MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up SheetStarting date: January 1st, 2023 |
Animals Collected |
Taxonomy
1. Type | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
Co-Produced OR Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDL | |||
OR | |||
Adapted from a manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic Or |
2. Is it True? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Educational (tries to teach viewers something-not the same as the school genre) | |||
OR | |||
Documentary Genre OR Mockumentary | |||
OR | |||
OR |
3. All About the Gen(r)es | Progress: | ||
Watch a title from one of the following genres Choice of Route. | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
Time is Relative
4. Year of Origin | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR the year a member on this page joined MDL (link to the account/challenge form) | |||
OR the month (not necessarily the year) you were born | |||
year generated by this website OR | |||
OR |
5. Duration of The Hike | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR |
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DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes Or | |||
DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer. | |||
DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 180 minutes or longer. | |||
DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes OR DRAMA with 8 episodes or less. |
6. Time Can Be Confusing | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Full second season of a DRAMA OR Only 1 episode of a DRAMA | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
The Chronicles of MDL
7. Sharing is Caring | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
that has been on your PTW for longer than you can remember OR from the Watchlist of another user doing this challenge | |||
with less than 10,000 viewers OR ranked 1-1000 (if you have seen them all you can go for 1001) | |||
DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list OR DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list | |||
mentioned in the MDL Forums Or mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds) | |||
with the newest release date in your PTW list OR with a release date older than the oldest title in your Watchlist |
8. Examined… | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
on your Recommendations page (add a link to the page) Or appearing in the first 5 pages of MDL Home Trailers section (add a link to the trailer) | |||
found on a Custom List (add a link to the list). OR found on a Voting List in the list index (add a link to the list). | |||
from your most viewed tags Or from your least viewed genres under your profile stats | |||
with someone or something mentioned in a Game on MDL (add a link to the game) Or found mentioned in an Article on MDL (add a link to the article) | |||
with over 10 Reviews OR with 0 Reviews when you started watching it |
Getting up Close and Personal
10. Kiss, F***, Kill, Exorcism… | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
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11. Finding a Mate | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Nudity: one of the following Nudity/Sexual content | Brief Nudity | Prolonged Nudity | Partial Nudity | Mild Sexual Content | Sexual Content | Extreme Sexual Content | |||
OR | |||
features a Heterosexual relationship OR | |||
OR | |||
Nice Female Lead / Male Lead OR Aggressive Female Lead / Male Lead |
12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Slight Comedy OR Black Comedy | |||
OR features some type of Doomsday | |||
OR | |||
features a Celebration OR | |||
OR |
13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
features a Religious Leader OR | |||
OR | |||
Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot OR | |||
OR | |||
Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead OR |
Significant details
14. Where Are We? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
In a City OR In a Small Town |
15. Humans Have So Many Things | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
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OR | |||
OR |
The Main Attraction
16. Who Are We? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
Trans gender identity (different than the gender assigned to them at birth) OR Cis gender Identity (same as the gender assigned to them at birth) | |||
OR | |||
OR |
17. Camouflage? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead OR | |||
Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead OR |
18. What Are You? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead OR | |||
Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead OR Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead | |||
Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead OR | |||
Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead OR | |||
OR |
Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash
19. The Petting Zoo | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
20. Where the Humans Are… | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
Second Lead Caring For Animals OR |
21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die | Progress: 1/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | Ghosts |
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OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
22. Who Am I When I Am With You? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
Name and Cover
23. It's Only Words in the Name | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
Color OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Domesticated Animal OR Wild Animal | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
Origin
-In the following habitat your mission is to find essentials from the countries of MDL. You get to choose either watch 5 titles from 5 different countries Or watch 7 titles from 7 different countries.
Note: You must gather essentials from all 7 countries in every environment if you wish to get to the next stage (environment) of the challenge. You may not use treats in the international habitat if you wish to get the TIGER badge.
25. Countries of MDL | Progress: | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet
Starting date: January 1, 2023
Link to your Drama list:
https://mydramalist.com/dramalist/princessjirachi/completed
Progress Habitat:
Level 5: Japanese Marten
50/50
Taxonomy
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that according to type or genre.
1. Type | Progress: 5/5 |
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Web Series OR At least 5 episodes o f a title listed as a Tv Show The episodes do not need to be in consecutive order. Please list episode air dates OR episode numbers | Kiss Goblin | Drama | 04/09/23 |
MOVIE OR | Movie | 01/19/23 | |
OR Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDL | So Not Worth It | Drama | 06/14/23 |
Anthology OR | Persona | Drama | 01/17/23 |
Or Adapted From a Novel / Book | Parasite in Love | Movie | 03/29/23 |
3. All About the Gen(r)es | Progress: 5/5 |
Watch a title from one of the following genres Choice of Route. | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Historical OR | My Dearest Part 2 | Drama | 11/19/23 |
Comedy OR | Ore no Kawaii wa Mousugu Shohikigen?! | Drama | 01/16/23 |
Thriller OR | Mitaraike, Enjou Suru | Drama | 07/27/23 |
Youth OR | From Me to You | Drama | 07/16/23 |
Action OR | Memoir of a Murderer | Movie | 03/11/23 |
Time is Relative
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that have something to do with time, in the first habitat you are instructed to find essentials that started airing between certain dates, in the second and third one you get to dig deeper in to the concept of time
4. Year of Origin | Progress: 5/5 |
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
in 2023 OR | Moon in the Day | Drama | 12/20/23 |
1990-1999 OR | Kou Kou Kyoushi (1993) | Movie 1993 | 01/06/23 |
2000-2010 OR | Tree of Heaven | Drama 2006 | 02/15/23 |
year generated by this website OR | Are You Human Too? | Drama 2018 | 08/17/23 |
2017-2022 OR | Jitenshaya-san no Takahashi-kun | Drama 2022 | 02/08/23 |
5. Duration of The Hike | Progress: 5/5 |
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Short Length Series OR | Sensei ni Koishita Natsu | Drama | 02/10/23 |
DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes Or | Shadow Beauty | Drama 20 min. | 04/26/23 |
OR MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer | Marmalade Boy | Movie 2 hr. 7 min. (127 minutes) | 06/22/23 |
DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes OR | Devil Beside You | Drama 45 min. | 05/24/23 |
DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes OR | My Dearest | Drama 1hr. 20 min. (80 minutes) | 09/03/23 |
Getting up Close and Personal
In the following habitats you are asked to find essentials that have to do with relationships and the human experience most of these are tags, but in some cases we have inclosed a list or used the words features so please pay attention. We would also like to warn sensitive participants , as some of the routes below are indeed dark. but remember you can always choose a lighter route.
12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying | Progress: 5/5 |
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Black Comedy | Tsuiraku JK to Haijin Kyoshi | Drama | 08/18/23 |
Happy Ending OR | Movie | 06/28/23 | |
Tragic Past OR | A Time Called You | Drama | 10/10/23 |
OR Mourning | Seasons of Blossom | Drama | 1/18/23 |
Healing OR | Daily Dose of Sunshine | Drama | 11/18/23 |
13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff | Progress: 5/5 |
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Some type of God | Kokdu: Season of Deity | Drama | 03/25/23 |
OR Character Development | School 2017 | Drama | 04/16/23 |
Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot OR | Moshimo, Ikemen Dake no Koukou ga Attara | Drama | 02/19/23 |
OR Slow Burn Story / Slow Burn Romance | The Heavenly Idol | Drama | 05/07/23 |
Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead OR | Himitsu no Ai-chan | Drama | 03/05/23 |
Significant details
In the following habitats we ask of you to look for the details in the significant scenes, in the first one (14) we ask you to notice the surroundings, in the other the objects involved (15).
15. Humans Have So Many Things | Progress: 5/5 |
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
An Umbrella OR | As Long as We Both Shall Live | Movie | 12/31/23 |
A Truck OR | See You in My 19th Life | Drama | 07/23/23 |
A Smartphone OR | Midnight | Movie | 06/16/23 |
A Suit /Dress OR | King the Land | Drama | 08/07/23 |
A Book OR | Destined With You | Drama | 10/12/23 |
The Main Attraction
-In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials where one of the main characters (listed as a main) either is ..., gets a... has a... Each route will either include a a tag or a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
17. Camouflage? | Progress: 5/5 |
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Athlete OR | Fight Song | Drama | 01/16/23 |
Glasses OR | Kono Koi Atatamemasu ka | Drama | 12/05/23 |
OR Body Swap | Papa to Musume no Nanokakan | Drama | 01/29/23 |
OR Criminal Female Lead/Criminal Male Lead | Daisy | Movie | 02/13/23 |
OR Antihero/Antiheroine | The Bridal Mask | Drama | 04/03/23 |
Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash
-In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that feature the following things. Each route includes a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
20. Where the Humans Are… | Progress: 5/5 |
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Human Turns into an Animal OR | My Woofy Poofy Love | Drama | 01/10/23 |
Adorable animals OR | Water Flowing to the Sea | Movie | 10/23/23 |
OR Animal in a City | Tale of the Nine-Tailed | Drama | 06/09/23 |
OR Animal Abuse | Through the Darkness | Drama | 06/02/23 |
Second Lead Caring For Animals OR | Alchemy of Souls Season 2: Light and Shadow | Drama | 01/09/23 |
21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die | Progress: 5/5 |
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Birth care (Postpartum care) | Hoshi Furu Yoru ni | Drama | 04/05/23 |
OR Ghosts | Haunted Campus | Movie | 12/27/23 |
OR Teamwork | Shinai naru Boku e Satsui wo Komete | Drama | 02/24/23 |
Friendly Game OR | Joseon Attorney: A Morality | Drama | 05/21/23 |
Friendship OR | At a Distance, Spring Is Green | Drama | 09/12/23 |
MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet |
Taxonomy
In the following habitats, your mission is to find essentials according to type or genre.
1. Type | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
1. Web Series OR TV SHOW* | |||
2. MOVIE OR | |||
3. Co-Produced OR Starring an Actor/Actress in | |||
4. Anthology OR | |||
5. Adapted from a manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic Or |
2. Is it True? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Educational (tries to teach viewers something-not the same as the school genre) | |||
OR | |||
8. Documentary Genre OR Mockumentary | |||
OR | |||
OR |
3. All About the Gen(r)es | Progress: 1 | ||
Watch a title from one of the following genres Choice of Route. | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
11. Historical OR | Jung_E (2023) | Movie | 1/29/2023 |
12. Comedy OR | |||
13. Thriller OR | |||
14. Youth OR | |||
15. Action OR |
Time is Relative
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that have something to do with time, in the first habitat you are instructed to find essentials that started airing between certain dates, in the second and third one you get to dig deeper in to the concept of time
4. Year of OriginTutorial | Progress: 1 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
16. in 2023 OR | |||
17. 1990-1999 OR the year a member on this page | |||
18. 2000-2010 OR the month (not necessarily the | |||
19. year generated by this website OR | |||
20. 2017-2022 OR | Monthly Magazine Home (2021) | Drama | 2/7 |
5. Duration of The HikeTutorial | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR |
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22. DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes Or | |||
23. DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer. | |||
24. DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 180 minutes or longer. | |||
25. DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes OR DRAMA with 8 episodes or less. |
6. Time Can Be Confusing | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
26. Full second season of a DRAMA OR Only 1 episode of a DRAMA | |||
OR | |||
28. Time Skip OR | Splash Splash LOVE (2015) | Drama Special | 1/3 |
29. Winter OR | |||
30. Fall OR |
The Chronicles of MDL
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials by exploring MDL, your personal favourites and those others have awarded or written about.
7. Sharing is CaringTutorials: 1 2 3 | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
that has been on your PTW for longer than you can remember OR from the Watchlist of another user doing this challenge | |||
with less than 10,000 viewers OR ranked 1-1000 (if you have seen them all you can go for 1001) | |||
DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list OR DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list | |||
mentioned in the MDL Forums Or mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds) | |||
with the newest release date in your PTW list OR with a release date older than the oldest title in your Watchlist |
8. Examined…Tutorial | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
on your Recommendations page (add a link to the page) Or appearing in the first 5 pages of MDL Home Trailers section (add a link to the trailer) | |||
found on a Custom List (add a link to the list). OR found on a Voting List in the list index (add a link to the list). | |||
from your most viewed tags Or from your least viewed genres under your profile stats | |||
with someone or something mentioned in a Game on MDL (add a link to the game) Or found mentioned in an Article on MDL (add a link to the article) | |||
with over 10 Reviews OR with 0 Reviews when you started watching it |
9. Your Fanciers and WestminstersFor this habitat, we ask you to link to the award/person's page.*List with awards | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Award-winning OR by the same writer as one of your favorites | |||
from an award-winning director OR that has one of your favorite actresses | |||
from an award-winning screenwriter OR that has one of your favorite actors | |||
from an award-winning actor OR by the same director as one of your favorite titles | |||
from an award-winning actress OR by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before |
Getting up Close and Personal
In the following habitats you are asked to find essentials that have to do with relationships and the human experience most of these are tags, but in some cases we have inclosed a list or used the words features so please pay attention. We would also like to warn sensitive participants , as some of the routes below are indeed dark. but remember you can always choose a lighter route.
10. Kiss, F***, Kill, Exorcism… | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
|
11. Finding a Mate | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Nudity: one of the following Nudity/Sexual content | Brief Nudity | Prolonged Nudity | Partial Nudity | Mild Sexual Content | Sexual Content | Extreme Sexual Content | |||
OR | |||
features a Heterosexual relationship OR | |||
OR | |||
Nice Female Lead / Aggressive Male Lead OR |
12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Slight Comedy OR Black Comedy | |||
OR features some type of Doomsday | |||
OR | |||
features a Celebration OR | |||
OR |
13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
features a Religious Leader OR | |||
OR | |||
Female-Centered Plot / OR | |||
OR | |||
Popular Male Lead / OR |
Significant details
In the following habitats we ask of you to look for the details in the significant scenes, in the first one (14) we ask you to notice the surroundings, in the other the objects involved (15).
14. Where Are We? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
In a City OR In a Small Town |
15. Humans Have So Many Things | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
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OR | |||
OR |
The Main Attraction
-In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials where one of the main characters (listed as a main) either is ..., gets a... has a... Each route will either include a a tag or a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
16. Who Are We? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
Trans gender identity (different than the gender assigned to them at birth) OR Cis gender Identity (same as the gender assigned to them at birth) | |||
OR | |||
OR |
17. Camouflage? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead OR | |||
Superhero Male Lead/ OR |
18. What Are You? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Strong Female Lead / OR | |||
Smart Female Lead/ Smart Male Lead OR Naive Female Lead/ Naive Male Lead | |||
Cold Female Lead/ OR | |||
Rich Female Lead/ OR | |||
OR |
Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash
-In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that feature the following things. Each route includes a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
19. The Petting Zoo | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
20. Where the Humans Are… | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
Second Lead Caring For Animals OR |
21. Friendly Ways to Live or Die | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
22. Who Am I When I Am With You? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
Name and Cover
In the following habitats we ask of you to pay attention to the name and cover of the title. For the first one (23) your mission is to find titles that have one of the following things. For the second one (24) your mission is to look at the cover. Each route includes a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
23. It's Only Words in the Name | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
Color OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Domesticated Animal OR Wild Animal | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
Origin
-In the following habitat your mission is to find essentials from the countries of MDL. You get to choose either watch 5 titles from 5 different countries Or watch 7 titles from 7 different countries.
Note: You must gather essentials from all 7 countries in every environment if you wish to get to the next stage (environment) of the challenge. You may not use treats in the international habitat if you wish to get the TIGER badge.
25. Countries of MDL | Progress: 1 | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
121. China | |||
122. Hong Kong | |||
123. Japan | |||
124. Philippines | The Ultimate Oppa (2022) | Movie | 1/20 |
125. South Korea | |||
126. Taiwan | |||
127. Thailand |
Treats
This is where you gather treats, to use whenever you wish to avoid the paths given in a habitat. You come up with the treats on your own, they may not cover anything mentioned in this challenge (but you may use previous years' prompts for inspiration). Every time you start a new stage, you will be awarded a new number of treats according to the table below.
My Treats! | Plains Used: /5 | Forest Used: /4 | Mountain Used: /3 | Space Used: /2 | Black Hole Used: /1 | |
Route | Essential | Substitute for | Notes | Completed | ||
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MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet |
Starting date: Jan 1, 2023 Link to your Drama list: https://mydramalist.com/dramalist/ColourMePurple Progress Habitat: 1/2 ▉ = not attempted Titles Progress: Plains 127/127; Forest 40/40 [Section 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 22, 23] ; Extra sections (incomplete) - 1, 12, 17, 21 Total Titles: 175 Achieved: Forest - Palwan Peacock + Tiger Badge (plains) |
Taxonomy
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that according to type or genre.
1. Type | Progress: 5/5, 3/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR TV SHOW* | Plains:A Rain Lover Forest:B The Devil's Plan | 26/26 ✔ 12/12 ✔ | |
OR | Plains:A Scamsgiving | ✔ 1/1 ✔ | |
Co-Produced OR Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDL | Plains:A The Night Receptionist Forest:A One Piece | ✔ | |
OR | Plains:A Luv Pub: Pilot | 2/2 ✔ | |
Adapted from a manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic Or | Plains:A Duty After School: Part 2 | 4/4 ✔ |
2. Is it True? | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Educational (tries to teach viewers something-not the same as the school genre) | Plains:A Summer Love | 2/2 ✔ | |
OR | Plains:A Ami. exe | ✔ | |
Documentary Genre OR Mockumentary | Plains:A Girlfriend Project Day 1 QnA | 1/1 ✔ | |
OR | 3/3 ✔ | ||
OR | Plains:A Tale of the Nine-Tailed 1938 | 12/12 ✔ |
3. All About the Gen(r)es | Progress: 5/5, 5/5 | ||
Watch a title from one of the following genres Choice of Route. | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Plains:B My Perfect Stranger Forest:B The Bionic Life | 16/16 ✔
| |
OR | Plains:A The 6 Chapters Beside a Corpse Forest:A Behind Your Touch | ✔ 16/16 ✔ | |
OR | Plains:A Unlocked Forest:A Evilive | ✔ 10/10 ✔ | |
OR | Plains:A Aftermath Season 2 Forest:A I Am... | 6/6 ✔ | |
OR | Plains:A Bloodhounds Forest: A Vigilante | 8/8 ✔
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Time is Relative
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that have something to do with time, in the first habitat you are instructed to find essentials that started airing between certain dates, in the second and third one you get to dig deeper in to the concept of time
4. Year of OriginTutorial | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Plains:A The Puppet | ✔ | |
OR the year a member on this page joined MDL (link to the account/challenge form) | Plains:B The Witch: Part 2. The Other One | ✔ | |
OR the month (not necessarily the year) you were born | Plains:B Turned on by You Season 1 | April | 6/6 ✔ |
year generated by this website OR | Plains:A The Hours of Tree (2012) | 2000, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2017 | ✔ |
OR | Plains:A Somehow 18 | 2017 | 10/10 ✔ |
5. Duration of The HikeTutorial | Progress: 5/5, 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Plains:B Buying Ears Forest:A The Haunting | 1/1 ✔ 20/20 ✔ | |
DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes Or | Plains:B Fireworks of My Heart Forest:A Gifted Season 2 |
| 40/40 ✔ 8/8 ✔ |
DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer. | Plains:B The Soul-Mate Forest:B Count | 97 mins 110 mins | ✔ ✔ |
DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 180 minutes or longer. | Plains:A D.P. Season 2 Forest:A Wrong Carriage, Right Groom | 50 mins 45 mins | 6/6 ✔ 24/24 ✔ |
DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes OR DRAMA with 8 episodes or less. | Plains:B Black Knight Forest:B Han River Police | 6/6 ✔ 6/6 ✔ |
6. Time Can Be Confusing | Progress: 5/5, 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Full second season of a DRAMA OR Only 1 episode of a DRAMA | 1/20 ✔ 12/12 ✔ | ||
OR | Plains:B Someday or One Day: The Movie Forest:B A Time Called You | ✔ 12/12 ✔ | |
OR | Plains:A Decibel Forest:B Perfect Marriage Revenge | ✔ 12/12 ✔ | |
OR | Plains:A The Tower Forest:A My Dearest | Christmas Eve Mostly winter | ✔
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OR | Plains:A We're Not Trash Forest:B One Night Stand |
| 8/8 ✔
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The Chronicles of MDL
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials by exploring MDL, your personal favourites and those others have awarded or written about.
7. Sharing is CaringTutorials: 1 2 3 | Progress: 5/5, 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
that has been on your PTW for longer than you can remember OR from the Watchlist of another user doing this challenge | Plains:A Romance Is a Bonus Book Forest:B Pegasus Market | 1616 ✔ 12/12 ✔ | |
with less than 10,000 viewers OR ranked 1-1000 (if you have seen them all you can go for 1001) | Plains:B The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion Forest:A Girl in the Mirror | #307 as of 26th July
| ✔ 5/5 ✔ |
DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list OR DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list | Plains:A Enigma Forest:B Mysterious Lotus Casebook | 4/4 ✔ 40/40 ✔ | |
mentioned in the MDL Forums Or mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds) | Plains:A Shadow Detective Season 2 Forest:B My Journey to You | 8/8 ✔ 24/24 ✔ | |
with the newest release date in your PTW list OR with a release date older than the oldest title in your Watchlist | Plains:A Celebrity Forest:A Shadow | 12/12 ✔ 14/14 ✔ |
8. Examined…Tutorial | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
on your Recommendations page (add a link to the page) Or appearing in the first 5 pages of MDL Home Trailers section (add a link to the trailer) | Plains:B All That We Loved | 8/8 ✔ | |
found on a Custom List (add a link to the list). OR found on a Voting List in the list index (add a link to the list). | Plains:A Crash | ✔ | |
from your most viewed tags Or from your least viewed genres under your profile stats | Plains:A Like a B1 | Death | ✔ |
with someone or something mentioned in a Game on MDL (add a link to the game) Or found mentioned in an Article on MDL (add a link to the article) | Plains:B See You in My 19th Life | 12/12 ✔ | |
with over 10 Reviews OR with 0 Reviews when you started watching it | Plains:A Heartbeat | 19 as of 15th Aug | 16/16 ✔ |
9. Your Fanciers and WestminstersFor this habitat, we ask you to link to the award/person's page.*List with awards | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Award-winning OR by the same writer as one of your favorites | Plains:B The Glory Part 2 | Kim Eun Sook | 8/8 ✔ |
from an award-winning director OR that has one of your favorite actresses | Plains:B Revenant | Kim Tae Ri | 12/12 ✔ |
from an award-winning screenwriter OR that has one of your favorite actors | Plains:B Taxi Driver Season 2 | Lee Je Hoon | 16/16 ✔ |
from an award-winning actor OR by the same director as one of your favorite titles | Plains:A The Wandering Earth II | Andy Lau | ✔ |
from an award-winning actress OR by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before | Plains:B Knights of the Zodiac | Tomasz Baginski | ✔ |
Getting up Close and Personal
In the following habitats you are asked to find essentials that have to do with relationships and the human experience most of these are tags, but in some cases we have inclosed a list or used the words features so please pay attention. We would also like to warn sensitive participants , as some of the routes below are indeed dark. but remember you can always choose a lighter route.
10. Kiss, F***, Kill, Exorcism… | Progress: 5/5, 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back OR | Plains:A Midnight Museum Forest:A My Lovely Liar | episode 3 (breaks into gf's home) FL's ex-bf | 10/10 ✔ 16/16 ✔ |
OR | Plains:A Ex-Wife Stop Season 2 Forest:A As Long As We Both Shall Live | 24/24 ✔ ✔ | |
OR | Plains:B Deleter Forest:B Save Me | ✔ 16/16 ✔ | |
OR | Plains:A Love to Hate You Forest:B Sh**ting Stars | 10/10 ✔
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OR | Plains:B Recalled Forest:A Strong Girl Namsoon | Strong FL/Weak ML, Out-going OTT FL/Calm reserved ML | ✔ 16/16 ✔ |
11. Finding a Mate | Progress: 5/5, 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Nudity: one of the following Nudity/Sexual content | Brief Nudity | Prolonged Nudity | Partial Nudity | Mild Sexual Content | Sexual Content | Extreme Sexual Content | Plains:B Hit the Spot Forest:A Twinkling Watermelon | 8/8 ✔
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OR | Plains:B Click Your Heart Forest:A My Dearest Part 2 | 7/7 ✔
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features a Heterosexual relationship OR | Plains:A I Have Three Boyfriends Forest:A Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo | 10/10 ✔
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OR | Plains:A Bo Ra! Deborah Forest:A Destined with You | 14/14 ✔
| |
Nice Female Lead / Nice Male Lead OR | Plains:A Delightfully Deceitful Forest:A The Way You Shine | Nice ML
| 16/16 ✔
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12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying | Progress: 5/5, 2/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Slight Comedy OR Black Comedy | Plains:B Love Potion | ✔ | |
OR features some type of Doomsday | Plains:B Duty After School: Part 1 Forest:A Animals: Kikoku-hen | Alien invasion | 6/6 ✔
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OR | Plains:A Catch the Ghost Forest:A Mutual Redemption Love |
| 16/16 ✔
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features a Celebration OR | Plains:A Strangers Again | Second couple got pregnant. | 12/12 ✔ |
OR | Plains:B Decoy | Self-emolation and hanging | 6/6 ✔ |
13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
features a Religious Leader OR | Plains:A Island | Priest Yohan | 6/6 ✔ |
OR | Plains:A The Law Cafe | 16/16 ✔ | |
Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot OR | Plains:A Divorce Attorney Shin | male | 12/12 ✔ |
OR | Plains:A The Post-Truth World | ✔ | |
Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead OR | Plains:B Numbers | Discriminated for not going to university | 12/12 ✔ |
Significant details
In the following habitats we ask of you to look for the details in the significant scenes, in the first one (14) we ask you to notice the surroundings, in the other the objects involved (15).
14. Where Are We? | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Plains:B The Forbidden Marriage | 12/12 ✔ | |
OR | Plains:B The Secret Romantic Guesthouse | ML takes FL to the beach as promised | 18/18 ✔ |
OR | Plains:B Doctor Cha | Attempted Suicide | 16/16 ✔ |
OR | Plains:B Island Part 2 | 6/6 ✔ | |
In a City OR In a Small Town | Plains:A My Bossy Wife Season 2 | Beijing | 28/28 ✔ |
15. Humans Have So Many Things | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Plains:A Payback: Money and Power | 12/12 ✔ | |
OR | Plains:A Flash Over | Fire trucks | ✔ |
OR | Plains:A Unlock My Boss | 12/12 ✔ | |
OR | Plains:A High School King of Savvy | high schooler wears suits to work pretending to be older brother | 17/17 ✔ |
OR | Plains:B Our Blooming Youth | Crossbow used to injure crown prince, to relay messages | 20/20 ✔ |
The Main Attraction
-In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials where one of the main characters (listed as a main) either is ..., gets a... has a... Each route will either include a a tag or a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
16. Who Are We? | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Plains:A Sprout | Kim Soo An | |
OR | Plains:A Youtuber Class | 4/4 ✔ | |
Trans gender identity (different than the gender assigned to them at birth) OR Cis gender Identity (same as the gender assigned to them at birth) | Plains:B Mask Girl | 7/7 ✔ | |
OR | Plains:B Juror 8 | Defendant was a burns victim with no fingers | ✔ |
OR | Plains:B Okay! Madam | Both husband and wife are hiding their identity | ✔ |
17. Camouflage? | Progress: 5/5; 1/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Plains:B Have a Good Neighbor Forest:A Rebound | Badminton player Basketball | 3/3 ✔
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OR | Plains:B Treasure Hunt | The participants have to solve clues and one of them involves men with tattoos. | 10/10 ✔ |
OR | Plains:B When You Be Me | ||
Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead OR | Plains:A Brain Works | 16/16 ✔ | |
Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead OR | Plains:A Aftermath | 5/5 ✔ |
18. What Are You? | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead OR | Plains:A My Bossy Wife | Strong FL + Weak ML | 28/28 ✔ |
Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead OR Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead | Plains:A #Alive | ✔ | |
Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead OR | Plains:B Strong Woman Do Bong Soon | Clingy ML | 16/16 ✔ |
Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead OR | Plains:A Lies Hidden in My Garden | Rich FL/ML, Poor FL | 8/8 ✔ |
OR | Plains:A Kill Bok Soon | ✔ |
Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash
-In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that feature the following things. Each route includes a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
19. The Petting Zoo | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Plains:A Tonio, You Son of A Cat! | Pet Cat | ✔ |
OR | Plains:A Flight to You | FL has a talking cockatiel | 39/39 ✔ |
OR | Plains:B The Good Bad Mother | Pigs | 14/14 ✔ |
OR | Plains:A Tale of the Nine-Tailed | Veterinarian support male | 16/16 ✔ |
OR | Plains:A Joseon Attorney: A Morality | Ep 5 and 10 | 16/16 ✔ |
20. Where the Humans Are… | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Plains:B You're Light Years Away | Cats turn into human | 28/28 ✔ |
OR | Plains:B Gannibal | Bear attack | 7/7 ✔ |
OR | Plains:A Back From the Brink | Rabbit | 40/40 ✔ |
OR | Plains:B Crash Course in Romance | Pelting stray cats | 16/16 ✔ |
Second Lead Caring For Animals OR | Crown Prince Go Won and male lead Jang Uk are antagonists. CP adopts a turtle and looks after it. Jang Uk also briefly takes care of the turtle and this action confuses CP. | 10/10 ✔ |
21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die | Progress: 5/5; 2/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | FL, Seo Eun Woo, conduct difficult deliveries. | 10/10 ✔ | |
OR | Plains:B Delivery Man Forest:B Dr. Cheon and Lost Talisman | 12/12 ✔ ✔ | |
OR | Plains:B The First Responders | 12/12 ✔ | |
OR | Plains:A The Glory Season 1 Forest:B Death's Game | The game of Go. | 8/8 ✔
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OR | Plains:A Our D-Day | 6/6 ✔ |
22. Who Am I When I Am With You? | Progress: 5/5, 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Plains:A Stealer: The Treasure Keeper Forest:A Animals | Cops and cultural heritage dept | 12/12 ✔ 8/8 ✔ |
OR | Plains:B Queenmaker Forest:A Gifted | Fixer + Lawyer, Lawyer + Campaign Manager | 11/11 ✔
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OR | Plains:A Jung_E
| Scientist daughter works on a robotics program based on her soldier mother 2 real brothers;1 brother-like relation. | ✔ 16/16 ✔ |
OR | Plains:B Lesson in Love Forest:A The Killing Vote | rewatched earlier episodes from 2022 | 12/12 ✔
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OR | Plains:A D-Day Forest:A Moon in the Day | 20/20 ✔ 14/14 ✔ |
Name and Cover
In the following habitats we ask of you to pay attention to the name and cover of the title. For the first one (23) your mission is to find titles that have one of the following things. For the second one (24) your mission is to look at the cover. Each route includes a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
23. It's Only Words in the Name | Progress: 5/5, 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Plains:A Till the End of the Moon Forest:A The Moon | 40/40 ✔ ✔ | |
Color OR | Plains:A Blue Birthday Forest:B Longing for You | 10/10 ✔ 14/14 ✔ | |
OR | Plains:A/B Sailing Stones Forest:B Moving | fits both | ✔
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OR | Plains:B 69 Days Later Forest:B The First Responders Season 2 | ✔
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OR | Plains:B A Sunday Forest:B The Kidnapping Day | ✔
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24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Domesticated Animal OR Wild Animal | Plains:B YOUniverse | Shark | 4/4 ✔ |
OR | Plains:B Sanctuary | 1/1 ✔ | |
OR | Plains:B Faces of Anne | ✔ | |
OR | Plains:B King the Land | 16/16 ✔ | |
OR | Plains:ARight Place | ✔ |
Origin
-In the following habitat your mission is to find essentials from the countries of MDL. You get to choose either watch 5 titles from 5 different countries Or watch 7 titles from 7 different countries.
Note: You must gather essentials from all 7 countries in every environment if you wish to get to the next stage (environment) of the challenge. You may not use treats in the international habitat if you wish to get the TIGER badge.
25. Countries of MDL | Progress: 7/7 | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
✔ | |||
Big Brother | ✔ | ||
Mondays | ✔ | ||
✔ | |||
✔ | |||
✔ | |||
✔ |
Treats
This is where you gather treats, to use whenever you wish to avoid the paths given in a habitat. You come up with the treats on your own, they may not cover anything mentioned in this challenge (but you may use previous years' prompts for inspiration). Every time you start a new stage, you will be awarded a new number of treats according to the table below.
My Treats! | Plains Used: /5 | Forest Used: /4 | Mountain Used: /3 | Space Used: /2 | Black Hole Used: /1 | |
Route | Essential | Substitute for | Notes | Completed | ||
Supernatural/Fantasy | ||||||
Blood Group | ||||||
Artificial Intelligence | ||||||
Superpowers |
2023 MDL Watch Challenge Sign-up Sheet |
Taxonomy
3. All About the Gen(r)es ✔ | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Watch a title from one of the following genres Choice of Route. | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | ✔ | January 07 2023 | |
OR | ✔ | February 20 2023 | |
OR | ✔ | October 29 2023 | |
OR | ✔ | October 10 2023 | |
OR | ✔ Rewatch (3rd) | August 05 2023 |
Getting up Close and Personal
10. Kiss, F***, Kill, Exorcism… ✔ | Progress: 05/05 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back OR | ✔ | February 04 2023 | |
OR | ✔ | October 22 2023 | |
OR | ✔ | January 26 2023 | |
OR | ✔ | March 20 2023 | |
OR | ✔ | April 03 2023 |
11. Finding a Mate ✔ | Progress: 05/05 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Nudity: one of the following Nudity/Sexual content | Brief Nudity | Prolonged Nudity | Partial Nudity | Mild Sexual Content | Sexual Content | Extreme Sexual Content | ✔ | March 10 2023 | |
OR | ✔ | August 23 2023 | |
features a Heterosexual relationship OR | ✔ | October 30 2023 | |
OR | ✔ | February 27 2023 | |
Nice Female Lead / Aggressive Male Lead OR | ✔ | March 27 2023 |
12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying | Progress: 05/05 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Slight Comedy OR Black Comedy | October 10, 2023 | ||
OR features some type of Doomsday | ✔ | September 03 2023 | |
OR | ✔ Rewatch (2nd) | June 17 2023 | |
features a Celebration OR | ✔ | January 30 2023 | |
OR | ✔ | April 10 2023 |
The Main Attraction
18. What Are You? | Progress: 05/05 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead OR | ✔ | March 21 2023 | |
Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead OR Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead | ✔ Rewatch (2nd) | February 06 2023 | |
Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead OR | Lee Bada - Team Bebe | ✔ | December 17, 2023 |
Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead OR | Never Let Me Go | ✔ | December 19, 2023 |
OR | ✔ | January 26 2023 |
Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash
22. Who Am I When I Am With You? | Progress: 05/05 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | ✔ | September 21 2023 | |
OR | ✔ | March 27 2023 | |
OR | ✔ | July 10 2023 | |
OR | ✔ | November 13, 2023 | |
OR | ✔ Dentist-Patient | January 29 2023 |
Origin
-In the following habitat your mission is to find essentials from the countries of MDL. You get to choose either watch 5 titles from 5 different countries Or watch 7 titles from 7 different countries.
25. Countries of MDL | Progress: 05/05 | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
✔ | March 20 2023 | ||
✔ | March 27 2023 | ||
- | ✔ | ||
✔ | September 11 2023 | ||
✔ | October 19 2023 | ||
✔ | February 19 2023 |
MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up SheetStarting date: January 1, 2023 Link to your Drama list:https://mydramalist.com/dramalist/sunki2 Progress Habitat: Legend: Completed ; Currently watching ; Plan to watch |
Taxonomy
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that according to type or genre.
1. Type | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR At least 5 o f a title listed as a Tv Show The episodes do not need to be in consecutive order. Please list episode air dates OR episode numbers | 1.Singles Inferno 2 | ||
OR | High and low-the movie | ||
OR Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDL | Street dance of China 4 | ||
OR | KissxKissxKiss~Perfect Scandal~ | ||
Adapted from a manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic Or | Oh!My assistance |
2. Is it True? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Educational (tries to teach viewers something-not the same as the school genre) | The glory 2 | ||
OR | Just Friends | ||
OR | Adult stuff | ||
OR | Onlyfriends | ||
OR | The romance of Tiger and Rose |
3. All About the Gen(r)es | Progress: | ||
Watch a title from one of the following genres Choice of Route. | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Love like the galaxy: part 1 | ||
OR | My only love song | ||
OR | The fabulous | ||
OR | HiGH&LOW SEASON 2 | ||
OR | Alchemy of souls:part 2 |
Time is Relative
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that have something to do with time, in the first habitat you are instructed to find essentials that started airing between certain dates, in the second and third one you get to dig deeper in to the concept of time
4. Year of OriginTutorial | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Physical:100 | ||
OR the year a member on this page joined MDL (link to the account/challenge form) | The yin-yang master: Dream of eternity | 2020 https://mydramalist.com/profile/MitziMiao | |
OR
| Ai nokotodama | ||
year generated by this website OR | True beauty | rewatched | |
OR | Love in the air |
5. Duration of The HikeTutorial | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Military dog | ||
DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes Or | Cinderella again | ||
DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer. | Dear ex | ||
DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes OR
| Who rules the world | ||
OR DRAMA with 8 episodes or less. | The new employee |
6. Time Can Be Confusing | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Full second season of a DRAMA OR
| Love alarm 2 | ||
OR | Our dating sim | ||
OR | The glory | ||
OR | RorouniKenshin:The beginning | SPOILER:(when she died) | |
OR | Tokyo in april is... |
The Chronicles of MDL
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials by exploring MDL, your personal favourites and those others have awarded or written about.
7. Sharing is CaringTutorials: 1 2 3 | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
that has been on your PTW for longer than you can remember OR from the Watchlist of another user doing this challenge | Onepiece | Dejes | |
with less than 10,000 viewers OR
| Drop | ||
DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list OR
| Love in the air:special episode | ||
mentioned in the MDL Forums Or mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds) | Rorouni kenshin: Kyoto inferno | ||
with the newest release date in your PTW list OR
| My personal weatherman |
8. Examined…Tutorial | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
on your Recommendations page (add a link to the page) Or appearing in the first 5 pages of MDL Home Trailers section (add a link to the trailer) | |||
found on a Custom List (add a link to the list). OR found on a Voting List in the list index (add a link to the list). | |||
from your most viewed tags Or
| High&Low: the end of sky | friendship | |
with someone or something mentioned in a Game on MDL (add a link to the game) Or found mentioned in an Article on MDL (add a link to the article) | |||
with over 10 Reviews OR
| King the land |
9. Your Fanciers and WestminstersFor this habitat, we ask you to link to the award/person's page.*List with awards | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR by the same writer as one of your favorites | My brother loves me too much | Matsuda Yuko | |
OR that has one of your favorite actresses | Please feel at easy mr.ling | Zhao Lusi | |
OR that has one of your favorite actors | High&Low the worst | ||
from an award-winning actor OR
| Bloodhounds | Woo Do Hwan | |
from an award-winning actress OR
| Baillerina | Jeon Jong Seo |
Getting up Close and Personal
In the following habitats you are asked to find essentials that have to do with relationships and the human experience most of these are tags, but in some cases we have inclosed a list or used the words features so please pay attention. We would also like to warn sensitive participants , as some of the routes below are indeed dark. but remember you can always choose a lighter route.
10. Kiss, F***, Kill, Exorcism… | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back OR | The end of the world with you | ||
OR | Good morning call | ||
OR | In house marriage honey | ||
OR | Love to hate you | ||
OR | Crash course romance |
11. Finding a Mate | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Nudity: one of the following Nudity/Sexual content | Brief Nudity | Prolonged Nudity | Partial Nudity | Mild Sexual Content | Sexual Content | Extreme Sexual Content | The shortest distance is round | ||
OR | Color of romance | ||
OR | Behind cut | ||
OR | Not me (rewatched) | ||
Nice Female Lead / Aggressive Male Lead OR | Hidden Love |
12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Mr.queen(rewatched) | ||
OR
| My beautiful man 2 | ||
OR | Love like the galaxy: part 2 | ||
features a Celebration OR | From me to you | ||
OR | When I fly towards you |
13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Love between fairy and devil | ||
OR | Racket boys | ||
OR | Roomates of poongduck 304 | ||
OR | My love mixup | Rewatched | |
Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead OR | My beautiful man: eternal movie |
Significant details
In the following habitats we ask of you to look for the details in the significant scenes, in the first one (14) we ask you to notice the surroundings, in the other the objects involved (15).
14. Where Are We? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Alchemy of Souls:part 1 | SPOILER: on the last episode when Naksu jumps off a cliff | |
OR | The eighth sence | surfing | |
OR | Candy color paradox | A lot of the important scenes happens on a rooftop | |
OR | a female student arrives at the Imperial college | when Sang Qi goes to the mountains to learn martial arts | |
OR | Once upon asmall town |
15. Humans Have So Many Things | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Moving | Bong Seok backpack is always full of weight for him nt to fly | |
OR | Black night | 5-8 driver’s truck | |
OR | Celebrity | Always showingsmartphones |
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OR | The uncanny counter 2 | The counters hoodies | |
OR | Our secret diary |
The Main Attraction
-In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials where one of the main characters (listed as a main) either is ..., gets a... has a... Each route will either include a a tag or a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
16. Who Are We? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Taxi driver 2 | ||
OR | A shoulder to cry on | ||
OR Cis gender Identity (same as the gender assigned to them at birth) | Mind | ||
OR | The uncanny counter | ||
OR | Boys planet |
17. Camouflage? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Twinkling Watermelon | ||
OR | Café Minamdang | ||
OR | The heavenly Idol | ||
OR | Yazuka lover | ||
OR | Taxi driver |
18. What Are You? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead OR | Revenge of others | ||
Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead OR | See you in my 18th life | ||
Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead OR | Rorouni Kenshin | ||
Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead OR | I am Reiko Shirotori-The Movie | ||
OR | Kill Boksoon |
Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash
-In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that feature the following things. Each route includes a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
19. The Petting Zoo | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Royal rumours | The cat | |
OR | |||
OR | And yet, you are so sweet | ||
OR | |||
OR |
20. Where the Humans Are… | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | choco milk shake | ||
OR | Hana kimi | rewatched | |
OR | |||
OR | Marry my dead body | ||
Second Lead Caring For Animals OR |
21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | Stay by my side | taiwan | |
OR | Gaus electronic | ||
OR | |||
OR | Weak hero class |
22. Who Am I When I Am With You? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Zom 100: bucket list of the dead | ||
OR | High&Low the worst cross | ||
OR | Demekin | ||
OR | Falling high school girl and irresponsible teacher | ||
OR | Duty after school 1 |
Name and Cover
In the following habitats we ask of you to pay attention to the name and cover of the title. For the first one (23) your mission is to find titles that have one of the following things. For the second one (24) your mission is to look at the cover. Each route includes a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
23. It's Only Words in the Name | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | High&Low: The red rain | ||
OR | The night I became an animal 1 | ||
OR | The night I became an animal 2 | ||
OR | The novelist- spring life |
24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | My happy divorced life | ||
OR | |||
OR |
Origin
-In the following habitat your mission is to find essentials from the countries of MDL. You get to choose either watch 5 titles from 5 different countries Or watch 7 titles from 7 different countries.
Note: You must gather essentials from all 7 countries in every environment if you wish to get to the next stage (environment) of the challenge. You may not use treats in the international habitat if you wish to get the TIGER badge.
25. Countries of MDL | Progress: | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Circle of love | |||
High&low- dtc movie | |||
mask girl | |||
Treats
This is where you gather treats, to use whenever you wish to avoid the paths given in a habitat. You come up with the treats on your own, they may not cover anything mentioned in this challenge (but you may use previous years' prompts for inspiration). Every time you start a new stage, you will be awarded a new number of treats according to the table below.
My Treats! | Plains Used: /5 | Forest Used: /4 | Mountain Used: /3 | Space Used: /2 | Black Hole Used: /1 | |
Route | Essential | Substitute for | Notes | Completed | ||
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MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet |
Taxonomy
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that according to type or genre.
1. Type | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR TV SHOW* | |||
OR | |||
Co-Produced OR Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDL | |||
OR | |||
Adapted from a manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic Or |
2. Is it True? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Educational (tries to teach viewers something-not the same as the school genre) | |||
OR | |||
Documentary Genre OR Mockumentary | |||
OR | |||
OR |
3. All About the Gen(r)es | Progress: | ||
Watch a title from one of the following genres Choice of Route. | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
Time is Relative
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that have something to do with time, in the first habitat you are instructed to find essentials that started airing between certain dates, in the second and third one you get to dig deeper in to the concept of time
4. Year of OriginTutorial | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR the year a member on this page joined MDL (link to the account/challenge form) | |||
OR the month (not necessarily the year) you were born | |||
year generated by this website OR | |||
OR |
5. Duration of The HikeTutorial | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR |
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DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes Or | |||
DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer. | |||
DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 180 minutes or longer. | |||
DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes OR DRAMA with 8 episodes or less. |
6. Time Can Be Confusing | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Full second season of a DRAMA OR Only 1 episode of a DRAMA | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
The Chronicles of MDL
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials by exploring MDL, your personal favourites and those others have awarded or written about.
7. Sharing is CaringTutorials: 1 2 3 | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
that has been on your PTW for longer than you can remember OR from the Watchlist of another user doing this challenge | |||
with less than 10,000 viewers OR ranked 1-1000 (if you have seen them all you can go for 1001) | |||
DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list OR DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list | |||
mentioned in the MDL Forums Or mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds) | |||
with the newest release date in your PTW list OR with a release date older than the oldest title in your Watchlist |
8. Examined…Tutorial | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
on your Recommendations page (add a link to the page) Or appearing in the first 5 pages of MDL Home Trailers section (add a link to the trailer) | |||
found on a Custom List (add a link to the list). OR found on a Voting List in the list index (add a link to the list). | |||
from your most viewed tags Or from your least viewed genres under your profile stats | |||
with someone or something mentioned in a Game on MDL (add a link to the game) Or found mentioned in an Article on MDL (add a link to the article) | |||
with over 10 Reviews OR with 0 Reviews when you started watching it |
9. Your Fanciers and WestminstersFor this habitat, we ask you to link to the award/person's page.*List with awards | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Award-winning OR by the same writer as one of your favorites | |||
from an award-winning director OR that has one of your favorite actresses | |||
from an award-winning screenwriter OR that has one of your favorite actors | |||
from an award-winning actor OR by the same director as one of your favorite titles | |||
from an award-winning actress OR by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before |
Getting up Close and Personal
In the following habitats you are asked to find essentials that have to do with relationships and the human experience most of these are tags, but in some cases we have inclosed a list or used the words features so please pay attention. We would also like to warn sensitive participants , as some of the routes below are indeed dark. but remember you can always choose a lighter route.
10. Kiss, F***, Kill, Exorcism… | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
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11. Finding a Mate | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Nudity: one of the following Nudity/Sexual content | Brief Nudity | Prolonged Nudity | Partial Nudity | Mild Sexual Content | Sexual Content | Extreme Sexual Content | |||
OR | |||
features a Heterosexual relationship OR | |||
OR | |||
Nice Female Lead / Aggressive Male Lead OR |
12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Slight Comedy OR Black Comedy | |||
OR features some type of Doomsday | |||
OR | |||
features a Celebration OR | |||
OR |
13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
features a Religious Leader OR | |||
OR | |||
Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot OR | |||
OR | |||
Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead OR |
Significant details
In the following habitats we ask of you to look for the details in the significant scenes, in the first one (14) we ask you to notice the surroundings, in the other the objects involved (15).
14. Where Are We? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
In a City OR In a Small Town |
15. Humans Have So Many Things | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
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OR | |||
OR |
The Main Attraction
-In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials where one of the main characters (listed as a main) either is ..., gets a... has a... Each route will either include a a tag or a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
16. Who Are We? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
Trans gender identity (different than the gender assigned to them at birth) OR Cis gender Identity (same as the gender assigned to them at birth) | |||
OR | |||
OR |
17. Camouflage? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead OR | |||
Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead OR |
18. What Are You? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead OR | |||
Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead OR Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead | |||
Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead OR | |||
Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead OR | |||
OR |
Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash
-In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that feature the following things. Each route includes a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
19. The Petting Zoo | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
20. Where the Humans Are… | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
Second Lead Caring For Animals OR |
21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
22. Who Am I When I Am With You? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
Name and Cover
In the following habitats we ask of you to pay attention to the name and cover of the title. For the first one (23) your mission is to find titles that have one of the following things. For the second one (24) your mission is to look at the cover. Each route includes a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
23. It's Only Words in the Name | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
Color OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Domesticated Animal OR Wild Animal | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
Origin
-In the following habitat your mission is to find essentials from the countries of MDL. You get to choose either watch 5 titles from 5 different countries Or watch 7 titles from 7 different countries.
Note: You must gather essentials from all 7 countries in every environment if you wish to get to the next stage (environment) of the challenge. You may not use treats in the international habitat if you wish to get the TIGER badge.
25. Countries of MDL | Progress: | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Treats
This is where you gather treats, to use whenever you wish to avoid the paths given in a habitat. You come up with the treats on your own, they may not cover anything mentioned in this challenge (but you may use previous years' prompts for inspiration). Every time you start a new stage, you will be awarded a new number of treats according to the table below.
My Treats! | Plains Used: /5 | Forest Used: /4 | Mountain Used: /3 | Space Used: /2 | Black Hole Used: /1 | |
Route | Essential | Substitute for | Notes | Completed | ||
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MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet |
Currently Watching- Drama completed- Movie completed
Taxonomy
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that according to type or genre.
1. Type | Progress: 4/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR TV SHOW* | Wind-Bell | 11 min. | ✔ |
OR | Drama Special Season 8: Dancing the Waltz Alone | ✔ | |
Co-Produced OR Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDL | |||
OR | Can You Deliver In Time? | 15 min | ✔ |
Adapted from a manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic Or | Seishun Cinderella | 24 min | ✔ |
2. Is it True? | Progress: 2/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Educational (tries to teach viewers something-not the same as the school genre) | Reincarnation Love | 6 min, 2022 | ✓ |
OR | |||
Documentary Genre OR Mockumentary | |||
OR | Dragon Blade | 2015 | ✓ |
OR |
3. All About the Gen(r)es | Progress: 4/5 | ||
Watch a title from one of the following genres Choice of Route. | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | The Legend & Butterfly | ✓ | |
OR | |||
OR | Out of Breath | 14 min. | ✓ |
OR | The Guilty Secret | ✔ | |
OR | Ip Man 3 | ✓ |
Time is Relative
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that have something to do with time, in the first habitat you are instructed to find essentials that started airing between certain dates, in the second and third one you get to dig deeper in to the concept of time
4. Year of OriginTutorial | Progress: 2/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice (1952) | ✓ | |
OR the year a member on this page joined MDL (link to the account/challenge form) |
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OR the month (not necessarily the year) you were born | |||
year generated by this website OR | |||
OR | Fist of Fury (1972) | ✓ |
5. Duration of The HikeTutorial | Progress:2/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR |
Le Vrai Où | ✓ | |
DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes Or | |||
DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer. | |||
DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 180 minutes or longer. | |||
DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes OR DRAMA with 8 episodes or less. | Danger-Less Detectives | 24 min | ✓ |
6. Time Can Be Confusing | Progress: 2/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Full second season of a DRAMA OR Only 1 episode of a DRAMA | |||
OR | The Blue Skies at Your Feet | 1 hr. 33 min. | ✓ |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | Autumn Blossom | ✓ |
The Chronicles of MDL
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials by exploring MDL, your personal favourites and those others have awarded or written about.
7. Sharing is CaringTutorials: 1 2 3 | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
that has been on your PTW for longer than you can remember OR from the Watchlist of another user doing this challenge | |||
with less than 10,000 viewers OR ranked 1-1000 (if you have seen them all you can go for 1001) | |||
DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list OR DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list | |||
mentioned in the MDL Forums Or mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds) | |||
with the newest release date in your PTW list OR with a release date older than the oldest title in your Watchlist |
8. Examined…Tutorial | Progress: 1/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
on your Recommendations page (add a link to the page) Or appearing in the first 5 pages of MDL Home Trailers section (add a link to the trailer) | Lupin III | ✓ | |
found on a Custom List (add a link to the list). OR found on a Voting List in the list index (add a link to the list). | |||
from your most viewed tags Or from your least viewed genres under your profile stats | |||
with someone or something mentioned in a Game on MDL (add a link to the game) Or found mentioned in an Article on MDL (add a link to the article) | |||
with over 10 Reviews OR with 0 Reviews when you started watching it |
9. Your Fanciers and WestminstersFor this habitat, we ask you to link to the award/person's page.*List with awards | Progress: 4/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Award-winning OR by the same writer as one of your favorites | The Fortress | ✔ | |
from an award-winning director OR that has one of your favorite actresses | Unmasked Noise (Nakajo Ayami) | ✓ | |
from an award-winning screenwriter OR that has one of your favorite actors | |||
from an award-winning actor OR by the same director as one of your favorite titles | Jung Woo Sung- The Good, the bad, the Weird | ✓ | |
from an award-winning actress OR by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before | Beasts Clawing at Straws | ✓ |
Getting up Close and Personal
In the following habitats you are asked to find essentials that have to do with relationships and the human experience most of these are tags, but in some cases we have inclosed a list or used the words features so please pay attention. We would also like to warn sensitive participants , as some of the routes below are indeed dark. but remember you can always choose a lighter route.
10. Kiss, F***, Kill, Exorcism… | Progress: 2/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | The Magician | 2 hr. 2 min. | ✓ |
OR |
Jigoku Shoujo | 1 hr. 50 min | ✔ |
11. Finding a Mate | Progress:1/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Nudity: one of the following Nudity/Sexual content | Brief Nudity | Prolonged Nudity | Partial Nudity | Mild Sexual Content | Sexual Content | Extreme Sexual Content | Snow Blossom | 7 min | ✓ |
OR | |||
features a Heterosexual relationship OR | |||
OR | |||
Nice Female Lead / Aggressive Male Lead OR |
12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying | Progress: 1/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Slight Comedy OR Black Comedy | |||
OR features some type of Doomsday | |||
OR | |||
features a Celebration OR | Neko to Jiichan | 1 hr. 43 min. | ✔ |
OR |
13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff | Progress: 1/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
features a Religious Leader OR | |||
OR |
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Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot OR | |||
OR | |||
Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead OR | No Going Back Romance | 12 min | ✓ |
Significant details
In the following habitats we ask of you to look for the details in the significant scenes, in the first one (14) we ask you to notice the surroundings, in the other the objects involved (15).
14. Where Are We? | Progress: 2/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | Stolen Identity | 1 hr. 56 min. | ✓ |
OR |
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OR | |||
In a City OR In a Small Town | Little Forest | 1 hr. 43 min. | ✓ |
15. Humans Have So Many Things | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | The Classic | 2 hr. 12 min. | ✓ |
OR | Seoul Vibe | 2 hr. 18 min. | ✓ |
OR | 20th Century Girl | 1 hr. 59 min. |
✓ |
OR | Alice, the Final Weapon | 35 min | ✓ |
OR | The Red Sleeve | 1 h 20 min | ✓ |
The Main Attraction
-In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials where one of the main characters (listed as a main) either is ..., gets a... has a... Each route will either include a a tag or a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
16. Who Are We? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
Trans gender identity (different than the gender assigned to them at birth) OR Cis gender Identity (same as the gender assigned to them at birth) | |||
OR | |||
OR |
17. Camouflage? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead OR | |||
Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead OR |
18. What Are You? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead OR | |||
Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead OR Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead | |||
Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead OR | |||
Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead OR | |||
OR |
Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash
-In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that feature the following things. Each route includes a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
19. The Petting Zoo | Progress: 1/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
My Dearest part 1 | ✓ |
20. Where the Humans Are… | Progress: 2/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | Society obsessed with love | 6 min | ✓ |
OR | The Pirates | ✔ | |
OR | |||
Second Lead Caring For Animals OR |
21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
22. Who Am I When I Am With You? | Progress: 1/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | Devil Inspector Season 2 | 10 min | ✓ |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
Name and Cover
In the following habitats we ask of you to pay attention to the name and cover of the title. For the first one (23) your mission is to find titles that have one of the following things. For the second one (24) your mission is to look at the cover. Each route includes a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
23. It's Only Words in the Name | Progress: 2/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
Color OR | White Valentine | ✔ | |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | Longing for Spring | 16 min. | ✓ |
24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover | Progress: 1/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Domesticated Animal OR Wild Animal | |||
OR |
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OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | Turned on by You | ✓ |
Origin
-In the following habitat your mission is to find essentials from the countries of MDL. You get to choose either watch 5 titles from 5 different countries Or watch 7 titles from 7 different countries.
Note: You must gather essentials from all 7 countries in every environment if you wish to get to the next stage (environment) of the challenge. You may not use treats in the international habitat if you wish to get the TIGER badge.
25. Countries of MDL | Progress: | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Treats
This is where you gather treats, to use whenever you wish to avoid the paths given in a habitat. You come up with the treats on your own, they may not cover anything mentioned in this challenge (but you may use previous years' prompts for inspiration). Every time you start a new stage, you will be awarded a new number of treats according to the table below.
My Treats! | Plains Used: /5 | Forest Used: /4 | Mountain Used: /3 | Space Used: /2 | Black Hole Used: /1 | |
Route | Essential | Substitute for | Notes | Completed | ||
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MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up SheetStarting date: January 1, 2023 Link to your Drama list: Nine's Drama List Compled Habitat: Plains 8/8 - Palawan Peacock 40/40 Planned • Available • Watching • Completed |
Choice of Route | |
1. Type | Essentials. Progress: 5/5 |
Adapted from a manga/webtoon/manhua/manhwa/comic book or adapted from a novel / book |
3. All about the Gen(r)es | Essentials. Progress: 5/5 |
Historical OR | |
Comedy OR | |
Road Home | |
Essentials. Progress: 5/5 | |
Delightfully Deceitful | |
1990-1999 Or | |
2000-2010 Or | |
2018 The Guest | |
Missing: The Other Side Season 2 |
9. Your fanciers and Westminsters | Essentials. Progress: 5/5 |
Award-winning OR by the same writer as one of your favorites | Hwang Jin Young |
from an award-winning director OR that has one of your favorite actresses | |
of an award-winning screenwriter OR who has one of your favorite actors | Lee Je Hoon Taxi Driver Season 2 |
Yoo In Shik | |
from an award-winning actress OR from a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before |
11. Finding a mate | Essentials. Progress: 5/5 |
Age Gap [drama life] or classmate relationship | |
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12. Laugh it off die trying | Essentials. Progress: 5/5 |
Happy Ending Or features some type of Doomsday | The Kidnapping Day |
Features a | |
22. Who am I when I am with you? | Essentials. Progress: 5/5 |
24. Pretty pictures on the cover | Essentials. Progress 5/5 |
My Dearest Part 2 | |
MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet |
Starting date: January 1st, 2023 Link to your Drama list: List Planned • Watching • Completed - Drama/Web Series 5 | Drama Special 0 | Movies 6 | TVShows 4 China 0 | Hong Kong 0 | Japan 3 | Philippines 1 | South Korea 9 | Taiwan 1 | Thailand 1 | |||
Animal | Habitat | Date | ✅ |
Plains • 0/2 | |||
3/7 | |||
Taxonomy | |||
1. Type | Progress: 2/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | ✅ |
TV SHOW* (min 5 eps) | SK • TVShow • 2018 Episodes: 5/5 | ✅ | |
MOVIE DRAMA SPECIAL | |||
Co-Produced Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country | The Trapped 13: How We Survived the Thai Cave | Thailand • Movie • 2022 Tags: Co-produced, Survival, Based On True Story | |
Anthology Omnibus | |||
Adapted from a manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic | Hiyama Kentaro no Ninshin | Japan • Drama • 2022 Tags: Adapted From A Manga, Male Pregnancy, (...) |
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2. Is it True? | Progress: 2/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | ✅ |
Advertisement OR Educational (tries to teach viewers something-not the same as the school genre) | |||
Independent Film Propaganda | |||
Documentary Genre Mockumentary | Cyber Hell: Exposing an Internet Horror | SK • Movie • 2022 Genres: Mystery, Crime, Documentary | ✅ |
Inspired by Real Events / Real Person | Through the Darkness | SK • Drama • 2022 Adapted from the autobiography, co-written by Korea's first criminal profiler, Kwon Il Yong and journalist-turned-author Ko Na Mu | ✅ |
Historical Fiction Historical genre + tag Based on True Story | |||
3. All About the Gen(r)es | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | ✅ |
Historical Sci-Fi | |||
Comedy Tragedy | |||
Thriller Romance | |||
Youth Political | |||
Action Life | |||
Time is Relative | |||
4. Year of Origin | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | ✅ |
in 2023 1940-1959 | |||
1990-1999 the year a member on this page joined MDL (link to the account/challenge form) | |||
2000-2010 the month (not necessarily the year) you were born | |||
year generated by this website 1950-1969 | |||
2017-2022 1970-1989 | |||
5. Duration of The Hike | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | ✅ |
Short Length Series Short Film | |||
DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes DRAMA with 30 episodes or more. | |||
DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer. | |||
DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes MOVIE that lasts 180 minutes or longer. | |||
DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes DRAMA with 8 episodes or less. | |||
6. Time Can Be Confusing | Progress: 2/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | ✅ |
Full second season of a DRAMA | The Glory (Season 2) | SK • Drama • 2023 | ✅ |
Time Loop | Re/Member | Japan • Movie • 2022 Tags: (...), Time Loop, Survival, (...) | ✅ |
Time Skip Time Travel | |||
Winter Summer | |||
Fall Spring | |||
The Chronicles of MDL | |||
7. Sharing is Caring | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | ✅ |
that has been on your PTW for longer than you can remember from the Watchlist of another user doing this challenge | |||
with less than 10,000 viewers ranked 1-1000 (if you have seen them all you can go for 1001) | |||
DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list | |||
mentioned in the MDL Forums mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds) | |||
with the newest release date in your PTW list with a release date older than the oldest title in your Watchlist | |||
8. Examined… | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | ✅ |
on your Recommendations page (add a link to the page) appearing in the first 5 pages of MDL Home Trailers section (add a link to the trailer) | |||
found on a Custom List (add a link to the list). found on a Voting List in the list index (add a link to the list). | |||
from your most viewed tags from your least viewed genres under your profile stats | |||
with someone or something mentioned in a Game on MDL (add a link to the game) found mentioned in an Article on MDL (add a link to the article) | |||
with over 10 Reviews with 0 Reviews when you started watching it | |||
9. Your Fanciers and Westminsters | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | ✅ |
Award-winning by the same writer as one of your favorites | |||
from an award-winning director that has one of your favorite actresses | |||
from an award-winning screenwriter that has one of your favorite actors | |||
from an award-winning actor by the same director as one of your favorite titles | |||
from an award-winning actress by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before | |||
Getting up Close and Personal | |||
10. Kiss, F***, Kill, Exorcism… | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | ✅ |
Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back Exorcism | |||
Cohabitation Long Distance Relationship | |||
Fluffy Sexual Assault | |||
Contract Relationship Secret Relationship | |||
Opposites Attract Domestic Abuse | |||
11. Finding a Mate | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | ✅ |
First Love Nudity: one of the following Nudity/Sexual content | Brief Nudity | Prolonged Nudity | Partial Nudity | Mild Sexual Content | Sexual Content | Extreme Sexual Content | |||
Age Gap [Drama Life] Classmates' Relationship | |||
features a Heterosexual relationship Same-Sex relationship | |||
Enemies to Lovers Love at First Sight | |||
Nice Female Lead / Aggressive Male Lead Aggressive Female Lead / Aggressive Male Lead | |||
12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | ✅ |
Slight Comedy Black Comedy | |||
Happy Ending features some type of Doomsday | |||
Tragic Past Sketch Comedy | |||
features a Celebration Mourning | |||
Healing Suicide | |||
13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | ✅ |
features a Religious Leader Some type of God | |||
Misunderstanding Character Development | |||
Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot LGBTQ+ | |||
Suspense Slow Burn Story / Slow Burn Romance | |||
Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead Discrimination | |||
Significant details | |||
14. Where Are We? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | ✅ |
On a Field On a Cliff | |||
In the Woods By the Sea | |||
In a Jungle On a Rooftop | |||
On a Mountain On an Island | |||
In a City In a Small Town | |||
15. Humans Have So Many Things | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | ✅ |
An Umbrella A Backpack | |||
A Truck A Sports Car | |||
A Smartphone A Phone Booth | |||
A Suit /Dress A Hoodie | |||
A Book A Crossbow | |||
The Main Attraction | |||
16. Who Are We? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | ✅ |
Child Actor/Actress Veteran Actor/Actress | |||
Idol actor/ Idol actress Former Child Actor/Actress | |||
Trans gender identity (different than the gender assigned to them at birth) Cis gender Identity (same as the gender assigned to them at birth) | |||
Able Bodied Living with a disability | |||
Public Figure Hidden Identity | |||
17. Camouflage? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | ✅ |
Athlete Artist | |||
Glasses Tattoos | |||
Identity Swap Body Swap | |||
Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead Criminal Female Lead/Criminal Male Lead | |||
Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead Antihero/Antiheroine | |||
18. What Are You? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | ✅ |
Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead Weak Female Lead / Weak Male Lead | |||
Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead | |||
Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead Clingy Female Lead/Clingy Male Lead | |||
Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead Poor Female Lead/Poor Male Lead | |||
Killer Healer | |||
Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash | |||
19. The Petting Zoo | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | ✅ |
Pet Pest | |||
Talking Pet Animal Death | |||
Zoo animal Farm Animal | |||
Veterinarian Animal Control | |||
Romantic Ride on a Horse Horse Ridden to Out to War | |||
20. Where the Humans Are… | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | ✅ |
Human Turns into an Animal Animal turns into a Human | |||
Adorable animals Animal Attack | |||
Animal in the Wild Animal in a City | |||
Pet dressed in Clothes Animal Abuse | |||
Second Lead Caring For Animals Antagonist Caring For Animals | |||
21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die | Progress: 4/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | ✅ |
Birth care (Postpartum care) | Birthcare Center | SK • Drama • 2020 Title & Synopsis | |
Virtual Reality | Jung_E | SK • Movie • 2023 Tags: (...), Virtual Reality, Future, Torture | ✅ |
Teamwork | New World | SK • TVShow • 2021 | ✅ |
Death Game | Japan • Drama • 2022 Tags: Death Game, Survival, Friendship, (...) | ✅ | |
Bullying | The Glory (Season 1) | SK • Drama • 2022 Tags: School Violence, Revenge, School Bullying, (...) | ✅ |
22. Who Am I When I Am With You? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | ✅ |
Colleagues Inmates | |||
Bromance Sismance | |||
Parent-Child Sibling | |||
Assailant-Victim Student-Teacher | |||
Doctor-Patient Soldier | |||
Name and Cover | |||
23. It's Only Words in the Name | Progress: 1/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | ✅ |
Celestial Body Body Part | |||
Color Emotion | |||
Object Verb | |||
Number | Physical: 100 | SK • TVShow • 2023 | ✅ |
Season Calendar-related word | |||
24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | ✅ |
Domesticated Animal Wild Animal | |||
Flower Building | |||
Light Colors Dark Colors | |||
Rainbow Door | |||
Only Words Geometrical Shapes | |||
Origin | |||
25. Countries of MDL | Progress: 4/5 • 4/7 | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | ✅ |
China | |||
Hong Kong | |||
Japan | Run for the Money | Japan • TVShow • 2022 | ✅ |
Philippines | The Entitled | Philippines • Movie • 2022 | ✅ |
South Korea | |||
Taiwan | The Falls | Taiwan • Movie • 2021 | ✅ |
Thailand | Deep | Thailand • Movie • 2021 | ✅ |
My Threats | ||||
Used → Plains : 0/5 | Forest : 0/4 | Mountain : 0/3 | Space : 0/2 | Black Hole : 0/1 | ||||
Route | Essential | Substitute for | Notes | ✅ |
MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet
- Starting date: January 1st, 2023
- Link to your Drama list: Lys's List
- Animal : Plains Dwarf Flying Squirrel
- Progress Habitat: 6/6 (30/30)
Taxonomy
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that according to type or genre.
3. All About the Gen(r)es Progress: 5/5 | |||
Watch a title from one of the following genres Choice of Route. | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
12/02 | |||
21/01 | |||
16/07 | |||
17/01 | |||
08/04 |
Time is Relative
6. Time Can Be Confusing Progress: 5/5 | |||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
06/04 | |||
Ditto | 30/05 | ||
18/04 | |||
| Treat | 29/10 | |
18/04 |
The Chronicles of MDL
9. Your Fanciers and Westminsters Progress: 5/5 | |||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
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| 28/07 | ||
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| 26/04 |
Significant details
15. Humans Have So Many Things Progress: 5/5 | |||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
09/12 | |||
27/08 | |||
30/04 | |||
20/12 | |||
30/07 |
Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash
22. Who Am I When I Am With You? Progress: 5/5 | |||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
31/01 | |||
01/07 | |||
11/06 | |||
17/11 | |||
27/12 |
Name and Cover
23. It's Only Words in the Name Progress: 5/5 | |||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
| Treat | 26/09 | |
Love reset | 23/12 | ||
02/03 | |||
09/01 | |||
08/05 |
MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet |
?-the pink heart means that im currently watching the show/drama/movie
❤️-the red heart means completed
Taxonomy
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that according to type or genre.
1. Type | Progress:0/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR TV SHOW* | Love Alarm Clap! Clap! Clap! (2022) | TV SHOW 0/13 episodes | |
OR | 20th Century Girl (2022) | Movie 0/1hr 59 mins | |
Co-Produced OR Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDL | Rooftop Prince (2012) | starring an actor in a project from a country not on MDL Choi Woo Shik=a korean canadian actor 0/20 episodes | |
OR | Goedam (2020) | Anthology 0/8 episodes | |
Adapted from a manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic Or | Liar Game (2007) | Adapted from a manga 0/11 episodes |
2. Is it True? | Progress:1/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Educational (tries to teach viewers something-not the same as the school genre) | Koisenu Futari (2022) | Educational 0/8 episodes | |
OR | Ramen Shop (2018) | independent film 0/1 hr 29 mins | |
Documentary Genre OR Mockumentary | BLACKPINK Japan Arena Tour 2018 (2018) | documentary genre 1 hr 30 mins/1 hr 30 mins | ❤️ |
OR | Hansel and Gretel (2007) | adapted from folklore 0/1 hr 56 mins | |
OR | The Hymn of Death (2018) | historical genre+tag based on true story 0/6 episodes |
3. All About the Gen(r)es | Progress:1/5 | ||
Watch a title from one of the following genres Choice of Route. | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Sweet Home Season 1 (2020) | sci-fi 0/10 episodes | |
OR | Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo (2016) | comedy 0/16 episodes | |
OR | Her Private Life (2019) | romance 0/16 episodes | |
OR | True Beauty (2020) | youth 5/16 episodes | ? |
OR | Itaewon Class (2020) | life 16/16 episodes | ❤️ |
Time is Relative
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that have something to do with time, in the first habitat you are instructed to find essentials that started airing between certain dates, in the second and third one you get to dig deeper in to the concept of time
4. Year of OriginTutorial | Progress: 1/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Street of Shame (1956) | 1940-1959 1 hr 27 mins/1 hr 27 mins | ❤️ |
OR the year a member on this page joined MDL (link to the account/challenge form) | The Quiet Family (1998) | 1990-1999 0/1 hr 39 mins | |
OR the month (not necessarily the year) you were born | Pasta (2010) | 2000-2010 0/20 episodes | |
year generated by this website OR | Angel's Last Mission: Love (2019) | 2019 year generated by website 0/32 episodes | |
OR | Am I the Only One with Butterflies? Season 2 (2019) | 2017-2022 0/4 episodes |
5. Duration of The HikeTutorial | Progress:0/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | She Makes My Heart Flutter (2022)
| short length mini series 0/5 episodes | |
DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes Or | While You Were Sleeping (2017) | drama with 30 episodes or more 0/32 episodes | |
DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer. | Rookie Historian Goo Hae Ryung (2019) | drama with 30-40 minute episodes 0/40 episodes | |
DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 180 minutes or longer. | The Witch's Diner (2021) | drama with 40-50 minute episodes 0/8 episodes | |
DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes OR DRAMA with 8 episodes or less. | Semantic Error (2022) | drama with 8 episodes or less 0/8 episodes |
6. Time Can Be Confusing | Progress: 0/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Full second season of a DRAMA OR Only 1 episode of a DRAMA | Hospital Playlist Season 2 (2021) | full second season of a drama 0/12 episodes | |
OR | Reply 1997 (2012) | different timelines 0/16 episodes | |
OR | The Legend of the Blue Sea (2016) | time skip 0/20 episodes | |
OR | When the Camellia Blooms (2019) | summer 0/40 episodes | |
OR | Autumn Sonata (2017) | fall 0/1 hr 24 mins |
The Chronicles of MDL
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials by exploring MDL, your personal favourites and those others have awarded or written about.
7. Sharing is CaringTutorials: 1 2 3 | Progress:0/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
that has been on your PTW for longer than you can remember OR from the Watchlist of another user doing this challenge | Imawa no Kuni no Alice Season 1 (2020) | from watchlist of another user doing this challenge 0/8 episodes | |
with less than 10,000 viewers OR ranked 1-1000 (if you have seen them all you can go for 1001) | What's Wrong with Secretary Kim (2018) | ranked 1-1000 0/1 hr 9 min | |
DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list OR DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list | My Dear Friend (2019) | smallest number of episodes in ptw list 0/4 episodes | |
mentioned in the MDL Forums Or mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds) | Cheese in the Trap (2016) | mdl feeds 0/16 episodes | |
with the newest release date in your PTW list OR with a release date older than the oldest title in your Watchlist | The Sound of Magic (2022) | there were newer titles from 2022 but already used in challenge newest release date on ptw list 0/6 episodes |
8. Examined…Tutorial | Progress: 1/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
on your Recommendations page (add a link to the page) Or appearing in the first 5 pages of MDL Home Trailers section (add a link to the trailer) | Flight to You (2022) | https://mydramalist.com/64587-flight-to-you/trailers/35539 trailers 0/39 episodes | |
found on a Custom List (add a link to the list). OR found on a Voting List in the list index (add a link to the list). | All of Us Are Dead (2022) | https://mydramalist.com/list/3rWa2jA4 custom list 0/12 episodes | |
from your most viewed tags Or from your least viewed genres under your profile stats | Eulachacha Waikiki (2018) | friendship most viewed tag 0/20 episodes | |
with someone or something mentioned in a Game on MDL (add a link to the game) Or found mentioned in an Article on MDL (add a link to the article) | Reborn Rich (2022) | https://mydramalist.com/article/6-best-moments-from-the-k-drama-reborn-rich article 0/16 episodes | |
with over 10 Reviews OR with 0 Reviews when you started watching it | Extraordinary Attorney Woo (2022) | with over 10 reviews 16/16 episodes | ❤️ |
9. Your Fanciers and WestminstersFor this habitat, we ask you to link to the award/person's page.*List with awards | Progress: 1/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Award-winning OR by the same writer as one of your favorites | Flowers (2010) | https://mydramalist.com/people/16666-miura-yuiko same writer as one of your favourites 0/1 hr 50 mins | |
from an award-winning director OR that has one of your favorite actresses | The Tale of Nokdu (2019) | https://mydramalist.com/people/1851-kim-so-hyun favourite actresses 0/32 episodes | |
from an award-winning screenwriter OR that has one of your favorite actors | It's Okay to Not Be Okay (2020) | https://mydramalist.com/people/424-kim-soo-hyun favourite actor 16/16 episodes | ❤️ |
from an award-winning actor OR by the same director as one of your favorite titles | Playful Kiss (2010) | https://mydramalist.com/people/17104-kim-jung-hyun director of favourite title 0/16 episodes | |
from an award-winning actress OR by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before | Imawa no Kuni no Alice Season 2 (2022) | https://mydramalist.com/people/17439-sato-shinsuke director haven't seen anything from before 0/8 episodes |
Getting up Close and Personal
In the following habitats you are asked to find essentials that have to do with relationships and the human experience most of these are tags, but in some cases we have inclosed a list or used the words features so please pay attention. We would also like to warn sensitive participants , as some of the routes below are indeed dark. but remember you can always choose a lighter route.
10. Kiss, F***, Kill, Exorcism… | Progress:0/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back OR | Be Melodramatic (2019) | ex-boyfriend/ex-girlfriend comes back 0/16 episodes | |
OR | Crash Landing on You (2019) | cohabitation 0/16 episodes | |
OR | Midnight Runners (2017) | sexual assault 0/1 hr 49 mins | |
OR | A Business Proposal (2022) | contract relationship 0/12 episodes | |
OR | Touch Your Heart (2019) | opposites attract 0/16 episodes |
11. Finding a Mate | Progress:1/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Nudity: one of the following Nudity/Sexual content | Brief Nudity | Prolonged Nudity | Partial Nudity | Mild Sexual Content | Sexual Content | Extreme Sexual Content | Young Adult Matters (2020) | sexual content 0/2 hr 7 mins | |
OR | A Love So Beautiful (2020) | korean remake of orignal chinese series classmates' relationship 24/24 episodes | ❤️ |
features a Heterosexual relationship OR | Out of Breath (2019) | same-sex relationship 0/3 episodes | |
OR | Sassy Go Go (2015) | enemies to lovers 0/12 episodes | |
Nice Female Lead / Aggressive Male Lead OR | Into the Ring (2020) | aggressive female lead 0/32 episodes |
12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying | Progress:0/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Slight Comedy OR Black Comedy | Twenty-Five Twenty-One (2022) | slight comedy 0/16 episodes | |
OR features some type of Doomsday | Racket Boys (2021) | happy ending 0/16 episodes | |
OR | Go Ahead (2020) | tragic past 0/46 episodes | |
features a Celebration OR | A Little Thing Called First Love (2019) | celebration 0/36 episodes | |
OR | Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha (2021) | healing 0/16 episodes |
13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff | Progress:0/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
features a Religious Leader OR | Save Me (2017) | religious leader 0/16 episodes | |
OR | Fight for My Way (2017) | character development 0/16 episodes | |
Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot OR | Little Women (2022) | female centered plot 0/12 episodes | |
OR | Link: Eat, Love, Kill (2022) | slow burn story 0/16 episodes | |
Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead OR | 18 Again (2020) | discrimination 0/16 episodes |
Significant details
In the following habitats we ask of you to look for the details in the significant scenes, in the first one (14) we ask you to notice the surroundings, in the other the objects involved (15).
14. Where Are We? | Progress:0/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Another Miss Oh (2016) | on a field 0/18 episodes | |
OR | Forest (2020) | in the woods 0/32 episodes | |
OR | You Are My Spring (2021) | on a rooftop 0/16 episodes | |
OR | When the Weather Is Fine (2020) | on a mountain 0/16 episodes | |
In a City OR In a Small Town | Love Is Sweet (2020) | in a city 0/36 episodes |
15. Humans Have So Many Things | Progress:0/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | More Than Friends (2020) | an umbrella 0/16 episodes | |
OR | The Devil Judge (2021) | a sports car 0/16 episodes | |
OR | Rookie Cops (2022) | a phone booth 0/16 episodes |
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OR | Jealousy Incarnate (2016) | a suit/dress 0/24 episodes | |
OR | The King's Affection (2021) | a crossbow 0/20 episodes |
The Main Attraction
-In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials where one of the main characters (listed as a main) either is ..., gets a... has a... Each route will either include a a tag or a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
16. Who Are We? | Progress:1/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Mother (2018) | child actor/actress 0/16 episodes | |
OR | High Kick! The Revenge of the Short Legged (2011) | idol actress 0/123 episodes | |
Trans gender identity (different than the gender assigned to them at birth) OR Cis gender Identity (same as the gender assigned to them at birth) | The Fish with One Sleeve (2021) | trans gender character 0/34 mins | |
OR | Two Lights: Relumino (2017) | living with disability 31 mins/31 mins | ❤️ |
OR | My Name (2021) | hidden identity 0/8 episodes |
17. Camouflage? | Progress:0/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Nevertheless, (2021) | artist 0/10 episodes | |
OR | KinnPorsche (2022) | tattoos 0/14 episodes | |
OR | My Fake Wife (2020) | identity swap 0/18 episodes | |
Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead OR | A Special Lady (2017) | criminal female lead 0/1 hr 31 mins | |
Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead OR | Extracurricular (2020) | antihero 0/10 episodes |
18. What Are You? | Progress:0/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead OR | Gaus Electronics (2022) | weak male lead 0/12 episodes | |
Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead OR Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead | Vincenzo (2021) | smart female lead/smart male lead 1/20 episodes | ? |
Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead OR | My Holo Love (2020) | cold female lead/male lead 0/12 episodes | |
Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead OR | W (2016) | rich male lead 0/16 episodes | |
OR | Psychopath Diary (2019) | killer 0/16 episodes |
Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash
-In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that feature the following things. Each route includes a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
19. The Petting Zoo | Progress:0/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Let's Eat (2013 | pet 0/16 episodes | |
OR | Wok of Love (2018) | talking pet 0/38 episodes | |
OR | Once Upon a Small Town (2022) | farm animal 0/12 episodes | |
OR | Kill It (2019) | veterinarian 0/12 episodes | |
OR | Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo (2016) | romantic ride on a horse 0/20 episodes |
20. Where the Humans Are… | Progress:0/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Catman (2021) | human turns into an animal 0/1hr 30 mins | |
OR | Kikazaru Koi ni wa Riyuu ga Atte (2021) | adorable animals 0/10 episodes | |
OR | Adoring (2019) | animal in the city 0/1 hr 48 mins | |
OR | Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol (2020) | pet dressed in clothes 0/16 episodes | |
Second Lead Caring For Animals OR | Military Prosecutor Doberman (2022) | antagonist caring for animals 0/16 episodes |
21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die | Progress:0/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Birthcare Center (2020) | birth care 0/8 episodes | |
OR | May I Help You (2022) | ghosts 0/16 episodes | |
OR | Cross Fire (2020) | teamwork 0/36 episodes | |
OR | The Producers (2015) | friendly game 0/12 episodes | |
OR | Who Are You: School 2015 (2015) | bullying 0/16 episodes |
22. Who Am I When I Am With You? | Progress:0/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Prison Playbook (2017) | inmates 0/16 episodes | |
OR | Search: WWW (2019) | sismance 0/16 episodes | |
OR | Hi Bye, Mama! (2020) | parent-child 0/16 episodes | |
OR | Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area - Part 1 (2022) | assailant-victim 0/6 episodes | |
OR | Doom at Your Service (2021) | doctor-patient 0/16 episodes |
Name and Cover
In the following habitats we ask of you to pay attention to the name and cover of the title. For the first one (23) your mission is to find titles that have one of the following things. For the second one (24) your mission is to look at the cover. Each route includes a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
23. It's Only Words in the Name | Progress:0/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | The Master's Sun (2013) | celestial body 0/17 episodes | |
Color OR | Orange Marmalade (2015) | color 0/12 episodes | |
OR | The Golden Spoon (2022) | object 0/16 episodes | |
OR | Mouse (2021) | animal 0/20 episodes | |
OR | 365: Repeat the Year (2020) | calendar-related word 0/24 episodes |
24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover | Progress:0/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Domesticated Animal OR Wild Animal | Return to the Wolves (2017) | wild animal 0/1 hr 38 mins | |
OR | Am I The Only One With Butterflies? (2018) | flower 0/3 episodes | |
OR | Cheers to Me (2015) | dark colors 0/10 episodes | |
OR | Introverted Boss (2017) | door 0/16 episodes | |
OR | Girlfriend Project Day 1 (2022) | only words 0/4 episodes |
Origin
-In the following habitat your mission is to find essentials from the countries of MDL. You get to choose either watch 5 titles from 5 different countries Or watch 7 titles from 7 different countries.
Note: You must gather essentials from all 7 countries in every environment if you wish to get to the next stage (environment) of the challenge. You may not use treats in the international habitat if you wish to get the TIGER badge.
25. Countries of MDL | Progress: 1/7 | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Legend of Yun Qian (2020) | 0/15 episodes | ||
Comrades: Almost a Love Story (1996) | 0/1 hr 58 mins | ||
Until Rainbow Dawn (2018) | 0/1 hr 3 mins | ||
Gameboys 2 (2022) | 8/8 episodes | ❤️ | |
Hospital Playlist Season 1 (2020) | 0/12 episodes | ||
Eat Drink Man Woman (1994) | 0/2 hr 3 mins | ||
GAP (2022) | 0/12 episodes |
MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet |
Taxonomy
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that according to type or genre.
1. Type | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Web Series OR TV SHOW* | The Witch's Dinner | Web | Completed |
The Bad Guys: Reign | Movie | Completed | |
Co-Produced OR Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDL | Ma-Dong Seok | Starring | Completed |
Be with Me | Completed | ||
Adapted from a manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic | Adapted | Completed |
2. Is it True? | Progress:5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Advertisement OR Educational (tries to teach viewers something-not the same as the school genre) | Secret Queen | Completed | |
Faith Makes | Completed | ||
Documentary Genre OR Mockumentary | The Raincoat | Documentary | Completed |
Adapted from Folklore OR | Taiwan Crime | Completed | |
Historical Fiction OR Historical genre + tag Based on True Story | Killer & Healer | Completed |
3. All About the Gen(r)es | Progress:5/5 | ||
Watch a title from one of | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Historical OR Sci-Fi | Jung-E | Sci-Fi | Completed |
The Worst Evil | Tragedy | ||
Decoy Part 2 | Thriller | Completed | |
Who Killed Cock | Political | Completed | |
Emergency | Action | Completed |
Time is Relative
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that have something to do with time, in the first habitat you are instructed to find essentials that started airing between certain dates, in the second and third one you get to dig deeper in to the concept of time
4. Year of Origin | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
In 2023 | Completed | ||
1990-1999 OR the year a | SF8: White Crow (2020) | The year a | Completed |
2000-2010 OR the month (not necessarily the year) you were | Mr Brain | Completed | |
Godzilla | Completed | ||
Tomodachi | 2017-2022 | Completed |
5. Duration of The Hike | Progress:5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Short Film | The Leaked | Completed | |
DRAMA with 20-30 minute | The Journey of | DRAMA with 30 episodes | Completed |
DRAMA with 30-40 minute | Ghost Detective | DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes | Completed |
DRAMA with 40-50 minute | Incest Totem | DRAMA with 40-50 minute | Completed |
DRAMA with at least one | Brain Works | DRAMA with at least one | Completed |
6. Time Can Be Confusing | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Island Season 2 | Full Second | Completed | |
Missing Persons | Completed | ||
Is Xian Zun | Time Travel | Completed | |
While you Were | Winter | Completed | |
Semantic Error | Fall | Completed |
The Chronicles of MDL
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials by exploring MDL, your personal favourites and those others have awarded or written about.
7. Sharing is Caring | Progress:5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
that has been on your PTW for longer than you can remember OR from the Watchlist of another user doing this challenge | Goblin | That has | Completed |
with less than 10,000 viewers OR ranked 1-1000 (if you have seen them all you can go for 1001) | No Boundary | With Less | Completed |
DRAMA with the smallest | Woman in Vail | Drama with the highest number of episodes | Completed |
mentioned in the MDL Forums OR | The Starry Love | Completed | |
with the newest release date in your PTW list OR with a release date older than the oldest title in your Watchlist | Bloodhounds | with the | Completed |
8. Examined.... | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
on your Recommendations page (add a link to the page) | Longing for you | appearing in | Completed |
found on a Custom List (add a link to the list). | Brother | found on a | Completed |
from your most viewed | from your | Completed | |
with someone or | Love and | found mentioned in a Article on MDL | Completed |
with over 10 Reviews | with over 10 | Completed |
9. Your Fanciers and Westminsters | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Award-winning | 7 Escape | By the same Writer | Completed |
from an award-winning | award winning | Completed | |
from an award-winning | Remeber | That has one of your | Completed |
from an award-winning actorOR | Tale of the | From an award | Completed |
from an award-winning actress OR by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before | Deliver Us | from a award winning actress | Completed |
Getting up Close and Personal
In the following habitats you are asked to find essentials that have to do with relationships and the human experience most of these are tags, but in some cases we have inclosed a list or used the words features so please pay attention. We would also like to warn sensitive participants , as some of the routes below are indeed dark. but remember you can always choose a lighter route.
10. Kiss, F***, Kill, Exorcism… | Progress:5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back OR | Island season 1 | Exorcism | Completed |
Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning | Completed | ||
Broken | S-Assault | Completed | |
Rough Cut | Completed | ||
Recalled | D-Abuse | Completed |
11. Finding a Mate | Progress:5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
| Hell Dog's | Completed | |
Partners Of | Completed | ||
features a Heterosexual | Manner of Death | Same-Sex | Completed |
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final | Enemies To | Completed | |
Nice FL/ Nice ML OR | Pipeline | Completed |
12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying | Progress:5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Slight Comedy OR Black Comedy | Our Blooming | Slight | Completed |
Happy Ending OR features some type of Doomsday | Glitch | Features | Completed |
Till the End of | Tragic past | Completed | |
features a Celebration OR | Mourning | Completed | |
Pandora: | Completed |
13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff | Progress:5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
features a Religious Leader | In the Name of | Features a | Completed |
Full Metal | Completed | ||
Method | LGBTQ+ | Completed | |
Who is He | Suspense | Completed | |
The Gifted | Completed |
Significant details
In the following habitats we ask of you to look for the details in the significant scenes, in the first one (14) we ask you to notice the surroundings, in the other the objects involved (15).
14. Where Are We? | Progress:2/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Gannibal | In the Woods | Completed | |
Back From the | Completed | ||
In a City OR In a Small Town | Small Town |
15. Humans Have So Many Things | Progress:5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Payback: Money and Power | Umbrella | Completed | |
Real | A sports car | Completed | |
Unlocked | Smartphone | Completed | |
A Dress/Suit | Completed | ||
A Book OR A Crossbow | Completed |
The Main Attraction
-In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials where one of the main characters (listed as a main) either is ..., gets a... has a... Each route will either include a a tag or a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
16. Who Are We? | Progress:5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
The Kidnapping Day | Completed | ||
New Vanity Fair | Idol Actor | Completed | |
Trans gender identity (different | Lipstick | Completed | |
D.P season 2 | Completed | ||
The Killing Vote | Completed |
17. Camouflage? | Progress:5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
My Fairy Ghost | Artist | Completed | |
Glasses | Completed | ||
Dude in me | Body swap | Completed | |
Cop FL/ Cop ML OR Criminal FL/Criminal ML | Vigilante | Cop ML | Completed |
The Fable | Anti hero | Completed |
18. What Are You? | Progress:5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Queen of Masks | Completed | ||
Smart FL/Smart ML OR Naive FL/Naive ML | A League of | Completed | |
Violence Action | Cold FL | Completed | |
Bitch X Rich | Rich FL | Completed | |
The Uncanny | Killer | Completed |
Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash
-In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that feature the following things. Each route includes a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
19. The Petting Zoo | Progress:5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Pet | Completed | ||
Re/Member | Animal death | Completed | |
Gudetama: An | Completed | ||
Behind your | Completed | ||
Joseon | Completed |
20. Where the Humans Are… | Progress:5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Catman | Completed | ||
Search | Completed | ||
Work now drink | Animals in | Completed | |
Copycat killer | Animal Abuse | Completed | |
Second Lead Caring For Animals OR Antagonist Caring For | The Glory Part 2 | Completed |
21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die | Progress:5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Unnatural | Funeral | Completed | |
Oh No! Here | Ghosts | Completed | |
Duty After | Teamwork | Completed | |
Da Capo | Death Game | Completed | |
School Strange | Bullying | Completed |
22. Who Am I When I Am With You? | Progress:2/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Miraculous | Bromance | Completed | |
Drama Special | Parent-Child | Completed | |
Name and Cover
In the following habitats we ask of you to pay attention to the name and cover of the title. For the first one (23) your mission is to find titles that have one of the following things. For the second one (24) your mission is to look at the cover. Each route includes a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
23. It's Only Words in the Name | Progress:5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
The Smile has Left | Body Part | Completed | |
Color OREmotion | Black Knight | Colour | Completed |
Come and Hug Me | Verb | Completed | |
Snow Eagle Lord | Animal | Completed | |
A Christmas Carol | Completed |
24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover | Progress: 1/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Domesticated Animal OR Wild Animal | Tofu Personified | Completed | |
Light Colours OR Dark Colours | Dark Colours | ||
Origin
-In the following habitat your mission is to find essentials from the countries of MDL. You get to choose either watch 5 titles from 5 different countries Or watch 7 titles from 7 different countries.
Note: You must gather essentials from all 7 countries in every environment if you wish to get to the next stage (environment) of the challenge. You may not use treats in the international habitat if you wish to get the TIGER badge.
25. Countries of MDL | Progress: 3/7 | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Echo | Completed | ||
Limbo | |||
Fullmetal Alchemist: Revenge Scar | Completed | ||
Live Scream | - | Completed | |
| |||
Hospital | |||
Treats
This is where you gather treats, to use whenever you wish to avoid the paths given in a habitat. You come up with the treats on your own, they may not cover anything mentioned in this challenge (but you may use previous years' prompts for inspiration). Every time you start a new stage, you will be awarded a new number of treats according to the table below.
My Treats! | Plains Used: /5 | Forest Used: /4 | Mountain Used: /3 | Space Used: /2 | Black Hole Used: /1 | |
Route | Essential | Substitute for | Notes | Completed | ||
Starting date: 2023 Jan 01
Link to your Drama list: XsoliX
Progress Habitat: 30/30
1. All About The Genres
| HIStory5: Love in the Future |
To My Star | |
To My Star 2 | |
Under The Queen's Umbrella | |
Revenge of Others |
2. Your Fanciers and Westminsters
OR by the same writer as one of your favorites | Kingyo tsuma |
OR that has one of your favorite actresses | The Interest of Love |
OR that has one of your favorite actors | Sweet Home |
OR by the same director as one of your favorite titles | The Love You Give Me |
OR by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before | Connect |
3. Kiss, F***, Kill, Exorcism…
Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back OR | My Lovely Liar |
OR | The Real Has Come |
OR | My Little Happiness |
OR | Love to Hate You |
OR | Bed Friend |
4. Finding A Mate
OR
| First Love: Hatsukoi |
OR | You Are Desire |
OR | Bon Appetit |
OR | You Touched My Heart |
Nice Female Lead / Aggressive Male Lead OR | Bo Ra! Deborah |
5. What Are We?
6. Countries of MDL
South Korea | Crash Course in Romance |
China | Go Ahead |
Japan | Utsukushii Kare |
Taiwan | My Tooth Your Love |
Thailand | I Will Knock You |
MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet |
Taxonomy
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that according to type or genre.
1. Type | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR TV SHOW* | |||
OR | |||
Co-Produced OR Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDL | |||
OR | |||
Adapted from a manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic Or |
2. Is it True? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Educational (tries to teach viewers something-not the same as the school genre) | |||
OR | |||
Documentary Genre OR Mockumentary | |||
OR | |||
OR |
3. All About the Gen(r)es | Progress: | ||
Watch a title from one of the following genres Choice of Route. | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
Time is Relative
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that have something to do with time, in the first habitat you are instructed to find essentials that started airing between certain dates, in the second and third one you get to dig deeper in to the concept of time
4. Year of OriginTutorial | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR the year a member on this page joined MDL (link to the account/challenge form) | |||
OR the month (not necessarily the year) you were born | |||
year generated by this website OR | |||
OR |
5. Duration of The HikeTutorial | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR |
| ||
DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes Or | |||
DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer. | |||
DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 180 minutes or longer. | |||
DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes OR DRAMA with 8 episodes or less. |
6. Time Can Be Confusing | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Full second season of a DRAMA OR Only 1 episode of a DRAMA | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
The Chronicles of MDL
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials by exploring MDL, your personal favourites and those others have awarded or written about.
7. Sharing is CaringTutorials: 1 2 3 | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
that has been on your PTW for longer than you can remember OR from the Watchlist of another user doing this challenge | |||
with less than 10,000 viewers OR ranked 1-1000 (if you have seen them all you can go for 1001) | |||
DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list OR DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list | |||
mentioned in the MDL Forums Or mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds) | |||
with the newest release date in your PTW list OR with a release date older than the oldest title in your Watchlist |
8. Examined…Tutorial | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
on your Recommendations page (add a link to the page) Or appearing in the first 5 pages of MDL Home Trailers section (add a link to the trailer) | |||
found on a Custom List (add a link to the list). OR found on a Voting List in the list index (add a link to the list). | |||
from your most viewed tags Or from your least viewed genres under your profile stats | |||
with someone or something mentioned in a Game on MDL (add a link to the game) Or found mentioned in an Article on MDL (add a link to the article) | |||
with over 10 Reviews OR with 0 Reviews when you started watching it |
9. Your Fanciers and WestminstersFor this habitat, we ask you to link to the award/person's page.*List with awards | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Award-winning OR by the same writer as one of your favorites | |||
from an award-winning director OR that has one of your favorite actresses | |||
from an award-winning screenwriter OR that has one of your favorite actors | |||
from an award-winning actor OR by the same director as one of your favorite titles | |||
from an award-winning actress OR by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before |
Getting up Close and Personal
In the following habitats you are asked to find essentials that have to do with relationships and the human experience most of these are tags, but in some cases we have inclosed a list or used the words features so please pay attention. We would also like to warn sensitive participants , as some of the routes below are indeed dark. but remember you can always choose a lighter route.
10. Kiss, F***, Kill, Exorcism… | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
|
11. Finding a Mate | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Nudity: one of the following Nudity/Sexual content | Brief Nudity | Prolonged Nudity | Partial Nudity | Mild Sexual Content | Sexual Content | Extreme Sexual Content | |||
OR | |||
features a Heterosexual relationship OR | |||
OR | |||
Nice Female Lead / Aggressive Male Lead OR |
12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Slight Comedy OR Black Comedy | |||
OR features some type of Doomsday | |||
OR | |||
features a Celebration OR | |||
OR |
13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
features a Religious Leader OR | |||
OR | |||
Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot OR | |||
OR | |||
Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead OR |
Significant details
In the following habitats we ask of you to look for the details in the significant scenes, in the first one (14) we ask you to notice the surroundings, in the other the objects involved (15).
14. Where Are We? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
In a City OR In a Small Town |
15. Humans Have So Many Things | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
| ||
OR | |||
OR |
The Main Attraction
-In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials where one of the main characters (listed as a main) either is ..., gets a... has a... Each route will either include a a tag or a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
16. Who Are We? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
Trans gender identity (different than the gender assigned to them at birth) OR Cis gender Identity (same as the gender assigned to them at birth) | |||
OR | |||
OR |
17. Camouflage? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead OR | |||
Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead OR |
18. What Are You? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead OR | |||
Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead OR Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead | |||
Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead OR | |||
Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead OR | |||
OR |
Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash
-In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that feature the following things. Each route includes a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
19. The Petting Zoo | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
20. Where the Humans Are… | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
Second Lead Caring For Animals OR |
21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
22. Who Am I When I Am With You? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
Name and Cover
In the following habitats we ask of you to pay attention to the name and cover of the title. For the first one (23) your mission is to find titles that have one of the following things. For the second one (24) your mission is to look at the cover. Each route includes a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
23. It's Only Words in the Name | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
Color OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Domesticated Animal OR Wild Animal | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
Origin
-In the following habitat your mission is to find essentials from the countries of MDL. You get to choose either watch 5 titles from 5 different countries Or watch 7 titles from 7 different countries.
Note: You must gather essentials from all 7 countries in every environment if you wish to get to the next stage (environment) of the challenge. You may not use treats in the international habitat if you wish to get the TIGER badge.
25. Countries of MDL | Progress: | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Treats
This is where you gather treats, to use whenever you wish to avoid the paths given in a habitat. You come up with the treats on your own, they may not cover anything mentioned in this challenge (but you may use previous years' prompts for inspiration). Every time you start a new stage, you will be awarded a new number of treats according to the table below.
My Treats! | Plains Used: /5 | Forest Used: /4 | Mountain Used: /3 | Space Used: /2 | Black Hole Used: /1 | |
Route | Essential | Substitute for | Notes | Completed | ||
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