#46 Nine Dragons’ Ball Parade (Ft. MasakoX from Team Four Star)

Is this Moneyball meets Dragon Ball? We and our guest MasakoX from Team Four Star (Dragon Ball Z the Abridged Series) discuss Mikiyasu Kamada (story) and by Ashibi Fukui’s (art) Shonen Jump’s manga Nine Dragons’ Ball Parade.

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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 • Episode art by Merliel (IG: mer_liel) • Cover art funded by our generous art benefactor Nigel Francis • Our community producer is Luke Herr • Episode transcriptions by The Ghostwriters: Travis “T” Root, OzyRat, and TrafalagarWolfwood. You can find them on our website shonenflop.com

Shoutouts: • Luke made a oneshot with Discord member Tapir! Give them some views so they can be big manga making hotshots https://manga-lab.net/title/54832 • Luke also has a oneshot campaign for RPG Pals Club called Killer Ratings! https://www.rpgpals.club/2022/03/01/rpg-pals-club-killer-ratings-part-1-the-house-always-wins/

MAL Description: Hakuo Gakuin's mighty baseball team consistently makes it to Koushien, and Tamao Azukida dreams of making the team. To achieve his goal, Tamao does extensive research and undergoes a strict daily training regimen. But at tryouts, Tamao meets the enigmatic genius pitcher Tao Ryuudou, and the course of his destiny may be forever changed! If people aren't laughing, then you're not dreaming big enough! A new baseball tale for the era begins!