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Candy Flurry: Tucker Report

Tucker's episode notes (including name pronunciation/meaning) for our Candy Flurry episode

  • Title: アメノフル
    • “Ame no Furu” written out in katakana (just syllables). Has a double meaning.
      • “Ame” could be a reading for 雨 (rain) or 飴 (hard candy). “Furu” means “to fall.”
      • So the title in Japanese means both “Rainfall” and “Candy-fall”
  • Author:  たけぐ...

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Candy Flurry

Manga by Takegushi, Ippon (Story), Mitarashi, Santa (Art)

What if everyone in Hunter x Hunter was dumb?

This episode we, and our guest Chip Cheezum from ChipCheezumLPs discuss Takegushi, Ippon (Story), Mitarashi, Santa (Art) Shonen Jump manga Candy Flurry.

Show Notes:

• You can reach us at shonenflop@gmail.com or on twitter @shonenflopcast

• Episode art by Shannon (IG: illuminyatea)

• You can find our guest at youtube.com/user/chipcheezumlps

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Second goal hit!

Thanks to everyone for supporting the show and letting us hit our second Patreon goal! 

Just a heads up, Shannon, our current artist, is going to be taking some time off to focus on school starting in November but we will figure out getting art made for things like the Chibi episode once we find a new artist and ramp them up.

- David

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First Impressions: PPPPPP

In our latest Patreon bonus episode, David and Jordan give their thoughts on the newest Shonen Jump series - PPPPPP by Mapolo 3-gou

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Candy Flurry Warmup Art

A unique piece of art Shannon created to get herself warmed up for drawing the cover art for our episode on Candy Flurry

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#36.5 First Thoughts on Candy Flurry

Manga by Ippon Takegushi

Does this lollipop get bitter as you keep licking?

David and Jordan give their first thoughts on the Shonen Jump manga Candy Flurry. 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.

• If you’re enjoying Shonen Flop and want to support us or even just access exclusive content like bonus e...

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Iron Knight: Unedited Audio

Completely unedited audio and recording notes from our Iron Knight episode

Manga Details

  • Author: Yagi, Tomohiro
  • Author’s other works: red sprite
  • Run dates: Dec 2, 2013 to Mar 31, 2014
  • Based on a one-shot
  • Chapters/Volumes: 17/3

About the Manga

  • Plot
    • Ushizume Teppei is the young child of a police officer. He goes to school, lives with his aunt and uncle, and even plans on...

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Iron Knight: Deleted Scene: Kid protags

Deleted scene from our Iron Knight episode where David talks about why kid protags suck

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Iron Knight: Tucker Report

Tucker's episode notes (including name pronunciation/meaning) for our Iron Knight episode

Characters

  • Ushizume Teppei
    • 鎮丑 鉄兵 ……
      • Ushizume is written with characters for “ox” (as in the Chinese zodiac sign) and “tranquilize”....
      • Teppei written with characters for “iron” and “soldier”....so pretty much literally an iron knight.
      • PRONUNCIATION:
        • “Ushizume”:  Nothing crazy, but reme...

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Iron Knight: Warmup audio

Warmup audio from our Iron Knight episode

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Iron Knight: HQ Cover Art

HQ covert art from our Iron Knight episode

Art by Shannon (illuminyatea)

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#36 Iron Knight

After a great first chapter did Iron Knight keep it up or have a meltdown? Inspired by Berserk we discuss Tomohiro Yagi’s Shonen Jump manga Iron Knight. 

This episode is brought to you via Morty who used his Patreon power to request this series!

 Show Notes:

• You can reach us at shonenflop@gmail.com or on twitter @shonenflopcast

• Episode art by Shannon (IG: illuminyatea)

• If you’re enjoying Shonen Flop and want to support us or even just ac...

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Patreon Shoutouts Sep 2021

Shouting out to everyone who was a patron in Sep 2021

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#35.5 First Thoughts on Iron Knight

Manga by Tomohiro Yagi

What happens if you try and make Shin Megami Tensei for kids?

David and Jordan give their first thoughts on the Shonen Jump manga Iron Knight. 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.

• If you’re enjoying Shonen Flop and want to support us or even just access exclusive content like...

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New Tier 3 perk

Thanks everyone for being an awesome patron! As a new perk moving forward we'll begin offering uncut/unedited audio for our main episodes. Listen to how our episode sounds exactly as it was recorded!

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Chibi Guesses Scoring Ep 1

As we've already released a first impressions episode on Hunter's Guild: Red Hood in it's place we've unlocked our first Chibi Guesses Scoring episode! Tune in next week for our full thoughts on Hunter's Guild.

David and Jordan score how well their predictions for Double Arts, Cool Shock B.T., Phantom Seer, Godspeed, Teenage Reissuance! David, Hell Warden, i tell c, and Red Sprite went. Tune in to see who was the better guesser

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Build King: HQ Cover Art

HQ covert art from our Build King episode

Art by Shannon (illuminyatea)

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Build King: Jokes

Deleted scene from our Build King episode where Jordan discusses how the author kept killing his own jokes

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Build King: Warmup Audio

Warmup audio from our Build King episode featuring Derek from Best Friends KAI

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Build King: Tucker Report

Tucker's episode notes (including name pronunciation/meaning) for our Build King episode

NOTES

Characters

  • Tonkachi: main character
    • Means “hammer”
  • Renga: Tonkachi’s brother
    • N and g are pronounced separately (so ren-ga, not reng-a)
    • Means “brick”
  • Shovel: Master carpenter
  • Nana Schneider
    • Probably was going for a name from the German ver...

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#35 Build King (Ft. Derek from The Good Friends KAI)

Manga by Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro

Could this be the worst series we’ve ever read on Shonen Flop? 

This episode we, and our guest Derek (@greatbigsword) fromThe Good Friends KAI podcast discuss Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro’s (Toriko) Shonen Jump manga Build King.

 Show Notes:

• You can reach us at shonenflop@gmail.com or on twitter @shonenflopcast

• Episode art by Shannon (IG: illuminyatea)

• You can find our guest on The Good Fr...

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#34.5 First Thoughts on Build King

Manga by Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro

Now, this is a series in need of home improvement!

David and Jordan give their first thoughts on the Shonen Jump manga Build King. 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.

• If you’re enjoying Shonen Flop and want to support us or even just access exclusive content like bo...

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Double Taisei: Deleted Scene: Opinions

Deleted scene from our Double Taisei episode where we discuss ((jokingly) some unusual opinions folks have had on the show (they actually do not).

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Double Taisei: Deleted Scene: Tim's Six Word

Deleted scene from our Double Taisei episode where Tim discusses his Six Word Summary

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Double Taisei: Deleted Scene: Vine

Deleted scene from our Double Taisei episode where we discuss how we miss Vine

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Double Taisei: Deleted Scene: TRD

Deleted scene from our Double Taisei episode where we discuss Teenage Renaissance! David

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Double Taisei: HQ Cover Art

HQ covert art from our Double Taisei episode

Art by Shannon (illuminyatea)

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Double Taisei: Tucker Report

Tucker's episode notes (including name pronunciation/meaning) for our Double Taisei episode

NOTES

Author: 福田健太郎 ----- Fukude Kentarou

~Shares the 太 kanji with Tai (it’s pronounced “ta” in the author’s name)

~Pretty easy pronunciation wise, but the “rou” at the end is the long version of “ro” (common at the end of men’s given names….it’s exactly the same as Joutarou (Jotaro)’s name, except that it has...

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Double Taisei: Warmup audio

Warmup audio from our Double Taisei episode featuring Tim Batt from The Worst Idea of All Time podcast

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#34 Double Taisei (Ft. Tim Batt from The Worst Idea of All Time)

What if Hideo Kojima made a manga about Shogi that was a mashup of Fight Club and Joker?

This episode we, and our guest Tim Batt from The Worst Idea of All Time discuss Kentarou  Fukuda’s Shonen Jump manga Double Taisei.

Show Notes:

• You can reach us at shonenflop@gmail.com or on twitter @shonenflopcast

• Episode art by Shannon (IG: illuminyatea)

• You can find our guest on Twitter @Tim_batt, The Worst Idea of All Time: worstideaofalltime.com

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