Manga by Ono, Genki Look out, it's the Prince of Table Tennis! We and our guest YouTuber Manga Kamen discuss Shonen Jump manga Full Drive Show Notes: • You can reach us at Twitter @shonenflopcast, Tumblr shonen-flop, or email • You can find our guest at youtube.com/channel/UCR6j61T92mKeAEZlDccV5ZA and @Manga_Kamen • Help keep the show running by joining the Shonen Flop Patreon at patreon.com/shonenflop. Get perks like early access to episodes; joining us during recordings, and exclusive episodes on manga like Agravity Boys, Magu-chan: God of Destruction, and PPPPPP. • Become a member of our community by joining our Discord. You can hang out with us, submit your questions or six word summaries! Find it at • Get Shonen Flop merch, including this episode’s cover art, on a shirt, mug, print, or whatever else might catch your eye https://www.teepublic.com/stores/shonen-flop?ref_id=22733 • Want to be a guest? You can ask to be on a future episode at bit.ly/shonen_flop_guest Credits: • Shonen Flop is hosted by David Weinberger and Jordan Forbes • Additional editing assistance by Dylan Krider you can find his podcast, Anime Out of Context at animeoutofcontext.com • Assistance with pronunciation, translation, and other miscellaneous research done by Tucker Whatley and MaxyBee • Episode art by Merliel (IG: mer_liel) • Cover art funded by our generous art benefactor Nigel Francis 9-year-old Tamashiro Dan is teased relentlessly by others for being weak and small until his grandfather teaches him table tennis and gives him an old worn-out racket. Four years later he's left Germany with his family to Japan, to prove himself on a bigger stage.
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