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Chainsaw Minute: Chapter 167: Super Smooch

Manga by Tatsuki Fujimoto

Just a reminder The Chainsaw Minute is moving to its own feed. Find it at csm.libsyn.com or “The Chainsaw Minute” wherever you get your podcast

Warning: The chapter discussed this week contained a depiction of sexual assault

Chainsaw Man is definitely no longer a Christian manga

What time is it? It’s the Chainsaw Minute! Every Friday David and Jordan give their thoughts ...

Guardian of the Witch (Relook): Research Notes

Manga Details

• Asahi Sakano

  • Notable people they were an assistant for

    • Yuki Tabata (Black Clover, Hungry Joker)

  • Other works

    • Kuro no Shinobi (2018, 3 chapters, Jump GIGA)

      • Back when Jump Giga ran six times a year, the...

        2024-05-31 20:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post

New benefit of the Ravioli tier!

As amazing as getting weekly photos of Ravioli is, we also wanted to add a new perk - you can now work with us to pick the bonus content on a Shonen Drop episode. If interested please send us a message!

Schedule June 2024

Here's the schedule for June 2024! Just a note we're taking a little break in honor of our four-year anniversary but we still have a lot of awesome stuff this month :)

6/3 - Rerun of Family Deadly Sins Part 1 Ft Rem from Anime Out of Context

6/ 10 - MamaYuYu Chibi

6/ 17 - MamaYuYu Main ft David Evelyn the series' official translator

6/ 24 -Appearance of the Yellow Dragon! Chibi

Our exclusive episode this month is why you should read Baki the Grappler and our Shon...

Guardian of the Witch (Relook): Research Notes

Tucker

Title: 

• Japanese: Majo no Moribito『魔女の守人』（まじょのもりびと）

• English localization: Guardian of the Witch

  • Pretty much a direct translation of the Japanese title, but keep in mind that plurality is not a thing in Japanese the same way it is in English, so “Guardians of Witches” would also be a correct translation. 

Author

• Sakano, Asahi 坂野 旭（さか...

  2024-05-29 20:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post

Guardian of the Witch (Relook): Cover Art Breakdown + HQ Version

Guardian of the Witch (Relook):

#103 Guardian of the Witch (Relook) (Ft. Manga Letter Brandon Bovia)

Manga by Sakano, Asahi

It’s our four-year anniversary so we’re taking another look at one of the first series we covered!

We and our guest Brandon Bovia, who did the lettering for this series, discuss the Shonen Jump manga Guardian of the Witch.

 Show Notes:

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

• You can find our guest at ...

Chainsaw Minute: Chapter 166: Rain, Brothel, Removal

Manga by Tatsuki Fujimoto

Is Denji a DREAMER or a CREAMER?

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.

Looking for a regular Shonen Flop episode? You can find our next episode on Monday on the Shonen Flop feed.

Show Notes:

• You can reach us at Twitter @shonen...

Shonen Drop: May 2024

In this month's episode Jordan and David talk about Killing Me! and Martial Master Asumi. They also discuss who would represent Shonen Jump vs Marvel / DC in a tournament of champions

Close to hitting our four-year anniversary goal

Big thanks to everyone who's been supporting the show! We're super close to hitting our goal of 400 dollars a month for our four-year anniversary if anyone would like to upgrade their membership.

There's a lot of great perks like access to bonus episodes, picking a series for us to cover, and access to uncut episodes and my recording notes.

As a special thank you I'll send anyone who signs up or upgrades a set of Ravioli Magic the Gathering tokens as my way of saying thanks!

#102.5 Ranking Everything So Far (2024 Edition)

In honor of four years of Shonen Flop David and Jordan rank everything they read this year. Tune in next week for our re-review of Guardian of the Witch! You can find our tier list here https://imgur.com/a/6R67TUO and make your own at https://tiermaker.com/create/shonen-flop-2024-17125815 (2024) and 2024-05-19 00:57:25 +0000 UTC View Post

Art and Chibi Guesses Catchup

David and Jordan go through all the art and chibi guesses before April we hadn't talked about in preparation of the start of Shonen Drop our new monthly recap series

Takama-ga-hara: Unedited Audio and Recording Notes

Manga Details

• Tucker:

  • I think the localizers added the hyphens so native English speakers wouldn’t lose their minds over a foreign word with more than four syllables

  • Takamagahara is the realm of the gods in Shinto mythology

• Jyuuzou Kawai

  • Notable people they had as assistants

    • Kenta Tsuchida (Lock On!, Toge Toge)

    • Tatsuyuki “Mikey” Maeda (professional assistant wh...

      2024-05-18 00:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post

Takama-ga-hara: Research Notes

Tucker:

Title: 

•  Takama-ga-hara タカマガハラ

  • Tah-kah-man-gah-ha-rah

  • Just remember that all of the vowels are pronounced exactly the same and without any differing level of stress and you’ll be okay

  • Takamagahara is the realm of the gods in Shinto mythology

  • I think the localizers added the hyphens so native ...

    2024-05-15 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post