The Weekly Praegustator (31 August - 6 September '26)

This week I consumed 14 manga, 22 anime, 1 film, 2 TV shows, 10 articles, and 4 podcasts.

31 August

Anime/ False Memory Episode 1 (8/10)

Anime/ LIAR GAME Ep. 22 (7/10)

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

Film/ Batman: Knightfall - Part 1: Knightfall (2026) (6/10)

1 September

Article/ 12 observations of people i know - skin contact (9/10)

Article/ 50 things I know - by Sasha Chapin (8/10)

Article/ if experience is the goal, then you always win (8/10)

Article/ My Dolly Parton Story - Delicious Tacos (10/10)

This story is like a winding river with twists and turns that rock your head and question reality but it grips you like Linda!

Article/ Out of Amber - Hormeze (7/10)

Article/ Some of Scott Alexander's Writing Tricks - by Sasha Chapin (8/10)

Article/ The Forest is Always Dark - by Michael Dempsey (6/10)

Article/ Without a theory of intelligence - by Kevin Kelly (5/10)

Podcast/ Nmplol Is The Worst Gamer On Twitch | Punching Down Episode 56 (6/10)

2 September

Manga/ Blue Lock - Chapter 359 (7/10)

Anime/ Clevatess Season 2 Ep. 9 (8/10)

Anime/ Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 4 Ep. 81 (7/10)

Anime/ Saga of Tanya the Evil II Ep. 9 (8/10)

Anime/ THE GHOST IN THE SHELL Ep. 9 (8/10)

Article/ Biting the no-self bullet - by Sasha Chapin (6/10)

Article/ Training AI to Paint with Code - Surya Narreddi (9/10)

Great article on how Surya Narreddi taught a model to paint watercolor hibiscus paintings with Javascript. Enjoyed the outputs so it was interesting to read on how they achieved these results.

Podcast/ Sam Altman on Building OpenAI & Betting on the Impossible (6/10)

4 September

Manga/ Blue Exorcist - Chapter 169 (9/10)

Manga/ One Piece - Chapter 1192 (8/10)

Manga/ Onepunch Man Chapter 238 (7/10)

Manga/ The Paradise District - Chapter 38 (7/10)

Manga/ Tongari Boushi no Atelier - Chapter 99 (7/10)

Anime/ Chainsmoker Cat Ep. 9 (8/10)

Anime/ Link Click Season 3 Ep. 5 (7/10)

Anime/ Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You Ep. 9 (9/10)

Anime/ That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 4 Ep. 93 (7/10)

Anime/ The Drops of God Ep. 22 (7/10)

TV/ Silo: S03E10 (10/10)

5 September

Manga/ Hunter x Hunter - Ch. 420 (9/10)

Anime/ Ascendance of a Bookworm: Adopted Daughter of an Archduke Ep. 20 (7/10)

Anime/ Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Calamity - Episode 47 (7/10)

Anime/ Daemons of the Shadow Realm - Episode 22 (8/10)

Anime/ False Memory Episode 2 - 5 (9/10)

Anime/ Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia Ep. 11 (10/10)

Anime/ Mao - Episode 23 (8/10)

Anime/ The Elusive Samurai Season 2 Ep. 8 (8/10)

Podcast/ Medium raw. Anthony Bourdain in conversation (6/10)

6 September

Manga/ Akane-banashi - Ch. 221 (8/10)

Manga/ Centuria - Ch. 101 (8/10)

Manga/ Ichi the Witch - Ch. 97 (7/10)

Manga/ Kagurabachi - Ch. 131 (8/10)

Manga/ RuriDragon - Ch. 51 (8/10)

Manga/ Sakomoto Days - Ch 274 (8/10)

Manga/ Someone Hertz - Ch. 48 (7/10)

Anime/ False Memory, Episode 6-7 (10/10)

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

Anime/ Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 3 Ep. 11 (9/10)

TV/ Star Wars: Visions Presents - The Ninth Jedi (6/10)

Podcast/ Ajeya Cotra – "This might be the clearest warning shot we ever get" (7/10)