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- Starting date: January 1, 2021
- Link to your Drama list: dramalist here
- Difficulty: EASY: 6 blocks (30+) i'm gonna edit the blocks when i decide the titles
- Progress: 32/30 Blocks: 6/6
Dramas: 30 | Movies: 2 | Drama Specials: 0
- Milestones:
- Super Busy But Still Want To Play: 2 Blocks (10 +)
- Super Easy: 4 Blocks (20+)
- Easy: 6 Blocks (30+)
- Medium: 11 Blocks (55+)
- Hard: 14 Blocks (70+)
- Extremely Hard: 17 Blocks (85+)
- Merciless: 20 Blocks (100+)
- Dauntless: 24 Blocks (120+)
- Diabolical: 28 Blocks (140+)
- Insanium: 32 Blocks (160+) *
- Addiction: 36 Blocks (180+)*
- Intervention: 40 blocks + 2 Bonus items
Time (Episode Length, Dramas only unless indicated in the prompt)
A (5/5)
- (✔︎ ) Watch a drama with 20 min or less episodes Where Your Eyes Linger (2020) 10min
- (✔︎) Watch a drama with 20-30 minutes episodes Growing Season (2020) 20min
- (✔︎ ) Watch a drama with 30-40 minutes episodes We Best Love: No. 1 For You (2021) 30min
- (✔︎) Watch a drama with 40–50 minutes episodes I Hear You (2019) 45min
- ( ✔︎) Watch a drama with 50-60 Minutes Episodes Love Alarm (2019) 50min
Favorite (5/5)
- (✔︎ ) Watch a drama/movie that has one of your favorite actors. Strangers from Hell (2019) Lee Dong Wook
- (✔︎ ) Watch a drama/movie that has one of your favorite actresses. My Name (2021) Han So Hee
- ( ✔︎) Watch a drama/movie by the same director as one of your favorite dramas/movies. Sweet Home (2020) Lee Eung Bok - director of Goblin, Decendants of the Sun and Mr. Sunshine
- ( ✔︎ ) Watch a drama/movie by the same writer as one of your favorite dramas/movies. Still 2gether same writer of 2gether
- (✔︎ ) Watch a drama/movie by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before. Hellbound (2021) Choi Gyu Seok - writer
Genres (Lite)
A (5/5)
- (✔︎ ) Watch a drama/movie about Art (music, dance, painting, photography etc.) Nevertheless, (2021)
- ( ✔︎) Watch a drama/movie about Food (cooking, baking, restaurants, cafes, etc.) To My Star (2021)
- (✔︎ ) Watch a drama/movie about School (Pre-k-University, graduate and trade school) A Beauty of Revenge (2021)
- ( ✔︎) Watch a drama/movie about Historical The Crowned Clown (2019)
- ( ✔︎) Watch a drama/movie about Sci-Fi /Space/Future Space Sweepers (2021)
B (5/5)
- (✔︎) Watch a drama/movie about Fantasy/Alternate past timeline The King: Eternal Monarch (2020)
- (✔︎ ) Watch a drama/movie about Supernatural/Magic/ESP etc. (not within our normal physics as the majority of the world recognizes so yes zombies, vampires, ghosts can be considered. Use this for non-scary versions) Todome no Kiss (2018)
- (✔︎) Watch a drama/movie about Anything not covered in this challenge (you may use this 3 times) - About some kind of Competition Squid Game (2021)
- ( ✔︎) Watch a drama/movie about Medical staff: Surgeons/doctors/nurses/vets/coroners Sweet & Sour (2021)
- (✔︎ ) Watch a drama/movie about Law/Lawyers/Judges/paralegals etc. Vincenzo (2021)
Theme (Occupations)
A (5/5)
- (✔︎ ) Watch a drama/movie which features Computer business(Information Technology) jobs(so hackers/programmers/websites/Internet)--can be a supporting character but in most of the episodes not one character in 1 episode Voice 2 (2018)
- ( ✔︎) Watch a drama/movie which features Fashion/Make up/Modeling/Hair styling My Runway (2016)
- (✔︎ ) Watch a drama/movie which features Thieves/Criminals/Gang members Voice 3: City of Accomplices (2019)
- (✔︎ ) Watch a drama/movie which features Customer service (for example: clerk/waitress/help desk) She Would Never Know (2021)
- (✔︎ ) Watch a drama/movie which features Writers/Journalists Lovely Writer (2021)
Tags (Leads)
A (5/5)
(Male or Female or other you decide)
- ( ✔︎) Watch a drama/movie with a Strong Lead The Uncanny Counter (2020)
- (✔︎ ) Watch a drama/movie with a Nice lead One More Time (2016) obviously, the nice one is the female lead here
- ( ✔︎ ) Watch a drama/movie with a Rich lead We Best Love: Fighting Mr. 2nd (2021)
- ( ✔︎ ) Watch a drama/movie with a Smart/Genius Lead Extracurricular (2020)
- ( ✔︎) Watch a drama/movie with a Naïve/innocent/pure Lead Be Loved in House: I Do (2021)
Tags (Love) (2/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about First love
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Cohabitation
- (✔︎) Watch a drama/movie with Love shape (triangle/Square/Pentangle) My Fuxxxxx Romance (2020)
- ( ✔︎) Watch a drama/movie with Unrequited Love/one way love/one sided love Love Alarm 2 (2021)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Friend to Lovers
°°° Substitutions and Extras°°°
These can substitute anything in the challenge to help you complete a block each one can only be used once (unless otherwise specified) and are NOT a block.
( ) Watch an Asadora( ) Watch a Taiga( ) Watch a Lakorn( ) Watch a Seoguk( ) Watch a drama/movie that has historical cultural entertainment elements (a title about Kabuki, Rakugo, P’ansori, etc) I searched Storyteller or theater +country.( ) Watch a drama/movie about soldiers() Watch a drama/movie about Royalty() Watch a drama/movie about Anything not covered in this challenge (you may use this 3 times and it may be used for future challenges if we like the category)
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Starting date: January 1, 2021
Link to my watchlist: Sanni's watchlist
Difficulty: depends on the progress I made until Dec 28... :)
Milestones:
✔ Super Busy But Still Want To Play: 2 Blocks (10 +) ✔
✔ Super Easy: 4 Blocks (20+) ✔
✔ Easy: 6 Blocks (30+) ✔
✔ Medium: 11 Blocks (55+) ✔
✔ Hard: 14 Blocks (70+) ✔
✔ Extremely Hard: 17 Blocks (85+) ✔Merciless: 20 Blocks (100+)
Dauntless: 24 Blocks (120+)
Diabolical: 28 Blocks (140+)
Insanium: 32 Blocks (160+)
Addiction: 36 Blocks (180+)Intervention: 40 blocks + 2 Bonus items
Progress: 86 shows | 17 blocks
| Dramas | Movies | Drama Specials | TV Shows |
| 57 | 28 | 1 | 0 |
| plan to watch | currently watching / on hold | completed | |
Time
(episode length; dramas only unless indicated in the prompt)
✔ 1. (5/5) ✔
- ( Our Memory ) Watch a drama with 20 min or less episodes (11 min)
- ( Scripting Your Destiny ) Watch a drama with 20-30 min episodes (25 min)
- ( Find Me in Your Memory ) Watch a drama with 30-40 min episodes (35 min)
- ( Perfect and Casual ) Watch a drama with 40-50 min episodes (45 min)
- ( Nitiman ) Watch a drama with 50-60 min episodes (53 min)
✔ 2. (5/5) ✔
- ( I Told Sunset About You (re-watch) ) Watch a drama with at least 1 episode over 60 minutes (79 min)
- JOKER ( Delivery Boy ) Watch a bilingual drama/movie
(A Brighter Summer Day | So Long, My Son ) Watch a movie of 180 or more minutes (list) - ( My Personal Trainer ) Watch a movie less than 30 minutes (may be a web movie but has to be in MDL database) (Tags: Short Film)
- ( Meet Me Outside ) Watch a drama with 8 episodes or less (6 eps)
- ( Word of Honor ) Watch a drama with 30 episodes or more (36 eps)
✔ 3. Type (5/5) ✔
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet
(Type of production. Dramas only unless indicated in the prompt)
- ( Color Rush ) Watch a web series.
- ( We Best Love: No. 1 For You - Special Episode ) Watch a drama special --made for tv movie-- (Not the behind-the-scenes episodes or the interviews or extra scenes)
- JOKER ( Lovers of the Red Sky ) Watch a drama/movie about astronomy
( When We Write Love Story )Watch a game/variety/non-drama/reality type (listed as a TV Show) show (10 episodes; do not need to be in consecutive order. Pleaselist dates OR episode numbers)(OAL: just 10 episodes of ANY variety tv show and it does NOT have to be the same one) - ( The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity ) Watch a theatrical (released in the theater) released movie (SK 2020 list)
- ( Return to the Wolves ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Documentary
4. Award-winning -- it all about the accolades (3/5)
( ) Watch an award-winning drama/movie.( Voice of Silence ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning director. Hong Eui Jun won Best New Director for "Voice of Silence" at 41st Blue Dragon Film Awards 2021 and 15th Asian Film Awards( Lost ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning screenwriter. Kim Ji Hye won Best Screenplay for "Hope" at 2014 (50th) BaekSang Arts Awards and 2013 (34th) Blue Dragon Film Awards( Be with You ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning actor. Baeksang awarded actors | So Ji Sub won Baeksang award as best actor in 2005( L.U.C.A.: The Beginning ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning actress. Baeksang awarded actresses | Lee Da Hee won Excellence Award and New Star Award at 2013 SBS Drama Awards2020 MBC Drama Awards41st Blue Dragon Film Awards 2021Baeksang awarded TV directorsBaeksang awarded TV dramasarticles on awards
✔ 5. Favorites (5/5) ✔
- ( Tune in for Love ) Watch a drama/movie that has one of your favorite actors. Jung Hae In
- ( Mr. Queen ) Watch a drama/movie that has one of your favorite actresses.
Shin Hye Sun - ( A Tale of Thousand Stars ) Watch a drama/movie by the same director as one of your favorite dramas/movies. Backaof Noppharnach Chaiwimol
- ( We Best Love: No. 1 For You ) Watch a drama/movie by the same writer as one of your favorite dramas/movies. Lin Pei Yu
- ( You Make Me Dance ) Watch a drama/movie by a director/ writer you haven't seen anything from before. Director So Joon Moon
Release Date
6. (3/5)
( Light On Me ) Watch a drama/movie that began airing/premiered this year. I assume it should be 2021, so I fixed the link.( Full House ) Watch a drama/movie that started airing the same year the user above/below you joined MDL. KSuuh 2014, MYYUs 2016 2014( Catch the Ghost ) Watch a drama/movie that started airing the same year you joined MDL. 2019( ) Watch a drama/movie that began airing/premiered in one of the years generated by this website (it will generate 5 dates; choose any year you want). 1997, 2004 (2x), 2006, 2009( ) Watch a drama/movie that began airing/premiered in the year you were born/graduated/married/found dramas/first born etc. (or other major event in your life) 1997, 2004, 2010, 2013, 2014,2019
✘ 7. (0/5)
(✘) Watch a drama/movie from the 1940s.(✘) Watch a drama/movie from the 1950s.(✘) Watch a drama/movie from the 1960s.(✘) Watch a drama/movie from the 1970s.(✘) Watch a drama/movie from the 1980s.
8. (4/5)
( Farewell My Concubine ) Watch a drama/movie from the 1990s. 1993( A Crimson Mark ) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2000 to 2005. 2004( The Man from Nowhere ) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2006 to 2010. 2010( The Tower ) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2011 to 2015. 2012( Am I The Only One With Butterflies? ) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2016 to 2020.2018
✔ 9. Relationships (5/5) ✔
- ( Buying Ears ) Watch a drama/movie that focuses on non-romantic relationships.
- ( Vampire Flower ) Watch a drama/movie with a non-human main character.
- ( His ) Watch a drama/movie that focuses on a parental relationship
- ( Catman ) Watch a drama/movie with a pet parent relationship (a character that takes care of an animal/has no children/ talks to animal when alone/possible dresses animal and stuffs it in her purse for outings / must be in at least half of the episodes.)
- ( She Would Never Know ) Watch a drama/movie with siblings (Tags: Siblings Relationship; Sibling Relationship; Sibling Rivalry; Brother-Sister Relationship)
✔ 10. Countries (7/7) ✔
- ( Hanggang Dulo ) Watch a drama/movie from the Philippines.
- ( The Best Story ) Watch a drama/movie from Thailand.
- ( The Widow ) Watch a drama/movie from Japan.
- ( Hold Me ) Watch a drama/movie from South Korea.
- ( My Fated Boy ) Watch a drama/movie from China.
- ( Be Loved in House: I Do ) Watch a drama/movie from Taiwan.
- ( Human Error ) Watch a drama/movie from Hong Kong.
11. Countries Comics/reading material (0/8)
(5/8 must be completed for this block to count)
( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manga /webtoon(Japan)*( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhwa / webtoon (South Korea)*( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhua /webtoon/ comic (Taiwan)*( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhua / webtoon / comic (China)*( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhua / webtoon / comic (Hong Kong)*( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Komik /webtoon/ comic (Philippines)*( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Thai Comic / webtoon*( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Novel
* can either be a e.g. Taiwanese title based on a non-Taiwanese comic/webtoon or a title based on a Taiwanese comic/webtoon (link to discussion forum)
Discussion forum posts with recs: post 1, post 2, post 3
Wiki List
12. Cast (0/6)
(refers to the ages of the characters, not the actors)
( ) Watch a drama/movie with students or children as the main cast. (any time from birth to any form of school) Child to high school( ) Watch a drama/movie with young adults as the main cast. (out of school but not married and not at the “deadline” age for the female character) 20-29 single finding place in life( ) Watch a drama/movie with median age (marriageable/deadline (for female characters) age or parents) 30 – 40 age bracket: usually financially established( ) Watch a drama/movie with elderly characters or grandparents( ) Watch a drama/movie with animals as the focus (real life animals, not a person that turns into an animal)( ) Watch a drama/movie where aplace or location is the focus (the shooting location is limited to one location with limited excursions)
Genres (Lite)
✔ 13. (5/5) ✔
- ( Step for You ) Watch a drama/movie about Art (music, dance, painting, photography etc.) (Tags: Dancer; Dance Competition; Ballet; Painter; Photographer)
- ( The Tasty Florida ) Watch a drama/movie about Food (cooking, baking, restaurants, cafés, etc.) (Food! (Custom List)) (Tags: Cooking Show; Baker; Chef; Food Critic; dessert)
- ( Do You Love Me as I Love You ) Watch a drama/movie about School (Pre-k-University, graduate and trade school) (Tags: High School; High School to College; College Life; Student)
- ( The Queen of Attack ) Watch a drama/movie about Historical (must be from your parents’ era or before) (Political historical dramas (Voting List); The Age of Change (1860-1945 CE) (Custom List); Best Very Long (60+) Historical Dramas (Voting List); Greatest Wuxia Movies (Voting List); Best traditional Action Wuxia dramas (Voting List), Joseon Dynasty)
- ( Space Sweepers ) Watch a drama/movie about Sci-Fi / Space/ Future (Tags: Outer Space; Space Travel)
✔ 14. (5/5) ✔
- ( Wuliang ) Watch a drama/movie about Fantasy/ Alternate past timeline (Tags: Parallel Universe; Alternate Universe; Different Timelines)
- ( Aftermath 2 ) Watch a drama/movie about Supernatural/ Magic/ ESP (extra sensory perception; people that can read minds, have telekinesis, pyrokinesis, clairvoyance, precognition, mind-reading, teleportation, telepathy etc.; otherwise simplified to "mind powers") etc. (not within our normal physics as the majority of the world recognizes so yes zombies, vampires, ghosts can be considered. Use this for non-scary versions) Tags: psychometry
- ( Kono Koi wa Tsumi na no ka!? ) Watch a drama/movie about non-combat sports: (chess/ checkers/ cards/ shogi/ Mahjong/ Go etc.) Anything that uses the brain muscle not the body muscle and has games. (Tags: Mind Sport; Japanese Chess)
- ( Love at First Hate ) Watch a drama/movie about Medical staff: Surgeons/ doctors/ nurses/ vets/ coroners (Tags: Forensic Medical Examiner; Forensics)
- ( My Little Happiness ) Watch a drama/movie about Law/ Lawyers/ Judges/ Paralegals etc.
✔ 15. (5/5) ✔
- ( We Best Love: Fighting Mr. 2nd ) Watch a drama/movie about Business (CEO/ Starting a business/ Office setting/ Bank) (CEO Rom-Coms (Custom List)) (Tags: Overbearing CEO)
- ( Unspeakable Love ) Watch a drama/movie based on a real event or person (can be but not limited to a documentary etc.) (Genres: autobiography, biographical; Tags: Based on a true story; Inspired by real events; Inspired by real person)
- ( HIStory4: Close to You ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Comedy
- ( The Untamed (re-wach) ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Mystery
- ( HIStory2: Crossing the Line (re-watch) ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Friendship
Genres (dark)
16. (0/5)
( Strangers from Hell ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Horror (includes jump scares, Creepy voices/noises, vengeful ghosts, etc.)( ) Watch a drama/movie which has Horror Monsters (Zombies/ Vampires/ Demon/ Kaiju)( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Military/ War( ) Watch a drama/movie which has Politics (this can include office/ business politics/ palace/ government official ANY kind of politics) (Political historical dramas (Voting List)) (Tags: Political Intrigue)( Invisible Alien | Chimera* ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Thriller
17. (1/6)
(4/6 of these for it to be completed)
( Flower of Evil ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Psychological( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Criminal Investigation/ Detective (genres do not exist anymore, so I went for tags instead)( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Medical and Tag is Terminal Illness or Chronic Disease( ) Watch a drama/movie with any genre but has a Suicide (tag may be hidden or it may not be labelled)( The Handmaiden ) Watch a drama/movie which depicts Occupation of one country by another (usually under the Historical or Military genre)(The Age of Change (1860-1945 CE) (Custom List))( )Watch a drama/movie which depicts Post Occupation Recovery (look at dramas set in time frameswe know post occupation happened (example 1950’s Japan)
Genres (Action – martial arts)
18. (0/5)
( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Kung Fu (or another Chinese/Taiwan/Hong Kong Martial art)( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Karate/ Judo (or another Japanese Martial Art)( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Gungdo/ Subak / Taekkyon (or another South Korean Martial art)( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Arnis, Eskrima, and Kali (or another Philippines Martial Art)( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Muay Thai (or another Martial art from Thailand) (Tags: Thai Boxing)
19. (1/5)
( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Sports: Physical( ) Watch a drama/movie which features E-Sports: Gaming for example (Tags: Online Gaming)( ) Watch a drama/movie which features action CGI scenes( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genreTokusatsu-> substitute( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre Wuxia or Xianxia or Xuanhuan(Greatest Wuxia Movies (Voting List); Best traditional Action Wuxia dramas (Voting List); Best Wuxia or Xianxia drama (Voting List); Tiān (Custom List))
Theme (Occupations)
20. (3/5)
( Please Don't Date Him | dele ) Watch a drama/movie which features Computer Business (Information Technology) Jobs (so hackers/ programmers/ websites/ Internet)--can be a supporting character but in most of the episodes not one character in 1 episode (article)( Handmade Love ) Watch a drama/movie which features Fashion/ Make up/ Modeling/ Hair styling (Tags: Makeup Artist; Cosmetic Company)( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Thieves/ Criminals/ Gang members (Tags: Con Artist, Gangster; Mafia)( Please Tell Me So ) Watch a drama/movie which features Customer Service (for example: clerk/waitress/help desk) barista( Lovely Writer ) Watch a drama/movie which features Writers/ Journalists (Tags: Writer; Screenwriter; Editor)
21. (0/5)
( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Housekeeper/ Butler/ Maid (Tags: Housekeeping)( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Farming or Agriculture of some kind (orchards, rice paddies/vineyard)( ) Watch a drama/movie which features TV personality (actor/ comedian/ TV reporter/ talk show host—but has to be a drama or movie about someone having the job) (Tags: Voice Actor)( ) Watch a drama/movie which features fisherman/ sailor/ someone who works with the ocean/ ocean creatures( ) Watch a drama/movie which features a mechanic/ builder/ someone good with machines
22. Theme (School) (0/6)
( ) Watch a drama/movie which features bad student (delinquent) (Tags: problematic student; juvenile delinquent)( ) Watch a drama/movie which features former delinquent teacher( ) Watch a drama/movie which features teacher has a past job not suitable for teaching (i.e. if someone finds out they are fired)( ) Watch a drama/movie which features a transfer student( ) Watch a drama/movie which features a student festival (True Beauty?)( ) Watch a drama/movie which features bullying
✔ 23. Theme (Let's get physical) (5/5) ✔
- ( My Name) Watch a drama/movie with sexual content
- ( Soulmate ) Watch a drama/movie with LGBTQ+
- ( The Crush ) Watch a drama/movie which features age gap (Tags: Older Woman/Younger Man; Older Man/Younger Woman)
- ( Kiss Scene in Yeonnamdong ) Watch a drama/movie with reverse harem
- JOKER ( Your Name Engraved Herein ) Watch a drama/movie based on a true story
( ) Watch a drama/movie withharem
Theme (Family)
24. (3/6)
( Begin Again ) Watch a drama/movie about marriage contract or arranged marriage (Tags: Marriage without love, marriage of convenience)( ) Watch a drama/movie about large family (i.e. multiple generations or 6 or more people under one roof)( Peach of Time ) Watch a drama/movie about single parent (OAL: The single parent has to be either the main or a supporting character in at least 50% of the show) (Tags: single mother, single father)( ) Watch a drama/movie about a grandparent raising a child (Tags: raised by grandmother)( Special Encounter ) Watch a drama/movie about an aunt or uncle raising a child( ) Watch a drama/movie about a found family (i.e. people not related becoming a family)
25. (0/5)
( ) Watch a drama/movie about sibling raising child( ) Watch a drama/movie about a person not related raising a child( ) Watch a drama/movie about an orphan (Tags: orphan male lead; orphan female lead)( ) Watch a drama/movie about twins( ) Watch a drama/movie about pregnancy (OAL: has to be either the main or a supporting character in at least 50% of the show so for me 14 sai no haha would be the perfect drama about pregnancy. I would even take a drama about an obstatrician office like Kounodori)(Tags: Pregnant Lead; Gynecology)
26. Theme (Misc.) (1/5)
( Seobok ) Watch a drama/movie about a Clone( ) Watch a drama/movie about an Android (Tags: Robot; Cyborg)( Circle | The End of Endless Love ) Watch a drama/movie about an Alien( Fatal Countdown: Reset | The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion | Adventurous Romance ) Watch a drama/movie about a lab experiment/ construct (Tags: Human Experimentation; Experiment; Researcher)( ) Watch a drama/movie about a talking animal (the animal only needs to talk once or can even narrate)
Tags (Leads)
(Male or Female or other, you decide)
✔ 27. (5/5) ✔
- ( Sell Your Haunted House ) Watch a drama/movie with a Strong Lead (Tags: female; male)
- ( Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha ) Watch a drama/movie with a Nice Lead (Tags: female; male)
- ( Wish You: Your Melody From My Heart (Movie) ) Watch a drama/movie with a Rich Lead (Tags: Rich Male Lead; Rich Female Lead; Rich Woman/Poor Man; Rich Man/Poor Woman)
- ( Mysterious Love ) Watch a drama/movie with a Smart/Genius Lead (Tags: Smart Male Lead; Smart Female Lead; Smart, Calm Male Lead) (The Quintessential Intelligent Female Heroine (Voting List))
- ( Stuck On You ) Watch a drama/movie with a Naïve/ Innocent/ Pure Lead (Tags: Naive Female Lead; Naive Male Lead; Innocent Female Lead; Innocent Male Lead)
28. (0/5)
( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Mean/ Aggressive Lead (Tags: Mean Male Lead; Aggressive Male Lead; Aggressive Female Lead)( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Eccentric Lead (weird) (Tags: Male; Female)( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Poor Lead (Tags: Poor Male Lead; Poor Female Lead; Rich Woman/Poor Man; Rich Man/Poor Woman)( Enjiya* ) Watch a drama/movie with a Weak Lead (Tags: Male; Female)( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Cold Lead (Tags: Cold Male Lead; Cold Female Lead; Cold Man/Warm Woman; Cold Woman/Warm Man)
✔ 29. Tags (Love) (5/5) ✔
- ( Life: Love on the Line (Director's Cut) ) Watch a drama/movie about First Love (Tags: Childhood Love)
- ( To My Star ) Watch a drama/movie with Cohabitation
- ( Dear My Name (re-watch) ) Watch a drama/movie with Love Shape (Triangle/ Square/ Pentagon)
- ( Your Home ) Watch a drama/movie with Unrequited Love/ one way love/ one-sided love
- ( Second Chance ) Watch a drama/movie with Friends to Lovers
30. Tags (Misc. Lite) (5/8)
( The Fiery Priest ) Watch a drama/movie with a Bromance/ Sismance vibe.( Close-Knit ) Watch a Slice of Life drama/movie.( The Right Man - Because I Love You ) Watch a drama/movie with Hidden Identity (Tags: Secret/Hidden Identity, Hidden Personality)( Location ) Watch a drama/movie with a Happy Ending (Tags: Time Jump Happy Ending)( I Promised You the Moon (ITSAY2) ) Watch a drama/movie with Childhood Friends (Tags: Childhood Friend, Childhood Love, Childhood Connection)( ) Watch a drama/movie with an Idol Actor (someone who sings and acts or has another job besides acting) appearing in it does not have to be starring and can be a cameo.( Meet Me @ 1006 ) Watch a Time Travel drama/movie (Time Travel - Into the Past (Custom List))( ) Watch a Superhero drama/movie
31. Tags (Misc. Dark) (7/8)
( Painted Skin: The Guo Jingming Edition ) Watch a drama/movie with Death/ Murder( Mad for Each Other ) Watch a drama/movie dealing with Obsession( Kim Ji Young: Born 1982 | Definitely Not Today ) Watch a drama/movie on Mental Health ("disorder" tags, e.g. Antisocial Personality Disorder), depression | Social Anxiety Disorder( Innocent ) Watch a drama/movie with a Tragic Past( 100 Days My Prince ) Watch a drama/movie dealing with Amnesia( ) Watch a drama/movie on Revenge( He Is Psychometric ) Watch a drama/movie with Corruption( My Sweet Dear ) Watch a drama/movie withBetrayal
By the numbers
✔ 32. Statistics (5/5) ✔
- ( Lipstick ) Watch a drama or movie more than 50% have completed (there is pie chart under statistics) 64.8% completed as of 05-Apr-2021
- ( Last Sunrise ) Watch a drama or movie where the Verified/Stars Rating is the same (the whole number not after the decimal) as the completed Rating (completed rating: 7.53, verified rating: 7.5 as of 13 May 2021)
- ( While You Were Sleeping ) Watch a drama or movie ranked in the top 200 (1-200) link #76
- ( My Handsome Roommate ) Watch a drama or movie ranked over 1,000 link; ranked #30,250 as of Feb 28, 2021
- ( Private Lessons ) Watch a drama/ movie with more that 25% in the “plan to watch” section of the pie (63,6% PTW as of Feb 01, 2021)
✔ 33. (4/4) ✔
- ( Where Your Eyes Linger: The Movie ) Watch a drama/movie with over 10 Reviews.
- ( Triple - Do You Want? ) Watch a drama/movie with 0 Reviews. 0 Reviews as of Jan 15, 2021
- ( Dali and the Cocky Prince ) Watch a highly rated and completed drama/movie from another challenger who posted on the same page you signed up on. (rated 10, 9 or 8 by the user, not overall) rated 8.5 by Poia
- ( Doom at Your Service ) Watch a poorly rated and completed drama/movie from another challenger who posted on the same page you signed up on. (rated 5.0 at most) Rated 4.0 by Poia
34. Plan To Watch List (0/6)
( ) Watch the oldest dated item (drama/movie) on your list.( ) Watch the newest item on your list. (on your profile page it lists the last 9 actions you did)( ) Watch the shortest drama on your list (least amount of episodes).( ) Watch the longest drama on your list (most amount of episodes).( ) Watch the item in the middle of your list (e.g. 70 items in total, you should watch #35).( ) Watch the Movie/Drama with the longest name.
35. Seasonal Settings (0/5)
Does not have to be a festival but contain something that marks the season if the weather does not.
( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Snowy (winter holiday/ festival) setting (not all countries have snowy so just go with winter if that is the case with your country of choice)( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Rainy (spring holiday/ festival) setting( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Sunny (summer holiday/ festival) setting( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Windy (Fall holiday/ festival) setting( ) Watch a drama/movie with multiple season settings
36. Not from here (0/4)
( ) Watch a drama/movie that has foreign actor(s) (A different ethnicity than the rest of the titles cast)( ) Watch a drama/movie set (not filmed) in a different country to the one in which it was aired. (50% or more and can be film in another country but does not have to be)( ) Watch a drama/movie that has a character that is the same ethnicity but raised abroad( ) Watch a drama/movie that has a new person in a small town OR Small town person moves to big city
37. Remakes –same story different note (0/4)
( ) Watch a story that has been remade by at least 1 other country beside the original story (forum: e.g. could be Maou (based on lucifer, made in SK)) Full House (SK = originial, 5 adaptations)( ) Watch a story that has been remade by 2 other countries (forum: e.g. would be f4 thailand (hana yori dango 8th reincarnation)) Full House (SK = originial, 5 adaptations)( ) Watch a drama that is a next season or a movie that is a sequel to a remade story (example: Hana Nochi Hara is a sequel to Hana Yori Dango) (forum: e.g. Hanayori dango Final (the movie))( ) Watch a remake from the same country (forum: e.g. would be Kimi wa petto 2019 (I think that was the year the latest Japanese movie came out)) Dating in the Kitchen (2020, D, CN) = remake ofThis is Not What I Expected (2017, M, CN)
✔ 38. Random (5/5) ✔
- ( Shanai Marriage Honey ) Watch a drama/movie that starts with the same first letter as your username OR display name. Chose at the beginning and list here: Display name: Sanni needs BEST LOVE
- ( Are You Human Too? (re-watch) ) Watch a drama/movie that starts with the same first letter as someone on your friends list. Annie (display name on Dec 22nd, 2021)
- ( The Boy Foretold by the Stars ) Watch a drama/movie from an actor/actress who has 5 or fewer credits to their name. (think new actors and can exclude Variety show appearances) Actor Adrian Lindayag: 2 credits as of Jan 1st, 2021
- ( Nobleman Ryu's Wedding ) Watch a drama/movie that begins with one of the following letters: (Generate 3 from this site and choose one.) F, C, N
- ( Before I Love You: Rain x Storm ) Random Word generator for titles (here) pick 3 list and watch a drama/movie with one of these words. soul, rain, crouch
MDL-Related
✔ 39. (5/5) ✔
- ( The Day of Becoming You ) Watch a drama/movie that was mentioned in an article on MDL. article
- ( Navi9ator ) Watch a drama/movie that was mentioned in the feeds. Feed
- ( Fish upon the Sky ) Watch a drama/movie from your least viewed tags under your profile stats. Jealousy
- ( So I Married an Anti-Fan ) Watch a drama/movie that combines one of your favorite and least favorite genres. (top Genre and bottom genre on you stats page or one that never even made it to your stats) Romance & Mature | Romance & Music | Romance & Psychological
(Genres not in stats: Adventure, Animals, Crime, Detective, Documentary, Food, Investigation, Law, Manga, Martial Arts, Medical, Military, Political, Sci-Fi, Sitcom, Sports, Suspense, Tokusatsu, Tragedy, Vampire, War, Western, Wuxia, Zombies) - ( My Roommate is a Gumiho ) Watch a drama that was added to a popular voted list in the list index. list
✔ 40. (5/5) ✔
- ( Aftermath ) Watch a drama/movie on your Recommendations page.
- ( Happiness ) Watch a drama from a staff member’s completed page rated 8 or more rated 8.5 by Nana87
- SUBSTITUTE ( Kingdom ) Watch a Sageuk (SK Historicals; List on Wikipedia) drama
( The King's Affection ) Watch a drama/movie that appears in the first 5 pages of MDL HomeTrailers section - ( One and Only ) Watch a drama/movie that appears in the first 5 pages of MDL Explore Top Dramas/Movies category –If you have watched everything from your comfort country of choice (favorite) in those first 5 pages you may go to the VERY NEXT TITLE for that country on the subsequent pages
- ( You Are My Glory ) Watch a drama/movie that was added to a Custom List (yours or other MDL’ers lists) Poia's PTW C-Drama list
°°° Substitutes and Extras °°°
These can substitute anything in the challenge to help you complete a block. Each one can only be used once (unless otherwise specified) and are NOT a block.
- ( ) Watch an Asadora (Wikipedia)
- ( ) Watch a Taiga (Wikipedia)
- ( ) Watch a Lakorn
( Kingdom )Watch a Sageuk (SK Historicals; List on Wikipedia)- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that has historical cultural entertainment elements (a title about Kabuki, Rakugo, P’ansori, etc) I searched Storyteller or theater + country.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about soldiers
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Royalty
- Jokers: Watch a drama/movie about anything not covered in this challenge (you may use this 3 times):
( Delivery Boy ) Watch abilingualdrama/movie(Return to the Wolves ) Watch a drama/moviebased on a true story( Lovers of the Red Sky ) Watch a drama/movie aboutastronomy
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