Hi-Fi Cluster - story beats to rage to We and our guest Courtney from The Strictly Series discuss Ippei Gotou’s Shonen Jump manga Hi-Fi Cluster. Show Notes: You can reach us at Twitter @shonenflopcast or email us shonenflop@gmail.com You can find our guest on Twitter @thestrictlyseries, thestrictlyseries.com, and their Discord https://discord.gg/4Rnq4GTePP 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 Akane-banashi, Witch Watch, or Blue Box. 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, submit your questions or six word summaries! Find it at https://discord.com/invite/4hC3SqRw8r 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 Crider 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 Episode transcriptions by The Ghostwriters: Travis “T” Root, OzyRat, and TrafalagarWolfwood. You can find them on our website shonenflop.com Welcome to the Ability Society. A futuristic world where no one has an advantage from the abilites they were born with, because you can easily download abilites. These downloadable abilites, called "Labels," will give you the skills to do just about anything. From driving a car to making pottery, the sky's the limit. But there's just one problem—they don't work for Heita Jugojo. How can a guy with no abilities survive in a world where everybody's an "expert?" Find out in this offbeat sci-fi story!
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