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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: 5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR TV SHOW* | Going Seventeen 2022 (2022) | Watched ep.5-18 | 02/12 |
OR | Cutie Pie 2 You (2023) | 13/02 | |
Co-Produced OR
| One Piece (2023) | 23/10 | |
Anthology OR | Girl From Nowhere Season 2 (2021) | 03/10 | |
Adapted from a manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic Or | Adapted from the webtoon "The Director Who Buys Me Dinner" | 17/01 |
2. Is it True? | Progress: 5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR
| Two Lights: Relumino (2017) | 19/10 | |
OR | 6/45 (2022) | 23/10 | |
Documentary Genre OR | Bring the Soul: The Movie (2019) | 29/12 | |
OR | The Outlaws (2017) | Inspired by the real events | 19/10 |
Historical Fiction OR | Poong, the Joseon Psychiatrist Season 1 (2022) | 23/01 |
3. All About the Gen(r)es | Progress: 5 | ||
Watch a title from one of the following genres Choice of Route. | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Poong, the Joseon Psychiatrist Season 2 (2023) | 10/04 | |
OR | A Boss and a Babe (2023) | 14/08 | |
OR | Love Playlist: Season 2 (2017) | 05/01 | |
OR | My School President (2022) | 04/05 | |
OR | Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area - Part 1 (2022) | 29/07 |
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 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Miraculous Brothers (2023) | 20/10 | |
OR the year a member on this page joined MDL | Awaken (2020) | Saranghaeyo1315's challenge form | 02/02 |
OR the month (not necessarily the year) you were born | Bed Friend (2023) | February | 14/06 |
year generated by this website OR | Voice Season 2 (2018) | 2001 2007 2011 2012 2018 | 12/10 |
2017-2022 OR | Remarriage and Desires (2022) | 10/08 |
5. Duration of The HikeTutorial | Progress: 5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Oh! My Assistant (2022) | 04/01 | |
DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes Or | The New Employee (2022) | 03/02 | |
DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes OR
| Unintentional Love Story (2023) | 10/07 | |
DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes OR
| I Will Knock You (2022) | 05/06 | |
OR DRAMA with 8 episodes or less. | Bokura no Micro na Shuumatsu (2023) | 13/05 |
6. Time Can Be Confusing | Progress: 5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Full second season of a DRAMA OR
| Missing: The Other Side Season 2 (2022) | 31/07 | |
OR | A Time Called You (2023) | 11/10 | |
OR | Happy Ending Romance (2022) | 10/06 | |
Winter OR | Us and Them (2018) | 31/12 | |
OR | Sing My Crush (2023) | 18/08 |
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 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
that has been on your PTW for longer than you can remember OR
| Drama Festival 2014: Old Farewell (2014) | Almost 9 years | 16/12 |
with less than 10,000 viewers OR
| My Lethal Man (2023) | Around 7,000 watchers in April | 02/05 |
DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list OR
| Holy Land (2012) | 4 episodes | 02/08 |
Or mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds) | Marry My Dead Body (2022) | link | 21/10 |
with the newest release date in your PTW list OR
| Kimi ni wa Todokanai. (2023) | Release date: 19/09/2023 | 30/11 |
8. Examined…Tutorial | Progress: 5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
on your Recommendations page Or
| Mulan (2009) | 27/12 | |
OR found on a Voting List in the list index | Would You Like a Cup of Coffee? (2021) | list | 21/12 |
from your most viewed tags Or
| DNA Says Love You (2022) | Friendship & Happy Ending | 26/06 |
Or found mentioned in an Article on MDL | Alienoid 1 (2022) | link | 22/10 |
with over 10 Reviews OR
| Love Mate (2023) | 03/06 |
9. Your Fanciers and WestminstersFor this habitat, we ask you to link to the award/person's page.*List with awards | Progress: 5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR by the same writer as one of your favorites | Alchemy of Souls Season 2: Light and Shadow (2022) | Hong Jung Eun & Hong Mi Ran | 17/02 |
OR that has one of your favorite actresses | Target (2023) | Shin Hye Sun | 04/12 |
OR that has one of your favorite actors | Taxi Driver Season 2 (2023) | Lee Je Hoon | 13/05 |
OR by the same director as one of your favorite titles | Celebrity (2023) | Flower of Evil (2020) - Director: Kim Chul Gyu | 25/07 |
OR by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before | Muchuu-sa, Kimi ni (2021) | Writer | 03/04 |
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 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Enigma (2023) | 23/09 | |
Cohabitation OR | Utsukushii Kare Season 2 (2023) | 09/03 | |
OR | Shanai Marriage Honey (2020) | 29/04 | |
Contract Relationship OR | Love to Hate You (2023) | 17/02 | |
OR | Semantic Error: The Movie (2022) | 21/02 |
11. Finding a Mate | Progress: 5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR
| Mr. Bad (2022) | 09/04 | |
OR | A Shoulder to Cry On (2023) | 06/05 | |
OR | Our Dating Sim (2023) | 27/04 | |
OR | Ai Long Nhai: The Endless Love (2023) | 05/02 | |
Nice Female Lead / Nice Male Lead OR | From Me to You (2023) | 07/08 |
12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying | Progress: 5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Black Comedy | Under the Queen's Umbrella (2022) | 22/02 | |
Happy Ending OR
| Ameiro Paradox (2022) | 14/02 | |
Tragic Past OR | Recalled (2021) | 03/01 | |
OR | Moonlight Chicken (2023) | 01/06 | |
OR | The Comments (2021) | 18/02 |
13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff | Progress: 5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Love Between Fairy and Devil (2022) | 29/01 | |
OR | Hello, Me! (2021) | 17/08 | |
OR | Between Us (2022) | 30/01 | |
OR | Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area - Part 2 (2022) | 29/07 | |
OR | Black Knight (2023) | 28/07 |
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 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | My Uncanny Destiny (2023) | 01/11 | |
OR | The Eighth Sense (2023) | 12/05 | |
OR | The Great Shaman Ga Doo Shim (2021) | 16/05 | |
OR | Love You You (2010) | 14/12 | |
OR In a Small Town | Love Tractor (2023) | 06/07 |
15. Humans Have So Many Things | Progress: 5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Alchemy of Souls (2022) | 13/02 | |
OR | Eien no Kinou (2022) | 08/02 | |
OR | Unlocked (2023) | 20/07 | |
OR | Individual Circumstances (2023) | 20/02 | |
A Book OR | Kabe Sa Doujin Sakka no Neko Yashiki-kun wa Shouninyokkyuu wo Kojiraseteiru (2022) | 20/05 |
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 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Unlock My Boss (2022) | Park Sung Woong | 28/07 |
Idol actor/ Idol actress OR | Broke Rookie Star (2022) | 06/01 | |
Trans gender identity (different than the gender assigned to them at birth) OR
| Close-Knit (2017) | 22/12 | |
OR | 37 Seconds (2019) | 31/12 | |
OR | Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning (2021) | 31/10 |
17. Camouflage? | Progress: 5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Mr. Heart (Movie) (2020) | 01/04 | |
Glasses OR | Reborn Rich (2022) | 26/02 | |
Identity Swap OR | The Golden Spoon (2022) | 25/11 | |
OR | Mask Girl (2023) | 22/08 | |
OR | The Glory Part 2 (2023) | 08/08 |
18. What Are You? | Progress: 5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead OR | Bloodhounds (2023) | 27/07 | |
Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead OR | Stay With Me (2023) | 21/08 | |
Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead OR | Everything and Nothing (2019) | 31/07 | |
Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead OR | Never Let Me Go (2022) | 17/07 | |
Killer OR | Rurouni Kenshin: The Final (2021) | 30/10 |
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 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Summer Strike (2022) | 02/03 | |
OR | Laws of Attraction (2023) | 27/09 | |
Zoo animal OR | Daytime Shooting Star (2017) | 12/12 | |
Veterinarian OR | Once Upon a Small Town (2022) | 05/08 | |
Romantic Ride on a Horse OR | Joseon Attorney: A Morality (2023) | 15/06 |
20. Where the Humans Are… | Progress: 5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Choco Milk Shake (2022) | 11/01 | |
OR | The Pirates (2014) | 19/12 | |
Animal in the Wild OR | The Secret Romantic Guesthouse (2023) | 09/12 | |
OR | Crash Course in Romance (2023) | 21/08 | |
Second Lead Caring For Animals OR | Behind Your Touch (2023) | 07/10 |
21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die | Progress: 5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | May I Help You (2022) | 31/12 | |
OR | Stay by My Side (2023) | 03/09 | |
OR | Police University (2021) | 16/01 | |
OR | 22/01 | ||
OR | The Fabulous (2022) | 19/01 |
22. Who Am I When I Am With You? | Progress: 5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Extraordinary Attorney Woo (2022) | 12/03 | |
Bromance OR | Midnight Museum (2023) | 02/10 | |
OR | The Good Bad Mother (2023) | 04/08 | |
Assailant-Victim OR | Taxi Driver (2021) | 24/04 | |
OR | D.P. Season 2 (2023) | 28/07 |
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 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (2017) | 29/12 | |
Color OR | The Red Sleeve (2021) | 28/03 | |
Object OR | Rose Mansion (2022) | 24/08 | |
OR | See You in My 19th Life (2023) | 02/08 | |
Season OR | Drama Special Season 7: Summer Dream (2016) | 19/10 |
24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover | Progress: 5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Domesticated Animal OR | You and Me (2011) | 13/12 | |
Flower OR | The Glory (2022) | 07/08 | |
OR | Love Syndrome III: Uncut Version (2023) | 20/06 | |
OR | My Perfect Stranger (2023) | 22/06 | |
OR | Be My Favorite (2023) | 14/08 |
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 | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Better Days (2019) | 20/12 | ||
Hong Kong | Ip Man (2008) | 11/12 | |
Japan | Mitaraike, Enjou Suru (2023) | 22/07 | |
The Hows of Us (2018) | 17/10 | ||
All the Liquors (2023) | 07/06 | ||
Kiseki: Dear to Me (2023) | 24/11 | ||
Thailand | Hidden Agenda (2023) | 22/10 |
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Completed (38) | Rewatched (12) | Plan to Watch (0) Dramas (31) | Specials (2) | Movies (15) | TV Shows (2) |
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 | ✔ |
*At least 5 episodes of 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. *E144, 145, 146, 147, 148 |
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Word of Honor - Epilogue (2021) | ✔ | |
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Shin Ultraman (2022) | ✔ | |
✔ |
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 | ✔ |
Boys Planet (2023) | ✔ | |
The year a member on this page joined MDL (link to the account/challenge form)* *Lys - Joined: 2021 (Link to challenge forum) | Word of Honor (2021) | ✔ |
The month (not necessarily the year) you were born.* *December | Sweet Home Season 2 (2023) | ✔ |
*1998, 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019 | Prince Seahorse, the Prince's Wedding Dress (2018) | ✔ |
Juvenile Justice (2022) | ✔ |
5. Duration of The HikeTutorial | Progress: 5/5 | |
Choice of Route | Essentials | ✔ |
Mysterious Lotus Casebook: Special Episode (2023) | ✔ | |
DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes | Hiyama Kentaro no Ninshin (2022) | ✔ |
MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer. | Ballerina (2023) | ✔ |
DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes MOVIE that lasts | Mysterious Lotus Casebook (2023) | ✔ |
DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes | ✔ |
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.
9. Your Fanciers and Westminster'sFor this habitat, we ask you to link to the award/person's page.*List with awards | Progress: 5/5 | |
Choice of Route | Essentials | ✔ |
By the same writer as one of your favorites. | My Journey to You (2023) | ✔ |
That has one of your favorite actresses. | Mr. Queen (2020) | ✔ |
That has one of your favorite actors. *Woo Do Hwan | The King: Eternal Monarch (2020) | ✔ |
By the same director as one of your favorite titles. | Monster Hunt 2 (2018) | ✔ |
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 enclosed 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.
11. Finding a Mate | Progress: 5/5 | |
Choice of Route | Essentials | ✔ |
Crash Course in Romance (2023) | ✔ | |
The Glory Part 2 (2023) | ✔ | |
features a Heterosexual relationship | Alchemy of Souls Season 2: Light and Shadow (2022) | ✔ |
Strangers Again (2023) | ✔ | |
Flower of Evil (2020) | ✔ |
12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying | Progress: 5/5 | |
Choice of Route | Essentials | ✔ |
Mask Girl (2023) | ✔ | |
Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead (2023) | ✔ | |
Wuliang (2020) | ✔ | |
Yu Yu Hakusho (2023) | ✔ | |
A League of Nobleman (2023) | ✔ |
13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff | Progress: 5/5 | |
Choice of Route | Essentials | ✔ |
✔ | ||
My Annoying Brother (2016) | ✔ | |
Kill Bok Soon (2023) | ✔ | |
The Kidnapping Day (2023) | ✔ | |
Marry My Dead Body (2022) | ✔ |
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 | ✔ |
Moving (2023) | ✔ | |
A Truck | Black Knight (2023) | ✔ |
Your Name Engraved Herein (2020) | ✔ | |
A Suit/Dress | Better Man (2022) | ✔ |
The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity (2020) | ✔ |
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.
18. What Are You? | Progress: 5/5 | |
Choice of Route | Essentials | ✔ |
Monster Hunt (2015) | ✔ | |
Smart Female Lead OR Naive Female Lead / | The Uncanny Counter Season 2: Counter Punch (2023) | |
Cold Female Lead OR Clingy Female Lead / | Twinkling Watermelon (2023) | ✔ |
Poor Female Lead / Poor Male Lead | The Dude in Me (2019) | ✔ |
Killer | The Worst of Evil (2023) | ✔ |
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.
22. Who Am I When I Am With You? | Progress: 5/5 | |
Choice of Route | Essentials | ✔ |
Colleagues | Love to Hate You (2023) | ✔ |
Bromance | Tale of the Nine-Tailed 1938 (2023) | ✔ |
Parent-Child | The Good Bad Mother (2023) | ✔ |
Assailant-Victim | Taxi Driver (2021) | ✔ |
D.P. Season 2 (2023) | ✔ |
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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 | ||
MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet
Starting date: January 1, 2023
Link to your Drama list: Litchi's List
Progress Habitat: 10/10
plan to watch | currently watching | Drama | Movie | Other
#859585 | #859585 | #8595AA | #856595 | #AA6595
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 |
OR At least 5 episodes of 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 | Singles inferno 2 | 6.5/10 watched every episode | 14/1 |
OR | A Muse | 6/10 | 11/12 |
OR Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDL | Ashfall | 7/10 Ma Dong Seok (American) | 27/12 |
OR | Goedam | 6/10 | 22/12 |
Adapted from a Or | Gaus Electronics | 6/10 | 5/7 |
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 | Love Buzz | 7/10 | 20/1 |
OR | I'm Tee, me Too | 7/10 | 15/1 |
OR | Between us | 7/10 | 29/1 |
OR | Destiny seeker | 6.5/10 | 5/6 |
OR | Project Wolf Hunting | 6/10 | 27/5 |
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.
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 |
OR by the same writer as one of your favorites | Kim Ji Young: born 1982 | 7.5/10 Yoo Young Ah, same writer as miracle in cell no. 7 | 18/12 |
OR that has one of your favorite actresses | The Heavenly Idol | 4/10 Lim Sun Ja | 19/12 |
OR that has one of your favorite actors | Moonlight Chicken | 8.5/10 Earth Pirapat W. | 2/3 |
from an award-winning actor OR
| sinkhole | 6.5/10 Cha Seung Won *List with Awards | 29/12 |
from an award-winning actress OR
| See you in my 19th life | 7.5/10 Shin Hye Sun *List with Awards | 21/9 |
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 |
OR | Love to hate you | 7/10 | 21/6 |
OR | His man season 2 | 7/10 not tagged for some reason, but they def do cohabitate | 6/8 |
OR | Call it what you want | 6.5/10 | 16/1 |
OR | Love in contract | 6.5/10 | 29/6 |
OR | King the Land | 7/10 | 20/9 |
11. Finding a Mate | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Nudity: one of the following | Dangerous drugs of sex | 6.5/1 VERY disturbing but actually somehow kind of good.. | 3/1 |
OR | Unforgotten Night | 7/10 | 3/4 |
features a OR | TharnType 2 | 6.5/10 | 17/2 |
OR | The Eighth Sense | 7/10 | 10/7 |
Nice Female Lead / OR
| Hit the spot | 8.5/10 | 6/7 |
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 | The sound of magic | 7/10 | 26/12 |
OR | Call it what you want 2 | 7/10 ep 1 | 16/1 |
OR | The Glory part 2 | 7/10 | 20/9 |
OR | Extraordinary attorney Woo | 5.5/10 | 16/12 |
OR | 7.5/10 | 4/3 |
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 |
OR | Unintentional love story | 6.5/10 | 10/7 |
OR | Big Dragon | 6.5/10 | 17/1 |
OR | Cupid's last wish | 7.5/10 | 16/2 |
OR | Midnight | 6.5/10 | 13/12 |
OR | The Glory | 7.5/10 | 20/9 |
18. What Are You? | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Strong Female Lead / OR | Call it love | 7/10 | 19/6 |
OR | lie after lie | 8/10 | 16/8 |
OR | Forever Love | 6/10 | 20/9 |
OR | Never let me go | 6.5/10 | 1/3 |
OR | Somebody | 7.5/10 | 12/12 |
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.
21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Birthcare center | 8/10 | 30/12 |
OR | Delivery Man | 8/10 | 11/7 |
OR | Café Minamdang | 8.5/10 | 7/1 |
OR | Only Friends | 7.5/10 | 12/12 |
OR | Somehow 18 | 7/10 | 2/3 |
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 |
OR | Even Sun | 6.5/10 | 10/2 |
OR | Blueming | 7/10 | 16/2 |
OR | Bed Friend | 6.5/10 | 23/4 |
OR | Fish upon the sky | 7/10 | 16/1 |
OR | Summer, bus | 8/10 | 26/12 |
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 |
OR TV SHOW* |
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17 jan | |
OR | Done 7 feb | ||
Co-Produced OR Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDL | Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDL | Done 2 sept | |
OR | Done 8 oct | ||
Adapted from a manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic Or | Done 29 aug |
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) | Done 28 sept | ||
OR | Done 20 Oct | ||
Documentary Genre OR Mockumentary | Done 30 oct | ||
OR | Done 7 feb | ||
OR | Done 12 june |
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 | Done 2 mar | ||
OR | Done 10 july | ||
OR | Done 22 feb | ||
OR | Done 19 sept | ||
OR | Done 8 oct |
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 | Done 12 apr | ||
OR the year a member on this page joined MDL (link to the account/challenge form) | the year a member on this page joined MDL 2015 | Done 24 apr | |
OR the month (not necessarily the year) you were born | 2005 | Done 15 june | |
year generated by this website OR | 1990 | Done 26 apr | |
OR | 2021 | Done 26 june |
5. Duration of The HikeTutorial | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | 22 ep 18 Min | Done 10 sept | |
DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes Or | DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes | Done 26 aug | |
DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer. | MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer. | Done 20 sept | |
DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 180 minutes or longer. | DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes 45 min | Done 14 june | |
DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes OR DRAMA with 8 episodes or less. | DRAMA with 8 episodes or less 6 ep | Done 7 june |
6. Time Can Be Confusing | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Full second season of a DRAMA OR Only 1 episode of a DRAMA | Only 1 episode of a DRAMA | Dropped 24 aug | |
OR | Done 26 sept | ||
OR | Done 9 jan | ||
OR | Done 19 apr | ||
OR | Done 10 oct |
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 | ||
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 | from the Watchlist of another user doing this challenge | Done 26 sept | |
with less than 10,000 viewers OR ranked 1-1000 (if you have seen them all you can go for 1001) | with less than 10,000 viewers Only 24 watchers | Done 21 june | |
DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list OR DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list | DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list 5 ep | Done 11 oct | |
mentioned in the MDL Forums Or mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds) | mentioned in the MDL Forums | Done 31 aug | |
with the newest release date in your PTW list OR with a release date older than the oldest title in your Watchlist | with the newest release date in your PTW list Star watch it after finised aired | Done 16 aug |
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) | appearing in the first 5 pages of MDL Home Trailers section (Sunshine by my side) Page 5 See 14 oct |
7 nov | |
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). | found on a Custom List | Done 13 may | |
from your most viewed tags Or from your least viewed genres under your profile stats | from your most viewed tags Happy Ending 219 Friendship 216 | Done 7 feb | |
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 someone or something mentioned in a Game on MDL (add a link to the game) | Done 29 sept | |
with over 10 Reviews OR with 0 Reviews when you started watching it | with 0 Reviews when you started watching it | Done 19 sept |
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: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back OR | Done 21 mar | ||
OR | Done 6 jan | ||
OR | Done 23 aug | ||
OR | Done 12 mar | ||
OR | Done 4 may |
11. Finding a Mate | Progress: 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 | Done 21 apr | ||
OR | Done 15 jan | ||
features a Heterosexual relationship OR | Done 6 aug | ||
OR | Done 21 may | ||
Nice Female Lead / Male Lead OR Aggressive Female Lead / Male Lead | Nice Female Lead / Male Lead | Done 3 june |
12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Slight Comedy OR Black Comedy | Done 2 oct | ||
OR features some type of Doomsday | features some type of Doomsday (sad ending) | Done 16 apr | |
OR | Done 21 may | ||
features a Celebration OR | Done 21 june | ||
OR | Done 23 july |
13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
features a Religious Leader OR | Done 4 apr | ||
OR | Done 1 feb | ||
Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot OR | Done 14 sept | ||
OR | Done 8 aug | ||
Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead OR | Done 23 sept |
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 | Done 14 apr | ||
OR | Done 6 jan | ||
OR | Done 7 mar | ||
OR | Done 27 jan | ||
In a City OR In a Small Town | Done 2 apr |
15. Humans Have So Many Things | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Done 6 jun | ||
OR | Done 13 oct | ||
OR | Done 7 apr | ||
OR | Done 9 oct | ||
OR | Done 23 june |
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 | Done 7 may | ||
OR | Done 12 july | ||
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) | Cis gender Identity (same as the gender assigned to them at birth) | Done 18 sept | |
OR | Done 7 july | ||
OR | Done 9 sept |
17. Camouflage? | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Done 14 apr | ||
OR | Done 13 mar | ||
OR | Done 29 may | ||
Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead OR | Done 29 mar | ||
Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead OR | Done 18 may |
18. What Are You? | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead OR | Done 19 july | ||
Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead OR Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead | Done 17 june | ||
Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead OR | Done 29 may | ||
Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead OR | Done 28 apr | ||
OR | Done 20 jan |
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 | Done 14 sept | ||
OR | Done 3 july | ||
OR | Done 17 oct | ||
OR | Done 6 jan | ||
OR | Done 20 apr |
20. Where the Humans Are… | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Done 26 mar | ||
OR | Done 22 may | ||
OR | Done 4 feb | ||
OR | Ep 1 min 36 | Done 6 sept | |
Second Lead Caring For Animals OR | Done 21 aug |
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: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Done 1 apr | ||
OR | Done 8 aug | ||
OR | Done 11 july | ||
OR | Done 39 apr | ||
OR | Done 31 july |
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 |
OR | Done 16 mar | ||
Color OR | Done 30 may | ||
OR | Done 19 mar | ||
OR | Done 23 sept | ||
OR | Done 28 feb |
24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Domesticated Animal OR Wild Animal | Done 11 oct | ||
OR | Done 13 may | ||
OR | Done 25 apr | ||
OR | Done 5 may | ||
OR | Done 1 aug |
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 |
A Love Journal | Done 29 jan | ||
Done 18 Oct | |||
Done 6 apr | |||
Done 18 apr | |||
Done 20 mar | |||
Done 3 apr | |||
Done 15 apr |
MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet |
Dramas: 10 Movies: 5 Specials: TV shows:
China: Hong Kong: Japan: 6 Korea: 7 Philippines: 1 Taiwan: 1 Thailand:
Taxonomy
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that according to type or genre.
1. Type | Progress: 3/5 | ||
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 |
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OR |
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Adapted from a manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic Or |
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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: 2/5 | ||
Watch a title from one of the following genres Choice of Route. | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Historical | ||
OR | Comedy | ||
OR | Thriller | ✓ | |
OR | Youth | ✓ | |
OR | Action |
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 |
|
| |
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: 4/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR |
| Short Length Series (4 episodes/11 minutes) | ✓ |
DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes Or | 8 episodes/25 minutes | ✓ | |
DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer. | One More Time | 8 episodes/30 minutes | ✓ |
DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 180 minutes or longer. | 17 episodes/45 minutes | ✓ | |
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: 3/5 | ||
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 | First Love | ✓ | |
OR | Classmates' Relationship | ||
features a Heterosexual relationship OR | |||
OR | Enemies to Lovers | ✓ | |
Nice Female Lead / Male Lead OR Aggressive Female Lead / Male Lead | Nice 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: 1/7 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
features a Religious Leader OR | |||
OR | |||
Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot OR | LGBTQ+ | ✓ | |
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: 1/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Athlete (Archery) | ✓ | |
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 | Strong Female Lead | ||
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: 1/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Colleagues | ✓ | |
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: 1/7 | ||
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 | ||
MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up SheetStarting date: January 1, 2023 |
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* | Dong Lan Xue (2023) Star Struck (2023) | x
| |
OR | Daemuga: Sorrow and Joy (2022) Awake (2022) | x
| |
Co-Produced OR Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDL | The Spy: Undercover Operation (2013) The Murderer (2023) | daniel henney
| x
|
OR | |||
Adapted from a manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic Or | Hot Blooded (2022) Back From the Brink (2023) | x
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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) | Buying Ears (2020) Your Ship Is Real (2022) | x
| |
OR | Veils (2021) The Tale of Mari and Yimae (2021) | ||
Documentary Genre OR Mockumentary | The Raincoat Killer: Chasing a Predator in Korea (2021) | x | |
OR | The Legendary Courtesan Hwang Jin Yi (2007) Escape from Mogadishu (2021) | ||
OR | The King's Case Note (2017) The Face Reader (2013) | x
|
3. All About the Gen(r)es | Progress: | ||
Watch a title from one of the following genres Choice of Route. | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Fatal Countdown: Reset (2017) Jung_E (2023) | x
| |
OR | Not Quite Dead Yet (2020) The Heavenly Idol (2023) | x
| |
OR | The Post-Truth World (2022) Missing (2022) | x
| |
OR | Shin Ultraman (2022) The Divine Weapon (2008) | x | |
OR | The Point Men (2023) Bad Guys Always Die (2016) | x
|
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 | Yesterday Once More (2023) Lies Hidden in My Garden (2023) | x
| |
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 | The Promise (2005) The Banquet (2006) | x
| |
year generated by this website OR | Dead Again (2019) Graceful Family (2019) | ( 1991 / 1997 / 2013 / 2019 / 2020 ) | x
|
OR | Seire (2021) Kisaragi Station (2022) | x x |
5. Duration of The HikeTutorial | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Si Shi Hao (2023) The Origin of Eternity (2022) | x x | |
DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes Or | Woman in a Veil (2023) The Longest Promise (2023) | x | |
DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer. | Hero (2022) Intimate Strangers (2022) | x x | |
DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 180 minutes or longer. | Black Knight (2023) Beauty of Resilience (2023) | x x | |
DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes OR DRAMA with 8 episodes or less. | Duty After School: Part 1 (2023) Family: The Unbreakable Bond (2023) | x
|
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 | Imawa no Kuni no Alice Season 2 (2022) Kingdom Season 2 (2022) | x x | |
OR | Re/Member (2022) Someday or One Day: The Movie (2022) | x
| |
OR | Reborn Rich (2022) My Perfect Stranger (2023) | x
| |
OR | Somewhere Winter (2019) Us and Them (2018) | ||
OR | Oh! My Assistant (2022) Orange (2015) |
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) | Alchemy of Souls Season 2: Light and Shadow (2022) Tale of the Nine-Tailed 1938 (2023) | x x | |
DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list OR DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list | Utsukushii Kare Season 2 (2023) Duty After School: Part 2 (2023) | x
| |
mentioned in the MDL Forums Or mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds) | Love Mate (2023) | x | |
with the newest release date in your PTW list OR with a release date older than the oldest title in your Watchlist | Individual Circumstances (2023) Mask Girl (2023) | x
|
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) | Coin Locker Girl (2015) | ||
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 | D.P. Season 2 (2023) Moving (2023) | death + friendship | x |
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) | The Roundup: No Way Out (2023) Revenant (2023) |
| x
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with over 10 Reviews OR with 0 Reviews when you started watching it | In Dream (2023) Streamer (2023) | as of 8/5 as of 8/20 | x x |
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 | The Night Owl (2022) | best film - (59th baeksang awards) | x |
from an award-winning director OR that has one of your favorite actresses | Assassination (2015) Oh No! Here Comes Trouble (2023) | jun ji hyun
| x
|
from an award-winning screenwriter OR that has one of your favorite actors | Mystery to Iunakare (2022) Lost in the Stars (2022) | suda masaki
| x x |
from an award-winning actor OR by the same director as one of your favorite titles | Chronicle of a Blood Merchant (2015)
| ha jung woo - (baeksang - best actor - 2009) cho seung woo - (baeksang - best actor - 2005) | x
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from an award-winning actress OR by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before | Duel (2017) | kim jung eun - (baeksang - best actress - 2003) | x |
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 | Love is for Suckers (2022) Call It Love (2023) | x
| |
OR | Behind the Blue Eyes (2023) Taikan Yoho (2023) | x | |
OR | |||
OR | Love to Hate You (2023) Ousama ni Sasagu Kusuriyubi (2023) | x
| |
OR | King the Land (2023) My Dear Desperado (2010) | x |
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 | Casa Amor: Exclusive for Ladies (2015) Limbo (2021) | x x | |
OR | Even if This Love Disappears From the World Tonight (2022) Seishun Cinderella (2022) | x
| |
features a Heterosexual relationship OR | The Director Who Buys Me Dinner (2022) All the Liquors (2023) | x x | |
OR | Semantic Error: The Movie (2022) Reign of Assassins (2010) | x
| |
Nice Female Lead / Male Lead OR Aggressive Female Lead / Male Lead | Concrete Utopia (2023) As Long as We Both Shall Live (2023) | x
|
12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Slight Comedy OR Black Comedy | Our Blooming Youth (2023) Flying Colors (2015) | x | |
OR features some type of Doomsday | All These Years (2023) Bon Appetit (2023) | x | |
OR | A Shoulder to Cry On (2023) The Glorious My Revenge (2023) | x
| |
features a Celebration OR | Stellar: A Magical Ride (2022) Vengeance of the Bride (2022) | x
| |
OR | Shokuzai (2012) Motherhood (2022) | x x |
13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
features a Religious Leader OR | Kokdu: Season of Deity (2023) Till the End of the Moon (2023) | x
| |
OR | Dream (2023) Marry My Dead Body (2022) | x x | |
Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot OR | The New Employee (2022) Sing My Crush (2023) | x | |
OR | Marui Video (2023) Shinai naru Boku e Satsui wo Komete (2022) | x
| |
Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead OR | Campus Confidential (2013) One Smile Is Very Alluring (2016) | x
|
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 | Is Xian Zun Whitewashed Today? (2022) The Forbidden Marriage (2022) | x x | |
OR | Gannibal (2022) | x | |
OR | Item (2019) Home for Rent (2023) | x x | |
OR | Island (2022) Island Part 2 (2023) | x x | |
In a City OR In a Small Town | Graceful Friends (2020) The Ghost Station (2023) | x
|
15. Humans Have So Many Things | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Alchemy of Souls Season 1 (2022) Phantom (2023) | x
| |
OR | Switch (2023) Celebrity (2023) | x x | |
OR | Unlocked (2023) Drama Special Season 13: TV Cinema - The Distributors (2022) | x x | |
OR | Cafe Midnight: Missing Honey (2022) Paradise Kiss (2011) | x | |
OR | Unbowed (2012) | x |
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 | Harmony (2010) | na moon hee | x |
OR | The Gossip (2021) Happy Merry Ending (2023) | x
| |
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) | Live Stream (2023) The Moon (2023) | x
| |
OR | Hear Me (2009) The Left Ear (2015) | x x | |
OR | Trolley (2022) Honest Candidate 2 (2022) | x x |
17. Camouflage? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Jack o' Frost (2023) Unintentional Love Story (2023) | x
| |
OR | Bokura no Shokutaku (2023) Nagatan to Aoto: Ichika no Ryourijou (2023) | x
| |
OR | I Have a Lover (2015) I Am a King (2012) | x
| |
Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead OR | A Special Lady (2017) Inspector Koo (2021) | x x | |
Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead OR | Lucifer (2007) Drama Special Season 13: Self-Indulgence (2022) | x x |
18. What Are You? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead OR | Ballerina (2023) The Eve (2021) | x x | |
Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead OR Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead | One Dollar Lawyer (2022) | x | |
Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead OR | Heartbeat (2023) | x | |
Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead OR | Pandora: Beneath the Paradise (2023) Battle for Happiness (2023) | x x | |
OR | Lesson in Murder (2022) Kill Bok Soon (2023) | x
|
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 | Ditto (2022) | x | |
OR | Copycat Killer (2023) Hunger (2023) | x
| |
OR | Love Tractor (2023) | x | |
OR | |||
OR | Sword Snow Stride (2021) Kingdom 2: To the Far Land (2022) | [rewatch] | x
|
20. Where the Humans Are… | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Choco Milk Shake (2022) Ungnami (2023) | x
| |
OR | Gangnam Zombie (2023) Kingdom: Ashin of the North (2021) | x
| |
OR | |||
OR | The Starry Love (2023) | x | |
Second Lead Caring For Animals OR | Legend of Lin Ye (2023) This Child Is Evil (2022) | x
|
21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | May I Help You (2022) The Final Parting (2018) | x | |
OR | Drama Special Season 13: TV Cinema - Devil in the Lake (2022) Murasaki Kagami (2010) | x
| |
OR | WATCHER (2019) The Devil's Deal (2023) | x
| |
OR | Imawa no Kuni no Alice Season 1 (2020) The Werewolf Game: Death Game's Operator (2020) | x x | |
OR | Akira and Akira (2022) The Blood of Youth (2023) | x |
22. Who Am I When I Am With You? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Ameiro Paradox (2023) Our Dating Sim (2023) | x
| |
OR | A League of Nobleman (2023) Secrets in the Hot Spring (2018) | x
| |
OR | A Christmas Carol (2022) Go Brother! (2018) | x | |
OR | The Glory Part 2 (2023) Taxi Driver Season 2 (2023) | x
| |
OR | Hansan: Rising Dragon (2022) Fall In Love (2021) | x
|
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 | Song of the Moon (2022) The Wandering Earth II (2023) | x
| |
Color OR | Curse of the Golden Flower (2006) Full River Red (2023) | x
| |
OR | Ride On (2023) Do Unto Others (2023) | x x | |
OR | The Eighth Sense (2023) See You in My 19th Life (2023) | x
| |
OR | April Fools (2015) | x |
24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Domesticated Animal OR Wild Animal | Gentleman (2022)
| x
| |
OR | The Glory Part 1 (2022) Sword Master (2016) | x
| |
OR | Inhuman Kiss (2019)
| x
| |
OR | Contorted (2021)
| x
| |
OR | Killing Romance (2023)
| x
|
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 |
Are You Lonesome Tonight? (2021) Too Beautiful to Lie (2023) | x
| ||
Rigor Mortis (2013) Hungry Ghost Ritual (2014) | |||
Whisper of the Heart (2022) Once Upon a Crime (2023) | x x | ||
Hello, Love, Goodbye (2019) She's Dating the Gangster (2014) | |||
Exist Within (2022) The Assassin (2023) | x
| ||
Eye of the Storm (2023) The Tag-Along (2015) | x | ||
Delete (2023) The Con-Heartist (2020) | x x |
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 | ||
MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet |
Starting date: January 1, 2023 Link to your Drama list: Kkami_99's List Progress Habitat: 4/6 Currently: Dwarf Flying Squirrel Stage: Plains |
Legend: Currently Watching | Watched | Plan to Watch |
Taxonomy
1. Type | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR
| -> drama | ✔️ on 03.01.23 | |
OR | -> special | ✔️ on 09.01.23 | |
Co-Produced OR
| -> movie -> co-production with U.S.A | ✔️ on 04.01.23 | |
OR | -> drama | ✔️ on 02.01.23 | |
Adapted from a manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic Or | -> drama -> adapted from a manga | ✔️ on 14.01.23 |
2. Is it True? | Progress: 4/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR
| -> special -> advertisement for video game "garena free fire" | ✔️ on 05.01.23 | |
OR | -> drama | ✔️ on 01.08.23 | |
OR Mockumentary | -> drama -> rewatched title (first time watched in 2018) | ✔️ on 05.01.23 | |
OR | -> movie | ✔️ on 13.02.23 | |
OR | -> movie |
3. All About the Gen(r)es | Progress: 4/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | -> drama | ✔️ on 20.05.23 | |
OR | -> drama | ||
OR | -> drama | ✔️ on 03.08.23 | |
OR | -> drama | ✔️ on 19.03.23 | |
OR | -> tv-show | ✔️ on 31.07.23 |
Time is Relative
4. Year of Origin | Progress: 2/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | -> drama | ✔️ on 20.05.23 | |
OR the year a member on this page joined MDL (link to the account/challenge form) | -> movie -> member: Jilly (2020) | ||
OR the month (not necessarily the year) you were born | |||
year generated by this website OR | |||
OR | -> movie (2022) | ✔️ on 15.08.23 |
5. Duration of The Hike | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | -> drama | ✔️ on 27.07.23 | |
DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes Or | -> drama -> avg. 24 minutes | ✔️ on 27.07.23 | |
DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes OR
| Bargain | -> drama -> avg. 36 minutes | ✔️ on 31.07.23 |
DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes OR
| -> drama -> avg. 50 mins per episode | ✔️ on 24.07.23 | |
OR | -> drama -> 8 episodes | ✔️ on 26.07.23 |
The Chronicles of MDL
7. Sharing is Caring | Progress: 2/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR from the Watchlist of another user doing this challenge | -> drama -> member: chronoclast (list) | ✔️ on 22.10.23 | |
with less than 10,000 viewers OR
| -> drama -> as of Jan 16, 2023: 803 watchers | ||
DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list OR
| -> drama -> 2 episodes | ||
mentioned in the MDL Forums Or mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds) | |||
with the newest release date in your PTW list OR
| -> tv-show -> release: Aug 8, 2023 | ✔️ on 15.08.23 |
9. Your Fanciers and Westminsters-> link the award/person's page.*List with awards | Progress: 2/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Award-winning OR by the same writer as one of your favorites | |||
OR that has one of your favorite actresses | -> drama | ||
from an award-winning screenwriter OR
| -> drama -> Furumaya Tomoyuki (example: FIPRESCI Award at the 2001 Rotterdam Film Festival) | ✔️ on 15.02.23 | |
OR by the same director as one of your favorite titles | -> drama | ||
OR by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before | -> drama -> director: Cho Ui Seok | ✔️ on 11.08.23 |
Getting up Close and Personal
11. Finding a Mate | Progress: 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 | -> movie -> nudity, partial nudity, brief nudity | ✔️ on 12.08.23 | |
OR | -> movie | ✔️ on 15.08.23 | |
OR | -> drama | ✔️ on 11.09.23 | |
OR | -> drama | ✔️ on 12.09.23 | |
Nice Female Lead / Male Lead OR
| -> drama -> nice male lead | ✔️ on 21.10.23 |
12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Slight Comedy OR | -> drama | on 15.02.23 | |
OR
| -> drama | ✔️ on 01.08.23 | |
OR | -> drama | ✔️ on 02.08.23 | |
features a Celebration OR | -> drama | ✔️ on 06.08.23 | |
OR | -> drama | ✔️ on 11.08.23 |
The Main Attraction
18. What Are You? | Progress: 2/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead OR | -> drama -> strong female lead | ||
Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead OR | -> drama -> smart male lead -> thai edition | ||
Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead OR | -> drama -> cold female lead | ✔️ on 14.02.23 | |
OR | -> drama -> poor male lead | ✔️ on 19.03.23 | |
OR | -> movie |
Origin
25. Countries of MDL | Progress: 3/7 | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Vanguard | |||
Sakra | |||
-> movie | ✔️ on 21.10.23 | ||
Island | |||
-> drama | ✔️ on 20.12.23 | ||
-> drama | ✔️ on 21.07.23 |
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 |
A. Web Series OR B. TV SHOW* | ✔ 8 jan | ||
A. MOVIE OR | ☆ 7.5/10 | ✔ 14 july | |
A. Co-Produced OR B. Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDL |
☆ 7/10 |
| |
A. Anthology OR B. Omnibus | ☆ 6.5/10 | ✔ 16 sep | |
A. Adapted from a manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic OR B. Adapted From a Novel / Book | ☆ 9/10 | ✔ 17 july |
2. Is it True? | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR B. Educational (tries to teach viewers something-not the same as the school genre) | ☆ 8/10 | ✔ 13 feb | |
OR B. Propaganda | ☆ 7.5/10 | ✔ 12 feb | |
A. Documentary Genre OR B. Mockumentary | ☆ 8.5/106 | ✔ 4 jan | |
OR | ☆ 8/10 | ✔ 6 jan | |
OR | ☆ 9.5/10 | ✔ 14 mar |
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 |
A. Historical OR B. Sci-Fi | ☆ 9/10 | ✔ 28 sep | |
A. Comedy OR B. Tragedy | ☆ 6.5/10 | ✔ 13 mar | |
A. Thriller OR B. Romance | ☆ 7.5/10 | ✔ 8 oct | |
A. Youth OR B. Political | A / | ☆ 8/10 | ✔ 1 feb |
A. Action OR B. Life | ☆ 8.5/10 | ✔ 1 oct |
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 |
A. in 2023 OR B. 1940-1959 | ☆ 7/10 | ✔ 12 may | |
A. 1990-1999 OR B. the year a member on this page joined MDL (link to the account/challenge form) | B / minks, who has excellent music taste, oh, and also joined November 7, 2018 :) | ☆ 7.5/10 | ✔ 24 may |
A. 2000-2010 OR B. the month (not necessarily the year) you were born | ☆ 3.5/10 | ✔ 27 apr | |
A. year generated by this website OR B. 1950-1969 | Got the generated list of choose to go with 2015 | ☆ 7/10 | ✔ 11 jun |
A. 2017-2022 OR B. 1970-1989 | ☆ 8.5/10 | ✔ 1 jun |
5. Duration of The HikeTutorial | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR B. Short Film | ☆ 6/10 | ✔ 2 feb | |
A. DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes OR B. DRAMA with 30 episodes or more. | ☆ 6.5/10 | ✔ 31 mar | |
A. DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes OR B. MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer. | B / | ☆ 7.5/10 | ✔ 13 apr |
A. DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes OR B. MOVIE that lasts 180 minutes or longer. | categorized as a drama but could be found in the referred custom list last year | ☆ 7/10 | ✔ 12 apr |
A. DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes OR B. DRAMA with 8 episodes or less. | ☆ 7.5/10 | ✔ 31 may |
6. Time Can Be Confusing | Progress: 4/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
A. Full second season of a DRAMA OR B. Only 1 episode of a DRAMA | ☆ 7/10 | ✔ 19 july | |
OR B. Time Loop | currently watching | ||
A. Time Skip OR B. Time Travel | ☆ 7.5/10 | ✔ 17 dec | |
A. Winter OR B. Summer | ☆ 8.5/10 | ✔ 4 sep | |
A. Fall OR B. Spring | ☆ 6.5/10 | ✔ 22 oct |
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 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
A. that has been on your PTW for longer than you can remember OR B. from the Watchlist of another user doing this challenge | on rvcruickshank's watchlist (as of 3/9) | ☆ 8/10 | ✔ 13 nov |
A. with less than 10,000 viewers OR B. ranked 1-1000 (if you have seen them all you can go for 1001) | ☆ 8.5/10 | ✔ 4 jul | |
A. DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list OR B. DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list | ☆ 8/10 | ✔ 19 jul | |
A. mentioned in the MDL Forums OR B. mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds) | Mentioned in the forum: The last japanese movie you watched ~!! (LIKED IT OR NOT) | ☆ 7.5/10 | ✔ 3 sep |
A. with the newest release date in your PTW list OR B. with a release date older than the oldest title in your Watchlist | ☆ 8.5/10 | ✔ 29 oct |
8. Examined…Tutorial | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
A. on your Recommendations page (add a link to the page) OR B. appearing in the first 5 pages of MDL Home Trailers section (add a link to the trailer) | ☆ 7.5/10 | ✔ 1 nov | |
A. found on a Custom List (add a link to the list). OR B. found on a Voting List in the list index (add a link to the list). | A / on the custom list "Anticipated Movies 2023" | ☆ 8/10 | ✔ 10 aug |
A. from your most viewed tags OR B. from your least viewed genres under your profile stats | ☆ 6/10 | ✔ 15 nov | |
A. with someone or something mentioned in a Game on MDL (add a link to the game) OR B. found mentioned in an Article on MDL (add a link to the article) | Treat: Watch a title where a reunion takes place | ☆ 8.5/10 | ✔ 15 nov |
A. with over 10 Reviews OR B. with 0 Reviews when you started watching it | ☆ 7.5/10 | ✔ 3 aug |
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 |
A. Award-winning OR B. by the same writer as one of your favorites | B / by Hospital Playlist and Reply 1994 writer Lee Woo Jung | ☆ 7.5/10 | ✔ 9 may |
A. from an award-winning director OR B. that has one of your favorite actresses | B / with Lee Jung Eun | ☆ 9/10 | ✔ 7 nov |
A. from an award-winning screenwriter OR B. that has one of your favorite actors | with Yoo Yeon Seok | ☆ 9/10 | ✔ 14 sep |
A. from an award-winning actor OR B. by the same director as one of your favorite titles | B / with director Lee Yoo Yeon, from Light on Me | ☆ 8/10 | ✔ 8 sep |
A. from an award-winning actress OR B. by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before | by director Kim Ah Young | ☆ 7.5/10 | ✔ 3 dec |
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 |
A. Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back OR B. Exorcism | ☆ 6.5/10 | ✔ 18 july | |
A. Cohabitation OR | ☆ 8.5/10 | ✔ 12 mar | |
A. Fluffy OR | ☆ 8/10 | ✔ 2 jan | |
OR | ☆ 7/10 | ✔ 30 aug | |
OR | ☆ 7/10 | ✔ 9 oct |
11. Finding a Mate | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
A. First Love OR B. Nudity: one of the following Nudity/Sexual content | Brief Nudity | Prolonged Nudity | Partial Nudity | Mild Sexual Content | Sexual Content | Extreme Sexual Content | ☆ 6.5/10 | ✔ 3 jan | |
OR | ☆ 6.5/10 | ✔ 13 nov | |
A. features a Heterosexual relationship OR | ☆ 8.5/10 | ✔ 21 aug | |
OR | ☆ 5.5/10 | ✔ 24 oct | |
A. Nice Female Lead / Nice Male Lead OR | ☆ 7.5/10 | ✔ 26 oct |
12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying | Progress: 2/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
A. Slight Comedy OR B. Black Comedy | ☆ 8/10 | ✔ 10 sep | |
A. Happy Ending OR B. features some type of Doomsday | |||
A. Tragic Past OR | |||
A. features a Celebration OR B. Mourning | ☆ 7.5/10 | ✔ 27 nov | |
A. Healing OR B. Suicide |
13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
A. features a Religious Leader OR | ☆ 8.5/10 | ✔ 5 july | |
OR | ☆ 7/10 | ✔ 12 dec | |
A. Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot OR B. LGBTQ+ | ☆ 8/10 | ✔ 10 july | |
A. Suspense OR | ☆ 7.5/10 | ✔ 5 july | |
A. Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead OR | B / | ☆ 8/10 | ✔ 2 aug |
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 |
A. On a Field OR B. On a Cliff | ☆ 10/10 | ✔ 18 jan | |
A. In the Woods OR B. By the Sea | A / | ☆ 8.5/10 | ✔ 31 jan |
A. In a Jungle OR B. On a Rooftop | ☆ 9.5/10 | ✔ 6 jan | |
OR B. On an Island | ☆ 7.5/10 | ✔ 20 feb | |
A. In a City OR B. In a Small Town | ☆ 9/10 | ✔ 6 feb |
15. Humans Have So Many Things | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
A. An Umbrella OR B. A Backpack | B / | ☆ 8.5/10 | ✔ 14 may |
A. A Truck OR B. A Sports Car | ☆ 8/10 | ✔ 9 jun | |
A. A Smartphone OR | ☆ 9/10 | ✔ 3 sep | |
OR B. A Hoodie | ☆ 7.5/10 | ✔ 10 may | |
A. A Book OR B. A Crossbow | ☆ 7/10 | ✔ 10 apr |
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 | ☆ 8.5/10 | ✔ 28 may | |
OR | ☆ 8/10 | ✔ 7 nov | |
A. Trans gender identity (different than the gender assigned to them at birth) OR B. Cis gender Identity (same as the gender assigned to them at birth) | ☆ 8.5/10 | ✔ 25 dec | |
A. Able Bodied OR | ☆ 7.5/10 | ✔ 30 dec | |
OR | ☆ 6.5/10 | ✔ 10 dec |
17. Camouflage? | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
A. Athlete OR B. Artist | ☆ 8/10 | ✔ 11 sep | |
A. Glasses OR B. Tattoos | ☆ 8.5/10 | ✔ 9 july | |
OR B. Body Swap | ☆ 9.5/10 | ✔ 30 aug | |
A. Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead OR | ☆ 10/10 | ✔ 29 oct | |
A. Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead OR | ☆ 8.5/10 | ✔ 6 mar |
18. What Are You? | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
A. Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead OR | ☆ 6.5/10 | ✔ 12 feb | |
A. Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead OR B. Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead | ☆ 8.5/10 | ✔ 2 apr | |
A. Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead OR | ☆ 9/10 | ✔ 29 dec | |
A. Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead OR | ☆ 7.5/10 | ✔ 9 july | |
A. Killer OR B. Healer | ☆ 7.5/10 | ✔ 18 nov |
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 |
A. Pet OR B. Pest | ☆ 8/10 | ✔ 21 aug | |
A. Talking Pet OR B. Animal Death | ☆ 6/10 | ✔ 14 feb | |
A. Zoo animal OR B. Farm Animal | ☆ 7.5/10 | ✔ 15 oct | |
A. Veterinarian OR | ☆ 8.5/10 | ✔ 7 sep | |
OR | ☆ 6.5/10 | ✔ 25 jun |
20. Where the Humans Are… | Progress: 4/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | ☆ 7/10 | ✔ 7 nov | |
OR | ☆ 7.5/10 | ✔ 28 nov | |
OR | ☆ 9/10 | ✔ 30 aug | |
OR B. Animal Abuse | ☆ 7/10 | ✔ 21 apr | |
A. Second Lead Caring For Animals OR |
21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | ☆ 9/10 | ✔ 29 may | |
OR B. Ghosts | ☆ 4.5/10 | ✔ 30 may | |
A. Corruption OR B. Teamwork | ☆ 7/10 | ✔ 15 oct | |
OR B. Death Game | ☆ 9/10 | ✔ 23 nov | |
A. Friendship OR B. Bullying | ☆ 9.5/10 | ✔ 17 sep |
22. Who Am I When I Am With You? | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
A. Colleagues OR B. Inmates | A / | ☆ 7/10 | ✔ 9 feb |
A. Bromance OR B. Sismance | ☆ 8/10 | ✔ 19 mar | |
A. Parent-Child OR B. Sibling | father-daughter relationship | ☆ 7.5/10 | ✔ 15 may |
OR | ☆ 8/10 | ✔ 5 july | |
OR B. Soldier | ☆ 9.5/10 | ✔ 12 apr |
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 |
OR B. Body Part | ☆ 8.5/10 | ✔ 18 dec | |
A. Color OR B. Emotion | ☆ 7.5/10 | ✔ 10 sep | |
A. Object OR B. Verb | ☆ 9.5/10 | ✔ 18 aug | |
A. Animal OR B. Number | ☆ 8/10 | ✔ 15 aug | |
A. Season OR | ☆ 9.5/10 | ✔ 7 jan |
24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
A. Domesticated Animal OR B. Wild Animal | ☆ 7.5/10 | ✔ 13 mar | |
A. Flower OR B. Building | ☆ 8.5/10 | ✔ 26 mar | |
A. Light Colors OR B. Dark Colors | ☆ 7.5/10 | ✔ 3 jan | |
A. Rainbow OR B. Door | ☆ 7.5/10 | ✔ 7 jun | |
A. Only Words OR | ☆ 7/10 | ✔ 15 oct |
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 |
☆ 4.5/10 | ✔ 16 oct | ||
☆ 6/10 | ✔ 15 may | ||
☆ 9/10 | ✔ 7 apr | ||
☆ 6.5/10 | ✔ 6 nov | ||
☆ 5.5/10 | ✔ 1 apr | ||
☆ 7/10 | ✔ 12 feb | ||
☆ 4/10 | ✔ 26 apr |
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: 1/5 | Forest Used: /4 | Mountain Used: /3 | Space Used: /2 | Black Hole Used: /1 | |
Route | Essential | Substitute for | Notes | Completed | ||
Watch a title where a reunion takes place | 8 - A. with someone or something mentioned in a Game on MDL (add a link to the game) OR B. found mentioned in an Article on MDL (add a link to the article) | ☆ 8.5/10 | ✔ 15 nov | |||
2023 MDL Watch Challenge Sign-up Sheet
Starting date: 1st of January 2023
Link to your Drama list: Spy's List
Progress Habitat:
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 / 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
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 | ||
Starting date: January 1st, 2023 Link to my drama list: LINK Habitats: 43 Routes: 242 My goal: Red panda - forest (41) Completed: November 5th, 2023 |
1. Type | Progress: 2/2 | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Web series OR TV show | TV show eps 6-32 | 13/07 | |
TV show eps 457-489 | 20/08 | ||
Film OR Drama special | Film | 18/01 | |
Drama special | 10/06 | ||
Co-produced OR Starring an actor in a project from a country not on MDL | Daniel Henney (American) | 13/01 | |
Co-produced | 23/07 | ||
Anthology OR Omnibus | Summer Night Sky, Autumn Sunset, Winter Morning and Spring Breeze | Omnibus | 13/01 |
Omnibus | 21/06 | ||
Adapted from a manga/manhwa/webtoon/comic OR Adapted from a novel/book | Manga Ojisama to neko | 07/01 | |
Novel Les Liaisons dangereuses | 31/05 |
2. Is it true? | Progress: 2/2 | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Advertisement OR Educational | Blued advert | 28/01 | |
Educational | 31/08 | ||
Independent film OR Propaganda | Propaganda | 19/01 | |
Independent film | 17/08 | ||
Documentary genre OR Mockumentary | Documentary | 28/01 | |
Documentary | 01/07 | ||
Adapted from folklore OR Inspired by real events/person | Tham Luang cave rescue | 07/01 | |
Adapted from folklore | 27/05 | ||
Historical fiction OR Historical genre tagged Based on true story | Historical fiction | 08/03 | |
Historical based on a true story | 21/05 |
3. All about the gen(r)es | Progress: 2/2 | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Historical OR Sci-fi | Sci-fi | 04/06 | |
Historical | 13/09 | ||
Comedy OR Tragedy | Comedy | 02/02 | |
Comedy | 30/08 | ||
Thriller OR Romance | Romance | 25/02 | |
Romance | 03/06 | ||
Youth OR Political | Youth | 24/02 | |
Youth | 24/09 | ||
Action OR Life | Action | 01/03 | |
Life | 23/08 |
4. Year of origin | Progress: 2/2 | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
2023 OR 1940-1959 | 1950 | 16/01 | |
2023 | 04/08 | ||
1990-1999 OR The year a member on this page joined MDL | 1993 | 01/02 | |
1990 | 06/06 | ||
2000-2010 OR The month you were born | 2003 | 18/02 | |
2009 | 12/08 | ||
Year generated by this website OR 1950-1969 | 1957 | 19/01 | |
1964 | 20/06 | ||
2017-2022 OR 1970-1989 | 1985 | 16/01 | |
1986 | 16/06 |
5. Duration of the hike | Progress: 2/2 | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Short length series OR Short film | Short film | 18/01 | |
Short film | 22/04 | ||
Drama with 20-30 min eps OR Drama with 30 eps or more | 25 min | 05/01 | |
20 min | 01/09 | ||
Drama with 30-40 min eps OR Film that lasts 90 min or longer | 91 min | 20/01 | |
139 min | 03/06 | ||
Drama with 40-50 min eps OR Film that lasts 180 min or longer | 190 min | 06/01 | |
43 min | 13/06 | ||
Drama with at least one 60+ min ep OR Drama with 8 eps or less | 7 eps | 06/02 | |
70 min | 13/06 |
6. Time can be confusing | Progress: 1/1 | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Full 2nd season of a drama OR Only 1 ep of a drama | 2nd season | 12/01 | |
2nd season | 20/09 | ||
Different timelines OR Time loop | Time loop | 06/05 | |
Time skip OR Time travel | Time travel | 05/03 | |
Time travel | 24/04 | ||
Winter OR Summer | Summer | 16/02 | |
Summer | 15/04 | ||
Autumn OR Spring | Spring | 13/02 | |
Autumn | 05/08 |
7. Sharing is caring | Progress: 1/1 | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
On your PTW for longer than you can remember OR From the watchlist of another user doing this challenge | 25/04 | ||
From my PTW list | 23/05 | ||
With less than 10,000 viewers OR Ranked 1-1000 | 4382 watchers | 08/02 | |
118 watchers | 19/08 | ||
Drama with the smallest number of eps in your PTW OR Drama with the highest number of eps in your PTW | Smallest number (6 eps) | 12/03 | |
Mentioned in the MDL forums OR Mentioned in the MDL feeds | Treat: Transfer student | 20/05 | |
With the newest release date in your PTW OR With a release date older than the oldest title in your watchlist | Newest release date | 16/06 | |
8. Examined | Progress: 1/1 | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
On your recommendations page OR Appearing in the 1st 5 pages of MDL home trailers section | Link (2nd page) | 01/04 | |
Found on a custom list OR Found on a voting list in the list index | 11/05 | ||
11/06 | |||
From your most viewed tags OR From your least viewed genres under your profile stats | Treat: Non-verbal communication | 02/03 | |
With sb or sth mentioned in a game on MDL OR Mentioned in an article on MDL | 19/04 | ||
21/06 | |||
With over 10 reviews OR With 0 reviews when you started watching it | 0 reviews | 15/02 | |
60 reviews | 11/08 |
9. Your fanciers and westminsters | Progress: 1/1 | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Award-winning OR By the same writer as one of your favs | Best film (26th BFA, 54th GBA, 38th BDFA) | 12/01 | |
Parada Kantapattanakul (Duang Jai Akkanee) | 09/09 | ||
From an award-winning director OR Has one of your fav actresses | Park Chan-wook (43rd BDFA, 75th CFF) | 07/02 | |
From an award-winning screenwriter OR Has one of your fav actors | Yoon Ga-eun (53rd BAA) | 11/03 | |
Nanon Korapat Kirdpan | 12/09 | ||
From an award-winning actor OR By the same director as one of your favs | Song Kang-ho (75th CFF) | 08/03 | |
From an award-winning actress OR By a director/writer you haven’t seen anything from before | Na Moon-hee (55th GBA, 54th BAA, 38th BDFA) | 11/01 | |
10. Kiss, f***, kill, exorcism | Progress: 2/2 | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Ex comes back OR Exorcism | Ex comes back | 12/04 | |
Ex comes back | 16/02 | ||
Cohabitation OR Long distance relationship | Cohabitation | 01/03 | |
Cohabitation | 13/10 | ||
Fluffy OR Sexual assault | Sexual assault | 21/01 | |
Sexual assault | 27/08 | ||
Contract relationship OR Secret relationship | Contract relationship | 20/02 | |
Secret relationship | 30/10 | ||
Opposites attract OR Domestic abuse | Domestic abuse | 07/02 | |
Domestic abuse | 31/05 |
11. Finding a mate | Progress: 2/2 | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
First love OR Nudity | First love | 21/02 | |
Nudity | 25/02 | ||
Age gap (drama) OR Classmates relationship | Age gap | 02/02 | |
Age gap | 08/07 | ||
Heterosexual relationship OR Same-sex relationship | Gay relationship | 30/04 | |
Gay relationship | 01/07 | ||
Enemies to lovers OR Love at first sight | Enemies to lovers | 19/05 | |
Enemies to lovers | 03/11 | ||
Nice F/M lead OR Aggressive F/M lead | Aggressive male lead | 03/05 | |
Nice male lead | 25/06 |
12. Laugh it off or die trying | Progress: 2/2 | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Slight comedy OR Black comedy | Black comedy | 15/01 | |
Black comedy | 28/08 | ||
Happy ending OR Doomsday | Happy ending | 26/01 | |
Doomsday | 22/03 | ||
Tragic past OR Sketch comedy | Tragic past | 17/01 | |
Tragic past | 27/09 | ||
Celebration OR Mourning | Wedding | 27/01 | |
Funeral | 21/08 | ||
Healing OR Suicide | Healing | 20/01 | |
Healing | 31/05 |
13. Seeing is believing and some other stuff | Progress: 2/2 | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Religious leader OR Some type of god | Deity male lead | 09/06 | |
Priest male lead | 24/05 | ||
Misunderstanding OR Character development | Character development | 03/06 | |
Misunderstanding | 03/06 | ||
F/M-centered plot OR LGBTQ+ | LGBTQ+ | 13/01 | |
Female centered plot | 31/05 | ||
Suspense OR Slow burn story/romance | Slow burn story | 10/05 | |
Suspense | 02/06 | ||
Popular F/M lead OR Discrimination | Discrimination | 02/05 | |
Discrimination | 22/05 |
14. Where are we? | Progress: 2/2 | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
On a field OR On a cliff | Cliff (fall) | 22/04 | |
Cliff (car scene) | 10/10 | ||
In the woods OR By the sea | Sea (accident) | 27/04 | |
Forest around school grounds | 04/08 | ||
In a jungle OR On a rooftop | Rooftop (confession) | 31/03 | |
Rooftop | 28/08 | ||
On a mountain OR On an island | Island | 05/05 | |
Island | 29/08 | ||
In a city OR In a small town | Small town | 06/05 | |
Small town | 01/07 |
15. Humans have so many things | Progress: 2/2 | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
An umbrella OR A backpack | Transparent umbrella (accident) | 12/02 | |
Yellow umbrella | 18/07 | ||
A truck OR A sports car | King's car (FWB deal) | 22/04 | |
Truck of doom | 25/05 | ||
A smartphone OR A phone booth | Hacked smartphone | 18/02 | |
Phone booth (time travel) | 04/04 | ||
A suit/dress OR A hoodie | Lilac hoodie (massacre) | 07/02 | |
Grey hoodie (accident) | 17/07 | ||
A book OR A crossbow | Doumeki’s bow (exorcism) | 04/01 | |
"The Runaway Bunny" | 29/05 |
16. Who are we? | Progress: 2/2 | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Child actor OR Veteran actor | Maki Machida Sutthikulphanich | 30/05 | |
Tai Penpak Sirikul | 26/09 | ||
Idol actor OR Former child actor | Yoo Seung Ho (FCA) | 05/05 | |
Zuho (SF9) | 08/06 | ||
Transgender identity OR Cisgender identity | Transgender male lead | 30/05 | |
Transgender female lead | 28/08 | ||
Able bodied OR Living with a disability | Nikko (ALS) | 31/05 | |
Able bodied | 20/06 | ||
Public figure OR Hidden identity | Once Again | Hidden identity | 01/03 |
Hidden identity | 07/06 |
17. Camouflage? | Progress: 1/1 | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Athlete OR Artist | Ceramic artist | 14/04 | |
Photographer, actor | 17/08 | ||
Glasses OR Tattoos | Yutaka's glasses | 08/06 | |
Yakuza tattoos | 10/06 | ||
Identity swap OR Body swap | Body swap | 27/05 | |
Body swap | 22/10 | ||
Cop F/M lead OR Criminal F/M lead | Criminal female lead | 07/06 | |
Police officer male lead | 14/08 | ||
Superhero F/M lead OR Antihero | Antihero | 16/02 | |
18. What are you? | Progress: 2/2 | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Strong F/M lead OR Weak F/M lead | Strong male lead | 31/05 | |
Strong female lead | 06/06 | ||
Smart F/M lead OR Naive F/M lead | Smart male lead | 10/06 | |
Smart female lead | 06/08 | ||
Cold F/M lead OR Clingy F/M lead | Cold male lead | 24/03 | |
Cold male lead | 11/02 | ||
Rich F/M lead OR Poor F/M lead | Rich male lead | 24/02 | |
Poor male lead | 01/06 | ||
Killer OR Healer | Serial killer | 02/06 | |
Medical serial killer | 17/06 |
19. The petting zoo | Progress: 2/2 | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Pet OR Pest | Takahashi-kun from the Bike Shop | Tamotsu, a dog | 17/01 |
Kuenchai, a dog | 19/09 | ||
Talking pet OR Animal death | Talking mudskipper | 14/04 | |
Animal death | 02/09 | ||
Zoo animal OR Farm animal | Pigs | 09/06 | |
Panda, gorilla | 26/09 | ||
Veterinarian OR Animal control | Veterinarian female lead | 10/06 | |
Veterinarian male lead | 15/07 | ||
Romantic ride on a horse OR Horse ridden out to war | Horse ride ep 12 | 18/01 | |
Horse ride ep 5 | 19/09 |
20. Where the humans are | Progress: 1/1 | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Human turns into an animal OR Animal turns into a human | Dog-man shapeshifter | 11/05 | |
Cat-man shapeshifter | 22/10 | ||
Adorable animals OR Animal attack | Man-eating boar | 27/05 | |
Nong, a cute dog | 21/10 | ||
Animal in the wild OR Animal in a city | Penguins in Arctica | 12/01 | |
Fishes in the aquarium | 01/10 | ||
Pet dressed in clothes OR Animal abuse | Chukchuk and other dogs | 17/06 | |
Animal abuse | 20/06 | ||
SL caring for animals OR Antagonist caring for animals | Treat: Supernatural being | 13/07 | |
21. Friendly ways to live or die | Progress: 1/1 | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Funeral director OR Birth care | Ritual mortician | 23/02 | |
Virtual reality OR Ghosts | Virtual reality | 28/04 | |
Ghosts | 26/04 | ||
Corruption OR Teamwork | Corruption | 30/05 | |
Corruption | 29/08 | ||
Friendly game OR Death game | Death game | 14/02 | |
Death game | 02/10 | ||
Friendship OR Bullying | Friendship | 25/05 | |
Friendship | 03/09 |
22. Who am I when I am with you? | Progress: 2/2 | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Colleagues OR Inmates | Co-workers relationship | 11/02 | |
Inmates | 04/09 | ||
Bromance OR Sismance | Sismance | 15/02 | |
Bromance | 06/06 | ||
Parent-child OR Siblings | Mother-daughter relationship | 11/04 | |
Father-son relationship | 21/06 | ||
Assailant-victim OR Student-teacher | Student-teacher relationship | 18/04 | |
Student-teacher relationship | 30/05 | ||
Doctor-patient OR Soldier | Doctor-patient relationship | 23/05 | |
Soldiers | 03/09 |
23. It’s only words in the name | Progress: 2/2 | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Celestial body OR Body part | Body part | 01/04 | |
Celestial body | 05/11 | ||
Colour OR Emotion | Emotion | 18/05 | |
Colour | 03/06 | ||
Object OR Verb | Object | 30/05 | |
Object | 28/06 | ||
Animal OR Number | Animal | 15/04 | |
Number | 30/04 | ||
Season OR Calendar-related word | Calendar-related | 23/05 | |
Season | 20/06 |
24. Pretty pictures on the cover | Progress: 2/2 | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Domesticated animal OR Wild animal | Zebra (wild) | 11/05 | |
Swallows (wild) | 29/07 | ||
Flower OR Building | Bouquet | 23/05 | |
Building | 07/09 | ||
Light colours OR Dark colours | Dark colours | 20/04 | |
Dark colours | 17/07 | ||
Rainbow OR Door | Door + rainbow (flag) | 11/04 | |
Door | 22/10 | ||
Only words OR Geometrical shapes | Only words | 25/05 | |
Geometrical shapes | 08/06 |
25. Countries of MDL | Progress: 2/2 | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
China | 24/04 | ||
12/08 | |||
Hong Kong | 24/04 | ||
24/05 | |||
Japan | 18/02 | ||
01/06 | |||
Philippines | 13/01 | ||
15/06 | |||
South Korea | 15/02 | ||
22/04 | |||
Taiwan | 18/02 | ||
18/06 | |||
Thailand | 30/01 | ||
14/07 |
My Treats | Plains 3/5 | Forest 0/4 | ||
Route | Essential | Substitute for | Notes | Completed |
Non-verbal communication | From your most viewed tags | Sign language | 02/03 | |
Transfer student | Mentioned in the MDL forums OR Mentioned in the MDL feeds | Homura Itsuki | 20/05 | |
Supernatural being | SL caring for animals OR Antagonist caring for animals | Dokkaebi, grim reapers, ghosts | 13/07 |
MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet |
Searching | Plan to Watch | Currently Watch | Complete |
Taxonomy
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that according to type or genre.
1. Type | Progress: 5/3 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR TV SHOW* | Apr 4 Oct 4 | ||
OR | Kamen Rider Jeanne & Kamen Rider Aguilera with Girls Remix (2022) | Mar 5 Oct 4 | |
Co-Produced OR Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDL | Feb 10 | ||
OR | Mar 5 Apr 26 | ||
Adapted from a manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic Or | Apr 3 |
2. Is it True? | Progress: 5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Educational (tries to teach viewers something-not the same as the school genre) | May 15 | ||
OR | May 11 | ||
Documentary Genre OR Mockumentary | May 11 | ||
OR | May 9 | ||
OR | May 7 |
3. All About the Gen(r)es | Progress: 5/1 | ||
Watch a title from one of the following genres Choice of Route. | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Aug 4 | ||
OR | vietsub | Jun 4 | |
OR | what was that ending in part 2 | Apr 21 | |
OR | May 3 | ||
OR | Aug 2 Oct 31 |
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 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Apr 15 | ||
OR the year a member on this page joined MDL (link to the account/challenge form) | May 1 | ||
OR the month (not necessarily the year) you were born | April | Apr 16 | |
year generated by this website OR | Apr 13 | ||
OR | Himitsu Sentai Goranger (1975) | Apr 28 |
5. Duration of The HikeTutorial | Progress:5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Jun 11 | ||
DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes Or | Dec 8 | ||
DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer. | Die Now (2017) | Nov 8 | |
DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 180 minutes or longer. | Nov 20 | ||
DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes OR DRAMA with 8 episodes or less. | May 6 |
6. Time Can Be Confusing | Progress: 5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Full second season of a DRAMA OR Only 1 episode of a DRAMA | Apr 4 | ||
OR | Feb 2 | ||
OR | Apr 6 | ||
OR | Apr 21 | ||
OR | Apr 17 |
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 | ||
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 | Nogizaka46 | Oct 24 | |
with less than 10,000 viewers OR ranked 1-1000 (if you have seen them all you can go for 1001) | Nov 1 | ||
DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list OR DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list | Oct 11 | ||
mentioned in the MDL Forums Or mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds) | Oct 23 | ||
with the newest release date in your PTW list OR with a release date older than the oldest title in your Watchlist | Aired: May 5 2023 | Sep 6 |
8. Examined…Tutorial | Progress: 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) | Sep 13 | ||
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). | COLLECTION: H'our Channel GL Productions | Jun 14 | |
from your most viewed tags Or from your least viewed genres under your profile stats | Friendship | Nov 6 | |
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) | Sep 6 | ||
with over 10 Reviews OR with 0 Reviews when you started watching it | Uchi no Musume wa, Kareshi ga Dekinai!! (2021) Welcome to Toei Slaughterhouse (2021) | vietsub | Oct 19 |
9. Your Fanciers and WestminstersFor this habitat, we ask you to link to the award/person's page.*List with awards | Progress: 5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Award-winning OR by the same writer as one of your favorites | May 10 | ||
from an award-winning director OR that has one of your favorite actresses | Nov 21 | ||
from an award-winning screenwriter OR that has one of your favorite actors | Jun 4 | ||
from an award-winning actor OR by the same director as one of your favorite titles | Nov 22 | ||
from an award-winning actress OR by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before | Sep 13 |
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 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back OR | Nov 30 | ||
OR | MNL48 | Nov 23 | |
OR | Sep 29 | ||
OR | The Greatest Love (2016) | May 8 | |
OR | May 10 |
11. Finding a Mate | Progress: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 | Rainie Yang | Nov 1 | |
OR | Dec 7 | ||
features a Heterosexual relationship OR | Nov 10 | ||
OR | Dec 10 | ||
Nice Female Lead / Male Lead OR Aggressive Female Lead / Male Lead | Dec 7 |
12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying | Progress:5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Slight Comedy OR Black Comedy | Dec 14 | ||
OR features some type of Doomsday | Jul 1 | ||
OR | The Ingenuity of the House Husband (2021) | Dec 7 | |
features a Celebration OR | Dec 9 | ||
OR | Dec 8 |
13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff | Progress:5/1 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
features a Religious Leader OR | Oct 20 | ||
OR | May 15 | ||
Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot OR | Sep 18 | ||
OR | Jun 3 Aug 13 | ||
Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead OR | May 3 |
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:2/1 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | Star and Sky: Sky in Your Heart (2022) | Nov 30 Dec 31 | |
In a City OR In a Small Town | May 23 |
15. Humans Have So Many Things | Progress:5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Dec 13 | ||
OR | truck-kun | Dec 16 | |
OR | Dec 15 | ||
OR | Dec 12 | ||
OR | Dec 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: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Dec 24 | ||
OR | Jun 10 | ||
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) | Dec 24 | ||
OR | Dec 26 | ||
OR | Dec 31 |
17. Camouflage? | Progress:5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Sep 14 | ||
OR | Dec 3 | ||
OR | May 11 | ||
Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead OR | Dec 1 | ||
Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead OR | Dec 5 |
18. What Are You? | Progress: 5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead OR | Jun 1 | ||
Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead OR Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead | May 12 | ||
Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead OR | Hamabe Minami | Sep 13 | |
Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead OR | Oct 6 | ||
OR | Sep 17 |
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 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Dec 2 | ||
OR | Jun 18 | ||
OR | Dec 6 | ||
OR | Jun 14 | ||
OR | Nov 26 |
20. Where the Humans Are… | Progress:5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Cats | Jun 26 | |
OR | May 7 | ||
OR | Aug 5 | ||
OR | Dogs | Nov 10 | |
Second Lead Caring For Animals OR | Nov 29 |
21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die | Progress:2 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | Nov 10 | ||
OR | gg | Phong Khởi Lạc Dương | Dec 30 |
OR | |||
OR |
22. Who Am I When I Am With You? | Progress:5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | May 10 | ||
OR | Dec 25 | ||
OR | Dec 15 | ||
OR | Dec 20 | ||
OR | vietsub | Jul 15 |
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 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Nov 16 | ||
Color OR | Nov 12 | ||
OR | Aug 5 | ||
OR | May 6 | ||
OR | May 8 |
24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover | Progress: 5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Domesticated Animal OR Wild Animal | Jun 2 | ||
OR | Nov 17 | ||
OR | Jun 19 | ||
OR | Nov 12 | ||
OR | Oct 2 |
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 | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Under the Skin (2022) | Oct 10 | ||
May 7 | |||
Oct 3 | |||
Aug 9 | |||
Blind (2022) | Sep 16 | ||
vietsub | Jun 1 | ||
vietsub | Sep 30 |
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 | ||
Body transformation (not into an animal) | ||||||
Christmas Setting | 4 Reasons Why I Hate Christmas (2019) | Dec 24 | ||||
iyashikei + traveling | ||||||
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Progress Habitat: Stage ➜ Plain: 10/10 (52/50+) - Animal ➜ Japanese Marten
Taxonomy
1. Type | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
TV SHOW (At least 5 episodes.) | Full show (8 episodes) | April 12 | |
April 30 | |||
Co-Produced | November 25 | ||
October 22 | |||
February 24 |
3. All About the Genres | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Completed | |
October 10 | |||
February 13 | |||
July 29 | |||
November 8 | |||
March 15 |
Time is Relative
4. Year of Origin | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
October 31 | |||
October 29 | |||
2008 | November 4 | ||
November 21 | |||
2019 | April 9 |
5. Duration of The Hike | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
3 min | January 22 | ||
DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes | 24 min | October 13 | |
DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes | Unintentional Love Story | 35 min | April 16 |
DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes | 45 min | April 23 | |
DRAMA with 8 episodes or less | 6 eps | November 24 |
The Chronicles of MDL
9. Your Fanciers and Westminsters | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
By the same writer as one of your favorites | December 9 | ||
From an award-winning director | February 4 | ||
That has one of your favorite actors |
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From an award-winning actor | October 17 | ||
By a director you haven't seen anything from before | Bump Up Business | Lee Chang Han | October 29 |
Getting up Close and Personal
10. Kiss, F***, Kill, Exorcism… | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Completed | |
March 2 | |||
February 28 | |||
October 8 | |||
November 28 | |||
March 21 |
13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Completed | |
Features a Religious Leader | February 12 | ||
November 18 | |||
January 28 | |||
November 30 | |||
February 6 |
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 |
January 21 | |||
May 7 | |||
Brother-Sister relationship | January 20 | ||
December 2 | |||
24 April |
Name and Cover
23. It's Only Words in the Name | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
"Skin" | November 9 | ||
Color | "Black" | November 1 | |
"Bed" | April 22 | ||
"3" | April 22 | ||
"Winter" | April 23 |
Origin
25. Countries of MDL | Progress: 7/7 | ||
Route | Essentials | Completed | |
October 27 | |||
November 26 | |||
March 5 | |||
November 6 | |||
February 7 | |||
December 9 | |||
April 4 |
Treat
My Treats! | Plains Used: 0/5 | Forest Used: 0/4 | Mountain Used: 0/3 | Space Used: 0/2 | Black Hole Used: 0/1 | |
Route | Essential | Substitute for | Notes | Completed | ||
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