind.

  • Terasawa was an assistant under Osamu Tezuka. He was initially rejected for the role for having too...

    2025-04-19 11:28:36 +0000 UTC View Post

A CGI Manga? Gun Dragon Sigma ft Comic Book Creator KC Green

Are you really shocked a CGI manga from the '90s looks like shit? We and KC Green talk about Gun Dragon Sigma

Manga by Buichi Terasawa

You can find KC Green at kcgreendotcom.com

#125 Wait, where's the rest of the manga?! Pandamic ft YouTuber bobvids

We and our guest  YouTuber bobvids discuss Comic Earth Star manga Pandamic.

MAL Description: 

Minita Kokage, a man who was bullied in his past due to his unfortunate name, encounters something unbelievable while working his part-time job, causing his daily life to suddenly change.

Show Notes:

• You can reach us at Twitter @shonenflopcast, Tumblr shonen-flop, or email shonenflop@gmail.com 2025-04-16 23:40:56 +0000 UTC View Post

#124.5 Is this mascot manga absolute pandemonium? Pandamic first impressions

MAL Description:

Minita Kokage, a man who was bullied in his past due to his unfortunate name, encounters something unbelievable while working his part-time job, causing his daily life to suddenly change.

Show Notes:

• You can reach us at Twitter @shonenflopcast or email us shonenflop@gmail.com

• Help keep the show running by joining the Shonen Flop Patreon at 2025-04-13 21:53:59 +0000 UTC View Post

Ral Grad: Unedited Audio & Notes

Manga Details

• Writer - Tsuneo Takano

  • Nothing is known about them, so who is this?

  • So this is another case of a writer with little to no info available. There’s been speculation in both Japanese and English-speaking manga communities that this is ANOTHER pseudonym for Tsugumi Ohba/Hiroshi Gamo, though nothing has ever been revealed, at least to my knowledge. Personally I’d believe it, just because Ohba seems to hate women, and… well… Takano ce...

    2025-04-11 13:00:17 +0000 UTC View Post

Ral Grad: Research Notes

Tucker:

Title: 

• Blue Dragon: Ral Ω Grad 

• Japanese: BLUE DRAGON ラルΩグラド (ブルードラゴン ラル・グラド）

  • Yes, the “Blue Dragon” is part of the title (since this is a spin-off of the XBOX360 RPG)

  • The omega is completely aesthetic and not pronounced

  • The “Ral” and “Grad” are totally made up names as far as I can tell, so go ahead and pronounce them with a standard English pr...

    2025-04-09 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post

Ral Grad: Warmup Audio

Ral Grad: HQ Cover Art + Breakdown

#124 The creator of Death Note made this? Blue Dragon spinoff Ral Grad ft YouTuber James Tullos

Grad the Burninator? 

We and our guest YouTuber James Tullos discuss Shonen Jump manga Ral Grad.

 Show Notes:

• You can reach us at Twitter @shonenflopcast, Tumblr shonen-flop, or email shonenflop@gmail.com

• You can find our guest at youtube.com/@JamesTullos

• Help keep the show running by joining the Shonen ...

Schedule April 2025

Here's what we have coming up next month!

4/7 - Ral Grad ft James Tullos

4/14 - Pandemic Chibi

4/21 - Pandemic ft Bob Vids

4/28 - Koisome Momiji Chibi

Our exclusive episode this month is Dragon Sigma ft KC Green. Our mystery box content is 10 Shonen Flop commandments

Sex Ed 120%: Unedited Audio & Notes

Manga Details

• Kikiki Tataki (writer)

  • Other works

    • Ishimi-san’s G-Life (2021-2022, 2 volumes, Bamboo Comics)

    • I Want to Quit My Part-Time Job (2022, 1 chapter, self-published)

    • How to Ask For Sex For Working People (2023, 1 volume, Love Chocolate)

    • How to Avoid Being Unhappy in a High-Rise Apartment (2024-present, 2+ vols, Comic Days)

      • An office lady aims for a dream of living in a high-rise apart...

        2025-03-28 09:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post

123.5 This is a children's video game spinoff? Ral Grad

This Blue Dragon spinoff doesn’t exactly color me impressed.

David and Jordan give their first thoughts on Shonen Jump manga Ral Grad. Listen in as they give an overview of the first chapter, where they think it will go from there, and ultimately their “power word” to describe the series so far. They also dive into some listener questions.

 Show Notes:

• You can reach us at Twitter @shonenflopcast or email us 2025-03-27 18:08:32 +0000 UTC View Post

Sex Ed 120%: Research Notes

Tucker

Title: 

•  性教育１２０％ (Seikyouiku 120%)

  • Say-kyo-ee-kɯ

  • It’s just the Japanese word for sexual education

Author

• Story: Tataki, Kikiki 田滝 ききき

  • Tah-tah-kee, Kee-kee-kee

  • As you can imagine, it’s obviously a pen name (sounds pretty similar to the sounds that monkeys make in Japanese onomatopoeia)

• Art: Hotomura

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  2025-03-26 09:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post

The End of The Chainsaw Minute? Chapter 197: 3 Seconds

Please Reze your glass for one final episode of The Chainsaw Minute.

What time is it? It’s the Chainsaw Minute! Every Friday David and Jordan give their thoughts on the latest chapter of the manga that needs no introduction, Chainsaw Man. Find out what was their devil of the week and why this chapter was a 10/10. 

Show Notes:

• You can reach us at Twitter @shonenflopcast or email us shonenflop@gmail.com...

Sex Ed 120%: Warmup Audio

Sex Ed 120%: HQ Cover Art + Breakdown

#123 This series gives 120%, do we? - Sex Ed 120% ft Official Series Letter Sara Linsley

Gotta be honest, I really learned some interesting things from the series. 

We and our guest Official Series Letter Sara Linsleydiscuss Sex Ed 120%.

 Show Notes:

• You can reach us at Twitter @shonenflopcast, Tumblr shonen-flop, or email shonenflop@gmail.com

• You can find our guest at sara.pizza

• Help keep the show running by joining the Shonen Flop Patreon at 2025-03-23 20:39:34 +0000 UTC View Post

Lady D in Shonen Jump? Shonen Drop March 2025

In this month's episode Jordan and David discuss Chameleon Jail and Hakutaku. Opening the mystery box they look at the Fabricant 100 Pilot and say what TV pilots our patrons would have guest stared in.

Cyber Blue: Unedited Audio & Notes

Manga Details

• Original story - BOB

  • BOB is largely an enigma, though his author comment on volume 2 depicts him as an aspirational writer wanting to do films, novels, manga, and anything else he can get his hands on.

• Script - Ryuichi Mitsui

  • Largely an enigma.

• Artist - Tetsuo Hara

• 2025-03-14 09:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post

#122.5 Shonen Flop goes educational!? - Sex Ed 120%

Edutainment finally comes to Shonen Flop!

David and Jordan give their first thoughts on manga Sex Ed 120%. Listen in as they give an overview of the first chapter, where they think it will go from there, and ultimately their “power word” to describe the series so far. They also dive into some listener questions.

 Show Notes:

• You can reach us at Twitter @shonenflopcast or email us shonenflop@gmail.co...

Chainsaw Minute: Chapter 196: Chainsaw Man to the Rescue!

Go crush ants is the new go touch grass

What time is it? It’s the Chainsaw Minute! Every Friday David and Jordan give their thoughts on the latest chapter of the manga that needs no introduction, Chainsaw Man. Find out what was their devil of the week and why this chapter was a 10/10. 

Show Notes:

• You can reach us at Twitter @shonenflopcast or email us shonenflop@gmail.com

• Join the Disco...

Cyber Blue: Research Notes

Tucker

Title: 

•  Cyber Blue

Author

• Story: Mitsui Ryuuichi

  • Meets-ɯ-ee, Ryɯ-ee-chee

• Art: Hara Tetsuo

  • Hah-rah, Tets-ɯ-oh

Characters

• Weiser

  • Probably supposed to be pronounced like the English word “wiser...

    2025-03-12 09:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post