After tearing through all available chapters of Kaiju No. 8, I picked up reading Akane-banashi a coming of age, shōnen manga that’s got me hooked after only the opening chapter. There are some manga that as you read beautifully convey a sense of physical motion, and emotion that you immediately have visions of how if (and hopefully when) they become an anime, they will hit even harder. One Punch Man, and certainly Ping Pong were two stories from years ago that did that for me. Kaiju No.8 and now Akane-banashi are some of the most recent. And sure enough a trailer for Kaiju No. 8 came out, and now I’m eagerly awaiting its release. And if Akane keeps up, I can’t wait to be able to re-experience the story in an animation.

This week I decided to make a rare mobile game purchase with Subpar Pool. I've not made it too deep yet, but if it recreates the challenge, and sense of accomplishment that What the Golf? did, I'll be satisfied.

Like most Nintendo fans this week, I’ve fired up Mario Wonder. Off rip, it’s got the same magic I felt when I popped in Super Mario World into the SNES and flipped that power slider up. What a great release to finish off the original Switch era.

Finally, I’ve strayed pretty far from continuing to read Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World on the new Barnes & Noble NOOK Glowlight 4 Plus.

I’m half way through, and perhaps the reason I’m not finishing it is because quite a bit of it resonates with my unintentional approach to the world as I’ve gone through life. (But an approach I’m grateful for, as this book lists many example about how it’s the broadly skilled and knowledgeable that can make differences in business and elsewhere.)