Shonen Flop

About Shonen Flop

Not every manga can make it in Shonen Jump like Dragonball Z, One Piece, or Naruto. Listen in to David and Jordan discussing the manga that got canceled, and what they could have done to have stayed afloat instead of becoming a Shonen Flop. Learn more at shonenflop.com. You can reach us at shonenflop@gmail.com

Publisher

David Weinberger & Jordan Forbes

Category

comedy · leisure

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

30 May 2020

Latest episode

5 Jan 2026

Latest episodes

66 of 372 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   5 Jan 2026TRANSCRIPT

   #142 The Best Cancelled Manga Awards Returns! | The 5th Annual Floppy Awards

   It's time for the biggest awards show in cancelled manga podcasting, the 5th annual Floppies! Also Shonen Flop will be taking an extended hiatus after this episode. We want to thank everyone for their support! Show Notes: • You can reach us at Twitter @shonenflopcast, Tumblr shonen-flop, or email shonenflop@gmail.com • 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 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

2. 

   29 Dec 2025TRANSCRIPT

   #141 It's hard out there being an NPC | Boku Igai Zennin Tenseisha ka yo

   We and our guest HERMSAUR discuss Young Magazine Web manga Boku Igai Zennin Tenseisha ka yo MAL Description: Rocco is a novice adventurer who begins his journey to save his sister Natty, who is cursed by a demon and falls asleep. At an adventurer's guild, he meets Taiga, who was given extraordinary abilities when he was reincarnated from another world! He also meets Sawyer and Mia, who were also reincarnated from another world and have cheat abilities, but something happens that shocks even them! An entertaining and poignant otherworldly fantasy featuring a party of a novice adventurer, Rocco, and three reincarnated characters from another world! Show Notes: • You can reach us at Twitter @shonenflopcast, Tumblr shonen-flop, or email shonenflop@gmail.com • You can find our guest at youtube.com/hermsaur • 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: • Manga by Natsuna, Yuuma • 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

3. 

   22 Dec 2025TRANSCRIPT

   #140.5 A guy a girl and a bunch of cheat powers | Boku Igai Zennin Tenseisha ka yo

   AKA Everyone Is from Another World, Except Me!? MAL Description: Rocco is a novice adventurer who begins his journey to save his sister Natty, who is cursed by a demon and falls asleep. At an adventurer's guild, he meets Taiga, who was given extraordinary abilities when he was reincarnated from another world! He also meets Sawyer and Mia, who were also reincarnated from another world and have cheat abilities, but something happens that shocks even them! An entertaining and poignant otherworldly fantasy featuring a party of a novice adventurer, Rocco, and three reincarnated characters from another world! Show Notes: • You can reach us at Twitter/X @shonenflopcast, Bluesky shonenflop.bsky.social, or email 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  Natsuna, Yuuma • 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

Inside a recent episode

#142 The Best Cancelled Manga Awards Returns! | The 5th Annual Floppy Awards

Published 5 Jan 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Jordan, what were your nominees? Well, I had Ralgrad, Hakutaku, and Vibration Man. I had Raugrad, Hakutaku, and SWAT, but since we're not counting it, it's between Raugrad and Hakutaku. Raugrad did have beautiful art, but Hakutaku didn't have sexual assault. True, Hakutaku, I really just, Vibration Man was so bad, David. Yeah, fine, fine. He gets a call from Joe Biden. You can give it Vibration Man. It's Jover. It's the only thing that Vibration Man is going to get. And the loser is Vibration Man. This is Vibration Man's first floppy of the night, and I don't think there's going to be another one. […]

Who has been a guest on Shonen Flop

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Living Deadman
• Blerd Without Fear
• Rem
• Shaun
• MarzGurl

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

2,852,500

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

339 ratings

Spotify

4.7 / 5

218 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 93 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

94

Social presence

91

YouTube

93

Engagement

93

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