MAL Description: Formerly a three time back-to-back winner of the All-Japan Intercollegiate Road Cycling Championships, Mastumoto now spends his days doing bike deliveries to pay the bills. Just as he contemplates giving up cycling for the sake of his future, Matsumoto suddenly finds himself at the center of an unbelievable incident...! Make way for this hard-hitting high-speed action!! 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 patreon.com/shonenflop. Get perks like early access to episodes; picking series for us to cover; and exclusive episodes on manga like Undead Unluck, Magu-chan: God of Destruction, and Cypher Academy. • 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 https://discord.com/invite/4hC3SqRw8r • 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: • Manga by Okusu, Tsuneharu • 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
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