The Weekly Praegustator (22 - 28 June '26)

This week I consumed 14 manga, 13 anime, 4 films, 3 TV shows, 9 articles, and 1 podcast.

22 June

Anime/ LIAR GAME Ep. 12 (7/10)

Anime/ Witch Hat Atelier Ep. 13 (9/10)

TV/ House of the Dragon: S03E01 (9/10)

23 June

Manga/ Blue Lock Chapter 351 (6/10)

Manga/ Gachiakuta Chapter 169 (8/10)

Manga/ Shangri La Frontier Chapter 270 (8/10)

Manga/ Wind Breaker Japan Chapter 220 (9/10)

Anime/ Eren the Southpaw Ep. 12 (7/10)

Anime/ MARRIAGETOXIN Ep. 12 (7/10)

Article/ #272: The tragedy of trying to live well - by Haley Nahman (7/10)

Article/ How not to forget what matters (7/10)

Article/ misery is contagious, but so is joy - by maja (6/10)

Article/ the best conversations help you hear yourself - by maja (6/10)

Article/ Why Are LLMs Smart? - by Kevin Kelly (7/10)

24 June

Manga/ Oblivion Battery - 190 (7/10)

Film/ Before Sunset (2004) (8/10)

Article/ Surrender as a non-stupid life strategy - by Sasha Chapin (8/10)

Article/ The poetics of whimsy - Spencer Nitkey (8/10)

25 June

Manga/ Berserk chapter 385 (7/10)

Manga/ Heavenly Delusion chapter 83 (8/10)

Anime/ The Ramparts of Ice Ep. 13 (7/10)

Anime/ The Warrior Princess and the Barbaric King Ep. 12 (7/10)

26 June

Manga/ Hunter X Hunter Chapter 411 (3/10)

Manga/ One Piece chapter 1186 (8/10)

Anime/ SNOWBALL EARTH Ep. 13 (7/10)

Anime/ That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 4 Ep. 84 (7/10)

Anime/ The Drops of God Ep. 12 (9/10)

27 June

Anime/ Agents of the Four Seasons: Dance of Spring Ep. 14 (7/10)

Anime/ MAO Ep. 13 (7/10)

Film/ Free Solo (2018) (9/10)

Film/ Spartacus (1960) (9/10)

TV/ Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: an Almost History of America: S01E01 (4/10)

TV/ Lord of Mysteries: S0E02 (8/10)

Article/ Silicon Valley Has an Empathy Vacuum | The New Yorker (7/10)

Podcast/ Why Traditional Benchmarks Fail Modern AI Models with OpenAI Research Scientist Noam Brown (5/10)

28 June

Manga/ [#039] Someone Hertz (6/10)

Manga/ [#088] Ichi the Witch (7/10)

Manga/ [#212] Akane-banashi (6/10)

Manga/ [#248] Blue Box (9/10)

Manga/ [#265] SAKAMOTO DAYS (7/10)

Anime/ Lord of Mysteries Special: Prey Ep. 3 (6/10)

Anime/ One Piece Ep. 1168 (7/10)

Film/ The Killing (1956) (7/10)

Article/ Unsafe AI or Consolidated Power: AI’s False Dichotomy – Parth's blog (6/10)