Lokenstein's

Media Wishlist

Created: 23/09/2024 - Last updated: 16/02/2026

This is my place to list the medias I want to check out, especially those my friends recommended.
I will delete them from this page once watched/read/etc.

Movies

  • Black Tea (2024) - Abderrahmane Sissako
  • Two Weddings and a Funeral (2012, 두 번의 결혼식과 한 번의 장례식 / Du Beon-ui Gyeol-hon-sik-gwa Han Beon-ui Jang-nye-sik) - Kim Jho Kwang-soo
  • The Taste of Tea (2004, 茶の味 / Cha no Aji) - Katsuhito Ishii
  • Teahouse (1982, 茶馆 / Cha guan) - Tian Xie
  • Tampopo (1985, タンポポ) - Juzo Itami
  • Concerning My Daughter (2023, 딸에 대하여 / Ttale Daehayeo) - Lee Mi-rang - a daughter moves back in to her mother's place and brings her girlfriend
  • Shinjuku Boys (1995) - Jano Williams & Kim Longinotto - rec from Sam
  • Aki no Kanade (2015, アキの奏で) - Suzuki Youhei
  • Paterson (2016) - Jim Jarmusch - Referenced in a Letterboxd comment on Perfect Days
  • Anna and the Apocalypse (2017) - John McPhail
  • High-Rise (2015) - Ben Wheatley
  • The Platform (2019, El hoyo) - Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia
  • The Turning Road (2017, 돌아가는 길) - Kim Sangbaeg
  • The Circle (2015, Cirkeln) - Levan Akin

TV series

  • The Terror (2018-) - rec from Kenza
  • Sweet Blue Flowers (2009, 青い花 / Aoi Hana)
  • Danger & Eggs (2017)
  • I'm a Virgo (2023) - created by Boots Riley
  • Land of the Lustrous (2017, 宝石の国 / Hōseki no Kuni)
  • SOTUS: The Series (2016-2017, พี่ว้ากตัวร้ายกับนายปีหนึ่ง / Phi Wak Tua-rai Kap Nai Pi Nueng)
  • Darling in the Franxx (2018, ダーリン・イン・ザ・フランキス) - Xiran Jay Zhao was so disappointed in the ending that they wrote Iron Widow, so I have to hate watch it I guess.

Books

I also have separate wishlists specifically for Asian queer books; you can find them in my Asian queer literature page and my danmei to-read page.

  • What you are looking for is in the library (2021, お探し物は図書室まで / O sagashi mono wa toshu shitsu made) - Michiko Aoyama - stories of people going through changes and discovering what they really want, lessons in patience, determination, contentment and self-compassion, comforting
  • Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (2010, 森崎書店の日々 / Morisaki Shoten no Hibi) - Satoshi Yagisawa - a story about starting again after a painful breakup and losing a job, healing / finding oneself again
  • Hunchback (2023, ハンチバック) - Saou Ichikawa - the inner thoughts of a Japanese disabled woman, written by a disabled author
  • Lost Souls Meet Under a Full Moon (2010, ツナグ) - Mizuki Tsujimura - a rich teenager arranges meetings between the living and their departed loved ones
  • Sweet Bean Paste (2017, あん) - Durian Sukegawa - book recommended by Suvi, about a grandma and dorayaki

Comics

  • A Sukeban, a Transfer Student, and Their Silly Little Game (2021, スケバンと転校生 / Sukeban to Tenkousei) - Fujichika
  • The Two Of Them Are Pretty Much Like This (2022-, ふたりはだいたいこんなかんじ / Futari wa Daitai Konna Kanji) - Ikeda Takashi
  • The World's Greatest First Love (2006-, 世界一初恋 / Sekai-Ichi Hatsukoi) - Shungiku Nakamura
  • His favorite (2008-, アイツの大本命 / Aitsu no Daihonmei) - Suzuki Tanaka