S I G N - U P     F O R M

Starting date: 07.04.2023

Completed date: 19.12.2023

Link to your Drama list: My List

Progress Habitat: 4/4 Complete

completed: 13 k-dramas, 2 j-drama, 2 c-dramas, 3 movies [my 2023 watched]

1. TypeComplete ✔︎
Choice of RouteEssentialsProgress
Web-SeriesNew Love Playlist (2022) Complete ✔︎
MovieSummer, Bus (2017)Complete ✔︎
Co-ProducedOne Piece (2023) Complete ✔︎
AnthologyOur Blues (2022) Complete ✔︎
Adapted from a webtoonWeak Hero Class 1 (2022)  Complete ✔︎
3. All ABout the Gen(r)esComplete ✔︎
Choice of RouteEssentialsProgress
HistoricalAlchemy of Souls (2022)Complete ✔︎
ComedyA Business Proposal (2022)Complete ✔︎
ThrillerImawa no Kuni no Alice Season 2 (2022)
Complete ✔︎
YouthTwinkling Watermelon (2023)
Complete ✔︎
ActionAlchemy of Souls Season 2 (2022)Complete ✔︎
9. Your Fanciers and Westminsters Complete ✔︎
Choice of RouteEssentialsProgress
Award-winningThe Witch: Part 1. (2018)
[Fantasporto Film Festival - where I'm from]
Complete ✔︎
Favourite actressesHidden Love (2023)
[Zhao Lusi]
Complete ✔︎
Favourite actorA Piece of Your Mind (2020)
[Jung Hae In]
Complete ✔︎
Award-winning actor Train to Busan (2016)
[Gong Yoo: Baeksang]
Complete ✔︎
Award-winning actressesUnder the Queen's Umbrella (2022)
[Kim Hye Soo: Baeksang]
Complete ✔︎
11. Finding a MateComplete ✔︎
Choice of RouteEssentialsProgress
First LoveSchool 2021 (2021)Complete ✔︎
Age Gap [Drama]Bite Sisters (2021)Complete ✔︎
Same-SexSemantic Error (2022) Complete ✔︎
Love at First SightWhen I Fly Towards You (2023) Complete ✔︎
Nice LeadMoving (2023) Complete ✔︎

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

 Web Series OR TV SHOW

Ha Ha Bus (2023)





MOVIE OR DRAMA SPECIAL

Chungking Express (1994)




Co-Produced OR Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDL

Our Beloved Summer (2021)

Choi Wooshik has Canadian nationality



Anthology OR Omnibus







Adapted from a manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic Or Adapted From a Novel / Book

Duty After School (2023)





2. Is it True?

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Advertisement  OR Educational (tries to teach viewers something-not the same as the school genre)

Juhan Shuttai! (2016)

Teaches about the publishing industry


Independent Film OR Propaganda

House of Hummingbird (2018)



Documentary Genre OR Mockumentary

Mystery 6 (2006)



Adapted from Folklore OR Inspired by Real Events / Real Person

Crime Scene Season 1 (2014)



Historical Fiction OR Historical genre  + tag Based on True Story

The Red Sleeve (2021)




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:  

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

in 2023 OR 1940-1959

The Glory Part 2 (2023)





1990-1999 OR the year a member on this page joined MDL (link to the account/challenge form)

Hot Stove League (2019)

Nicole_Stay joined MDL in 2019



2000-2010 OR the month (not necessarily the year) you were born

My Liberation Notes (2022)

MLN's first episode came out in April



year generated by this website OR 1950-1969

Be Melodramatic (2019)

Generated years were 1998, 2010, 2016, and 2019



2017-2022 OR 1970-1989

A River Runs Through It (2021)





5. Duration of The Hike

 Tutorial

Progress:

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

Short Length Series OR Short Film 

 Dating Class (2019)



DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes Or DRAMA with  30 episodes or more. 

Lighter & Princess (2022)

36 episodes


DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer.

Work Later, Drink Now (2021)

35 min/ep


DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts  180 minutes or longer. 

The Romance of Tiger and Rose (2020)

45 min/ep


DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes OR DRAMA with 8 episodes or less.  

The Glory (2022)

8 eps.


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




Different Timelines  OR Time Loop




Time Skip OR  Time Travel

Shining for One Thing (2022)



Winter OR Summer

Road Home (2023)



Fall  OR Spring





7. Sharing is Caring

Tutorials: 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

Changing Majors (2022)

Taken from Blair Tonkin's list



with less than 10,000 viewers OR ranked 1-1000 (if you have seen them all you can go for 1001)

Youth (2018)





DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list OR DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list

Positive Physique (2016)

6 eps



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





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)

About Us But Not About Us (2022)

 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).

Dear.M (2022)

From this voting 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 Westminsters

For 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 directorOR that has one of your favorite actresses

You Are My Glory (2021)

From Dilireba's filmography



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

Twenty-Twenty (2020)

From the same director of A-Teen (2018)



from an award-winning actress
OR by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before








MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet

 

Starting date: 20.4.2023 (from 1.1.2023 on)

Link to your Drama list: RoseQ Watchlist

Progress Habitat: 25 / 25

Essentials Watched: 127 / 127

Current stage and level:  Plains - Elephant

                                                          + 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

 Web Series

OR

 TV SHOW*

*at least 5 episodes

Watched all  
12 ep; I don't keep track of TV Shows on my MDL
watchlist



MOVIE

OR

DRAMA SPECIAL

-

Co-Produced 


OR 

Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDL

Thailand x       South Korea



Anthology 

OR 

Omnibus

-



Adapted from a manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic

Or

Adapted From a Novel / Book

-


2. Is it True?

Progress:  5 / 5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Advertisement 

OR 

Educational (tries to teach viewers something-not the same as the school genre)

-

Independent Film 

OR 

Propaganda

-

Documentary Genre


OR


 Mockumentary

I like the
maturity with which they
talk about
intimate
scenes in the
 series

Adapted from Folklore 

OR 

Inspired by Real Events / Real Person

There is also a full series
The Promise

Historical Fiction 

OR 

Historical genre  + tag Based on True Story

-


3. All About the Gen(r)es  

Progress: 5 / 5

Watch a title from one of the following genres

Choice of Route. 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Historical 

OR 

Sci-Fi 

-

Comedy 

OR

Tragedy

-

Thriller

OR

Romance

-

Youth 

OR

Political

-

Action 

OR

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   

Tutorial

Progress:  5 / 5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

in 2023

OR

1940-1959

-



1990-1999

OR

the year a member on this page joined MDL (link to the account/challenge form)

Joined April
2023
 
this is em

challenge


2000-2010

OR

the month (not necessarily the year) you were born

I'm a
December
baby!



year generated by this website

OR

1950-1969

It generated a date in the
year 2014



2017-2022

OR

1970-1989

Aired in 2019




5. Duration of The Hike

Tutorial

Progress: 5 / 5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 Short Length Series

 OR

 Short Film 

6 ep x 5/6min

DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes 

Or

DRAMA with  30 episodes or more. 

8ep x 20min

DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer.

1h 51min

DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts  180 minutes or longer. 

8 ep x 45 min

DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes

OR

DRAMA with 8 episodes or less.  

4 ep


6. Time Can Be Confusing 

Progress: 5 / 5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Full second season of a DRAMA

OR 

Only 1 episode of a DRAMA

-

Different Timelines  

OR 

Time Loop

There are at least 3
different
timelines

Time Skip 

OR  

Time Travel

Kiew travels from 1995
to the
present

Winter 

OR 

Summer

Bigger part
takes place
during
winter and
Christmas
holidays

Fall  

OR

Spring

Inernship
starts on
september
1st & lasts
three
months


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

Tutorials: 1  2  3

Progress: 5/ 5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

that has been on your PTW for longer than you can remember


OR

from the Watchlist of another user doing this challenge

It's the 2nd
season, but I didn't know
that, so I
added this
one to my
PTW



with less than 10,000 viewers

OR

ranked 1-1000 (if you have seen them all you can go for 1001)

It had 8601
viewers at
the time of
adding it
onto the list


DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list 

OR

DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list

It has 13
episodes,
everything
else on my
PTW has
either 12
episodes
or less 


mentioned in the MDL Forums

Or

mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds)

Feeds post 
that had me check out
the series


with the newest release date in your PTW list


OR

with a release date older than the oldest title in your Watchlist

It was the
only 2023
drama on my PTW that I
haven't yet
watched




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)

It was on the first page of "out now"
when I
started it

Trailer but
it's not
update



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).

Best Chinese Dramas

from your most viewed tags 

Or

from your least viewed genres under your profile stats

Tag: LGBTQ+



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)

Best Korean BL?



with over 10 Reviews

OR

with 0 Reviews when you started watching it

Watched it
from the
start, but it
still had no
reviews
when it
ended




9. Your Fanciers and Westminsters

For this habitat, we ask you to link to the award/person's page.

*List with awards

Progress:  5 / 5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

Award-winning

OR

by the same writer as one of your favorites

Inthira Thanasarnsumrit who also
wrote the
script for
Between Us


 

from an award-winning director

OR

that has one of your favorite actresses

Aye Sarunchana Apisamaimongkol



from an award-winning screenwriter

OR

that has one of your favorite actors

I really like
the whole
main cast:
First, Khao, Neo, Mark, Force, and
Book

from an award-winning actor

OR

by the same director as one of your favorite titles

Maya
Awards
2017: Star Couple of
the Year
Krist and
Singto



from an award-winning actress


OR

by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before

Director:  

Marut Sarowat






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

Exorcism

Ton's ex
ends up
causing
quite a bit of trouble

Cohabitation 

OR

Long Distance Relationship

Third and
Khai move
in together
for a while

Fluffy 

OR

Sexual Assault

TW:  rape  
scene is
violent and
can be hard to watch

Contract Relationship 

OR

Secret Relationship

It goes
from secret to public
and back to secret

Opposites Attract 

OR

Domestic Abuse

-


11. Finding a Mate

Progress: 5 / 5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

 First Love 

OR 

Nudity: one of the following Nudity/Sexual content | Brief Nudity | Prolonged Nudity | Partial Nudity | Mild Sexual Content | Sexual ContentExtreme Sexual Content

Multiple
first love
stories

Age Gap [Drama Life]  

OR 

Classmates' Relationship 

-

features a Heterosexual relationship  

OR 

Same-Sex relationship

-

Enemies to Lovers

OR 

Love at First Sight

Kang &
Sailom and Guy & Nawa

Nice Female Lead / Male Lead 

OR 

Aggressive Female Lead /Male  Lead


12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying

Progress: 5 / 5

Choice of Route  

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Slight Comedy 


OR


Black Comedy

TREAT # 1

Happy Ending 

OR 

features some type of Doomsday

-

Tragic Past 

OR 

Sketch Comedy

The main
characters
all share
tragic past

features a Celebration 

OR

Mourning

After
Tonkhao
dies, we see multiple
people
mourn her
death. 

 Healing 

OR

Suicide

Korn and
Intouch
commit
double
suicide


13. Seeing is Believing… and some other 

stuff

Progress: 5 / 5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

features a Religious Leader 

OR

Some type of God

Monk(s)
appear a
few times
as the
series
takes
place at a
temple

Misunderstanding 

OR

Character Development

Tian's
character
growth is
amazing

Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot 

OR

LGBTQ+

Does fit
both
routes

Suspense 

OR 

Slow Burn Story / Slow Burn Romance

TREAT #2

Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead 

OR 

Discrimination

Khabkluen was the
poular
student in high school



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 

On a Field  

OR 

On a Cliff

Suicide on
the cliff;
it's the
start of
the story

In the Woods 

OR

By the Sea

They spend a lot of time
talking
about them and their
plans by the
sea

In a Jungle 

OR 

On a Rooftop

The conflict resolution
scene takes place on a
rooftop

On a Mountain 

OR 

On an Island

Pretty
much the
whole
series
happens
on an
island

In a City 


OR


In a Small Town

The whole
story takes place in a
city


15. Humans Have So Many Things

Progress: 5 / 5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

An Umbrella

OR

A Backpack

Multiple
scenes
(including
the cover
scene)

A Truck  

OR

A Sports Car

Si picks
Jaojay in a red sports car

A Smartphone 

OR

A Phone Booth

Yim's
character
is caught
taking a
photo of
Tutor's
character

 ★

A Suit /Dress 

OR

A Hoodie

Lom is
wearing
his suit
when he
gets the
letter

A Book 

OR

A Crossbow

One of the first scenes between
Vee and
Mark takes place in
a library


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 

Child Actor/Actress 

OR 

Veteran Actor/Actress 

TREAT #3

Idol actor/ Idol actress 

OR

Former Child Actor/Actress 

Kim Jae
Han and S
hin Ye Chan are both
k-pop idols

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 

Veekit has
 face
blindness;
there is also a person
with
Alzheimer's

Public Figure  

OR

Hidden Identity

Mr. Lue


17. Camouflage?

Progress: 5 / 5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Athlete 

OR 

Artist

Gu Bu Xia
and Jiang
Chi are on
the
basketball
team

Glasses 

OR

Tattoos

Gene wears
glasses

Identity Swap 

OR

Body Swap

Win and
Lin swap
bodies

Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead


OR 

Criminal Female Lead/Criminal Male Lead

It has both a cop and a
criminal
maind
lead(s)

Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead

OR

Antihero/Antiheroine

TREAT #4


18. What Are You?  

Progress: 5 / 5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead 

OR 

Weak Female Lead / Weak Male Lead

Yu Shi

Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead 


OR


Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead

Rain is very naive

Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead 

OR

Clingy Female Lead/Clingy Male Lead

Hia Lian is
very cold
(at least at
the start of the series)

Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead 

OR 

Poor Female Lead/Poor Male Lead 

Both rich
and poor
male leads

Killer 

OR

Healer  

Miss Suzy's death was
not an
accident.
She was
murdered. 


Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash

-In the following  habitats your mission is to find essentials  that feature  the following things. Each route includes a link to a list with more detailed instructions. 

19. The Petting Zoo

Progress: 5 / 5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Pet  

OR 

Pest

They share a cat and
there is a
lizard in the bathroom
situation

Talking Pet  

OR

Animal Death

The kids'
pet pig

Zoo animal  

OR

Farm Animal

Kamol has
two "pet"
tigers

Veterinarian  

OR

Animal Control

Shadowing
the vet
while
writing the
script for a movie
(ep. 9 - 10)

Romantic Ride on a Horse  

OR

Horse Ridden to Out to War

One of the
"fantasies"
Pun has
about Ashi
(ep. 5)


20. Where the Humans Are…

Progress:  5 / 5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Human Turns into an Animal   

OR

Animal turns into a Human

-

Adorable animals 

OR 

Animal Attack

 Khondiao was
attacked by a tiger
when he
was a child. 

Animal in the Wild 

OR

Animal in a City

TREAT #5

Pet dressed in Clothes

OR 

Animal Abuse

Duer in
shark
costume
(ep. 2, ep. 3)


Second Lead Caring For Animals 

OR 

Antagonist Caring For Animals

Vegas has a hedgehog

 

21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die

Progress: 5 / 5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Funeral Director 

OR

Birth care (Postpartum care)

IVF process (Nim)

Virtual Reality  

OR 

Ghosts

Mon can
see ghosts, as can
Thames
while his
soul is
outside his body.

Corruption 

OR

Teamwork

Fits both.
The boys
are fighting again
different
injustices,
including
corruption.

Friendly Game  

OR

Death Game

They play
mobile
games and
are training for the
official
tournament

Friendship 

OR

Bullying

Haebom is
getting
bullied in
school


22. Who Am I When I Am With You?

Progress: 5 / 5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Colleagues 

OR

Inmates

Mon is
working
for Lady
Sam

Bromance 

OR 

Sismance

The friend group: Khai, Third, Two
and Bone

Parent-Child 

OR

Sibling 

Leo & Leon;
the twins

Assailant-Victim 

OR

Student-Teacher

The student council
members
have plenty interactions with their
teacher,
Seo Haet
Bit

Doctor-Patient 

OR

Soldier

Patis is a
doctor and we see him
interact
with his
patients a
few times


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 

OR  

Body Part 

-

Color 


OR


Emotion 

-

Object 

OR

Verb 

-

Animal

OR

Number 

-

Season

OR

Calendar-related word 

-


24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover   

Progress: 5 / 5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Domesticated Animal 


OR


Wild Animal 

There is a
drawing of a tiger (and of a dragon)

Flower 

OR 

Building 

Rose

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

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

China

-

Hong Kong

-

Japan

-

Philippines

-

South Korea

-

Taiwan

-

Thailand

-


Treats

This is where you  gather  treats, to use whenever you wish to avoid the paths given in a habitat. You come up with the treats  on your own, they may not cover anything mentioned in this challenge (but you may use previous years' prompts for inspiration). Every time you start a new stage, you will be awarded a new number of treats according to the table below. 

My Treats!

Plains

Used:

5/5

Forest

Used:

 /4

Mountain

Used:

 /3

Space

Used: 

/2

Black Hole

Used:

/1

Route

Essential

Substitute for

Notes

Completed

Watch the title with the
largest number of letters in the title on your
PTW list
Habitat 12 -
Slight comedy //
Black comedy
It has 28 letters in
the title
Watch the title with the
smallest
number of
letters on the
title in your
PTW list
Habitat 13 -
Suspense //
Slow Burn
It only has 4
letters in the title
Watch a title 
where the 
main focus is 
Someone famous in the music industry 
Habitat 16 -
Child actor //
Veteran actor

-
Watch a title
that completes a block in a
different
challenge
Habitat 17 -
Superhero lead //
Antihero
Completed the blush section in The Color Challeng
Watch a title 
whose genre 
is Music 
Habitat 20 -
Animal  in the wild // Animal in the city
-

2023 MDL Watch Challenge Sign-up Sheet

Starting date: April 28th

Drama list:

Progress Habitat:

MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet
 

Starting date: 30 April 2023

Link to your Drama list: Suzyki's Dramalist, Suzyki's 2023 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

 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


Nevertheless




5/7/2023

MOVIE

OR

DRAMA SPECIAL


Parasite (2019)




Co-Produced 

OR 

Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDL


Our Winter (2023)




START 8/9/2023

Anthology 

OR 

Omnibus


Persona (2019)





Adapted from a manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic

Or

Adapted From a Novel / Book


I'm Not a Robot






2. Is it True?

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Advertisement  

OR 

Educational (tries to teach viewers something-not the same as the school genre)




Independent Film 

OR 

Propaganda




Documentary Genre

OR

 Mockumentary




Adapted from Folklore 

OR 

Inspired by Real Events / Real Person




Historical Fiction 

OR 

Historical genre  + tag Based on True Story





3. All About the Gen(r)es  

Progress:

Watch a title from one of the following genres

Choice of Route. 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Historical 

OR 

Sci-Fi 




Comedy 

OR

Tragedy




Thriller

OR

Romance

Somebody

10/10 MUST WATCH!

8/9/2023

Youth 

OR

Political 




Action 

OR

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   

Tutorial

Progress:  

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

in 2023

OR

1940-1959







1990-1999

OR

the year a member on this page joined MDL (link to the account/challenge form)







2000-2010

OR

the month (not necessarily the year) you were born







year generated by this website

OR

1950-1969







2017-2022

OR

1970-1989








5. Duration of The Hike

 Tutorial

Progress:

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 Short Length Series

 OR

 Short Film 

 




DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes 

Or

DRAMA with  30 episodes or more. 




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




Different Timelines  

OR 

Time Loop




Time Skip 

OR  

Time Travel




Winter 

OR 

Summer




Fall  

OR

Spring





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

Tutorials: 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 Westminsters

For 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

Exorcism




Cohabitation 

OR

Long Distance Relationship




Fluffy 

OR

Sexual Assault




Contract Relationship 

OR

Secret Relationship




Opposites Attract 

OR

Domestic Abuse

 




11. Finding a Mate

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

 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




Age Gap [Drama Life]  

OR 

Classmates' Relationship 




features a Heterosexual relationship  

OR 

Same-Sex relationship




 Enemies to Lovers 

OR 

Love at First Sight




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




Happy Ending 

OR 

features some type of Doomsday




Tragic Past 

OR 

Sketch Comedy




features a Celebration 

OR

Mourning




 Healing 

OR

Suicide





13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

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:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

On a Field  

OR 

On a Cliff




In the Woods 

OR

By the Sea




In a Jungle 

OR 

On a Rooftop




On a Mountain 

OR 

On an Island




In a City 

OR

In a Small Town





15. Humans Have So Many Things

Progress:

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 

-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 

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

Completed 

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:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

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:

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 to Out to War





20. Where the Humans Are…

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

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:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Funeral Director 

OR

Birth care (Postpartum care)




Virtual Reality  

OR 

Ghosts




Corruption 

OR

Teamwork




Friendly Game  

OR

Death Game




Friendship 

OR

Bullying





22. Who Am I When I Am With You?

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

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:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

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:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

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: 

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

China


29/03/23

Hong Kong




Japan




Philippines




South Korea




Taiwan




Thailand





Treats

This is where you  gather  treats, to use whenever you wish to avoid the paths given in a habitat. You come up with the treats  on your own, they may not cover anything mentioned in this challenge (but you may use previous years' prompts for inspiration). Every time you start a new stage, you will be awarded a new number of treats according to the table below. 

My Treats!

Plains
Used:
/5
Forest
Used:
 /4
Mountain
Used:
 /3
Space
Used: 
/2
Black Hole
Used:
/1
RouteEssentialSubstitute forNotesCompleted


 


















❃MDL Watch Challenge 2023


Starting date: May 3rd

Link to your Drama list: here!

Progress Habitat: 16

Essentials : 80



Taxonomy 


In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that according to type or genre.



3. All About the Gen(r)es  

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route. 

Essentials 

Completed 

Sci-Fi 

The Witch Part 2

Comedy 

Confidential Assignment 2

Romance 

Do with all your heart

Political 

Hunt

Action

Decibel


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

Completed

in 2023

Night Has Come

1990-1999

An Affair

2000-2010

Midnight FM [2010]

year generated (2012)

The Tower

2017-2022

Connect


5. Duration of The Hike

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Completed

Short Length Series

 Kazua Library

DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes

Midnight Horror: Six nights

MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer.

 Confidential Assignment

DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes 

Yu Yu Hakusho

DRAMA with 8 episodes or less.

Takara-kun to Amagi-kun


6. Time Can Be Confusing 

Progress: 5/5 

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Completed 

Full second season of a DRAMA

Sweet Home 2

Different Timelines

Celebrity

Time Travel

My Perfect Stranger 

Summer

Imawa no Kuni no Alice 2

Fall

Sing My Crush


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. 


8. Examined…

Tutorial

Progress:  5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Completed

appearing in the first 5 pages of MDL Home Trailers section

In Love and Deep Water
Trailer

found on a Voting List in the list index

Strong Girl Nam Soon
Most disappointing dramas of 2023

from your most viewed tags (Death)

Ballerina

found mentioned in an  Article on MDL

Alienoid
21 Best Korean Action Movies of All Time

with 0 Reviews when you started watching it

Superpower Girl



9. Your Fanciers and Westminsters

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Completed

Award-winning

Tazza: The hidden card
(Best Feature Film , 2016 DramaFever awards)

that has one of your favorite actresses

The Vampire Lives Next Door to Us

from an award-winning screenwriter

When the Camellia Blooms
Im Sang Choon - Best screenwriter,  15th Seoul International Drama Awards

from an award-winning actor

Home School
(Gun, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, 24th Asian Television Awards)

by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before

Female Tazza



Getting up Close and Personal 


In the following habitats you are asked to find essentials that have to do with  relationships and the human experience most of these are tags, but in some cases we have  enclosed a list or used the words features so please pay attention. We would also like to warn sensitive participants , as some of the routes  below are indeed dark. but remember you can always choose a lighter route. 

10.  Kiss, F***, Kill, Exorcism…

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Completed 

Exorcism

Show me the ghost

Cohabitation

Transit Love

Sexual Assault

Re-memory

Secret Relationship

Shutter

Opposites Attract

This is not what I expected


12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route  

Essentials 

Completed 

Slight Comedy 

A violent Prosecutor

features some type of Doomsday

Zom 100

Tragic Past

The Closet

Mourning

Revenant

 Healing / Suicide

(s p o i l e r)The Cursed Lesson


13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Completed 

Some type of God 

Tale of the Nine-Tailed 1938

Misunderstanding

The Viewpoint

 LGBTQ+

Am I the Only One With Butterflies?

Suspense

Killer Toon

Discrimination

The secret of secret


The Main Attraction 


-In the following  habitats your mission is to find  essentials where one of the main characters  (listed as a main) either is/gets a/has a (...)  Each route will either include a a tag or a link to a list with more detailed instructions. 



17. Camouflage?

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Completed 

Athlete

Bloodhound

Glasses

My Lovely Liar
ML hiding behind a mask and his glasses

Identity Swap

Night of Love With You

Criminal Female Lead/Criminal Male Lead

Seoul Vibe

Superhero Male Lead

Moving



Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash


-In the following  habitats your mission is to find essentials  that feature  the following things. Each route includes a link to a list with more detailed instructions. 

 

21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Completed 

Funeral Director

May I Help You

Ghosts

Horror Delivery Service

Teamwork

Siren

Friendly Game

The Devil's Plan

Friendship

Summerdaze


22. Who Am I When I Am With You?

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Completed 

Colleagues

Daily Dose of Sunshine

Bromance

Miraculous Brothers

Sibling 

Manhole

Assailant-Victim

Money Heist

Soldier

Crash Landing on You


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 

Completed 

Body Part 

Big Mouth

Color 

Black Knight

Object 

Door Lock

Number 

See You In My 19th Life 

Calendar-related word 

Horror Monday


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: 5/5

Route

Essentials

Completed

China

Hidden Strike

Hong Kong



Japan

Bokura no Shokutaku

Philippines



South Korea

Blind

Taiwan

The Sadness

Thailand

Enigma

??? ????? ????????? ???? ????-?? ?????


Starting date: May 4th

Link to your Drama list: lvantxr

Progress Habitat: -

 

- ???????? 


1. Type

Progress: 4/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

TV SHOW

Running Man, Physical: 100, 


650, 651, 652 (RM), 1, 2 (P1)
X


MOVIE

Unlocked

Watched in March
X

Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDL

Meet Yourself

Crystal Liu



Anthology

Persona

05/05/2023


X

Adapted from a webtoon

Island

Watched in January


X


2. Is it True?

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Educational

Koi Desu: Yankee-kun to Hakujou Garu



Propaganda

The Long Way Home

01/05/2023

X

The Raincoat Killer



Inspired by Real Events

Yell



Historical Fiction

The Crowned Clown




3. All About the Gen(r)es 

Progress: 4/5

Choice of Route

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Sci-Fi 

Duty After School

Watched in April

X

Comedy

The Heavenly Idol

Watched on air

X

Romance

Crash Course in Romance

Watched on air


X

Youth 

All That We Loved



Action 

Alice in Borderland

Season 2

X


- ???? ?? ????????


4. Year of Origin 

Progress:  

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

In 2023

Our D-Day

2023

X

The year a member on this page joined MDL

Under the Queen's Umbrella

2022

X

The month you were born

Doctor Cha

April



Year generated by this website

Playful Kiss

2010



In 2017-2022


My Liberation Notes


2022




MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet

 

Starting date: 04/05/2023

Link to your Drama list: My Profile

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

 Web Series

OR

TV SHOW

thc





MOVIE

OR

DRAMA SPECIAL

sokp




Co-Produced 


OR 

Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDL





Anthology 

OR 

Omnibus





Adapted from a manga  / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic

Or

Adapted From a Novel / Book






2. Is it True?

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Advertisement  

OR 

Educational 



Independent Film 

OR 

Propaganda



Documentary Genre


OR


 Mockumentary



Adapted from Folklore 

OR 

Inspired by Real Events / Real Person

tlows

Historical Fiction 

OR 

Historical genre  + tag Based on True Story




3. All About the Genres  

Progress:

Watch a title from one of the following genres

Choice of Route. 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Historical 

OR 

Sci-Fi 

rhghr

Comedy 

OR

Tragedy

dwy

Action

OR

Life



Youth 

OR

Political 



Thriller

OR

Romance




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:  

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

in 2023

OR

1940-1959





1990-1999

OR

the year a member on this page joined MDL (link to the account/challenge form)


Link to the selected member profile.


2000-2010

OR

the month (not necessarily the year) you were born



June


year generated by this website

OR

1950-1969

Years generated
2019


2017-2022

OR

1970-1989






5. Duration of The Hike

 Tutorial

Progress:

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 Short Length Series

 OR

 Short Film 

 ods




DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes 

Or

DRAMA with  30 episodes or more. 

ngu

DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer.

 ht



DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts  180 minutes or longer. 

ch

DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes

OR

DRAMA with 8 episodes or less.  

sbs


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

dotp

Different Timelines  

OR 

Time Loop

reset

Time Skip 

OR  

Time Travel



Winter 

OR 

Summer



Fall  

OR

Spring




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

Tutorials: 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)

bor





with the newest release date in your PTW list


OR

with a release date older than the oldest title in your Watchlist

tli




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)

tpmr

https://mydramalist.com/755509-perfect-marriage-revenge/trailers/37931



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).

ktl

https://mydramalist.com/list/4q6aeer1



from your most viewed tags 

Or

from your least viewed genres under your profile stats

tloz


Romance


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)

sel


https://mydramalist.com/article/dream-drama-pairings-chinese-version
Xu Kai


with over 10 Reviews

OR

with 0 Reviews when you started watching it

fiy






9. Your Fanciers and Westminsters

For 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 favourites

ch

https://mydramalist.com/people/23740-rao-jun
Drama being Destined.


from an award-winning director

OR

that has one of your favourite actresses

sot

https://mydramalist.com/people/33785-zhou-ye



from an award-winning screenwriter

OR

that has one of your favourite actors

ianhttps://mydramalist.com/people/14831-hou-ming-hao



from an award-winning actor

OR

by the same director as one of your favourite titles

destined

https://mydramalist.com/people/41425-yin-tao
Who Rules The World


from an award-winning actress


OR

by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before


sp
https://mydramalist.com/people/67273-kim-jong-chang




Getting up Close and Personal 

In the following habitats you are asked to find essentials that have to do with  relationships and the human experience most of these are tags, but in some cases we have  enclosed a list or used the words features so please pay attention. We would also like to warn sensitive participants , as some of the routes  below are indeed dark. but remember you can always choose a lighter route. 

10.  Kiss, F***, Kill, Exorcism…

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back 

OR

Exorcism



Cohabitation 

OR

Long Distance Relationship



Fluffy 

OR

Sexual Assault



Contract Relationship 

OR

Secret Relationship



Opposites Attract 

OR

Domestic Abuse

 




11. Finding a Mate

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

 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



Age Gap [Drama Life]  

OR 

Classmates' Relationship 



features a Heterosexual  relationship  

OR 

Same-Sex relationship



 Enemies to Lovers 

OR 

Love at First Sight




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

mlm

Happy Ending 

OR 

features some type of Doomsday



Tragic Past 

OR 

Sketch Comedy



features a Celebration 

OR

Mourning



 Healing

OR

Suicide




13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

features a Religious Leader 

OR

Some type of God



Misunderstanding 

OR

Character Development

tlygm

 Female-Centred Plot / Male-Centred Plot 

OR

LGBTQ+

lp

Suspense 

OR 

Slow Burn Story / Slow Burn Romance

wifty

Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead 

OR 

Discrimination

bluming



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 

On a Field  

OR 

On a Cliff

mud

In the Woods 

OR

By the Sea

nlmg

In a Jungle 

OR 

On a Rooftop

yad

On a Mountain 

OR 

On an Island

os2 simm

In a City 


OR


In a Small Town

sahph


15. Humans Have So Many Things

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

An Umbrella 

OR

A Backpack

tkiar

A Truck  

OR

A Sports Car

mll

A Smartphone 

OR

A Phone Booth

abp

 

A Suit /Dress 

OR

A Hoodie

school 2017

A Book 

OR

A Crossbow

tt


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 

Child Actor/Actress 

OR 

Veteran Actor/Actress 

tlygm

Idol actor/ Idol actress 

OR

Former Child Actor/Actress 

rr

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)

hs

Able Bodied 

OR

Living with a disability 

smc

Public Figure 

OR

Hidden Identity

tlp


17. Camouflage?

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Athlete 

OR 

Artist

tfwy

Glasses 

OR

Tattoos

lw

Identity Swap 

OR

Body Swap

wcrg

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:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead 

OR 

Weak Female Lead / Weak Male Lead

lof

Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead 


OR


Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead

ajtl

Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead

OR

Clingy Female Lead/Clingy Male Lead

ha

Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead 

OR 

Poor Female Lead/Poor Male Lead 

ofl

Killer 

OR

Healer  

yhm


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 

Pet  

OR 

Pest

tsloms

Talking Pet  

OR

Animal Death

sokp

Zoo animal 

OR

Farm Animal

clw

Veterinarian  

OR

Animal Control

lp

Romantic Ride on a Horse  

OR

Horse Ridden to Out to War

wol


20. Where the Humans Are…

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Human Turns into an Animal   

OR

Animal turns into a Human

tac

Adorable animals 

OR 

Animal Attack

tsotm

Animal in the Wild 

OR

Animal in a City

hs

Pet dressed in Clothes 

OR 

Animal Abuse

iotbno

Second Lead Caring For Animals 

OR 

Antagonist Caring For Animals

mriag

 

21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Funeral Director 

OR

Birth care (Postpartum care)

lm,lmv

Virtual Reality  

OR 

Ghosts

trof

Corruption 

OR

Teamwork

cmb

Friendly Game  

OR

Death Game

tol

Friendship 

OR

Bullying

lom


22. Who Am I When I Am With You?

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Colleagues 

OR

Inmates

mml

Bromance 

OR 

Sismance

ados

Parent-Child 

OR

Sibling 

pm

Assailant-Victim 

OR

Student-Teacher

bts

Doctor-Patient 

OR

Soldier

tfd


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 

Celestial Body 

OR  

Body Part 

ss

Colour 


OR


Emotion 

tt

Object 

OR

Verb 

mca

Animal

OR

Number 

tes

Season 

OR

Calendar-related word 

cbaw


24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover   

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Domesticated Animal 


OR


Wild Animal 

lyst

Flower 

OR 

Building 

ey

Light Colours 

OR

Dark Colours 

ls

Rainbow 

OR

Door 

tscrm

Only Words 

OR 

Geometrical Shapes 

bmf


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

China




Japan




South Korea




Taiwan




Thailand





Treats

This is where you  gather  treats, to use whenever you wish to avoid the paths given in a habitat. You come up with the treats  on your own, they may not cover anything mentioned in this challenge (but you may use previous years' prompts for inspiration). Every time you start a new stage, you will be awarded a new number of treats according to the table below. 

My Treats!

Plains

Used:

/5

Forest

Used:

 /4

Mountain

Used:

 /3

Space

Used: 

/2

Black Hole

Used:

/1

Route

Essential

Substitute for

Notes

Completed


 




















MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet

Starting date: May 11, 2023
Link to your Drama list: 
https://mydramalist.com/dramalist/SuryaSunrise
Progress Habitat: 
// PTW ready for Habitat-1 and a Route in Habitat-3.


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

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

// Blue Birthday


-


-

MOVIE

OR

DRAMA SPECIAL

Oh! My Gran


May 13 1/1


Co-Produced 

OR 

Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDL


// Vanishing (2022)





Anthology 

OR 

Omnibus


// In the Name of God: A Holy Betrayal (2023)





Adapted from a manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic

Or

Adapted From a Novel / Book


// A Violent Prosecutor (2016)






2. Is it True?

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Advertisement  

OR 

Educational (tries to teach viewers something-not the same as the school genre)




Independent Film 

OR 

Propaganda




Documentary Genre

OR

 Mockumentary




Adapted from Folklore 

OR 

Inspired by Real Events / Real Person




Historical Fiction 

OR 

Historical genre  + tag Based on True Story





3. All About the Gen(r)es  

Progress:

Watch a title from one of the following genres

Choice of Route. 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Historical 

OR 

Sci-Fi 




Comedy 

OR

Tragedy

// Perhaps Love (2021)



Thriller

OR

Romance




Youth 

OR

Political 




Action 

OR

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   

Tutorial

Progress:  

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

in 2023

OR

1940-1959







1990-1999

OR

the year a member on this page joined MDL (link to the account/challenge form)







2000-2010

OR

the month (not necessarily the year) you were born







year generated by this website

OR

1950-1969







2017-2022

OR

1970-1989








5. Duration of The Hike

 Tutorial

Progress:

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 Short Length Series

 OR

 Short Film 

 




DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes 

Or

DRAMA with  30 episodes or more. 




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




Different Timelines  

OR 

Time Loop




Time Skip 

OR  

Time Travel




Winter 

OR 

Summer




Fall  

OR

Spring





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

Tutorials: 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 Westminsters

For 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

Exorcism




Cohabitation 

OR

Long Distance Relationship




Fluffy 

OR

Sexual Assault




Contract Relationship 

OR

Secret Relationship




Opposites Attract 

OR

Domestic Abuse

 




11. Finding a Mate

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

 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




Age Gap [Drama Life]  

OR 

Classmates' Relationship 




features a Heterosexual relationship  

OR 

Same-Sex relationship




 Enemies to Lovers 

OR 

Love at First Sight




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




Happy Ending 

OR 

features some type of Doomsday




Tragic Past 

OR 

Sketch Comedy




features a Celebration 

OR

Mourning




 Healing 

OR

Suicide





13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

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:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

On a Field  

OR 

On a Cliff




In the Woods 

OR

By the Sea




In a Jungle 

OR 

On a Rooftop




On a Mountain 

OR 

On an Island




In a City 

OR

In a Small Town





15. Humans Have So Many Things

Progress:

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 

-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 

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

Completed 

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:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

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:

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 to Out to War





20. Where the Humans Are…

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

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:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Funeral Director 

OR

Birth care (Postpartum care)




Virtual Reality  

OR 

Ghosts




Corruption 

OR

Teamwork




Friendly Game  

OR

Death Game




Friendship 

OR

Bullying





22. Who Am I When I Am With You?

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

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:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

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:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

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: 

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

China



Hong Kong




Japan




Philippines




South Korea




Taiwan




Thailand





Treats

This is where you  gather  treats, to use whenever you wish to avoid the paths given in a habitat. You come up with the treats  on your own, they may not cover anything mentioned in this challenge (but you may use previous years' prompts for inspiration). Every time you start a new stage, you will be awarded a new number of treats according to the table below. 

My Treats!

Plains
Used:
/5
Forest
Used:
 /4
Mountain
Used:
 /3
Space
Used: 
/2
Black Hole
Used:
/1
RouteEssentialSubstitute forNotesCompleted


 



















MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet

 

Starting date: 17/05/2023

Link to your Drama list: katherine's watchlist

Progress Habitat: 18

 

Taxonomy 

In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that according to type or genre. 

1. Type

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

Web Series

OR

 TV SHOW*

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

1 Vs 100 Dream Boys


[✓]

MOVIE

OR

DRAMA SPECIAL


The Mystic Nine: Qing Shan Hai Tang


[✓]

Co-Produced 


OR 

Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDL

Mr. Sunshine

one of the supporting actors David McInnis is American

[✓]

Anthology 

OR 

Omnibus

Midnight Horror: Six Nights

[✓]

Adapted from a manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic

Or

Adapted From a Novel / Book


Maiko-san Chi no Makanai-san



[✓]


2. Is it True?

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Advertisement  

OR 

Educational (tries to teach viewers something-not the same as the school genre)

not part of the list linked, but has the educational tag[✓]

Independent Film 

OR 

Propaganda


[✓]

Documentary Genre


OR


 Mockumentary



[✓]

Adapted from Folklore 

OR 

Inspired by Real Events / Real Person

Han Zi Gao was a real person[✓]

Historical Fiction 

OR 

Historical genre  + tag Based on True Story


[✓]


3. All About the Gen(r)es  

Progress: 5/5

Watch a title from one of the following genres

Choice of Route. 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Historical 

OR 

Sci-Fi 


[✓]

Comedy 

OR

Tragedy


[✓]

Thriller

OR

Romance

Perfume[✓]

Youth 

OR

Political 


[✓]

Action 

OR

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   

Tutorial

Progress:  5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

in 2023

OR

1940-1959



[✓]

1990-1999

OR

the year a member on this page joined MDL (link to the account/challenge form)

Ivantxr joined in 2021

[✓]

2000-2010

OR

the month (not necessarily the year) you were born


Damo

2003

[✓]

year generated by this website

OR

1950-1969

Aired: Jul 4, 2015 - Sep 5, 2015
generated:
  • Tuesday, 11 May 1993
  • Saturday, 5 April 2003
  • Friday, 12 December 2003
  • Wednesday, 27 November 2013
  • Thursday, 15 October 2015 
[✓]

2017-2022

OR

1970-1989


Kairos


[✓]


5. Duration of The Hike

 Tutorial

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 Short Length Series

 OR

 Short Film 

 

All the Liquors[✓]

DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes 

Or

DRAMA with  30 episodes or more. 


[✓]

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: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Full second season of a DRAMA

OR 

Only 1 episode of a DRAMA


[✓]

Different Timelines  

OR 

Time Loop


[✓]

Time Skip 

OR  

Time Travel


[✓]

Winter 

OR 

Summer

Summer Strike

oops the tags linked don't work anymore

[✓]

Fall  

OR

Spring

One Sping Night[✓]


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

Tutorials: 1  2  3

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

that has been on your PTW for longer than you can remember


OR

from the Watchlist of another user doing this challenge




[✓]

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


One Day Off

[✓]

mentioned in the MDL Forums

Or

mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds)



feeds link

[✓]

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: 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)



Sweet Games

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).

list no. 51

[✓]

from your most viewed tags 

Or

from your least viewed genres under your profile stats



tag: death

[✓]

with someone or something mentioned in a Game on MDL (add a link to the game)

Or

found mentioned in an  Article on MDL (add a link to the article)

Heroes

article


[✓]

with over 10 Reviews

OR

with 0 Reviews when you started watching it





[✓]


9. Your Fanciers and Westminsters

For this habitat, we ask you to link to the award/person's page.

*List with awards

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

Award-winning

OR

by the same writer as one of your favorites


same writer as Flower Of Evil
Yoo Jung Hee

[✓]

from an award-winning director

OR

that has one of your favorite actresses

Yang Cha o Yue[✓]

from an award-winning screenwriter

OR

that has one of your favorite actors


Zhang Zhe Han
[✓]

from an award-winning actor

OR

by the same director as one of your favorite titles


same director pair as Tale Of the Nine-Tailed
Jo Nam Hyung
Kang Shi Hyo


[✓]

from an award-winning actress


OR

by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before


Zhao Lin[✓]


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

Exorcism


[✓]

Cohabitation 

OR

Long Distance Relationship


[✓]

Fluffy 

OR

Sexual Assault


[✓]

Contract Relationship 

OR

Secret Relationship


[✓]

Opposites Attract 

OR

Domestic Abuse


[✓]


11. Finding a Mate

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

 First Love 

OR 

Nudity: one of the following Nudity/Sexual content | Brief Nudity | Prolonged Nudity | Partial Nudity | Mild Sexual Content | Sexual ContentExtreme Sexual Content

no nudity for me, thank you[✓]

Age Gap [Drama Life]  

OR 

Classmates' Relationship 

Forbidden Flower[✓]

features a Heterosexual relationship  

OR 

Same-Sex relationship


[✓]

 Enemies to Lovers 

OR 

Love at First Sight

Call It Love[✓]

Nice Female LeadMale Lead 

OR 

Aggressive Female Lead /Male  Lead


[✓]


12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route  

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Slight Comedy 


OR


Black Comedy

Big Forest[✓]

Happy Ending 

OR 

features some type of Doomsday

Back from the Brink[✓]

Tragic Past 

OR 

Sketch Comedy


[✓]

features a Celebration 

OR

Mourning

Delivery Man[✓]

 Healing 

OR

Suicide

Love You Seven Times[✓]


13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

features a Religious Leader 

OR

Some type of God

Deity Male Lead[✓]

Misunderstanding 

OR

Character Development

Wulin Heroes[✓]

 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: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

On a Field  

OR 

On a Cliff


[✓]

In the Woods 

OR

By the Sea


[✓]

In a Jungle 

OR 

On a Rooftop



[✓]

On a Mountain 

OR 

On an Island


[✓]

In a City 


OR


In a Small Town


[✓]


15. Humans Have So Many Things

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

An Umbrella 

OR

A Backpack

Umbrella
Blood Of Youth
Scarlet Heart

[✓] 

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: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Child Actor/Actress 

OR 

Veteran Actor/Actress 


Go Doo Shim
[✓]

Idol actor/ Idol actress 

OR

Former Child Actor/Actress 

Royal Rumours[✓]

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

FL is a best-selling author [✓]


17. Camouflage?

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

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



[✓]



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 

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





 

21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die

Progress: 3/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Funeral Director 

OR

Birth care (Postpartum care)




Virtual Reality  

OR 

Ghosts


[✓]

Corruption 

OR

Teamwork


[✓]

Friendly Game  

OR

Death Game




Friendship 

OR

Bullying


[✓]


22. Who Am I When I Am With You?

Progress: 3/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Colleagues 

OR

Inmates


[✓]

Bromance 

OR 

Sismance


[✓]

Parent-Child 

OR

Sibling 

Brothers' relationship

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: 2/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Celestial Body 

OR  

Body Part 

Moon[✓]

Color 


OR


Emotion 




Object 

OR

Verb 




Animal

OR

Number 

3[✓]

Season 

OR

Calendar-related word 





24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover   

Progress: 2/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

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: 

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

China




Hong Kong




Japan




Philippines




South Korea




Taiwan




Thailand





Treats

This is where you  gather  treats, to use whenever you wish to avoid the paths given in a habitat. You come up with the treats  on your own, they may not cover anything mentioned in this challenge (but you may use previous years' prompts for inspiration). Every time you start a new stage, you will be awarded a new number of treats according to the table below. 

My Treats!

Plains

Used:

/5

Forest

Used:

 /4

Mountain

Used:

 /3

Space

Used: 

/2

Black Hole

Used:

/1

Route

Essential

Substitute for

Notes

Completed


 



















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MDL'S 2023 WATCH CHALLENGE SIGN-UP SHEET

Starting Date: 5/25/23
Link to your Drama List:  Click me!
Goal: Red Panda Plains
Progress: 0/16 Habits

Drama: 4/?
Movie: X/?
TV Show: X/?
Drama Special: X/?
Treats: 0



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 

Historical 

OR 

Sci-Fi 




XX/XX/23

Comedy 

OR

Tragedy




Thriller

OR

Romance




✓ 06/27/23

Youth 

OR

Political 




XX/XX/23

Action 

OR

Life




XX/XX/23


11. Finding a Mate

Progress: 2/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

 First Love 

OR 

Nudity: one of the following Nudity/Sexual content | Brief Nudity | Prolonged Nudity | Partial Nudity | Mild Sexual Content | Sexual ContentExtreme Sexual Content






✓ 06/10/23

Age Gap [Drama Life]  

OR 

Classmates' Relationship 




XX/XX/23

Features a Heterosexual relationship  

OR 

Same-Sex relationship




✓ 05/28/23

Enemies to Lovers 

OR 

Love at First Sight




XX/XX/23

Nice Female Lead  Male Lead 

OR 

Aggressive  Female Lead Male  Lead



XX/XX/23


16. Who Are We?

Progress: 0/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Child Actor/Actress 

OR 

Veteran Actor/Actress 




XX/XX/23

Idol actor/ Idol actress 

OR

Former Child Actor/Actress 




XX/XX/23

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)




XX/XX/23

Able Bodied 

OR

Living with a disability 




XX/XX/23

Public Figure  

OR

Hidden Identity



XX/XX/23


20. Where the Humans Are…

Progress: 0/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Human Turns into an Animal   

OR

Animal turns into a Human



(O) Currently Watching



XX/XX/23

Adorable animals 

OR 

Animal Attack



XX/XX/23

Animal in the Wild 

OR

Animal in a City




XX/XX/23

Pet dressed in Clothes

OR 

Animal Abuse



(O) Currently Watching 



XX/XX/23

Second Lead Caring For Animals 

OR 

Antagonist Caring For Animals



XX/XX/23


22. Who Am I When I Am With You?

Progress: 1/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Colleagues 

OR

Inmates




✓ 05/08/23

Bromance 

OR 

Sismance




XX/XX/23

Parent-Child 

OR

Sibling 




XX/XX/23

Assailant-Victim 

OR

Student-Teacher




XX/XX/23

Doctor-Patient 

OR

Soldier


XX/XX/23

MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet

Starting date: January 1st

Link to my Drama list: Tina's My Drama List

Progress Habitat:  25/25

Essentials Watched: 127/127


Treats: 1


Taxonomy 

In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that according to type or genre. 

1. Type

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 Web Series

 TV SHOW

E.M.S Earth - Mix Space Season 1 (2021)

21.03.2023

MOVIE

DRAMA SPECIAL

Start-Up (2019)

21.05.2023

Co-Produced 

NOT on MDL

Plus & Minus (2022)

Co-production between Taiwan and Japan

15.02.2023

Anthology 

Omnibus

Our Skyy (2018)

18.04.2023

Adapted from a manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic

Adapted From a Novel / Book

2gether (2020)

03.02.2023


2. Is it True?

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Advertisement  

Educational

Magic of Zero (2022)

30.03.2023

Independent Film 

Propaganda

Descendants of the Sun (2016)

24.01.2023

Documentary Genre

 Mockumentary

Cutie Pie: Behind Cutie Pie (2022)

19.03.2023

Adapted from Folklore 

Inspired by Real Events / Real Person

Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo (2016)

18.01.2023

Historical Fiction 

Historical genre  + tag Based on True Story

100 Days My Prince (2018)

12.01.2023


3. All About the Gen(r)es  

Progress: 5/5

Watch a title from one of the following genres

Choice of Route. 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Historical 

Sci-Fi 

Love in the Moonlight (2016)

01.02.2023

Comedy 

Tragedy

Alchemy of Souls (2022)

16.01.2023

Thriller

Romance

Hotel del Luna (2019)

11.10.2023

Youth 

Political 

My ID Is Gangnam Beauty (2018)

20.05.2023

Action 

Life

Why R U? (2020)

30.05.2023


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 Origin   

Tutorial

Progress:  5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

in 2023

1940-1959

Destiny Seeker (2023)

27.04.2023

1990-1999

the year a member on this page joined MDL (link to the account/challenge form)

Zenra Meshi (2023)

RoseQ´s Profile - joined 2023

11.07.2023

2000-2010

the month (not necessarily the year) you were born

Coffee Prince (2007)

02.02.2023

year generated by this website

1950-1969

A Love So Beautiful (2020)

Got the years:2000, 2004,
2007, 2016, 

2020

25.01.2023

2017-2022

1970-1989

It's Okay to Not Be Okay (2020)

14.02.2023


5. Duration of The Hike

 Tutorial

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 Short Length Series

 Short Film 


Step for You (2018)

22.01.2023

DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes 

DRAMA with  30 episodes or more.

Extraordinary You (2019)

32 episodes

25.04.2023

DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes

MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer.

Ai Long Nhai: The Endless Love (2023)

25.05.2023

DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes

MOVIE that lasts 180 minutes or longer. 

A Boss and a Babe (2023)

19.05.2023

DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes

DRAMA with 8 episodes or less.  

Our Dating Sim (2023)

30.03.2023


6. Time Can Be Confusing 

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Full second season of a DRAMA

Only 1 episode of a DRAMA

Dr. Romantic Season 2 (2020)

09.01.2023

Different Timelines  

Time Loop

Triage (2022)

09.04.2023

Time Skip 

Time Travel

Past-Senger (2023)

30.07.2023

Winter 

Summer

Summer Strike (2022)

07.05.2023

Fall  

Spring

Oh! My Assistant (2022)

02.01.2023


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 Caring

Tutorials: 1  2  3

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

that has been on your PTW for longer than you can remember

from the Watchlist of another user doing this challenge

Big Dragon (2022)

katherine197

01.05.2023

with less than 10,000 viewers

ranked 1-1000 (if you have seen them all you can go for 1001)

My School President (2022)

Ranked:
#411

16.03.2023

DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list 

DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list

The Luminous Solution (2023)

Episodes: 6

12.07.2023

mentioned in the MDL Forums

mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds)

What's Wrong with Secretary Kim (2018)

Drama with sexual tension

12.03.2023

with the newest release date in your PTW list

with a release date older than the oldest title in your Watchlist

Hidden Agenda (2023)

Airs: 
Jul 9, 2023 - Sept 24

24.9.2023


8. Examined…

Tutorial

Progress:  5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

on your Recommendations page (add a link to the page) 

appearing in the first 5 pages of MDL Home Trailers section (add a link to the trailer)

A shoulder to cry on

05.04.2023
and
05.06.2023

found on a Custom List (add a link to the list).

found on a Voting List in the list index (add a link to the list).

Our Beloved Summer (2021)

Dramas That Give You Butterflies

20.04.2023

from your most viewed tags

from your least viewed genres under your profile stats

La Cuisine (2022)

Tag: LGBTQ+

12.07.2023

with someone or something mentioned in a Game on MDL (add a link to the game)

found mentioned in an  Article on MDL (add a link to the article)

Never Let Me Go (2022)

Upcoming GMMTV Thai Shows

15.03.2023

with over 10 Reviews

with 0 Reviews when you started watching it

Cupid's Last Wish (2022)

25.02.2023


9. Your Fanciers and Westminsters

For 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

by the same writer as one of your favorites

Naughty Babe (2023)
who also wrote Cutie Pie

22.10.2023

from an award-winning director

that has one of your favorite actresses

Squid Game (2021)Baeksang Arts Award for Best Director – Television

02.07.2023

from an award-winning screenwriter

that has one of your favorite actors

The Bride of Habaek (2017)Nam Joo hyuk

16.06.2023

from an award-winning actor

by the same director as one of your favorite titles

My Only 12% (2022)
who also directed A Boss and A Babe

19.07.2023

from an award-winning actress

by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before


I Hear Your Voice (2013)Lee Bo Young

29.01.2023


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 

Exorcism

TharnType (2019)

23.02.2023

Cohabitation 

Long Distance Relationship

Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!: The Movie (2022

10.02.2023

Fluffy 

Sexual Assault

Manner of Death (2020)

08.05.2023

Contract Relationship 

Secret Relationship

Bad Buddy (2021)

26.02.2023

Opposites Attract 

Domestic Abuse

Semantic Error (2022)

17.05.2023


11. Finding a Mate

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

 First Love 

Nudity: one of the following Nudity/Sexual content | Brief Nudity | Prolonged Nudity | Partial Nudity | Mild Sexual Content | Sexual ContentExtreme Sexual Content

Goblin (2016)

29.04.2023

Age Gap [Drama Life]  

Classmates' Relationship 

Cherry Blossoms After Winter (2022)

15.05.2023

features a Heterosexual relationship  

Same-Sex relationship

Strong Woman Do Bong Soon (2017)

03.05.2023

 Enemies to Lovers 

Love at First Sight

The Eighth Sense (2023)

26.04.2023

Nice Female Lead /  Male Lead  

Aggressive  Female Lead / Male  Lead

SOTUS (2016)

03.04.2023


12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route  

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Slight Comedy 

Black Comedy

Love All Play (2022)

17.10.2023

Happy Ending 

features some type of Doomsday

Bokura no Micro na Shuumatsu (2023)

29.03.2023

Tragic Past 

Sketch Comedy

Oh My Venus (2015)

02.07.2023

features a Celebration 

Mourning

TharnType Season 2 Special: The Wedding Day (2021)

25.02.2023

 Healing 

Suicide

Bokura no Shokutaku (2023)

17.06.2023


13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

features a Religious Leader 

Some type of God

Doom at Your Service (2021)

09.07.2023

Misunderstanding 

Character Development

A Tale of Thousand Stars (2021)

17.02.2023

Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot 

LGBTQ+

Enchanté (2022)

22.03.2023

Suspense 

Slow Burn Story / Slow Burn Romance

Soundtrack #1 (2022)

02.06.2023

 Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead 

Discrimination

Your Name Engraved Herein (2020)

17.06.2023



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).  

14. Where Are We?     

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

On a Field  

On a Cliff

KinnPorsche (2022)

08.04.2023

In the Woods 

By the Sea

The Director Who Buys Me Dinner (2022)

20.01.2023

In a Jungle 

On a Rooftop

Not Me (2021)

25.02.2023

On a Mountain 

On an Island

Our Skyy 2: Bad Buddy x A Tale of Thousand Stars (2023)

07.06.2023

In a City 

In a Small Town

Love Tractor (2023)

28.06.2023


15. Humans Have So Many Things

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

An Umbrella 

A Backpack

I'm Not a Robot (2017)

11.06.2023

A Truck  

A Sports Car

Cinderella and the Four Knights (2016)

22.06.2023

A Smartphone 

A Phone Booth

Crash Course in Romance (2023)

 14.05.2023

A Suit /Dress 

A Hoodie

The Eclipse (2022)

20.03.2023

A Book 

A Crossbow

Seven Days: Monday - Thursday (2015)

10.07.2023


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 

Child Actor/Actress 

Veteran Actor/Actress

Method (2017)

Park Sung Woong been inbusiness for 26 years

20.01.2023

Idol actor/ Idol actress 

Former Child Actor/Actress 

Utsukushii Kare (2021)

Yagi Yusei

05.03.2023

Trans gender identity  (different than the gender assigned to them at birth)  

Cis gender Identity   (same as the gender assigned to them at birth)

Lipstick (2019)

24.07.2023

Able Bodied 

Living with a disability 

The Good Bad Mother (2023)

05.08.2023

Public Figure  

Hidden Identity

My Love from the Star (2013)

08.02.2023


17. Camouflage?

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Athlete 

Artist

You're My Sky (2022)

27.01.2023

Glasses 

Tattoos

Secret Crush on You (2022)

02.03.2023

Identity Swap 

Body Swap

Vice Versa (2022)

17.03.2023

Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead

Criminal Female Lead/Criminal Male Lead

HIStory3: Trapped (2019)

21.03.2023

Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead

Antihero/Antiheroine

Alchemy of Souls Season 2: Light and Shadow (2022)

04.03.2023


18. What Are You?  

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead 

Weak Female Lead / Weak Male Lead

Lighter & Princess (2022)

19.09.2023

Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead 

Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead

Touch Your Heart (2019)

21.2.2023

Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead 

Clingy Female Lead/Clingy Male Lead

Unintentional Love Story (2023)

14.04.2023

Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead 

Poor Female Lead/Poor Male Lead 

Cutie Pie (2022)

22.02.2023

Killer 

Healer  

Long Time No See (2017)

20.01.2023


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 

Pet  

OR 

Pest

Because This Is My First Life (2017)

25.06.2023

Talking Pet  

Animal Death

Star and Sky: Sky in Your Heart (2022)

15.08.2023

Zoo animal  

Farm Animal

A Distant Place (2020)

05.02.2023

Veterinarian  

Animal Control

La Pluie (2023)

15.07.2023

Romantic Ride on a Horse  

Horse Ridden to Out to War

My Tooth Your Love (2022)

13.04.2023


20. Where the Humans Are…

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Human Turns into an Animal   

Animal turns into a Human

Choco Milk Shake (2022)

08.01.2023

Adorable animals 

Animal Attack

Kieta Hatsukoi (2021)

28.02.2023

Animal in the Wild 

Animal in a City

The Secret Romantic Guesthouse (2023)

04.11.2023

Pet dressed in Clothes 

Animal Abuse

Back (2022)

24.07.2023

Second Lead Caring For Animals 

Antagonist Caring For Animals

Senior Secret Love: Puppy Honey (2016)

31.03.2023

 

21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die

Progress: 4/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Funeral Director 

Birth care (Postpartum care)

My treats! New route: Reality show with K-pop:
Loading One More Chanx (2021)

06.10.2023

Virtual Reality  

Ghosts

He's Coming to Me (2019)

23.3.2023

Corruption 

Teamwork

Ameiro Paradox (2022)

14.02.2023

Friendly Game 

Death Game

You Are My Glory (2021)

30.09.2023

Friendship 

Bullying

Between Us (2022)

19.06.2023


22. Who Am I When I Am With You?

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Colleagues 

Inmates

Old Fashion Cupcake (2022)

09.02.2023

Bromance 

Sismance

Theory of Love (2019)

22.03.2023

Parent-Child 

Sibling 

Forecasting Love and Weather (2022)

20.01.2023

Assailant-Victim 

Student-Teacher

Minato Shouji Coin Laundry (2022)

10.07.2023

Doctor-Patient 

Soldier

D.P. Season 2 (2023)

27.10.2023


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  

Body Part 

Star and Sky: Star in My Mind (2022)

11.03.2023

Color 

Emotion 

DNA Says Love You (2022)

01.04.2023

Object 

Verb 

Until We Meet Again (2019)

26.03.2023

Animal

Number 


Moonlight Chicken (2023)

10.03.2023

Season 

Calendar-related word 

Tokyo in April is... (2023)

04.08.2023


24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover   

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Domesticated Animal 

Wild Animal 

Unforgotten Night (2022)

31.05.2023

Flower 

Building 

My Engineer (2020)

09.08.2023

Light Colors 

Dark Colors 

His - Koisuru Tsumori Nante Nakatta (2019)

12.05.2023

Rainbow 

Door 

YYY (2020)

10.05.2023

Only Words 

Geometrical Shapes 

Water Boyy (2017)

26.08.2023


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

China

Falling in Love with a Rival (2015)

23.06.2023

Hong Kong

Stay Still (2023)

02.09.2023

Japan

Silhouette of Your Voice (2017)

05.07.2023

Philippines

Aedan (2023)

01.08.2023

South Korea

Sing My Crush (2023)

03.08.2023

Taiwan

Bro and Me (2019)

18.05.2023

Thailand

Wedding Plan (2023)

30.08.2023


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:
1/5
Forest
Used:
 /4
Mountain
Used:
 /3
Space
Used: 
/2
Black Hole
Used:
/1
RouteEssentialSubstitute forNotesCompleted

Realityshow with K-pop

21. Friendly ways to live or die  - Funeral director or Birth care

Loading One More Chanx (2021)

06.10.2023



MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet

 

Starting date: 5-June-2023

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

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

 Web Series

OR

 TV SHOW*

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







MOVIE

OR

DRAMA SPECIAL






Co-Produced 


OR 

Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDL







Anthology 

OR 

Omnibus







Adapted from a mangawebtoonmanhuamanhwa / Comic

Or

Adapted From a NovelBook








2. Is it True?

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Advertisement  

OR 

Educational (tries to teach viewers something-not the same as the school genre)




Independent Film 

OR 

Propaganda




Documentary Genre


OR


 Mockumentary




Adapted from Folklore 

OR 

Inspired by Real EventsReal Person




Historical Fiction 

OR 

Historical genre  + tag Based on True Story





3. All About the Gen(r)es  

Progress:

Watch a title from one of the following genres

Choice of Route. 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Historical 

OR 

Sci-Fi 




Comedy 

OR

Tragedy




Thriller

OR

Romance




Youth 

OR

Political 




Action 

OR

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   

Tutorial 

Progress:  

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

in 2023

OR

1940-1959







1990-1999

OR

the year a member on this page joined MDL (link to the account/challenge form)







2000-2010

OR

the month (not necessarily the year) you were born







year generated by this website

OR

1950-1969







2017-2022

OR

1970-1989








5. Duration of The Hike

 Tutorial 

Progress:

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 Short Length Series

 OR

 Short Film 

 




DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes 

Or

DRAMA with  30 episodes or more. 




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




Different Timelines  

OR 

Time Loop




Time Skip 

OR  

Time Travel




Winter 

OR 

Summer




Fall  

OR

Spring





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

Tutorials: 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 Westminsters

For 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. 


11. Finding a Mate

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

 First Love 

OR 

Nudity: one of the following Nudity/Sexual contentBrief NudityProlonged NudityPartial NudityMild Sexual ContentSexual ContentExtreme Sexual Content




Age Gap [Drama Life]  

OR 

Classmates' Relationship 




features a Heterosexual relationship  

OR 

Same-Sex relationship




 Enemies to Lovers 

OR 

Love at First Sight




Nice Female LeadMale 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




Happy Ending 

OR 

features some type of Doomsday




Tragic Past 

OR 

Sketch Comedy




features a Celebration 

OR

Mourning




 Healing 

OR

Suicide





13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

features a Religious Leader 

OR

Some type of God




Misunderstanding 

OR

Character Development




 Female-Centered PlotMale-Centered Plot 

OR

LGBTQ+




Suspense 

OR 

Slow Burn StorySlow Burn Romance




 Popular Male LeadPopular 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:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

On a Field  

OR 

On a Cliff




In the Woods 

OR

By the Sea




In a Jungle 

OR 

On a Rooftop




On a Mountain 

OR 

On an Island




In a City 


OR


In a Small Town





15. Humans Have So Many Things

Progress:

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 

-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 

Child Actor/Actress 

OR 

Veteran Actor/Actress 




Idol actorIdol 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







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 

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





 

21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Funeral Director 

OR

Birth care (Postpartum care)




Virtual Reality  

OR 

Ghosts




Corruption 

OR

Teamwork




Friendly Game  

OR

Death Game




Friendship 

OR

Bullying





22. Who Am I When I Am With You?

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

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:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

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:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

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: 

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

China




Hong Kong




Japan




Philippines




South Korea




Taiwan




Thailand





Treats

This is where you  gather  treats, to use whenever you wish to avoid the paths given in a habitat. You come up with the treats  on your own, they may not cover anything mentioned in this challenge (but you may use previous years' prompts for inspiration). Every time you start a new stage, you will be awarded a new number of treats according to the table below. 

My Treats!

Plains

Used:

/5

Forest

Used:

 /4

Mountain

Used:

 /3

Space

Used: 

/2

Black Hole

Used:

/1

Route

Essential

Substitute for

Notes

Completed


 




















˗ˋˏ°• MDL WATCH CHALLENGE 2023 •°ˎˊ˗

start date - june 6th, 2023link to drama list habitat progress - 12/25

1. type

progress - 5/5

route
title notescompleted
tv show
*at least 5 episodes
Idol Dictation Contest S2ep. 1-18
movie 
Time to Hunt


starring an actor from
a country not on mdl
The Package최우식

omnibus 
The Grotesque Mansion

adapted from a webtoon 
Bloodhounds

2. is it true?

progress - 5/5

route
title notescompleted
educational 
Not Me

propaganda 
Snowdrop

documentary 
Take 1

inspired by real events 
Aftershock

historical fiction 
Kingdom S2

3. all about the gen(r)es

progress - 3/5

route
title notescompleted
sci-fi 
Sweet Home S2

thriller 
Copycat Killer

life 
Recipe for Farewell 

4. year of origin

progress - 4/5

route
title notescompleted
2023 
Dream

the year a member on
this page joined mdl
Night in Paradise2021
2000-2010 
The Man from Nowhere
2017-2022 
Seoul Ghost Stories

6. time can be confusing

progress - 5/5

route
title notescompleted
second season of a drama 
D.P. S2

different timelines 
Celebrity

time travel 
Boku Dake ga Inai Machi

winterThe Tower

spring 
Canola

9. your fanciers and westminsters

progress - 5/5

route
title notescompleted
award-winning
The Night Owlawards
award-winning director
Broker是枝 裕和

award-winning screenwriter
Marathon정윤철

award-winning actor
Moving류승룡

by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before
Ballerina이충현

10. kiss, f***, kill, exorcism...

progress - 5/5

route
title notescompleted
exorcism 
Sell Your Haunted House

cohabitation 
It's Okay, That's Love

sexual assault 
2037

contract relationship 
Because This Is My First Life

domestic abuse 
Decision to Leave

11. finding a mate

progress - 5/5

route
title notescompleted
prolonged nudity 
Connect

age gap [drama life] 
Why Her?


same-sex relationship 
The Eighth Sense

enemies to lovers
Love to Hate You

aggressive female lead 
Hyena

12. laugh it off or die trying

progress - 5/5

route
title notescompleted
black comedy 
Mask Girl

doomsday 
Doom at Your Service

tragic past 
Lawless Lawyer

mourning 
Love Letter

suicide 
The Hymn of Death

13. seeing is believing...

progress - 3/5

route
title notescompleted
misunderstanding
Vanishing Time:
A Boy Who Returned


lgbtq+
Kill Bok Soon

slow burn story 
Lost

15. humans have so many things

progress - 5/5

route
title notescompleted
backpack 
Miracle in Cell No. 7

sports car 
Seoul Vibe

smartphone 
Unlocked

suit 
Suits

book 
Reborn Rich

16. who are we?

progress - 5/5

route
title notescompleted
child actress
You're So Precious to Me정서연

idol actress 
Doona!배수지

transgender identity 
Jane

disability 
Midnight

hidden identity 
Alchemy of Souls

21. friendly ways to live or die

progress - 5/5

route
title notescompleted
funeral director 
Lighting Up the Stars

ghosts 
Marry My Dead Body

teamwork 
Duty After School: P2

death game 
Imawa no Kuni no Alice S2
bullying 
The Glory

22. who am i when i am with you?

progress - 5/5

route
title notescompleted
inmates 
Big Mouth

bromance 
Weak Hero Class 1

parent-child 
The Good Bad Mother

assailant-victim 
The Glory P2

soldier 
Duty After School: P1

23. it's only words in the name

progress - 5/5

route
title notescompleted
body part 
Shoot My Heart

color
Blueming

object 
Door Lock

number 
Twenty-Five Twenty-One

calendar-relatedA Year-End Medley


MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet


Started Date: June 10, 2023

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

Essentials: 8

Finished Habitat: 1

 

Taxonomy 

In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that according to type or genre. 

1. Type

Progress: 3/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

Web Series

OR

 TV SHOW*

Young Actors' Retreat 
(2022)

Episodes: 8/8

Watched 4/29/23 - 5/8/23




MOVIE

OR

DRAMA SPECIAL

Midnight 
(2021)

Watched 1/21/23


Co-Produced 


OR 

Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDL







Anthology 

OR 

Omnibus







Adapted from a manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic

Or

Adapted From a Novel / Book

Island: Part 1 (2022)

Episodes: 6/6

Watched 1/1/23 - 1/15/23






3. All About the Gen(r)es  

Progress: 5/5

Watch a title from one of the following genres

Choice of Route. 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Historical 

OR 

Sci-Fi 

Alienoid 1 (2022)

Watched 3/17/23

Comedy 

OR

Tragedy

Unlock My Boss 
(2022)

Episodes: 12/12

Watched  3/7/23 - 3/13/23

Thriller

OR

Romance

Emergency 
Declaration (2022) 

Watched 2/26/23

Youth 

OR

Political 

The Blood of 
Youth (2022)

Episodes: 40/40

Watched 1/2/23 - 1/25/23

Action 

OR

Life

The Mystic Nine 
(2021)

Watched 6/2/2023