The Weekly Praegustator (11 - 17 May '26)

This week I consumed 10 manga, 18 anime, 2 TV shows, 9 articles, and 3 podcasts.

11 May

Anime/ LIAR GAME Ep. 6 (6/10)

Anime/ Witch Hat Atelier Ep. 7 (7/10)

TV/ Euphoria: S03E05 (3/10)

TV/ From: S04E04 (6/10)

Article/ Childhoods of exceptional people - by Henrik Karlsson (8/10)

Article/ How Will the Miracle Happen Today? - by Kevin Kelly (7/10)

Article/ The Life and Grind of the Buddha - by Trailheads (10/10)

10 out of 10 absolute banger. Hilarious and unhinged but also true. Had a ear to ear smile on my face throughout reading.

12 May

Manga/ Blue Lock chapter 346 (6/10)

Manga/ Shangri-La Frontier chapter 265 (8/10)

Manga/ WIND BREAKER chapter 216 (7/10)

Anime/ Eren the Southpaw Ep. 6 (7/10)

Eren is a more interesting character. Koichi is grounded in reality whereas Eren portrays the autistic savant archetype.

Anime/ MARRIAGETOXIN Ep. 6 (7/10)

Article/ How to Deal With Identity Crisis - BowTied Bull (6/10)

Article/ Two kinds of introspection - by Henrik Karlsson (7/10)

13 May

Anime/ Dorohedoro: S02E21 (8/10)

Anime/ Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 4 Ep. 72 (7/10)

We do a lil' bromance from time to time. Subaru x Julius.

Article/ what happens when everything becomes content? - by maja (7/10)

Article/ You’re Allowed to Have Fun While You Figure It Out (7/10)

14 May

Anime/ The Ramparts of Ice Ep. 7 (8/10)

Anime/ The Warrior Princess and the Barbaric King Ep. 6 (7/10)

Article/ Nostalgebraist's Hydrogen Jukeboxes - by Scott Alexander (7/10)

Article/ What Makes Art Great? - Nabeel S. Qureshi (7/10)

15 May

Manga/ Mushoku Tensei: Ch. 119 (8/10)

Anime/ SNOWBALL EARTH Ep. 7 (6/10)

Anime/ That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 4 Ep. 78 (7/10)

Anime/ The Drops of God Ep. 6 (8/10)

Even a dunce like me who knows nothing about wine can enjoy this show. I love learning about things I have no clue about through anime. Blue Period is another example that's even better than this series.

17 May

Manga/ [#033] Someone Hertz (6/10)

Manga/ [#082] Ichi the Witch (7/10)

Manga/ [#091] Centuria (7/10)

Manga/ [#206] Akane-banashi (8/10)

Manga/ [#242] Blue Box (8/10)

Manga/ [#259] SAKAMOTO DAYS (7/10)

Anime/ Agents of the Four Seasons: Dance of Spring Ep. 8 (7/10)

Anime/ Akane-banashi Ep. 7 (7/10)

Anime/ Ascendance of a Bookworm: Adopted Daughter of an Archduke Ep. 6 (6/10)

Anime/ Daemons of the Shadow Realm Ep. 7 (7/10)

Anime/ MAO Ep. 7 (6/10)

Anime/ NIPPON SANGOKU: Ep. 7 (8/10)

Anime/ One Piece Ep. 1162 (5/10)

Podcast/ China and AI Supply Chains: DeepSeek, Huawei, Transformers, Robotics, and More with TP Huang (6/10)

Podcast/ Going To Bali ft. itsKatchii | Punching Down Episode 42 (5/10)

Podcast/ How to Start a Cult | Lulu Cheng Meservey (7/10)

I think Lulu's insights on founders and how to communicate is the best in the industry. I would love to get to work with her one day.