aroceu's library
Welcome to my media library! Below is a non-comprehensive yet historically thorough list of media that has entertained me to some significance once, if not right now. Many I no longer enjoy, but they used to mean something to me at one point, and I feel no shame in that. Others, meanwhile, have a place in my heart forever.
Movies and books are my favorite, because though I'm as much of a sucker for serialization as anyone else, I prefer a full story being told from beginning to end in a more concise format. I love a story told in one shot that makes me think about it for the rest of my life.
I abide by the principle that if I don't enjoy something, I don't have to finish it.
in progress and on hold (because I'm lazy) but will return to
dropped (likely will never become relevant to me again)
favorites (may still be relevant to me even today)
Anime/Manga
- Binan Koukou Chikyuu Boueibu Love!! (season 1)
- Daiya No Ace
- Death Note
- Death Parade
- Free! (season 1 - 2, started 3)
- Fruits Basket
- Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun
- Gravitation
- Haikyuu!!
(ended around Shiratorizawa arc) - Katekyou Hitman Rebort! (~ch 100)
- Kimi No Na Wa
- Kuragahime
- Kuroko No Basuke
- Love Live! (season 1)
- Naruto (season 1)
- One Piece (some dubs; started LA)
- Oofuri (season 1)
- Ouran High School Host Club
- Pokémon (Kanto - Hoenn)
- Prince of Tennis
- Princess Tutu
- Ranma 1/2 (early manga only)
- Shingeki No Kyojin
- Tsuritama
- Yowamushi Pedal
- Yu-Gi-Oh! (some dubs) (Abridged) (GX)
Asian QL
- 23.5 Degrees
- Bad Buddy
- Be My Favourite
- The Big Apple
- BJ Alex
- Home Alone Together
- Mo Dao Zu Shi (book, manhua, donghua)/The Untamed
- My School President
- Not Me
- On or Off
- Only Friends: The Series
- Sekaiichi Hatsukoi
- Sign
- Vice Versa
- Window to Window
- 23.5 Degrees
Books
- The Alice series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
- And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
- The Boxcar Children series by Gertrude Chandler Warner
- Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
- Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler
- Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
- Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
- Highlights for Children
- Holes by Louis Sachar
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- Island of the Aunts by Eva Ibbotson
- Pendragon series by D.J. McHale
- The Princess Diaries (series) by Meg Cabot
- The Secret of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotson
- A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
- The Sideways Stories from Wayside School (series) by Louis Sachar
- Teen Idol by Meg Cabot
- The Tales of the Frog Princess (series) by E.D. Baker
- The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
- Twilight Chronicles by Stephenie Meyer
- I read the first three books and half of Breaking Dawn all around the time each respective book came out. I was actually never really that interested in it, but all of my middle school friends were obsessed with it circa 2006-08, so I'd given into peer pressure and read the series. At that age I was actually more obsessed with how bad the writing was rather than the series itself, lmao. I'm not marking it as "dropped" because it was never really that relevant to me the way that a lot of other stuff I've dropped has been, but it's funny for me to archive whatever relevance it had to me here anyway.
- Tales of Magic (series) by Edward Eager
- Warrior Cats by Erin Hunt
- The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
- Which Witch? by Eva Ibbotson
- Nearly every children's book by Roald Dahl
- Most of these books are from my childhood; a part of why I created this section of my website in the first place is to get myself to start reading again.
Cartoons
- All Grown Up! (Rugrats)
- American Dragon: Jake Long
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Batman: The Animated Series
- Ben 10 (original, Omniverse)
- Bob's Burgers
- Carmen Sandiego (season 1)
- Code Lyoko
- Danny Phantom
- Dude, That's My Ghost!
- The Emperor's New School
- Fairly Odd Parents
- Futurama
- Gravity Falls
- Jimmy Neutron
- Kids Next Door
- Kim Possible
- Legend of Korra
- She-ra and the Princesses of Power (season 1 - 2)
- The Life and Times of Juniper Lee
- Powerpuff Girls
- Randy Cunningham 9th Grade Ninja
- Scooby Doo (Where Are You, A Pup Named, What's New?)
- South Park
- Steven Universe
- Teen Titans
- Total Drama Island
- Totally Spies
- We Bear Bears
- Xiaolin Showdown
- One time my old roommates made me watch the first episode of Voltron: Legendary Defender and I disliked it so much that I refused to watch any more of it
Comics
- Always Raining Here
- Best Friends Forever
- Check Please!
- Scott Pilgrim vs the World
- Starfighter
- TJ & Amal
Content Creators
Splatoon content creator recommendations can be found here.
- Alpharad
- angry coconut
- The Bascome Twins (music reactions)
- brian david gilbert
- caitlin marie reacts (music reactions)
- cecilily
- cjya
- Dan and Phil
- DUDE
- Fir
- Jaiden Animations
- jaxson (music reactions)
- Jaymoji
- Lauryn King (music reactions)
- MellanaTV
- Mike's Mic
- NeeCee X (music reactions)
- Nikolini
- oliSUNvia
- Olurinatti
- pChal
- phaun
- PointCrow
- ProZD
- RobTV (music reactions)
- Schaffrillas Productions
- Scru Face Jean
- SmallAnt
- Strange Aeons
- TheBlackSpeed (music reactions)
- Trill Family (reactions)
- Two Gay Matts (music reactions)
- uncarley
- WILDCARD (Vulpixie, sunflowersmith, Weegee the God, gsmVoiD, Fyrus)
- YeahHobbs (Devin & Hobbs) (movie/tv reactions)
- Alpharad
Movies (faves)
- 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
- 21/22 Jump Street (series)
- A Simple Favor (2018)
- Another Earth (2011)
- Avengers (series) (ugh)
- I like Ant-Man (the first), Black Panther (the first), Guardians of the Galaxy (seen 1 - 2), and Thor: Ragnarok. I've seen most of the franchise and I don't know why.
- Aquamarine (2006)
- Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000)
- Book of Life (2014)
- The Cabin in the Woods (2011)
- Challengers (2024)
- Clue (1985)
- Coherence (2013)
- The Dark Knight (2008)
- The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
- Enchanted (2007)
- Ex Machina (2015)
- Ghostbusters (2016)
- The Handmaiden (2016)
- High School Musical (all; I unironically love all 3 movies)
- Hoodwinked (2005)
- Inception (2009) (I wasn't even in the fandom but in 2016 I randomly watched it like 7 times that year so I feel the need to add it here)
- The Incredibles (2004)
- The Iron Giant (1999)
- Jennifer's Body (2009)
- Josie and the Pussycats (2001)
- Knives Out (series)
- Kung Fu Panda (1 - 3)
- Lilo & Stitch (2002) (I liked the cartoon too)
- Lord of the Rings (series)
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
- Meet the Robinsons (2007)
- Mulan (1998)
- National Treasure (series)
- Nimona (2023)
- No Breathing (2013)
- Now You See Me (series) I do not think these movies are good but they are very fun
- Pitch Perfect (series but I mostly care about the music and Beca/Chloe)
- Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)
- Rise of the Guardians (2012)
- Scooby-Doo Movies
, aka my holy pentagon: - Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island
- Scooby Doo and the Witch's Ghost
- Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase (this was the first movie that made me think of selfcest)
- Scooby-Doo (2002)
- Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004)
- Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island
- Scream (1996)
- Shazam! (2019)
- Shrek (seen 1 - 4 but a "Shrek 2 is the best movie ever made" truther) (also Puss in Boots: The Last Wish was really good)
- The Social Network (2009)
- Spiderverse (series)
- Spy Kids (1 - 3)
- Star Wars (series)
- The Thing (1982)
- Train to Busan (2016)
- Triangle (2009)
- The Truman Show (1998)
- Us (2019)
- Venom (2018)
- Were the World Mine (2008)
- What We Do In The Shadows (2014)
- When Harry Met Sally (1989)
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
- Wicked (2024)
- Wreck-It Ralph (2012)
- X-Men (series) (but First Class is the best)
- Zombieland (2009)
Music (log)
- 2NE1
- The Academy Is
- All Time Low
- Ariana Grande
- B1A4
- Backstreet Boys
- Beyoncé
- Big Bang
- Big Time Rush
- BLACKPINK
- Block B
- The Cab
- Carly Rae Jepsen
- Chappell Roan
- Charli XCX
- Cobra Starship
- Demi Lovato
- DNCE
- Every Avenue
- EXO
- f(x)
- Fall Out Boy
- Fifth Harmony
- Jonas Brothers
- Hailee Steinfeld
- Hey Violet
- Hilary Duff
- The Hush Sound
- IDKHOW
- IM5
- Kendrick Lamar
- Kesha
- Lady Gaga
- Linkin Park
- Little Mix
- The Lonely Island
- Lorde
- The Maine
- Marianas Trench
- MBLAQ
- Mika
- Miss A
- Mother Mother
- My Chemical Romance
- Neon Jungle
- Olivia Rodrigo
- One Direction
- Panic! at the Disco
- Paramore
- Pentagon
- Pentatonix
- Relient K
- Sabrina Carpenter
- SHINee
- SM the Ballad
- SNSD
- Super Junior
- Taylor Swift
- Walk The Moon
- Who Is Fancy
- Will Jay
- I love acapella, mashups, covers, and acapella mashup covers.
Musicals
- Hamilton: The Musical
- High School Musical
- In the Heights
- Phantom of the Opera
- Warriors (2024) * not technically a musical, but it is a story told in music form so I'm counting it here
- West Side Story
Podcasts/Comedians
- Josh Johnson
- My Brother, My Brother, & Me
- Pod Save America
TV Shows
- 30 Rock
- Arrow (seasons 1 - 5)
- Black Mirror (handful of season 1 - 3 episodes; Bandersnatch)
- black-ish (seasons 1 - 3)
- Brooklyn 99
- iCarly
- Community (seasons 1 - 4)
- Dirk Gently (season 1)
- The Flash (seasons 1 - 3)
- Fresh Off The Boat (seasons 1 - 2)
- Elementary (seasons 1 - 2)
- Game of Thrones (seasons 1 - 3)
- Good Omens
- The Good Place
- Hannah Montana
- Letterkenny (season 1)
- LOST
- Merlin
- Misfits
- I've technically watched all of it but that doesn't mean I love all of it. You know.
- Our Flag Means Death (season 1)
- Phil of the Future
- Psych
- Riverdale (season 1)
- A Series of Unfortunate Events
- Sherlock BBC (seasons 1 - 3)
- The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
- Supernatural (season 1)
- Ted Lasso
- Teen Wolf (seasons 1 - 3)
- That's So Raven
- The Gifted (Thai drama) (season 1)
- Victorious
- White Collar
- Whose Line Is It Anyway
- Zoey 101
Video Games
- Animal Crossing (New Leaf, New Horizons)
- Carmen Sandiego (PC)
- I Spy (PC)
- Kirby: Nightmare in Dreamland
- Legend of Zelda (Breath of the Wild, Tears of the Kingdom)
- Life Is Strange
- Off
- Mortimer and the Riddles of the Medallion July 2025: I got reminded that this game existed recently and it threw me back into such a vivid flashback of being obsessed with this game during the one block of time in my life I played it and now I want to play it again. lmao.
- Neopets
- Pokémon (Ruby to Legends: Arceus)
- Sims 4
- Splatoon (2, 3)
- Super Mario (Mario Kart, Mario Party, Odyssey, Superstar Saga)
- Super Smash Bros (Melee - Ultimate; Subspace Emissary)
- Zoombinis
