DiscoverShonen Flop#137 Why fight when you can play soccer? Embers ft writer Nate Ming
#137 Why fight when you can play soccer? Embers ft writer Nate Ming

#137 Why fight when you can play soccer? Embers ft writer Nate Ming

Update: 2025-11-03
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We and our guest writer Nate Ming discuss Shonen Jump manga Embers.

 

MAL Description:

Middle school brawler Noboru Haitani has never lost a fight. But the bitter taste of a soccer defeat gradually warms him up to the sport, until one day Haitani finds himself in a match against a team featuring middle school soccer prodigy Takami. An outlaw fights his way into the world of soccer!

 

Show Notes:

• You can reach us at Twitter @shonenflopcast, Tumblr shonen-flop, or email shonenflop@gmail.com

 

• You can find our guest at bsky.app/profile/nateming.bsky.social

 

• 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 Nishii, Soutarou (Art), Kurumazaki, Kei (Story)

 

• 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

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#137 Why fight when you can play soccer? Embers ft writer Nate Ming

#137 Why fight when you can play soccer? Embers ft writer Nate Ming