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From the creator of Black Clover, Yūki Tabata, comes Hungry Joker. Hungry Joker is the tale of Heidi, a boy genius scientist with amnesia trying to discover the secret of his past. All he remembers is a black apple, which he has obtained amongst a pile of mysterious glowing corpses as a child. It turns out the black apple is a Eureka, a type of magical artifact that provides its eater gravity powe...

After his father commits suicide due to being unable to pay back the Yakuza for his dead mother's medical bills, teenager Denji is stuck with his debt. He winds up having to hunt devils, magical beings that are powered by fear. After a fatal incident, Denji fuses with the chainsaw devil Pochiata becoming the half-human half-devil Chainsaw Man. He ends up being recruited by the Public Safety Devil...

Time Paradox Ghostwriter is the story of Teppei Sasaki, a failed manga artist trying to get into Shonen Jump. Home after his latest rejection, his microwave is struck by lightning and spits out a copy of SJ 10 years into the future. One of the series - White Knight - is so great he copies as a one-shot. It not only gets published but becomes a huge hit. One problem, however, the future creator of...

From the creator of Baccano! and Durarara!! comes Stealth Symphony . Set in a fantasy-meets-technology world, you're just as likely to see a Lizardman as you are an advertisement for the latest cell phone. This manga is about Jig, a human who has been fused with a powerful dragon artifact that's cursed to act violently to hostile threats. Jig goes to the city of Jinbō-chō in hopes of finding a cur...

Mitama Security: Spirit Busters is a gag manga about Rena Haze, a teenage girl who's haunted by over 100 spirits. To manage these spirits, she's protected by Joh Mitama, a member of Secureity (a pun on rei which means spirit). Joh, however, is afraid of ghosts and as such is very ineffective at his role. Lucky for them, it turns out the spirits are mostly harmless and actually quite beneficial. As...

Bone Collection is set on a version of modern-day earth where people have to worry about regular attacks from yokai - a kind of Japanese spirit. Protecting humanity is exorcists, humans able to use spiritual energy and talismans. The main character is Jinai Kazami, an exorcist who is notable for having almost no spiritual energy. To make up for this he is able to use a forbidden technique which le...

As a change of pace, this episode is about an ongoing series you should check out! Mashle: Magic and Muscles is set where magic is a part of everyday life. Main character Mash, however, is one of few not able to use magic. To compensate, Mash instead has trained his body to a superhuman level. His life is uprooted when the police discover he's unable to cast magic - a crime punishable by death. Ho...

Samurai 8 is set in a Star Wars-esque fantasy-sci fi world in which humanity has become scattered amongst the cosmos. Maintaining the peace are the samurai. These powerful warriors are a combination of magic and cybernetics. They consist of those who have died, but had strong enough will to create a new body created from the energy of their fighting spirit, and wield their soul as weapons.   Show...

SWOT (a Japanese term for a nerd who studies too much) is a battle manga about academic genius Manabizaki Kyou. He's a brand new student at the notorious Skeleton Highschool, who's transferred to improve his chances of getting into Tokyo University. However, It turns out that Skeleton Highschool isn't known for its academic rigor, but rather for the constant student brawling. Kyou and his group of...

Dark Mage is the tale of Dok Go-Sung, a powerful warrior in an Asian-inspired fantasy world. However, on the verge of death after an intense battle, he's saved by a group of wizards that take him to their homeworld, Truvania to help fight against a group of evil dragons and their army of monsters. Show Notes: You can reach us at Twitter @shonenflopcast or email us shonenflop@gmail.com If you're en...

Guardian of the Witch is set in a fantasy world in which humanity lives in walled cities to protect themselves from roving monsters (evils). These cities are protected by teenage girls (witches) that have been given magical powers by merging them with the essence of evils (seeds). Our main character, Fafner, is the guardian of the fire-witch Manasfa. However, after rejecting orders to kill the wit...

This week's Shonen Jump Manga is Beast Children , the tale of Sakura Shishigaya, a high school freshman with dreams of playing rugby after being inspired by professional player Onotora Ikki. Sakura is determined to play, despite his small size, and we follow his growth as both a player and as a person. He's committed to being a great rugby player and taking on his rival, Yukito Ikki, son of Onotor...

Robot x Laserbeam is the tale of socially-awkward highschooler Roboto " Robot " Hatohara. While initially resistant to joining his high school's golf team, it's discovered that Robot has the uncanny ability to hit golf balls perfectly straight - his "laserbeam". After a heated match against one of the best amateur players, Miura Youzan, Robot becomes inspired to continue their rivalry and become a...

Set in a world in which people utilize magical golems to help automate tasks such as cooking, construction, or even haircuts. Golem Hearts is about Noah, a unique golem that looks and acts like a human. Going so far as to eat and sleep. After an attack on Noah's home village which almost kills his "father", Noah sets out into the world. He's determined to become the second greatest golem creating...

Set in the near future, teenage engineering supergenius Koshiro Tatara has passed away, leaving behind his twin brother and main character Kaname. Kaname is a hot-blooded by-the-book shonen protagonist who dreams of being the hero "Jackman". Kaname gets a text from his brother, telling him to meet. It turns out his brother didn't die but rather had his consciousness put into a super-suit, which wh...