Lokenstein's

Media Diary 2024

Created: 17/09/2024 - Last updated: 31/12/2024

This is a diary of what I've watched, read and played in 2024, as well as some songs or albums that were significant for me at that time!
Titles marked with a * indicate a rewatch / reread / replay.

Previous years media diaries: 2022 / 2023.
Following years media diaries: 2025.

Yearly summary

Movies

Movies watched: 36 (9 rewatch)
Top 5 movies watched in 2024:

  • Perfect Days (2023) - Wim Wenders
  • Promare (2019, プロメア) - Hiroyuki Imaishi
  • Seven Samurai (1954, 七人の侍 / Shichinin no Samurai) - Akira Kurosawa
  • Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) - Shawn Levy
  • The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic (2021, Sokea mies joka ei halunnut nähdä Titanicia) - Teemu Nikki

TV series

TV series watched: 26 (34 seasons)
Top 5 TV series watched in 2024:

  • Delicious in Dungeon (2024-, ダンジョン飯 / Danjon Meshi)
  • The Bear (2022-)
  • Jujutsu Kaisen (2020-2023, 呪術廻戦)
  • Blue Eye Samurai (2023-)
  • Tokyo Revengers (2021-, 東京卍リベンジャーズ)

Books

Books read: 18 (10 fiction, 6 non-fiction, 2 poetry)
Top 5 books read in 2024:

  • Iron Widow (2021) - Xiran Jay Zhao
  • Harrow the Ninth (2020) - Tamsyn Muir
  • Convenience Store Woman (2016, コンビニ人間 / Konbini Ningen) - Sayaka Murata
  • The Empress of Salt and Fortune (2020) - Nghi Vo
  • Fire from the Sky (2021, Himlabrand) - Moa Backe Åstot

Comics

Comics read: 104 (27 series)
Top 5 comics read in 2024:

  • Delicious in Dungeon (2014-2023, ダンジョン飯 / Danjon Meshi) - Ryoko Kui
  • Jujutsu Kaisen (2018-2024, 呪術廻戦) - Gege Akutami
  • Tokyo Revengers (2017-2022, 東京卍リベンジャーズ) - Ken Wakui
  • My Brother's Husband (2014-2017, 弟の夫 / Otōto no Otto) - Gengoroh Tagame
  • Wynd (2020-) - James Tynion IV

December

Movies

  • Heavier Trip (2024) - Juuso Laatio & Jukka Vidgren - nice 👍
  • Borderlands (2024) - Eli Roth - meh 😕
  • Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) - Shawn Levy - great ❤️
  • Save! Rescue Training! (2016, 救え!救助訓練! / Sukue! Kyūjo Kunren!) - Satoshi Takafuji - nice 👍

TV series

  • Hunter x Hunter (1999-2001) - S1 - good ✨
  • Haikyu!! (2014-2020, ハイキュー!!) - S1 - great ❤️
  • My Hero Academia (2016-, 僕のヒーローアカデミア / Boku no Hīrō Akademia) - S1 - good ✨

Books

  • Convenience Store Woman (2016, コンビニ人間 / Konbini Ningen) - Sayaka Murata - good ✨

Comics

  • Jujutsu Kaisen (2018-2024, 呪術廻戦) - Gege Akutami - #3-16 - great ❤️
  • Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation (2020-, 魔道祖师 / Módào Zǔshī) - Mo Xiang Tong Xiu - #6 - good ✨
  • The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All (2023-, 気になってる人が男じゃなかった / Ki ni Natteru Hito ga Otoko Janakatta) - Sumiko Arai - #1 - great ❤️
  • A Man Who Defies the World of BL (2018-, 絶対BLになる世界VS絶対BLになりたくない男 / Zettai BL ni Naru Sekai VS Zettai BL ni Naritakunai Otoko) - Konkichi - #1 - good ✨

Zines & Magazines

  • いい加減もう待てねえよ (2023) - mochimochi no ki - great ❤️
  • Sousyuku Souhi (2022) - まさと / MST - good ✨
  • 四十八手ってカブってるよな? (2022) - heaven16 - nice 👍
  • 出会って3秒で親友 (2023) - wawon. - good ✨
  • 紡ぎの掌 (2012) - MUCC - great ❤️

November

Movies

  • The Fall Guy (2024) - David Leitch - good ✨
  • The Pod Generation (2023) - Sophie Barthes - good ✨
  • Drunken Angel (1948, 醉いどれ天使 / Yoidore Tenshi) - Akira Kurosawa - great ❤️
  • Venom: The Last Dance (2024) - Kelly Marcel - great ❤️
  • Wish (2023) - Chris Buck & Fawn Veerasunthorn - meh 😕
  • Inside Out 2 (2024) - Kelsey Mann - nice 👍
  • Seven Samurai (1954, 七人の侍 / Shichinin no Samurai) - Akira Kurosawa - great ❤️
  • Inside Out* (2015) - Pete Docter - nice 👍

TV series

  • Jujutsu Kaisen (2020-2023, 呪術廻戦) - S2 - great ❤️

Books

  • Kitchen (1988, キッチン) - Banana Yoshimoto - good ✨
  • Shinrin Yoku: The Art of Japanese Forest Bathing (2018) - Yoshifumi Miyazaki - nice 👍

Comics

  • Jujutsu Kaisen (2018-2024, 呪術廻戦) - Gege Akutami - #1-2 - great ❤️
  • Lightfall (2020-) - Tim Probert - #1-2 - good ✨

Zines & Magazines

  • Eighty Degrees (2019-) - #3 - great ❤️

Albums

  • People's Champion (2024) - Käärijä - great ❤️

Songs

  • SPECIALZ (2023) - King Gnu - great ❤️

October

Movies

  • A Silent Voice (2016, 聲の形 / Koe no Katachi) - Naoko Yamada - good ✨
  • Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (2021, 劇場版 呪術廻戦 0) - Sunghoo Park - good ✨
  • Akira (1988, アキラ) - Katsuhiro Otomo - good ✨
  • Perfect Days (2023) - Wim Wenders - great ❤️
  • The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic (2021, Sokea mies joka ei halunnut nähdä Titanicia) - Teemu Nikki - great ❤️

TV series

  • Fruits Basket (2019-2021, フルーツバスケット) - S1 - good ✨
  • Jujutsu Kaisen (2020-2023, 呪術廻戦) - S1 - great ❤️

Books

  • Classic Haiku: A Master's Selection (1991) - various (tr. Yuzuru Miura) - good ✨
  • Haiku knits: 25 serenely beautiful patterns inspired by Japanese design (2009) - Tanya Alpert - meh 😕
  • Wabi Sabi: Japanese Wisdom for a Perfectly Imperfect Life (2019) - Beth Kempton - nice 👍

Comics

  • Tokyo Revengers (2017-2022, 東京卍リベンジャーズ) - Ken Wakui - #18-31 (done) - great ❤️
  • Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation (2020-, 魔道祖师 / Módào Zǔshī) - Mo Xiang Tong Xiu - #5 - nice 👍
  • The Midwinter Witch (2019) - Molly Knox Ostertag - #3 - good ✨
  • The Hidden Witch (2018) - Molly Knox Ostertag - #2 - good ✨
  • The Witch Boy (2017) - Molly Knox Ostertag - #1 - good ✨

Zines & Magazines

  • Did you hear that the half-vulcan on our ship is a cutie? (2024) - Ric - good ✨

Songs

  • Lost in Paradise (2020) - ALI (feat. AKLO) - good ✨

September

TV series

  • The Eccentric Family (2013, 有頂天家族 / Uchōten Kazoku) - S1 - good ✨
  • Ya Boy Kongming! (2022, パリピ孔明 / Paripi Kōmei) - great ❤️
  • Sk8 the Infinity (2021-, SK∞ エスケーエイト / Esu Kē Eito) - S1 - great ❤️
  • Blue Exorcist (2011-, 青の祓魔師 / Ao no Ekusoshisuto) - S2 - good ✨

Books

  • Mindfullness Travel Japan (2022) - Michelle Mackintosh & Steve Wide - nice 👍
  • Nagori: La nostalgie de la saison qui vient de nous quitter (2018) - Ryoko Sekiguchi - good ✨

Comics

  • Tokyo Revengers (2017-2022, 東京卍リベンジャーズ) - Ken Wakui - #8-17 - great ❤️
  • Perfect Fit (2017, パーファクトフィット) - Thanat - #1-2 (done) - meh 😕
  • My Pancreas Broke, but My Life Got Better. (2022, 膵臓がこわれたら、少し生きやすくなりました。/ Suizou ga Kowaretara, Sukoshi Iki Yasuku Narimashita.) - Nagata Kabi - good ✨
  • My Wandering Warrior Existence (2020, 迷走戦士・永田カビ / Meisou Senshi Nagata Kabi) - Nagata Kabi - good ✨
  • My Alcoholic Escape from Reality (2019, 現実逃避してたらボロボロになった話 / Genjitsu tōhi shitetara boroboro ni natta hanashi) - Nagata Kabi - good ✨
  • The Summer of You (2017-2022, 君は夏のなか / Kimi to Natsu no Naka) - Nagisa Furuya - #1-3 (done) - great ❤️

Video games

  • Tavern Talk Demo (2024) - Gentle Troll Entertainment - nice 👍

Albums

  • The Album (2020) - Blackpink - nice 👍
  • The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess (2023) - Chappell Roan - nice 👍

Songs

  • Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (2022) - QUEENDOM - good ✨
  • Paradise (2021) - Rude-a - great ❤️

August

Movies

  • Promare (2019, プロメア) - Hiroyuki Imaishi - great ❤️
  • Bubble (2022, バブル) - Tetsuro Araki - good ✨
  • Your Name. (2016, 君の名は。/ Kimi no Na wa.) - Makoto Shinkai - great ❤️

TV series

  • Demon Slayer (2019-2024, 鬼滅の刃 / Kimetsu no Yaiba) - S1 - nice 👍
  • Tokyo Revengers (2021-, 東京卍リベンジャーズ) - S1-3 - great ❤️

Books

  • Qi Gong for Beginners (1999) - Stanley D. Wilson - nice 👍

Comics

  • My Brother's Husband (2014-2017, 弟の夫 / Otōto no Otto) - Gengoroh Tagame - #1-2 (done) - great ❤️
  • Tokyo Revengers (2017-2022, 東京卍リベンジャーズ) - Ken Wakui - #1-7 - great ❤️
  • The Sad Ghost Club (2021-) - Lize Meddings - #1 - meh 😕
  • Delicious in Dungeon (2014-2023, ダンジョン飯 / Danjon Meshi) - Ryoko Kui - #5-14 (done) - great ❤️

Albums

  • Cool It Down (2022) - Yeah Yeah Yeahs - nice 👍
  • Mezmerize* (2005) - System of a Down - great ❤️
  • Essence Ordinaire* (1998) - Zebda - great ❤️

Songs

  • MC Thunder (2017) - Electric Callboy - good ✨
  • Heavy Metal Lover (2011) - Lady Gaga - great ❤️
  • Cry Baby (2021) - Official HIGE DANdism - great ❤️
  • Tokyo Wonder (2021) - Nakimushi - good ✨

July

TV series

  • Tokyo Ghoul (2014-2018, 東京喰種) - S1 - good ✨
  • Delicious in Dungeon (2024-, ダンジョン飯 / Danjon Meshi) - S1* - great ❤️
  • Sense8 (2015-2018) - S1 - great ❤️

Books

  • Fire from the Sky (2021, Himlabrand) - Moa Backe Åstot - great ❤️

Comics

  • Delicious in Dungeon (2014-2023, ダンジョン飯 / Danjon Meshi) - Ryoko Kui - #1-4 - great ❤️
  • If You'll Have Me (2023) - Eunnie - good ✨
  • Cosmoknights (2019-) - Hannah Templer - #1 - great ❤️
  • Stars in Their Eyes (2021) - Jessica Walton & Aśka - great ❤️
  • Wynd (2020-) - James Tynion IV - #1-3 - great ❤️
  • Witches of Brooklyn (2020-) - Sophie Escabasse - #1 - nice 👍
  • Blue Flag (2017-2020, 青のフラッグ / Ao no Furaggu) - Kaito - #1-3 - nice 👍
  • To Strip the Flesh (2020, 遠田おと短編集 にくをはぐ / Tōda Oto Tanpenshū: Niku o Hagu) - Oto Toda - nice 👍
  • The Golden Hour (2021) - Niki Smith - good ✨
  • The Girl from the Sea (2021) - Molly Knox Ostertag - good ✨
  • Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation (2020-, 魔道祖师 / Módào Zǔshī) - Mo Xiang Tong Xiu - #3-4 - good ✨

Songs

  • TRAFIK! (2024) - Käärijä & Joost - great ❤️

June

Movies

  • Marry My Dead Body (2022, 關於我和鬼變成家人的那件事 / Guānyú wǒ hé guǐ biàn jiārén de nà jiàn shì) - Cheng Wei-hao - great ❤️
  • Venom: Let There Be Carnage* (2021) - Andy Serkis - great ❤️
  • Venom* (2018) - Ruben Fleischer - great ❤️
  • Joy Ride (2023) - Adele Lim - great ❤️
  • Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) - John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein - great ❤️

TV series

  • The Book of Boba Fett (2021-2022) - great ❤️
  • The Mandalorian (2019-) - S1-2*-3 - great ❤️
  • Queer Eye (2018-) - S7-8 - nice 👍
  • Delicious in Dungeon (2024-, ダンジョン飯 / Danjon Meshi) - S1 - great ❤️
  • The Glory (2022-2023, 더 글로리) - great ❤️

Comics

  • The Contradictions (2020) - Sophie Yanow - yikes 🤢
  • Chef's Kiss (2020) - Jarrett Melendez - nice 👍

May

Movies

  • Pacific Rim* (2013) - Guillermo del Toro - great ❤️

TV series

  • Fallout (2024) - S1 - great ❤️

Books

  • Into the Riverlands (2022) - Nghi Vo - good ✨

April

Movies

  • Bao (2018) - Domee Shi - good ✨
  • Renfield (2023) - Chris McKay - nice 👍
  • Bottoms* (2023) - Emma Seligman - great ❤️

Books

  • When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (2020) - Nghi Vo - good ✨
  • Three Chinese Poets (1992) - Wang Wei, Li Bai, Du Fu (tr. Vikram Seth) - great ❤️
  • The Empress of Salt and Fortune (2020) - Nghi Vo - great ❤️
  • Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor (2022) - Xiran Jay Zhao - great ❤️

Comics

  • The Magic Fish (2020) - Trung Le Nguyen - great ❤️
  • Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation (2020-, 魔道祖师 / Módào Zǔshī) - Mo Xiang Tong Xiu - #1-2 - good ✨

March

Movies

  • Return of the Jedi* (1983) - Richard Marquand - great ❤️
  • Dune: Part Two (2024) - Denis Villeneuve - great ❤️
  • Dune* (2021) - Denis Villeneuve - great ❤️
  • The Marvels (2023) - Nia DaCosta - good ✨

TV series

  • Mo Dao Zu Shi (2018-2021, 魔道祖师) - S1-3 - good ✨
  • Ms Marvel* (2022) - great ❤️
  • Where Your Eyes Linger (2020, 너의 시선이 머무는 곳에 / Neoui siseoni meomuneun gose) - nice 👍
  • Blue Eye Samurai (2023-) - S1 - great ❤️

Books

  • Xing ja sukulaiset (2010) - Leena Virtanen - nice 👍
  • Iron Widow (2021) - Xiran Jay Zhao - great ❤️
  • Harrow the Ninth (2020) - Tamsyn Muir - great ❤️

February

Movies

  • Balto (1995) - Simon Wells - nice 👍

TV series

  • Echo (2024) - great ❤️

January

Movies

  • Steven Universe: The Movie* (2019) - Rebecca Sugar - great ❤️
  • Encanto* (2021) - Byron Howard & Jared Bush - great ❤️

TV series

  • The Bear (2022-) - S1-2 - great ❤️

Comics

  • Boys Run the Riot (2020, ボーイズ・ラン・ザ・ライオット) - Keito Gaku - #2-4 (done) - great ❤️
  • Loputon talvi (2023) - Miila Westin - good ✨