Jump’s best series gets gushed about by a Jump fan with a mild cold

art by Yuki Tabata. 2015

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What is Black Clover?: Black Clover is the sophomore title of one Yuki Tabata, serialised in Weekly Shonen Jump from 2015 to the present day. It tells the story of a young orphan boy without any magical ability, Asta, as he aims to become the Wizard King. It’s also my absolute favourite Weekly Shonen Jump series currently running in the magazine, so here’s me gushing about it for 40 minutes.

What is Friendship! Effort! Victory!: Friendship! Effort! Victory! (or FEV for short) is a podcast about the various titles in Weekly Shonen Jump’s 50+ year history. It used to exist about half a decade ago, and it exists again now, with new episodes coming out on the second and fourth fridays of every month.

SHOW NOTES:
-You can buy Viz Media’s release of Weekly Shonen Jump HERE
-You can buy Black Clover in English HERE (Physical), and HERE (Digital)
-You can buy Black Clover in Japanese HERE (Digital)
-Recommended reading for this episode: “Black Clover is Actually About Noelle” by Peter Fobian
-I have been on TWO episodes of excellent podcast and friend of the show Manga Mavericks to talk about Black Clover, and you can find even more of my enthusiastic opinions there! Here’s ONE, and here’s THE OTHER!
-You can find me on twitter @MaxytheBee
–You can support me and the show over on Ko-Fi for as little as £3. Every bit helps.

The first of what will surely be many, many gush-fests about cancelled comics.

art by Yukinori Kawaguchi, 2009

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What is Hoop Men?: Hoop Men is Yukinori Kawaguchi’s 2009 basketball series about a relatively unskilled Yuuho Satou, who gets into basketball through the unusual circumstance of being able to translate for their new ace, Joshua Kuji Griffin Jr.! A surprisingly subdued story by Weekly Shonen Jump’s standards, and a quickly cancelled mess, but a beloved title I want to explore with you.

What is Friendship! Effort! Victory!: Friendship! Effort! Victory! (or FEV for short) is a podcast about the various titles in Weekly Shonen Jump’s 50+ year history. It used to exist about half a decade ago, and it exists again now, with new episodes coming out on the second and fourth fridays of every month.

SHOW NOTES:
-You can read Viz Media’s release of Weekly Shonen Jump chapters HERE
-You can buy Hoop Men in Japanese digitally HERE
-No direct recommended reading for this episode, so here’s something I enjoyed reading recently: “All Folks Bright and Beautiful: The casual gender diversity of Heaven’s Design Team” by Dee over on Anime Feminist
-You can find me on twitter @MaxytheBee
–You can support me and the show over on Ko-Fi for as little as £3. Every bit helps. YOU CAN NOW REQUEST A SMALL MESSAGE FOR THE SHOW USING THIS NOW TOO!

A new beginning. But like, for something old.

The first and latest Weekly Shonen Jump covers

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What is Weekly Shonen Jump?: Well, that’s what this podcast aims to answer, at least in the most basic of ways. In this first episode focusing specifically on Weekly Shonen Jump itself I intend to introduce you to some basic information about the magazine, as well as a little bit of mythbusting and some personal info about my history with the magazine, and some of my favourite titles!

What is Friendship! Effort! Victory!: Friendship! Effort! Victory! (or FEV for short) is a podcast about the various titles in Weekly Shonen Jump’s 50+ year history. It used to exist about half a decade ago, and it exists again now, with new episodes coming out on the second and fourth fridays of every month.

SHOW NOTES:
-You can buy Viz Media’s release of Weekly Shonen Jump HERE
-You can buy Japanese volumes of Weekly Shonen Jump series HERE
-Recommended viewing for this episode is YonkouProd’s “The History of Weekly Shonen Jump”
-You can support this show and myself by dropping a few quid into my Ko-Fi account.