MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up SheetStarting date: 1/1/23 (Just too nervous to post anything until June 18th) Link to your Drama list: https://mydramalist.com/dramalist/dobbie03 Progress Habitat: 50 |
Taxonomy |
1. Type | Progress: ✅✅ | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
| ✅ ✅ | ||
| ✅ ✅ | ||
OR Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDL | ✅ ✅ | ||
| ✅ ✅ | ||
Adapted from a manga
| ✅ ✅ |
2. Is it True? | Progress: ✅ ✅ | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
| ✅ ✅ | ||
OR | *Rewatch | ✅ ✅ | |
| ✅ ✅ | ||
| *Rewatched first 5 eps | ✅ ✅ | |
| ✅ ✅ |
3. All About the Gen(r)es | Progress: ✅✅ | ||
Watch a title from one of the following genres Choice of Route. | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
| ✅ ✅ | ||
| ✅ ✅ | ||
| ✅ ✅ | ||
| *Rewatch | ✅ ✅ | |
| *Rewatched first 6 eps | ✅ ✅ |
Time is Relative |
4. Year of OriginTutorial | Progress: ✅✅ | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
| ✅ ✅ | ||
OR the year a member on this page joined MDL (link to the account/challenge form) | Meltskee joined 2021 | ✅ ✅ | |
the month (not necessarily the year) you were born | *Rewatch Born in November | ✅ ✅ | |
year generated by this website
| Tuesday, 12 January 2016 Tuesday, 19 August 2008 | ✅ ✅ | |
| ✅ ✅ |
5. Duration of The HikeTutorial | Progress: ✅✅ | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
| ✅ ✅ | ||
DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes
| ✅ ✅ | ||
DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes
MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer. | ✅ ✅ | ||
DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes
| ✅ ✅ | ||
DRAMA with 8 episodes or less. | ✅ ✅ |
6. Time Can Be Confusing | Progress:✅✅ | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Full second season of a DRAMA
| ✅ ✅ | ||
| *Rewatch | ✅ ✅ | |
OR | ✅ ✅ | ||
OR | ✅ ✅ | ||
| ✅ ✅ |
The Chronicles of MDL |
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
| Both sat on my PTW since June 2022 | ✅ ✅ | |
with less than 10,000 viewers
| Viewers: 4,564 Viewers: 645 | ✅ ✅ | |
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
| Forum | ✅ ✅ | |
with the newest release date in your PTW list
| ✅ ✅ |
8. Examined…Tutorial | Progress: ✅✅ | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
appearing in the first 5 pages of MDL Home Trailers section (add a link to the trailer) | Link to Trailer Link to 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). | Link to List Link to List | ✅ ✅ | |
from your most viewed tags Or from your least viewed genres under your profile stats | LBGTQ+ Martial Arts | ✅ ✅ | |
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) | Link to Game Link to Article | ✅ ✅ | |
with over 10 Reviews OR with 0 Reviews when you started watching it | 38 Reviews | ✅ ✅ |
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 |
by the same writer as one of your favorites | Pratchaya | ✅ ✅ | |
that has one of your favorite actresses | Tu Tontawan Mild Lapassalan Jiravechsoontornkul | ✅ ✅ | |
that has one of your favorite actors | Khaotung Fourth | ✅ ✅ | |
from an award-winning actor OR by the same director as one of your favorite titles | Krist Perawat Sangpotirat Aof | ✅ ✅ | |
by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before | Au Kornprom (yes I've rewatched it) Ma-Deaw | ✅ ✅ |
Getting up Close and Personal |
10. Kiss, F***, Kill, Exorcism… | Progress: ✅✅ | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back
| ✅ ✅ | ||
OR | ✅ ✅ | ||
OR | ✅ ✅ | ||
| ✅ ✅ | ||
| ✅ ✅ |
11. Finding a Mate | Progress: ✅ ✅ | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
| ✅ ✅ | ||
OR | ✅ ✅ | ||
| ✅ ✅ | ||
| ✅ ✅ | ||
Nice OR Aggressive | ✅ ✅ |
12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying | Progress: ✅✅ | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
| ✅ ✅ | ||
| ✅ ✅ | ||
| ✅ ✅ | ||
features a Celebration OR | ✅ ✅ | ||
| ✅ ✅ |
13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff | Progress: ✅ ✅ | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
features a Religious Leader
| *Rewatch | ✅ ✅ | |
OR | ✅ ✅ | ||
OR | ✅ ✅ | ||
| ✅ ✅ | ||
Popular Male Lead
| ✅ ✅ |
Significant details |
14. Where Are We? | Progress: ✅✅ | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
| *Rewatch | ✅ ✅ | |
| ✅ ✅ | ||
| ✅ ✅ | ||
| ✅ ✅ | ||
| ✅ ✅ |
15. Humans Have So Many Things | Progress: ✅ ✅ | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
| *Rewatch | ✅ ✅ | |
OR | ✅ ✅ | ||
OR | ✅ ✅ | ||
OR | ✅ ✅ | ||
| ✅ ✅ |
The Main Attraction |
16. Who Are We? | Progress: ✅ ✅ | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
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) | *Rewatch | ✅ ✅ | |
| ✅ ✅ | ||
OR | ✅ ✅ |
17. Camouflage? | Progress: ✅ ✅ | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
| ✅ ✅ | ||
OR | *Rewatch first few eps | ✅ ✅ | |
| ✅ ✅ | ||
OR | ✅ ✅ | ||
Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead
| ✅ ✅ |
18. What Are You? | Progress: ✅ ✅ | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
| ✅ ✅ | ||
Smart Female Lead OR | ✅ ✅ | ||
| ✅ ✅ | ||
OR | ✅ ✅ | ||
| ✅ ✅ |
Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash |
20. Where the Humans Are… | Progress: ✅ ✅ | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
| *Rewatch | ✅ ✅ | |
| ✅ ✅ | ||
| ✅ ✅ | ||
OR | ✅ ✅ | ||
Second Lead Caring For Animals OR | ✅ ✅ |
21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die | Progress: ✅ ✅ | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
| *Rewatched first half | ✅ ✅ | |
| ✅ ✅ | ||
| *Rewatched first 2 eps | ✅ ✅ | |
| ✅ ✅ | ||
OR | ✅ ✅ |
22. Who Am I When I Am With You? | Progress: ✅ ✅ | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
| ✅ ✅ | ||
OR | ✅ ✅ | ||
| ✅ ✅ | ||
OR | ✅ ✅ | ||
| ✅ ✅ |
Name and Cover |
23. It's Only Words in the Name | Progress: ✅✅ | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | ✅ ✅ | ||
| ✅ ✅ | ||
| ✅ ✅ | ||
| ✅ ✅ | ||
OR | ✅ ✅ |
24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover | Progress: ✅✅ | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
| ✅ ✅ | ||
| ✅ ✅ | ||
OR | ✅ ✅ | ||
| Look closely, there is a door | ✅ ✅ | |
OR | ✅ ✅ |
Origin |
MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up SheetStarting date: June 22nd 2023 Link to your Drama list: Watchlist - MDL WATCH CHALLENGE - TRACKING LIST Progress Habitat: |
3. All About the Gen(r)es | Progress: 1/5 | ||
Watch a title from one of the following genres Choice of Route. | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | 16/16 |
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 |
6. Time Can Be Confusing | Progress: 2/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Full second season of a DRAMA OR
| 12/12 | ||
OR | |||
OR | 16/16 | ||
OR | |||
OR |
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 |
10. Kiss, F***, Kill, Exorcism… | Progress: 1/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | 16/16 | ||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
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11. Finding a Mate | Progress: 1/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Nudity: one of the following Nudity/Sexual content | Brief Nudity | Prolonged Nudity | Partial Nudity | Mild Sexual Content | Sexual Content | Extreme Sexual Content | |||
OR | |||
features a Heterosexual relationship OR | |||
OR | 16/16 | ||
Nice Female Lead / Male Lead OR Aggressive Female Lead /Male Lead |
12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying | Progress: 1/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR features some type of Doomsday | |||
OR | |||
features a Celebration OR | |||
OR | 12/12 |
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 |
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 | |||
Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead OR | |||
Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead OR | |||
OR |
21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die | Progress: 1/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | Completed | ||
OR |
22. Who Am I When I Am With You? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
MDL Watch Challange 2023 Sign -up Sheet |
Starting Date: |
Link to your Drama list: |
Progress Habitat: |
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 |
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OR | ✔️ | ||
OR Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDL |
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OR |
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Or |
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2. Is it True? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR
| Reincarnation Love (2022) | ||
OR | Hellbound (2021) | ✔️ | |
Documentary Genre OR | Cyber Hell: Exposing an Internet Horror (2022) | ✔️ | |
OR | A Taxi Driver (2017) | ||
OR | Under the Queen's Umbrella (2022) | ✔️ |
3. All About the Gen(r)es | Progress: | ||
Watch a title from one of the following genres Choice of Route. | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Black Knight (2023) | ✔️ | |
OR | Crash Course in Romance (2023) | ✔️ | |
OR | Bo Ra! Deborah (2023) | ✔️ | |
OR | Queenmaker (2023) |
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OR | Revenge of Others (2022) |
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Time is Relative
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that have something to do with time, in the first habitat you are instructed to find essentials that started airing between certain dates, in the second and third one you get to dig deeper in to the concept of time
4. Year of OriginTutorial | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR |
| ||
OR the year a member on this page joined MDL (link to the account/challenge form) | Nevertheless, (2021) |
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OR the month (not necessarily the year) you were born |
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year generated by this website OR | The Ghost Bride (2020) | Generated years were 1994, 1995, 2003, 2010 & 2020 | |
OR | Navillera (2021) | 2021 |
5. Duration of The HikeTutorial | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
| Legally Romance (2022) | Episodes: 33 | |
OR MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer. | The Village (2023) | Duration: 2 hr. 0 min. | ✔️ |
DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes OR
| More than Blue: The Series (2021) | Duration: 45 min | |
OR DRAMA with 8 episodes or less. | Bloodhounds (2023) | Episodes: 8 | ✔️ |
6. Time Can Be Confusing | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Full second season of a DRAMA OR
| Taxi Driver Season 2 (2023) | ||
OR | One More Time (2016) | ||
OR | Somehow 18 (2017) | ||
OR | Summer Love (2015) | ||
OR | Canola (2016) |
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) | MIU 404 (2020) | the rank was 442 on 26-11-2023 | |
DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list OR
| Love Playlist Pilot (2017) | 2 Ep | |
Or mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds) | Moving (2023) | ||
with the newest release date in your PTW list OR with a release date older than the oldest title in your Watchlist | As Long as We Both Shall Live (2023) |
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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) | Doona! (2023) |
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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). | Love Is Panacea (2023) | ||
from your most viewed tags Or
| The Fabulous (2022) | Most viewed tag: Friendship | |
Or found mentioned in an Article on MDL (add a link to the article) | |||
with over 10 Reviews OR
| Silent (2022) |
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
| |||
OR that has one of your favorite actresses | ✔️ | ||
OR that has one of your favorite actors | Dr. Romantic Season 3 (2023) |
| |
from an award-winning actor OR
| Lee Jun Ho - 58th Baeksang Arts Awards |
| |
from an award-winning actress OR
| Ballerina (2023) | ✔️ |
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 |
OR | The School Nurse Files (2020) | ||
OR | Love to Hate You (2023) | ||
OR | Hi Venus (2022) | ||
OR | An Inconvenient Love (2022) | ||
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 | Man in Love (2021) |
| ✔️ |
OR | Enigma (2023) | ||
features a Heterosexual relationship OR | See You in My 19th Life (2023) | ✔️ | |
OR | Love to Hate You (2023) | ||
Nice OR
| Rinko-san wa Shite Mitai (2021) | Nice Male Lead |
12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Slight Comedy OR | Missing: The Other Side Season 2 (2022) | ||
OR features some type of Doomsday | Happiness (2021) | ✔️ | |
OR | Better Days (2019) | ||
OR | Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area - Part 2 (2022) | ✔️ | |
OR | Imawa no Kuni no Alice Season 2 (2022) |
13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
features a Religious Leader OR | Tale of the Nine-Tailed 1938 (2023) | ||
OR | My Annoying Brother (2016) | ||
Female-Centered Plot / OR | Little Women (2022) | ||
OR | The Interest of Love (2022) | ✔️ | |
OR | Pachinko (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).
14. Where Are We? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | The Forbidden Marriage (2022) | ||
OR | Summer Strike (2022) | ✔️ | |
OR | Doctor Cha (2023) | ✔️ | |
OR | Island Part 2 (2023) | ✔️ | |
In a City OR | The First Responders (2022) | ✔️ |
15. Humans Have So Many Things | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Gaus Electronics (2022) | ||
OR | |||
OR | Unlocked (2023) |
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OR | Extracurricular (2020) | ||
OR | Adamas (2022) |
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 | The Fabulous (2022) | Veteran Actresses: Ye Soo Jung | |
OR | The Law Cafe (2022) | Former Child Actress: Lee Se Young | ✔️ |
OR Cis gender Identity (same as the gender assigned to them at birth) | Destined with You (2023) | ||
OR | Silent (2022) | ||
OR | Designated Survivor: 60 Days (2019) | ✔️ |
17. Camouflage? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Short (2018) | ||
OR | Somebody (2022) | ||
OR | Train (2020) | ||
Cop Female Lead/ OR | Oh No! Here Comes Trouble (2023) | ||
Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead OR | The Glory Part 2 (2023) | ✔️ |
18. What Are You? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Strong Female Lead / OR | The Good Bad Mother (2023) | ✔️ | |
Smart Female Lead/ OR | Dr. Romantic Season 3 (2023) | ✔️ | |
Cold Female Lead/ OR | U-Prince: The Lovely Geologist (2016) | ||
Rich Female Lead/ OR | |||
OR | Song of the Bandits (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.
19. The Petting Zoo | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | GAP (2022) | ||
OR | The Man's Voice (2021) | ||
OR | First Love (2022) | ||
OR | |||
OR |
20. Where the Humans Are… | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | ✔️ | ||
OR | |||
OR | Copycat Killer (2023) | ✔️ | |
Second Lead Caring For Animals OR | Tale of the Nine-Tailed 1938 |
21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | May I Help You (2022) | ✔️ | |
OR | The Ghost Bride (2020) | ||
OR | Dirty Laundry (2023) | ||
OR | From Me to You (2023) | ||
OR | Twinkling Watermelon (2023) |
22. Who Am I When I Am With You? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | XX (2020) | ||
OR | D.P. Season 2 (2023) | ||
OR | Bo Ra! Deborah | ✔️ | |
OR | Unlocked (2023) | ||
OR | Fireworks of My Heart (2023) |
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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 | Daily Dose of Sunshine (2023) | ✔️ | |
OR | Love All Play (2022) | ||
OR | Lighter & Princess (2022) | ✔️ | |
OR | Team Bulldog: Off-duty Investigation (2020) | ||
OR | Kokdu: Season of Deity (2023) |
24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Wild Animal | Mr. Go (2013) | ||
OR | The First Responders (2022) | ||
OR | Big Mouth (2022) | ||
OR | Microhabitat (2018) | ||
OR | I Like You, Unnie (2022) |
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 |
A Date With the Future (2023) | |||
Shaolin Soccer (2001) | |||
Invisible (2022) | |||
The House Arrest of Us (2020) | |||
Nevertheless, (2021) | |||
Shards of Her (2022) | |||
Girl From Nowhere Season 2 (2021) |
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 | ||
Leaf's 2023 MDLWatch ChallengeStart Date: July 11th Progress Habitats: 6/?? |
Taxonomy
Time is Relative
4. Year of Origin | Progress: 0/5 | ||
---|---|---|---|
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
In 2023 OR 1940-1959 | |||
1990 -1999 OR Year that a member on this page joined MDL | |||
2000-2010 OR Month you were born | |||
Year generated OR 1950-1969 | |||
2017-2022 OR 19970-1989 |
The Chronicles of MDL
8. Examined... | Progress: 0/5 | ||
---|---|---|---|
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
On recommendations page OR Appearing in the first five pages of trailers | |||
Found on a custom list OR Found on a voting list | |||
From your most viewed tags OR your least viewed tags | |||
With someone or something mentioned in a game OR Mentioned in an article | |||
With over 10 reviews OR 0 reviews |
9. Your Fanciers and Westminsters | Progress: 0/5 | ||
---|---|---|---|
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Award-winning OR Favorite writer | |||
Award-winning director OR Favorite actress | |||
Award-winning screenwriter OR Favorite actor | |||
Award-winning actor OR Same director as favorite title | |||
Award-winning actress OR Director/writer haven't seen before |
Getting up Close and Personal
12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying | Progress: 0/5 | ||
---|---|---|---|
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Slight comedy OR Black comedy | |||
Happy ending OR Doomsday | |||
Tragic past OR Sketch comedy | |||
Celebration OR Mourning | |||
Healing OR Suicide |
Significant details
15. Humans Have So Many Things | Progress: 0/5 | ||
---|---|---|---|
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
An umbrella OR a backpack | |||
A truck OR a sports car | |||
A smartphone OR a phone booth | |||
A suit/dress OR a hoodie | |||
A book OR a crossbow |
The Main Attraction
17. Camoflauge? | Progress: 0/5 | ||
---|---|---|---|
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Athlete OR Artist | |||
Glasses OR Tattoos | |||
Identity swap OR Body swap | |||
Cop lead OR Criminal lead | |||
Superhero OR Antihero |
Pay Attention, it can be gone in a flash
19. The Petting Zoo | Progress: 0/5 | ||
---|---|---|---|
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Pet or Pest | |||
Talking pet OR Animal death | |||
Zoo animal OR Farm animal | |||
Veterinarian OR Animal Control | |||
Romantic ride on a horse OR Horse ridden out to war |
22. Who Am I When I Am With You? | Progress: 0/5 | ||
---|---|---|---|
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Colleagues OR Inmates | |||
Bromance OR Sismance | |||
Parent-child OR Sibling | |||
Assailiant-Victim OR Student-teacher | |||
Doctor-Patient OR Soldier |
Name and Cover
Origin
MDL Watch Challenge 2023Starting date: Jan 1 My Drama List: https://mydramalist.com/dramalist/zsoip Progress Habitat: 0/5 |
KeyWatching Plan to watch Completed |
Taxonomy
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that according to type or genre.
1. Type | Progress: 1/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
8/14/23 | |||
8/11/23 | |||
Adapted from a manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic |
2. Is it True? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Rating | 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: | ||
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 | ||
MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet
Starting date: 27 July 2023
Link to your Drama list: My List
Progress Habitat:11/25
1. Type | Progress: 5/5 |
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Progress |
Web Series OR TV SHOW* At least 5 episodes o f a title listed as a Tv Show The episodes do not need to be in consecutive order. Please list episode air dates OR episode numbers | Please Feel at Ease Mr Ling | Web Series | ✅ |
MOVIE OR DRAMA SPECIAL | Meet in a Strange Season | Drama Special | ✅ |
Co-Produced OR Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDL | Ultimate Oppa | Co produced | ✅ |
Anthology OR Omnibus | Replay List | Anthology 3 episodes | ✅ |
Adapted from a manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic Or Adapted From a Novel / Book | Love Like the Galaxy - Part 2 | Based on a Novel | ✅ |
2. Is it True | Progress: 5/5 |
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Progress |
Advertisement OR Educational (tries to teach viewers something-not the same as the school genre) | Reincarnation Love | Advertisement | ✅ |
Independent Film OR Propaganda | Curtain Call | Propaganda | ✅ |
Documentary Genre OR Mockumentary | The Raincoat Killer | Documentary | ✅ |
Adapted from Folklore OR Inspired by Real Events / Real Person | Daily Dose of Sunshine | Inspired | ✅ |
Historical Fiction OR Historical genre + tag Based on True Story | Love Like the Galaxy - Part 1 | Historical | ✅ |
3. All About the Gen(r)es | Progress 5/5 |
Choice of route | Essentials | Notes | Progress |
Historical OR Sci-Fi | Please Don’t Spoil Me | Historical | ✅ |
Comedy OR Tragedy | A Business Proposal | Comedy | ✅ |
Thriller OR Romance | Mask | Thriller | ✅ |
Youth OR Political | Hidden Love | Youth | ✅ |
Action OR Life | Meet Yourself | Life | ✅ |
Time is Relative
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that have something to do with time, in the first habitat you are instructed to find essentials that started airing between certain dates, in the second and third one you get to dig deeper in to the concept of time
4. Year of Origin | Progress 5/5 |
Choice of route | Essentials | Notes | Progress |
in 2023 OR 1940-1959 | See You In My 19th Life | 2023 | ✅ |
1990-1999 OR the year a member on this page joined MDL (link to the account/challenge form) | Forbidden Marriage | Joined Jan 2022 drama released in 2022 | ✅ |
2000-2010 OR the month (not necessarily the year) you were born | You’re Beautiful | 2009 | ✅ |
year generated by this website OR 1950-1969 | Diary of a Prosecutor | Sunday, 9 April 1995 Wednesday, 22 November 1995 Wednesday, 19 October 2005 Sunday, 9 December 2012 Friday, 3 May 2019 | ✅ |
2017-2022 OR 1970-1989 | Witch’s Court | Released 2017 | ✅ |
5. Duration of the Hike | Progress 5/5 |
Choice of route | Essentials | Notes | Progress |
Short Length Series OR Short Film | Please don’t spoil me 2 | Short length series | ✅ |
DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes Or DRAMA with 30 episodes or more. | Her Bucket List | 20-30 minute episodes | ✅ |
DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer. | Exclusive Fairytale | 30-40 minute eps | ✅ |
DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 180 minutes or longer. | My Dear Donovan | 40-50 minutes | ✅ |
DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes OR DRAMA with 8 episodes or less. | My Lovely Liar | Over 60 minutes | ✅ |
6. Time can be confusing | Progress 5/5 |
Choice of route | essentials | Notes | Progress |
Full second season of a DRAMA OR Only 1 episode of a DRAMA | Secret Playlist | Could not find good translations so stopped after ep 1 | ✅ |
Different Timelines OR Time Loop | Back to Seventeen | Different Timelines | ✅ |
Time Skip OR Time Travel | Alice | they jump from kids to adults | ✅ |
Winter OR Summer | Jirisan | Its winter on a mountain! | ✅ |
Fall OR Spring | We're Not Trash | short drama set in fall/autumn | ✅ |
The Chronicles of MDL
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials by exploring MDL, your personal favourites and those others have awarded or written about.
7. Sharing is caring | Progress |
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Progress |
that has been on your PTW for longer than you can remember OR from the Watchlist of another user doing this challenge | |||
with less than 10,000 viewers OR ranked 1-1000 (if you have seen them all you can go for 1001) | |||
DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list OR DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list | |||
mentioned in the MDL Forums Or mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds | |||
with the newest release date in your PTW list OR with a release date older than the oldest title in your Watchlist |
8. Examined | Progress 0/5 |
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Progress |
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 |
9. Your Fanciers and Westminsters | Progress 5/5 |
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Progress |
Award-winning OR by the same writer as one of your favorites | She Was Pretty | written by Jo Sung Hee who wrote Thirty but Seventeen | ✅ |
from an award-winning director OR that has one of your favorite actresses | Today's Webtoon | Kim Se Jong is one of my favorite's | ✅ |
from an award-winning screenwriter OR that has one of your favorite actors | Perfect Marriage Revenge | Sung Hoon is one of my favorites | ✅ |
from an award-winning actor OR by the same director as one of your favorite titles | Love to Hate You | Yoo Teo has one a Blue Dragon | ✅ |
from an award-winning actress OR by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before | Remarriage Desires | Kim Hee Sun has one multiple awards in her career | ✅ |
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 | Progress |
Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back OR Exorcism | Another Miss Oh | Ex boyfriend and ex girlfriend come back | ✅ |
Cohabitation OR Long Distance Relationship | Lost Romance | Forced cohabitation | ✅ |
Fluffy OR Sexual Assault | Legally, Dad | Web drama | ✅ |
When I fly toward you OR Secret Relationship | The Real Has Come | Contract Relationship | ✅ |
Opposites Attract OR Domestic Abuse | The One and Only | side couple police man and nun | ✅ |
11. Finding a Mate | Progress 5/5 |
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Progress |
First Love OR Nudity: one of the following Nudity/Sexual content | Brief Nudity | Prolonged Nudity | Partial Nudity | Mild Sexual Content | Sexual Content | Extreme Sexual Content | When I Fly Toward You | First Love | ✅ |
Age Gap [Drama Life] OR Classmates' Relationship | Girl Next Room: Midnight Fantasy | College Classmates | ✅ |
features a Heterosexual relationship OR Same-Sex relationship | Only for Love | Heterosexual Relationships | ✅ |
Enemies to Lovers OR Love at First Sight | F4 Thailand | Enemies to Lovers | ✅ |
Nice Female Lead / Male Lead OR Aggressive Female Lead / Male Lead | Do you Like Brahms | Nice leads | ✅ |
12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying | Progress5/5 |
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Progress |
Slight Comedy OR Black Comedy | Love me Love my Voice | has some light comedy moments | ✅ |
Happy Ending OR features some type of Doomsday | Legally Romance | Happy ending | ✅ |
Tragic Past OR Sketch Comedy | chicago typewriter | Tragic Past | ✅ |
features a Celebration OR Mourning | I May Love You | Features a Celebration | ✅ |
Healing OR Suicide | Castaway Diva | ✅ |
13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff | Progress 0/5 |
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Progress |
features a Religious Leader OR Some type of God | |||
Misunderstanding OR Character Development | |||
Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot OR LGBTQ+ | |||
Suspense OR Slow Burn Story / Slow Burn Romance | |||
Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead OR Discrimination |
Significant details
In the following habitats we ask of you to look for the details in the significant scenes, in the first one (14) we ask you to notice the surroundings, in the other the objects involved (15).
14. Where Are We? | Progress 2/5 |
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Progress |
On a Field OR On a Cliff | Moon in the Day | FL is pushed off a cliff | ✅ |
In the Woods OR By the Sea | |||
In a Jungle OR On a Rooftop | |||
On a Mountain OR On an Island | Singles Inferno Season 1 | Reality tv set on an island | ✅ |
In a City OR In a Small Town |
15. Humans Have So Many Things | Progress 0/5 |
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Progress |
An Umbrella OR A Backpack | |||
A Truck OR A Sports Car | |||
A Smartphone OR A Phone Booth | |||
A Suit /Dress OR A Hoodie | |||
A Book OR A Crossbow |
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 0/5 |
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Progress |
Child Actor/Actress OR Veteran Actor/Actress | |||
Idol actor/ Idol actress OR Former Child Actor/Actress | |||
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) | |||
Able Bodied OR Living with a disability | |||
Public Figure OR Hidden Identity |
17. Camouflage? | Progress |
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Progress |
Athlete OR Artist | |||
Glasses OR Tattoos | |||
Identity Swap OR Body Swap | |||
Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead OR Criminal Female Lead/Criminal Male Lead | |||
Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead OR Antihero/Antiheroine |
18. What Are You? | Progress 0/5 |
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Progress |
Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead OR Weak Female Lead / Weak Male Lead | |||
Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead OR Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead | |||
Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead OR Clingy Female Lead/Clingy Male Lead | |||
Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead OR Poor Female Lead/Poor Male Lead | |||
Killer OR Healer |
Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash
-In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that feature the following things. Each route includes a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
19. The Petting Zoo | Progress 0/5 |
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Progress |
Pet OR Pest | |||
Talking Pet OR Animal Death | |||
Zoo animal OR Farm Animal | |||
Veterinarian OR Animal Control | |||
Romantic Ride on a Horse OR Horse Ridden to Out to War |
20. Where the Humans Are… | Progress 0/5 |
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Progress |
Human Turns into an Animal OR Animal turns into a Human | |||
Adorable animals OR Animal Attack | |||
Animal in the Wild OR Animal in a City | |||
Pet dressed in Clothes OR Animal Abuse | |||
Second Lead Caring For Animals OR Antagonist Caring For Animals |
21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die | Progress 5/5 |
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Progress |
Funeral Director OR Birth care (Postpartum care) | May I Help You? | Main character is a funeral director | ✅ |
Virtual Reality OR Ghosts | Romance on the Farm | ✅ | |
Corruption OR Teamwork | Secret Royal Inspector & Joy | Teamwork | ✅ |
Friendly Game OR Death Game | My Calorie Boy | They play truth or dare in episode 12 | ✅ |
Friendship OR Bullying | Doom at Your Service | Friendship | ✅ |
22. Who Am I When I Am With You? | Progress 0/5 |
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Progress |
Colleagues OR Inmates | |||
Bromance OR Sismance | |||
Parent-Child OR Sibling | |||
Assailant-Victim OR Student-Teacher | |||
Doctor-Patient OR Soldier |
Name and Cover
In the following habitats we ask of you to pay attention to the name and cover of the title. For the first one (23) your mission is to find titles that have one of the following things. For the second one (24) your mission is to look at the cover. Each route includes a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
23. It's Only Words in the Name | Progress 0/5 |
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Progress |
Celestial Body OR Body Part | |||
Color OR Emotion | |||
Object OR Verb | |||
Animal OR Number | |||
Season OR Calendar-related word |
24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover | Progress 0/5 |
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Progress |
Domesticated Animal OR Wild Animal | |||
Flower OR Building | |||
Light Colors OR Dark Colors | |||
Rainbow OR Door | |||
Only Words OR Geometrical Shapes |
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 |
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Progress |
China | My Lovely Wife | China | ✅ |
Hong Kong | Business Proposal | Hong Kong | ✅ |
Japan | Burn the House Down | Japan | ✅ |
Philippines | Seasons | Philippines | ✅ |
South Korea | Wednesday 3:30 PM | South Korea | ✅ |
Taiwan | Lost Romance | Taiwan | ✅ |
Thailand | Faceless Love | Thailand | ✅ |
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 | Essentials | Substitute for | Notes | Progress |
MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet | |||
Start Date: January 1, 2023 | Link to your Drama List: skaah's Dramalist | Completion Date: October 15, 2023 | |
Goal: Level 10: Plains Elephant (25 habitats) + Tiger Essentials: 127/127 Treats: 1 used | Current Animals | ||
Habitat Progress | ||
Stage | Current Level | Habitats Completed |
Plains | ✓✓ 10/10 | ✓✓ 25/25 |
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 o f a title listed as a Tv Show The episodes do not need to be in consecutive order. Please list episode air dates OR episode numbers | ✓ | ||
OR | Upcoming Summer | - | ✓ |
Co-Produced OR | ✓ | ||
OR Omnibus | ✓ | ||
Adapted from a manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic Or | ✓ |
2. Is it True? | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | A Tale of Yearning | ✓ | |
OR | ✓ | ||
Documentary Genre OR | ✓ | ||
OR Inspired by Real Events / Real Person | ✓ | ||
OR | Zhang Gong Zhu Zai Shang | ✓ |
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 | ✓ | ||
OR | Miss Ye in Wonderland | ✓ | |
OR Romance | Dali and the Cocky Prince | ✓ | |
OR | Back to Seventeen | ✓ | |
OR Life | Meet Yourself | ✓ |
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 | ✓ | ||
OR the year a member on this page joined MDL (link to the account/challenge form) | 2022 |
| |
OR the month (not necessarily the year) you were born | June | ✓ | |
year generated by this website OR |
| ✓ | |
OR | 2022 | ✓ |
5. Duration of The HikeTutorial | Progress: 5/55 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | 10mins / episode | ✓ | |
Or DRAMA with 30 episodes or more. | What's Wrong with My Princess | 32 episodes | ✓ |
DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes OR | Meet You | 30mins per episode | ✓ |
DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes OR | 46mins per episode | ✓ | |
OR DRAMA with 8 episodes or less. | The Witch's Eye | 5 episodes | ✓ |
6. Time Can Be Confusing | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Full second season of a DRAMA OR | Love Starts from Marriage Season 2 | ✓ | |
OR | ✓ | ||
OR | Love at First Sight by Yi Zong | ✓ | |
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: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR from the Watchlist of another user doing this challenge | ✓ | ||
with less than 10,000 viewers OR | ✓ | ||
OR OR TREAT: A title tagged as Xianxia | ✓ | ||
mentioned in the MDL Forums Or | Dramas recommendations where FL is not Irritating or dumb. | ✓ | |
OR with a release date older than the oldest title in your Watchlist | Oct 10, 1982 (Bagets 1 - Feb 2, 1984) | ✓ |
8. Examined…Tutorial | Progress: 4/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
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 | ✓ | ||
from your most viewed tags Or | Happy Ending | ✓ | |
with someone or something mentioned in a Game on MDL (add a link to the game) Or | Extraordinary Attorney Woo | Pick Your Favourite Drama Out Of My Top | ✓ |
OR with 0 Reviews when you started watching it | No review as of Oct 14 | ✓ |
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 | ✓ | ||
OR that has one of your favorite actresses | ✓ | ||
OR that has one of your favorite actors | Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning | Satoh Takeru | ✓ |
OR by the same director as one of your favorite titles | Zhi Zhu ( Your Ship Is Real ) | ✓ | |
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 | ✓ | ||
OR Long Distance Relationship | ✓ | ||
OR | ✓ | ||
OR | ✓ | ||
OR Domestic Abuse | The Beauty of the Law | ✓ |
11. Finding a Mate | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | From Me to You | ✓ | |
OR | ✓ | ||
OR Same-Sex relationship | ✓ | ||
OR Love at First Sight | ✓ | ||
OR Aggressive Female Lead / Male Lead | Extremely Perilous Love | ✓ |
12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Black Comedy | ✓ | ||
OR | ✓ | ||
OR | ✓ | ||
OR Mourning | ✓ | ||
OR | He Dun's Happiness | ✓ |
13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
features a Religious Leader OR | ✓ | ||
OR | ✓ | ||
OR LGBTQ+ | Xiaoshimei's Strategy Guide for Winning Her Shijie's Heart | ✓ | |
OR Slow Burn Story / Slow Burn Romance | My Best Summer | ✓ | |
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: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR On a Cliff | ✓ | ||
OR | ✓ | ||
OR On a Rooftop | Promise in the Summer | ✓ | |
OR On an Island | ✓ | ||
In a City OR | ✓ |
15. Humans Have So Many Things | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR A Backpack | ✓ | ||
OR A Sports Car | ✓ | ||
OR A Phone Booth | ✓ | ||
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: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | ✓ | ||
OR | Exclusive Fairytale | Jun | ✓ |
OR Cis gender Identity (same as the gender assigned to them at birth) | Goodbye Mr. Shao | ✓ | |
OR Living with a disability | ✓ | ||
OR Hidden Identity | ✓ |
17. Camouflage? | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | My Lethal Man | ✓ | |
OR | ✓ | ||
OR Body Swap | ✓ | ||
OR Criminal Female Lead/Criminal Male Lead | ✓ | ||
OR Antihero/Antiheroine | Ye Mu | ✓ |
18. What Are You? | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead OR | ✓ | ||
Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead OR | ✓ | ||
Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead OR | ✓ | ||
Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead OR | ✓ | ||
OR Healer | ✓ |
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 | Yes, I Am a Spy | Huang the pet chicken | ✓ |
OR Animal Death | ✓ | ||
OR | Aquarium | ✓ | |
OR | Ep 11 | ✓ | |
OR Horse Ridden to Out to War | ✓ |
20. Where the Humans Are… | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Animal turns into a Human | The Female Doctor and Rabbit Spirit | ✓ | |
OR | Never Said Goodbye | French bulldog | ✓ |
OR Animal in a City | ML almost runs over a dog in the street | ✓ | |
OR Animal Abuse | SFL and the bunny | ✓ | |
OR Antagonist Caring For Animals | The Glory | ✓ |
21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Birth care (Postpartum care) | Birthcare Center | ✓ | |
OR | ✓ | ||
OR Teamwork | ✓ | ||
OR Death Game | FL ad SML played Go | ✓ | |
OR | Because I Don't Want to Go Home | ✓ |
22. Who Am I When I Am With You? | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | ✓ | ||
OR | ✓ | ||
OR Sibling | ✓ | ||
OR Student-Teacher | Upcoming Summer | ✓ | |
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: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Body Part | ✓ | ||
Color OR | Red Devil and Heroine Su | ✓ | |
OR Verb | ✓ | ||
OR Number | Three Hundred Years Later | ✓ | |
OR | ✓ |
24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Domesticated Animal OR | The Rational Life: The Proposal Battle | ✓ | |
OR Building | Yes, Her Majesty | ✓ | |
OR | Hiyama Kentaro no Ninshin | ✓ | |
OR Door | The Shoufu Can Read Mind | ✓ | |
OR Geometrical Shapes | My Merman Brother | ✓ |
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 |
China | Supervisor Husband | ✓ | |
Hong Kong | God Knows | ✓ | |
Commuting to School Series: Commuter Tram | ✓ | ||
Maging Sino Ka Man | ✓ | ||
South Korea | Bye By Bi | ✓ | |
Taiwan | Summer & Yuki | ✓ | |
42 Kg Nak Kae Nai Gor Rak | ✓ |
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 | ||
A title tagged as Xianxia
| Legend of Yunze | DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list OR DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list | ✓ |
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* |
Nineteen to Twenty (2023) |
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OR |
My Annoying Brother (2016) |
| x |
OR Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDL |
Traveler Season 2 (2020) | TV SHOW |
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OR | https://mydramalist.com/705651-watashi-ga-kemono-ni-natta-yoru The Night I Became a Beast (2021) | DRAMA |
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Adapted from a manga Or | DRAMA | x |
2. Is it True? | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Educational (tries to teach viewers something-not the same as the school genre) | https://mydramalist.com/736293-their-report-card Hit the Spot (2022) | DRAMA -MDL Tag | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/39309-404-not-found 404 Not Found (2018) | MOVIE | x |
Documentary Genre OR | https://mydramalist.com/740047-stargazer-astroscope Stargazer: Astroscope (2022) | MOVIE -Documentary on Boy Band Astro | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/17009-a-taxi-driver A Taxi Driver (2017) | MOVIE "Gwangju Massacre" or the "May 18 Democratic Uprising". Korea 1980 | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/716549-golden-spirit-joseon-marriage-prohibition The Forbidden Marriage (2022) | DRAMA -MDL Tag | x |
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 | https://mydramalist.com/705077-courier Black Knight (2023) | DRAMA | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/9893-pee-mak Pee Mak (2013) | MOVIE | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/721489-mysterious-love-2 Love of Replica (2023) | DRAMA | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/39411-don-t-leave-after-school Don't Leave After School (2021) | DRAMA | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/705589-taxi-driver-2 Taxi Driver Season 2 (2023) | DRAMA | 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: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR |
Mask Girl (2023) |
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OR
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An Affair (1998) | MOVIE |
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OR
| https://mydramalist.com/118-iljimae-2008 Iljimae (2008) | DRAMA -Aired 5/21/08 to 7/24/08 | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/2753-the-housemaid The Housemaid (1960) | MOVIE |
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OR | https://mydramalist.com/79393-heaven-and-hell Heaven and Hell: Soul Exchange (2021) | DRAMA -Aired 1/17/21 to 3/21/21 | x |
5. Duration of The HikeTutorial | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/738645-my-x-like-20 My 20th Twenty (2023) | WEBSERIES | x |
DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes Or | https://mydramalist.com/701701-phantom-school Phantom School (2022) | DRAMA -30 min / episode | x |
DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes OR
| https://mydramalist.com/53591-yu-long Miss the Dragon (2021) | DRAMA -35 min / episode | x |
DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes OR
| https://mydramalist.com/32804-my-girlfriend-is-an-alien My Girlfriend is an Alien (2019) | DRAMA -45 min / episode | x |
DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes OR
| https://mydramalist.com/733261-alchemy-of-souls-part-2 Alchemy of Souls Season 2: (2022) | DRAMA -81 min per episode | x |
6. Time Can Be Confusing | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Full second season of a DRAMA OR
| https://mydramalist.com/684221-the-uncanny-counter-2 The Uncanny Counter Season 2: Counter Punch | DRAMA | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/712521-tale-of-the-nine-tailed-season-2 Tale of the Nine Tailed -1938 (2023) | DRAMA | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/10816-time-renegades Time Renegades (2016) | MOVIE | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/200-will-it-snow-for-christmas Will It Snow for Christmas? (2009) | DRAMA -MDL Tag: Winter Setting | x |
OR | Orange (2015) | MOVIE | x |
The Chronicles of MDL
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials by exploring MDL, your personal favorites and those others have awarded or written about.
7. Sharing is CaringTutorials: 1 2 3 | Progress: 4/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR from the Watchlist of another user doing this challenge |
BC993's PTW Drama List |
| |
with less than 10,000 viewers OR
|
Better A Lie Than the Truth (2022) |
-4,664 watchers |
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DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list OR
| https://mydramalist.com/713549-d-p-season-2 D.P. Season 2 (2023) | DRAMA 6 Episodes |
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mentioned in the MDL Forums Or
| F4 Thailand: Who Would You Choose? - Boys Over Flowers - MyDramaList F4 Thailand (2021) | DRAMA 1st half - Ren 2nd half Thyme |
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with the newest release date in your PTW list OR
| Love Reset (2023) - MyDramaList Love Reset | Movie | x |
8. Examined…Tutorial | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
on your Recommendations page (add a link to the page) Or
| https://mydramalist.com/profile/JillHartman/rec If you liked Ditto (2000) you might like Signal (2016) | ------- |
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found on a Custom List (add a link to the list). OR
| MDLer - maethereal Custom List: Mature Dramas | MOVIE https://mydramalist.com/10974-a-man-and-a-woman A Man and a Woman (2016) |
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from your most viewed tags Or
| Friendship = 736 https://mydramalist.com/profile/JillHartman/stats | MOVIE https://mydramalist.com/30499-the-youthful-you-who-was-so-beautiful Better Days (2019) |
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with someone or something mentioned in a Game on MDL (add a link to the game) Or
| https://mydramalist.com/games/85w1Tb Favorite Non-Romance | https://mydramalist.com/702267-weak-hero Weak Hero Class 1 (2022) |
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with over 10 Reviews OR
| https://mydramalist.com/30911-when-camellia-blooms When the Camellia Blooms (2019) | DRAMA -Reviews = 89 |
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9. Your Fanciers and WestminstersFor this habitat, we ask you to link to the award/person's page.*List with awards | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Award-winning OR
| https://mydramalist.com/3532-a-muse A Muse (2012) | MOVIE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eungyo Best Film Award @ 2012 Buil Film Awards |
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OR that has one of your favorite actresses | https://mydramalist.com/440-classic The Classic (2003) | MOVIE *Son Ye Jin* |
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OR that has one of your favorite actors | https://mydramalist.com/36719-without-a-sound Voice of Silence (2020) | MOVIE *Yoo Ah In* |
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from an award-winning actor OR
| https://mydramalist.com/728279-the-season-of-kokdoo Kokdu: Season of Deity (2023) | DRAMA *Kim Jung Hyun* -Best New Actor Award @ 2017 MBC Drama Awards |
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from an award-winning actress OR
| https://mydramalist.com/16182-kurosaki-kun-no-iinari-ni-nante-naranai I'm Not Just Going to Do What Kurosaki-kun Says (2015) | SPECIAL *Komatsu Nana* -8th Japan Academy Prize: Newcomers Of The Year award |
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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 / OR | https://mydramalist.com/707571-kiss-six-sense Kiss Sixth Sense (2022) | DRAMA -MDL Tag | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/22602-suspicious-partner Suspicious Partner (2017) | DRAMA -MDL Tag | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/6079-an-actor-is-an-actor Rough Play (2013) | MOVIE -ML assaults a fangirl | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/694395-sleep-memo Our Blooming Youth (2023) | DRAMA -FL with ML the Crown Prince | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/723711-one-shot-scandal Crash Course in Romance (2023) | DRAMA -MDL Tag | x |
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 | | https://mydramalist.com/26025-call-boy Call Boy (2018) | MOVIE -OMG! | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/718817-xia-hua The Forbidden Flower (2023) | DRAMA -Older ML / Younger FL | x |
features a Heterosexual relationship OR | https://mydramalist.com/744227-yugure-ni-te-wo-tsunagu Hold My Hand at Twilight (2023) | DRAMA | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/713771-love-battle Love to Hate You (2023) | DRAMA -MDL Tag | x |
Nice Female Lead / OR
| https://mydramalist.com/68809-marry-me Marry Me! (2020) | DRAMA -MDL Tag | x |
12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Slight Comedy OR | https://mydramalist.com/699015-fan-zhuan-ren-sheng When You Be Me (2022) | DRAMA | x |
OR
| https://mydramalist.com/731175-flower-scholars-love-story The Secret Romantic Guesthouse (2023) | DRAMA | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/35039-the-king-the-eternal-monarch The King: Eternal Monarch (2020) | DRAMA | x |
features a Celebration OR | https://mydramalist.com/737549-kimi-ni-todoke From Me to You (2023) | DRAMA | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/695431-blue-birthday Blue Birthday (2021) | DRAMA | x |
13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
features a Religious Leader OR | https://mydramalist.com/729161-the-high-priest-rembrary The Heavenly Idol (2023) | DRAMA -Preist | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/51207-my-girl My Girl (2020) | DRAMA ML misunderstands FL's condition | x |
Female-Centered Plot OR | https://mydramalist.com/1366-sunny-2011 Sunny (2011) | MOVIE | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/57047-number-of-cases-to-go-from-friends-to-lovers More Than Friends (2020) | DRAMA -MDL Tag | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/708775-celebrity Celebrity (2023) | DRAMA | 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: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/60739-ireland-season-2 Island Part 2 (2023) | DRAMA -House built into cliff looking over chasm | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/734003-eden-descendants-of-instinct-2 Eden Season 2 (2022) | TV SHOW | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/714577-seasons-of-blossom Seasons of Blossom (2022) | DRAMA | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/725837-single-s-inferno-season-2 Single's Inferno Season 2 (2022) | TV SHOW | x |
OR In a Small Town | https://mydramalist.com/703721-i-don-t-want-to-do-anything Summer Strike (2022) | DRAMA | x |
15. Humans Have So Many Things | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/33333-traveler Traveler Season 1 | TV SHOW -2 Actors on a trip carrying backpacks | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/35551-pipeline Pipeline (2021) | MOVIE -ML drives to pipeline site in a Red Porche 911 | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/21817-a.i.-love-you A.I. Love You (2016) | MOVIE -FL installs an A.I. on phone | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/164-a-moment-to-remember A Moment to Remember (2004) | MOVIE -ML's only suit & made by wife | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/701623-chijo-no-seppun Blinded Kiss (2021) | DRAMA -FL is a Librarian needing an apt to house her collection of books | 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: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/10166-plus-nine-boys Plus Nine Boys (2014) | DRAMA (Choi Ro Woo) -ML3 plays a 9 year old @ age 7 | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/80001-link Link: Eat, Love, Kill (2022) | DRAMA (Yeo Jin Goo) -ML former child Actor | x |
OR Cis gender Identity (same as the gender assigned to them at birth) | https://mydramalist.com/24643-dear-prince Dear Prince (2017) | DRAMA -Both characters kiss to return their genders back | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/28621-incheon-airport-people Where Stars Land (2018) | DRAMA -1 arm & 1 leg destroyed, needs wheelchair | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/727983-joseon-lawyer Joseon Attorney: A Morality (2023) | DRAMA -FL has 2 identities | x |
17. Camouflage? | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route ) | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/47057-dream Dream (2023) | MOVIE Sport: Soccer | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/79607-youngest-son-of-a-conglomerate Reborn Rich (2022) | DRAMA | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/4236-big Big (2012) | DRAMA -MDL Tag | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/705863-kill-bok-soon Kil Bok Soon (2023) | MOVIE FL = Assassin | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/31736-bureau-of-transformer Bureau of Transformer (2019) | DRAMA | x |
18. What Are You? | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/28743-lovely-horribly Lovely Horribly (2018) | DRAMA -MDL Tag | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/36445-the-sweet-love-story The Love Equations (2020) | DRAMA -MDL Tag ML = Forensic Science Major | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/18452-goblin Goblin (2016) | DRAMA | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/13857-love-me-if-you-dare Love Me if You Dare (2015) | DRAMA -MDL Tag | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/40349-midnight Midnight (2021) | MOVIE ML = Psychopathic killer | 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: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/46321-kimi-no-me-ga-toikakete-iru Your Eyes Tell (2020) | MOVIE -ML buys a dog for blind FL | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/382-one-million-yen-girl One Million Yen Girl (2008) | MOVIE -Room mate tosses kitten out in rain & it drowns | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/7894-silver-spoon Silver Spoon (2014) | MOVIE | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/35325-the-best-of-you-in-my-mind The Best of You in Mind (2020) | DRAMA -FL vet student | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/731605-the-legend-and-butterfly The Legend & Butterfly (2023) | MOVIE | x |
20. Where the Humans Are… | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/17259-catman Catman (2021) | MOVIE -Cursed to be a cat | x |
OR | My Lovely Liar (2023) - MyDramaList My Lovely Liar | Drama -Pet Turtle | x |
OR | Hachiko (2023) | MOVIE -Dog | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/1538-the-chaser The Chaser (2008) | MOVIE -Dog | x |
Second Lead Caring For Animals OR | https://mydramalist.com/63259-the-door-into-summer The Door into Summer (2021) | MOVIE -briefly at end while ML finishes up his tasks | x |
21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/11550-suspicious-ward-no.-7 Drama Special Season 5: Suspicious Ward No. 7 (2014) | DRAMA SPECIAL | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/53101-missing Missing: The Other Side (2020) | Drama | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/40-liar-game Liar Game (2007) | Drama | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/30814-tazza-3 Tazza 3: One-Eyed Jacks (2019) | MOVIE | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/737319-poong-the-joseon-psychiatrist-season-2 Poong, the Joseon Psychiatrist Season 2 (2023) | DRAMA -ML & his group create strong bonds | x |
22. Who Am I When I Am With You? | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/685801-big-mouse Big Mouth (2022) | DRAMA | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/17103-the-last-ride The Last Ride (2016) | MOVIE | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/733717-mitaraike-enjou-suru Burn Down the House (2023) | DRAMA Mother / son bad relationship contrasted with FL / her mom good one | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/69827-smartphone Unlocked (2023) | MOVIE | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/59227-love-parasite Parasite in Love (2021) | MOVIE | 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: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/38045-puppy My Heart Puppy (2023) | MOVIE Part: Heart | x |
Color OR | https://mydramalist.com/66983-robot-in-the-orange-garden Robot in the Orange Orchard (2022) | DRAMA Color: Orange | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/692045-golden-spoon The Golden Spoon (2022) | DRAMA Object: Spoon | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/701881-hounds Bloodhounds (2023) | DRAMA Animal: Dog | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/740725-e-mo-shao-ye-bie-wen-wo Promise in the Summer (2023) | DRAMA Season: Summer | x |
24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Domesticated Animal OR | https://mydramalist.com/22730-this-is-not-what-i-expected This is Not What I Expected (2017) | MOVIE -Dog dressed in Top Hat | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/685237-untitled-kim-eun-sook-project The Glory (2022) | DRAMA | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/704539-connect Connect (2022) | DRAMA | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/725297-delivery-man Delivery Man (2023) | DRAMA -Taxi Car Door | x |
OR | https://mydramalist.com/719603-boys-planet Boys Planet (2023) | TV SHOW | 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: 7/7 | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
https://mydramalist.com/32010-assasin-in-red A Writer's Odyssey (2021) | MOVIE | x | |
https://mydramalist.com/22368-vampire-cleanup-department The Vampire Clean Up Department (2017) | MOVIE | x | |
https://mydramalist.com/716661-high-low-the-worst-sequel High&Low the Worst Cross (2022) | MOVIE | x | |
https://mydramalist.com/27607-can-t-help-falling-in-love Can't Help Falling in Love (2017) | MOVIE | x | |
https://mydramalist.com/15094-marital-harmony The Princess & the Matchmaker (2018) | MOVIE | x | |
https://mydramalist.com/716863-the-ghost-and-i-becoming-family Marry My Dead Body (2022) | MOVIE | x | |
https://mydramalist.com/715891-my-dear-donovan My Dear Donovan (2022) | DRAMA | 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 SheetStarting date: 2023.09.15. Link to your Drama list: https://mydramalist.com/dramalist/Ciracchi Progress Habitat: Plains - Red Panda |
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 | Watching all episodes when they come out, currently 97/97 | yes | |
OR | yes | ||
OR
| yes | ||
OR OR Treat: Watch a drama with a sex doll in the main role | yes | ||
Adapted from a manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic Or | yes |
2. Is it True? | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Educational (tries to teach viewers something-not the same as the school genre) | Stolen Identity | yes | |
OR | R100 | yes | |
OR OR Treat: Watch a drama that has a vibrator on it’s cover picture | yes | ||
OR
OR Treat: Watch a drama that features the struggles of an ex-prostitute | yes | ||
OR | Tale of the Nine-Tailed 1938 | yes |
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 | Sweet Home Season 2 | yes | |
OR | Sunny | yes | |
OR | The Glory Part 2 | ||
OR | Nevertheless, | ||
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: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Delightfully Deceitful | yes | |
OR the year a member on this page joined MDL (link to the account/challenge form) | https://mydramalist.com/profile/Ciracchi 2019 | yes | |
OR
| Sexy Cats | 2004 | yes |
year generated by this website OR | 2010 | yes | |
OR | 2018 | yes |
5. Duration of The HikeTutorial | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | The West Wind Is Strong | yes | |
DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes Or | Murai no Koi | yes | |
DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes OR
| Youkai Sharehouse: Kaettekita n Kai | yes | |
DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes OR
| Island Part 2 | yes | |
DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes OR
| Agency | yes |
6. Time Can Be Confusing | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Full second season of a DRAMA OR
| Duty After School: Part 2 | yes | |
OR | Signal | yes | |
OR | Twinkling Watermelon | yes | |
OR | Backstreet Rookie | yes | |
OR | Once Upon a Crime | yes |
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
| yes | ||
OR ranked 1-1000 (if you have seen them all you can go for 1001) | yes | ||
OR DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list | yes | ||
Or mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds) | https://mydramalist.com/profile/Gelatinne/feeds/djVdnIB | yes | |
with the newest release date in your PTW list OR
| Night Has Come | yes |
8. Examined…Tutorial | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Or appearing in the first 5 pages of MDL Home Trailers section (add a link to the trailer) | https://mydramalist.com/750639-the-hidden-dragon/trailers/37873 | yes | |
OR found on a Voting List in the list index (add a link to the list). | Love to Hate You | https://mydramalist.com/list/1VKGKGKL | yes |
from your most viewed tags Or from your least viewed genres under your profile stats | Death's Game | Most viewed tag - Death | yes |
Or found mentioned in an Article on MDL (add a link to the article) | https://mydramalist.com/article/21-best-korean-movies-of-2023 | yes | |
with over 10 Reviews OR
| Imawa no Kuni no Alice Season 2 | yes |
9. Your Fanciers and WestminstersFor this habitat, we ask you to link to the award/person's page.*List with awards | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Award-winning OR
| yes | ||
OR that has one of your favorite actresses | yes | ||
OR that has one of your favorite actors | Song of the Bandits | yes | |
from an award-winning actor OR
| Two Weeks | Lee Joon Gi | yes |
from an award-winning actress OR
| Bae Suzy | yes |
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 | Island | Yes | |
OR | Not Others | Yes | |
OR | Better Days | Yes | |
OR | King the Land | Yes | |
OR | The Penthouse: War in Life | yes |
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 | The Treacherous | Extreme Sexual Content | yes |
OR | 20th Century Girl | yes | |
features a Heterosexual relationship OR | See You in My 19th Life | yes | |
OR | Oasis | yes | |
Nice Female Lead / Male Lead
| Assassination | yes |
12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Mask Girl | yes | |
OR features some type of Doomsday | Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead | yes | |
OR | Silenced | yes | |
OR | Oh No! Here Comes Trouble | yes | |
OR | Stranger | yes |
13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Tale of the Nine-Tailed | yes | |
OR | yes | ||
Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot OR | D.P. Season 2 | yes | |
OR | Revenant | yes | |
Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead OR | Bo Ra! Deborah | yes |
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 | Heartbeat | yes | |
OR | In Love and Deep Water | Yes | |
OR | Arthdal Chronicles Part 1 | Yes | |
OR | Love Alarm | Yes | |
OR | Once Upon a Small Town | yes |
15. Humans Have So Many Things | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Joseon Attorney: A Morality | yes | |
OR | Unlock My Boss | Yes | |
OR | Celebrity | Yes | |
OR | Midnight Museum | Yes | |
OR OR Treat: Watch a title with a number in it’s title | 17.3 About a Sex | Yes |
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 | The Killing Vote | Veteran Park Sung Woong | Yes |
OR | Mission 1: Possible | Lee Sun Bin | Yes |
Trans gender identity (different than the gender assigned to them at birth) OR
| Raise de wa Chanto Shimasu | Yes | |
OR | The Battleship Island | Yes | |
OR | Arthdal Chronicles Part 3: The Prelude to All Legends | yes |
17. Camouflage? | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Soundtrack #1 | Yes | |
OR | Real | Yes | |
OR | Boku wa Mari no Naka | Yes | |
OR | Midnight Runners | yes | |
OR OR Treat: Watch a drama that features a ”sex and romance advice podcast” | Yes |
18. What Are You? | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Moving | yes | |
OR | The Odd Family: Zombie on Sale | Yes | |
OR | My Lovely Liar | yes | |
Rich Female Lead/ OR | Class of Lies | yes | |
OR | Kill Bok Soon | yes |
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: 2/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Hachiko | yes | |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | Arthdal Chronicles: The Sword of Aramun | yes |
20. Where the Humans Are… | Progress: 2/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Alienoid 1 | yes | |
OR | The Pirates 2: The Last Royal Treasure | yes | |
OR | |||
OR | |||
Second Lead Caring For Animals OR |
21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die | Progress: 0/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
22. Who Am I When I Am With You? | Progress: 0/5 | ||
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: 0/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover | Progress: 0/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
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 | ||
Watch a drama with a number in it’s title | 17.3 About a Sex | OR | yes | |||
Watch a drama that has a vibrator on it’s cover picture | Raise de wa Chanto Shimasu Season 2 | OR | yes | |||
Watch a drama with a sex doll in the main role | My Sexdoll | OR | yes | |||
Watch a drama that features a ”sex and romance advice podcast” | Hit the Spot | Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead OR | yes | |||
Watch a drama that features the struggles of an ex-prostitute | Call Me Chihiro | OR | yes | |||
MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up SheetStarting date: 28.09.2023 Link to your Drama list: https://mydramalist.com/dramalist/ccbai Progress Habitat: 18/25 |
Plan to Watch - Currently watching - Completed
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 | Terrace House Boys and Girls in the City | Episodes 1 - 5 | Yes |
OR | Ballerina | Yes | |
OR
| Yes | ||
OR | Til Death Do Us Apart | Yes | |
Or | Little Women | Yes |
2. Is it True? | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Educational (tries to teach viewers something-not the same as the school genre) | Juvenile Justice | Yes | |
OR | Hellbound | Yes | |
OR | NCT 127: The Lost Boys | Yes | |
OR | Like in the Movies | Yes | |
OR | Kingdom: Ashin of the North | Yes |
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 | Yes | ||
OR | Ossan's Love | Yes | |
OR | Dangerous Romance | Yes | |
OR | Only Friends | Yes | |
OR | Triad Princess | Yes |
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 | Tsuiraku JK to Haijin Kyoshi | Yes | |
OR
| Kikujiro | Yes | |
OR
| Ikebukuro West Gate Park | Yes | |
year generated by this website
OR | Ichi | Yes | |
OR | Kingdom Season 2 | Yes |
5. Duration of The HikeTutorial | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | The Ingenuity of the Househusband | Yes | |
DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes Or | Kimi to Nara Koi wo Shite Mite mo | Yes | |
DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes OR
| Zom 100 Bucketlist of the Dead | Yes | |
OR MOVIE that lasts 180 minutes or longer. | A Bride for Rip Van Winkle | Yes | |
DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes OR
| Yes |
6. Time Can Be Confusing | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Full second season of a DRAMA OR
| The Glory 2 | Yes | |
OR | Detention | Yes | |
OR | Boku Dake ga Inai Machi | Yes | |
OR | The Master Plan | Yes | |
OR | Autumn's Concerto | Yes |
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
| Yes | ||
OR ranked 1-1000 (if you have seen them all you can go for 1001) | Reset | Yes | |
DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list OR
| Fudanshi Bartender no Tashinami | Yes | |
Or mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds) | Yume de Mita Ano Ko no Tame ni | Feed | Yes |
OR with a release date older than the oldest title in your Watchlist | Hunting of Fools |
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) | HIStory: Obsessed | Recommendations | Yes |
OR found on a Voting List in the list index (add a link to the list). | One Room Angel | Absolute Favorite 2023 BL Series | Yes |
Or from your least viewed genres under your profile stats | A Taxi Driver | Political | Yes |
Or found mentioned in an Article on MDL (add a link to the article) | Soul Mechanic | Heal Your Heart: Therapy in K-Dramas | Yes |
with over 10 Reviews OR
| The Devil Judge | Yes |
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 | Skeleton Flowers | Sawai Kaori | Yes |
from an award-winning director OR
| In those Days | Imaizumi Rikiya | Yes |
OR that has one of your favorite actors | 3 Papas | Yamada Yuki | Yes |
from an award-winning actor OR
| Shoplifters | Lily Franky | Yes |
from an award-winning actress OR
| Hotel del Luna | IU | Yes |
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 | Let's fight Ghost | Yes | |
OR | Otonari ni Ginga | Yes | |
OR | Hold Me | Yes | |
OR | On Air | Yes | |
OR | Kingyo Tsuma | Yes |
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 | Love and Leashes | Yes | |
OR | Sweet Games | Yes | |
OR | Show Me Love | Yes | |
OR | Hana Yori Dango | Yes | |
Nice OR
| As Long As We Both Shall Live | Yes |
12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | D.P. | Yes | |
OR
| Your Eyes Tell | Yes | |
OR | Night in Paradise | Yes | |
OR | Boku dake ga 17sai no Sekai de | Yes | |
OR | We're Not Trash | Yes |
13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Along With the Gods | Yes | |
OR | Honey Lemon Soda | Yes | |
Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot OR | Followers | Yes | |
OR | Forgotten | Yes | |
Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead OR | Kimi ni wa Todokanai | Yes |
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 | House of Flying Daggers | Yes | |
OR | Suki na Hito ga Iru Koto | Yes | |
OR | Onoda | Yes | |
OR | The Stranded | Yes | |
OR | 99.9% Criminal Lawyer | Yes |
15. Humans Have So Many Things | Progress: 1/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Bokura no Shokutaku | ||
OR | Black Knight | ||
OR | Unlocked | Yes | |
OR | Our Dating Sim | ||
OR | Chijo no Kiss |
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 | Born With It | Yes | |
OR | Night Has Come | Yes | |
Trans gender identity (different than the gender assigned to them at birth) OR
| Beneath the Shadow | Yes | |
OR | Until Rainbow Dawn | Yes | |
OR | Taikan Yohou | Yes |
17. Camouflage? | Progress: 1/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Kaidanshita no Gogh | ||
OR | Girl Next Room: Midnight Fantasy | ||
OR | The Dude in Me | Yes | |
OR | Money Heist | ||
OR | Invisible |
18. What Are You? | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Strong Female Lead / OR | Midnight | Yes | |
Smart Female Lead/S OR | Sell Your Haunted House | Yes | |
Cold Female Lead/ OR | Five Steps to Accept Farewell | Yes | |
Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead OR | Accidentally in Love | Yes | |
OR | Copycat Killer | Yes |
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 | Roommates of Poongduck 304 | Yes | |
OR | The Travelling Cat Chronicles | Yes | |
OR | Once Upon a Small Town | Yes | |
OR | La Pluie | Yes | |
OR | Be Mine SuperStar | Yes |
20. Where the Humans Are… | Progress: 2/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Meow, Ears Up | Yes | |
OR | Kikazaru Koi ni wa Riyuu ga | ||
OR | Gudetama: An Excellent Adventure | ||
OR | Lei & Mar | Yes | |
Second Lead Caring For Animals OR | Senior Secret Love: Puppy Honey |
21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die | Progress: 3/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Birthcare Center | ||
OR | The Ghost Bride | Yes | |
OR | Koi wa Tsuzuku yo Doko Made mo | ||
OR | Cube | Yes | |
OR | High & Low: The Worst | Yes |
22. Who Am I When I Am With You? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Oh! My Assistant | ||
OR | Little Forest | ||
OR | Double Savage | ||
OR | Lesson in Love | ||
OR | Hoshi Furu Yoru ni |
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 | To My Star | Yes | |
OR | Red Devil and Heroine Su | Yes | |
OR | He Won't Kill, She Won't Die | Yes | |
OR | 6ixtynin9 | Yes | |
OR | May - December - January | Yes |
24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover | Progress: 1/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Only You | ||
OR | Maiko-san Chi no Makanai-san | ||
OR | Marry Me | ||
OR | Oh, Mando! | ||
OR | The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window | Yes |
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 |
Trillion Game | Yes | ||
Treats
My Treats! | Plains Used: /5 | Forest Used: /4 | Mountain Used: /3 | Space Used: /2 | Black Hole Used: /1 | |
Route | Essential | Substitute for | Notes | Completed | ||
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MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet
Starting date: 01/01/2023
End Date: 11/?/2023-will be done on the 16th
Link to your Drama list: List
Sign Up Form: Sign-in Part 1 / Sign-in Part 2
Progress Habitat: Elephant Black Hole + Tiger
Progress: 635/635
Block Progress: 25/25
Before Challenge: 1,812 projects
After Challenge: 2,447 projects
Which Route did I use?:
First Option Second Option
Korea: ( 227) Japan: (136) Thai: (115) China: (70)
Philippines: (29) Taiwan: (39) Hong Kong: (19)
Dramas: (268) Movies: (295) Special: (56) TV Shows: (16)
12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying | Progress: 25/25 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | 4. Romance Doll | 1. ✔️ 02/14 2. ✔️ 02/25 3. ✔️ 05/11 4. ✔️ 07/24 5. ✔️ 08/26 | |
OR features some type of Doomsday | 3. Dream (2023) | 1. ✔️ 02/14 2. ✔️ 06/02 3. ✔️ 07/27 4. ✔️ 07/31 5. ✔️ 10/02 | |
OR | 1. Island 2. I Am U 3. Bokura no Micro na Shuumatsu 4. Innocent | 1. ✔️ 01/13 2. ✔️ 01/25 3. ✔️ 02/26 4, ✔️ 06/04 5. ✔️ 08/18 | |
features a Celebration OR | 3. Sirius 4. Hope (2013) 5. Wedding Plan | 1. Character's Parent 3. mom mourns the good brother in jail 4. parents mourn the child's loss of innocence | 1. ✔️ 03/02 2. ✔️ 07/17 3. ✔️ 07/29 4. ✔️ 08/13 5. ✔️ 08/31 |
OR | 3. Deep 4. Move to Heaven *R 5. Mars *R | 1. ✔️ 01/04 2. ✔️ 06/11 3. ✔️ 06/26 4. ✔️ 08/23 5. ✔️ 09/03 |
13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff | Progress: 25/25 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
features a Religious Leader OR | 3. Doom at Your Service *R | 1. Monk ML 2. Priest Cameo 3 &5. Deity ML 4. Monk Cameo | 1. ✔️ 06/25 2. ✔️ 07/09 3. ✔️ 07/30 4. ✔️ 09/20 5. ✔️ 10/26 |
OR | 4. Bad Romeo | 1. ✔️ 03/04 2. ✔️ 04/06 3. ✔️ 04/14 4. ✔️ 05/14 5. ✔️ 06/02 | |
Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot OR/ AND | 3. Zenra Meshi | 2. Female 4. Male | 1. ✔️ 02/14 2. ✔️ 05/03 3. ✔️ 07/01 4. ✔️ 07/11 5. ✔️ 07/22 |
OR | 1. Romance 2. Both 3. Romance | 1. ✔️ 02/13 2. ✔️ 04/10 3. ✔️ 06/08 4. ✔️ 08/05 5. ✔️ 09/19 | |
Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead OR | 3. Bed Friend 4. Utsukushii Kare *R 5. Mine | 1. Racism/Gender 2 & 4. ML 3. Work 5. Class | 1. ✔️ 01/31 2.✔️ 04/18 3. ✔️ 04/23 4. ✔️ 08/21 5. ✔️ 09/27 |
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: 25/25 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | 4. Home School | 1. Acting Audition/training 2. ML saves FL 3. Both leads fall 4. Talk about rules/introduction 5. ML & FL fall | 1. ✔️ 01/02 2. ✔️ 01/04 3. ✔️ 04/24 4. ✔️ 08/05 5. ✔️ 08/07 |
OR | 1. Stolen Identity 2 2. The Eighth Sense 3. Light the Night Season 1 4. Ouran High School Host Club *R 5. The Forest of Love | 1. Kiss 2. Surf Club 3. Hand found (ep. 1) 4. work/vacation 5. murder takes place | 1. ✔️ 02/02 2. ✔️ 04/28 3. ✔️ 06/04 4. ✔️ 07/07 5. ✔️ 07/24 |
OR | 1. Amerio Paradox 2. Never Let me Go 3. Our Dating Sims 4. Our Skyy 2: A Tale of a Thousand Stars 5. Tsuiraku JK to Haijinn Kyoshi | 1. most scenes 2. ML vents/kiss 3. kiss 4. Proposal 5. teacher/student interaction | 1. ✔️ 02/09 2. ✔️ 03/01 3. ✔️ 04/05 4. ✔️ 06/08 5. ✔️ 08/02 |
OR | 1. Night in Paradise 2. Busted Season 1 3. Moe no Suzaku 4, The Naked Island 5. Word of Honor Epilouge | 1. Jeju Island 2. Finding clues 3. Mountain setting 4. Island setting 5. Mountain scenes featured | 1. ✔️ 05/29 2. ✔️ 07/30 3. ✔️ 08/14 4. ✔️ 09/28 |
OR | 1. Falling in Love like a Romantic Drama 2 2. My Liberation Notes 3. Love Tractor 4. Run For the Money 5. Wish You: Your Melody From my Heart (Movie) | 1. Date 2. Rural/small town setting 3. City setting 4. city setting/the whole plot of show 5.MLs meet for the first time. | 1. ✔️ 01/01 2. ✔️ 01/15 3. ✔️ 06/30 4. ✔️ 07/04 5. ✔️ 08/05 |
15. Humans Have So Many Things | Progress: 25/25 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | 1. Tokyo March 2. A Practical Guide to Being a Superstar Assistant 3. Our Skyy 2: Bad Buddy 4. An Inconvenient Love 5. The Girl and the Gun | 1. FL at a grave 2. Fight Scene 3. Meet other characters 4. ML always has it on 5. FL lead takes revenge | 1. ✔️ 01/23 2. ✔️ 05/31 2. ✔️ 06/01 4. ✔️ 07/03 5. ✔️ 07/22 |
OR | 1. Desire Catcher 2. Successful Story of a Bright Girl 3. Seoul Vibe 4. The Childe 5. The Lost Lotteries | 1. Victim 1-5 involved with truck 2. ML takes FL after confrontation with the 2nd FL 3. Used for cons 4-5. Almost got run over | 1. ✔️ 05/22 2. ✔️ 05/28 3. ✔️ 07/22 4. ✔️ 08/29 5. ✔️ 09/21 |
OR | 1. Stolen Identity 2. Midnight Museum 3. Busted Season 3 4. Pending Train: 8:23, Ashita Kimi to 5. Back to the 90's | 1. Phone hacked 2 & 5. Portal 3. One character almost got killed 4. most characters used for trying to contact family | 1. ✔️ 02/02 2. ✔️ 04/05 3. ✔️ 08/16 4. ✔️ 08/16 5. ✔️ 09/20 |
OR | 1. Missed Connections 2. The Uncanny Counter *R 3. Learn From Experience Part 1 5. Once Upon a Crime | 1. FL got rejected 2. Most character wear it 3-4. ML always wears it in important scenes 5. Most women wear it in this movie | 1. ✔️ 06/26 2. ✔️ 06/26 3. ✔️ 08/13 4. ✔️ 08/17 5. ✔️ 09/18 |
OR | 1.A Familiar Stranger *R 2. Original Sin 3. A Shoulder to Cry On 4. Same Same is not the Same 5. Gunman in Joseon | 1. ML saves FL 2. Bible 3. Archery club 4. Kiss scene 5. Fight scenes | 1. ✔️ 01/04 2. ✔️ 04/03 3. ✔️ 04/05 4. ✔️ 06/02 5. ✔️ 07/11 |
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: 25/25 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | 1. Special Delivery 2. What did the Lady Forget? 3. Mom, Don't Do That 4. Zoku Aoi Sanmyaku 5. Our Little Sister | (11 years old as of 2023) 2. Saito Tatsuo (about 39 years of acting) 3. Billie (71 years old as of 2023) 4. Hara Setsuko (30 years of acting) 5. Hirose Suzu (15 when debuted) | 1. ✔️ 02/13 2. ✔️ 05/02 3. ✔️ 07/13 4. ✔️ 08/15 5. ✔️ 10/02 |
OR | 1. Tony 2. Barbie 3. Ocean Like Me (Movie) 4. Let's Eat Something, Anna 5. Our 30 Minute Sessons | 1. Elijah Canlas (was 14 at debut) 2. Kim Sae Ron (was 9 at debut) 3. Holland (solo) 4. Nam Gyu Ri (solo) 5. Kitamura Takumi (DISH) | 1. ✔️ 06/09 2. ✔️ 07/06 3. ✔️ 07/10 4. ✔️ 07/23 5. ✔️ 09/24 |
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) | 1. She is my Father 2. The App from Heaven 3. Show me Your Love 4. Egoist 5. Pumpkin Time | 1. ML 2. ML to FL | 1. ✔️ 04/16 2. ✔️ 04/17 3. ✔️ 08/21 4. ✔️ 09/26 5. ✔️ 10/05 |
OR | 1. Midnight (2021) 2. Binding Souls 3. Icarus 4. The Day I Loved You 5. 37 Seconds *R | 1 & 5. FL 4. ML | 1. ✔️ 01/19 2. ✔️ 04/22 3. ✔️ 06/02 4. ✔️ 06/13 5. ✔️ 07/12 |
OR | 1. 18 Again *R 2. Crash Course in Romance 3. Our Skyy 2: Bad Buddy x A Tale of a Thousand Stars 4. House of Stars 5. Provoke | 2-3. Teacher ML 4. Actors/Actresses | 1. ✔️ 02/14 2. ✔️ 03/04 3. ✔️ 06/08 4. ✔️ 07/17 5. ✔️ 07/27 |
17. Camouflage? | Progress: 25/25 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | 1. Check Out Special Episode 2. Little Man 3. Our Skyy 2: Star in my Mind 4. Bloodhounds 5. Water Boyy: The Movie | 1. Photographer ML 2 & 5. Swimmer ML 3. Artist ML 4. Boxer ML | 1. ✔️ 04/13 2. ✔️ 04/16 3. ✔️ 04/27 4. ✔️ 06/28 5. ✔️ 09/22 |
OR | 1. Between Us 2. The Glory Part 2 3. Good Job 4. My Dear Donovan 5. Why R U? (2023) | 1 & 5. ML 2.-3. FL 4. Both | 1. ✔️ 01/31 2. ✔️ 03/11 3. ✔️ 05/05 4. ✔️ 05/16 5. ✔️ 09/14 |
OR | 1. A Rose and a Tulip 2. My Lethal Man 3. Our Skyy 2: My School President 4. Vice Versa | 1. ✔️ 01/19 2. ✔️ 02/22 3. ✔️ 05/19 4. ✔️ 10/26 5. ✔️ 10/27 | |
Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead OR | 1. Decoy Part 1 2. Enter the Fat Dragon 3. Miss & Mrs. Cops 4. Double Savage 5. My Paparotti | 1-2. ML 3. FL 4-5. ML | 1, ✔️ 02/09 2. ✔️ 03/19 3. ✔️ 05/25 4. ✔️ 05/28 5. ✔️ 09/20 |
Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead OR | 2. Risky 3. Invisible 4. Arthdal Chronicles Part 2 5. Arthdal Chronicles Part 3 | 1. Antihero 2. Antiheroine 3. Both 4-5. Antihero | 1. ✔️ 03/01 2. ✔️ 04/22 3. ✔️ 04/24 4. ✔️ 09/24 5. ✔️ 10/06 |
18. What Are You? | Progress: 25/25 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead OR | 1. Revenge of Others 2. Love to Hate You 3. Innocent Special 4. Moving 5. Connected | 1. Both 2-4. ML 5. FL | 1. ✔️ 01/28 2. ✔️ 02/16 3. ✔️ 06/02 4. ✔️ 09/24 5. ✔️ 10/15 |
Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead OR | 1. Miss Chun is Litigator 2. Unlocked 3. My Perfect Stranger 4. Blue Summer 5. My Everlasting Bride | 1-2. FL 3. ML 4. FL 5. Both | 1. ✔️ 04/23 2. ✔️ 06/22 3. ✔️ 06/29 4. ✔️ 07/10 5. ✔️ 09/26 |
Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead OR | 1. The Sword and the Brocade *R 2. Heroine Disqualified 3. Heartbeat 4. Destined with You 5. Pee Mak (2013) | 1 & 4. ML 2-3 & 5. FL | 1. ✔️ 04/13 2. ✔️ 05/12 3. ✔️ 08/16 4. ✔️ 10/13 5. ✔️ 10/21 |
Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead OR | 1. Stain 2. Stay with Me (2023) 3. We Best Love: No. 1 for You *R 4. Crazy Love 5. Bounty Hunters | 1-5. ML | 1. ✔️ 03/01 2. ✔️ 08/14 3. ✔️ 08/22 4. ✔️ 08/28 5. ✔️ 10/03 |
OR | 1. My Decoy Bride 2. Somebody 3. Fireworks of my Heart 4. The Legend of Zhuohua 5. Battle Royale II: Requiem | 1. Assassin ML & FL 2. Serial Killer ML 3-4. Doctor FL 5. ML | 1. ✔️ 06/10 2. ✔️ 06/28 3. ✔️ 08/08 4, ✔️ 09/14 5. ✔️ 10/04 |
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: 25/25 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | 1. Royal Rumors 2. Decision to Leave 3. Stay Away From Me *R 4. Tokyo Profile 5. Busted Season 2 | 1. Cat 2. Bird 3. FIsh 4. Rat 5. Insects | 1. ✔️ 04/01 2. ✔️ 05/17 3. ✔️ 07/27 4. ✔️ 08/13 5. ✔️ 08/15 |
OR | 1. Hunger 2. Till the End of the Moon 3. Detective K: Secret of Virtuous K 4. My Dear Guardian 5. Re/Member | 2. Crow 4. Cat | 1. ✔️ 04/14 2. ✔️ 05/19 3. ✔️ 07/26 4. ✔️ 10/01 5. ✔️ 10/02 |
OR | 1. Gudetama: An Eggcellent Adventure 2. F4 Thailand: Boys Over Flowers *R 3. It Started with a Kiss *R 4. Silver Spoon 5. Kimi to Nara Koi wo Shite Mite mo | 1. Chick 2-3. Zoo date 4. Various 5. Aquarium (ep. 1) | 1. ✔️ 01/08 2. ✔️ 05/16 3. ✔️ 06/08 4. ✔️ 10/13 5. ✔️ 11/02 |
OR | 1. La Pluie 2. Kill It 3. Love Can't Be Said 4. Juui Dolittle 5. My Precious | 1-2. ML 3. & 5 FL 4. Both | 1. ✔️ 07/15 2. ✔️ 10/08 3. ✔️ 10/11 4. ✔️ 10/21 5. ✔️ 10/26 |
OR | 1. My Tooth Your Love 2. Joseon Attorney: A Morality 4. Song of Bandits 5. Red Heroine | 1. ✔️ 02/22 2. ✔️ 05/20 3. ✔️ 07/29 4. ✔️ 10/11 5. ✔️ 10/13 |
20. Where the Humans Are… | Progress: 25/25 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | 1. Alienoid 1 2. Once Upon a Time 3. Bear Man 4. My Woofy Poofy Love 5. Enormous Legenedary Fish | 1. Fox 2. Nine-tailed fox 3. Bear 4. Dog 5. Fish | 1. ✔️ 05/10 2. ✔️ 07/23 3. ✔️ 07/29 4. ✔️ 10/26 5. ✔️ 10/29 |
OR | 1. Thirty but Seventeen *R 2. Moonlight Whispers 3. OMG! Oh my Girl 4. The Pool 5. The Pirates 2: The Last Royal Treasure | 1-3. Dogs 4. Alligator | 1. ✔️ 05/10 2. ✔️ 09/21 3. ✔️ 10/03 4. ✔️ 10/09 5. ✔️ 10/11 |
OR | 1. Marriage Contract *R 2. The Meg 3. Meg 2: The Trench 4. You're Beautiful *R 5. Made in China | 1. ✔️ 04/23 2. ✔️ 07/30 3. ✔️ 09/26 4. ✔️ 10/15 5. ✔️ 10/21 | |
OR | 1. School Tales the Series 2. Confessions (2010) 3. The First Responders 2 4. Remember Me 5. Naughty Babe | 1. ✔️ 03/09 2. ✔️ 05/14 3. ✔️ 10/07 4. ✔️ 10/17 5. ✔️ 10/21 | |
Second Lead Caring For Animals OR | 1. The Glory 2. Alchemy of Souls 2: Light and Shadows 3. Bromance *R 4. Senior Secret Love: Puppy Honey 2 5. Reign of Assassins | 1. ✔️ 01/04 2. ✔️ 01/21 3. ✔️ 10/15 4. ✔️ 10/27 5. ✔️ 10/27 |
21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die | Progress: 25/25 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | 1. Unnatural 2. The Real Has Come 3. May I Help You 4, The Worst of Evil 5. Hoshi Furu Yoru Ni | 1. ✔️ 07/15 2. ✔️ 09/10 3. ✔️ 10/19 4. ✔️ 10/25 5. ✔️ 10/28 | |
OR | 1. Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum 2. Jung_E 4. Marry my Dead Body 5. Unlock my Boss | 1. ✔️ 01/21 2. ✔️ 04/14 3. ✔️ 07/10 4. ✔️ 08/11 5. ✔️ 10/27 | |
OR | 1. The Roundup 2. The First Responders 3. The Whistleblower (2014) 4. Yasksha: Ruthless Operations 5.Keiseki: Dear to Me | 1. ✔️ 01/30 2. ✔️ 06/08 3. ✔️ 07/30 4. ✔️ 10/15 5. ✔️ 11/08 | |
OR | 1. Call it Love (2023) 2. Death Bell 2: Bloody Camp 3. Imawa no Kuni no Alice 2 4. Youth Actors' Retreat *R 5. A Day in Tongyeong | 1. Jenga 4. Various | 1. ✔️ 06/18 2. ✔️ 06/27 3. ✔️ 07/10 4. ✔️ 09/28 5. ✔️ 10/06 |
OR | 1. Some (2014) 2. Even If 3. Love is Colorblind 4. From Now on, It's Graduation Day Ceremony Only for You 5. Plus and Minus Extra | 1. ✔️ 06/02 2. ✔️ 07/03 3. ✔️ 07/13 4. ✔️ 08/15 5. ✔️ 08/31 |
22. Who Am I When I Am With You? | Progress: 25/25 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | 1. 2037 2. Girl2K 3. The Merciless 4. Plus and Minus 5. My Sweet Dear (Movie) | 1. ✔️ 02/13 2. ✔️ 04/18 3. ✔️ 05/29 4. ✔️ 07/03 5. ✔️ 08/05 | |
OR | 1. A Little Thing Called First Love 2. BECK 3. The Tale of the Nine-Tailed 1938 4. 17.3 About a Sex 5. Advance Bravely | 1. ✔️ 01/06 2. ✔️ 05/20 3. ✔️ 06/12 4. ✔ 08/23 5. ✔️ 08/28 | |
OR | 1. A Sunflower Family *R 2. The Panti Sisters 3. Fahlanruk 4. Mitaraike, Enjiu Suru 5. Lightning | 1. Father-Son 2-3. Brothers 4. Various Sibling relationships 5. Mother-Daughter | 1. ✔️ 01/21 2. ✔️ 04/18 3. ✔️ 06/14 4. ✔️ 07/20 5. ✔️ 08/14 |
OR/ AND | 1. Bride's Revenge 2. Watashi to Otto to Otto no Kareshi 3. Baby Maybe 4. Delivery Man 5. The Karate Kid | 1. ✔️ 02/26 2. ✔️ 04/14 3. ✔️ 04/16 4. ✔️ 07/10 5. ✔️ 08/13 | |
OR | 1. Beat Back 2. Doctor Cha 3. Mulan *R 4. Eye of the Storm 5. Asymmetry | 1. ✔️ 02/02 2. ✔️ 06/09 3. ✔️ 07/30 4. ✔️ 08/18 5. ✔️ 09/21 |
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: 25/25 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | 2. Star Struck 3. Two Hearts | 1. ✔️ 02/09 2. ✔️ 06/08 3. ✔️ 07/03 4. ✔️ 08/12 5. ✔️ 10/02 | |
OR | 2. Black Knight 4. Blues Harp | 1. ✔️ 04/15 2. ✔️ 05/17 3. ✔️ 08/11 4. ✔️ 08/13 5. ✔️ 09/17 | |
OR | 1. ✔️ 01/01 2. ✔️ 04/03 3. ✔️ 04/14 4. ✔️ 04/19 5. ✔️ 07/10 | ||
OR | 2. Take 1 | 1. ✔️ 03/01 2. ✔️ 03/09 3. ✔️ 05/17 4. ✔️ 06/02 5. ✔️ 08/14 | |
OR | 1. ✔️ 03/02 2. ✔️ 06/03 3. ✔️ 06/05 4. ✔️ 07/03 5. ✔️ 10/03 |
24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover | Progress: 25/25 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | 1.✔️ 01/21 2. ✔️ 06/28 3. ✔️ 07/27 4. ✔️ 08/06 5. ✔️ 09/10 | ||
OR | 1. Down with Love *R 5. Jun & Jun | 1. ✔️ 04/03 2. ✔️ 06/05 3. ✔️ 06/23 4. ✔️ 08/21 5. ✔️ 09/10 | |
OR | 4. Taikan Yoho 5. Rerun | 1. ✔️ 04/16 3. ✔️ 06/26 4. ✔️ 07/12 5. ✔️ 10/14 5. ✔️ 10/24 | |
OR | 1. Prism 2. AI Love You 5. Keiseki + | 1. ✔️ 03/01 2. ✔️ 06/26 3. ✔️ 10/02 4. ✔️ 10/05 5. ✔️ 10/15 | |
OR | 4. Grasshopper | 1. ✔️ 04/03 2. ✔️ 05/18 3. ✔️ 06/12 4. ✔️ 10/02 5. ✔️ 10/03 |
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: 35/35 | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
1.✔️ 07/13 2. ✔️ 10/28 3. ✔️ 10/29 4. ✔️ 10/29 5. ✔️ 11/01 | |||
3. PG Love | 1. ✔️ 08/08 2. ✔️ 10/28 3. ✔️ 10/29 4. ✔️ 10/31 5. ✔️ 10/31 | ||
3. Liverleaf | 1. ✔️ 07/11 2. ✔️ 10/28 3. ✔️ 10/29 4. ✔️ 10/29 5. ✔️ 10/31 | ||
4. Irog 5. Haliparot | 1. ✔️ 04/14 2. ✔️ 10/28 3. ✔️ 10/28 4. ✔️ 10/28 5. ✔️ 10/29 | ||
1. Monstar *R 2. Eun Ha 3. Ditto (2022) | 1. ✔️ 02/22 2. ✔️ 10/28 3. ✔️ 10/29 4. ✔️ 10/29 5. ✔️ 10/29 | ||
3. Love Scams 4. My Gift | 1. ✔️ 04/17 2. ✔️ 10/28 3. ✔️ 10/31 4. ✔️ 10/31 5. ✔️ 11/01 | ||
1. Boy Scouts 5. Ai Long Nhai: The Endless Love | 1. ✔️ 06/29 2. ✔️ 10/29 3. ✔️ 10/29 4. ✔️ 10/30 5. ✔️ 10/30 |
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 | ||
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MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up SheetStarting date: 29 th Sep 2023 Link to your Drama list: https://mydramalist.com/dramalist/DonnaK2O Progress Habitat: 25/25 Link to your turn-in form: https://mydramalist.com/discussions/forum-games/83753-mdl-s-2023-watch-challenge-turn-in-thread?pid=2919921&page=5#p2919921 |
[ ✓ ] 21/09 | [ ✓ ] 21/09 | 14/10 [ ✓ ] | [ ✓ ] 23/10 | [ ✓ ] 26/10 | [ ✓ ] 11/11 |
[ ✓ ] 19/11 | [ ✓ ] 29/11 | [ ✓ ] 17/12 | [ ✓ ] 31/12 | [ ✓ ] 31/12 | [ ✓ ] |
Rotas Cumpridas: 127/127 Objetivo:Asian Elephant plains + Tiger | [ ✓ ] | [ ✓ ] | [ ✓ ] |
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 |
Back to Seventeen | https://mydramalist.com/743775-wo-hui-dao-shi-qi-sui-de-li-you | Completed in 09/10/2023 | |
DRAMA ESPECIAL | Love Between Fairy and Devil Special | https://mydramalist.com/738515-love-between-fairy-and-devil-special | Completed in 22/08/2023 |
Co-Produced | https://mydramalist.com/29161-the-daughter-of-war | Completed in 23/10/2023 | |
Adoring | https://mydramalist.com/50413-adoring | Completed in 23/10/2023 | |
Adapted from a manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic | https://mydramalist.com/77393-shanai-marijjihani | Completed in 23/10/2023 |
2. Is it True? | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Advertisement | Two Lights: Relumino | https://mydramalist.com/26419-two-lights | Completed in 24/10/2023 |
6/45 | https://mydramalist.com/63777-6-45 | Completed in 25/10/2023 | |
Completed in 12/09/2023 | |||
https://mydramalist.com/71211-hua-mulan | Completed in 26/10/2023 | ||
https://mydramalist.com/78349-new-wrong-carriage-right-groom | Completed in 14/09/2023 |
3. All About the Gen(r)es | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
https://mydramalist.com/35039-the-king-the-eternal-monarch | Completed in 30/01/2023 | ||
Spellbound | Completed in 02/11/2023 | ||
https://mydramalist.com/713107-modawi-s-secret | Completed in 27/08/2023 | ||
Twenty | https://mydramalist.com/9743-twenty | Completed in 31/12/2023 | |
https://mydramalist.com/18894-strong-woman-do-bong-soon | Completed in 21/01/2023 |
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 |
https://mydramalist.com/695281-hua-rong | Completed in 19/06/2023 | ||
Love Letter | https://mydramalist.com/1589-love-letter | Completed in 26/10/2023 | |
The Karate Kid | https://mydramalist.com/751665-the-karate-kid | Completed in 10/05/2023 | |
Kiss Goblin | https://mydramalist.com/58877-kiss-ghost Escolhido 2020
Carimbo de hora: 13/10/2023 12:53:35 UTC | Completed in 26/10/2023 | |
Here Is My Exclusive Indulge | Completed in 21/08/2023 |
5. Duration of The HikeTutorial | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Goodbye Mr. Shao | https://mydramalist.com/752331-goodbye-mr-shao | Completed in 12/10/2023 | |
DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes | Oh! My Emperor Season 2 | Completed in 20/09/2023 | |
DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes | Please Be My Family | Completed in 15/06/2023 | |
DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes | Back From the Brink | https://mydramalist.com/79467-hu-xin | Completed in 09/06/2023 |
DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes | Oh My Ghost | https://mydramalist.com/14213-oh-my-ghostess | Completed in 14/08/2023 |
6. Time Can Be Confusing | Progresso: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Please Don't Spoil Me Season 2 | https://mydramalist.com/719905-please-don-t-spoil-me-season-2 | Completed in 12/11/2023 | |
Reset | https://mydramalist.com/697563-kai-duan | Completed in 09/08/2023 | |
Oh! My Emperor | Completed in 19/09/2023 | ||
Goblin | https://mydramalist.com/18452-goblin | Completed in 16/01/2023 | |
We're Not Trash | https://mydramalist.com/743249-we-re-not-trash | Completed in 06/11/2023 |
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 | The Glory | https://mydramalist.com/685237-untitled-kim-eun-sook-project | Completed in 08/10/2023 |
with less than 10,000 viewers | Night of Love With You | Completed in 11/10/2023 | |
DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list | Prodigy Healer | https://mydramalist.com/32685-qing-nang-zhuan | 30/10/2023 |
mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds) | The Secret Life of My Secretary | Completed in 23/09/2023 | |
with the newest release date in your PTW list | Strong Girl Namsoon | Completed in 26/11/2023 |
8. Examined…Tutorial | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
on your Recommendations page (add a link to the page) | One Smile Is Very Alluring | https://mydramalist.com/18916-one-smile-is-very-alluring | Completed in 19/11/2023 |
found on a Voting List in the list index (add a link to the list). | Her Private Life | https://mydramalist.com/list/1NkjPZqL | Completed in 01/07/2023 |
from your least viewed genres under your profile stats | Cinderella Chef | https://mydramalist.com/28676-cinderella-chef |
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found mentioned in an Article on MDL (add a link to the article) | Please Don’t Spoil Me | https://mydramalist.com/list/1Nky9NWL?page=2 | Completed in 12/11/2023 |
with 0 Reviews when you started watching it | Just Spoil You | https://mydramalist.com/746263-crazy-second-marriage |
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9. Your Fanciers and Westminsters | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Award-winning | My Love from the Star | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea_Drama_Awards#Best_Drama award: "Best Drama" in 2014 | Completed in 04/12/2023 |
from an award-winning director | Parasite | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Bell_Awards award: “Grand Bell Awards - Best Director” in 2020 | Completed in 13/12/2023 |
from an award-winning screenwriter | Decision to Leave | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Bell_Awards award: "Grand Bell Awards - Best Screenplay" in 2022 | Completed in 11/12/2023 |
from an award-winning actor | Miss the Dragon Special | In 2016, Wang won the overall championship at the "Sichuan Campus Red Festival" | Completed in 12/03/2023 |
from an award-winning actress | The Romance of Tiger and Rose | actress Zhao Lusi "Best Actress Award" at the 7th Hengdian Film and Television Awards in 2020 | Completed in 12/03/2023 |
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 | Love to Hate You | https://mydramalist.com/713771-love-battle | Completed in 24/07/2023 |
Cohabitation | Wednesday 3:30 PM | https://mydramalist.com/22926-wednesday-330-p.m | Completed in 20/10/2023 |
Fluffy | Exclusive Fairytale | https://mydramalist.com/710873-du-jia-tong-hua | Completed in 27/11/2023 |
Secret Relationship | Love and Leashes | https://mydramalist.com/690053-moral-sense | Completed in 05/11/2023 |
Please Feel at Ease Mr. Ling | https://mydramalist.com/61887-please-feel-at-ease-mr-ling | Completed in 17/12/2023 |
11. Finding a Mate | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Escolha da rota | Essenciais | Notas | Concluído |
When I Fly Towards You | https://mydramalist.com/62295-luo-yao-knew-what-he-meant | Completed in 10/01/2023 | |
Eternal Love | https://mydramalist.com/16547-eternal-love | Completed in 27/03/2023 | |
features a Heterosexual relationship | A Female Student Arrives at the Imperial College | https://mydramalist.com/63349-here-comes-a-female-student-at-guo-zijian | Completed in 01/06/2023 |
Introverted Boss | https://mydramalist.com/21306-introverted-boss | Completed in 12/02/2023 | |
Nice Female Lead / Male Lead | Miss the Dragon | https://mydramalist.com/53591-yu-long | Completed in 12/03/2023 |
12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Love You Seven Times | https://mydramalist.com/68185-the-seventh-generation | Completed in 30/08/2023 | |
Romantic | https://mydramalist.com/757313-romantic | Completed in 14/10/2023 | |
Untouchable Lovers | https://mydramalist.com/11462-untouchable-lovers | Completed in 13/09/2023 | |
See You in My 19th Life | https://mydramalist.com/716735-see-you-in-my-19th-life | Completed in 23/07/2023 | |
Unforgettable Love | https://mydramalist.com/66371-unforgettable-love | Completed in 25/06/2023 |
13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Doom at Your Service | https://mydramalist.com/61489-destruction | Completed in 21/07/2023 | |
Angel's Last Mission: Love | https://mydramalist.com/32362-love-of-my-life | Completed in 28/07/2023 | |
It's Okay to Be Sensitive | https://mydramalist.com/30463-it-s-okay-to-be-sensitive | Completed in 30/10/2023 | |
Love Like the Galaxy: Part 1 | https://mydramalist.com/687167-xing-han-can-lan | Completed in 15/02/2023 | |
Tomorrow | https://mydramalist.com/695963-tomorrow | Completed in 13/07/2023 |
Significant details
In the following habitats we ask of you to look for the details in the significant scenes, in the first one (14) we ask you to notice the surroundings, in the other the objects involved (15).
15. Humans Have So Many Things | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Hidden Love | https://mydramalist.com/729705-hidden-love | Completed in 07/08/2023 | |
A Sports Car | Celebrity | https://mydramalist.com/708775-celebrity | Completed in 11/11/2023 |
20th Century Girl | https://mydramalist.com/699543-the-twentieth-century-girl | Completed in 15/09/2023 | |
Crazy Love | https://mydramalist.com/706923-crazy-love | Completed in 06/01/2023 | |
Destined with You | https://mydramalist.com/734875-irresistible-love | Completed in 16/10/2023 |
The Main Attraction
-In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials where one of the main characters (listed as a main) either is ..., gets a... has a... Each route will either include a a tag or a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
16. Who Are We? | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
The Love You Give Me | https://mydramalist.com/723145-the-love-you-give-me | Completed in 01/06/2023 | |
Warm on a Cold Night | https://mydramalist.com/77441-jiu-xiao-han-ye-nuan | Completed in 04/04/2023 | |
Cis gender Identity (same as the gender assigned to them at birth) | You Are My Exclusive Surprise | https://mydramalist.com/747799-you-are-my-exclusive-surprise | Completed in 09/09/2023 |
Forever Love | https://mydramalist.com/748565-mang-ai-qian-jin | Completed in 21/09/2023 | |
Alchemy of Souls | https://mydramalist.com/52939-can-this-person-be-translated | Completed in 23/01/2023 |
17. Camouflage? | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Twenty-Five Twenty-One | https://mydramalist.com/695149-twenty-five-twenty-one | Completed in18/09/2023 | |
Special Delivery | https://mydramalist.com/37023-special-cargo | Completed in 09/11/2023 | |
The Trust | https://mydramalist.com/64007-no-doubt-in-us | Completed in 28/04/2023 | |
The Uncanny Counter | https://mydramalist.com/62085-a-wonderful-rumor | Completed in 07/12/2023 | |
The Glory Part 2 | https://mydramalist.com/745581-the-glory-season-2 | Completed in 10/08/2023 |
18. What Are You? | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Be With You | https://mydramalist.com/24153-be-with-you | Completed in 10/11/2023 | |
Smart Male Lead | Space Sweepers | https://mydramalist.com/32761-lighting-arc | Completed in 18/11/2023 |
Eternal Love of Dream | https://mydramalist.com/26385-three-lives-three-worlds-the-pillow-book | Completed in 22/04/2023 | |
XX | https://mydramalist.com/42045-blue-moon | Completed in 25/12/2023 | |
The Long Ballad | https://mydramalist.com/53953-princess-changge | Completed in 13/12/2023 |
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.
19. The Petting Zoo | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
The Door into Summer | https://mydramalist.com/63259-the-door-into-summer | Completed in 24/12/2023 | |
Till the End of the Moon | https://mydramalist.com/693513-hei-yue-guang-wen-na-be-ju-ben | Completed in 05/10/2023 | |
Daytime Shooting Star | https://mydramalist.com/20736-daytime-shooting-star | Completed in 02/11/2023 | |
Noble, My Love | https://mydramalist.com/15171-noble-my-love | Completed in 27/12/2023 | |
Congrats My Ex! | https://mydramalist.com/758157-congrats-my-ex | Completed in 31/12/2023 |
20. Where the Humans Are… | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Catman | https://mydramalist.com/17259-catman | Completed in 31/10/2023 | |
The Universe’s Star | https://mydramalist.com/19950-star-of-the-universe | Completed in 14/11/2023 | |
This Is Not What I Expected | https://mydramalist.com/22730-this-is-not-what-i-expected | Completed in 12/11/2023 | |
My Sassy Princess | https://mydramalist.com/686379-zhu-qing-hao | Completed in 07/03/2023 | |
Alchemy of Souls Season 2: Light and Shadow | https://mydramalist.com/733261-alchemy-of-souls-part-2 |
21. Friendly Ways to Live or Die | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Birth care (Postpartum care) | Move to Heaven | https://mydramalist.com/49231-move-to-heaven | Completed in 18/12/2023 |
Love Better Than Immortality | https://mydramalist.com/31318-spring-flower-autumn-moon | Completed in 05/11/2023 | |
Midnight | https://mydramalist.com/40349-midnight | Completed in 31/12/2023 | |
Mr. Queen | https://mydramalist.com/58365-queen-cheorin | Completed in 07/01/2023 | |
A Business Proposal | https://mydramalist.com/693591-in-house-confrontation | Completed in 10/10/2023 |
22. Who Am I When I Am With You? | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Miracle in Cell No. 7 | https://mydramalist.com/4517-miracle-in-cell-no.-7 | Completed in 31012/2023 | |
So I Married an Anti-Fan | https://mydramalist.com/30519-so-i-married-an-anti-fan | Completed in 16/01/2023 | |
Who Rules the World | https://mydramalist.com/54851-try-the-world | Completed in 24/12/2023 | |
A Familiar Stranger | https://mydramalist.com/733007-the-evil-face | Completed in 17/12/2023 | |
Secretly Greatly | https://mydramalist.com/5947-secretly-greatly | Completed in 31/12/2023 |
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 |
Celestial Body | The Wandering Earth 1 | https://mydramalist.com/31632-the-wandering-earth | Completed in 29/11/2023 |
Emotion | Love Between Fairy and Devil | https://mydramalist.com/53117-cang-lan-jue | Completed in 2023-06-21 |
Bossy Husband Who Loved Me | https://mydramalist.com/739247-fu-jun-qing-zi-zhong | Completed in 07/11/2023 | |
Love of Thousand Years | https://mydramalist.com/34088-the-killing-of-three-thousand-crows | Completed in 19/11/2023 | |
Autumn Fairy Tale | https://mydramalist.com/33260-autumn-fairy-tale | Completed in 21/11/2023 |
24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover | Progress:5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Wild Animal | https://mydramalist.com/32357-i-won-t-hurt-you | Completed in 25/12/2023 | |
Dating in the Kitchen | https://mydramalist.com/52139-like-you | Completed in 23/11/2023 | |
Light Colors | I Hear You | https://mydramalist.com/29000-i-hear-you | Completed in 25/09/2023 |
Hu Tong | https://mydramalist.com/698265-hu-tong | Completed in 28/12/2023 | |
Ga Doo Ri’s Sushi Restaurant | https://mydramalist.com/58433-ga-doo-ri-s-sushi-restaurant | Completed in 29/12/2023 |
Origin
-In the following habitat your mission is to find essentials from the countries of MDL. You get to choose either watch 5 titles from 5 different countries Or watch 7 titles from 7 different countries.
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 |
Please Don't Spoil Me Season 3 | https://mydramalist.com/720943-please-don-t-spoil-me-season-3 | Completed in 12/11/2023 | |
Drunken Master | https://mydramalist.com/2652-drunken-master | Completed in 27/10/2023 | |
As Long As We Both Shall Live | https://mydramalist.com/726653-my-happy-marriage | Completed in 05/11/2023 | |
The Hows of Us | https://mydramalist.com/28935-the-hows-of-us | Completed in 19/11/2023 | |
Sweet & Sour | https://mydramalist.com/40743-sweet-and-sour | Completed in 22/01/2023 | |
https://mydramalist.com/30142-it-started-with-a-kiss | Completed in 19/11/2023 | ||
Enigma | https://mydramalist.com/743905-enigma | Completed in 14/11/2023 |
Treats
This is where you gather treats, to use whenever you wish to avoid the paths given in a habitat. You come up with the treats on your own, they may not cover anything mentioned in this challenge (but you may use previous years' prompts for inspiration). Every time you start a new stage, you will be awarded a new number of treats according to the table below.
My Treats! | Plains Used: /5 | Forest Used: /4 | Mountain Used: /3 | Space Used: /2 | Black Hole Used: /1 | |
Route | Essential | Substitute for | Notes | Completed | ||
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2023 MDL Watch Challenge Sign-up Sheet |
Taxonomy |
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that according to type or genre.
1. Type | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR 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 | |||
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OR Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDL | |||
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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) | |||
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3. All About the Gen(r)es | Progress: | ||
Watch a title from one of the following genres Choice of Route. | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | All of us are dead | Sci-fi | |
OR | It's OK not to be OK | ||
OR | Summer Strike | ||
OR | We're Not Trash | ||
OR | Moving [finished] |
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. |
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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) | Nagi's Long Vacation | ||
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 / Male Lead OR Aggressive Female Lead /Male Lead |
12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
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 | |||
OR |
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 | |||
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 | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
Origin
-In the following habitat your mission is to find essentials from the countries of MDL. You get to choose either watch 5 titles from 5 different countries Or watch 7 titles from 7 different countries.
Note: You must gather essentials from all 7 countries in every environment if you wish to get to the next stage (environment) of the challenge. You may not use treats in the international habitat if you wish to get the TIGER badge.
25. Countries of MDL | Progress: | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Treats
This is where you gather treats, to use whenever you wish to avoid the paths given in a habitat. You come up with the treats on your own, they may not cover anything mentioned in this challenge (but you may use previous years' prompts for inspiration). Every time you start a new stage, you will be awarded a new number of treats according to the table below.
My Treats! | Plains Used: /5 | Forest Used: /4 | Mountain Used: /3 | Space Used: /2 | Black Hole Used: /1 | |
Route | Essential | Substitute for | Notes | Completed | ||
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MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet
Starting date: October 4, 2023
Link to your Drama list: tartlovr's watch 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 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 | Semantic Error | yes | |
OR | KinnPorsche Side Story | yes | |
OR Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDL | plus & minus | yes | |
OR | girl from nowhere | ||
Adapted from a manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic Or Adapted From a Novel / Book | bad buddy |
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 | |||
OR Mockumentary | |||
OR Inspired by Real Events / Real Person | |||
OR Historical genre + tag Based on True Story |
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