Is this Moneyball meets Dragon Ball? We and our guest MasakoX from Team Four Star (Dragon Ball Z the Abridged Series) discuss Mikiyasu Kamada (story) and by Ashibi Fukui’s (art) Shonen Jump’s manga Nine Dragons’ Ball Parade. Show Notes: • You can reach us at Twitter @shonenflopcast or email us shonenflop@gmail.com • You can find our guest at https://masakox.com and his podcast Up on the Lookout at https://linktr.ee/uponthelookout • Help keep the show running by joining the Shonen Flop Patreon at patreon.com/shonenflop. Get perks like early access to episodes; bonus episodes on series like PPPPPP, Magu-Chan, and Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer; and help us decide future comment • 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 • Become a member of our community by joining our Discord. You can hang out with us, play games, and even join our comic book discussion club! Find it at https://discord.com/invite/4hC3SqRw8r Credits: • Shonen Flop is hosted by David Weinberger and Jordan Forbes • Additional editing assistance by Dylan Crider you can find his podcast, Anime Out of Context at animeoutofcontext.com • Episode art by Merliel (IG: mer_liel) • Cover art funded by our generous art benefactor Nigel Francis • Our community producer is Luke Herr • Episode transcriptions by The Ghostwriters: Travis “T” Root, OzyRat, and TrafalagarWolfwood. You can find them on our website shonenflop.com Shoutouts: • Luke made a oneshot with Discord member Tapir! Give them some views so they can be big manga making hotshots https://manga-lab.net/title/54832 • Luke also has a oneshot campaign for RPG Pals Club called Killer Ratings! https://www.rpgpals.club/2022/03/01/rpg-pals-club-killer-ratings-part-1-the-house-always-wins/ : Hakuo Gakuin's mighty baseball team consistently makes it to Koushien, and Tamao Azukida dreams of making the team. To achieve his goal, Tamao does extensive research and undergoes a strict daily training regimen. But at tryouts, Tamao meets the enigmatic genius pitcher Tao Ryuudou, and the course of his destiny may be forever changed! If people aren't laughing, then you're not dreaming big enough! A new baseball tale for the era begins!
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