Lokenstein's

Media Diary 2025

Created: 31/12/2024 - Last updated: 21/08/2025

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 (but with the original audio), 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.

August

Movies

  • Galaxy Quest* (1999) - Dean Parisot - good ✨

TV series

  • 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 ❤️

July

Movies

  • Ne Zha* (2019, 哪吒之魔童降世 / Nézhā zhī Mótóng Jiàngshì) - Jiaozi - great ❤️
  • New Gods: Nezha Reborn (2021, 新神榜：哪吒重生 / Xīn Shén Bǎng: Nézhā Chóngshēng) - Zhao Ji - good ✨

Books

  • A Year of Sewing with Nani Iro (2021, ATELIER to nani IRO 季節をまとう 一年の服 / Atelier to Nani Iro Kisetsu o Matou Ichinen no Fuku) - Naomi Ito - good ✨
  • The Nani Iro Sewing Studio (2018, ATELIER to nani IRO のソーイングクローゼット / Atelier to Nani Iro No Sewing Closet) - Naomi Ito - good ✨
  • Basic Black (2005, ときめく黒い服 / Tokimeku Kuroi Fuku) - Sato Watanabe - meh 😕
  • All Systems Red (2017) - Martha Wells - great ❤️
  • Forever Fluent (2024) - Gabriel Wyner - nice 👍

Comics

  • Hirayasumi (2021, ひらやすみ) - Keigo Shinzō - #1 - great ❤️
  • A Sukeban, a Transfer Student, and Their Silly Little Game (2020, スケバンと転校生がくだらない遊びをするだけの話 / Sukeban to Tenkousei ga Kudaranai Asobi o Suru dake no Hanashi) - Fujichika - #1 - great ❤️

June

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 ✨

May

Songs

  • Disease (2024) - Lady Gaga - great ❤️
  • Abracadabra (2025) - Lady Gaga - good ✨

April

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 👍

March

Movies

  • Sk8 the Infinity: Extra Part (2025, SK∞ エスケーエイト EXTRA PART / Esu Kē Eito Extra Part) - Tomoyo Kamoi - great ❤️
  • Tea Pets* (2017, 阿唐奇遇 / Ā Táng Qíyù) - Gary Wang - good ✨
  • Wicked (2022) - Jon M. Chu - good ✨

TV series

  • Sk8 the Infinity (2021-, SK∞ エスケーエイト / Esu Kē Eito) - S1* - great ❤️
  • Trigun Stampede (2023, トライガンスタンピード) - S1 - great ❤️
  • Arcane (2021-2024) - S2 - great ❤️
  • Blue Period (2021, ブルーピリオド) - S1 - great ❤️

Books

  • Heavenly Tyrant (2024) - Xiran Jay Zhao - great ❤️

Comics

  • Jujutsu Kaisen (2018-2024, 呪術廻戦) - Gege Akutami - #17-19 - good ✨

Songs

  • Kaistaa (2025) - BESS & Käärijä - good ✨
  • Joyride (2024) - Kesha - great ❤️

Video games

  • I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (2022) - PC - good ✨

February

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 ❤️

January

Movies

  • For Love & Country (2022) - Joshua Kissi - good ✨
  • Tokyo Story (1953, 東京物語 / Tōkyō Monogatari) - Yasujirō Ozu - good ✨
  • Dracula's Ex-Girlfriend (2024) - Valentina Vee - nice 👍

TV series

  • Link Click (2021-, 时光代理人 / Shíguāng Dàilǐrén) - S1 - great ❤️
  • BNA: Brand New Animal (2020, ビー・エヌ・エー) - S1 - great ❤️
  • Magilumiere Co. Ltd. (2024-, 株式会社マジルミエ / Kabushiki Gaisha Majirumie) - S1 - good ✨
  • SPY×FAMILY (2022-) - S1-2 - great ❤️

Books

  • The Life of Tea (2018) - Timothy D'Offay & Michael Freeman - good ✨
  • Three Chinese Poets* (1992) - Wang Wei, Li Bai, Du Fu (tr. Vikram Seth) - great ❤️

Comics

  • Yotsuba&! [FI] (2003-, よつばと!) - Kiyohiko Azuma - #1-2 - good ✨
  • My Love Mix-Up! (2019-2022, 消えた初恋 / Kieta Hatsukoi) - Wataru Hinekure & Aruko - #1-9 (done) - great ❤️
  • Run on Your New Legs (2019-2020, 新しい足で駆け抜けろ。/ Atarashii Ashi de Kakenukero) - Wataru Midori - #1-5 (done) - great ❤️
  • Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation (2020-, 魔道祖师 / Módào Zǔshī) - Mo Xiang Tong Xiu - #7 - good ✨

Albums

  • Proof (2022) - BTS - good ✨
  • Repullinen hittejä (1996) - Eppu Normaali - great ❤️
  • Pisara meressä (2024) - KUUMAA - good ✨

Songs

  • Kura Kura (2023) - Ado - good ✨
  • Shikisai (2022) - Yama - great ❤️

History & Wishlists

This page is an attempt to escape the many "logging" websites and apps I use.
However, I so far haven't deleted my accounts on those services, because I intend to keep using them for my "wishlist" pages, and to keep my history, so I will list my profiles here.

Additional archive on Listography.