My MDL's 2021 Watch Challenge
Guide for levels: 《In case I want to change level》
Milestones: With Dates reaching each levels
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Sign-up Form:
Starting date: January 1, 2021
Finishing date:
Link to Sign up form: JJChastity's Sign up form
Link to Turn in Form: 《just to make it easier for me to go to the form》
Link to your Drama list: JJChastity's Drama List
Difficulty: I'm gonna be busy starting this year so perhaps Hard: 14 Blocks (74)
Blocks Completed 《will have a √ next to the blocks)
1A √ | 1B √ | 2 √ | 3 | 4 | 5A √ | 5B |
5C | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10A √ | 10B |
10C | 11A | 11B | 12A | 12B | 13A | 13 B |
14 | 15 | 16A | 16B | 17 | 18A | 18B |
19 | 20 | 21 | 22A | 22B | 23 | 24 |
25 | 26 | 27 √ | 28A √ | 28B | 29** | *10* |
Title will have colour accoding to its type: drama, drama special, movies, or variety shows. No colour means I only plan to put the title there but not yet watching/finish it. I can move around the titles before the submission.
- The number of completed dramas for the challenge: 31
- The number of completed drama specials for the challenge: 4
- The number of completed movies for the challenge: 27
- The number of completed variety shows for the challenge: 1
- Number of Blocks: 14 Blocks (74)
- Progress Block: 07/14
Progress Titles: 63/74 titles (Hard)
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Color: #B8312F #9365B8 #1ABC9C #FBA026 #2969B0
#41A85F #7D1B7E #4EE2EC #FC03DF #FAC51C #6F4E37
1. Time (10/10) Episode Length, Dramas only unless indicated in the prompt
A (5/5)
(Nightmare Teacher) 1. Watch a drama with 20 min or less episodes 《15 minutes》√
(Mr. Nietzsche in the Convenience Store) 2. Watch a drama with 20-30 minutes episodes √
(Boku Dake ga Inai Machi) 3. Watch a drama with 30-40 minutes episodes √
(The Witch's Diner) 4. Watch a drama with 40–50 minutes episodes √ 《44 minutes》
(Times) 5. Watch a drama with 50-60 Minutes Episodes √ 《60 minutes》
B (5/5)
(Vincenzo) 6. Watch a drama with at least 1 episode over 60 minutes 《1 hour 20 minutes》√
(So Long, My Son) 7. Watch a movie 180 or more minutes √
(Yuwol: The Boy Who Made The World Dance) 8. Watch a Movie less than 30 minutes 《25 minutes》 (may be a web movie but has to be in MDL database) √
(Check Out the Event) 9. Watch a Drama with 8 episodes or less √
(My Sassy Girl) 10. Watch a Drama with 30 episodes or more √
[2. Type (5/5) A rose by any other name would smell as sweet (Type of production. Dramas only unless indicated in the prompt) ]
( To Be Continued ) 11. Watch a web series. √
( Frozen Love ) 12. Watch a drama special --made for tv movie--. (Not the behind-the-scenes episodes or the interviews or extra scenes) √
(Running Man) 13. Watch a game/variety/non drama/reality type (listed as a TV SHOW) show (10 Episodes do not need to be in consecutive order. Please list dates OR episode numbers 《I always watch Running Man every week, so the episodes in 2021: 536-545》√
(Tune in for Love) 14. Watch a Theatrical (released in the theater) released movie √
(Mr. Queen: The Story) 15. Watch a drama/movie/special whose genre is Documentary √
3. Award-winning (0/5) --it all about the accolades
(The Attorney) 16. Watch an award-winning drama/movie. 《50th Baeksang Arts Awards for Best Film》☆
(Helpless) 17. Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning director. 《48th Baeksang Arts Awards for Best Director》☆
(Cart) 18. Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning screenwriter. 《51st Baeksang Arts Awards for Best Screenplay》☆
(The Man Standing Next) 19. Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning actor. 《56th Baeksang Arts Awards for Best Actor》☆
(Miss Granny) 20. Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning actress. 《50th Baeksang Arts Awards for Best Actress》☆
5. Release Date
[A (5/5) ]
(Space Sweepers) 26. Watch a drama/movies that began airing/premiered this year. √
( The Battleship Island ) 27. Watch a drama/movie that started airing the same year the user above/below you joined MDL. 《2017-NightTraveller》√
( Innocent Witness ) 28. Watch a drama/movie that started airing the same year you joined MDL. 《2019》√
( Babo: Miracle of a Giving Fool ) 29. 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.) [Result: Tuesday, November 29, 2005
Saturday, October 21, 2006
Monday, December 31, 2007
Monday, July 14, 《2008》√
Wednesday, June 16, 2010]
( Tazza: The Hidden Card ) 30. 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) 《2014》√
[10. Genres (Lite) ]
[A (5/5) ]
(Midnight Sun) 67. Watch a drama/movie about Art (《music》, dance, painting, photography etc.) √
(Itaewon Class) 68. Watch a drama/movie about Food (cooking, baking, 《restaurants》, cafes, etc.) √
( Our Times ) 69. Watch a drama/movie about School (Pre-k-University, graduate and trade school) √
(Royal Secret Agent) 70. Watch a drama/movie about Historical (must be from your parents’ era or before) 《Joseon era》√
(109 Strange Things) 71. Watch a drama/movie about 《Sci-Fi》 /Space/Future √
13. Theme (Occupations)
A (4/5)
( Taxi Driver ) 103. 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 《IT Specialist or hacker: Ahn Go Eun》√
( Fashion King ) 104. Watch a drama/movie which features Fashion/Make up/Modeling/Hair styling √
( Start-Up ) 105. Watch a drama/movie which features Thieves/Criminals/Gang members √
(Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha) 106. Watch a drama/movie which features Customer service (for example: clerk/waitress/help desk) ■
(Until I Meet September's Love) 107. Watch a drama/movie which features Writers/Journalists √
14. Theme (School) (5/6)
(Night Flight) 113. Watch a drama/movie which features Bad student (delinquent) ☆
(GTO: The Movie) 114. Watch a drama/movie which features Former Delinquent teacher √
(Gokusen) 115. Watch a drama/movie which features Teacher has a past job not suitable for teaching (If someone finds out they are fired) 《yakuza clan's heir》 √
( I Can See Your MBTI ) 116. Watch a drama/movie which features a Transfer student √
(Nevertheless,) 117. Watch a drama/movie which features a Student festival √
(Dalgona) 118. Watch a drama/movie which features Bullying √
15. Theme (Lets get physical) (4/5)
(100-manen no Onna-tachi) 119. Watch a drama/movie with Sexual Content ☆
(HIStory: Stay Away From Me) 120. Watch a drama/movie with LGBTQ+ √
(Persona) 121. Watch a drama/movie which features Age Gap √
(Boys! Please Kiss Him, Instead of Me) 122. Watch a drama/movie with Reverse Harem √
(Love Strikes!) 123. Watch a drama/movie with Harem √
17. Theme (Misc.) (4/5)
(Seobok) 135. Watch a drama/movie about a Clone √
( Cyborg She ) 136. Watch a drama/movie about an Android
☆
( Assassination Classroom ) 137. Watch a drama/movie about an Alien √
(Fatal Countdown: Reset) 138. Watch a drama/movie about a Lab experiment/construct √
(Mr. Zoo: The Missing VIP) 139. Watch a drama/movie about a Talking animal (the animal only needs to talk once or can even narrate) √
20. Tags (Misc Lite) (7/8)
(From Me to You) 155. Watch a drama/movie with a Bromance/Sismance vibe. √
(Sunny) 156. Watch a Slice of Life drama/movie. ☆
(L.U.C.A.: The Beginning) 157. Watch a drama/movie Hidden Identity √
( Doom at Your Service ) 158. Watch a drama/movie Happy Ending √
( Squid Game ) 159. Watch a drama/movie Childhood friends √
(She Would Never Know) 160. Watch a drama/movie 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. √
(Orange) 161. Watch a drama/movie Time Travel √
(A Choo) 162. Watch a drama/movie Superhero √
[27. Random (5/5) ]
(Joseon Exorcist) 199. Watch a drama/movie that starts with the same first letter as your username OR Display name. Chose at the beginning and list here: JJChastity (Only letters. Exclude any numbers and/or special characters) √
( Mimi ) 200. Watch a drama/movie that starts with the same first letter as someone on your friends list. (Only letters. Exclude any numbers and/or special characters) 《Mandy Candy》√
(Two Lights: Relumino) 201. 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) 《Lee Yi Dam only has 3 credits》√
( Going by the Book ) 202. Watch a drama/movie that begins with one of the following letters: (Generate 3 from this site and choose one.) √ [G], N, R
( Marathon ) 203. Random Word generator for titles (here) pick 3 list and watch one with one of these words. √ DISCOURAGE, [MARATHON], EMBARK
28. MDL Related
[A (5/5) ]
(Hello, Me!) 204. Watch a drama/movie that was mentioned in an article on MDL. 《Article link》√
(Lovestruck in the City) 205. Watch a drama/movie that was mentioned in the feeds. (Your friends feed counts and if you are the one posting it counts so in theory you can post and never go back if you don’t like what you see) 《post link》√
( Mouse: The Predator ) 206. Watch a drama/movie/drama special from your least viewed tags under your profile stats.《My Stats per January 2, 2021, my least view tag is Misunderstanding; I hate misundertanding》√
( My Ordinary Love Story ) 207. 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) 《My Stats per January 2, 2021, my top genre is romance and bottom genre is suspense》√
(Sisyphus: The Myth) 208. Watch a drama that was added to a popular voted list in the list index. 《Voting link》√
B (4/5)
(Move to Heaven) 209. Watch a drama/movie on your Recommendations page. √
(Miracle in Cell No. 7) 210. Watch a drama from a staff member’s completed page rated 8 or more 《chunyu rated the movie 10》☆
(Mr. Queen: The Bamboo Forest) 211. Watch a drama/movie/ drama special that appears in the first 5 page of MDL Home Trailers section 《5th page on February 27, 2021》√
( Navillera ) 212. Watch a drama/movie that appears in the first 5 page 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 √
( Sell Your Haunted House ) 213. Watch a drama/movie that was added to a Custom List (yours or other MDL’ers lists) 《in my custom list: Supernatural I like 》√
Maximum intervention level (213-5 titles + 2 Bonus/10, total 210 titles)
29. °°° 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.
- (Ohisama) 214. Watch an Asadora
- (Ryoma Den) 215. Watch a Taiga
- (Kiss of the Cobra) 216. Watch a Lakorn
- (Dong Yi) 217. Watch a Sageuk ☆
- (The Sound of a Flower) 218. Watch a drama/movie that has historical cultural entertainment elements (a title about Kabuki, Rakugo, P’ansori, etc) I searched Storyteller or theater +country.
- (Search) 219. Watch a drama/movie about soldiers
- (The Banquet) 220. Watch a drama/movie about Royalty
- ( ) 221/222/223. 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)
Sign-up Form:
- Starting date: January 1, 2021
- Link to your Drama list: Neliel's Drama List
- Difficulty: Easy - 6 Blocks (30+)
- Progress: 5/30
- Completed dramas at sign-up for the challenge: 34
- Completed drama specials at sign-up for the challenge: 1
- Completed Movies at sign-up for the challenge: 19
- Completed TV Shows at sign-up for the challenge: 9
- Currently Watching: Mr. Sunshine, Hikaru no Go, Replay: The Moment, The Uncanny Counter, W
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 (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama with 20 min or less episodes - Persona
- ( ) Watch a drama with 20-30 minutes episodes
- ( ) Watch a drama with 30-40 minutes episodes
- ( ) Watch a drama with 40–50 minutes episodes - Alice in Borderland
- ( ) Watch a drama with 50-60 Minutes Episodes
B (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a Drama with at least 1 episode over 60 minutes
- ( ) Watch a Movie 180 or more minutes - Space Sweepers
- ( ) Watch a Movie less than 30 minutes (may be a web movie but has to be in MDL database)
- ( ) Watch a Drama with 8 episodes or less - Alice in Borderland
- ( ) Watch a Drama with 30 episodes or more
Type (1/5) A rose by any other name would smell as sweet (Type of production. Dramas only unless indicated in the prompt)
- ( ) Watch a web series.
- ( ) Watch a drama special --made for tv movie--. (Not the behind-the-scenes episodes or the interviews or extra scenes)
- (MMMTV1) Watch a game/variety/non drama/reality type (listed as a TV SHOW) show (10 Episodes do not need to be in consecutive order. Please list dates OR episode numbers
- ( ) Watch a Theatrical (released in the theater) released movie - The Handmaiden
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Documentary
Award-winning (0/5) --it all about the accolades
- ( ) Watch an award-winning drama/movie. - The Handmaiden
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning director. - The Handmaiden, Space Sweepers
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning screenwriter. - The Handmaiden, Space Sweepers
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning actor. - Space Sweepers
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning actress. - The Handmaiden, Persona, Space Sweepers
Favorite (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that has one of your favorite actors. - Persona
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that has one of your favorite actresses. - The Handmaiden, Space Sweepers
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie by the same director as one of your favorite dramas/movies.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie by the same writer as one of your favorite dramas/movies.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before. - The Handmaiden, Space Sweepers
Release Date (0/15)
A (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that began airing/premiered this year. - Space Sweepers
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that started airing the same year the user above/below you joined MDL (2019). - Persona
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that started airing the same year you joined MDL (2019). - Persona
- ( ) 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. - 1988,2004,2005,2007,2007)
- ( ) 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) - found dramas (2019): - Persona
B (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.
C (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from the 1990s.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2000 to 2005.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2006 to 2010.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2011 to 2015.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2016 to 2020. - Alice in Borderland, The Handmaiden, Persona
Relationships (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that focuses on non-romantic relationships. - Persona
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a non-human main character. - Space Sweepers
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that focuses on a Parental relationship - Space Sweepers
- ( ) 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.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Siblings
Countries (0/7)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from the Philippines.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from Thailand.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from Japan. - Alice in Borderland
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from South Korea. - The Handmaiden, Persona, Space Sweepers
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from China.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from Taiwan.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from Hong Kong.
Countries Comics/reading material (0/8) (5/8 must be completed for this block to count)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manga (Japan) - Alice in Borderland
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhwa (south Korea)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhua –Taiwan
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhua- China
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhua-Hong kong
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Komik- Philippines
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Thai Comics
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Novel - The Handmaiden
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 - Persona
- ( ) 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 a Place or Location is the focus (the shooting location is limited to one location with limited excursions - Persona
Genres (Lite)
A (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Art (music, dance, painting, photography etc.) - The Handmaiden
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Food (cooking, baking, restaurants, cafes, etc.)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about School (Pre-k-University, graduate and trade school)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Historical (must be from your parents’ era or before) - The Handmaiden
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Sci-Fi /Space/Future - Alice in Borderland, Space Sweepers
B (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Fantasy/Alternate past timeline - Alice in Borderland, Space Sweepers
- ( ) 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) - Alice in Borderland
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Non-combat Sports: (chess/checkers/cards/shogi/Mahjong etc.) Anything that uses the brain muscle not the body muscle and has games.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Medical staff: Surgeons/doctors/nurses/vets/coroners
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Law/Lawyers/Judges/paralegals etc.
C (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Business (CEO/Starting a business/Office setting/Bank)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie based on a real Event or person (can be but not limited to a documentary etc.)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Comedy - Space Sweepers
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Mystery - Alice in Borderland
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Friendship - Space Sweepers
Genres (dark)
A (0/5)
- ( ) 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/Demons/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)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Thriller - Alice in Borderland, The Handmaiden
B (0/6) (4/6 of these for it to be completed)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Psychological - Alice in Borderland, The Handmaiden, Persona
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Criminal investigation /Detective
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Medical and Tag is Terminal or Chronic illness
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with any genre but has a Suicide (tag may be hidden or it may not be labelled) - Alice in Borderland, Persona
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which depicts Occupation of one country by another (usually under the Historical or Military genre)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which depicts Post Occupation Recovery (look at dramas set in time frames we know post occupation happened (example 1950’s Japan)
Genres (Action – martial arts)
A (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) - Alice in Borderland
- ( ) 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)
B (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Sports: Physical - Persona
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features E-Sports: Gaming for example
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features action CGI scenes - Space Sweepers
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre Tokusatsu
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre Wuxia or Xanxia or Xuanhuan
Theme (Occupations)
A (0/5)
- ( ) 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
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Fashion/Make up/Modeling/Hair styling
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Thieves/Criminals/Gang members - Alice in Borderland, Space Sweepers
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Customer service (for example: clerk/waitress/help desk)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Writers/Journalists
B (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Housekeeper/butler/Maid - The Handmaiden
- ( ) 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)
- ( ) 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 - Space Sweepers
Theme (School) (0/6)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Bad student (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 (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
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Bullying
Theme (Lets get physical) (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Sexual Content - The Handmaiden
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with LGBTQ+ - The Handmaiden
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Age Gap - Persona
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Reverse Harem
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Harem
Theme (Family)
A (0/6)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Marriage contract or arranged Marriage - The Handmaiden???
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Large Family(Multiple generations or 6 or more people under one roof)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Single Parent - Space Sweepers
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about a Grandparent raising a Child
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about an Aunt or Uncle raising a Child
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about a Found Family (people not related becoming a family)
B (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Sibling raising child
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about a person not related raising a child - Space Sweepers
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about an Orphan
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Twins
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Pregnancy
Theme (Misc.) (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about a Clone
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about an Android
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about an Alien
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about a Lab experiment/construct
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about a Talking animal (the animal only needs to talk once or can even narrate)
Tags (Leads)
A (0/5) (Male or Female or other you decide)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Strong Lead - Alice in Borderland, Persona, Space Sweepers
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Nice lead
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Rich lead
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Smart/Genius Lead - Alice in Borderland
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Naïve/innocent/pure Lead
B (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Mean/Aggressive Lead
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Eccentric Lead (weird) - The Handmaiden
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Poor lead - Space Sweepers
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Weak lead
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Cold lead
Tags (Love) (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about First love
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Cohabitation
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Love shape (triangle/Square/Pentangle)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Unrequited Love/one way love/one sided love - Persona
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Friend to Lovers
Tags (Misc Lite) (0/8)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Bromance/Sismance vibe.
- ( ) Watch a Slice of Life drama/movie.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Hidden Identity - The Handmaiden
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Happy Ending - Space Sweepers
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Childhood friends
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie 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.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Time Travel
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Superhero
Tags (Misc Dark) (0/8)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Death/murder - Alice in Borderland, Persona
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Obsession
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Mental Health
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Tragic Past
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Amnesia
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Revenge - Persona
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Corruption
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Betrayal - The Handmaiden
By the numbers
A (0/5) Statistics
- ( ) Watch a drama or movie more than 50% have completed (there is pie chart under statistics) - Alice in Borderland, The Handmaiden, Persona, Space Sweepers
- ( ) Watch a drama or movie where the Verified/Stars Rating is the same (the whole number not after the decimal) as the completed Rating - Space Sweepers
- ( ) Watch a drama or movie Ranked in the top 200 (1-200) add link
- ( ) Watch a drama or movie Ranked over 1000 add link if available - Persona
- ( ) Watch a drama or movie with more that 25% in the “plan to watch” section of the pie - Alice in Borderland, The Handmaiden, Space Sweepers
B (0/4)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with over 10 Reviews. - Alice in Borderland, The Handmaiden, Persona, Space Sweepers
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with 0 Reviews.
- ( ) 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)
- ( ) 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)
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). - Persona
- ( ) 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.
Seasonal Settings (0/4) *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
Not from here (0/4)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that has foreign actor(s) -A different ethnicity than the rest of the titles cast-- - Space Sweepers
- ( ) 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)
- ( ) Character that is the Same ethnicity but raised abroad
- ( ) New person in a small town OR Small town person moves to big city
Remakes –same story different note (0/4)
- ( ) Watch a story that has been remade by at least 1 other countries beside the origin story
- ( ) Watch a story that has been remade by 2 other countries
- ( ) 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)
- ( ) Watch a remake from the same country
Random (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that starts with the same first letter as your username OR Display name. Chose at the beginning and list here: ___________________(Only letters. Exclude any numbers and/or special characters)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that starts with the same first letter as someone on your friends list. (Only letters. Exclude any numbers and/or special characters) - The Handmaiden, Persona, Space Sweepers
- ( ) 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) - Alice in Borderland (actress: Yoshida Mizuki), The Handmaiden (actress: Yoo Min Chae), Persona (actress: Bae So Young), Space Sweepers (actress: Park Ye Rin)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that begins with one of the following letters: (Generate 3 from this site and choose one. - E, V, H)
- Random Word generator for titles (here) pick 3 list and watch one with one of these words. (Punch, Quiet, Opposition)
MDL Related
A (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that was mentioned in an article on MDL. - Space Sweepers
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that was mentioned in the feeds. (your friends feed counts and if you are the one posting it counts so in theory you can post and never go back if you don’t like what you see)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from your least viewed tags under your profile stats. - - The Handmaiden (LGBTQ+)
- ( ) 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)
- ( ) Watch a drama that was added to a popular voted list in the list index. - Space Sweepers
B (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie on your Recommendations page.
- ( ) Watch a drama from a staff member’s completed page rated 8 or more
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that appears in the first 5 page of MDL Home Trailers section - Space Sweepers
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that appears in the first 5 page 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
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that was added to a Custom List (yours or other MDL’ers lists)
°°° 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)
Currently Watching Completed Plan to Watch
Sign-up Form:
- Starting date: January 1, 2021
- Link to my Drama list: https://mydramalist.com/dramalist/Fala/completed
- Difficulty:
Intervention (because I'm crazy)Diabolical: 28 Blocks (I completely overestimated myself before -_-) - Progress: 150/140+
- Block: 28/28
Time (Episode Length, Dramas only unless indicated in the prompt)
A (5/5)
- (WISH YOU: Your Melody from My Heart) Watch a drama with 20 min or less episodes 10 minutes per episodes
- (Be Loved in House: I Do) Watch a drama with 20-30 minutes episodes 27 minutes per episode
- (My Boy) Watch a drama with 30-40 minutes episodes 30 minutes per episode
- (The Best Story) Watch a drama with 40–50 minutes episodes 40 minutes per episode
- (Nitiman) Watch a drama with 50-60 Minutes Episodes 53 minutes per episode
B (5/5)
- (Keun Ruk Salub Chata) Watch a Drama with at least 1 episode over 60 minutes
- ( ) Watch a Movie 180 or more minutes replaced by substitution (sageuk)
- (Fingers After) Watch a Movie less than 30 minutes (may be a web movie but has to be in MDL database)
- (Close Friend) Watch a Drama with 8 episodes or less 6 episodes
- (Khun Mae Suam Roy) Watch a Drama with 30 episodes or more
Type (5/5) A rose by any other name would smell as sweet (Type of production. Dramas only unless indicated in the prompt)
- (Starting Point of Dating) Watch a web series.
- (SaifahZon Story) Watch a drama special --made for tv movie--. (Not the behind-the-scenes episodes or the interviews or extra scenes)
- ( ) Watch a game/variety/non drama/reality type (listed as a TV SHOW) show (10 Episodes do not need to be in consecutive order. Please list dates OR episode numbers replaced by substitution (lakorn)
- (Mix) Watch a Theatrical (released in the theater) released movie rewatch
- (Toms: The Complex World of Female Love in Thailand) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Documentary
Award-winning (0/5) --it all about the accolades
- ( ) Watch an award-winning drama/movie.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning director.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning screenwriter.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning actor.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning actress.
Favorite (5/5)
- (Tawan Deard) Watch a drama/movie that has one of your favorite actors. Actor: Mark Prin Suparat (rewatch)
- (Queen of the Ring) Watch a drama/movie that has one of your favorite actresses. Actress: Kim Seul Gi (rewatch)
- (We Best Love: Fighting Mr. 2nd) Watch a drama/movie by the same director as one of your favorite dramas/movies. Director: Ray Jiang (did also We Best Love: No. 1 For You)
- (We Best Love: No. 1 For You) Watch a drama/movie by the same writer as one of your favorite dramas/movies. Writer: Lin Pei Yu (did also HIStory)
- (Liar x Liar) Watch a drama/movie by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before. Director: Yakumo Saiji
Release Date (2/15)
A (1/5)
- (The Secret (Love)) Watch a drama/movie that began airing/premiered this year.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that started airing the same year the user above/below you joined MDL.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that started airing the same year you joined MDL. 2014
- ( ) 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.) 1990, 1993, 2003, 2006, 2010
- ( ) 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)
B (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.
C (1/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from the 1990s.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2000 to 2005.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2006 to 2010.
- (Seven Days: Monday - Thursday) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2011 to 2015. rewatch
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2016 to 2020.
Relationships (5/5)
- (At a Distance, Spring Is Green) Watch a drama/movie that focuses on non-romantic relationships.
- (Doom at Your Service) Watch a drama/movie with a non-human main character.
- (Raak Boon) Watch a drama/movie that focuses on a Parental relationship
- ( ) 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. replaced by substitution (royalty)
- (Watashi no Tadashi Oniichan) Watch a drama/movie with Siblings
Countries (2/7)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from the Philippines.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from Thailand.
- (Seven Days: Friday - Sunday) Watch a drama/movie from Japan. rewatch
- (Sweet Curse) Watch a drama/movie from South Korea.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from China.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from Taiwan.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from Hong Kong.
Countries Comics/reading material (5/8) (5/8 must be completed for this block to count)
- (Kieta Hatsukoi) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manga (Japan)
- (Tazza: The Hidden Card) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhwa (south Korea)
- (Meow Meow Boss) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhua –Taiwan
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhua- China
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhua-Hong kong
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Komik- Philippines
- (A Gift to the People You Hate) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Thai Comics
- (Love by Chance) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Novel rewatch
Cast (6/6) Refers to the ages of the characters not the actors
- (Chihayafuru: Tsunagu) 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
- (Legally, Dad) 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
- (Flower of Evil) Watch a drama/movie with Median age (marriageable/Deadline (for female characters) age or parents) 30 – 40 age bracket: usually financially established rewatch
- (Happiness) Watch a drama/movie with Elderly characters or grandparents
- (Kon Mee Sanay) Watch a drama/movie with Animals as the focus (real life animals, not a person that turns into an animal)
- (A Tale of Thousand Stars) Watch a drama/movie where a Place or Location is the focus (the shooting location is limited to one location with limited excursions
Genres (Lite)
A (5/5)
- (Angel's Last Mission: Love) Watch a drama/movie about Art (music, dance, painting, photography etc.) rewatch
- (To My Star) Watch a drama/movie about Food (cooking, baking, restaurants, cafes, etc.)
- (TharnType) Watch a drama/movie about School (Pre-k-University, graduate and trade school) rewatch
- (The Untamed) Watch a drama/movie about Historical (must be from your parents’ era or before) rewatch
- (Space Sweepers) Watch a drama/movie about Sci-Fi /Space/Future
B (5/5)
- (The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity) Watch a drama/movie about Fantasy/Alternate past timeline
- (The Uncanny Counter) 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)
- (Chihayafuru: Musubi) Watch a drama/movie about Non-combat Sports: (chess/checkers/cards/shogi/Mahjong etc.) Anything that uses the brain muscle not the body muscle and has games.
- (Dr. Romantic 2) Watch a drama/movie about Medical staff: Surgeons/doctors/nurses/vets/coroners
- (Welcome 2 Life) Watch a drama/movie about Law/Lawyers/Judges/paralegals etc. rewatch
C (5/5)
- (My Heroic Husband) Watch a drama/movie about Business (CEO/Starting a business/Office setting/Bank)
- (Fatal Intuition) Watch a drama/movie based on a real Event or person (can be but not limited to a documentary etc.)
- (Mr. Queen) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Comedy
- (The Guest) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Mystery
- (Adult Trainee) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Friendship
Genres (dark)
A (5/5)
- (The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Horror (includes jump scares, Creepy voices/noises, vengeful ghosts, etc.)
- (Sweet Home) Watch a drama/movie which has Horror Monsters (Zombies/Vampires/Demons/Kaiju)
- (My Dear Guardian) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Military/War
- (The Imperial Coroner) Watch a drama/movie which has Politics (this can include office/business politics/palace/government official ANY kind of politics)
- (Beyond Evil) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Thriller
B (4/6) (4/6 of these for it to be completed)
- (Just Between Lovers) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Psychological rewatch
- (Tunnel) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Criminal investigation /Detective
- (Drama Special Season 3: When I Was The Prettiest) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Medical and Tag is Terminal or Chronic illness
- (Painted Skin: The Guo Jingming Edition) Watch a drama/movie with any genre but has a Suicide (tag may be hidden or it may not be labelled)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which depicts Occupation of one country by another (usually under the Historical or Military genre)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which depicts Post Occupation Recovery (look at dramas set in time frames we know post occupation happened (example 1950’s Japan)
Genres (Action – martial arts)
A (0/5)
- (Flying Swords of Dragon Gate) Watch a drama/movie which features Kung Fu (or another Chinese/Taiwan/Hong kong Martial art)
- (Asahinagu) Watch a drama/movie which features Karate/Judo (or another Japanese Martial Art)
- (Three Kims) Watch a drama/movie which features Gungdo/ Subak /Taekkyon (or another South Korean Martial art)
- (Bonifacio: Ang Unang Pangulo) Watch a drama/movie which features Arnis, Eskrima, and Kali (or another Philippines Martial Art)
- (Muay Thai Chaiya) Watch a drama/movie which features Muay Thai (or another Martial art from Thailand)
B (5/5)
- (Run On) Watch a drama/movie which features Sports: Physical
- (Cross Fire) Watch a drama/movie which features E-Sports: Gaming for example
- (The Living Dead) Watch a drama/movie which features action CGI scenes
- (Spiritpact) Watch a drama/movie whose genre Tokusatsu
- (Word of Honor) Watch a drama/movie whose genre Wuxia or Xanxia or Xuanhuan
Theme (Occupations)
A (5/5)
- (Awake) 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
- (Something Just Like This) Watch a drama/movie which features Fashion/Make up/Modeling/Hair styling
- (Player) Watch a drama/movie which features Thieves/Criminals/Gang members
- (Love Phantom) Watch a drama/movie which features Customer service (for example: clerk/waitress/help desk)
- (Missions of Love) Watch a drama/movie which features Writers/Journalists rewatch
B (5/5)
- (Lost Romance) Watch a drama/movie which features Housekeeper/butler/Maid
- (Restart After Come Back Home) Watch a drama/movie which features Farming or agriculture of some kind (orchards, rice paddies/vineyard)
- (Love Stage!!) 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)
- (Koi wa Deep ni) Watch a drama/movie which features Fisherman/sailor/Someone who works with the ocean/ocean creatures
- (Running Man) Watch a drama/movie which features a Mechanic/builder/someone good with machines
Theme (School) (6/6)
- (My Tutor Friend) Watch a drama/movie which features Bad student (delinquent)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Former Delinquent teacher replaced by substitution (about Social Media)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Teacher has a past job not suitable for teaching (If someone finds out they are fired) replaced by substitution (character with disability)
- (Himitsu no Ai-chan) Watch a drama/movie which features a Transfer student
- (Love By Chance 2: A Chance to Love) Watch a drama/movie which features a Student festival rewatch
- (Utsukushii Kare) Watch a drama/movie which features Bullying
Theme (Let’s get physical) (5/5)
- (HIStory4: Close to You) Watch a drama/movie with Sexual Content
- (Don't Say No) Watch a drama/movie with LGBTQ+
- (Kor Kerd Mai Klai Klai Ter) Watch a drama/movie which features Age Gap rewatch
- (The Sweet Blood) Watch a drama/movie with Reverse Harem
- (Girls in the Dark) Watch a drama/movie with Harem
Theme (Family)
A (6/6)
- (Ending Again) Watch a drama/movie about Marriage contract or arranged Marriage rewatch
- (My Father is Strange) Watch a drama/movie about Large Family(Multiple generations or 6 or more people under one roof) rewatch
- (Midnight FM) Watch a drama/movie about Single Parent
- (Chun Cheu Bussaba) Watch a drama/movie about a Grandparent raising a Child
- (Hua Jai Sila) Watch a drama/movie about an Aunt or Uncle raising a Child
- (Love Is Science?) Watch a drama/movie about a Found Family (people not related becoming a family)
B (5/5)
- (Guard Center 24) Watch a drama/movie about Sibling raising child
- (Mysterious Love) Watch a drama/movie about a person not related raising a child
- (Golden Blood) Watch a drama/movie about an Orphan
- (Suparburoot Jorm Jon: Maturot Lohgan) Watch a drama/movie about Twins rewatch
- (So Wayree) Watch a drama/movie about Pregnancy rewatch
Theme (Misc.) (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about a Clone
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about an Android
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about an Alien
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about a Lab experiment/construct
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about a Talking animal (the animal only needs to talk once or can even narrate)
Tags (Leads)
A (5/5) (Male or Female or other you decide)
- (Watashitachi wa Douka Shiteiru) Watch a drama/movie with a Strong Lead rewatch
- (30-sai made Dotei Da to Mahotsukai ni Nareru rashii) Watch a drama/movie with a Nice lead rewatch
- (Begin Again) Watch a drama/movie with a Rich lead
- (Junkyouju Takatsuki Akira no Suisatsu) Watch a drama/movie with a Smart/Genius Lead
- (Jam Loey Rak) Watch a drama/movie with a Naïve/innocent/pure Lead rewatch
B (5/5)
- (I Fine..Thank You..Love You) Watch a drama/movie with a Mean/Aggressive Lead
- (It's Difficult to Love an Otaku) Watch a drama/movie with an Eccentric Lead (weird)
- (You Make Me Dance) Watch a drama/movie with a Poor lead
- (Spellbound) Watch a drama/movie with a Weak lead
- (Another Miss Oh) Watch a drama/movie with a Cold lead rewatch
Tags (Love) (5/5)
- (Light On Me) Watch a drama/movie about First love
- (Like in the Movies) Watch a drama/movie with Cohabitation
- (Dear My Name) Watch a drama/movie with Love shape (triangle/Square/Pentangle) rewatch
- (Fish Upon the Sky) Watch a drama/movie with Unrequited Love/one way love/one sided love
- (I Told Sunset About You) Watch a drama/movie with Friend to Lovers
Tags (Misc Lite) (8/8)
- (Wuliang) Watch a drama/movie with a Bromance/Sismance vibe.
- (Given) Watch a Slice of Life drama/movie.
- (Mae Krua Kon Mai) Watch a drama/movie Hidden Identity
- (Collectors) Watch a drama/movie Happy Ending
- (Lovely Writer) Watch a drama/movie Childhood friends
- (So I Married an Anti-Fan) Watch a drama/movie 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.
- (A Boy and His Samurai) Watch a drama/movie Time Travel
- (Strong Woman Do Bong Soon) Watch a drama/movie Superhero rewatch
Tags (Misc Dark) (8/8)
- (Gantz) Watch a drama/movie Death/murder
- (Color Rush) Watch a drama/movie Obsession
- (Mad for Each Other) Watch a drama/movie Mental Health
- (Taxi Driver) Watch a drama/movie Tragic Past
- (Sell Your Haunted House) Watch a drama/movie Amnesia
- (Here's My Plan) Watch a drama/movie Revenge
- (Manner of Death) Watch a drama/movie Corruption rewatch
- (The Con-Heartist) Watch a drama/movie Betrayal
By the numbers
A (5/5) Statistics
- (Emergency Couple) Watch a drama or movie more than 50% have completed (there is pie chart under statistics) 67% completed on July 13th 2021, rewatch
- (Payakorn Sorn Ruk) Watch a drama or movie where the Verified/Stars Rating is the same (the whole number not after the decimal) as the completed Rating star rating 7.8 and completed rating 7.94 on June 22nd 2021, rewatch
- (The Devil Judge) Watch a drama or movie Ranked in the top 200 (1-200) add link ranked #65
- (He's Coming to Me) Watch a drama or movie Ranked over 1000 add link if available ranked #458, rewatch
- (Nobleman Ryu's Wedding) Watch a drama or movie with more that 25% in the “plan to watch” section of the pie 46.2 % on May 6th 2021
B (4/4)
- (Perfect and Casual) Watch a drama/movie with over 10 Reviews.
- (Payu Sai) Watch a drama/movie with 0 Reviews. On 28th of June 2021
- (Shanai Marriage Honey) 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 Karahaderin
- (Casshern) 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 5.0 by Misunderst0_od
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.
Seasonal Settings (0/4) *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
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)
- ( ) Character that is the Same ethnicity but raised abroad
- ( ) New person in a small town OR Small town person moves to big city
Remakes –same story different note (4/4)
- (Let's Fight Ghost) Watch a story that has been remade by at least 1 other countries beside the origin story Thai adaptation of a webtoon that has already been made into a Korean drama
- (Mischievous Kiss The Movie: High School) Watch a story that has been remade by 2 other countries Japanese adaptation of the manga Itazura na Kiss that has already been made into several other dramas and movies by several countries
- ( ) 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) replaced by substitution (parody)
- (Sampatan Hua Jai) Watch a remake from the same country rewatch
Random (5/5)
- (Friend Zone) Watch a drama/movie that starts with the same first letter as your username OR Display name. Chose at the beginning and list here: Fala (Only letters. Exclude any numbers and/or special characters)
- (Naked Fireman) Watch a drama/movie that starts with the same first letter as someone on your friends list. (Only letters. Exclude any numbers and/or special characters) friend: Naiii
- (Siew Sum Noi) 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) with Champ Chenrach Sumonwat (1 credit)
- (Nana and Kaoru) Watch a drama/movie that begins with one of the following letters: (Generate 3 from this site and choose one.) u, D, N (rewatch)
- (Second Chance) Random Word generator for titles (here) pick 3 list and watch one with one of these words. Provision, second, fountain
MDL Related
A (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that was mentioned in an article on MDL.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that was mentioned in the feeds. (your friends feed counts and if you are the one posting it counts so in theory you can post and never go back if you don’t like what you see)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from your least viewed tags under your profile stats.
- ( ) 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)
- ( ) Watch a drama that was added to a popular voted list in the list index.
B (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie on your Recommendations page.
- ( ) Watch a drama from a staff member’s completed page rated 8 or more
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that appears in the first 5 page of MDL Home Trailers section
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that appears in the first 5 page 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
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that was added to a Custom List (yours or other MDL’ers lists)
°°° 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
- (Jark Sadtroo Soo Hua Jai) Watch a Lakorn rewatch
- (Lovers of the Red Sky) Watch a Sageuk
- ( ) 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
- (The Romance of Tiger and Rose) Watch a drama/movie about Royalty rewatch
- ( ) 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)
- (Midnight) Character with disability
- (Zettai BL ni Naru Sekai vs Zettai BL ni Naritakunai Otoko) Parody
- (App de Koi Suru 20 no Joken) about Social Media
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Time (Episode Length, Dramas only unless indicated in the prompt) A (5/5)
Release Date (4/5) A (5/5)
Thursday, October 24, 1985
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Starting date: (January 1, 2021)
Link to your Drama list: Completed Drama List
Difficulty: Diabolical: 28 Blocks (140+)
Blocks: 8/28
Progress: 97/140
Time (Episode Length, Dramas only unless indicated in the prompt)
1A (5/5)
- (Be my boyfriend ) Watch a drama with 20 min or less episodes 10min
- (The great shaman ga doo shim) Watch a drama with 20-30 minutes episodes
- ( Terius behind me) Watch a drama with 30-40 minutes episodes 35min
- (Love Unexpected ) Watch a drama with 40–50 minutes episodes 45min
- (Meloholic ) Watch a drama with 50-60 Minutes Episodes 60min
2B (2/5)
- ( ) Watch a Drama with at least 1 episode over 60 minutes
- ( ) Watch a Movie 180 or more minutes
- ( ) Watch a Movie less than 30 minutes (may be a web movie but has to be in MDL database)
- (Watashitachi wa douka shiteiru ) Watch a Drama with 8 episodes or less - 8 episodes
- ( Twisted fate of love) Watch a Drama with 30 episodes or more
3Type (5/5) A rose by any other name would smell as sweet (Type of production. Dramas only unless indicated in the prompt)
- ( The other half of me and you) Watch a web series.
- (Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu: Ganbare jinrui! Shinshun special!! ) Watch a drama special --made for tv movie--. (Not the behind-the-scenes episodes or the interviews or extra scenes)
- (Busted season 1 ep 1-10 ) Watch a game/variety/non drama/reality type (listed as a TV SHOW) show (10 Episodes do not need to be in consecutive order. Please list dates OR episode numbers
- (Along with the gods : the last 49 days ) Watch a Theatrical (released in the theater) released movie
- (Eyes on me : The movie ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Documentary
4Award-winning (0/5) --it all about the accolades
- ( ) Watch an award-winning drama/movie.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning director.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning screenwriter.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning actor.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning actress.
5Favorite (1/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that has one of your favorite actors.
- (You are my glory ) Watch a drama/movie that has one of your favorite actresses. Dilraba Dilmurant
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie by the same director as one of your favorite dramas/movies.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie by the same writer as one of your favorite dramas/movies.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before.
Release Date (0/15)
6A (1/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that began airing/premiered this year.
- (Our times ) Watch a drama/movie that started airing the same year the user above/below you joined MDL. dearD4NI - 2015
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that started airing the same year you joined MDL. 2020
- ( ) 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.) Wednesday, July 15, 1987
Thursday, August 2, 1990
Monday, September 2, 1991
Thursday, March 23, 2000
Saturday, November 26, 2005 - ( ) 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) Found dramas - 2018
B (0/5)
( ) Watch a drama/movie from the1940s.( ) 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.
7C (5/5)
- (Lifeline ) Watch a drama/movie from the 1990s. 1997
- (Temptation of wolves ) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2000 to 2005. 2004
- (Kiss me, Kill me ) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2006 to 2010. 2009
- (Love keeps going ) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2011 to 2015. 2011
- ( Oh my general) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2016 to 2020. 2017
8 Relationships (2/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that focuses on non-romantic relationships.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a non-human main character.
- (The star next door ) Watch a drama/movie that focuses on a Parental relationship
- ( ) 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.
- (Jao sao salatan ) Watch a drama/movie with Siblings
9Countries (7/7)
- (She's dating the gangster ) Watch a drama/movie from the Philippines.
- (The charming stepmom ) Watch a drama/movie from Thailand.
- (Shanai Marriage Honey ) Watch a drama/movie from Japan.
- (Hitman: agent jun ) Watch a drama/movie from South Korea.
- (To my 19 year old ) Watch a drama/movie from China.
- (Love Now! ) Watch a drama/movie from Taiwan.
- (Temporary family ) Watch a drama/movie from Hong Kong.
10Countries Comics/reading material (2/8) (5/8 must be completed for this block to count)
- (The black devil and white prince ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manga (Japan)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhwa (south Korea)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhua –Taiwan
- ( The long ballad) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhua- China
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhua-Hong kong
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Komik- Philippines
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Thai Comics
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Novel
11 Cast (1/6) 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
- (Romance of our parents ) 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 a Place or Location is the focus (the shooting location is limited to one location with limited excursions
Genres (Lite)
12A (5/5)
- (The colors of our time ) Watch a drama/movie about Art (music, dance, painting, photography etc.)
- (Gourmet in tang dynasty ) Watch a drama/movie about Food (cooking, baking, restaurants, cafes, etc.)
- (Don't disturb my study ) Watch a drama/movie about School (Pre-k-University, graduate and trade school)
- (Qing luo ) Watch a drama/movie about Historical (must be from your parents’ era or before)
- (Space Sweepers 2021 ) Watch a drama/movie about Sci-Fi /Space/Future
13B (2/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Fantasy/Alternate past timeline
- ( Monster Run) 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)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Non-combat Sports: (chess/checkers/cards/shogi/Mahjong etc.) Anything that uses the brain muscle not the body muscle and has games.
- (You are my hero ) Watch a drama/movie about Medical staff: Surgeons/doctors/nurses/vets/coroners
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Law/Lawyers/Judges/paralegals etc.
14C (3/5)
- (The trick of life and love ) Watch a drama/movie about Business (CEO/Starting a business/Office setting/Bank)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie based on a real Event or person (can be but not limited to a documentary etc.)
- (Luck key ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Comedy
- (The imperial coroner ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Mystery
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Friendship
Genres (dark)
15A (2/5)
- ( ) 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/Demons/Kaiju)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Military/War
- (Fall in love ) Watch a drama/movie which has Politics (this can include office/business politics/palace/government official ANY kind of politics)
- (Signal: the movie ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Thriller
16B (2/6) (4/6 of these for it to be completed)
- (Voice ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Psychological
- (Voice 2 ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Criminal investigation /Detective
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Medical and Tag is Terminal or Chronic illness
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with any genre but has a Suicide (tag may be hidden or it may not be labelled)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which depicts Occupation of one country by another (usually under the Historical or Military genre)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which depicts Post Occupation Recovery (look at dramas set in time frames we know post occupation happened (example 1950’s Japan)
Genres (Action – martial arts)
17A (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)
18B (3/5)
- (Sparkle love ) Watch a drama/movie which features Sports: Physical -swimming
- (Falling into your smile ) Watch a drama/movie which features E-Sports: Gaming for example
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features action CGI scenes
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre Tokusatsu
- (The romance of hua rong ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre Wuxia or Xanxia or Xuanhuan
Theme (Occupations)
19A (1/5)
- ( Drama Special Season 7: My Happy ) 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
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Fashion/Make up/Modeling/Hair styling
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Thieves/Criminals/Gang members
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Customer service (for example: clerk/waitress/help desk)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Writers/Journalists
20B (1/5)
- (Panyachon kon krua) Watch a drama/movie which features Housekeeper/butler/Maid
- ( ) 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)
- ( ) 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
21Theme (School) (1/6)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Bad student (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 (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
- (He was cool ) Watch a drama/movie which features Bullying
22Theme (Lets get physical) (5/5)
- ( Love is phantom) Watch a drama/movie with Sexual Content
- (One year 365 wan ban chun ban tur ) Watch a drama/movie with LGBTQ+
- ( My roommate is a gumiho) Watch a drama/movie which features Age Gap
- (Rebirth for you ) Watch a drama/movie with Reverse Harem
- (The sword and the brocade ) Watch a drama/movie with Harem
Theme (Family)
23A (5/6)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Marriage contract or arranged Marriage
- (Shall we live together ) Watch a drama/movie about Large Family(Multiple generations or 6 or more people under one roof)
- (Finding mr right ) Watch a drama/movie about Single Parent
- (Mothers ) Watch a drama/movie about a Grandparent raising a Child
- (Unforgettable love ) Watch a drama/movie about an Aunt or Uncle raising a Child
- (The uncanny counter ) Watch a drama/movie about a Found Family (people not related becoming a family)
24B (3/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Sibling raising child
- (Mysterious love ) Watch a drama/movie about a person not related raising a child
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about an Orphan
- (Khun mae suam roy ) Watch a drama/movie about Twins
- ( I'm a mother too) Watch a drama/movie about Pregnancy
25Theme (Misc.) (1/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about a Clone
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about an Android
- (Make a wish ) Watch a drama/movie about an Alien
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about a Lab experiment/construct
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about a Talking animal (the animal only needs to talk once or can even narrate)
Tags (Leads)
26A (3/5) (Male or Female or other you decide)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Strong Lead
- (Rinko san wa shite mitai ) Watch a drama/movie with a Nice lead
- ( Love at night) Watch a drama/movie with a Rich lead
- (Forever and ever ) Watch a drama/movie with a Smart/Genius Lead
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Naïve/innocent/pure Lead
27B (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Mean/Aggressive Lead
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Eccentric Lead (weird)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Poor lead
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Weak lead
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Cold lead
28Tags (Love) (5/5)
- (Twenty again ) Watch a drama/movie about First love
- (My dear guardian ) Watch a drama/movie with Cohabitation
- (Someone like you ) Watch a drama/movie with Love shape (triangle/Square/Pentangle)
- (The sand Princess ) Watch a drama/movie with Unrequited Love/one way love/one sided love
- ( To be with you) Watch a drama/movie with Friend to Lovers
29Tags (Misc Lite) (5/8)
- ( Part time spy) Watch a drama/movie with a Bromance/Sismance vibe.
- ( ) Watch a Slice of Life drama/movie.
- (Birth of a beauty ) Watch a drama/movie Hidden Identity
- ( Happiness) Watch a drama/movie Happy Ending
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Childhood friends
- (You are so sweet ) Watch a drama/movie 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.
- ( Sisyphus: the myth) Watch a drama/movie Time Travel
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Superhero
30Tags (Misc Dark) (5/8)
- ( Exit) Watch a drama/movie Death/murder
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Obsession
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Mental Health
- ( Dr. romantic) Watch a drama/movie Tragic Past
- ( One the woman) Watch a drama/movie Amnesia
- (My name ) Watch a drama/movie Revenge
- (Sell your haunted house ) Watch a drama/movie Corruption
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Betrayal
By the numbers
31A (4/5) Statistics
- (My love, my bride ) Watch a drama or movie more than 50% have completed (there is pie chart under statistics)
- (My bargin queen ) Watch a drama or movie where the Verified/Stars Rating is the same (the whole number not after the decimal) as the completed Rating
- ( Miracle in cell no. 7) Watch a drama or movie Ranked in the top 200 (1-200) add link Miracle in cell no.7
- ( ) Watch a drama or movie Ranked over 1000 add link if available
- (Skyfire ) Watch a drama or movie with more that 25% in the “plan to watch” section of the pie
32B (2/4)
- (The queen of attack ) Watch a drama/movie with over 10 Reviews.
- (Endgame ) Watch a drama/movie with 0 Reviews.
- ( ) 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)
- ( ) 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)
33Plan 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.
34Seasonal Settings (1/4) *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
- (Jirisan) Watch a drama/movie with multiple season settings
35Not from here (1/4)
- ( My darling is a foreigner) 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)
- ( ) Character that is the Same ethnicity but raised abroad
- ( ) New person in a small town OR Small town person moves to big city
36Remakes –same story different note (4/4)
- (Your eyes tell ) Watch a story that has been remade by at least 1 other countries beside the origin story
- ( Key of life) Watch a story that has been remade by 2 other countries
- (Signal: choki mikaiketsu jiken sosahan sp 2021 ) 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)
- (Wong wien hua jai 2021 ) Watch a remake from the same country
37Random (3/5)
- (Team bulldog: off duty investigation ) Watch a drama/movie that starts with the same first letter as your username OR Display name. Chose at the beginning and list here: Traz(Only letters. Exclude any numbers and/or special characters)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that starts with the same first letter as someone on your friends list. (Only letters. Exclude any numbers and/or special characters)
- ( ) 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)
- (Jar loey rak ) Watch a drama/movie that begins with one of the following letters: (Generate 3 from this site and choose one.) J I E
- (Bleeding Steel )Random Word generator for titles (here) pick 3 list and watch one with one of these words. Victory Year Steel
MDL Related
38A (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that was mentioned in an article on MDL.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that was mentioned in the feeds. (your friends feed counts and if you are the one posting it counts so in theory you can post and never go back if you don’t like what you see)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from your least viewed tags under your profile stats. MARRIAGE
- ( ) 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 - PSYCHOLOGICAL
- ( ) Watch a drama that was added to a popular voted list in the list index.
39B (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie on your Recommendations page.
- ( ) Watch a drama from a staff member’s completed page rated 8 or more
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that appears in the first 5 page of MDL Home Trailers section
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that appears in the first 5 page 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
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that was added to a Custom List (yours or other MDL’ers lists)
°°° 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)
Starting date: January 1, 2021
Link to your Drama list: https://mydramalist.com/dramalist/dearD4NI
Difficulty: TBD
- Progress: 0/??
Time (Episode Length, Dramas only unless indicated in the prompt)
A (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama with 20 min or less episodes
- ( ) Watch a drama with 20-30 minutes episodes
- ( ) Watch a drama with 30-40 minutes episodes
- ( ) Watch a drama with 40–50 minutes episodes
- ( ) Watch a drama with 50-60 Minutes Episodes
B (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a Drama with at least 1 episode over 60 minutes
- ( ) Watch a Movie 180 or more minutes
- ( ) Watch a Movie less than 30 minutes (may be a web movie but has to be in MDL database)
- ( ) Watch a Drama with 8 episodes or less
- ( ) Watch a Drama with 30 episodes or more
Type (0/5) A rose by any other name would smell as sweet (Type of production. Dramas only unless indicated in the prompt)
- ( ) Watch a web series.
- ( ) Watch a drama special --made for tv movie--. (Not the behind-the-scenes episodes or the interviews or extra scenes)
- ( ) Watch a game/variety/non drama/reality type (listed as a TV SHOW) show (10 Episodes do not need to be in consecutive order. Please list dates OR episode numbers
- ( ) Watch a Theatrical (released in the theater) released movie
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Documentary
Award-winning (0/5) --it all about the accolades
- ( ) Watch an award-winning drama/movie.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning director.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning screenwriter.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning actor.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning actress.
Favorite (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that has one of your favorite actors.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that has one of your favorite actresses.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie by the same director as one of your favorite dramas/movies.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie by the same writer as one of your favorite dramas/movies.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before.
Release Date (0/15)
A (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that began airing/premiered this year.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that started airing the same year the user above/below you joined MDL.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that started airing the same year you joined MDL.
- ( ) 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.)
- ( ) 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)
B (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.
C (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from the 1990s.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2000 to 2005.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2006 to 2010.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2011 to 2015.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2016 to 2020.
Relationships (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that focuses on non-romantic relationships.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a non-human main character.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that focuses on a Parental relationship
- ( ) 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.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Siblings
Countries (0/7)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from the Philippines.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from Thailand.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from Japan.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from South Korea.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from China.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from Taiwan.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from Hong Kong.
Countries Comics/reading material (0/8) (5/8 must be completed for this block to count)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manga (Japan)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhwa (south Korea)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhua –Taiwan
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhua- China
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhua-Hong kong
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Komik- Philippines
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Thai Comics
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Novel
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 a Place or Location is the focus (the shooting location is limited to one location with limited excursions
Genres (Lite)
A (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Art (music, dance, painting, photography etc.)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Food (cooking, baking, restaurants, cafes, etc.)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about School (Pre-k-University, graduate and trade school)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Historical (must be from your parents’ era or before)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Sci-Fi /Space/Future
B (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Fantasy/Alternate past timeline
- ( ) 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)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Non-combat Sports: (chess/checkers/cards/shogi/Mahjong etc.) Anything that uses the brain muscle not the body muscle and has games.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Medical staff: Surgeons/doctors/nurses/vets/coroners
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Law/Lawyers/Judges/paralegals etc.
C (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Business (CEO/Starting a business/Office setting/Bank)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie based on a real Event or person (can be but not limited to a documentary etc.)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Comedy
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Mystery
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Friendship
Genres (dark)
A (0/5)
- ( ) 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/Demons/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)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Thriller
B (0/6) (4/6 of these for it to be completed)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Psychological
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Criminal investigation /Detective
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Medical and Tag is Terminal or Chronic illness
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with any genre but has a Suicide (tag may be hidden or it may not be labelled)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which depicts Occupation of one country by another (usually under the Historical or Military genre)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which depicts Post Occupation Recovery (look at dramas set in time frames we know post occupation happened (example 1950’s Japan)
Genres (Action – martial arts)
A (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)
B (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Sports: Physical
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features E-Sports: Gaming for example
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features action CGI scenes
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre Tokusatsu
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre Wuxia or Xanxia or Xuanhuan
Theme (Occupations)
A (0/5)
- ( ) 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
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Fashion/Make up/Modeling/Hair styling
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Thieves/Criminals/Gang members
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Customer service (for example: clerk/waitress/help desk)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Writers/Journalists
B (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Housekeeper/butler/Maid
- ( ) 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)
- ( ) 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
Theme (School) (0/6)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Bad student (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 (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
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Bullying
Theme (Lets get physical) (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Sexual Content
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with LGBTQ+
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Age Gap
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Reverse Harem
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Harem
Theme (Family)
A (0/6)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Marriage contract or arranged Marriage
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Large Family(Multiple generations or 6 or more people under one roof)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Single Parent
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about a Grandparent raising a Child
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about an Aunt or Uncle raising a Child
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about a Found Family (people not related becoming a family)
B (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
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Twins
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Pregnancy
Theme (Misc.) (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about a Clone
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about an Android
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about an Alien
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about a Lab experiment/construct
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about a Talking animal (the animal only needs to talk once or can even narrate)
Tags (Leads)
A (0/5) (Male or Female or other you decide)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Strong Lead
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Nice lead
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Rich lead
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Smart/Genius Lead
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Naïve/innocent/pure Lead
B (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Mean/Aggressive Lead
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Eccentric Lead (weird)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Poor lead
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Weak lead
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Cold lead
Tags (Love) (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about First love
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Cohabitation
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Love shape (triangle/Square/Pentangle)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Unrequited Love/one way love/one sided love
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Friend to Lovers
Tags (Misc Lite) (0/8)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Bromance/Sismance vibe.
- ( ) Watch a Slice of Life drama/movie.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Hidden Identity
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Happy Ending
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Childhood friends
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie 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.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Time Travel
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Superhero
Tags (Misc Dark) (0/8)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Death/murder
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Obsession
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Mental Health
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Tragic Past
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Amnesia
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Revenge
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Corruption
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Betrayal
By the numbers
A (0/5) Statistics
- ( ) Watch a drama or movie more than 50% have completed (there is pie chart under statistics)
- ( ) Watch a drama or movie where the Verified/Stars Rating is the same (the whole number not after the decimal) as the completed Rating
- ( ) Watch a drama or movie Ranked in the top 200 (1-200) add link
- ( ) Watch a drama or movie Ranked over 1000 add link if available
- ( ) Watch a drama or movie with more that 25% in the “plan to watch” section of the pie
B (0/4)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with over 10 Reviews.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with 0 Reviews.
- ( ) 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)
- ( ) 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)
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.
Seasonal Settings (0/4) *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
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)
- ( ) Character that is the Same ethnicity but raised abroad
- ( ) New person in a small town OR Small town person moves to big city
Remakes –same story different note (0/4)
- ( ) Watch a story that has been remade by at least 1 other countries beside the origin story
- ( ) Watch a story that has been remade by 2 other countries
- ( ) 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)
- ( ) Watch a remake from the same country
Random (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that starts with the same first letter as your username OR Display name. Chose at the beginning and list here: ___________________(Only letters. Exclude any numbers and/or special characters)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that starts with the same first letter as someone on your friends list. (Only letters. Exclude any numbers and/or special characters)
- ( ) 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)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that begins with one of the following letters: (Generate 3 from this site and choose one.)
- Random Word generator for titles (here) pick 3 list and watch one with one of these words.
MDL Related
A (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that was mentioned in an article on MDL.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that was mentioned in the feeds. (your friends feed counts and if you are the one posting it counts so in theory you can post and never go back if you don’t like what you see)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from your least viewed tags under your profile stats.
- ( ) 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)
- ( ) Watch a drama that was added to a popular voted list in the list index.
B (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie on your Recommendations page.
- ( ) Watch a drama from a staff member’s completed page rated 8 or more
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that appears in the first 5 page of MDL Home Trailers section
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that appears in the first 5 page 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
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that was added to a Custom List (yours or other MDL’ers lists)
°°° 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)
Sign-up Form:
Starting date: January 1, 2021
Link to your Drama list: https://mydramalist.com/dramalist/Bluekitchen
Difficulty: Insanium: 32 Blocks (160+)
- Progress: 167/167 items, 32/32 blocks: 75 movies, 85 dramas, 5 specials, 2 TV shows
- COMPLETED October 29, 2021 (Turn in form)
Time (Episode Length, Dramas only unless indicated in the prompt)
1. A (5/5)
- (x) Watch a drama with 20 min or less episodes Thumping Spike
- (x) Watch a drama with 20-30 minutes episodes Scripting Your Destiny
- (x) Watch a drama with 30-40 minutes episodes Medical Examiner Dr. Qin
- (x) Watch a drama with 40–50 minutes episodes Day of Becoming You
- (x) Watch a drama with 50-60 Minutes Episodes Watashitachi wa Douka Shiteiru
2. B (5/5)
- (x) Watch a Drama with at least 1 episode over 60 minutes Let's Fight Ghost (1 hour 5 minutes)
- (x)
Watch a Movie 180 or more minutesSubstitution: Watch a drama/movie about soldiers Welcome to Dongmakgol - (x) Watch a Movie less than 30 minutes Summer, Bus (19 minutes)
- (x) Watch a Drama with 8 episodes or less Sono Goen, Otodokeshimasu: Mercari de Atta Honto no Hanashi (6 episodes)
- (x) Watch a Drama with 30 episodes or more Chef Hua (36 episodes)
3. Type (5/5)
- (x) Watch a web series. Pop Out Boy
- (x) Watch a drama special. Review Notebook of my Embarrassing Days
- (x) Watch a game/variety/non drama/reality type Busted Season 2 (10 episodes)
- (x) Watch a theatrical-released movie The Dude in Me
- (x) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Documentary A Thousand Cuts
4. Award-winning (5/5)
- (x) Watch an award-winning drama/movie. And So We Put Goldfish in the Pool (2017 Cannes Film Festival Short Film Grand Jury Prize)
- (x) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning director. Parasite (Bong Joon Ho)
- (x) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning screenwriter. Beyond Evil (Kim Su-Jin, Baeksang 2021 Awards)
- (x) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning actor. Memories of Murder (Song Kang Ho, Grand Bell Award Best Actor 2003)
- (x) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning actress. Signal, Kim Hye Soo (Baeksang 2016 Awards)
5. Favorite (5/5)
- (x) Watch a drama/movie that has one of your favorite actors. Boy Next Door Jang Ki Yong
- (x) Watch a drama/movie that has one of your favorite actresses. Hit and Run Squad Gong Hyo Jin
- (x) Watch a drama/movie by the same director as one of your favorite dramas/movies. Let's Eat directed by Park Joon Hwa (What's Wrong with Secretary Kim, Because This is My First Life)
- (x) Watch a drama/movie by the same writer as one of your favorite dramas/movies. Monthly Magazine Home by Myung Soo Hyun, writer of Poem a Day
- (x) Watch a drama/movie by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before. Sell Your Haunted House (director Park Jin Suk)
Release Date (0/15)
6. A (5/5)
- (x) Watch a drama/movie that began airing/premiered this year. Deep
- (x) Watch a drama/movie that started airing the same year the user above/below you joined MDL. dearD4NI (2015) Let's Eat 2
- (x) Watch a drama/movie that started airing the same year you joined MDL. 2019 A Little Princess
- (x) Watch a drama/movie that began airing/premiered in one of the years generated by this website. I got 2007. Coffee Prince (rewatch)
- (x) 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) 2017 Memoir of a Murderer
7. B (5/5)
- (x) Watch a drama/movie from the 1940s. 47 Ronin (1941)
- (x) Watch a drama/movie from the 1950s. Rashomon (1950)
- (x) Watch a drama/movie from the 1960s. Mothra vs Godzilla (1964)
- (x) Watch a drama/movie from the 1970s. Drunken Master (1978)
- (x) Watch a drama/movie from the 1980s. The Last Emperor (1987)
8. C (5/5)
- (x) Watch a drama/movie from the 1990s. Jose Rizal (1998)
- (x) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2000 to 2005. Initial D (2005)
- (x) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2006 to 2010. The Host (2006)
- (x) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2011 to 2015. Ladda Land (2011)
- (x) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2016 to 2020. The Witch Part 1: Subversion (2018)
9. Relationships (5/5)
- (x) Watch a drama/movie that focuses on non-romantic relationships. The Bros
- (x) Watch a drama/movie with a non-human main character. Pee Mak
- (x) Watch a drama/movie that focuses on a Parental relationship Bento Harassment
- (x) Watch a drama/movie with a Pet parent relationship Imaginary Cat
- (x) Watch a drama/movie with Siblings My Annoying Brother
10. Countries (7/7)
- (x) Watch a drama/movie from the Philippines. She's Dating the Gangster
- (x) Watch a drama/movie from Thailand. Manner of Death
- (x) Watch a drama/movie from Japan. Miss Sherlock
- (x) Watch a drama/movie from South Korea. Hometown
- (x) Watch a drama/movie from China. Le Coup de Foudre
- (x) Watch a drama/movie from Taiwan. Victim's Game
- (x) Watch a drama/movie from Hong Kong. Kung Fu Hustle
11. Countries Comics/reading material (5/8) (5/8 must be completed)
- (x) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manga (Japan) Full Metal Alchemist
- (x) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhwa (South Korea) - Uncanny Counter
- (x) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhua (Taiwan) - Meow Meow Boss
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhua (China)
( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from aManhua-Hong kong- (x) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Komik (Philippines) Zsa Zsa Zaturnnah Ze Moveeh
( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Thai Comics- (x) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Novel Love Me If You Dare (“Close Your Eyes, Stay Close to Me” by Ding Mo)
12. Cast (6/6)
- (x) Watch a drama/movie with students or children as the main cast The Great Shaman Ga Doo Shim
- (x) Watch a drama/movie with young adults as the main cast. Miss Independent Ji Eun
- (x) Watch a drama/movie with Median age How to Be Thirty
- (x) Watch a drama/movie with Elderly characters or grandparents The Chase
- (x) Watch a drama/movie with Animals as the focus Adoring
- (x) Watch a drama/movie where a Place or Location is the focus Izakaya Bottakuri
Genres (Lite)
13. A (5/5)
- (x) Watch a drama/movie about Art (music, dance, painting, photography, etc.) Beats per Mizu
- (x) Watch a drama/movie/TV show about Food Flavorful Origins: Gansu
- (x) Watch a drama/movie about School (Pre-k-University, graduate and trade school) Zettai BL ni Naru Sekai vs Zettai BL ni Naritakunai Otoko
- (x) Watch a drama/movie about Historical Rurouni Kenshin (2012)
- (x) Watch a drama/movie about Sci-Fi /Space/Future Space Sweepers
14. B (5/5)
- (x) Watch a drama/movie about Fantasy/Alternate past timeline The Witch's Diner
- (x) Watch a drama/movie about Supernatural/Magic/ESP etc. Gourmet in Tang Dynasty
- (x) Watch a drama/movie about Non-combat Sports Hikaru No Go
- (x) Watch a drama/movie about Medical staff: Surgeons/doctors/nurses/vets/coroners Code Blue
- (x) Watch a drama/movie about Law/Lawyers/Judges/paralegals etc. Vincenzo
15. C (5/5)
- (x) Watch a drama/movie about Business (CEO/Starting a business/Office setting/Bank) Choco bank
- (x) Watch a drama/movie based on a real event or person A Taxi Driver (based on Gwangju massacre)
- (x) Watch a drama special/movie whose genre is Comedy Pipeline
- (x) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Mystery Ancient Detective
- (x) Watch a drama special/movie whose genre is Friendship A Jaunt
Genres (dark)
16. A (5/5)
- (x) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Horror Metamorphosis
- (x) Watch a drama/movie which has Horror Monsters (Zombies/Vampires/Demons/Kaiju) Kingdom Season 1
- (x) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Military/War Heneral Luna
- (x) Watch a drama/movie which has Politics Honest Candidate
- (x) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Thriller Forgotten
17. B (4/6) (4/6 of these for it to be completed)
- (x) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Psychological Animal World
- (x) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Criminal investigation / Detective The Imperial Coroner
( )Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Medical and Tag is Terminal or Chronic illness- (x) Watch a drama special/movie with any genre but has a Suicide Ghost Lab
- (x) Watch a drama/movie which depicts Occupation Ip Man
( )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)
A (0/5)
(x) Watch a drama/movie which features Kung Fu( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Karate/Judo( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Gungdo/ Subak /Taekkyon( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Arnis, Eskrima, and Kali( ) Watch a drama/movie which features MuayThai
18. B (5/5)
- (x) Watch a drama/movie which features Sports: Physical Kung Fu Dunk
- (x) Watch a drama/movie which features E-Sports: Gaming for example One Smile is Very Alluring
- (x) Watch a drama/movie which features action CGI scenes Monster Run
- (x) Watch a drama/movie whose genre Tokusatsu Shin Godzilla
- (x) Watch a drama/movie whose genre Wuxia or Xanxia or Xuanhuan The Untamed
Theme (Occupations)
19. A (5/5)
- (x) Watch a drama/movie which features Computer/Information Technology jobs (hackers/programmers/websites/Internet) Taxi Driver
- (x) Watch a drama/movie which features Fashion/Make up/Modeling/Hair styling Handmade Love
- (x) Watch a drama/movie which features Thieves/Criminals/Gang members Mission: Possible
- (x) Watch a drama/movie which features Customer service Mr. Nietzche in the Convenience Store
- (x) Watch a drama/movie which features Writers/Journalists A Writer's Odyssey
20. B (5/5)
- (x) Watch a drama/movie which features Maid Sunday Beauty Queen
- (x) Watch a drama/movie which features Farming or agriculture of some kind Little Forest
- (x) Watch a drama/movie which features TV personality Fall in Love Like a Star
- (x) Watch a drama/movie which features sailor The Pirates
- (x) Watch a drama/movie which features someone good with machines My Bossy Girl (ML is a mechanical engineering student and likes to invent things)
Theme (School) (0/6)
( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Bad student (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 (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( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Bullying
21. Theme (Lets get physical) (5/5)
- (x) Watch a drama/movie with Sexual Content My PS Partner
- (x) Watch a drama/movie with LGBTQ+ 30-sai made Dotei Da to Mahotsukai ni Nareru rashii
- (x) Watch a drama/movie which features Age Gap Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu
- (x) Watch a drama/movie with Reverse Harem Convenience Store Fling
- (x) Watch a drama/movie with Harem Hot Young Bloods
Theme (Family)
22. A (6/6)
- (x) Watch a drama/movie about Marriage contract or arranged Marriage Shanai Marriage Honey
- (x) Watch a drama/movie about Large Family(Multiple generations or 6 or more people under one roof) Seven Sundays
- (x) Watch a drama/movie about Single Parent I
- (x) Watch a drama/movie about a Grandparent raising a Child The Guest
- (x) Watch a drama/movie about an Aunt or Uncle raising a Child Doom at Your Service
- (x) Watch a drama/movie about a Found Family Kotaro wa Hitorigurashi
23. B (5/5)
- (x) Watch a drama/movie about Sibling raising child My Sister's Soulmate
- (x) Watch a drama/movie about a person not related raising a child Unnatural
- (x) Watch a drama/movie about an Orphan Detective L
- (x) Watch a drama/movie about Twins Terius Behind Me
- (x) Watch a drama/movie about Pregnancy Mr. Queen
24. Theme (Misc.) (5/5)
- (x) Watch a drama/movie about a Clone Seobok
- (x) Watch a drama/movie about an Android I am...
- (x) Watch a drama/movie about an Alien Shanghai Fortress
- (x) Watch a drama/movie about a Lab experiment/construct LUCA: The Beginning
- (x) Watch a drama/movie about a Talking animal Ojisama to Neko
25. Tags (Leads)
A (5/5) (Male or Female or other you decide)
- (x) Watch a drama/movie with a Strong Lead Kingdom Season 2
- (x) Watch a drama/movie with a Nice lead Two Lights: Relumino
- (x) Watch a drama/movie with a Rich lead Perfect and Casual
- (x) Watch a drama/movie with a Smart/Genius Lead Sisyphus: The Myth
- (x) Watch a drama/movie with a Naïve/innocent/pure Lead Dear Herbal Lord
26. B (5/5)
- (x) Watch a drama/movie with a Mean/Aggressive Lead The Fiery Priest
- (x) Watch a drama/movie with an Eccentric Lead Kono Koi wa Tsumi na no ka!?
- (x) Watch a drama/movie with a Poor lead Neko Samurai
- (x) Watch a drama special /movie with a Weak lead Drama Special 5: Bride in Sneakers
- (x) Watch a drama/movie with a Cold lead Koi wa Tsuzuku yo Doko Made mo
27. Tags (Love) (5/5)
- (x) Watch a drama/movie about First love A Love So Beautiful (Korean Remake)
- (x) Watch a drama/movie with Cohabitation Please Love Me
- (x) Watch a drama/movie with Love shape (triangle/Square/Pentangle) The Brightest Star in the Sky
- (x) Watch a drama/movie with Unrequited Love/one way love/one sided love My Mr. Mermaid
- (x) Watch a drama/movie with Friend to Lovers Friend Zone
28. Tags (Misc Lite) (8/8)
- (x) Watch a drama/movie with a Bromance/Sismance vibe. Yin Yang Master: Dream of Eternity
- (x) Watch a Slice of Life drama/movie. Diary of a Prosecutor
- (x) Watch a drama/movie Hidden Identity Okay! Madam
- (x) Watch a drama/movie Happy Ending My Roommate is a Gumiho
- (x) Watch a drama/movie Childhood friends Sunny
- (x) Watch a drama/movie Idol Actor My Romantic Some Recipe (Cha Eun Woo)
- (x) Watch a drama/movie Time Travel 300 Year Old Class of 2020
- (x) Watch a drama/movie Superhero Ajin: Demi-Human
29. Tags (Misc Dark) (8/8)
- (x) Watch a drama/movie Death/murder A Murderous Affair in Horizon Tower
- (x) Watch a drama/movie Obsession Saboriman Kantarou
- (x) Watch a drama/movie Mental Health Mad for Each Other
- (x) Watch a drama/movie Tragic Past Word of Honor
- (x) Watch a drama/movie Amnesia Arang and the Magistrate
- (x) Watch a drama special/movie Revenge Kingdom: Ashin of the North
- (x) Watch a drama/movie Corruption Royal Secret Agent
- (x) Watch a drama/movie Betrayal True Beauty
By the numbers
A (0/5) Statistics
( ) Watch a drama or movie more than 50% have completed (there is pie chart under statistics)( ) Watch a drama or movie where the Verified/Stars Rating is the same (the whole number not after the decimal) as the completed Rating( ) Watch a drama or movie Ranked in the top 200 (1-200) add link( ) Watch a drama or movie Ranked over 1000 add link if available( ) Watch a drama or moviewith more that 25% in the “plan to watch” section of the pie
30. B (4/4)
- (x) Watch a drama/movie with over 10 Reviews. Peninsula
- (x) Watch a drama/movie with 0 Reviews. Midnight in a Perfect World (as of April 2021)
- (x) 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) Red Devil and Heroine Su (from Kay's Drama List - 9.5 stars)
- (x) Watch a poorly rated and completed drama special/movie from another challenger who posted on the same page you signed up on. (Rated 5.0 at most) JJChastity's List rating 5 stars to To.Jenny
Plan To Watch List (1/6)
( ) 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).(x) Watch the Movie/Drama withthe longest name.
31. Seasonal Settings (5/5)
- (x) Watch a drama/movie with a Snowy (winter holiday/Festival) setting Watashi ni Unmei no Koi Nante - Christmas
- (x) Watch a drama/movie with a Rainy (spring holiday/festival) setting Triple Do You Want
- (x) Watch a drama/movie with a Sunny (summer Holiday/Festival) setting Tuna Girl
- (x) Watch a drama/movie with a Windy (Fall Holiday/Festival) setting 5-ji Kara 9-ji Made (Halloween scene)
- (x) Watch a drama/movie with multiple season settings Higuma
32. Not from here (4/4)
- (x) Watch a drama/movie that has foreign actor(s) -A different ethnicity than the rest of the titles cast Star with a Secret
- (x) 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) New Year Blues
- (x) Character that is the Same ethnicity but raised abroad Fiction and Other Realities
- (x) New person in a small town OR Small town person moves to big city Boss & Me
Remakes –same story different note (0/4)
( ) Watch a story that has been remade by at least 1 other countries beside the origin story( ) Watch a story that has been remade by 2 other countries( ) 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)( ) Watch a remake from the same country
Random (1/5)
( ) Watch a drama/movie that starts with the same first letter as your username OR Display name.( ) Watch a drama/movie that starts with the same first letter as someone on your friends list. (Only letters. Exclude any numbers and/or special characters)( ) 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)( ) Watch a drama/movie that begins with one of the following letters (generate 3 from this site and choose one): S, P, W.( ) Random Word generator for titles (here).
MDL Related
A (0/5)
( ) Watch a drama/movie that was mentioned in an article on MDL.( ) Watch a drama/movie that was mentioned in the feeds. (your friends feed counts and if you are the one posting it counts so in theory you can post and never go back if you don’t like what you see)( ) Watch a drama/movie from your least viewed tags under your profile stats.( ) 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)( ) Watch a drama that was added to a popular voted listin the list index.
B (0/5)
( ) Watch a drama/movie on your Recommendations page.( ) Watch a drama from a staff member’s completed page rated 8 or more( ) Watch a drama/movie that appears in the first 5 page of MDL Home Trailers section( ) Watch a drama/movie that appears in the first 5 page 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( ) Watch a drama/movie that was added to a Custom List (yours or other MDL’erslists)
°°° 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 your Drama list: here
Difficulty: Insanium: 32 Blocks (160+)
Progress: 5/??
Currently Watching // Finished // Plan to Watch
Time (Episode Length, Dramas only unless indicated in the prompt)
A (5/5)
- (✓ ) Watch a drama with 20 min or less episodes [ Color Rush ]
- (✓ ) Watch a drama with 20-30 minutes episodes [ Shanai Marriage Honey ]
- (✓ ) Watch a drama with 30-40 minutes episodes [ I Once Remembered That Guy ]
- (✓ ) Watch a drama with 40–50 minutes episodes [ My Little Happiness ]
- (✓ ) Watch a drama with 50-60 Minutes Episodes [ Coffee Prince ]
B (2/5)
- (✓ ) Watch a Drama with at least 1 episode over 60 minutes [ Hello! Me ]
- ( ) Watch a Movie 180 or more minutes
- ( ) Watch a Movie less than 30 minutes (may be a web movie but has to be in MDL database)
- (✓ ) Watch a Drama with 8 episodes or less [ To My Star ]
- (✓ )Watch a Drama with 30 episodes or more [ Princess! You Have Five Husbands ]
Type (0/5) A rose by any other name would smell as sweet (Type of production. Dramas only unless indicated in the prompt)
- (✓ ) Watch a web series. [ The World of My 17 ]
- (✓ ) Watch a drama special --made for tv movie--. (Not the behind-the-scenes episodes or the interviews or extra scenes) [ SF8 Joan’s Galaxy ]
- ( ) Watch a game/variety/non drama/reality type (listed as a TV SHOW) show (10 Episodes do not need to be in consecutive order. Please list dates OR episode numbers
- ( ) Watch a Theatrical (released in the theater) released movie [ The Dude in Me ]
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Documentary
Award-winning (0/5) --it all about the accolades
- (✓ )Watch an award-winning drama/movie. [Train to Busan ]
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning director.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning screenwriter.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning actor.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning actress.
Favorite (2/5)
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie that has one of your favorite actors. [ Ohm Pawat — Dew the Movie ]
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie that has one of your favorite actresses. [ Shin Min Ah — My Girlfriend is a Gumiho ]
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie by the same director as one of your favorite dramas/movies.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie by the same writer as one of your favorite dramas/movies.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before.
Release Date (0/15)
A (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that began airing/premiered this year.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that started airing the same year the user above/below you joined MDL.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that started airing the same year you joined MDL.
- ( ) 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.)
- ( ) 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)
B (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.
C (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from the 1990s.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2000 to 2005.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2006 to 2010.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2011 to 2015.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2016 to 2020.
Relationships (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that focuses on non-romantic relationships.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a non-human main character. [ Kiss Goblin ]
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that focuses on a Parental relationship
- ( ) 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. [ Imaginary Cat ]
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Siblings
Countries (6/7)
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie from the Philippines. Meet Me Outside
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie from Thailand. [ Dew the Movie ]
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie from Japan. [ Restart After Come Back Home ]
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie from South Korea. [ The King: Eternal Monarch ]
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie from China. [ Our Shinning Days ]
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie from Taiwan. [ We Best Love ]
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from Hong Kong.
Countries Comics/reading material (0/8) (5/8 must be completed for this block to count)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manga (Japan)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhwa (south Korea)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhua –Taiwan
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhua- China
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhua-Hong kong
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Komik- Philippines
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Thai Comics
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Novel
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 [ The World of My 17 ]
- ( ) 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 Hello, Me!
- ( ) 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 a Place or Location is the focus (the shooting location is limited to one location with limited excursions
Genres (Lite)
A (1/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Art (music, dance, painting, photography etc.)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Food (cooking, baking, restaurants, cafes, etc.)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about School (Pre-k-University, graduate and trade school)
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie about Historical (must be from your parents’ era or before) The Handmaiden
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Sci-Fi /Space/Future
B (0/5)
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie about Fantasy/Alternate past timeline [ Someday or One Day ]
- ( ) 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)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Non-combat Sports: (chess/checkers/cards/shogi/Mahjong etc.) Anything that uses the brain muscle not the body muscle and has games. [ Hikaru no Go ]
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie about Medical staff: Surgeons/doctors/nurses/vets/coroners [ Descendants of the Sun ]
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Law/Lawyers/Judges/paralegals etc. { While You Were Sleeping }
C (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Business (CEO/Starting a business/Office setting/Bank)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie based on a real Event or person (can be but not limited to a documentary etc.)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Comedy [ Welcome to Waikiki 2 ]
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Mystery [ School 2017 ]
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Friendship
Genres (dark)
A (0/5)
( ) 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/Demons/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)( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Thriller
B (0/6) (4/6 of these for it to be completed)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Psychological
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Criminal investigation /Detective
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Medical and Tag is Terminal or Chronic illness
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with any genre but has a Suicide (tag may be hidden or it may not be labelled)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which depicts Occupation of one country by another (usually under the Historical or Military genre)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which depicts Post Occupation Recovery (look at dramas set in time frames we know post occupation happened (example 1950’s Japan)
Genres (Action – martial arts)
A (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 MuayThai (or another Martial art from Thailand)
B (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Sports: Physical
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features E-Sports: Gaming for example
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features action CGI scenes
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre Tokusatsu
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre Wuxia or Xanxia or Xuanhuan
Theme (Occupations)
A (0/5)
- ( ) 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
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Fashion/Make up/Modeling/Hair styling
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Thieves/Criminals/Gang members
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Customer service (for example: clerk/waitress/help desk)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Writers/Journalists
B (0/5)
( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Housekeeper/butler/Maid( ) 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)( ) 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
Theme (School) (0/6)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Bad student (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 (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
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Bullying
Theme (Lets get physical) (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Sexual Content
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with LGBTQ+
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Age Gap
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Reverse Harem
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Harem
Theme (Family)
A (0/6)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Marriage contract or arranged Marriage
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Large Family(Multiple generations or 6 or more people under one roof)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Single Parent
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about a Grandparent raising a Child
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about an Aunt or Uncle raising a Child
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about a Found Family (people not related becoming a family)
B (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
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Twins
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Pregnancy
Theme (Misc.) (0/5)
( ) Watch a drama/movie about a Clone( ) Watch a drama/movie about an Android( ) Watch a drama/movie about an Alien( ) Watch a drama/movie about a Lab experiment/construct( ) Watch a drama/movie about a Talking animal (the animal only needs to talk once or can even narrate)
Tags (Leads)
A (0/5) (Male or Female or other you decide)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Strong Lead
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Nice lead
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Rich lead
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Smart/Genius Lead
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Naïve/innocent/pure Lead
B (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Mean/Aggressive Lead
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Eccentric Lead (weird)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Poor lead
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Weak lead
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Cold lead
Tags (Love) (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about First love
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Cohabitation
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Love shape (triangle/Square/Pentangle)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Unrequited Love/one way love/one sided love
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Friend to Lovers
Tags (Misc Lite) (0/8)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Bromance/Sismance vibe. [ XX ]
- ( ) Watch a Slice of Life drama/movie.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Hidden Identity
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Happy Ending
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Childhood friends
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie 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.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Time Travel
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Superhero
Tags (Misc Dark) (0/8)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Death/murder
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Obsession
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Mental Health
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Tragic Past
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Amnesia
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Revenge
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Corruption
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Betrayal
By the numbers
A (0/5) Statistics
( ) Watch a drama or movie more than 50% have completed (there is pie chart under statistics)( ) Watch a drama or movie where the Verified/Stars Rating is the same (the whole number not after the decimal) as the completed Rating( ) Watch a drama or movie Ranked in the top 200 (1-200) add link( ) Watch a drama or movie Ranked over 1000 add link if available( ) Watch a drama or moviewith more that 25% in the “plan to watch” section of the pie
B (0/4)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with over 10 Reviews.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with 0 Reviews.
- ( ) 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)
- ( ) 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)
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.
Seasonal Settings (0/4) *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
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)( ) Character that is the Same ethnicity but raised abroad( ) New person in a small town OR Small town person moves to big city
Remakes –same story different note (0/4)
- ( ) Watch a story that has been remade by at least 1 other countries beside the origin story
- ( ) Watch a story that has been remade by 2 other countries
- ( ) 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)
- ( ) Watch a remake from the same country
Random (0/5)
( ) Watch a drama/movie that starts with the same first letter as your username OR Display name. Chose at the beginning and list here: ___________________(Only letters. Exclude any numbers and/or special characters)( ) Watch a drama/movie that starts with the same first letter as someone on your friends list. (Only letters. Exclude any numbers and/or special characters)( ) 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)( ) Watch a drama/movie that begins with one of the following letters: (Generate 3 from this site and choose one.)Random Word generator for titles (here) pick 3 list and watch one with one of these words.
MDL Related
A (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that was mentioned in an article on MDL.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that was mentioned in the feeds. (your friends feed counts and if you are the one posting it counts so in theory you can post and never go back if you don’t like what you see)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from your least viewed tags under your profile stats.
- ( ) 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)
- ( ) Watch a drama that was added to a popular voted list in the list index.
B (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie on your Recommendations page.
- ( ) Watch a drama from a staff member’s completed page rated 8 or more
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that appears in the first 5 page of MDL Home Trailers section
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that appears in the first 5 page 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 [
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that was added to a Custom List (yours or other MDL’ers lists)
°°° 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)
Sign-up Form:
Starting date: January 1, 2021
Link to your Drama list: https://mydramalist.com/dramalist/Reyliix
Difficulty: Extremely Hard: 17 Blocks (85+)
Progress: titles 91/85 - blocks 17/17
DRAMAS: 53 - MOVIES: 37 - SPECIALS: 1
Time (Episode Length, Dramas only unless indicated in the prompt)
A (5/5)
- ( Lily fever ) Watch a drama with 20 min or less episodes
- ( Boku Dake ga Inai Machi ) Watch a drama with 20-30 minutes episodes
- ( Welcome 2 life ) Watch a drama with 30-40 minutes episodes
- ( The naked director 2) Watch a drama with 40–50 minutes episodes
- ( voice ) Watch a drama with 50-60 Minutes Episodes
☆ Award-winning (5/5) --it all about the accolades
- ( Pieta ) Watch an award-winning drama/movie.
- ( Moebius ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning director.
- ( Alice in Earnestland ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning screenwriter.
- ( I saw the devil ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning actor.
- ( The man from nowhere ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning actress.
Favorite (5/5)
- ( Antique bakery ) Watch a drama/movie that has one of your favorite actors.
- ( It's okay not to be okay ) Watch a drama/movie that has one of your favorite actresses.
- ( Signal ) Watch a drama/movie by the same director as one of your favorite dramas/movies.
- ( Devil judge ) Watch a drama/movie by the same writer as one of your favorite dramas/movies.
- ( Flower of evil ) Watch a drama/movie by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before.
Release Date
A (5/5)
- ( Mystic pop-up bar-2020 ) Watch a drama/movie that began airing/premiered this year.
- ( The naked director-2019 ) Watch a drama/movie that started airing the same year the user above/below you joined MDL.
- ( The world of the married-2020 ) Watch a drama/movie that started airing the same year you joined MDL.
- ( Bungee Jumping of Their Own ) 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.)
- ( light my fire ) 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)
☆ C (5/5)
- ( Ring/movie-1998 ) Watch a drama/movie from the 1990s.
- ( Memories of murder/movie-2003 ) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2000 to 2005.
- ( The host/movie-2006 ) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2006 to 2010.
- ( The flu/movie-2013 ) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2011 to 2015.
- ( Signal 100/movie-2020 ) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2016 to 2020.
Genres (Light)
A (5/5)
- ( Wish you : your melody from my heart ) Watch a drama/movie about Art (music, dance, painting, photography etc)
- ( To my star ) Watch a drama/movie about Food (cooking, baking, restaurants, cafes, etc.)
- ( A man who defies the world of bl ) Watch a drama/movie about School (Pre-k-University, graduate and trade school)
- ( a frozen flower ) Watch a drama/movie about Historical (must be from your parents’ era or before)
- ( Space sweepers ) Watch a drama/movie about Sci-Fi /Space/Future
B (5/5)
- ( The king: Eternal monarch ) Watch a drama/movie about Fantasy/Alternate past timeline
- ( Homunculus ) 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)
- ( Animal world ) Watch a drama/movie about Non-combat Sports: (chess/checkers/cards/shogi/Mahjong etc.) Anything that uses the brain muscle not the body muscle and has games.
- ( Doctor prisoner ) Watch a drama/movie about Medical staff: Surgeons/doctors/nurses/vets/coroners
- ( Stranger ) Watch a drama/movie about Law/Lawyers/Judges/paralegals etc.
C (5/5)
- ( Am I the Only One with Butterflies? Season 2 ) Watch a drama/movie about Business (CEO/Starting a business/Office setting/Bank)
- ( call it what you want ) Watch a drama/movie based on a real Event or person (can be but not limited to a documentary etc.)
- ( The fiery priest ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Comedy
- ( Discipline Z vampire ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Mystery
- ( Chicago Typewriter ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Friendship
Genres (dark)
A (5/5)
- ( The guest ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Horror (includes jump scares, Creepy voices/noises, vengeful ghosts, etc.)
- ( Priest ) Watch a drama/movie which has Horror Monsters (Zombies/Vampires/Demons/Kaiju)
- ( Military dog ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Military/War
- ( The Penthouse 3: War in Life ) Watch a drama/movie which has Politics (this can include office/business politics/palace/government official ANY kind of politics)
- ( Beyond evil ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Thriller
Theme (Occupations)
A (5/5)
- ( sell your haunted house ) 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
- ( The handmaiden ) Watch a drama/movie which features Fashion/Make up/Modeling/Hair styling
- ( Man on high heels ) Watch a drama/movie which features Thieves/Criminals/Gang members
- ( Navillera ) Watch a drama/movie which features Customer service (for example: clerk/waitress/help desk)
- ( The Cursed: Dead Man’s Prey ) Watch a drama/movie which features Writers/Journalists
Tags (Leads)
A (5/5) (Male or Female or other you decide)
- ( Squid game ) Watch a drama/movie with a Strong Lead
- ( The man from nowhere ) Watch a drama/movie with a Nice lead
- ( Ride or Die ) Watch a drama/movie with a Rich lead
- ( kairos ) Watch a drama/movie with a Smart/Genius Lead
- ( Along with the gods: the last 49 days ) Watch a drama/movie with a Naïve/innocent/pure Lead
B (5/5)
- ( Night flight ) Watch a drama/movie with a Mean/Aggressive Lead
- ( pornographer ) Watch a drama/movie with a Eccentric Lead (weird)
- ( reply 1988 ) Watch a drama/movie with a Poor lead
- ( Mr queen ) Watch a drama/movie with a Weak lead
- ( Hotel del luna ) Watch a drama/movie with a Cold lead
Tags (Love) (5/5)
- ( Life senjou no bokura ) Watch a drama/movie about First love
- ( You make me dance ) Watch a drama/movie with Cohabitation
- ( One summer night ) Watch a drama/movie with Love shape (triangle/Square/Pentangle)
- ( Wedding ) Watch a drama/movie with Unrequited Love/one way love/one sided love
- ( Where your eyes linger ) Watch a drama/movie with Friend to Lovers
Tags (Misc Light) (8/8)
- ( Out of breath ) Watch a drama/movie with a Bromance/Sismance vibe.
- ( Mood indigo ) Watch a Slice of Life drama/movie.
- ( Penthouse ) Watch a drama/movie Hidden Identity
- ( Just friends? ) Watch a drama/movie Happy Ending
- ( The uncanny counter ) Watch a drama/movie Childhood friends
- ( Reply 1988 ) Watch a drama/movie 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.
- ( Legend of Fun Qian ) Watch a drama/movie Time Travel
- ( aftermath ) Watch a drama/movie Superhero
Tags (Misc Dark) (8/8)
- ( Stranger 2 ) Watch a drama/movie Death/murder
- ( No regret ) Watch a drama/movie Obsession
- ( color rush ) Watch a drama/movie Mental Health
- ( L.U.C.A ) Watch a drama/movie Tragic Past
- ( The witch: part 1 the subversion ) Watch a drama/movie Amnesia
- ( Penthouse 2 ) Watch a drama/movie Revenge
- ( devil judge ) Watch a drama/movie Corruption
- ( The world of the married ) Watch a drama/movie Betrayal
By the numbers
A (5/5) Statistics
- ( My pistachio ) Watch a drama or movie more than 50% have completed (there is pie chart under statistics)
- ( A crimson mark ) Watch a drama or movie where the Verified/Stars Rating is the same (the whole number not after the decimal) as the completed Rating
- ( A taxi driver ) Watch a drama or movie Ranked in the top 200 (1-200) add link
- ( A naked boy ) Watch a drama or movie Ranked over 1000 add link if available
- ( step for you ) Watch a drama or movie with more that 25% in the “plan to watch” section of the pie
Random (5/5)
- ( Move to heaven ) Watch a drama/movie that starts with the same first letter as your username OR Display name. Chose at the beginning and list here: ___________________(Only letters. Exclude any numbers and/or special characters)
- ( Am I The Only One With Butterflies? ) Watch a drama/movie that starts with the same first letter as someone on your friends list. (Only letters. Exclude any numbers and/or special characters)
- ( Tropical night) 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)
- ( Peach of Time ) Watch a drama/movie that begins with one of the following letters: (Generate 3 from this site and choose one.)
- ( Mr. Queen: The Bamboo Forest ) Random Word generator for titles (here) pick 3 list and watch one with one of these words.
SIGN-UP FORM Starting date: January 1, 2021 Link to your Drama list: https://mydramalist.com/dramalist/zaylia Difficulty: Progress: ??/?? Time (Episode Length, Dramas only unless indicated in the prompt) A (0/5) ✔ 1. (Alive, 1h 20m, Jan 6, ★★★★☆, 10 min episodes) Watch a drama with 20 min or less episodes 2. ( ) Watch a drama with 20-30 minutes episodes 3. ( ) Watch a drama with 30-40 minutes episodes 4. ( ) Watch a drama with 40–50 minutes episodes 5. ( ) Watch a drama with 50-60 minutes Episodes B (0/5) 1. ( ) Watch a Drama with at least 1 episode over 60 minutes 2. ( ) Watch a Movie 180 or more minutes ✔ 3. (Light My Fire, 17m, Jan 5, ★★★☆☆) Watch a Movie less than 30 minutes (may be a web movie but has to be in MDL database) 4. ( ) Watch a Drama with 8 episodes or less 5. ( ) Watch a Drama with 30 episodes or more Type (0/5) A rose by any other name would smell as sweet (Type of production. Dramas only unless indicated in the prompt) • ( ) Watch a web series. • ( ) Watch a drama special --made for tv movie--. (Not the behind-the-scenes episodes or the interviews or extra scenes) • ( ) Watch a game/variety/non drama/reality type (listed as a TV SHOW) show (10 Episodes do not need to be in consecutive order. Please list dates OR episode numbers) • ( ) Watch a Theatrical (released in the theater) released movie • ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Documentary Award-winning (0/5) It is all about the accolades • ( ) Watch an award-winning drama/movie. • ( ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning director. • ( ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning screenwriter. • ( ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning actor. • ( ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning actress. Favorite (0/5) • ( ) Watch a drama/movie that has one of your favorite actors. • ( ) Watch a drama/movie that has one of your favorite actresses. • ( ) Watch a drama/movie by the same director as one of your favorite dramas/movies. • ( ) Watch a drama/movie by the same writer as one of your favorite dramas/movies. • ( ) Watch a drama/movie by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before. Release Date (0/15) A (0/5) • ( ) Watch a drama/movie that began airing/premiered this year. • ( ) Watch a drama/movie that started airing the same year the user above/below you joined MDL. • ( ) Watch a drama/movie that started airing the same year you joined MDL. • ( ) 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.) • ( ) 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) B (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. C (0/5) • ( ) Watch a drama/movie from the 1990s. • ( ) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2000 to 2005. • ( ) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2006 to 2010. • ( ) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2011 to 2015. • ( ) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2016 to 2020. Relationships (0/5) • ( ) Watch a drama/movie that focuses on non-romantic relationships. • ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a non-human main character. • ( ) Watch a drama/movie that focuses on a Parental relationship • ( ) 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.) • ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Siblings Countries (0/7) ✔ 1. (Can't Help Falling in Love, 2h, Jan 2, ★★★☆☆) Watch adrama/movie from the Philippines. 2. Watch a drama/movie from Thailand. 3. Watch a drama/movie from Japan. 4. Watch a drama/movie from South Korea. 5. Watch a drama/movie from China. ✔ 6. (Lovesick, 1h 38m, Jan 3, ★★★☆☆) Watch a drama/movie from Taiwan. 7. Watch a drama/movie from Hong Kong. Countries Comics/reading material (0/8) (5/8 must be completed for this block to count) ✔ 1. (Tokyo Ghoul , 1h 59m, Jan 3, ★★★★☆) Watch adrama/movie adapted from a Manga (Japan) 2. Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhwa (South Korea) 3. Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhua (Taiwan) 4. Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhua (China) 5. Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhua (Hong Kong) 6. Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Komik (Philippines) 7. Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Thai Comics ✔ 8. (The Four Bad Boys and Me 2h 40m, Jan 1, ★★★☆☆, Published Wattpad Novel) Watch a drama/movieadapted from a Novel 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 a Place or Location is the focus (shooting location is limited to one location with limited excursions) Genres (Lite) A (0/5) • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Art (music, dance, painting, photography etc.) • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Food (cooking, baking, restaurants, cafes, etc.) • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about School (Pre-k-University, graduate and trade school) • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Historical (must be from your parents’ era or before) • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Sci-Fi /Space/Future B (0/5) • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Fantasy/Alternate past timeline • ( ) 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) • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Non-combat Sports: (chess/checkers/cards/shogi/Mahjong etc.) Anything that uses the brain muscle not the body muscle and has games. • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Medical staff: Surgeons/doctors/nurses/vets/coroners • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Law/Lawyers/Judges/paralegals etc. C (0/5) • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Business (CEO/Starting a business/Office setting/Bank) • ( ) Watch a drama/movie based on a real Event or person (can be but not limited to a documentary etc.) • ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Comedy • ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Mystery • ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Friendship Genres (Dark) A (0/5) • ( ) 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/Demons /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) • ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Thriller B (0/6) (4/6 of these for it to be completed) • ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Psychological • ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Criminal investigation/Detective • ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Medical and Tag is Terminal or Chronic illness • ( ) Watch a drama/movie with any genre but has a Suicide (tag may be hidden or it may not be labelled) • ( ) Watch a drama/movie which depicts Occupation of one country by another (usually under the Historical or Military genre) • ( ) Watch a drama/movie which depicts Post Occupation Recovery (look at dramas set in time frames we know post occupation happened (example 1950’s Japan) Genres (Action – martial arts) A (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) B (0/5) 1. ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Sports: Physical 2. ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features E-Sports: Gaming for example 3. ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features action CGI scenes ✔ 4. (Kankyou Chojin Ecogainder, 2h 20m, Jan 11, ★★★☆☆) Watch a drama/moviewhose genre Tokusatsu 5. ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre Wuxia or Xanxia or Xuanhuan Theme (Occupations) A (0/5) • ( ) 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 • ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Fashion/Make up/Modeling/Hair styling • ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Thieves/Criminals/Gang members • ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Customer service (for example: clerk/waitress/help desk) • ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Writers/Journalists B (0/5) ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Housekeeper/butler/Maid • ( ) 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) • ( ) 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 Theme (School) (0/6) • ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Bad student (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 (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 • ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Bullying Theme (Lets get physical) (0/5) • ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Sexual Content • ( ) Watch a drama/movie with LGBTQ+ • ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Age Gap • ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Reverse Harem • ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Harem Theme (Family) A (0/6) ✔ 1. (Marry Me!, 5h, Jan 8, ★★★☆☆) Watch a drama/movieaboutMarriage contractor arranged Marriage. • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Large Family (Multiple generations or 6 or more people under one roof) • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Single Parent • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about a Grandparent raising a Child • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about an Aunt or Uncle raising a Child • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about a Found Family (people not related becoming a family) B (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 • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Twins • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Pregnancy Theme (Misc.) (0/5) • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about a Clone • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about an Android • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about an Alien • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about a Lab experiment/construct • (Ojisama to Neko) Watch a drama/movie about a Talking animal (the animal only needs to talk once or can even narrate) Tags (Leads) A (0/5) (Male or Female or other you decide) • ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Strong Lead • ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Nice lead • ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Rich lead • ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Smart/Genius Lead • ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Naïve/innocent/pure Lead B (0/5) • ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Mean/Aggressive Lead • ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Eccentric Lead (weird) • ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Poor lead • ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Weak lead • ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Cold lead Tags (Love) (0/5) • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about First love • ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Cohabitation • ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Love shape (triangle/Square/Pentangle) • ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Unrequited Love/one way love/one sided love • ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Friend to Lovers Tags (Misc Lite) (0/8) 1. ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Bromance/Sismance vibe. 2. ( ) Watch a Slice of Life drama/movie. 3. ( ) Watch a drama/movie Hidden Identity 4. ( ) Watch a drama/movie Happy Ending 5. ( ) Watch a drama/movie Childhood friends 6. ( ) Watch a drama/movie 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. ✔ 7. (Love Buzz, 29m, Jan 4, ★★★★☆) Watch adrama/movie Time Travel 8. ( ) Watch a drama/movie Superhero Tags (Misc Dark) (0/8) • ( ) Watch a drama/movie Death/murder • ( ) Watch a drama/movie Obsession • ( ) Watch a drama/movie Mental Health • ( ) Watch a drama/movie Tragic Past • ( ) Watch a drama/movie Amnesia • ( ) Watch a drama/movie Revenge • ( ) Watch a drama/movie Corruption • ( ) Watch a drama/movie Betrayal By the numbers A (0/5) Statistics • ( ) Watch a drama/movie more than 50% have completed (there is pie chart under statistics) • ( ) Watch a drama/movie where the Verified/Stars Rating is the same (the whole number not after the decimal) as the completed Rating • ( ) Watch a drama/movie Ranked in the top 200 (1-200) add link • ( ) Watch a drama/movie Ranked over 1000 add link if available • ( ) Watch a drama/movie with more than 25% in the “plan to watch” section of the pie B (0/4) • ( ) Watch a drama/movie with over 10 Reviews. • ( ) Watch a drama/movie with 0 Reviews. • ( ) 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) • ( ) 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) 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. Seasonal Settings (0/4) *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 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) • ( ) Character that is the Same ethnicity but raised abroad • ( ) New person in a small town OR Small town person moves to big cit Remakes –same story different note (0/4) ✔ 1. (Midnight Runners, 1h 49m, ★★★★☆, Origin: South Korea, Remade: Japan) Watch a story that has been remade by at least 1 other countries beside the origin story 2. ( ) Watch a story that has been remade by 2 other countries 3. ( ) 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) 4. ( ) Watch a remake from the same country Random (0/5) • ( ) Watch a drama/movie that starts with the same first letter as your username OR Display name. Chose at the beginning and list here: ___________________ (Only letters. Exclude any numbers and/or special characters) • ( ) Watch a drama/movie that starts with the same first letter as someone on your friends list. (Only letters. Exclude any numbers and/or special characters) • ( ) 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) • ( ) Watch a drama/movie that begins with one of the following letters: (Generate 3 from this site and choose one.) Letters Generated: W B N • ( ) Random Word generator for titles (here) pick 3 list and watch one with one of these words. Words Generated: boat, temptation, king MDL Related A (0/5) • ( ) Watch a drama/movie that was mentioned in an article on MDL. • ( ) Watch a drama/movie that was mentioned in the feeds. (your friends feed counts and if you are the one posting it counts so in theory you can post and never go back if you don’t like what you see) • ( ) Watch a drama/movie from your least viewed tags under your profile stats. • ( ) Watch a drama/movie that combines one of your favorite and least favorite genres. (top Genre and bottom genre on your stats page or one that never even made it to your stats) • ( ) Watch a drama that was added to a popular voted list in the list index. B (0/5) • ( ) Watch a drama/movie on your Recommendations page. • ( ) Watch a drama from a staff member’s completed page rated 8 or more • ( ) Watch a drama/movie that appears in the first 5 page of MDL Home Trailers section • ( ) Watch a drama/movie that appears in the first 5 page 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 • ( ) Watch a drama/movie that was added to a Custom List (yours or other MDL’ers lists) °°° 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)
MDL's 2021 Watch Challenge
Sign-up Form:
Starting date: January 1, 2021)
Link to your Drama list: https://mydramalist.com/dramalist/cmlljyd
Difficulty: Easy - 6 blocks (30+)
Progress: 0/30+
Time (Episode Length, Dramas only unless indicated in the prompt)
A (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama with 20 min or less episodes
- ( ) Watch a drama with 20-30 minutes episodes
- ( ) Watch a drama with 30-40 minutes episodes
- ( ) Watch a drama with 40–50 minutes episodes
- ( ) Watch a drama with 50-60 Minutes Episodes
B (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a Drama with at least 1 episode over 60 minutes
- ( ) Watch a Movie 180 or more minutes
- ( ) Watch a Movie less than 30 minutes (may be a web movie but has to be in MDL database)
- ( ) Watch a Drama with 8 episodes or less
- ( ) Watch a Drama with 30 episodes or more
Type (0/5) A rose by any other name would smell as sweet (Type of production. Dramas only unless indicated in the prompt)
- ( ) Watch a web series.
- ( ) Watch a drama special --made for tv movie--. (Not the behind-the-scenes episodes or the interviews or extra scenes)
- ( ) Watch a game/variety/non drama/reality type (listed as a TV SHOW) show (10 Episodes do not need to be in consecutive order. Please list dates OR episode numbers
- ( ) Watch a Theatrical (released in the theater) released movie
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Documentary
Award-winning (0/5) --it all about the accolades
- ( ) Watch an award-winning drama/movie.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning director.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning screenwriter.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning actor.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning actress.
Favorite (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that has one of your favorite actors.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that has one of your favorite actresses.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie by the same director as one of your favorite dramas/movies.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie by the same writer as one of your favorite dramas/movies.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before.
Release Date (0/15)
A (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that began airing/premiered this year.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that started airing the same year the user above/below you joined MDL.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that started airing the same year you joined MDL.
- ( ) 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.)
- ( ) 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)
B (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.
C (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from the 1990s.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2000 to 2005.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2006 to 2010.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2011 to 2015.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2016 to 2020.
Relationships (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that focuses on non-romantic relationships.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a non-human main character.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that focuses on a Parental relationship
- ( ) 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.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Siblings
Countries (0/7)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from the Philippines.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from Thailand.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from Japan.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from South Korea.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from China.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from Taiwan.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from Hong Kong.
Countries Comics/reading material (0/8) (5/8 must be completed for this block to count)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manga (Japan)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhwa (south Korea)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhua –Taiwan
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhua- China
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhua-Hong kong
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Komik- Philippines
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Thai Comics
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Novel
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 a Place or Location is the focus (the shooting location is limited to one location with limited excursions
Genres (Lite)
A (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Art (music, dance, painting, photography etc.)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Food (cooking, baking, restaurants, cafes, etc.)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about School (Pre-k-University, graduate and trade school)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Historical (must be from your parents’ era or before)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Sci-Fi /Space/Future
B (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Fantasy/Alternate past timeline
- ( ) 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)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Non-combat Sports: (chess/checkers/cards/shogi/Mahjong etc.) Anything that uses the brain muscle not the body muscle and has games.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Medical staff: Surgeons/doctors/nurses/vets/coroners
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Law/Lawyers/Judges/paralegals etc.
C (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Business (CEO/Starting a business/Office setting/Bank)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie based on a real Event or person (can be but not limited to a documentary etc.)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Comedy
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Mystery
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Friendship
Genres (dark)
A (0/5)
- ( ) 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/Demons/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)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Thriller
B (0/6) (4/6 of these for it to be completed)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Psychological
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Criminal investigation /Detective
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Medical and Tag is Terminal or Chronic illness
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with any genre but has a Suicide (tag may be hidden or it may not be labelled)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which depicts Occupation of one country by another (usually under the Historical or Military genre)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which depicts Post Occupation Recovery (look at dramas set in time frames we know post occupation happened (example 1950’s Japan)
Genres (Action – martial arts)
A (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)
B (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Sports: Physical
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features E-Sports: Gaming for example
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features action CGI scenes
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre Tokusatsu
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre Wuxia or Xanxia or Xuanhuan
Theme (Occupations)
A (0/5)
- ( ) 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
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Fashion/Make up/Modeling/Hair styling
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Thieves/Criminals/Gang members
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Customer service (for example: clerk/waitress/help desk)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Writers/Journalists
B (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Housekeeper/butler/Maid
- ( ) 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)
- ( ) 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
Theme (School) (0/6)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Bad student (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 (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
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Bullying
Theme (Lets get physical) (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Sexual Content
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with LGBTQ+
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Age Gap
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Reverse Harem
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Harem
Theme (Family)
A (0/6)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Marriage contract or arranged Marriage
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Large Family(Multiple generations or 6 or more people under one roof)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Single Parent
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about a Grandparent raising a Child
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about an Aunt or Uncle raising a Child
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about a Found Family (people not related becoming a family)
B (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
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Twins
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Pregnancy
Theme (Misc.) (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about a Clone
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about an Android
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about an Alien
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about a Lab experiment/construct
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about a Talking animal (the animal only needs to talk once or can even narrate)
Tags (Leads)
A (0/5) (Male or Female or other you decide)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Strong Lead
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Nice lead
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Rich lead
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Smart/Genius Lead
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Naïve/innocent/pure Lead
B (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Mean/Aggressive Lead
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Eccentric Lead (weird)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Poor lead
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Weak lead
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Cold lead
Tags (Love) (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about First love
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Cohabitation
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Love shape (triangle/Square/Pentangle)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Unrequited Love/one way love/one sided love
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Friend to Lovers
Tags (Misc Lite) (0/8)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Bromance/Sismance vibe.
- ( ) Watch a Slice of Life drama/movie.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Hidden Identity
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Happy Ending
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Childhood friends
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie 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.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Time Travel
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Superhero
Tags (Misc Dark) (0/8)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Death/murder
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Obsession
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Mental Health
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Tragic Past
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Amnesia
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Revenge
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Corruption
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Betrayal
By the numbers
A (0/5) Statistics
- ( ) Watch a drama or movie more than 50% have completed (there is pie chart under statistics)
- ( ) Watch a drama or movie where the Verified/Stars Rating is the same (the whole number not after the decimal) as the completed Rating
- ( ) Watch a drama or movie Ranked in the top 200 (1-200) add link
- ( ) Watch a drama or movie Ranked over 1000 add link if available
- ( ) Watch a drama or movie with more that 25% in the “plan to watch” section of the pie
B (0/4)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with over 10 Reviews.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with 0 Reviews.
- ( ) 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)
- ( ) 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)
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.
Seasonal Settings (0/4) *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
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)
- ( ) Character that is the Same ethnicity but raised abroad
- ( ) New person in a small town OR Small town person moves to big city
Remakes –same story different note (0/4)
- ( ) Watch a story that has been remade by at least 1 other countries beside the origin story
- ( ) Watch a story that has been remade by 2 other countries
- ( ) 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)
- ( ) Watch a remake from the same country
Random (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that starts with the same first letter as your username OR Display name. Chose at the beginning and list here: ___________________(Only letters. Exclude any numbers and/or special characters)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that starts with the same first letter as someone on your friends list. (Only letters. Exclude any numbers and/or special characters)
- ( ) 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)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that begins with one of the following letters: (Generate 3 from this site and choose one.)
- Random Word generator for titles (here) pick 3 list and watch one with one of these words.
MDL Related
A (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that was mentioned in an article on MDL.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that was mentioned in the feeds. (your friends feed counts and if you are the one posting it counts so in theory you can post and never go back if you don’t like what you see)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from your least viewed tags under your profile stats.
- ( ) 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)
- ( ) Watch a drama that was added to a popular voted list in the list index.
B (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie on your Recommendations page.
- ( ) Watch a drama from a staff member’s completed page rated 8 or more
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that appears in the first 5 page of MDL Home Trailers section
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that appears in the first 5 page 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
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that was added to a Custom List (yours or other MDL’ers lists)
°°° 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)
Plan To Watch Completed Currently Watching
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Starting date:January 1, 2021
Link to your Drama list: https://mydramalist.com/dramalist/kdrama_lover123
Difficulty: Extremely Hard: 17 Blocks (85+)
Progress: 77/85 9/17 Blocks
Time (Episode Length, Dramas only unless indicated in the prompt)
A (5/5)
- (Queen of The Ring) Watch a drama with 20 min or less episodes
- (Switch Girl!!) Watch a drama with 20-30 minutes episodes
- (One More Time ) Watch a drama with 30-40 minutes episodes
- (Manner of Death) Watch a drama with 40–50 minutes episodes
- (The Goddess of Revenge) Watch a drama with 50-60 Minutes Episodes
B (5/5)
- (Dr. Romantic 2) Watch a Drama with at least 1 episode over 60 minutes
- (The Bride of Rip Van Winkle) Watch a Movie 180 or more minutes
- (The Coldest Day) Watch a Movie less than 30 minutes (may be a web movie but has to be in MDL database)
- (dele) Watch a Drama with 8 episodes or less
- (The Guardians) Watch a Drama with 30 episodes or more
Type (5/5) A rose by any other name would smell as sweet (Type of production. Dramas only unless indicated in the prompt)
- (Aftermath) Watch a web series.
- (Birthday Letter) Watch a drama special --made for tv movie--. (Not the behind-the-scenes episodes or the interviews or extra scenes)
- (Twogether) Watch a game/variety/non drama/reality type (listed as a TV SHOW) show (10 Episodes do not need to be in consecutive order. Please list dates OR episode numbers
- (Tidal Wave) Watch a Theatrical (released in the theater) released movie
- (BigBang MADE: The Movie) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Documentary
Award-winning (0/5) --it all about the accolades
- ( ) Watch an award-winning drama/movie.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning director.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning screenwriter.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning actor.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning actress.
Favorite (5/5)
- (Cheat On Me, It You Can) Watch a drama/movie that has one of your favorite actors.
- (My Mister) Watch a drama/movie that has one of your favorite actresses.
- (Gunman In Joseon) Watch a drama/movie by the same director as one of your favorite dramas/movies.
- (Snowy Road) Watch a drama/movie by the same writer as one of your favorite dramas/movies.
- (Remember: War of The Son) Watch a drama/movie by a
director/writer you haven't seen anything from before.
Release Date (0/15)
A (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that began airing/premiered this year.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that started airing the same year the user above/below you joined MDL.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that started airing the same year you joined MDL.
- ( ) 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.)
- ( ) 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)
B (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.
C (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from the 1990s.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2000 to 2005.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2006 to 2010.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2011 to 2015.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2016 to 2020.
Relationships (3/5)
- (Player) Watch a drama/movie that focuses on non-romantic relationships.
- (Q10) Watch a drama/movie with a non-human main character.
- (Times) Watch a drama/movie that focuses on a Parental relationship
- (The Tale of Hachiko) 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.
- (Our Little Sister) Watch a drama/movie with Siblings
Countries (0/7)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from the Philippines.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from Thailand.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from Japan.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from South Korea.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from China.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from Taiwan.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from Hong Kong.
Countries Comics/reading material (0/8) (5/8 must be completed for this block to count)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manga (Japan)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhwa (south Korea)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhua –Taiwan
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhua- China
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhua-Hong kong
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Komik- Philippines
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Thai Comics
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Novel
Cast (3/6) Refers to the ages of the characters not the actors
- (Baby & I) 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
- (Twenty) 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
- (Saikou no Rikon) Watch a drama/movie with Median age (marriageable/Deadline (for female characters) age or parents) 30 – 40 age bracket: usually financially established
- (Stand By Me) Watch a drama/movie with Elderly characters or grandparents
- (Hearty Paws 2) Watch a drama/movie with Animals as the focus (real life animals, not a person that turns into an animal)
- (Teachers Diary) Watch a drama/movie where a Place or Location is the focus (the shooting location is limited to one location with limited excursions
Genres (Lite)
A (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Art (music, dance, painting, photography etc.)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Food (cooking, baking, restaurants, cafes, etc.)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about School (Pre-k-University, graduate and trade school)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Historical (must be from your parents’ era or before)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Sci-Fi /Space/Future
B (5/5)
- (Mr. Queen) Watch a drama/movie about Fantasy/Alternate past timeline
- (Handmade Love) 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)
- (Will this love be a checkmate?) Watch a drama/movie about Non-combat Sports: (chess/checkers/cards/shogi/Mahjong etc.) Anything that uses the brain muscle not the body muscle and has games.
- (Unnatural) Watch a drama/movie about Medical staff: Surgeons/doctors/nurses/vets/coroners
- (Innocence) Watch a drama/movie about Law/Lawyers/Judges/paralegals etc.
C (3/5)
- (Misaeng :Incomplete Life ) Watch a drama/movie about Business (CEO/Starting a business/Office setting/Bank)
- (Youth of May) Watch a drama/movie based on a real Event or person (can be but not limited to a documentary etc.)
- (Delayed Justice) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Comedy
- (The Uncanny Counter) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Mystery
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Friendship
Genres (dark)
A (3/5)
- (Kimi to Sekai ga Owaru Hi ni: Season 1) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Horror (includes jump scares, Creepy voices/noises, vengeful ghosts, etc.)
- (#Alive) Watch a drama/movie which has Horror Monsters (Zombies/Vampires/Demons/Kaiju)
- (King2Hearts) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Military/War
- (Six Flying Dragons) Watch a drama/movie which has Politics (this can include office/business politics/palace/government official ANY kind of politics)
- (The Call) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Thriller
B (0/6) (4/6 of these for it to be completed)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Psychological
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Criminal investigation /Detective
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Medical and Tag is Terminal or Chronic illness
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with any genre but has a Suicide (tag may be hidden or it may not be labelled)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which depicts Occupation of one country by another (usually under the Historical or Military genre)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which depicts Post Occupation Recovery (look at dramas set in time frames we know post occupation happened (example 1950’s Japan)
Genres (Action – martial arts)
A (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)
B (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Sports: Physical
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features E-Sports: Gaming for example
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features action CGI scenes
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre Tokusatsu
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre Wuxia or Xanxia or Xuanhuan
Theme (Occupations)
A (0/5)
- ( ) 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
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Fashion/Make up/Modeling/Hair styling
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Thieves/Criminals/Gang members
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Customer service (for example: clerk/waitress/help desk)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Writers/Journalists
B (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Housekeeper/butler/Maid
- ( ) 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)
- ( ) 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
Theme (School) (1/6)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Bad student (delinquent)
- (Biscuit Teacher and Star Candy) Watch a drama/movie which features Former Delinquent teacher
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Teacher has a past job not suitable for teaching (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
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Bullying
Theme (Lets get physical) (5/5)
- (Burning) Watch a drama/movie with Sexual Content
- (The Handmaiden) Watch a drama/movie with LGBTQ+
- (Sensei Kunshu) Watch a drama/movie which features Age Gap
- ( A Story To Read On The Day You've Fell In Love) Watch a drama/movie with Reverse Harem
- (Junichi) Watch a drama/movie with Harem
Theme (Family)
A (0/6)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Marriage contract or arranged Marriage
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Large Family(Multiple generations or 6 or more people under one roof)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Single Parent
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about a Grandparent raising a Child
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about an Aunt or Uncle raising a Child
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about a Found Family (people not related becoming a family)
B (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
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Twins
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Pregnancy
Theme (Misc.) (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about a Clone
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about an Android
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about an Alien
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about a Lab experiment/construct
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about a Talking animal (the animal only needs to talk once or can even narrate)
Tags (Leads)
A (5/5) (Male or Female or other you decide)
- (Misty) Watch a drama/movie with a Strong Lead
- (The Rebel Princess) Watch a drama/movie with a Nice lead
- (Run On) Watch a drama/movie with a Rich lead
- (The Game: Towards Zero ) Watch a drama/movie with a Smart/Genius Lead
- (My Girlfriend Is An Alien) Watch a drama/movie with a Naïve/innocent/pure Lead
B (4/5)
- (The Negotiation) Watch a drama/movie with a Mean/Aggressive Lead
- (Awaken) Watch a drama/movie with a Eccentric Lead (weird)
- (Space Sweepers) Watch a drama/movie with a Poor lead
- (Somewhere Winter) Watch a drama/movie with a Weak lead
- (The End of Endless Love ) Watch a drama/movie with a Cold lead
Tags (Love) (5/5)
- (My Little Happiness) Watch a drama/movie about First love
- (The Lies She Loved) Watch a drama/movie with Cohabitation
- (Love Alarm 2) Watch a drama/movie with Love shape (triangle/Square/Pentangle)
- (No Regret) Watch a drama/movie with Unrequited Love/one way love/one sided love
- (Madeleine) Watch a drama/movie with Friends to Lovers
Tags (Misc Lite) (7/8)
- (Defendant) Watch a drama/movie with a Bromance/Sismance vibe.
- (Baseball Girl) Watch a Slice of Life drama/movie.
- (Secretly Greatly) Watch a drama/movie Hidden Identity
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Happy Ending
- (Hello, Me!) Watch a drama/movie Childhood friends
- (Lovestruck In The City) Watch a drama/movie 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.
- (Hit The Top) Watch a drama/movie Time Travel
- (Haunters) Watch a drama/movie Superhero
Tags (Misc Dark) (8/8)
- (Red Eyes: Kanshi Sousa-han) Watch a drama/movie Death/murder
- (Beyond Evil) Watch a drama/movie Obsession
- (Theatre: A love Story) Watch a drama/movie Mental Health
- (L.U.C.A.: The Beginning) Watch a drama/movie Tragic Past
- (My Unfamiliar Family) Watch a drama/movie Amnesia
- (Doctor Prisoner ) Watch a drama/movie Revenge
- (Hush) Watch a drama/movie Corruption
- (The Smile Has Left Your Eyes) Watch a drama/movie Betrayal
By the numbers
A (0/5) Statistics
- ( ) Watch a drama or movie more than 50% have completed (there is pie chart under statistics)
- ( ) Watch a drama or movie where the Verified/Stars Rating is the same (the whole number not after the decimal) as the completed Rating
- ( ) Watch a drama or movie Ranked in the top 200 (1-200) add link
- ( ) Watch a drama or movie Ranked over 1000 add link if available
- ( ) Watch a drama or movie with more that 25% in the “plan to watch” section of the pie
B (0/4)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with over 10 Reviews.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with 0 Reviews.
- ( ) 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)
- ( ) 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)
Plan To Watch List (1/6)
- (The Great Ambition) Watch the oldest dated item (drama/movie) on your list.
- (Black Knight: The Man Who Guards Me) 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).
- (Good Bye, My Princess) Watch the longest drama on your list (most amount of episodes).
- (Hero) Watch the item in the middle of your list (e.g. 70 items in total, you should watch #35).
- (Ao no SP: Gakko nai Keisatsu Shimada Ryuhei) Watch the Movie/Drama with the longest name.
Seasonal Settings (0/4) *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
Not from here (3/4)
- (Samjin Company English Class) Watch a drama/movie that has foreign actor(s) -A different ethnicity than the rest of the titles cast--
- (Memories of the Alhambra) 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)
- (Vincenzo) Character that is the Same ethnicity but raised abroad
- (Gekikaradou) New person in a small town OR Small town person moves to big city
Remakes –same story different note (0/4)
- ( ) Watch a story that has been remade by at least 1 other countries beside the origin story
- ( ) Watch a story that has been remade by 2 other countries
- ( ) 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)
- ( ) Watch a remake from the same country
Random (1/5)
- (Memory) Watch a drama/movie that starts with the same first letter as your username OR Display name. Chose at the beginning and list here: _username_(Only letters. Exclude any numbers and/or special characters)
- () Watch a drama/movie that starts with the same first letter as someone on your friends list. (Only letters. Exclude any numbers and/or special characters) Chicken-nim
- () 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) (Yanan)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that begins with one of the following letters: (Generate 3 from this site and choose one.)
- Random Word generator for titles (here) pick 3 list and watch one with one of these words.
MDL Related
A (2/5)
- (Romance of Tiger and Rose) Watch a drama/movie that was mentioned in an article on MDL. https://mydramalist.com/article/devitto-done-publish-on-jan-1st-a-year-in-dramaworld-the-2020-wrap-up-011015983
- (Tengoku to Jigoku: Psychona Futari) Watch a drama/movie that was mentioned in the feeds. (your friends feed counts and if you are the one posting it counts so in theory you can post and never go back if you don’t like what you see)https://mydramalist.com/profile/rosyprincess/feeds/dBkNPFB
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from your least viewed tags under your profile stats.
- ( ) 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)
- ( ) Watch a drama that was added to a popular voted list in the list index.
B (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie on your Recommendations page.
- ( ) Watch a drama from a staff member’s completed page rated 8 or more
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that appears in the first 5 page of MDL Home Trailers section
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that appears in the first 5 page 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
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that was added to a Custom List (yours or other MDL’ers lists)
°°° 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)
Sign-up Form:
- Starting date: January 1, 2021
- Link to your Drama list: my drama list
- Difficulty: Easy (30 dramas/movies; 6 blocks)
- Completed dramas at sign-up for the challenge: 112
- Completed movies at sign-up for the challenge: 37
- Progress: 9/30 dramas/movies | 0/6 blocks
Plan to watch/Currently watching
Completed
Time (Episode Length, Dramas only unless indicated in the prompt)
A (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama with 20 min or less episodes.
- ( ) Watch a drama with 20-30 minutes episodes.
- ( ) Watch a drama with 30-40 minutes episodes.
- ( ) Watch a drama with 40–50 minutes episodes.
- ( ) Watch a drama with 50-60 minutes episodes.
B (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama with at least 1 episode over 60 minutes.
- ( ) Watch a movie 180 or more minutes.
- ( ) Watch a movie less than 30 minutes.
- ( ) Watch a drama with 8 episodes or less.
- ( ) Watch a drama with 30 episodes or more.
Type (0/5) A rose by any other name would smell as sweet (Type of production. Dramas only unless indicated in the prompt)
- ( ) Watch a web series.
- ( ) Watch a drama special --made for tv movie--. (Not the behind-the-scenes episodes or the interviews or extra scenes).
- ( ) Watch a game/variety/non drama/reality type (listed as a TV SHOW) show (10 Episodes do not need to be in consecutive order. Please list dates OR episode numbers.
- ( ) Watch a Theatrical (released in the theater) released movie.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Documentary .
Award-winning (0/5) --it all about the accolades
- ( ) Watch an award-winning drama/movie.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning director.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning screenwriter.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning actor.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning actress.
Favorite (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that has one of your favorite actors.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that has one of your favorite actresses.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie by the same director as one of your favorite dramas/movies.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie by the same writer as one of your favorite dramas/movies.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before.
Relationships (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that focuses on non-romantic relationships.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a non-human main character.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that focuses on a Parental relationship.
- ( ) 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.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Siblings.
Cast (3/6) Refers to the ages of the characters not the actors
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with students or children as the main cast.
- (✔︎) Watch a drama/movie with young adults as the main cast. Run On
- (✔︎) Watch a drama/movie with Median age. Penthouse 2: War in Life
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Elderly characters or grandparents. Navillera
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Animals as the focus.
- (✔︎) Watch a drama/movie where a Place or Location is the focus. Birthcare Center
Genres (Lite)
A (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Art (music, dance, painting, photography etc.).
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Food (cooking, baking, restaurants, cafes, etc.).
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about School (Pre-k-University, graduate and trade school).
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Historical (must be from your parents’ era or before).
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Sci-Fi /Space/Future.
B (2/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Fantasy/Alternate past timeline.
- (✔︎) Watch a drama/movie about Supernatural/Magic/ESP etc. My Roommate is a Gumiho
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Non-combat Sports: (chess/checkers/cards/shogi/Mahjong, etc.).
- () Watch a drama/movie about Medical staff. Hospital Playlist 2
- (✔︎) Watch a drama/movie about Law/Lawyers/Judges/paralegals etc. Law School
C (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Business.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie based on a real Event or person.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Comedy.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Mystery.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Friendship.
Genres (dark)
A (2/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Horror.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which has Horror Monsters.
- (✔︎) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Military/War. D.P
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which has Politics.
- (✔︎) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Thriller. Taxi Driver
B (2/6) (4/6 of these for it to be completed)
- (✔︎) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Psychological. Beyond Evil
- (✔︎) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Criminal investigation /Detective. Mouse
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Medical and Tag is Terminal or Chronic illness.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with any genre but has a Suicide.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which depicts Occupation of one country by another.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which depicts Post Occupation Recovery.
Theme (Occupations)
A (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Computer business(Information Technology) jobs(so hackers/programmers/websites/Internet).
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Fashion/Make up/Modeling/Hair styling.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Thieves/Criminals/Gang members.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Customer service (for example: clerk/waitress/help desk).
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Writers/Journalists.
B (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Housekeeper/butler/Maid.
- ( ) 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).
- ( ) 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.
Theme (School) (0/6)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Bad student (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 (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.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Bullying.
Theme (Family)
A (0/6)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Marriage contract or arranged Marriage.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Large Family(Multiple generations or 6 or more people under one roof).
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Single Parent.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about a Grandparent raising a Child.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about an Aunt or Uncle raising a Child.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about a Found Family (people not related becoming a family).
B (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.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Twins.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Pregnancy.
Tags (Leads)
A (0/5) (Male or Female or other you decide)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Strong Lead.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Nice lead.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Rich lead.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Smart/Genius Lead.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Naïve/innocent/pure Lead.
B (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Mean/Aggressive Lead.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Eccentric Lead (weird).
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Poor lead.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Weak lead.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Cold lead.
Tags (Love) (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about First love.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Cohabitation.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Love shape (triangle/Square/Pentangle).
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Unrequited Love/one way love/one sided love.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Friend to Lovers.
Tags (Misc Lite) (0/8)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Bromance/Sismance vibe.
- ( ) Watch a Slice of Life drama/movie.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Hidden Identity.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Happy Ending.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Childhood friends.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Idol Actor.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Time Travel.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Superhero.
Tags (Misc Dark) (0/8)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Death/murder.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Obsession.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Mental Health.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Tragic Past.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Amnesia.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Revenge.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Corruption.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Betrayal.
Seasonal Settings (0/4) *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.
Sign-up Form:
Starting date: January 1, 2021
Link to your Drama list: Here
Difficulty: Addiction - 36 Blocks (180+)
Progress: 198/198
Time (Episode Length, Dramas only unless indicated in the prompt)
A (5/5)
- ( x ) Watch a drama with 20 min or less episodes Color Rush (2020)
- ( x ) Watch a drama with 20-30 minutes episodes Busu no Hitomi ni Koishiteru (2019)
- ( x ) Watch a drama with 30-40 minutes episodes The Silent Criminal (2020)
- ( x ) Watch a drama with 40–50 minutes episodes Miss Crow with Mr. Lizard (2021)
- ( x ) Watch a drama with 50-60 Minutes Episodes Nagi no Oitoma (2019)
B (5/5) - ( 1 substitution )
- ( x ) Watch a Drama with at least 1 episode over 60 minutes Sisyphus: The Myth (2021)
- ( x )
Watch a Movie 180 or more minutes- Watch a drama/movie that has historical cultural entertainment elements (a title about Kabuki, Rakugo, P’ansori, etc) I searched Storyteller or theater +country. The Sound of a Flower (2015)
- ( x ) Watch a Movie less than 30 minutes (may be a web movie but has to be in MDL database) Awaiting (2014)
- ( x ) Watch a Drama with 8 episodes or less Hello Stranger (2020)
- ( x ) Watch a Drama with 30 episodes or more No Boundary (2021)
Type (5/5) A rose by any other name would smell as sweet (Type of production. Dramas only unless indicated in the prompt) - ( 1 substitution )
- ( x ) Watch a web series. One More Time (2016)
- ( x ) Watch a drama special --made for tv movie--. (Not the behind-the-scenes episodes or the interviews or extra scenes) Ato 3-kai, Kimi ni Aeru (2020)
- ( x )
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- Watch a drama/movie about soldiers R-Point (2007)
- ( x ) Watch a Theatrical (released in the theater) released movie Tapestry (2020)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Documentary Planet of Snail (2012)
Award-winning (5/5) --it all about the accolades
- ( x ) Watch an award-winning drama/movie. Beyond Evil (2021)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning director. Babo: Miracle of a Giving Fool (2008) - [kim jung kwon]
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning screenwriter. Night in Paradise (2021) - [park hoon jung]
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning actor. Shock Wave 2 (2020) - [andy lau]
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning actress. Mulan (2009) - [zhao wei]
Favorite (5/5)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie that has one of your favorite actors. The Soul (2021) - [chang chen]
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie that has one of your favorite actresses. A Love To Kill (2005) - [shin min ah]
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie by the same director as one of your favorite dramas/movies. Ancient Love Poetry (2021) - [yin tao]
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie by the same writer as one of your favorite dramas/movies. Make a Wish (2021) - [chen tong]
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before. The Assassin (2015)
Release Date (10/10)
A (5/5)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie that began airing/premiered this year. Killer and Healer (2021)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie that started airing the same year the user
above/below you joined MDL. [ ↑ 2016 / ↓ 2012 ] The Bullet Vanishes - ( x ) Watch a drama/movie that started airing the same year you joined MDL. Super Me (2019)
- ( x ) 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.) [ 1992 /1998 / 2000 / 2007 / 2009 ] Going by the Book
- ( x ) 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) Heavenly Forest (2006)
C (5/5)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie from the 1990s. Whispering Corridors 2: Memento Mori (1999)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2000 to 2005. Nightmare (2000)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2006 to 2010. The Devil's Game (2008)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2011 to 2015. Miss Conspirator (2012)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2016 to 2020. Zombie Detective (2020)
Relationships (5/5)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie that focuses on non-romantic relationships. Diva (2020)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie with a non-human main character. Enormous Legendary Fish (2020) - [sea god]
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie that focuses on a Parental relationship Yurigokoro (2017)
- ( x ) 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. Love the Way You Are (2019)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie with Siblings Untouchable (2017)
Countries (7/7)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie from the Philippines. The Diplomat Hotel (2013)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie from Thailand. Slice (2009)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie from Japan. The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window (2021)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie from South Korea. My Roommate is a Gumiho (2021)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie from China. A Writer's Odyssey (2021)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie from Taiwan. We Best Love: Fighting Mr. 2nd (2021)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie from Hong Kong. Revenge: A Love Story (2010)
Countries Comics/reading material (5/8) **(5/8 must be completed for this block to count)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manga (Japan) Fullmetal Alchemist (2017)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhwa (South Korea) Taxi Driver (2021)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhua - Taiwan Yong Jiu Grocery Store (2019)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhua - China Mr. Pride vs. Miss Prejudice (2017)
( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from aManhua - Hong kong( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Komik - Philippines( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Thai Comics- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Novel A Murderous Affair in Horizon Tower (2020)
Cast (6/6) Refers to the ages of the characters not the actors
- ( x ) 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 Blue, Painful, and Brittle (2020)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie with young adults as the main cast. (out of school but not married) 20-29 single finding place in life XX (2020)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie with Median age characters (30 – 40 age bracket): usually financially established My Dangerous Wife (2020)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie with Elderly characters or grandparents Mission Possible: Kidnapping Granny K (2007)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie with Animals as the focus (real life animals, not a person that turns into an animal) Adoring (2019)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie where a Place or Location is the focus (the shooting location is limited to one location with limited excursions Guimoon: The Lightless Door (2021)
Genres (Lite)
A (5/5)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie about Art (music, dance, painting, photography etc.) Do You Like Brahms? (2020)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie about Food (cooking, baking, restaurants, cafes, etc.) Watashitachi wa Douka Shiteiru (2020)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie about School (Pre-k-University, graduate and trade school) Assassination Classroom (2015)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie about Historical (must be from your parents’ era or before) Gabi (2012)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie about Sci-Fi/Space/Future Platinum Data (2013)
B (5/5) - ( 1 substitution )
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie about Fantasy/Alternate past timeline Kairos (2020)
- ( x ) 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) Pee Mak (2013)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie about Non-combat Sports: (chess/checkers/cards/shogi/Mahjong etc.) Anything that uses the brain muscle not the body muscle and has games. Awake (2020)
- ( x )
Watch a drama/movie about Medicalstaff: Surgeons/doctors/nurses/vets/coroners- Watch a drama/movie about Royalty Stand by Me (2021)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie about Law/Lawyers/Judges/paralegals etc. Vincenzo (2021)
C (5/5)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie about Business (CEO/Starting a business/Office setting/Bank) V.I.P (2019)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie based on a real Event or person (can be but not limited to a documentary etc.) My First Client (2019)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Comedy Warm Hug (2020)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Mystery Tengoku to Jigoku: Psychona futari (2021)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Friendship N no Tame ni (2014)
Genres (dark)
A (5/5)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Horror (includes jump scares, Creepy voices/noises, vengeful ghosts, etc.) Teketeke (2009)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie which has Horror Monsters (Zombies/Vampires/Demons/Kaiju) Dark Hole (2021)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Military/War The Battleship Island (2017)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie which has Politics (this can include office/business politics/palace/government official ANY kind of politics) The Rebel Princess (2021)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Thriller Mouse (2021)
B (4/6) **(4/6 of these for it to be completed)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Psychological The Wicked (2014)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Criminal investigation/Detective Nightfall (2012)
( )Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Medical and Tagis Terminal or Chronic illness- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie with any genre but has a Suicide (tag may be hidden or it may not be labelled) Spring, Again (2019)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie which depicts Occupation of one country by another (usually under the Historical or Military genre) Love, Lies (2016)
( )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)
B (5/5)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie which features Sports: Physical Run On (2020)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie which features E-Sports: Gaming for example Love Scenery (2021)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie which features action CGI scenes The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity (2020)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre Tokusatsu Casshern (2004)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre Wuxia or Xianxia or Xuanhuan Love in Between (2020)
Theme (Occupations)
A (5/5)
- ( x ) 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 Stolen Identity (2018)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie which features Fashion/Make up/Modeling/Hair styling She Would Never Know (2021)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie which features Thieves/Criminals/Gang members Lupin III (2014)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie which features Customer service (for example: clerk/waitress/help desk) Diner (2019)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie which features Writers/Journalists The Exclusive: Beat the Devil's Tattoo (2015)
B (5/5) - ( 1 substitution )
- ( x )
Watch a drama/movie which features Housekeeper/Butler/Maid- Watch a drama/movie about Anything not covered in this challenge - [covid-19 setting] - Boys' Lockdown (2020)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie which features Farming or agriculture of some kind (orchards, rice paddies/vineyard) Restart After Come Back Home (2020)
- ( x ) 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) Oh My Ladylord (2021)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie which features Fisherman/sailor/Someone who works with the ocean/ocean creatures Missing (2008)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie which features a Mechanic/builder/someone good with machines Space Sweepers (2021)
Theme (School) (6/6) - ( 1 substitution )
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie which features Bad student (delinquent) Drowning Love (2016)
- ( x )
Watch a drama/movie which featuresFormer Delinquent teacher- Watch a drama/movie about Anything not covered in this challenge - [features a disabled main character] - Your Eyes Tell (2020)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie which features Teacher has a past job not suitable for teaching (If someone finds out they are fired) Manner of Death (2020)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie which features a Transfer student Ano ko no, Toriko (2018)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie which features a Student festival My ID is Gangnam Beauty (2018)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie which features Bullying Extraordinary You (2019)
Theme (Lets get physical) (5/5)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie with Sexual Content Misbehavior (2017)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie with LGBTQ+ We Best Love: No. 1 For You (2021)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie which features Age Gap Destiny: Kamakura Monogatari (2017)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie with Reverse Harem Hajimete Koi wo Shita Hi ni Yomu Hanashi (2019)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie with Harem Go Princess, Go! (2015) - [rewatch]
Theme (Family)
A (6/6)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie about Marriage contract or arranged Marriage Perfect and Casual (2020)
- ( x) Watch a drama/movie about Large Family (Multiple generations or 6 or more people under one roof) One the Woman (2021)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie about Single Parent The Blessed Girl (2021)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie about a Grandparent raising a Child Our Meal for Tomorrow (2017)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie about an Aunt or Uncle raising a Child Doom at Your Service (2021)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie about a Found Family (people not related becoming a family) The Uncanny Counter (2020)
B (5/5)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie about Sibling raising child Double Patty (2021)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie about a person not related raising a child Pawn (2020)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie about an Orphan Josee (2020)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie about Twins Awaken (2020)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie about Pregnancy Finding Mr. Right (2013)
Theme (Misc.) (5/5) - ( 1 substitution )
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie about a Clone Seobok (2021)
- ( x )
Watch a drama/movie about an Android- Watch a drama/movie about Anything not covered in this challenge - [adapted from a game] - Light On Me (2021)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie about an Alien The Night of the Undead (2020)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie about a Lab experiment/construct Assassination Classroom: Graduation (2016)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie about a Talking animal (the animal only needs to talk once or can even narrate) The Adventures of Milo and Otis (1986)
Tags (Leads)
A (5/5) (Male or Female or other you decide)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie with a Strong Lead The Swordsman (2020)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie with a Nice Lead #Remolove: Futsuu no Koi wa Jado (2020)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie with a Rich Lead Prosecutor Princess (2010)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie with a Smart/Genius Lead The Vanished Murderer (2015)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie with a Naïve/Innocent/Pure Lead True Beauty (2020)
B (5/5)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie with a Mean/Aggressive Lead Homunculus (2021)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie with a Eccentric Lead (weird) Cheat On Me, If You Can (2020)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie with a Poor Lead Snatch-Up (2018)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie with a Weak Lead Miss the Dragon (2021)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie with a Cold Lead Countdown (2011)
Tags (Love) (5/5)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie about First love My Little Happiness (2021)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie with Cohabitation My Unicorn Girl (2020)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie with Love shape (triangle/square/pentangle) Our Times (2015) - [rewatch]
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie with Unrequited Love/one way love/one sided love I Remember (2020)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie with Friends to Lovers Do You Love Me as I Love You (2020)
Tags (Misc Lite) (8/8)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie with a Bromance/
Sismancevibe. Word of Honor (2021) - ( x ) Watch a Slice of Life drama/movie. Mr. Fighting (2019)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie Hidden Identity Grasshopper (2015)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie Happy Ending Mission Possible (2021)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie Childhood friends Inakunare Gunjo (2019)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie 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. New Year Blues (2020)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie Time Travel Hi, Mom (2021)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie Superhero A Choo (2020)
Tags (Misc Dark) (8/8)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie Death/Murder Missing (2009)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie Obsession Innocent Curse (2017)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie Mental Health Hypnotized (2004)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie Tragic Past Sketch (2018)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie Amnesia L.U.C.A.: The Beginning (2021)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie Revenge Circle of Atonement (2015)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie Corruption Moby Dick (2011)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie Betrayal Quantum Physics (2019)
By the numbers
A (5/5) Statistics
- ( x ) Watch a drama or movie more than 50% have completed (there is pie chart under statistics) Perfect Number (2012) - [53.7% completed as of 1/13/2021]
- ( x ) Watch a drama or movie where the Verified/Stars Rating is the same (the whole number not after the decimal) as the completed Rating Until I Meet September's Love (2019) - [7.63 / 7.44 as of 1/13/2021]
- ( x ) Watch a drama or movie Ranked in the top 200 (1-200) add link Mr. Queen (2020) - [ranked #16 as of 4/18/2021]
- ( x ) Watch a drama or movie Ranked over 1000 add link if available Double Mints (2017) - [ranked #3556 as of 1/11/2021]
- ( x ) Watch a drama or movie with more than 25% in the “plan to watch” section of the pie Begin Again (2019) - [73.3% as of 2/26/2021]
B (4/4)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie with over 10 Reviews. Rattan (2021) - [29 reviews as of 7/10/2021]
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie with 0 Reviews. Bloody Beach (2000) - [0 reviews as of 3/24/2021]
- ( x ) 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) Crazy Little Thing Called Love (2010) - [Shotokeeki]
- ( x ) 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) Hot Gimmick (2010) - [mimei]
Plan To Watch List (6/6) - ( 1 substitution )
- ( x ) Watch the oldest dated item (drama/movie) on your list. Christmas in August (1998)
- ( x ) Watch the newest item (drama/movie) on your list. (on your profile page it lists the last 9 actions you did) Scripting Your Destiny (2021)
- ( x ) Watch the shortest drama on your list (least amount of episodes). Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai (2020) - [3 episodes]
- ( x ) Watch the longest drama on your list (most amount of episodes). Ugly Alert (2013) - [133 episodes]
- ( x ) Watch the item (drama/movie) in the middle of your list (e.g. 70 items in total, you should watch #35). Monster Hunt (2015) - [458/916 as of 1/31/2020]
- ( x )
Watch theMovie/Drama withthe longest name.- Watch a (drama/movie) Sageuk The Age of Blood (2017)
Seasonal Settings (5/5) *Does not have to be a festival but contain something that marks the season if the weather does not.
- ( x ) 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) When the Weather Is Fine (2020) - [snowy setting]
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie with a Rainy (spring holiday/festival) setting I've Fallen For You (2020) - [full spring festival]
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie with a Sunny (summer holiday/festival) setting Once in a Summer (2006) - [summer retreat]
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie with a Windy (fall holiday/festival) setting Late Autumn (2011)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie with multiple season settings Ending Again (2020) - [seasonal epilogues]
Not from here (4/4)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie that has foreign actor(s) -A different ethnicity than the rest of the titles cast-- The Rookies (2019)
- ( x ) 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) Sheep Without a Shepherd (2019)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie with a character that is the Same ethnicity but raised abroad A Man's Story (2009)
- ( x ) New person in a small town (drama/movie) OR Small town person moves to big city A Tale of Thousand Stars (2021)
Remakes –same story different note (4/4)
- ( x ) Watch a story (drama/movie) that has been remade by at least 1 other countries beside the origin story The Yin Yang Master (2021)
- ( x ) Watch a story (drama/movie) that has been remade by 2 other countries Sunny (2011)
- ( x ) 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) Signal: The Movie (2021)
- ( x ) Watch a remake (drama/movie) from the same country The White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom (2014)
Random (5/5)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie that starts with the same first letter as your username OR Display name. Chose at the beginning and list here: [ chronoclast ] (Only letters. Exclude any numbers and/or special characters) Collectors (2020)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie that starts with the same first letter as someone on your friends list. (Only letters. Exclude any numbers and/or special characters) Save the Last Dance for Me (2004) - [ Samona ]
- ( x ) 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) The End of Endless Love (2020) - (sun chen jun) - [2 credits as of 2/7/2021]
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie that begins with one of the following letters: (Generate 3 from this site and choose one.) [ m / a / r ] An Ethics Lesson (2013)
- ( x ) Random Word generator for titles (here) pick 3 list and watch one (drama/movie) with one of these words. [ thirsty / ego / diameter ] Mr. Egotistic (2018)
MDL Related
A (5/5)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie that was mentioned in an article on MDL. g@me. (2003) - [ Underappreciated Movie Gems - Part 1 ]
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie that was mentioned in the feeds. (your friends feed counts and if you are the one posting it counts so in theory you can post and never go back if you don’t like what you see) The Devil Judge (2021)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie from your least viewed tags under your profile stats. Law School (2021) - [ rich male lead / betrayal as of 6/13/2021 ]
- ( x ) 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) Sassy Go Go (2015) - [ ↑ drama / ↓ school as of 3/11/2021 ]
- ( x ) Watch a drama that was added to a popular voted list in the list index. Move to Heaven (2021) - [ Bring out the tissues, most emotional ride airing 2020-2021 ]
B (5/5)
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie on your Recommendations page. Teiichi's Country (2017)
- ( x ) Watch a drama from a staff member’s completed page rated 8 or more Sell Your Haunted House (2021) - [Ari_Lee - rating: 9]
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie that appears in the first 5 page of MDL Home Trailers section Animal World (2018) - [as of 4/30/2021]
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie that appears in the first 5 page 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 Rurouni Kenshin (2012) - [as of 5/3/2021]
- ( x ) Watch a drama/movie that was added to a Custom List (yours or other MDL’ers lists) The Rational Life (2021) - [removed from here upon completion]
°°° 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 Sageuk The Age of Blood (2017)
- ( ✔ ) Watch a drama/movie that has historical cultural entertainment elements (a title about Kabuki, Rakugo, P’ansori, etc) I searched Storyteller or theater +country. The Sound of a Flower (2015)
- ( ✔ ) Watch a drama/movie about soldiers R-Point (2007)
- ( ✔ ) Watch a drama/movie about Royalty Stand by Me (2021)
- ( 3/3 ) 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)
- ( ✔ ) covid-19 setting - Boys' Lockdown (2020)
- ( ✔ ) features a disabled main character - Your Eyes Tell (2020)
- ( ✔ ) adapted from a game - Light On Me (2021)
Sign-up Form:
Starting date: January 1, 2021
Link to your Drama list: List
Difficulty: Medium: 11 Blocks (55+)
Progress: 82/55 (11 blocks)
Time (Episode Length, Dramas only unless indicated in the prompt)
A (5/5)
- (✓ ) Watch a drama with 20 min or less episodes - A love so beautiful
- (✓ ) Watch a drama with 20-30 minutes episodes - Marry Me!
- (✓ ) Watch a drama with 30-40 minutes episodes - Cinderella Is Online
- (✓ ) Watch a drama with 40–50 minutes episodes - Black Cinderella
- (✓ ) Watch a drama with 50-60 Minutes Episodes - Omameda Towako to Sanin no Motoootto
B (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a Drama with at least 1 episode over 60 minutes
- ( ) Watch a Movie 180 or more minutes
- ( ) Watch a Movie less than 30 minutes (may be a web movie but has to be in MDL database)
- ( ) Watch a Drama with 8 episodes or less
- ( ) Watch a Drama with 30 episodes or more
Type (3/5) A rose by any other name would smell as sweet (Type of production. Dramas only unless indicated in the prompt)
- (✓ ) Watch a web series. - The Witch's Diner
- (✓ ) Watch a drama special --made for tv movie--. (Not the behind-the-scenes episodes or the interviews or extra scenes) - Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tasu: Ganbare Jinrui!
- (✓ ) Watch a game/variety/non drama/reality type (listed as a TV SHOW) show (10 Episodes do not need to be in consecutive order. Please list dates OR episode numbers - House on Wheels 2
- ( ) Watch a Theatrical (released in the theater) released movie
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Documentary
Award-winning (3/5) --it all about the accolades
- ( ) Watch an award-winning drama/movie.
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning director. - Memories of Murder
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning screenwriter.
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning actor. - Haha ni naru
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning actress. - Beauty or Beast
Favorite (3/5) *
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie that has one of your favorite actors. - Red Eyes: Kanshi Sousa-han (Kamenashi Kazuya)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that has one of your favorite actresses.
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie by the same director as one of your favorite dramas/movies. - Dali and the Cocky Prince (director of Healer)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie by the same writer as one of your favorite dramas/movies.
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before. - Toshi no Sakon
Release Date (4/15) *
A (4/5)
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie that began airing/premiered this year. - The Great Shaman Ga Doo Shim
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie that started airing the same year the user above/below you joined MDL. The Attorney is the Devil (chronoclast's joined on 2019)
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie that started airing the same year you joined MDL. Risou no Musuko (2012)
- ( ) 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.)
- (✓ ) 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) - Zeni Geba (graduation: 2009)
B (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.
C (5/5) *
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie from the 1990s. Perfect Love
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2000 to 2005. Yamato Nadeshiko
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2006 to 2010. Hanayome to Papa
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2011 to 2015. - Kounodori
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2016 to 2020. - Gokushufudou
Relationships (3/5)
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie that focuses on non-romantic relationships. Anonymous: Keishicho "Yubisatsujin" Taisakushitsu
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie with a non-human main character. - Tale of the Nine-Tailed
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that focuses on a Parental relationship
- ( ) 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.
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie with Siblings - Kiwadoi Futari
Countries (0/7)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from the Philippines.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from Thailand.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from Japan.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from South Korea.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from China.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from Taiwan.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from Hong Kong.
Countries Comics/reading material (0/8) (5/8 must be completed for this block to count)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manga (Japan)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhwa (south Korea)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhua –Taiwan
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhua- China
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhua-Hong kong
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Komik- Philippines
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Thai Comics
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Novel
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 a Place or Location is the focus (the shooting location is limited to one location with limited excursions
Genres (Lite)
A (4/5)
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie about Art (music, dance, painting, photography etc.) - Imitation
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie about Food (cooking, baking, restaurants, cafes, etc.) - Kikazaru Koi ni wa Ryuu ga Atte
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie about School (Pre-k-University, graduate and trade school) - Dragon Zakura
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie about Historical (must be from your parents’ era or before) - King Maker
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Sci-Fi /Space/Future
B (5/5)
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie about Fantasy/Alternate past timeline - Lovers of the Red Sky
- (✓ ) 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) - The Uncanny Encounter
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie about Non-combat Sports: (chess/checkers/cards/shogi/Mahjong etc.) Anything that uses the brain muscle not the body muscle and has games. - Hope - Kitai Zero no Shinnyu Shain
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie about Medical staff: Surgeons/doctors/nurses/vets/coroners - Kounodori 2
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie about Law/Lawyers/Judges/paralegals etc. - Law School
C (5/5)
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie about Business (CEO/Starting a business/Office setting/Bank) - Start up
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie based on a real Event or person (can be but not limited to a documentary etc.) - Rental Nan mo Shinai Hito
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Comedy - Oyabaka Seishun Hakusho
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Mystery - Nobody Knows
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Friendship - Konto ga Hajimaru
Genres (dark) ***
A (0/5)
- ( ) 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/Demons/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)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Thriller
B (0/6) (4/6 of these for it to be completed)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Psychological
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Criminal investigation /Detective
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Medical and Tag is Terminal or Chronic illness
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with any genre but has a Suicide (tag may be hidden or it may not be labelled)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which depicts Occupation of one country by another (usually under the Historical or Military genre)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which depicts Post Occupation Recovery (look at dramas set in time frames we know post occupation happened (example 1950’s Japan)
Genres (Action – martial arts)
A (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)
B (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Sports: Physical
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features E-Sports: Gaming for example
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features action CGI scenes
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre Tokusatsu
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre Wuxia or Xanxia or Xuanhuan
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 - Leverage (hacker)
- ( ✓) Watch a drama/movie which features Fashion/Make up/Modeling/Hair styling - Oh! My Boss! Koi wa Besatsu de
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie which features Thieves/Criminals/Gang members - Nusumareta Kao: Miatari Sosahan
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie which features Customer service (for example: clerk/waitress/help desk) - Move to Heaven
- ( ✓) Watch a drama/movie which features Writers/Journalists - Uchi no musume wa, Kareshi ga dekinai
B (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Housekeeper/butler/Maid
- ( ) 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)
- ( ) 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
Theme (School) (0/6)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Bad student (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 (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
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Bullying
Theme (Lets get physical) (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Sexual Content
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with LGBTQ+
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Age Gap
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Reverse Harem
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Harem
Theme (Family)
A (1/6)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Marriage contract or arranged Marriage
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Large Family(Multiple generations or 6 or more people under one roof)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Single Parent
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about a Grandparent raising a Child
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about an Aunt or Uncle raising a Child
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about a Found Family (people not related becoming a family)
B (5/5)
- ( ✓) Watch a drama/movie about Sibling raising child - Neechan no koibito
- ( ✓) Watch a drama/movie about a person not related raising a child - Mother
- ( ✓ ) Watch a drama/movie about an Orphan - The Cursed
- ( ✓ ) Watch a drama/movie about Twins - Mirror Twins
- ( ✓) Watch a drama/movie about Pregnancy - 14 sai no Haha
Theme (Misc.) (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about a Clone
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about an Android
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about an Alien
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about a Lab experiment/construct
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about a Talking animal (the animal only needs to talk once or can even narrate)
Tags (Leads)
A (5/5) (Male or Female or other you decide)
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie with a Strong Lead - Team Bulldog
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie with a Nice lead - Rikokatsu
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie with a Rich lead - Koi wa Deep ni
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie with a Smart/Genius Lead - Perfect and Casual
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie with a Naïve/innocent/pure Lead - 35 sai no shoujo
B (5/5)
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie with a Mean/Aggressive Lead - So I Married an Anti-fan
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie with a Eccentric Lead (weird) - Beyond Evil
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie with a Poor lead - Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie with a Weak lead - Sachiiro no One Room
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie with a Cold lead - Sell Your Haunted House
Tags (Love) (1/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about First love
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Cohabitation
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Love shape (triangle/Square/Pentangle)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Unrequited Love/one way love/one sided love
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie with Friend to Lovers - Horimiya
Tags (Misc Lite) (8/8)
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie with a Bromance/Sismance vibe. - My Country: The New Age
- (✓ ) Watch a Slice of Life drama/movie. - Nijiiro Karute
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie Hidden Identity - Switch: Change the World
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie Happy Ending - Hello Mr. Gu
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie Childhood friends - Sakura no Tou
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie 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. - Kanojo wa Kirei datta
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie Time Travel - Shitteru Wife
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie Superhero - *replaced with substitutions "Watch a Seoguk"
Tags (Misc Dark) (8/8)
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie Death/murder - Mouse
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie Obsession - Alice no Toge
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie Mental Health - Life
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie Tragic Past - Tengokou to Jigoku: Psychona futari
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie Amnesia - Psychopath Diary
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie Revenge - Hokuto
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie Corruption - Tetsu no Hone
- (✓ ) Watch a drama/movie Betrayal - Holiday Love
By the numbers
A (5/5) Statistics
- ( ✓) Watch a drama or movie more than 50% have completed (there is pie chart under statistics) - Intense Love (54.6% on April 13, 2021)
- ( ✓) Watch a drama or movie where the Verified/Stars Rating is the same (the whole number not after the decimal) as the completed Rating - Yumi's Cells (rating 8)
- (✓ ) Watch a drama or movie Ranked in the top 200 (1-200) add link - The Devil Judge (https://mydramalist.com/shows/top?page=2 on October 12th ranked 37)
- (✓ ) Watch a drama or movie Ranked over 1000 add link if available - Voice (ranked 810 on August 17)
- (✓ ) Watch a drama or movie with more that 25% in the “plan to watch” section of the pie - Kono Koi Atatamemasuka (33% on Feb 2, 2021)
B (0/4)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with over 10 Reviews.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with 0 Reviews.
- ( ) 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)
- ( ) 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)
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.
Seasonal Settings (0/4) *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
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)
- ( ) Character that is the Same ethnicity but raised abroad
- ( ) New person in a small town OR Small town person moves to big city
Remakes –same story different note (0/4)
- ( ) Watch a story that has been remade by at least 1 other countries beside the origin story
- ( ) Watch a story that has been remade by 2 other countries
- ( ) 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)
- ( ) Watch a remake from the same country
Random (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that starts with the same first letter as your username OR Display name. Chose at the beginning and list here: ___________________(Only letters. Exclude any numbers and/or special characters)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that starts with the same first letter as someone on your friends list. (Only letters. Exclude any numbers and/or special characters)
- ( ) 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)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that begins with one of the following letters: (Generate 3 from this site and choose one.)
- Random Word generator for titles (here) pick 3 list and watch one with one of these words.
MDL Related
A (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that was mentioned in an article on MDL.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that was mentioned in the feeds. (your friends feed counts and if you are the one posting it counts so in theory you can post and never go back if you don’t like what you see)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from your least viewed tags under your profile stats.
- ( ) 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)
- ( ) Watch a drama that was added to a popular voted list in the list index.
B (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie on your Recommendations page.
- ( ) Watch a drama from a staff member’s completed page rated 8 or more
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that appears in the first 5 page of MDL Home Trailers section
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that appears in the first 5 page 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
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that was added to a Custom List (yours or other MDL’ers lists)
°°° 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 - River where the moon rises
- ( ) 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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