MDL's 2021 Watch Challenge

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Sign-up Form:

  • Starting date: January 4, 2021 

  • Link to your Drama list: Stybie

  • Difficulty: Easy: 6 Blocks (30+ )

  • Progress: 0/5 - 10/31

 Currently Watching // Completed  // Plan to watch


Favorite (3/5) 

  • ( ✔️ ) Watch a drama/movie that has one of your favorite actors.  The Living Dead
  • ( ✔️ ) Watch a drama/movie that has one of your favorite actresses. Run On
  • (  ) Watch a drama/movie by the same director as one of your favorite dramas/movies.  Mr. Queen
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie by the same writer as one of your favorite dramas/movies.  Please Love Me
  • ( ✔️ ) Watch a drama/movie by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before.   Fatal Journey

Genres (Lite)  

A (3/5) 

  • ( ✔️ ) Watch a drama/movie about Art (music, dance, painting, photography etc.) Part-Time Idol 
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Food (cooking, baking, restaurants, cafes, etc.) Café Kilimanjaro 
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about School (Pre-k-University, graduate and trade school) My Sassy Deskmate
  • ( ✔️ ) Watch a drama/movie about Historical (must be from your parents era or before) Jade Dynasty 1 
  • ( ✔️ ) Watch a drama/movie about Sci-Fi /Space/Future Memories of the Alhambra  

B (1/5) 

  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Fantasy/Alternate past timeline  Goblin
  • ( ✔️ ) 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 Counter 
  • ( ) 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  Hospital Playlist
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Law/Lawyers/Judges/paralegals etc. Suits

C (0/5) 

  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Business (CEO/Starting a business/Office setting/Bank) Begin Again 
  • ( ) 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 He is Psychometric
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Mystery  Hotel del Luna
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Friendship Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo  

Plan To Watch List (1/6) 

  • ( ) Watch the oldest dated item (drama/movie) on your list.  Faith
  • ( ) Watch the newest item on your list. (on your profile page it lists the last 9 actions you did)  Perfect and Casual
  • ( ✔️ ) Watch the shortest drama on your list (least amount of episodes).  Color Rush
  • ( ) Watch the longest drama on your list (most amount of episodes).  Princess Agents 
  • ( ) Watch the item in the middle of your list (e.g. 70 items in total, you should watch #35).  Maiden Holmes
  • ( ) Watch the Movie/Drama with the longest name.  Legend of two sisters  in the chaos

Theme (Occupations)  

A (2/5) 

  • ( ) 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  My Girl
  • ( ✔️ ) Watch a drama/movie which features Thieves/Criminals/Gang members Vagabond
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Customer service (for exampleclerk/waitress/help desk)  
  • ( ✔️ ) Watch a drama/movie which features Writers/Journalists Romance is a Bonus Book

Sign-up Form:  

  • Starting date: (January 5, 2021)  
  • Link to your Drama list: SHAIKHA's Drama List 
  • Difficulty:  Medium: 11 Blocks (55+)
  • Progress: ??/55

Completed Blocks: 0/11


Plan to Watch                                               Currently Watching                                               Completed


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  --> A & C
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. (2015)
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie that began airing/premiered in one of the years generated by this website. (I got 1987, 1989, 1989, 1993, 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)

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.

Genres (Lite)  --> A & C
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

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

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 & B
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

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

By the numbers --> A & B 
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)

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: KIKO
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie that starts with the same first letter as someone on your friends list. _smyhf
  • ( ) 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.) (  A / W / F )
  • ( ) Random Word generator for titles (here) pick 3 list and watch one with one of these words. (package / due / urgency)

S I G N - U P   F O R M   ✔︎

  • Starting date: January 4, 2021
  • Link to your Drama list: anteaq's dramalist
  • Difficulty:  Easy 
  • Progress: 00/06 Blocks〡 00/30 Dramas

K E Y  
I   
 Currently Airing/Watching    I    Plan to Watch    I    Completed    I


T I M E   :   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 

T I M E   :   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 

T Y P E   [0/5]

  • ( ) 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 

A W A R D  -  W I N N I N G   [0/5]

  • ( ) 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.  

F A V O R I T E S   [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.   

R E L E A S E   D A T E   :   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) 

R E L E A S E   D A T E   :   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

R E L A T I O N S H I P S   [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 

C O U N T R I E S   [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.

A D A P T E D   F R O M   C O M I C S   O R   R E A D I N G   M A T E R I A L   [0/8]
* need to complete 5/8 *

  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manga (Japan) 
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhwa  The Uncanny Encounter  
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhua  Yong Jiu Grocery Store 
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhua Die Now
  • ( ) 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 

C A S T   [0/6]

  • ( ) 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 

G E N R E S      L I T E    :   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

G E N R E S      L I T E   :   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.

G E N R E S      L I T E    :   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

G E N R E S      D A R K   :   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

G E N R E S   〡   D A R K   :   B   [0/6]

  • ( ) 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)

G E N R E S      A C T I O N   /   M A R T I A L   A R T S   :   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

T H E M E      O C C U P A T I O N S   :   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 exampleclerk/waitress/help desk)  
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Writers/Journalists

T H E M E     O C C U P A T I O N S    :   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 

T H E M E      S C H O O L    [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

T H E M E      P H Y S I C A L    [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

T H E M E      F A M I L Y   :   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)

T H E M E      F A M I L Y   :   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

T H E M E      M I S C E L L A N E O U S    [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)

T A G S      M A L E   O R   F E M A L E   L E A D   :   A    [0/5]

  • ( ) 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

T A G S      M A L E   O R   F E M A L E   L E A D   :   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

T A G S      L O V E    [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

T A G S      M I S C E L L A N E O U S   L I T E    [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

T A G S      M I S C E L L A N E O U S   D A R K    [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

N U M B E R S      S T A T I S T I C S   :   A    [0/5]

  • ( ) 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

N U M B E R S      S T A T I S T I C S   :   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)

P L A N   T O   W A T C H    [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. 

S E A S O N A L   S E T T I N G S    [0/4]

  • ( ) 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 

F O R E I G N   /   N O T   F R O M   H E R E   [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

R E M A K E S    [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

R A N D O M    [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. 

M D L  -  R E L A T E D   :   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.  

M D L  -  R E L A T E D   :   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) 

S U B S T I T U T I O N S   A N D   E X T R A S

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’ansorietc)  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)

S i g n - u p  F o r m


  • Starting date:  January 5, 2021

  • Link to your Drama list: Vmeans' list

  • Difficulty:  Hard: 14 Blocks (70+) 

  • Progress: 14/14 (78/78)  Rewatch +8 non included


    • Time (Episode Length, Dramas only unless indicated in the prompt)  

    • A (5/5) ✓ 

      • ✤ ) Watch a drama with 20 min or less episodes Ga Doo Ri's Sushi Restaurant (2020)
      • ( ✤ ) Watch a drama with 20-30 minutes episodes Sixteen Shoukougun (2020)
      •  ) Watch a drama with 30-40 minutes episodes You Are My Glory (2021)
      •  ) Watch a drama with 40–50 minutes episodes Sweet Home (2020)
      • ) Watch a drama with 50-60 Minutes Episodes My Name (2021)


    • B (5/5) ✓ 

      • ✤ ) Watch a Drama with at least 1 episode over 60 minutes That Winter, The Wind Blows (2013)
      •  ) Watch a Movie 180 or more minutes An Elephant Sitting Still (2018)
      • ( ) Watch a Movie less than 30 minutes (may be a web movie but has to be in MDL database)  You Are More Than Beautiful (2013)
      • ✤ ) Watch a Drama with 8 episodes or less Girl From Nowhere Season 2 (2021) (8 eps)
      • ✤ ) Watch a Drama with 30 episodes or more Love and Redemption (2020) (59 eps)


    • Type (5/5) A rose by any other name would smell as sweet (Type of production. Dramas only unless indicated in the prompt) 

      • (  ) Watch a web series. Goedam (2020)
      • ( ) Watch a drama special --made for tv movie--. (Not the behind-the-scenes episodes or the interviews or extra scenes)  Kingdom: Ashin of the North (2021)
      • (  ) 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  Keep Running: Season 9 (2021) (13 eps)
      • ( ) Watch a Theatrical (released in the theater) released movie Midnight (2021)
      •  ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Documentary BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky (2020)


    • Favorite (5/5)  

      •  ) Watch a drama/movie that has one of your favorite actors.  The Innocent Man (2012) (Song Joong Ki)
      • ( ) Watch a drama/movie that has one of your favorite actresses. The Allure of Tears (2011) (Zhou Dong Yu)
      •  ) Watch a drama/movie by the same director as one of your favorite dramas/movies.  Lovestruck in the City (2020) (It's Okay to Not be Okay)
      •  ) Watch a drama/movie by the same writer as one of your favorite dramas/movies.  Hotel del Luna (2019)  (A Korean Odyssey)
      •  ) Watch a drama/movie by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before.  Come and Hug Me (2018) (Choi Joon Bae/ Lee Ah Ram) 


    • Release Date (0/15)   

    • A (5/5)

      • (  ) Watch a drama/movie that began airing/premiered this yearSquid Game (2021)
      • (  ) Watch a drama/movie that started airing the same year the user above/below you joined MDL.  zGuraMT A Gift to the People You Hate (2019)
      • (  ) Watch a drama/movie that started airing the same year you joined MDL.  (2020) The Mermaid Prince: The Beginning (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.) (1991, 1991, 1998, 2008, 2010) Confessions (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)  Fight For My Way (2017)



    • C (5/5) 

      •  ) Watch a drama/movie from the 1990s Love Letter (1995)
      •  ) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2000 to 2005 Full House (2004)
      •  ) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2006 to 2010 Painted Skin (2008)
      •  ) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2011 to 2015 You Who Came from the Stars (2013)
      •  ) Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2016 to 2020.  Forgotten (2017)


    • Genres (Lite)  

      A (5/5) 

      •  ) Watch a drama/movie about Art (music, dance, painting, photography etc.)  Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol (2020)
      • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Food (cooking, baking, restaurants, cafes, etc.)  Watashitachi wa Douka Shiteiru (2020)
      • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about School (Pre-k-University, graduate and trade school) We Were There: Part 1 (2012)
      • (  ) Watch a drama/movie about Historical (must be from your parents era or before) Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo (2016)
      •  ) Watch a drama/movie about Sci-Fi /Space/Future Space Sweepers (2021)


    • C (5/5) 

      • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Business (CEO/Starting a business/Office setting/Bank) Romance Is a Bonus Book (2019)
      •  ) Watch a drama/movie based on a real Event or person (can be but not limited to a documentary etc. Sky of Love (2007)
      •  ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Comedy Wonderful Nightmare (2015)
      • ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Mystery  The Divine Fury (2019)
      •  ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Friendship I Hear You (2019)


    • Genres (dark) 

      A (5/5) 

      • ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Horror (includes jump scares, Creepy voices/noises, vengeful ghosts, etc.) Death Bell (2008)
      • ( ) Watch a drama/movie which has Horror Monsters (Zombies/Vampires/Demons/Kaiju)  Kingdom: Season 2 (2020)
      • ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Military/War Arsenal Military Academy (2019)
      • ( ) Watch a drama/movie which has Politics (this can include office/business politics/palace/government official ANY kind of politics) Arthdal Chronicles Part 3: The Prelude To All Legends (2019)
      • (  ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Thriller Homunculus (2021)


    •  Tags (Leads)

       A (5/5) (Male or Female or other you decide) 

      • (  ) Watch a drama/movie with a Strong Lead (ML) Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno (2014)
      •  ) Watch a drama/movie with a Nice lead (FL&ML) Hwarang (2016)
      •  ) Watch a drama/movie with a Rich lead (ML) Meteor Garden (2018)
      • (  ) Watch a drama/movie with a Smart/Genius Lead (FL) Falling Into Your Smile (2021)
      •  ) Watch a drama/movie with a Naïve/innocent/pure Lead (FL) Nevertheless, (2021)


    • B (5/5) 

      • (  ) Watch a drama/movie with a Mean/Aggressive Lead (ML) The Long Ballad (2021)
      • (  ) Watch a drama/movie with a Eccentric Lead (weird) (FL&ML) I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK (2006)
      • (  ) Watch a drama/movie with a Poor lead (FL) Hana Yori Dango (2005)
      • (  ) Watch a drama/movie with a Weak lead (ML) Secret Garden (2010)
      • (  ) Watch a drama/movie with a Cold lead (ML) Love By Chance 2: A Chance to Love (2020)



    • Tags (Love) (5/5) 

      •  ) Watch a drama/movie about First love  Autumn Fairy Tale (2019)
      • ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Cohabitation  Crash Landing on You (2019)
      •  ) Watch a drama/movie with Love shape (triangle/Square/Pentangle) Ancient Love Poetry (2021)
      • ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Unrequited Love/one way love/one sided love Us and Them (2018)
      •  ) Watch a drama/movie with Friend to Lovers Long Vacation (1996)


    • Tags (Misc Dark) (8/8) 

      •  ) Watch a drama/movie Death/murder Arthdal Chronicles Part 1: The Children of Prophecy (2019)
      •  ) Watch a drama/movie Obsession  Strangers from Hell (2019)
      •  ) Watch a drama/movie Mental Health It's Okay, That's Love (2014)
      •  ) Watch a drama/movie Tragic Past Painted Skin: The Resurrection (2012)
      •  ) Watch a drama/movie Amnesia Time Between Dog and Wolf (2007)
      • (  ) Watch a drama/movie Revenge  The Magician (2015)
      •  ) Watch a drama/movie Corruption Kingdom (2019)
      • (  ) Watch a drama/movie Betrayal Arthdal Chronicles Part 2: The Sky Turning Inside Out, Rising Land (2019)


    • Random (5/5) 

      • (  ) Watch a drama/movie that starts with the same first letter as your username OR Display name.  Chose at the beginning and list here: Vmeans (Only letters. Exclude any numbers and/or special characters) Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned (2016)
      • (  ) 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) Ouma On Children (2018)
      • (  ) 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)  (Zhao Ying Bo) Cry Me a Sad River (2018)
      • ( ✤ ) Watch a drama/movie that begins with one of the following letters: (Generate 3 from this site and choose one.)  (j, w, r) Rurouni Kenshin (2012)
      • ( ✤ ) Random Word generator for titles (here) pick 3 list and watch one with one of these words. (tune, agency, other) Tune in for Love (2019)


    • Non-included (8)



    • °°° 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’ansorietc)  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 5, 2021
  • Link to your Drama List: zGuraMT
  • Difficulty:  Intervention
  • Progress: 214/214 [40/40 Blocks]

Time
(Episode Length, Dramas only unless indicated in the prompt)  

Block A (5/5) 


Block B (5/5) 


Type (5/5)
(Type of production. Dramas only unless indicated in the prompt)  


Award-winning (5/5)


Favorite (5/5) 

  • () Watch a drama/movie that has one of your favorite actors.  
    Dinner Mate (2020) (Kim Young Chul) May 18
  • () Watch a drama/movie that has one of your favorite actresses. 
    Crime Squad (2011) (Song Ji Hyo) February 5
  • () Watch a drama/movie by the same director as one of your favorite dramas/movies.  
    Survival Wedding (2018) (Sato Toya - Gokusen) May 17
  • () Watch a drama/movie by the same writer as one of your favorite dramas/movies.  
    Otto no Kanojo (2013) (Yokota Rie - Gokusen) February 26
  • () Watch a drama/movie by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before.
    Hush (2020) (Choi Kyu Shik) February 11

Release Date (15/15)  

Block A (5/5) 


Block B (5/5) 


Block C (5/5) 


 Relationships (5/5)  


 Countries (7/7)  


Countries Comics/reading material (8/8)
(5/8 must be completed for this block to count)


 Cast (6/6)
Refers to the ages of the characters not the actors 


Genres (Lite)  

Block A (5/5) 


Block B (5/5) 


Block C (5/5) 


Genres (dark)  

Block A (5/5) 


Block B (6/6) (4/6 of these for it to be completed) 


Genres (Action – martial arts)  

Block A (5/5) 


Block B (5/5) 


Theme (Occupations)  

Block A (5/5) 

  • () Watch a drama/movie which features Computer Business Jobs.
    dele (2018) April 16
  • () Watch a drama/movie which features Fashion/Make-Up/Modeling/Hair Styling.
    First Class (2014) May 16
  • () Watch a drama/movie which features Thieves/Criminals/Gang Members.
    Kaito Royale (2011) April 4
  • () Watch a drama/movie which features Customer Service.
    Where Stars Land (2018) May 19
  • () Watch a drama/movie which features Writers/Journalists.
    Ghost Writer (2015) May 6

Block B (5/5)  


 Theme (School) (6/6) 


Theme (Lets get physical) (5/5) 


Theme (Family)  

Block A (6/6) 


Block B (5/5) 


  Theme (Miscellaneous) (5/5) 


Tags (Leads)  

 Block A (5/5)


Block B (5/5) 


Tags (Love) (5/5) 


Tags (Miscellaneous Lite) (8/8) 


 Tags (Miscellaneous Dark) (8/8) 


By the Numbers

Block A (5/5) Statistics 

  • () Watch a drama or movie with more than 50% in the "completed" section of the pie.
    Wild Romance (2012) February 22
  • () Watch a drama or movie where the Verified/Stars Rating is the same (the whole number not after the decimal) as the completed Rating.
    Araburu Kisetsu no Otomedomo yo (2020) (7.4~ when watched) March 9
  • () Watch a drama or movie Ranked in the Top 200.
    Hanzawa Naoki (2013) (#131 when watched) March 18
  • () Watch a drama or movie Ranked over 1000.
    Ie Uru Onna (2016) (#1338 when watched) March 25
  • () Watch a drama/movie with more that 25% in the “plan to watch” section of the pie.
    Shigeshoshi (2007) (35.4% when watched) February 15

Block B (4/4) 


Plan To Watch List (6/6)


Seasonal Settings (4/4)
*Does not have to be a festival but contain something that marks the season. 


Not from here (4/4) 


Remakes –same story different note (4/4)  


Random (5/5) 


MDL Related  

Block A (5/5) 


Block B (5/5) 


Bonus (2/2) 

Sign-up Form:  

  • Starting date: January 5, 2021

  • Link to your Drama list: MikuSPLL's Drama list

  • Difficulty:  Dauntless: 24 Blocks (120+)

  • Progress: 138/120

  • Progress Blocks: 26/24

  • Completed Drama: 130

  • Completed Movie: 8


Plan to Watch
Currently Watching
Completed

Time (Episode Length, Dramas only unless indicated in the prompt)  

A (5/5) 


B (5/5) 


Type (5/5) A rose by any other name would smell as sweet (Type of production. Dramas only unless indicated in the prompt)  


Award-winning (5/5) --it all about the accolades 


Favorite (5/5) 


Release Date (0/15)  

A (5/5) 

  • (We Are All Alone -Aired: Jun 8, 2020 - Jul 1, 2020) Watch a drama/movie that began airing/premiered this year.
  • (Hello Debate Opponent - zGuraMT join 2019) Watch a drama/movie that started airing the same year the user above/below you joined MDL.  
  • (Very Star -2019) Watch a drama/movie that started airing the same year you joined MDL.  
  • (The Return of Iljimae                                                                                                                                              Wednesday, March 11, 1987
    Sunday, May 8, 1994
    Saturday, January 12, 2002
    Sunday, October 16, 2005

    Saturday, August 22, 2009)
     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.)  
  • (Oh My General -graduated from High School) 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 (5/5) 


 Relationships (5/5)  

  • (Vampire Prosecutor) Watch a drama/movie that focuses on non-romantic relationships.  
  • (Doom at Your Service) Watch a drama/movie with a non-human main character.  
  • (Unforgettable Love) Watch a drama/movie that focuses on a Parental relationship 
  • (My Lonely Planet) 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. 
  • (Be With You) Watch a drama/movie with Siblings 

 Countries (7/7)  


Countries Comics/reading material (5/8) (5/8 must be completed for this block to count) 

  • (Switch Girl!!) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manga (Japan) 
  • (The Scholar Who Walks the Night) 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 
  • (Dragon Tiger Gate) 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 
  • (Tomb of the Sea) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Novel 

 Cast (6/6) Refers to the ages of the characters not the actors 

  • (Don't Disturb My Study) 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 
  • (Sweet Teeth) 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 
  • (The Rational Life -FL is 35 years old) Watch a drama/movie with Median age (marriageable/Deadline (for female characters) age or parents) 30 – 40 age bracket: usually financially established  
  • (Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha) Watch a drama/movie with Elderly characters or grandparents 
  • (Neko Zamurai) Watch a drama/movie with Animals as the focus (real life animals, not a person that turns into an animal) 
  • (Sweet Home) 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) 

  • (Shut Up: Flower Boy Band) Watch a drama/movie about Art (music, dance, painting, photography etc.) 
  • (Oh My Ghost) Watch a drama/movie about Food (cooking, baking, restaurants, cafes, etc.) 
  • (Hello Debate Opponent 2) Watch a drama/movie about School (Pre-k-University, graduate and trade school) 
  • (The Sweet Girl -Chinese Republican Era) Watch a drama/movie about Historical (must be from your parents era or before) 
  • (Rugal) Watch a drama/movie about Sci-Fi /Space/Future

B (5/5) 

  • (Lost Romance) Watch a drama/movie about Fantasy/Alternate past timeline 
  • (The Lost Tomb) 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) 
  • (Hikaru no Go) 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 
  • (My Little Happiness) Watch a drama/movie about Law/Lawyers/Judges/paralegals etc.

C (5/5) 


Genres (dark)  

A (5/5) 

  • (Possessed ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Horror (includes jump scares, Creepy voices/noises, vengeful ghosts, etc.) 
  • (Kingdom: Season 2) Watch a drama/movie which has Horror Monsters (Zombies/Vampires/Demons/Kaiju )  
  • (You Are My Hero) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Military/War 
  • (Rookie Historian Goo Hae Ryung) Watch a drama/movie which has Politics (this can include office/business politics/palace/government official ANY kind of politics) 
  • (Private Lives) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Thriller

B (4/6) (4/6 of these for it to be completed) 

  • (It's Okay to Not Be Okay) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Psychological 
  • (Detective L) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Criminal investigation /Detective 
  • (Chocolate) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Medical and Tag is Terminal or Chronic illness  
  • (The Guest) 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 (5/5) 

  • (Sweet Tai Chi) Watch a drama/movie which features Kung Fu (or another Chinese/Taiwan/Hong kong Martial art) 
  • (Love Unexpected -MMA) Watch a drama/movie which features Karate/Judo (or another Japanese Martial Art) 
  • (Falling Into You -taekwondo) Watch a drama/movie which features GungdoSubak /Taekkyon (or another South Korean Martial art) 
  • (Game of Death) Watch a drama/movie which features ArnisEskrima, and Kali (or another Philippines Martial Art) 
  • (Ong Bak) Watch a drama/movie which features Muay Thai (or another Martial art from Thailand)

B (5/5) 


Theme (Occupations)  

A (5/5) 

  • (Forever Love) 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 
  • (My Runway) Watch a drama/movie which features Fashion/Make up/Modeling/Hair styling 
  • (Vincenzo) Watch a drama/movie which features Thieves/Criminals/Gang members 
  • (Alive) Watch a drama/movie which features Customer service (for exampleclerk/waitress/help desk)  
  • (Healer) Watch a drama/movie which features Writers/Journalists

B (5/5)  

  • (Love Like White Jade - FL is a Maid) Watch a drama/movie which features Housekeeper/butler/Maid 
  • (To Me, It's Simply You) Watch a drama/movie which features Farming or agriculture of some kind (orchards, rice paddies/vineyard)  
  • (You Are My GloryFL is an Actress) 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  
  • (Start Up the Engine) 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) 

  • (Intense Love -rewatch ) 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) 


  Theme (Misc.) (2/5) 

  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about a Clone 
  • (Unusual Idol Love ) Watch a drama/movie about an Android 
  • (My Classmate from Far Far Away -Rewatch) 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) 


B (5/5) 

  • (Oh My Venus - Hardworking Female Lead) Watch a drama/movie with a Hardworking Lead(2/3)*
  • (Run On -Eccentric Male Lead) Watch a drama/movie with a Eccentric Lead (weird) 
  • (Squid Game- Poor Male Lead) Watch a drama/movie with a Poor lead 
  • (Rattan- Badass Female Lead) Watch a drama/movie with a Badass lead(1/3)*
  • (Sell Your Haunted House -Cold Female Lead) Watch a drama/movie with a Cold lead

Tags (Love) (5/5) 


Tags (Misc Lite) (8/8) 


 Tags (Misc Dark) (8/8) 


By the numbers  

A (2/5) Statistics  


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) 

  • () Watch the oldest dated item (drama/movie) on your list.  
  • (Love O'Clock) 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 a Seoguk.*
  • () 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 (1/4)  

  • ( ) Watch a story that has been remade by at least 1 other countries beside the origin story 
  • (Kanojo wa Kirei datta- She was pretty) 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’ansorietc)  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:  

  1. Starting date:  January 5, 2021

  2. Link to your Drama list: https://mydramalist.com/dramalist/DRS

  3. Difficulty:  Hard   : 14 Blocks

  4. Progress: 74/74

Time (Episode Length, Dramas only unless indicated in the prompt)  


A (5/5)
 


B (5/5) 


Award-winning (5/5) --it all about the accolades 


Favorite (5/5) 


 Cast (6/6) Refers to the ages of the characters not the actors 

  • (Moment at Eighteen) 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 
  • (Start-Up) 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 
  • (Something in the Rain) Watch a drama/movie with Median age (marriageable/Deadline (for female characters) age or parents) 30 – 40 age bracket: usually financially established  
  • (The Light in Your Eyes) Watch a drama/movie with Elderly characters or grandparents 
  • (10 Promises To My Dog) Watch a drama/movie with Animals as the focus (real life animals, not a person that turns into an animal) 
  • (Eulachacha Waikiki) 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) 

  • (Still 2gether) Watch a drama/movie about Art (music, dance, painting, photography etc.) 
  • (Bread, Love and Dreams) Watch a drama/movie about Food (cooking, baking, restaurants, cafes, etc.) 
  • (Extraordinary You) Watch a drama/movie about School (Pre-k-University, graduate and trade school) 
  • (The Royal Gambler) Watch a drama/movie about Historical (must be from your parents era or before) 
  • (Circle) Watch a drama/movie about Sci-Fi /Space/Future

B (5/5) 

  • (Fights Break Sphere: Season 1) Watch a drama/movie about Fantasy/Alternate past timeline 
  • (Vampire Detective) 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: Kami no Ku) 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. 
  • (God's Quiz Season 2) Watch a drama/movie about Medical staff: Surgeons/doctors/nurses/vets/coroners 
  • (Witch's Court) Watch a drama/movie about Law/Lawyers/Judges/paralegals etc.

C (5/5) 

  • (Rich Man) Watch a drama/movie about Business (CEO/Starting a business/Office setting/Bank) 
  • (Queen Seon Duk) Watch a drama/movie based on a real Event or person (can be but not limited to a documentary etc. 
  • (Another Miss Oh) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Comedy 
  • (He's Coming to Me) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Mystery 
  • (Antique Bakery) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Friendship

Theme (Lets get physical) (5/5) 


Theme (Family)  

A (6/6) 

  • (Nobleman Ryu's Wedding) Watch a drama/movie about Marriage contract or arranged Marriage 
  • (Life Is Beautiful) Watch a drama/movie about Large Family(Multiple generations or 6 or more people under one roof) 
  • (Oh My Geum Bi) Watch a drama/movie about Single Parent 
  • (Something About 1 Percent) Watch a drama/movie about a Grandparent raising a Child 
  • (Love Alarm) Watch a drama/movie about an Aunt or Uncle raising a Child 
  • (He Is Psychometric) Watch a drama/movie about a Found Family (people not related becoming a family)

B (5/5) 


Tags (Misc Lite) (8/8) 


By the numbers  

A (5/5) Statistics 

  • (Seven Days: Friday - Sunday) Watch a drama or movie more than 50% have completed (there is pie chart under statistics) 
  • (Bad Romance) Watch a drama or movie where the Verified/Stars Rating is the same (the whole number not after the decimal) as the completed Rating  
  • (Joy of Life) Watch a drama or movie Ranked in the top 200 (1-200) add link 
  • (Love Actually) Watch a drama or movie Ranked over 1000 add link if available
  • (Love Alarm 2) Watch a drama or movie with more that 25% in the “plan to watch” section of the pie

B (4/4) 

  • (Seven Days: Monday - Thursday) Watch a drama/movie with over 10 Reviews.  
  • (Star's Echo) Watch a drama/movie with 0 Reviews. 
  • (The King’s Avatar) 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) 
  • (Stranger) 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)

Sign-up Form:  

  • Starting date: January 1, 2021

  • Link to your Drama list: https://mydramalist.com/dramalist/Valerie_Burkhard

  • Difficulty:  Addiction: 36 blocks

  • Progress: 76/180 [59 dramas | 5 miniseries | 4 movies | 1 Reality Show | 1 Special | 6 Webseries]


    Time (Episode Length, Dramas only unless indicated in the prompt)  

A (0/5) 

  • ( ) Watch a drama with 20 min or less episodes Ingredients
  • ( ) 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 (1/5) A rose by any other name would smell as sweet (Type of production. Dramas only unless indicated in the prompt)  


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.  My roommate is a detective (Hu Yi Tian)
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning actress.  Run On (Shin Se Kyung)

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.  Why R U? (Director of Make it Right)
  • ( ) 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. : Chungking Express
  • ( ) 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 (2/5)  

  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie that focuses on non-romantic relationships. : Birthcare Center
  • ( ) 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. Ojisama to Neko
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Siblings 

 Countries (0/7)  


Countries Comics/reading material (1/8) (5/8 must be completed for this block to count) 

  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manga (Japan) : Shanai Marriage Honey
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhwa (south Korea) : True Beauty
  • ( ) 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 (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 Lovely Us
  • ( ) 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 : 2gether
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Median age (marriageable/Deadline (for female characters) age or parents) 30 – 40 age bracket: usually financially established  Love in Sadness
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Elderly characters or grandparents Navillera
  • ( ) 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 Haruka no Hikari

Genres (Lite)  

A (2/5) 

  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Art (music, dance, painting, photography etc.): Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Food (cooking, baking, restaurants, cafes, etc.): Haru to Ao no bento Bako
  • ( ) 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: Train

B (4/5) 

  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Fantasy/Alternate past timeline: Missing: The Other Side
  • ( ) 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): Imawa no Kuni no Alice
  • ( ) 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 The Imperial Coroner
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Law/Lawyers/Judges/paralegals etc. : Memory

C (1/5) 

  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Business (CEO/Starting a business/Office setting/Bank) : My Fake Wife
  • ( ) 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: You Drive Me Crazy

Genres (dark)  

A (2/5) 

  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Horror (includes jump scares, Creepy voices/noises, vengeful ghosts, etc.) : Tale of the Nine-Tailed
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie which has Horror Monsters (Zombies/Vampires/Demons/Kaiju)  : Sweet Home
  • ( ) 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 (1/6) (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 : SPEC: Birth
  • ( ) 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 GungdoSubak /Taekkyon (or another South Korean Martial art) 
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features ArnisEskrima, 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 : Mr. Heart
  • ( ) 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 : The Wolf

Theme (Occupations)  

A (3/5) 

  • ( ) 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 : Please Don't Date Him
  • ( ) 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 exampleclerk/waitress/help desk) : Lover of the Palace (Tour Guide)
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Writers/Journalists Moonlight

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 Top Star Yoo Baek
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features a Mechanic/builder/someone good with machines Virus Wai Love: Nakrob Chut Kao

 Theme (School) (0/6) 

  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Bad student (delinquent) How to Buy A Friend
  • ( ) 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 : Color Rush
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features a Student festival 
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Bullying : Better Days

Theme (Lets get physical) (4/5) 


Theme (Family)  

A (1/6) 

  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Marriage contract or arranged Marriage: Marry Me! (2020)
  • ( ) 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) Go Ahead

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 : Jiu Liu Overlord
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Twins 
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Pregnancy

  Theme (Misc.) (1/5) 

  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about a Clone : Duel (2017)
  • ( ) 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 (2/5) (Male or Female or other you decide) 

  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Strong Lead : A Girl Like Me
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Nice lead : Still 2gether
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Rich lead 
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Smart/Genius Lead : Kairos
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Naïve/innocent/pure Lead

B (1/5) 

  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Mean/Aggressive Lead 
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Eccentric Lead (weird): Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Poor lead : Forever Love
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Weak lead 
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Cold lead : Be With You

Tags (Love) (5/5) 


Tags (Misc Lite) (2/8) 


 Tags (Misc Dark) (3/8) 


By the numbers  

A (1/5) 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  : Must You Go? (Overall: 7.5, Verified: 7.51 as of 1/04)
  • ( ) 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: 30-sai made Dotei Da to Mahotsukai ni Nareru rashii
  • ( ) Watch a drama or movie with more that 25% in the “plan to watch” section of the pie: Live On (37.2% on 31/3)

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 (1/5) 

  • ( ) 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 Meet Me Outside(Just added section on 5th Jan)
  • ( ) 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’ansorietc)  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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Time (Episode Length, Dramas only unless indicated in the prompt)  

A (3/5) 


B (3/5) 

  • (100 Days My Prince) Watch a Drama with at least 1 episode over 60 minutes 
  • ( ) Watch a Movie 180 or more minutes 
  • (Step for You) Watch a Movie less than 30 minutes (may be a web movie but has to be in MDL database) 
  • (Flat) Watch a Drama with 8 episodes or less 
  • (Hello Mr. Gu) 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)  

  • (To My Star) Watch a web series 
  • (Splash Splash LOVE) Watch a drama special --made for tv movie--. (Not the behind-the-scenes episodes or the interviews or extra scenes)  
  •  (Summer Melody) 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. [The show has exactly 10 episodes, I've watched all of them].
  • ( ) 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.  

Release Date (0/15)  

A (1/5) 

  • (You Make Me Dance) Watch a drama/movie that began airing/premiered this year.
  • (Blue Spring Ride ) Watch a drama/movie that started airing the same year the user above/below you joined MDL.  [User above me, joined in 2015] 
  • ( Witch's Love) Watch a drama/movie that started airing the same year you joined MDL.  [I joined in 2018] 
  • (1 Litre no Namida) 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.)  [I chose the year 2005 from the random dates
  • ( ) 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. 
  • (Lady Snowblood) Watch a drama/movie from the 1970s 
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie from the 1980s 

C (2/5) 


 Relationships (1/5)  

  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie that focuses on non-romantic relationships.  
  • (Scripting Your Destiny) 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 (4/7)  


 Cast (4/6) Refers to the ages of the characters not the actors 

  • (Love Me, Love Me Not) 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 
  • (HIStory4: Close to You) 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 
  • (Marriage Contract) 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) 
  • (Love Phantom) 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 (2/5) 

  • (Wish You the Movie) Watch a drama/movie about Art (music, dance, painting, photography etc.) 
  • (Mystic Pop-Up Bar) Watch a drama/movie about Food (cooking, baking, restaurants, cafes, etc.) 
  • (SOTUS) Watch a drama/movie about School (Pre-k-University, graduate and trade school) 
  • (Love and Redemption) Watch a drama/movie about Historical (must be from your parents era or before) 
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Sci-Fi /Space/Future

B (1/5) 

  • (Queen of the Ring) 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) 
  • (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. 
  • (Hospital Playlist) Watch a drama/movie about Medical staff: Surgeons/doctors/nurses/vets/coroners 
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Law/Lawyers/Judges/paralegals etc.

C (1/5) 

  • (Start-Up) 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. 
  • (So I Married an Anti-Fan) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Comedy 
  • (The Uncanny Counter) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Mystery 
  • (Navillera) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Friendship

Theme (Lets get physical) (4/5) 


Theme (Family)  

A (0/6) 

  • (Hymn of Death ) Watch a drama/movie about Marriage contract or arranged Marriage 
  • (Reply 1988) 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 
  • (Go Ahead) Watch a drama/movie about a Found Family (people not related becoming a family)

Tags (Leads)  

 A (2/5) (Male or Female or other you decide) 

  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Strong Lead 
  • () Watch a drama/movie with a Nice lead 
  • (The Great Seducer) Watch a drama/movie with a Rich lead 
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Smart/Genius Lead 
  • (Bungaku Shojo) Watch a drama/movie with a Naïve/innocent/pure Lead

B (2/5) 

  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Mean/Aggressive Lead 
  • (Fated to Love You) 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 
  • (Perfect and Casual) Watch a drama/movie with a Cold lead

Tags (Love) 3/5) 

  • (A Love So Beautiful) Watch a drama/movie about First love 
  • (Pop Out Boy!) Watch a drama/movie with Cohabitation 
  • () Watch a drama/movie with Love shape (triangle/Square/Pentangle) 
  • (Nobleman Ryu's Wedding) Watch a drama/movie with Unrequited Love/one way love/one sided love 
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Friend to Lovers

Tags (Misc Lite) (5/8) 


By the numbers  

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. 

Remakes –same story different note (1/4)  

  • (Use for My Talent) 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. 

°°° 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’ansorietc)  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) 
COMPLETEDCURRENTLY WATCHINGPLAN TO WATCH
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  • Starting date: January 5, 2021

  • Link to your Drama list:  My List

  • Difficulty:  Easy: 6 Blocks (30+) 

  • Progress: 67/30

                     

Time (Episode Length, Dramas only unless indicated in the prompt)         A (0/5) 


Time (Episode Length, Dramas only unless indicated in the prompt)         B (0/5) 

  • ( ) Watch a Drama with at least 1 episode over 60 minutes    Backstreet Rookie
  • ( ) Watch a Movie 180 or more minutes   Seven Samurai
  • ( ) Watch a Movie less than 30 minutes (may be a web movie but has to be in MDL database)   My Wife Got Fat
  • ( ) Watch a Drama with 8 episodes or less    100% Era
  • ( ) Watch a Drama with 30 episodes or more   Love is Sweet

Release Date (0/15)                         A (0/5) 

  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie that began airing/premiered this year.  So Not Worth It
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie that started airing the same year the user above/below you joined MDL.  It's Okay to Be Sensitive
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie that started airing the same year you joined MDL.  Color Rush
  • Substitution( ) Watch a drama/movie about Royalty   
  • ( ) 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)   Best Mistake

 Countries (0/7)  


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)   My Little Monster
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhwa (South Korea)   The Bride of Habaek
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhua –Taiwan   Meow Meow Boss
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhua - China      Cute Programmer 
  • ( ) 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    Love Scenery 

Genres (Lite)                       A (0/5) 

  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Art (music, dance, painting, photography etc.)    So I Married an Anti-Fan
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Food (cooking, baking, restaurants, cafes, etc.)   
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about School (Pre-k-University, graduate and trade school)The Dude In Me 
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Historical (must be from your parents era or before) 
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Sci-Fi /Space/Future  Orange

Genres (Lite)                        B (0/5) 

  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Fantasy/Alternate past timeline  Pop Out Boy!
  • ( ) 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)   Mystic Pop-Up Bar
  • ( ) 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  Sweet Teeth
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Law/Lawyers/Judges/paralegals etc.   Law School

Genres (Lite)                        C (0/5) 

  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Business (CEO/Starting a business/Office setting/Bank)  Exciting Broadcasting Accident
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie based on a real Event or person (can be but not limited to a documentary etc. Like in the Movies
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Comedy   Adult Trainee
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Mystery     While You Were Sleeping
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Friendship     When You Love Yourself

Genres (dark)                           A (0/5) 

  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Horror (includes jump scares, Creepy voices/noises, vengeful ghosts, etc.)     Tale of the Nine-Tailed
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie which has Horror Monsters (Zombies/Vampires/Demons/Kaiju)    
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Military/War   Search
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie which has Politics (this can include office/business politics/palace/government official ANY kind of politics)   Run On
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Thriller   Sell Your Haunted House

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   The Con Artists
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Fashion/Make up/Modeling/Hair styling  Nineteen
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Thieves/Criminals/Gang members   Good Casting
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Customer service (for exampleclerk/waitress/help desk)   To My Star
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Writers/Journalists   Moonlight

Theme (Lets get physical) (0/5) 


Tags (Leads)                                   A (0/5) (Male or Female or other you decide) 


Tags (Leads)                                  B (0/5) 


Tags (Love) (0/5) 


Random (0/5) 

  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie that starts with the same first letter as your username OR Display name.    A Stray Goat  
  • ( ) 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)   Say 'I Love You'
  • ( ) 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)      Please Feel at Ease Mr Ling (Terry Liu)
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie that begins with one of the following letters: (Generate 3 from this site and choose one.)      Nee Sensei, Shiranai no?
  • Random Word generator for titles (here) pick 3 list and watch one with one of these words.    Once in Memory: Love at First Sight

°°° 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’ansorietc)  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) 

Humbledaisy's 2021 Sign-up Form:  

Starting date: January 5, 2021

Link to your Drama list: https://mydramalist.com/dramalist/Humbledaisy 

Difficulty:  Easy - 6  blocks/140+

Progress:  finished -  6 blocks by 12/28/2021

Time (Episode Length) Finished - 3/1/2021

A (5/5)

(√ ) Watch a drama with 20 min or less episodes - My Wonderful Roommate (2020) - 2/4/21
(√ ) Watch a drama with 20-30 minutes episodes– Beautiology101 (2016) -2/4/21
(√ ) Watch a drama with 30-40 minutes episodes - One More Time, - 2/4/21
(√ ) Watch a drama with 40–50 minutes episodes - Talay Prae, 3/1/21
(√ ) Watch a drama with 50-60 Minutes Episodes - Hua Jai Sila (2019) - 2/8/21.


B (5/5) Finished 12/26/2021
(√ ) Watch a Drama with at least 1 episode over 60 minutes - Duang Jai Nai Montra (2021), 1 hr, 35 min. – F/5/4/21
(√ ) Watch a Movie 180 or more minutes - – A Touch of Zen – 12/26/2021.
(√ ) Watch a Movie less than 30 minutes (may be a web movie but has to be in MDL database) -Automation (on YouTube) 2/12/21.
( √) Watch a Drama with 8 episodes or less - Convenience Store Fling on YouTube. 11/12/2021
(√ ) Watch a Drama with 30 episodes or more - A Twisted Fate of Love, 2/15/2021, Viki.


Type (5/5)  Finished A rose by any other name would smell as sweet (Type of production. Dramas only unless indicated in the prompt)  

(√ ) Watch a web series.  Playful Kiss YouTube edition (YouTube) 1/16
(√ ) Watch a drama special --made for tv movie--. (Not the behind-the-scenes episodes or the interviews or extra scenes)  TharnType Special: Our Final Love (2020) 1/15
(√ ) Watch a game/variety/non drama/reality type (listed as a TV SHOW) show - Because I want to talk (2019), (12 episodes - all completed, 12/28/2021)
(√ ) Watch a Theatrical (released in the theater) released movie - – The hows of us, (2018),  Netflix, 12/26/2021.
(√ ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Documentary - BlackPink: Light Up the sky, (2020),band documentary on Netflix. 12/25/2021


Award-winning (5/5) --it all about the accolades

(√ ) Watch an award-winning movie - Space Sweepers, Best Technical Achievement in Film - Visual Effects, 2021, 57th Baeksang Arts Awards , 12/22/2021
(√ ) Watch a movie from an award-winning director.  So Young (2013) – director. Zhao Wei, won 22nd Shanghai Film Critics Awards for best new director. – Viki, 3/7/2021.
(√ ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning screenwriter - Kung Fu Hustle (2004), Stephen Chow, 11/26/2021. Golden Globe for best film, 2004.
(√ ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning actor. Mario Mauer, (Best Actor award - Starpics Thai Films Awards among others),  Jan Dara: The Beginning (2012)

( √) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning actress.  Hometown Cha Cha Cha - Kim Young Ok, won the Daesang Award (Grand Prize for Television) at Baeksang Arts Awards, I Sell Happiness, 1978.

 
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 (5/5)

(√ ) Watch a drama/movie from the 1940s.  -  Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family, 1941, Japan. On YouTube – 12/27/2021
(√ ) Watch a drama/movie from the 1950s.  Warning From Space (1956) YouTube,  11/22/2021
(√ ) Watch a drama/movie from the 1960s.. Black Hair (1965) 1961, YouTube, 11/30/2021
(√ ) Watch a drama/movie from the 1970s.  The march of fools, (1975), YouTube, 12,27,2021(√ ) Watch a drama/movie from the 1980s.  Tiket, (1986), You Tube, 12/27/2021


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 (6/6)

(√ ) Watch the oldest dated item (drama/movie) on your list.  Tokyo Story (1953) on Amazon Prime. 1/6/2021
(√ ) Watch the newest item on your list. (on your profile page it lists the last 9 actions you did)  Yellow (on Kocowa) 1/11
( √) Watch the shortest drama on your list (least amount of episodes). U-Prince: The Absolute Economist (4 ep, YouTube)
(√) Watch the longest drama on your list (most amount of episodes – on a legal channel with English subtitles, Inborn Pair, 84 episodes on Viki) 6/1/2021
(√ ) Watch the item in the middle of your list (e.g. 70 items in total, you should watch #35). 1448 ./. 2 = 724) My Girl (2005) on Viki, 3/27/2021.

(√ ) Watch the Movie/Drama with the longest name. Not the longest but the longest I could find on a legal site: Rinsho Hanzai Gakusha Himura Hideo no Suiri special (2016) – 42 spaces, 1 ep, YouTube!


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: _____H______________(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)

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starting date: january 5, 2021

 maria's dramalist

difficulty:  Merciless

progress: 118/100 | 22/20


  • 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+)
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  • 01 time : 2 blocks (10/10)
    • ( ✓ ) A (5/5)
    • ( ) B (5/5)
  • 02 type : 1 Block (5/5) 
  • 03 favorites : 1 Block (5/5)
  • 04 realease date : 2 blocks 10/10
    • ( ) A (5/5)
    • ( ✓ ) C (5/5)
  • 05 relationships : 1 block (5/5) -19 dec
  • 06 countries : 1 block (7/7)
  • 07 cast : 1 block (6/6)
  • 08 Genres (lite) : 3 Blocks (15/15)
    • ( ✓ ) A (5/5) 22 april
    • ( ) B (5/5)
    • ( ) C (5/5)
  • 09 genres (dark) : 2 blocks (5/10)
    • ( ✓ ) A (5/5)
    • ( ✓ ) B (4/4) 
  • 10 theme (occupations) : 1 block 5/5 - 8 dec
  • 11 theme (let's get physical) : 1 block (5/5)
  • 12 tags (leads) : 2 blocks (10/10)
    • ( ✓ ) A (5/5) oct 19
    • ( ✓ ) B (5/5)
  • 13 Tags (Love) : 1 Block (5/5) - 25 nov
  • 14 tags (misc lite) : 1 block (8/8)
  • 15 tags (misc dark)  : 1 block (8/8) 28 oct
  • 16 remakes – same story different note : 1 block (4/4) dec 13

 time 10/10 

A (5/5) 

  • ( x ) Watch a drama with 20 min or less episodes — Kiss Goblin (2020) 12/01
  • ( xWatch a drama with 20-30 minutes episodes   Light On Me (2021) 27/08
  • ( x ) Watch a drama with 30-40 minutes episodes — Fly, Again (2021)
  • ( x ) Watch a drama with 40–50 minutes episodes — Imawa no Kuni no Alice (2020) (rewatch)
  • ( xWatch a drama with 50-60 Minutes Episodes  Train (2020) 28/02

B (4/5) 

  • ( x ) Watch a Drama with at least 1 episode over 60 minutes  Police University (2021)
  • ( xWatch a Movie 180 or more minutes love at first sight — Utsukushii Kare (2021)
  • ( x ) Watch a Movie less than 30 minutes : 28 minutes  Love Buzz (2019) 14/01
  • ( Watch a Drama with 8 episodes or less : 2 episodes —  I Can See Your MBTI (2021) 20/02
  • ( xWatch a Drama with 30 episodes or more  : 32 episodes  Hit the Top (2017) 07/03

 type 4/5  


 favorite (5/5) 


 realease date 10/10 

A (5/5) 

  • ( x ) Watch a drama/movie that began airing/premiered this year : 2021  Light On Me (2021)
  • ( x ) Watch a drama/movie that started airing the same year the user above 2014/below 2019 you joined MDL  Great Men Academy (2019) 1711
  • ( x ) Watch a drama/movie that started airing the same year you joined MDL: 2019  One Fine Week (2019) 01/05
  • ) Watch a drama/movie that began airing/premiered in one of the years generated by this website: 1987, 1992, 1994, 2006, 2010  Eternal Summer (2006) 0912
  • ( x ) Watch a drama/movie that began airing/premiered in the year you were born/graduated/married/found dramas/first born etc.:  Live On (2020) ( started in 2020 but was on hold till march 2021)

C (5/5) 


 relationships 5/5 

  • ( x ) Watch a drama/movie that focuses on non-romantic relationships  The World of My 17 (2020) 26/01
  • ( x ) Watch a drama/movie with a non-human main character  Meow, the Secret Boy (2020) 12/04
  • ( x ) Watch a drama/movie that focuses on a Parental relationship  Move to Heaven (2021) 01/07
  • ( 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   You and Me (2011) 19/12
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Siblings  Because of You (2020) 09/12

 countries 7/7 


 cast  5/6 

  • ( ) 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  How to Buy a Friend (2020)  01/12
  • ( x 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  Growing Season (2020) 13/08
  • ( x ) Watch a drama/movie with Median age 30 – 40 age bracket: usually financially established  Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha (2021)
  • ( x ) Watch a drama/movie with Elderly characters or grandparents  Navillera (2021) 11/05
  • ( x ) Watch a drama/movie with Animals as the focus (real life animals, not a person that turns into an animal)  Cats Don't Come When You Call (2016) 25/12
  • ( x ) Watch a drama/movie where a Place or Location is the focus  Happiness (2021)

 genres (lite) 15/15 

A (5/5) 


 B (5/5) 


C (5/5) 


 genres (dark)  9/9 

A (5/5) 

  • ( x ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Horror (includes jump scares, Creepy voices/noises, vengeful ghosts, etc.)  Hometown (2021) 04/11
  • ( x ) Watch a drama/movie which has Horror Monsters (Zombies/Vampires/Demons/Kaiju)  The Sweet Blood (2021) 12/05
  • ( x ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Military/War  D.P. (2021) 25/10
  • ( x ) Watch a drama/movie which has Politics  Kingdom (2019) 20/03
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Thriller  Squid Game (2021)

 B (4/4) (4/6 of these for it to be completed) 

  • ( x ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Psychological  Forest (2020) ( started in 2020 but was on hold till march 2021)
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Criminal investigation /Detective  Hellbound (2021)
  • ( x ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Medical and Tag is Terminal or Chronic illness  Shoot My Heart (2015)
  • ( x ) Watch a drama/movie with any genre but has a Suicide (tag may be hidden or it may not be labelled)  Girl From Nowhere (2018) 11/11



 theme (occupations) 5/5 


 theme (let's get physical) 5/5 


 tags (leads) 10/10 

 A (5/5) (male or female or other you decide) 


B (5/5) 


tags (love) (5/5) 


 tags (misc lite) 8/8


 tags (misc dark) 8/8 


remakes – same story different note (4/4)



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  • Starting date: January 1, 2021 (Just posting late)

  • Link to your Drama list: New account, can't post links yet

  • Difficulty:  Easy: 6 Blocks (30+) ?

  • Progress: 6/30? (Dramas: 6, Movies: 0, Specials: 0)

Blocks - I'm keeping the ones I might use and then deleting the ones I don't later, may end up moving titles around at later date

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  • Time (Episode Length, Dramas only unless indicated in the prompt)  

A (1/5) 

  • ( ) Watch a drama with 20 min or less episodes 
  • ( Raise de wa chanto shimasu (link later) 2021/01/08) 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 

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) 

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

 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 (1/6) (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  
  • (✓ Mistress - Onnatachi no Himitsu (Link later) Completed 2021/01/05) 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)

Theme (Occupations)  

A (1/5) 

  • ( ) 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 exampleclerk/waitress/help desk)  
  • ( Pornographer Completed 2021/01/11) 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 
  • (o Soshite. Yuriko wa hitori ni natta) Watch a drama/movie which features Bullying

Theme (Lets get physical) (1/5) 

  • ( Mood Indigo. Completed 2021/01/11 ) 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)  

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) (2/5) 

  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie about First love
  • ( Transit Girls (Link later) completed 2021/01/06) Watch a drama/movie with Cohabitation 
  • ( Last Friends completed 2021/01/10) 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  

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. 

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

°°° 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 drama/movie that has historical cultural entertainment elements (a title about Kabuki, Rakugo, P’ansorietc)  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 5, 2021. 

  • Link to your Drama list: Drama list

  • Difficulty: Medium: 11 Blocks (55+)  

  • Progress: 05/55


    Time (Episode Length, Dramas only unless indicated in the prompt)  

A (1/5) 

  • ( ) 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 
  • (X) Watch a drama with 50-60 Minutes Episodes  Doctor Stranger

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 (1/5) A rose by any other name would smell as sweet (Type of production. Dramas only unless indicated in the prompt)  

  • (X ) Watch a web series  Growing Season
  • ( ) 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.   

 Countries (2/7)  

  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie from the Philippines 
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie from Thailand.   
  • (X ) Watch a drama/movie from Japan Last Cinderella
  • (X ) Watch a drama/movie from South Korea.   He is Psychometric
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie from China 
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie from Taiwan 
  • ( ) Watch a drama/movie from Hong Kong.

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. 

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) 
  • (X ) Watch a drama that was added to a popular voted list in the list index.  Hwarang

B (1/5) 

  • ( ) 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  
  • (X) Watch a drama/movie that was added to a Custom List (yours or other MDL’ers lists)  Shopping King Louie

°°° 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’ansorietc)  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 5, 2021
Link to your Drama list: https://mydramalist.com/list/4YWEZZAL
Difficulty: Addiction -- 36 Blocks (180+)
Progress:
    - Drama Progress: 043/188
    - Block Progress: 00/36


- (PLAN TO WATCH)

- (CURRENTLY WATCHING)
- (COMPLETED)
- (REWATCHED)


Time (Episode Length, Dramas only unless indicated in the prompt)
A (2/5)
- (Color Rush) Watch a drama with 20 min or less episodes
- (We Best Love: No. 1 For You) 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


Time (Episode Length, Dramas only unless indicated in the prompt)
B (3/5)
- ( ) Watch a Drama with at least 1 episode over 60 minutes
- (A Brighter Summer Day) Watch a Movie 180 or more minutes
(Summerdaze -- rewatched January 5th) Watch a Movie less than 30 minutes (may be a web movie but has to be in MDL database)
(Calculating Love) Watch a Drama with 8 episodes or less
- (The Wolf) 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)* 
(One Fine Week 2 -- rewatched January 6th) Watch a web series
- (My Baby Bright: Best Friends Forever) 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 (2/5) -- it all about the accolades 
- ( ) Watch an award-winning drama/movie.
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning director.
- (Yumi's Cells -- Song Jae Jung for Best Screenplay, 2016 MBC Drama Awards) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning screenwriter
- (Justice High -- Oh Seung Hoon for 23rd Chunsa Film Art Awards & 5th Wildflower Film Awards) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning actor
- (Tune In For Love -- Kim Go Eun for Best New Actress 2012 & 2016) Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning actress


Favorite (0/5) 
- (Youth of May -- I love love love Lee Do Hyun!) Watch a drama/movie that has one of your favorite actors
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that has one of your favorite actresses.
- (I Told Sunset About You Part 2) 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 (2/15) 
A (2/5)
- (My Roommate Is a Gumiho) 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.)
- (If I Love a Boy -- 2019, admitted to uni) 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)


 Relationships (3/5) 
- (The Gifted) Watch a drama/movie that focuses on non-romantic relationships
- (My Girlfriend is an Alien) Watch a drama/movie with a non-human main character
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie that focuses on a Parental relationship
- (Okja) 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
- (Happy Birthday) Watch a drama/movie with Siblings


 Countries (2/7) 
(My Day) Watch a drama/movie from the Philippines
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from Thailand
- (Under the Stars) Watch a drama/movie from Japan
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from South Korea
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie from China
- (First Love Again) Watch a drama/movie from Taiwan
- (To Love or Not to Love) Watch a drama/movie from Hong Kong


Countries Comics/reading material (0/8) (5/8 must be completed for this block to count) 
(Playful Kiss -- rewatched ___) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manga (Japan)
- (Love Revolution) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhwa (south Korea)
- (Yong Jiu Grocery Store) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Manhua –Taiwan
- (Long For You) 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 
- (Sweet Sixteen) Watch a drama/movie adapted from a Novel


 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 
- (Move The Grave) 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 
- (A Stray Goat) 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)

- (Sweet Tai Chi) 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)
- (Seobok) Watch a drama/movie about Sci-Fi /Space/Future


Genres (Lite) 
B (1/5)
- (The Royal Kitchen) Watch a drama/movie about Fantasy/Alternate past timeline
- (Awaken) 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.


Genres (Lite) 
C (0/5)
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Business (CEO/Starting a business/Office setting/Bank)
- (Move To Heaven) 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
- (Amanza) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Friendship


Genres (dark) 
A (2/5)

- (Let's Fight Ghost) 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)
- (Mr. Sunshine) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Military/War
- (Judge vs. Judge) Watch a drama/movie which has Politics (this can include office/business politics/palace/government official ANY kind of politics)
(Train -- rewatched January 25th) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Thriller


Genres (dark) 
B (3/6) (4/6 of these for it to be completed)
- (Dr. Frost) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Psychological
- (Law School ) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Criminal investigation /Detective
- (Goodbye Summer) Watch a drama/movie whose genre is Medical and Tag is Terminal or Chronic illness
- (#Alive (2020)) Watch a drama/movie with any genre but has a Suicide (tag may be hidden or it may not be labeled)
- (The Hymn of Death) 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)  
B (2/5) 
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Sports: Physical 
- (One Smile is Very Alluring ) Watch a drama/movie which features E-Sports: Gaming for example
- (Doom at Your Service  ) Watch a drama/movie which features action CGI scenes 
(Spiritpact) Watch a drama/movie whose genre Tokusatsu
- (The World of Fantasy) Watch a drama/movie whose genre Wuxia or Xanxia or Xuanhuan


 Theme (School) (2/6) 
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Bad student (delinquent) 
- (On Your Wedding Day) Watch a drama/movie which features Former Delinquent teacher
- (Blacklist) 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 
(First Romance -- rewatched January 20th) Watch a drama/movie which features a Student festival 
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Bullying


Theme (Lets get physical) (1/5) 
- (Your Name Engraved In Herein) Watch a drama/movie with Sexual Content
- (Between Us) Watch a drama/movie with LGBTQ+

- (Love Scenery) Watch a drama/movie which features Age Gap
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Reverse Harem 
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Harem


Theme (Occupations) 
A (0/5)

- (Romantic Hacker) 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
- (She Would Never Know) Watch a drama/movie which features Fashion/Make up/Modeling/Hair styling
- (Sisyphus: The Myth) Watch a drama/movie which features Thieves/Criminals/Gang members
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie which features Customer service (for example: clerk/waitress/help desk)
- (My Dear Warrior) Watch a drama/movie which features Writers/Journalists


Theme (Occupations) 
B (0/5)
- (The Suspicious Housekeeper) 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 (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
- (When We Were Young) 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)


Theme (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
- (Not Me) Watch a drama/movie about Twins
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie about Pregnancy


  Theme (Misc.) (1/5) 
- ( ) 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 
- (Taste of Cat -- beginning of episode 3) Watch a drama/movie about a Talking animal (the animal only needs to talk once or can even narrate)


Tags (Leads) 
A (1/5) (Male or Female or other you decide)

- (Definitely Not Today (Strong Female Lead)) Watch a drama/movie with a Strong Lead
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Nice lead
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Rich lead
- (Bad Genius) Watch a drama/movie with a Smart/Genius Lead
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with a Naïve/innocent/pure Lead


Tags (Leads) 
B (1/5)
- ( ) 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
- (Crush) Watch a drama/movie with a Cold lead


Tags (Love) (3/5)
- (Love the Way You Are) Watch a drama/movie about First love
- (Put Your Heard On My Shoulder) Watch a drama/movie with Cohabitation
- (Love Alarm 2) Watch a drama/movie with Love shape (triangle/Square/Pentangle)
- (Unrequited Love) Watch a drama/movie with Unrequited Love/one way love/one sided love
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie with Friend to Lovers


Tags (Misc Lite) (2/8)
- (Reply 1997) Watch a drama/movie with a Bromance/Sismance vibe
- ( ) Watch a Slice of Life drama/movie
- (The Magician) Watch a drama/movie Hidden Identity
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Happy Ending
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Childhood friends
- (Hello My Youth) 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) (3/8) 
- (Fuccbois -- the main characters murder their sugar daddy) Watch a drama/movie Death/murder
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Obsession
- (The Effect) Watch a drama/movie Mental Health
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Tragic Past
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Amnesia
- (Roy Leh Sanae Rai) Watch a drama/movie Revenge
- ( ) Watch a drama/movie Corruption
- (Red Wine In the Dark Night) Watch a drama/movie Betrayal


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)
- (Lovers In Bloom) 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.*
- (When the Weather Is Fine) 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 (1/4)
- (Discipline Z: Vampire -- you'll see that I put it on my CW list in 2020, but it stayed at 0 eps watched until January 1st) Watch a drama/movie that has foreign actor(s) - A different ethnicity than the rest of the titles cast--
- (Le Coup De Foudre -- filmed in China and Serbia) 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)
- (Josee) Watch a story that has been remade by at least 1 other countries beside the origin story
- (F4 Thailand: Boys Over Flowers) Watch a story that has been remade by 2 other countries
- (My First First Love 2) 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 (2/5) 
- (A Wild Apricot) Watch a drama/movie that starts with the same first letter as your username OR Display name. Chose at the beginning and list here: A Wild Apricot (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)
- (My First Love is Secret Love -- both main leads fit into this category) 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)
- (Bad Buddy) Watch a drama/movie that begins with one of the following letters: (Generate 3 from this site and choose one.)

- (Boys Dormitory) Random Word generator for titles (here) pick 3 list and watch one with one of these words


MDL Related
A (0/5)
- (Lovely Writer -- this article) Watch a drama/movie that was mentioned in an article on MDL.  
- (The Prince Who Turns Into a Frog -- this feed post) 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) 
- ( -- from this list) Watch a drama that was added to a popular voted list in the list index.  


MDL Related 
B (1/5)
- (My First First Love) Watch a drama/movie on your Recommendations page
- ( ) Watch a drama from a staff member’s completed page rated 8 or more
- (Taxi Driver -- As of January 6th, the trailer is on the first page) Watch a drama/movie that appears in the first 5 page of MDL Home Trailers section
- (Romance is a Bonus Book) 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)