The Weekly Praegustator (17 - 23 August '26)

This week I consumed 12 manga, 22 anime, 4 films, 1 TV show, 4 articles, and 4 podcasts.

17 August

Anime/ LIAR GAME Ep. 20 (7/10)

Anime/ One Piece Ep. 1174 (6/10)

Anime/ Sparks of Tomorrow Ep. 7 (7/10)

Anime/ The World Is Dancing Ep. 8 (7/10)

Article/ How to be psychoactive to each other - by Eirini Malliaraki (8/10)

18 August

Manga/ Blue Lock - Chapter 357 (7/10)

Manga/ Shangri-La Frontier: From Trash-Game Hunter to God-Tier Game Master! - Chapter 276 (8/10)

Anime/ THE GHOST IN THE SHELL Ep. 7 (9/10)

Film/ Lawrence of Arabia (1962) (8/10)

Podcast/ How to Build a Cult Following | Lulu Cheng Meservey, Rostra (7/10)

Podcast/ WE'RE BACK | Punching Down Episode 54 (6/10)

19 August

Manga/ Boukyaku Battery - Chapter 192 (6/10)

Manga/ Cosmos - Chapter 38 (7/10)

Anime/ Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 4 Ep. 79 (6/10)

Anime/ Saga of Tanya the Evil II Ep. 7 (8/10)

Podcast/ Ryan Greenblatt – What happens once AI can automate AI research? (7/10)

20 August

Anime/ Chainsmoker Cat Ep. 8 (8/10)

Anime/ Clevatess Season 2 Ep. 7 (7/10)

Anime/ Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You Ep. 7 (8/10)

Film/ Blue Heron (2025) (8/10)

Article/ Dear VCs, Just Give Up - by Michael Dempsey - On My Mind (7/10)

Article/ Everyone Loves Hitler - by Damage Magazine and Sam Kriss (8/10)

Article/ VC-Backed Startups are Low Status - by Michael Dempsey (6/10)

21 August

Manga/ Hunter X Hunter Chapter 418 (7/10)

Manga/ One Piece - Chapter 1191 (8/10)

Anime/ Link Click Season 3 Ep. 3 (7/10)

TV/ Silo: S03E08 (8/10)

Podcast/ What Did Jeff Bridges Learn at Death's Door? (7/10)

22 August

Manga/ Kagura Bachi Chapter 129 (8/10)

Anime/ Ascendance of a Bookworm: Adopted Daughter of an Archduke Ep. 19 (7/10)

Anime/ Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Calamity Ep. 45 (9/10)

Anime/ Daemons of the Shadow Realm Ep. 20 (7/10)

Anime/ Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia Ep. 9 (8/10)

Anime/ MAO Ep. 21 (7/10)

Anime/ That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 4 Ep. 91 (8/10)

Anime/ The Drops of God Ep. 20 (7/10)

Anime/ The Elusive Samurai Season 2 Ep. 6 (7/10)

Film/ Misery (1990) (8/10)

23 August

Manga/ [#046] Someone Hertz (6/10)

Manga/ [#095] Ichi the Witch (7/10)

Manga/ [#219] Akane-banashi (6/10)

Manga/ [#272] SAKAMOTO DAYS (8/10)

Manga/ Centuria - Chapter 100 (8/10)

Anime/ Goodbye, Lara Ep. 8 (7/10)

Anime/ Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 3 Ep. 9 (7/10)

Anime/ Sparks of Tomorrow Ep. 8 (10/10)

Film/ Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011) (8/10)