{"slug": "ep133", "title": "Two Months to Collect Six Stamps", "label": "MANGA EP133EN", "character": "ハコブくん", "description": "The robot was ready, but six departments had to sign off first: Pharmacy, Nursing, Facilities, IT, Fire Safety, Patient Safety. A manga on why deployment takes months.", "published": "2026-10-31T06:10:00.000Z", "cover": "/media/manga_ep133en_cover_v2.webp", "comic": "", "cover_alt": "Episode 133 cover: The robot is all set! Above the six department columns on the whiteboard", "comic_alt": ""}
{"slug": "ep132", "title": "On the Day It Gets Smarter, Check How It Stops", "label": "MANGA EP132EN", "character": "ハコブくん", "description": "After an overnight AI update, Hakobukun corners smoothly but stops 30 cm closer to Oshiro. A manga on rechecking safe stopping distance after every update.", "published": "2026-10-31T05:59:00.000Z", "cover": "/media/manga_ep132en_cover.webp", "comic": "", "cover_alt": "Episode 132 cover: On the Day It Gets Smarter, Check How It Stops", "comic_alt": ""}
{"slug": "ep131", "title": "For a Quick Fix, Stop It First", "label": "MANGA EP131EN", "character": "ハコブくん", "description": "Makihara reaches between a jittering robot arm and a shelf for a quick fix. Oshiro hits the e-stop. A manga on making \"stop before approaching\" an operating rule.", "published": "2026-10-31T05:58:00.000Z", "cover": "/media/manga_ep131en_cover.webp", "comic": "", "cover_alt": "Episode 131 cover: For a Quick Fix, Stop It First", "comic_alt": ""}
{"slug": "ep130", "title": "The Hands That Teach Must Learn First", "label": "MANGA EP130EN", "character": "ハコブくん", "description": "Takasugi grabs robot arm Tsukamukun to teach it by hand, and Shiraishi stops her: teachers need special training first. A manga on safety training for teaching robots.", "published": "2026-10-31T05:57:00.000Z", "cover": "/media/manga_ep130en_cover.webp", "comic": "", "cover_alt": "Episode 130 cover: The Hands That Teach Must Learn First", "comic_alt": ""}
{"slug": "ep129", "title": "What the Half-Price Part Left Out", "label": "MANGA EP129EN", "character": "ハコブくん", "description": "Makihara shows off a wireless module bought cheaply overseas. Shiraishi finds no Giteki mark. A manga on checking Japan's radio certification for every add-on part.", "published": "2026-10-31T05:56:00.000Z", "cover": "/media/manga_ep129en_cover.webp", "comic": "", "cover_alt": "Episode 129 cover: What the Half-Price Part Left Out", "comic_alt": ""}
{"slug": "ep128", "title": "Radio Waves Are Shared with the Hospital", "label": "MANGA EP128EN", "character": "ハコブくん", "description": "Makihara fits Hakobukun with a stronger antenna. Right after, a wireless ECG monitor flickers. A manga on getting hospital approval before adding radio equipment.", "published": "2026-10-31T05:55:00.000Z", "cover": "/media/manga_ep128en_cover.webp", "comic": "", "cover_alt": "Episode 128 cover: Radio Waves Are Shared with the Hospital", "comic_alt": ""}
{"slug": "ep127", "title": "Give Way to Those in a Hurry", "label": "MANGA EP127EN", "character": "ハコブくん", "description": "As the elevator closes, Dr. Tanaka rushes in with a stretcher. Hakobukun replies, \"I was here first.\" A manga on teaching robots to yield to emergencies in advance.", "published": "2026-10-31T05:54:00.000Z", "cover": "/media/manga_ep127en_cover.webp", "comic": "", "cover_alt": "Episode 127 cover: Give Way to Those in a Hurry", "comic_alt": ""}
{"slug": "ep126", "title": "When the Bell Rings, Clear the Way", "label": "MANGA EP126EN", "character": "ハコブくん", "description": "A fire alarm rings. Hakobukun keeps waiting at a stopped elevator to deliver an IV drip and blocks a wheelchair—a manga on how robots should yield in an emergency.", "published": "2026-10-31T05:53:00.000Z", "cover": "/media/manga_ep126en_cover.webp", "comic": "", "cover_alt": "Episode 126 cover: When the Bell Rings, Clear the Way", "comic_alt": ""}
{"slug": "ep125", "title": "Put Parking Spots on the Map, Too", "label": "MANGA EP125EN", "character": "ハコブくん", "description": "In a fire drill, a closing fire door bumps into Hakobukun, parked beneath it to charge. A manga on keeping a robot's waiting spots off evacuation routes.", "published": "2026-10-31T05:52:00.000Z", "cover": "/media/manga_ep125en_cover.webp", "comic": "", "cover_alt": "Episode 125 cover: Put Parking Spots on the Map, Too", "comic_alt": ""}
{"slug": "ep124", "title": "Decide First What Not to Carry", "label": "MANGA EP124EN", "character": "ハコブくん", "description": "Oshiro tries to send an opioid injection with Hakobukun, but it refuses: its drawer is not a safe. A manga on keeping some items off the robot until custody rules exist.", "published": "2026-10-31T05:51:00.000Z", "cover": "/media/manga_ep124en_cover.webp", "comic": "", "cover_alt": "Episode 124 cover: Decide First What Not to Carry", "comic_alt": ""}
{"slug": "ep123", "title": "Status Signals Are for Everyone Nearby", "label": "MANGA EP123EN", "character": "ハコブくん", "description": "With its operator away, Pikarikun's eyes show flat lines—yet it walks toward drug storage. Oshiro notices, and an outside connection is found. A manga on status displays.", "published": "2026-10-31T05:50:00.000Z", "cover": "/media/manga_ep123en_cover.webp", "comic": "", "cover_alt": "Episode 123 cover: Status Signals Are for Everyone Nearby", "comic_alt": ""}
{"slug": "ep118", "title": "Show the Line Before You Stop at It", "label": "MANGA EP118EN", "character": "ハコブくん", "description": "Pikarikun carries a discharged patient's bag to the entrance, then stops at a yellow floor line it can't cross—a manga on showing a remote robot's limits up front.", "published": "2026-10-31T05:49:00.000Z", "cover": "/media/manga_ep118en_cover.webp", "comic": "", "cover_alt": "Episode 118 cover: Show the Line Before You Stop at It", "comic_alt": ""}
{"slug": "ep117", "title": "Turning Away Is Also Care", "label": "MANGA EP117EN", "character": "ハコブくん", "description": "A visitor asks if Pikarikun's eyes are cameras. When she starts crying, it silently turns to the wall—a manga on robots visibly showing they are not watching.", "published": "2026-10-31T05:48:00.000Z", "cover": "/media/manga_ep117en_cover.webp", "comic": "", "cover_alt": "Episode 117 cover: Turning Away Is Also Care", "comic_alt": ""}
{"slug": "ep116", "title": "Erasing the Pause Between Moves", "label": "MANGA EP116EN", "character": "ハコブくん", "description": "Pikarikun pauses at every step of a towel handoff because input lags. Queuing the next move mid-motion makes it seamless—a manga on hiding remote-control delay.", "published": "2026-10-31T05:47:00.000Z", "cover": "/media/manga_ep116en_cover.webp", "comic": "", "cover_alt": "Episode 116 cover: Erasing the Pause Between Moves", "comic_alt": ""}
{"slug": "ep115", "title": "Choose Which Voice Reaches the Ward", "label": "MANGA EP115EN", "character": "ハコブくん", "description": "Pikarikun drops a stack of papers, and the remote operator's curse booms from its speaker. A push-to-talk button is added—a manga on which voices should reach the ward.", "published": "2026-10-31T05:46:00.000Z", "cover": "/media/manga_ep115en_cover.webp", "comic": "", "cover_alt": "Episode 115 cover: Choose Which Voice Reaches the Ward", "comic_alt": ""}
{"slug": "ep114", "title": "Watching Over Without Turning On the Lights", "label": "MANGA EP114EN", "character": "ハコブくん", "description": "Mrs. Morita gropes her way out of bed in the dark. Seeing through a low-light camera, Pikarikun lines up her slippers without turning on a light. A manga on night care.", "published": "2026-10-31T05:45:00.000Z", "cover": "/media/manga_ep114en_cover.webp", "comic": "", "cover_alt": "Episode 114 cover: Watching Over Without Turning On the Lights", "comic_alt": ""}
{"slug": "ep113", "title": "Take Off the Assist a Little at a Time", "label": "MANGA EP113EN", "character": "ハコブくん", "description": "Pikarikun's impatient operator switches the AI assist off, and the pen keeps slipping. At half, it's picked up first try. A manga on assist that steps down in stages.", "published": "2026-10-31T05:44:00.000Z", "cover": "/media/manga_ep113en_cover.webp", "comic": "", "cover_alt": "Episode 113 cover: Take Off the Assist a Little at a Time", "comic_alt": ""}
{"slug": "ep111", "title": "Sit Down So You Don't Fall Down", "label": "MANGA EP111EN", "character": "ハコブくん", "description": "Pikarikun loses its connection mid-corridor and sits down on the spot—standing, it would have fallen. A manga on how a two-legged robot should stop safely.", "published": "2026-10-31T05:43:00.000Z", "cover": "/media/manga_ep111en_cover.webp", "comic": "", "cover_alt": "Episode 111 cover: Sit Down So You Don't Fall Down", "comic_alt": ""}
{"slug": "ep109", "title": "Hand It Over Early and Slowly", "label": "MANGA EP109EN", "character": "ハコブくん", "description": "Pikarikun overshoots while handing Oshiro a coffee—commands arrive 0.3 s late. Tsukamukun slows well before her hand. A manga on safe handovers despite lag.", "published": "2026-10-31T05:42:00.000Z", "cover": "/media/manga_ep109en_cover.webp", "comic": "", "cover_alt": "Episode 109 cover: Hand It Over Early and Slowly", "comic_alt": ""}
{"slug": "ep101", "title": "Help Without Touching the Body", "label": "MANGA EP101EN", "character": "ハコブくん", "description": "Alone on the night shift, Oshiro is run ragged. Hakobukun offers to carry a patient; she gives it supply runs instead. A manga on what machines should take on.", "published": "2026-10-31T05:41:00.000Z", "cover": "/media/manga_ep101en_cover.webp", "comic": "", "cover_alt": "Episode 101 cover: Help Without Touching the Body", "comic_alt": ""}
{"slug": "ep100", "title": "At Night, Carry with the Lights Down", "label": "MANGA EP100EN", "character": "ハコブくん", "description": "At 2 a.m., Hakobukun rolls down the hall with lights blazing, announcing itself—and wakes the ward. A manga on switching how a robot moves by time of day.", "published": "2026-10-31T05:40:00.000Z", "cover": "/media/manga_ep100en_cover.webp", "comic": "", "cover_alt": "Episode 100 cover: At Night, Carry with the Lights Down", "comic_alt": ""}
{"slug": "ep99", "title": "Decide Which Movements Call a Nurse", "label": "MANGA EP99EN", "character": "ハコブくん", "description": "On night watch, Hakobukun reports every turn and cough to the nurses' station—while another patient starts to leave his bed. A manga on narrowing alerts to what matters.", "published": "2026-10-31T05:39:00.000Z", "cover": "/media/manga_ep99en_cover_v2.webp", "comic": "", "cover_alt": "Episode 99 cover: Decide Which Movements Call a Nurse", "comic_alt": ""}
{"slug": "ep97", "title": "The Machine Should Adjust to Your Voice", "label": "MANGA EP97EN", "character": "ハコブくん", "description": "Dr. Koshiba calls Hakobukun twice, too softly to be heard, then practices alone at night—a manga on machines adapting to each person's voice.", "published": "2026-10-31T05:38:00.000Z", "cover": "/media/manga_ep97en_cover.webp", "comic": "", "cover_alt": "Episode 97 cover: The Machine Should Adjust to Your Voice", "comic_alt": ""}
{"slug": "ep96", "title": "What You Compare With Changes the Number", "label": "MANGA EP96EN", "character": "ハコブくん", "description": "Dr. Koshiba feels he made nothing but mistakes. Hakobukun compares him with the resident average, then with last week's him—a manga on choosing the baseline for numbers.", "published": "2026-10-31T05:37:00.000Z", "cover": "/media/manga_ep96en_cover.webp", "comic": "", "cover_alt": "Episode 96 cover: What You Compare With Changes the Number", "comic_alt": ""}
{"slug": "ep95", "title": "Ask First, Confirm Later", "label": "MANGA EP95EN", "character": "ハコブくん", "description": "Hakobukun asks “Is gauze all right?” before Dr. Koshiba says what he needs, and he keeps saying yes—a manga on confirm questions that people can't say no to.", "published": "2026-10-31T05:36:00.000Z", "cover": "/media/manga_ep95en_cover.webp", "comic": "", "cover_alt": "Episode 95 cover: Ask First, Confirm Later", "comic_alt": ""}
{"slug": "ep94", "title": "A Practice Partner Who Asks Back", "label": "MANGA EP94EN", "character": "ハコブくん", "description": "Dr. Koshiba rehearses explaining test results, but Hakobukun only says “Understood.” Playing the patient, it fires off questions—a manga on practice that prepares you.", "published": "2026-10-31T05:35:00.000Z", "cover": "/media/manga_ep94en_cover.webp", "comic": "", "cover_alt": "Episode 94 cover: A Practice Partner Who Asks Back", "comic_alt": ""}
{"slug": "ep93", "title": "The Human Decides, the Machine Carries", "label": "MANGA EP93EN", "character": "ハコブくん", "description": "On night duty, Dr. Koshiba asks Hakobukun whether to give a fever reducer, then tries to let its direction decide—a manga on handing judgment over to machines.", "published": "2026-10-31T05:34:00.000Z", "cover": "/media/manga_ep93en_cover.webp", "comic": "", "cover_alt": "Episode 93 cover: The Human Decides, the Machine Carries", "comic_alt": ""}
{"slug": "ep76", "title": "Arriving Is Not the Same as Finishing", "label": "MANGA EP76EN", "character": "ハコブくん", "description": "Hakobukun guides Mr. Iwata to rehab, says “We have arrived,” and leaves him alone on crutches—a manga on ending a task at the handoff, not on arrival.", "published": "2026-10-31T05:33:00.000Z", "cover": "/media/manga_ep76en_cover.webp", "comic": "", "cover_alt": "Episode 76 cover: Arriving Is Not the Same as Finishing", "comic_alt": ""}
{"slug": "ep73", "title": "When Words Don't Reach, Point the Way", "label": "MANGA EP73EN", "character": "ハコブくん", "description": "Hakobukun guides Mr. Morita with “This way, please,” but he is hard of hearing. He points at the map instead—a manga on guiding without relying on words.", "published": "2026-10-31T05:32:00.000Z", "cover": "/media/manga_ep73en_cover.webp", "comic": "", "cover_alt": "Episode 73 cover: When Words Don't Reach, Point the Way", "comic_alt": ""}