Shonen Flop Recommends #9: Inuyasha
Oct 19, 2020
So, last episode we covered Bone Collection, which is absolute trash. However, aspects of the manga (the constant gags, the romance plot, a boy and a girl as the two protagonists, frequently pulling from Japanese culture and mythology) reminded me of a way better series: Inuyasha.
The main plot follows Kagome, a young...
Shonen Flop Recommends #8: Shaman King
Oct 3, 2020
In our upcoming episode, we will be discussing Bone Collection. Not to spoil the episode but we don’t like it. It’s a shame because the concept of supernatural entities teaming up with powerful spiritualists reminded me a lot of Shaman King, a manga that was very important to me as a kid. I first discovered it in...
Shonen Flop Recommends #7: One-Punch Man
Sep 26, 2020
One of the things we constantly said during our recent Mashle recommendation episode was how much it reminded us of One-Punch Man. But what is One-Punch Man? Well, it’s one of the best animes of the 2010s which also serves as a brilliant satire of shonen manga as a whole.
In a world that’s constantly under threat...
Shonen Flop Recommends #5: Cowboy Bebop
Sep 11, 2020
It feels kind of redundant to write an article recommending Cowboy Bebop. It’s the perennial “anime for people who don’t like anime” because it’s so damn cool that it transcends its own medium. It regularly appears at the top of all-time-great lists and it earns those placements with ease. Sure we had fun...
Shonen Flop Recommends #4: Kaguya-sama: Love Is War
Sep 4, 2020
One of the themes that SWOT, the subject of our latest episode, tried to play around with was romance in a highschool setting. Its questionable attempt might be making you, the reader, wonder how an anime/manga can do the job properly. Look no further than Kaguya-sama: Love Is War aka Kaguya Wants to Be Confessed To.