Lokenstein's

This is a diary of what I've watched, read and played in 2025, as well as some songs or albums that were significant for me at that time!

Titles marked with a * indicate a rewatch / reread / replay.
I read / watch most media in English or with English subtitles, but when using a different language, this will be indicated by the language of the first title or, in case of ambiguities, by the note [FR] (French) or [FI] (Finnish).

Previous years media diaries: 2022 / 2023 / 2024.
Following years media diaries: 2026.

• Yearly summary
• December
• November
• October
• September
• August
• July
• June
• May
• April
• March
• February
• January

Movies

• The Nativity Story (2006) - Catherine Hardwicke - meh 😕
• 10 Dance (2025) - Keishi Otomo - good ✨
• The Truman Show* (1998) - Peter Weir - good ✨

TV series

• She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat (2022-2024, 作りたい女と食べたい女 / Tsukuritai Onna to Tabetai Onna) - S2 - great ❤️
• Heated Rivalry (2025) - S1 - good ✨

Books

• Butter (2017, バター) - Yuzuki Asako - great ❤️

Comics

• Boyfriends. (2019-) - Refrainbow - S1*-2 - great ❤️

Songs

• 安九 (2019) - 老王樂隊 - good ✨
• トンネルの先には何があるのでしょうか (2025) - なとり - great ❤️

Movies

• Hoshina's Day Off (2025, 保科の休日 / Hoshina no Kyūjitsu) - Shintarō Itoga - good ✨
• Suicide Club (2001, 自殺サークル / Jisatsu Sākuru) - Sion Sono - good ✨
• Hatching (2022, Pahanhautoja) - Hanna Bergholm - nice 👍
• One Cut of the Dead (2017, カメラを止めるな! / Kamera o Tomeru na!) - Shin'ichirō Ueda - great ❤️
• The Possessed (2016, 中邪 / Zhōng Xié) - Ma Kai - nice 👍
• I Saw the TV Glow (2024) - Jane Schoenbrun - great ❤️
• Rare Exports (2010) - Jalmari Helander - nice 👍
• Battle Royale (2000, バトル・ロワイアル) - Kinji Fukasaku - great ❤️

TV series

• Kaiju No. 8 (2024-, 怪獣8号 / Kaijū Hachigō) - S1* - great ❤️
• The Summer Hikaru Died (2025, 光が死んだ夏 / Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu) - S1 - great ❤️

Books

• Guide on How to Fail at Online Dating (2019, 网恋翻车指南 / Wǎngliàn Fānchē Zhǐnán) - Jiang Zi Bei - good ✨

Comics

• Hirayasumi (2021, ひらやすみ) - Keigo Shinzō - #3 - great ❤️
• Jujutsu Kaisen (2018-2024, 呪術廻戦) - Gege Akutami - #25-27 - good ✨

Songs

• IN_MY_HEAD (2024) - なとり - good ✨

Movies

• Sasaki and Miyano: Graduation (2023, 映画「佐々木と宮野 ー卒業編ー」 / Eiga Sasaki to Miyano: Sotsugyō-hen) - Shinji Ishihira - great ❤️
• A Tiny Episode From Before He Realized His Feelings (2022, 恋に気づく前のちょっとした話。 / Koi ni Kizuku Mae no Chotto Shita Hanashi.) - Mizuki Kobayashi - nice 👍
• Galaxy Quest* (1999) - Dean Parisot - good ✨

TV series

• HIStory 3: Trapped (2019, HIStory 3-圈套 / HIStory 3-Quāntào) - S1 - nice 👍
• Solo Leveling (2024, 俺だけレベルアップな件 / Ore dake Reberuappu na Ken) - S1-2 - good ✨
• Bocchi the Rock! (2022-, ぼっち・ざ・ろっく！) - S1 - great ❤️
• Sasaki to Miyano (2022, 佐々木と宮野) - S1 - great ❤️
• Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! (2024, 30歳まで童貞だと魔法使いになれるらしい / Sanjūsai made Dōtei Da to Mahōtsukai ni Nareru rashii) - S1 - good ✨
• Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld (2024) - S1 - good ✨
• Wind Breaker (2024-2025) - S1-2 - great ❤️
• She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat (2022-2024, 作りたい女と食べたい女 / Tsukuritai Onna to Tabetai Onna) - S1 - great ❤️
• Blue Exorcist (2011-, 青の祓魔師 / Ao no Ekusoshisuto) - S1 - good ✨
• The Apothecary Diaries (2023-, 薬屋のひとりごと / Kusuriya no Hitorigoto) - S2 - great ❤️

Books

• Sashiko for Making and Mending (2019, 刺し子の小ものとお繕い / Sashiko no Komono to Otsukutoi) - Saki Iiduka - great ❤️

Comics

• In Limbo (2023) - Deb JJ Lee - good ✨
• 我想吃米饭 (2022) - various - nice 👍
• Dungeon Club: Roll Call (2022) - Molly Knox Ostertag & Xanthe Bouma - good ✨
• Hirayasumi (2021, ひらやすみ) - Keigo Shinzō - #1*-2-2* - great ❤️

Songs

• Overdose (2022) - なとり - great ❤️
• 絶対零度 (2024) - なとり - good ✨

Movies

• Perfect Days* (2023) - Wim Wenders - great ❤️
• KPop Demon Hunters (2025) - Maggie Kang & Chris Appelhan - nice 👍
• Given the Movie: To the Sea (2024, 映画 ギヴン 海へ / Eiga Givun: Umi e) - Noriko Hashimoto - good ✨
• Given the Movie: Hiiragi Mix (2024, 映画 ギヴン 柊mix / Eiga Givun: Hīragi mikkusu) - Noriko Hashimoto - nice 👍
• Given : Existence on the Other Hand (2021, ギヴン うらがわの存在 / Uragawa no Sonzai) - Akiyo Ohashi - great ❤️
• Given the Movie* (2020, 映画 ギヴン / Eiga Givun) - Hikaru Yamaguchi - good ✨
• Quiz Lady (2023) - Jessica Yu - good ✨
• Ne Zha 2 (2025, 哪吒之魔童闹海 / Nézhā zhī Mótóng nào hǎi) - Jiaozi - great ❤️
• Jiang Ziya (2020, 姜子牙) - Cheng Teng & Li Wei - good ✨
• Ne Zha (2019, 哪吒之魔童降世 / Nézhā zhī Mótóng Jiàngshì) - Jiaozi - great ❤️

TV series

• Given* (2019, ギヴン) - S1 - great ❤️
• Link Click* (2021-, 时光代理人 / Shíguāng Dàilǐrén) - S1 - great ❤️

Books

• After the Dragons (2021) - Cynthia Zhang - great ❤️

Comics

• The Metalhead Next Door (2020, となりのメタラーさん / Tonari no Metaller-san) - Mamita - #1 (done) - great ❤️

Zines & Magazines

• 聖なる恵方巻伝説 (2022) - znko - good ✨

Songs

• 足久無見 (2023) - 9m88 - good ✨
• HOTBOX (2025) - Lil Nas X - good ✨

Video games

• Len's Island (2025) - PC - good ✨

Movies

• Chang'an (2023, 长安三万里 / Cháng'ān Sānwànlǐ) - Xie Junwei & Zou Jing - great ❤️

TV series

• The Apothecary Diaries (2023-, 薬屋のひとりごと / Kusuriya no Hitorigoto) - S1 - great ❤️

Books

• In Praise of Shadows (1933, 陰翳礼讃 / In'ei Raisan) - Jun'ichirō Tanizaki - good ✨

Comics

• Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation (2020-, 魔道祖师 / Módào Zǔshī) - Mo Xiang Tong Xiu - #8 - good ✨

Video games

• Dinkum (2022) - PC - nice 👍

Movies

• Queer (2024) - Luca Guadagnino - good ✨

TV series

• Kaiju No. 8 (2024-, 怪獣8号 / Kaijū Hachigō) - S1 - great ❤️
• Dandadan (2024-, ダンダダン) - S1 - nice 👍
• Twilight Out Of Focus (2024, 黄昏アウトフォーカス / Tasogare Auto Fōkasu) - S1 - nice 👍

Books

• Iron Widow* (2021) - Xiran Jay Zhao - great ❤️
• Tokyo Ueno Station (2014, JR上野駅公園口 / JR Ueno-Eki Kōenguchi) - Yū Miri - good ✨

Comics

• Yotsuba&! [FI] (2003-, よつばと!) - Kiyohiko Azuma - #3 - good ✨
• Elles [FR] (2021-2023) - Kid Toussaint & Aveline Stokart - #1-3 (done) - nice 👍

Albums

• Rakshak (2022) - Bloodywood - great ❤️

Songs

• Big Dawgs (2024) - Hanumankind - great ❤️
• Machi Bhasad (2022) - Bloodywood - great ❤️
• San Francisco Boy (2025) - Käärijä & Hooja - good ✨
• Ich Komme (2025) - Erika Vikman - great ❤️