MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-Up Sheet


Starting date: Jan 1st, 2023

Link to your Drama List: Aad's List

Progress Habitat: 25/25



Taxonomy 

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

1. Type

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 Web Series

OR

 TV SHOW*

At least 5 o f a title listed as a Tv Show The episodes do not need to be in consecutive order. Please list episode air dates OR episode numbers

Web Series: My Little Happiness




Yes

MOVIE

OR

DRAMA SPECIAL


Drama Special: SaifahZon's Story


Yes

Co-Produced 


OR 

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


Co-Produced: The Hours of Tree


Yes

Anthology 

OR 

Omnibus


Anthology: School Tales the Series


Yes

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

Or

Adapted From a Novel / Book


Novel: So I Married an Anti-Fan



Yes

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)

Advertisement: Touch Me if You Can
Yes

Independent Film 

OR 

Propaganda

Independent film: Irog
Yes

Documentary Genre


OR


 Mockumentary

Documentary Genre: Burn the Stage: The Movie
Yes

Adapted from Folklore 

OR 

Inspired by Real Events / Real Person

Real Events: Girl from Nowhere
Yes

Historical Fiction 

OR 

Historical genre  + tag Based on True Story

Historical Fiction: The Imprisoned Canary
Yes

 

3. All About the Gen(r)es  

Progress: 5/5

Watch a title from one of the following genres

Choice of Route. 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Historical 

OR 

Sci-Fi 

Sci-Fi: I'm Not a Robot
Yes

Comedy 

OR

Tragedy

Comedy: Hi Venus
Yes

Thriller

OR

Romance

Thriller: Bad Genius
Yes

Youth 

OR

Political 

Youth: Go Go Squid 2: Dt. Appledog's Time
Yes

Action 

OR

Life

Action: Never Let Me Go
Yes

 

Time is Relative

In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that have something to do with time,  in the first habitat you are instructed to find essentials that started airing  between certain dates, in the second  and third one  you get to dig deeper in to the concept of time 

4. Year of Origin   

Tutorial

Progress:  5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

in 2023

OR

1940-1959

2023: Island Part 2




Yes

1990-1999

OR

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


the year a member on this page joined MDL: The Right One

Profile

Yes

2000-2010

OR

the month (not necessarily the year) you were born


The month: 
The Director Who Buys Me Dinner



Yes

year generated by this website

OR

1950-1969

year generated: TharnType Season 2: 7 Years of Love

Yes

2017-2022

OR

1970-1989

2017-2022: Born to Btob



Yes

 

5. Duration of The Hike

 Tutorial

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 Short Length Series

 OR

 Short Film 

 Short Length Series: Somehow 18



Yes

DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes 

Or

DRAMA with  30 episodes or more. 

30 episodes or more: Lighter and Princess
Yes

DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer.

 90 or longer: Bring The Soul: The Movie


Yes

DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts  180 minutes or longer. 

40-50 min ep: Love Mechanics: Director's Cut
Yes

DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes

OR

DRAMA with 8 episodes or less.  

8 ep or less: The Leaked
Yes

 

6. Time Can Be Confusing 

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Full second season of a DRAMA

OR 

Only 1 episode of a DRAMA

Only 1 episode:
Snowdrop

Yes

Different Timelines  

OR 

Time Loop

Time Loop: Triage
Yes

Time Skip 

OR  

Time Travel

Time Travel: Can You Deliver time? 2002
Yes

Winter 

OR 

Summer

Winter: Us and Them
Yes

Fall  

OR

Spring

Spring: Oh! My Assistant (Movie)
Yes

 

The Chronicles of MDL 

In the following  habitats your mission is to find essentials by exploring MDL, your personal favourites and  those others have awarded or written about. 

7. Sharing is 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


PTW of another: Theory of Love

another user

Yes

with less than 10,000 viewers

OR

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

>10000 viewers: Buying Ears




Yes

DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list 

OR

DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list


smallest: Nevertheless,



Yes

mentioned in the MDL Forums

Or

mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds)

mentioned in MDL feeds: Island Season 1



Yes

with the newest release date in your PTW list


OR

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

newest release: Ai Long Nhai: The Endless Love

Yes

 

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)

recommendations: Love Mate



Yes

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).


voting list: MSP

Voting List

Yes

from your most viewed tags 

Or

from your least viewed genres under your profile stats


tags: Our Dating Sim



Yes

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)


Article: The Story of 90 Coins

Article

Yes

with over 10 Reviews

OR

with 0 Reviews when you started watching it


10 reviews: Star and Sky: Star in My Mind



Yes

 

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


writer: Star and Sky: Sky in Your Heart


Yes

from an award-winning director

OR

that has one of your favorite actresses

Favorite actress: Bite Sisters

Kang Hanna


Yes

from an award-winning screenwriter

OR

that has one of your favorite actors

that has one of your favorite actors: Between Us Special Clip
Prem Warut

Yes

from an award-winning actor

OR

by the same director as one of your favorite titles

Fav title: The Shipper

Yes

from an award-winning actress


OR

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


director/writer: AI Love You



Yes

 

Getting up Close and Personal 

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

10.  Kiss, F***, Kill, Exorcism…

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back 

OR

Exorcism

Ex-GF comes back: I'm Tee, Me Too
Yes

Cohabitation 

OR

Long Distance Relationship

Cohabitation: More than Blue
Yes

Fluffy 

OR

Sexual Assault

Fluffy: Forever Love
Yes

Contract Relationship 

OR

Secret Relationship

Contract Relationship: Perfect and Casual
Yes

Opposites Attract 

OR

Domestic Abuse

Opposites attract: Dali and the Cocky Prince


Yes

 

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 Content | Extreme Sexual Content

Mild SC: Between Us
Yes

Age Gap [Drama Life]  

OR 

Classmates' Relationship 

Age Gap [Drama Life]: Le Vrai Où
Yes

features a Heterosexual relationship  

OR 

Same-Sex relationship

Same-sex relationship: Until We Meet Again
Yes

 Enemies to Lovers 

OR 

Love at First Sight

Enemies to Lovers: Cinderella and the four knights
Yes

Nice Female Lead / Aggressive Male Lead 

OR 

Aggressive Female Lead / Aggressive Male  Lead

Aggressive ML / Nice FL: Watching
Yes

 

12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route  

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Slight Comedy 


OR


Black Comedy

Slight Comedy: Midnight Motel
Yes

Happy Ending 

OR 

features some type of Doomsday

Happy Ending: To Fly With You
Yes

Tragic Past 

OR 

Sketch Comedy

Sketch Comedy: Family Gathering
Yes

features a Celebration 

OR

Mourning

Celebration: Love Mechanics
Yes

 Healing 

OR

Suicide

Healing: Unforgettable Love
Yes

 

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

Some type of god: Midnight Museum
Yes

Misunderstanding 

OR

Character Development

Misunderstanding: Summer, Bus
Yes

 Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot 

OR

LGBTQ+

LGBTQ+: Star & Sky Special Ep
Yes

Suspense 

OR 

Slow Burn Story / Slow Burn Romance

Slow burn: Secret
Yes

 Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead 

OR 

Discrimination

Popular ML / FL: Fighting Girl
Yes

 

 

Significant details 

In the following  habitats we ask of you to look for the details in the significant scenes, in the first one (14) we ask you to notice the surroundings, in the other the objects involved (15).  

14. Where Are We?     

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

On a Field  

OR 

On a Cliff

On a cliff: The Eclipse
Yes

In the Woods 

OR

By the Sea

By the Sea: Love Between Fairy and Devil
Yes

In a Jungle 

OR 

On a Rooftop

On a Rooftop: Let's Fight Ghost
Yes

On a Mountain 

OR 

On an Island

On an Island: Even Sun
Yes

In a City 


OR


In a Small Town

In a Small Town: The Secret of Guan Guan
Yes

 

15. Humans Have So Many Things

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

An Umbrella 

OR

A Backpack

Backpack: Best Mistake Season 2
Yes

A Truck  

OR

A Sports Car

A truck: A Shoulder to Cry On
Yes

A Smartphone 

OR

A Phone Booth

Smartphone: Unlocked

 Yes

A Suit /Dress 

OR

A Hoodie

A suit: Cutie Pie 2 You
Yes

A Book 

OR

A Crossbow

Book: Dark Blue Kiss
Yes

 

The Main Attraction 

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

 16. Who Are We?

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Child Actor/Actress 

OR 

Veteran Actor/Actress 

Veteran actor/actress: The Devil Judge
Ye

Idol actor/ Idol actress 

OR

Former Child Actor/Actress 

Idol actor/ idol actress: Youtuber Class Season 1
Yes

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

OR

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

Cis gender identity: Find Yourself
Yes

Able Bodied 

OR

Living with a disability 

Living with a disability:Moonlight Chicken
Yes

Public Figure  

OR

Hidden Identity

Hidden Identity: Alchemy of Souls Season 2: Light and Shadow
Yes

 

17. Camouflage?

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Athlete 

OR 

Artist

Athlete: 2521
Yes

Glasses 

OR

Tattoos

Glasses: Lovely Writer
Yes

Identity Swap 

OR

Body Swap

Identity: 
Our Skyy 2: My School President

Yes

Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead


OR 

Criminal Female Lead/Criminal Male Lead

Criminal ML: Those That Follow
Yes

Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead

OR

Antihero/Antiheroine

Antiheroine: GFN 2
Yes

 

 

Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash

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

19. The Petting Zoo

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Pet  

OR 

Pest

Pet: Bed Friend
Yes

Talking Pet  

OR

Animal Death

Death: CCiR
Yes

Zoo animal  

OR

Farm Animal

Zoo: First Love
Yes

Veterinarian  

OR

Animal Control

Vet: Love Can't Be Said
Yes

Romantic Ride on a Horse  

OR

Horse Ridden to Out to War

War: See You in My 19th Life
Yes

 

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

Animal to human: Till the End of the Moon
Yes

Adorable animals 

OR 

Animal Attack

Adorable animals: ITSAY
Yes

Animal in the Wild 

OR

Animal in a City

City: My Woofy Poofy Love
Yes

Pet dressed in Clothes 

OR 

Animal Abuse

Pet dressed in clothes: Back
Yes

Second Lead Caring For Animals 

OR 

Antagonist Caring For Animals

Yellow cover: Love Is SweetTreat usedYes

21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Funeral Director 

OR

Birth care (Postpartum care)

Funeral Director: Forever Love (2023)
Yes

Virtual Reality  

OR 

Ghosts

Ghosts; 
Bulgasal: Immortal Souls

Yes

Corruption 

OR

Teamwork

Teamwork: Gaus Electronics
Yes

Friendly Game  

OR

Death Game

Death game: Imawa no Kuni no Alice
Yes

Friendship 

OR

Bullying

Friendship: First Day of Becoming a JYP Trainee
Yes

 

22. Who Am I When I Am With You?

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Colleagues 

OR

Inmates

Colleagues: A Boss and a Babe
Yes

Bromance 

OR 

Sismance

Bromance:
Kill Me, Heal Me

Yes

Parent-Child 

OR

Sibling 

Coming out: NapatTreat usedYes

Assailant-Victim 

OR

Student-Teacher

Student-teacher: A Love So Beautiful
Yes

Doctor-Patient 

OR

Soldier

Doctor-Patient: Kokdu: Season of Deity
Yes

 

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 

Celestial body: Our Skyy 2: Star in My Mind
Yes

Color 


OR


Emotion 

Emotion: An Inconvenient Love
Yes

Object 

OR

Verb 

Verb: Live For Real
Yes

Animal

OR

Number 

Animal: Fish Upon the Sky
Yes

Season 

OR

Calendar-related word 

Calendar: The Eighth Sense
Yes

 

24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover   

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Domesticated Animal 


OR


Wild Animal 

Domesticated: Only You
Yes

Flower 

OR 

Building 

Flowers: Help, I Accidentally Stole My Shixiong's Crush!
Yes

Light Colors 

OR

Dark Colors 

Dark Colors: Hua Jai Sila
Yes

Rainbow 

OR

Door 

Rainbow: Love is Color Blind
Yes

Only Words 

OR 

Geometrical Shapes 

Only words: Between Us Special
Yes

 

Origin

-In the following habitat your mission is to find essentials from the countries of MDL. You get to choose either watch 5 titles from 5 different countries Or watch  7 titles from 7 different countries. 

Note:  You must  gather essentials from all 7 countries in every environment if you wish to get to the next stage (environment) of the challenge.  You may not use treats in the international habitat if you wish to get the TIGER badge.

 

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:

2/5

Forest

Used:

 /4

Mountain

Used:

 /3

Space

Used: 

/2

Black Hole

Used:

/1

Route

Essential

Substitute for

Notes

Completed

Watch a drama with a yellow cover

 

Second Lead Caring For Animals

OR

Antagonist Caring For Animals
20/5Yes
Watch a drama/movie about coming out
Parent-Child

OR

Sibling
22/3Yes











MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet

 

Starting date: January 01, 2023

Link to your Drama list: Link

Progress Habitat: 4/4 Plains - Blue Magpie

 

 

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

The Truth (2022)Episodes 25 to 3001/08/2023

MOVIE

OR

DRAMA SPECIAL

Lighter & Princess Extra (2022)Drama Special01/22/2023

Co-Produced


OR

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

Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms (2023)Naran
(Nationality: Russian)
12/17/2023

Anthology

OR

Omnibus

My People, My Homeland (2020)Omnibus10/15/2023

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

Or

Adapted From a Novel / Book

The Starry Love (2023)Adapted from a Novel05/01/2023

 

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)




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: 5/5

Watch a title from one of the following genres

Choice of Route. 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Historical 

OR 

Sci-Fi 

A Familiar Stranger (2022)Historical12/09/2023

Comedy 

OR

Tragedy

Youth Periplous Season 1 (2019)Comedy09/23/2023

Thriller

OR

Romance

Wulin Heroes (2023)Romance08/07/2023

Youth 

OR

Political 

Shining for One Thing (2022)Youth09/15/2023

Action 

OR

Life

New Life Begins (2022)Life04/03/2023

 

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:  

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: 5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

Award-winning

OR

by the same writer as one of your favorites

Love You Seven Times (2023)

Jiu Lu Fei Xiang
Writer: Love Between Fairy And Devil

11/14/2023

from an award-winning director

OR

that has one of your favorite actresses

Lost You Forever (2023)

Favorite Actress: Yang Zi

10/04/2023

from an award-winning screenwriter

OR

that has one of your favorite actors

Unchained Love (2022)Favorite Actor: Dylan Wang
09/10/2023

from an award-winning actor

OR

by the same director as one of your favorite titles

Forever and Ever (2021)

Guo Hu
Director: Eternal Love (2017)

03/01/2023

from an award-winning actress


OR

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

My Sassy Princess (2022) Director: Zhu Shao Jie02/04/2023

 

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. 

 

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 Content | Extreme Sexual Content

Lighter & Princess (2022)First Love01/22/2023

Age Gap [Drama Life]  

OR 

Classmates' Relationship 

Hidden Love (2023)Age Gap10/12/2023

features a Heterosexual relationship  

OR 

Same-Sex relationship

Only for Love (2023)Heterosexual Relationship12/04/2023

 Enemies to Lovers 

OR 

Love at First Sight

Till the End of the Moon (2023)Enemies to Lovers07/02/2023

Nice Female Lead / Aggressive Male Lead 

OR 

Aggressive Female Lead / Aggressive Male  Lead

One and Only (2021)Nice Female Lead02/15/2023

 

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




 

 

 

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


 





















MDL ProfiletheHouseFinch
DurationJanuary 1, 2023–December 31, 2023
Animal: ElephantStage: PlainsHabitats: 025Essentials: 127

Taxonomy

In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials according to type or genre.
01 Type
Choice of RouteEssentialsNotesCompleted 05/05

Web Series OR TV SHOW*

At least 5 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.)
Suchwita (2022)TV ShowMarch 02

MOVIE OR DRAMA SPECIAL

J-Hope in the Box (2023)MovieFebruary 19
Co-Produced OR

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

One Piece (2023)Co-ProducedNovember 29

Anthology OR Omnibus

Drama Festa: Hello Dracula (2020)
AnthologyDecember 03

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

The Interest of Love (2022)Adapted From a NovelFebruary 09


02 Is it true?
Choice of RouteEssentialsNotesCompleted 05/05

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

Buying Ears (2020)
AdvertisementNovember 27

Independent Film OR Propaganda

House of Hummingbird (2018)Independent FilmDecember 25
Documentary Genre OR MockumentaryYellow Door: Looking for Director Bong’s Unreleased Short Film (2023)
DocumentaryDecember 29

Adapted from Folklore OR Inspired by Real Events / Real Person

The Throne (2015)

Inspired by Real EventsDecember 31

Historical Fiction OR Historical genre  + tag Based on True Story

The Forbidden Marriage (2022)Historical FictionJanuary 22


03 All About the Gen(r)es—Watch a title from one of the following genres. 
Choice of RouteEssentialsNotesCompleted  05/05

Historical OR Sci-Fi 

A Time Called You (2023)Sci-FiSeptember 15

Comedy OR Tragedy

Going Seventeen (2023) ComedyNovember 29

Thriller OR Romance

See You in My 19th Life (2023)RomanceJuly 25

Youth OR Political 

Time and Him Are Just Right (2022)YouthJanuary 14

Action OR Life

Island Season 2 (2023)ActionMarch 10

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 specific dates, in the second  and third ones, you get to dig deeper into the concept of time 
04 Year of Origin
Choice of RouteEssentialsNotesCompleted 05/05

In 2023 OR 1940-1959

Night Has Come (2023)In 2023December 27

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

Someday or One Day (2019) [Rewatch]2019 [Susuyachan}September 08

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

Battle Royale (2000)2000–2010December 23

year generated by this website OR 1950-1969

Master (2016)[1993, 2000, 2008, 2016]February 12

2017-2022 OR 1970-1989

The Drug King (2018)2017–2022February 02


05 Duration of the Hike
Choice of RouteEssentialsNotesCompleted 05/05

Short Length Series OR Short Film 

My Dearest Part 2 (2023)Short Length SeriesNovember 19

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

Stand by Me (2023)30 Episodes
October 11

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

Exclusive Fairytale (2023)
30 MinutesAugust 05

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

D.P. Season 2 (2023)50 MinutesAugust 06

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

Hotel del Luna (2019)80 Minutes
January 16


06 Time Can Be Confusing
Choice of RouteEssentialsNotesCompleted 05/05

Full second season of a DRAMA OR Only 1 episode of a DRAMA

Tale of the Nine-Tailed 1938 (2023)
Second SeasonJune 11

Different Timelines OR Time Loop

The Classic (2003)Different TimelinesDecember 24

Time Skip OR Time Travel

Il Mare (2000)Time TravelFebruary 08

Winter OR Summer

Steel Rain (2017)WinterJanuary 29

Fall OR Spring

Little Forest: Summer & Autumn (2014)FallDecember 24

The Chronicles of MDL

In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials by exploring MDL, your personal favorites, and those others have awarded or written about.
07 Sharing is Caring
Choice of RouteEssentialsNotesCompleted 05/05
That has been on your PTW for longer than you can remember or from the watchlist of another user doing this challengeSweet Home Season 2 (2023)
Longer Than I Can RememberDecember 30

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

Marry My Dead Body (2022)Less than 10,000 viewers [6,043]
August 26

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

Decoy: Part 1 (2023)6 EpisodesFebruary 12

Mentioned in the MDL Forums OR mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds)

Doctor Cha (2023)FeedsJune 04
With the newest release date in your PTW list OR with a release date older than the oldest title in your WatchlistSoundtrack #2 (2023)Newest Release DateDecember 20


08 Examined…
Choice of RouteEssentialsNotesCompleted 04/05

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)

Love 911 (2012)RecommendationsDecember 31

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).

Hello Ghost! (2023)i see GHOSTSDecember 21

from your most viewed tags OR from your least viewed genres under your profile stats

My Lovely Liar (2023)Most Viewed Tags [Romance]September 19

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)

Shadow (2018)Mentioned in an ArticleDecember 31

with over 10 Reviews OR with 0 Reviews when you started watching it

Please Tell Me So (2021)Over 10 ReviewDecember 31


09 Your Fanciers and Westminsters—For this habitat, we ask you to link to the award/person’s page.

*List with awards

Choice of RouteEssentialsNotesCompleted 05/05

Award-winning OR by the same writer as one of your favorites

Old Boy (2003)Grand Prix [Cannes Film Festival]
August 20

From an award-winning director OR that has one of your favorite actresses

Broker (2022)Director [Koreeda Hirokazu]January 22

From an award-winning screenwriter OR that has one of your favorite actors

Revenant (2023)Award-Winning Screenwriter [Kim Eun Hee]
August 20

From an award-winning actor OR by the same director as one of your favorite titles

The Good Bad Mother (2023)Director [Shim Na Yeon]
June 09
From an award-winning actress OR by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from beforeCrash Course in Romance (2023)
Jeon Do Yeon [Actress]March 05

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…
Choice of RouteEssentialsNotesCompleted 05/05

Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back OR Exorcism

Island Season 1 (2022)
ExorcismJanuary 15

Cohabitation OR Long Distance Relationship

Not Others (2023)CohabitationAugust 22

Fluffy OR Sexual Assault

Ballerina (2023)Sexual AssaultDecember 07

Contract Relationship OR Secret Relationship

Love to Hate You (2023)Contract RelationshipFebruary 12

Opposites Attract OR Domestic Abuse

King the Land (2023)Opposites AttractAugust 06


11 Finding a Mate
Choice of RouteEssentialsNotesCompleted 05/05

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

Hit the Spot (2022)
Sexual ContentJanuary 15

Age Gap [Drama Life] OR Classmates' Relationship

Hidden Love (2023)Age GapAugust 13

Features a Heterosexual relationship OR Same-Sex relationship

The Matchmakers (2023)Heterosexual relationshipDecember 26

Enemies to Lovers OR Love at First Sight

Mr. Bad (2022)Enemies to LoversJuly 16

Nice Female Lead/Nice Male Lead OR Aggressive Female Lead/Aggressive Male Lead

Ode to My Father (2014)Nice Male LeadDecember 26


12 Laugh It Off or Die Trying
Choice of RouteEssentialsNotesCompleted 05/05
Slight Comedy OR Black ComedyYu Yu Hakusho (2023)
Slight ComedyDecember 22

Happy Ending OR features some form of Doomsday

When I Fly Towards You (2023)
Happy EndingJuly 24

Tragic Past OR Sketch Comedy

Copycat Killer (2023)Tragic PastSeptember 17

Features a Celebration OR Mourning

All These Years (2023)MourningJuly 15

Healing OR Suicide

Meet Yourself (2023)
HealingFebruary 06


13 Seeing is Believing…and some other stuff
Choice of RouteEssentialsNotesCompleted 05/05

Features a Religious Leader OR Some type of God

Daemuga: Sorrow and Joy (2022)Religious LeaderAugust 27

Misunderstanding OR Character Development

Dream (2023)Character DevelopmentDecember 10

Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot OR LGBTQ+

Maiko-san Chi no Makanai-san (2023)
Female-Centered PlotJanuary 20

Suspense OR Slow Burn Story / Slow Burn Romance

Call it Love (2023)Slow Burn RomanceApril 12

Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead OR Discrimination

Black Knight (2023)
DiscriminationJuly 26

Significant Details

In the following habitats we ask 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?
Choice of RouteEssentialsNotes Completed 05/05

On a Field OR On a Cliff

Song of the Bandits (2023)On a FieldOctober 01

In the Woods OR By the Sea

In Love and Deep Water (2023)By the SeaDecember 28

In a Jungle OR On a Rooftop

The Unjust (2010)On a RooftopDecember 29

On a Mountain OR On an Island

Castaway Diva (2023)On an IslandDecember 03
In a City OR In a Small TownMoney Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area - Part 1 (2022)
In a CityFebruary 20


15 Humans Have so Many Things
Choice of RouteEssentialsNotesCompleted 05/05

An Umbrella OR A Backpack

Enigma (2023)BackpackAugust 25

A Truck OR A Sports Car

Remember (2022)A Sports Car (Porsche)June 21

A Smartphone OR A Phone Booth

Unlock My Boss (2022)A SmartphoneMarch 19

A Suit /Dress OR A Hoodie

Destined With You (2023)A Suit/DressOctober 13

A Book OR A Crossbow

Trolley (2023)A BookFebruary 26

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 tag or a link to a list with more detailed instructions. 
16 Who are we?
Choice of RouteEssentialsNotesCompleted 05/05

Child Actor/Actress OR Veteran Actor/Actress 

Nobody Knows (2004)
Child Actor/ActressDecember 31

Idol actor/ Idol actress OR Former Child Actor/Actress

Our Blooming Youth (2023)Idol ActorApril 12

Transgender identity  (different than the gender assigned to them at birth) OR Cis gender Identity   (same as the gender assigned to them at birth)

Call Me Chihiro (2023)TransgenderApril 30

Able Bodied OR Living with a disability

Haunters (2010)DisabilityJanuary 25

Public Figure OR Hidden Identity

Mission 1: Possible (2021)Hidden IdentityFebruary 04


17 Camouflage?
Choice of RouteEssentials NotesCompleted 05/05

Athlete OR Artist

Nothing But You (2023)AthleteApril 27

Glasses OR Tattoos

Parallel Novel (2016)GlassesDecember 18

Identity Swap OR Body Swap

Canola (2016)Identity SwapDecember 20
Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead OR Criminal Female Lead/Criminal Male LeadOh No! Here Comes Trouble (2023)
Cop Female LeadMay 14

Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead OR Antihero/Antiheroine

Moving (2023)Superhero Male LeadSeptember 23


18 What are you?
Choice of RouteEssentialsNotesCompleted 05/05

Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead OR Weak Female Lead / Weak Male Lead

Kill Bok Soon (2023)
Strong Female LeadApril 09
Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead  OR Naive Female Lead/Naive Male LeadDivorce Attorney Shin (2023)Smart Male LeadApril 15

Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead OR Clingy Female Lead/Clingy Male Lead

Cold Eyes (2013)Cold Male LeadDecember 22

Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead OR Poor Female Lead/Poor Male Lead

Death’s Game (2023)Poor Male LeadDecember 26

Killer OR Healer

Decoy: Part 2 (2023)KillerApril 29

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
Choice of Route EssentialsNotesCompleted 05/05

Pet OR Pest

Daily Dose of Sunshine (2023)PetDecember 15

Talking Pet OR Animal Death

Mr. Zoo: The Missing VIP (2020)Talking PetDecember 22

Zoo animal OR Farm Animal

The Priests (2015)Farm Animal [Pig]January 31

Veterinarian OR Animal Control

Believer (2018)
VeterinarianDecember 25

Romantic Ride on a Horse OR Horse Ridden Out to War

My Dearest (2023)Horse Ridden Out to WarSeptember 4


20 Where the Humans Are…
Choice of RouteEssentialsNotesCompleted 05/05

Human Turns into an Animal OR Animal turns into a Human

Alienoid 1 (2022)Animal Turns into a HumanDecember 18

Adorable Animals OR Animal Attack

My Heart Puppy (2023)Adorable AnimalsDecember 30

Animal in the Wild OR Animal in a City

The Tiger (2015)Animal in the WildDecember 29

Pet dressed in Clothes OR Animal Abuse

Back (2022)Pet dressed in ClothesDecember 15

Second Lead Caring For Animals OR Antagonist Caring For Animals

The Glory (2022)Antagonist Caring for AnimalsDecember 12






21 Friendly Ways to Live or Die
Choice of RouteEssentialsNotesCompleted 05/05

Funeral Director OR Birth care (Postpartum care)

Lighting Up the Stars (2022)Funeral DirectorDecember 03

Virtual Reality OR Ghosts

Jung_E (2023)Virtual RealityFebruary 26

Corruption OR Teamwork

KUNDO: Age of the Rampant (2014)CorruptionJanuary 25

Friendly Game OR Death Game

Going Seventeen 2023: Don't Lie (2023)
Friendly GameApril 12

Friendship OR Bullying

Golden Slumber (2018)FriendshipFebruary 14


22 Who Am I When I Am With You?
Choice of RouteEssentialsNotesCompleted 05/05

Colleagues OR Inmates

One Dollar Lawyer (2022)ColleaguesOctober 20

Bromance OR Sismance

Crash Landing on You (2019) [Rewatch]
BromanceDecember 27

Parent-Child OR Sibling

Twinkling Watermelon (2023)Parent-ChildNovember 14

Assailant-Victim OR Student-Teacher

The Glory Part 2 (2023)Assailant-VictimDecember 19

Doctor-Patient OR Soldier

Illang: The Wolf Brigade (2018)SoldierJanuary 29

Name and Cover

In the following habitats we ask 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
Choice of RouteEssentialsNotesCompleted 05/05

Celestial Body OR Body Part

Moonlit Winter (2019)Celestial PartDecember 31
Color OR EmotionOrange (2015)ColorDecember 28

Object OR Verb

Taxi Driver 2 (2023)ObjectApril 16

Animal OR Number

Bloodhounds (2023)AnimalJune 18

Season OR Calendar-related word

The Kidnapping Day (2023)Calendar-Related WorOctober 25


24 Pretty Pictures on the Cover
Choice of RouteEssentialsNotesCompleted 05/05
Domesticated Animal OR Wild AnimalOnly You (2022)
Domesticated AnimalDecember 31

Flower OR Building

Jinny’s Kitchen (2023)BuildingMay 12

Light Colors OR Dark Colors

Suga: Road to D-Day (2023)
Dark ColorsApril 21

Rainbow OR Door

Bunny Drop (2011)DoorDecember 31

Only Words OR Geometrical Shapes

Emergency Declaration (2022)Geometrical ShapesDecember 28

Origin

In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials from the countries of MDL. You get to choose either to 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
RouteEssentialsNotesCompleted 07/07
ChinaEmbrace Again (2021)

December 22
Hong KongFist of Fury (1972)
December 19
JapanSummer Blooms (2017)
December 31
PhilippinesKeys to the Heart  (2023)
December 28
South KoreaA Brand New Life (2009)
December 31
TaiwanEye of the Storm (2023)
September 01
ThailandOMG!  Oh My Girl (2022)
December 18

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 TreatsPlains: 00/05Forest: 00/04Mountain: 00/02Space: 00/02Black Hole: 00/01
RouteEssentialsSubstituted ForNotesCompleted
























Turn-In Form: https://mydramalist.com/discussions/forum-games/83753-mdl-s-2023-watch-challenge-turn-in-thread?pid=2920283&page=6#p2920283

MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet
 

Starting date:  January 1st 2023

Link to your Drama list:  MyDramaList

Link to my Turn-in Form:  My Turn-in Form

Progress:  32/32

Progress Habitat:  06/06 Plains Dwarf Flying Squirrel 

                                                   


Plan to Watch  ---  Currently Watching  ---  (✔︎) Completed (Date Completed) 


Taxonomy 

In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that are 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.

Better Things (2023)


Oct 31st

(✔︎) MOVIE

OR

DRAMA SPECIAL

Flaming Cloud (2023)


Nov 1st

Co-Produced

OR

(✔︎) Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDL.

Congrats My Ex! (2023)

Mahir Pandhi

Dec 29th

(✔︎) Anthology

OR

Omnibus

Love Is... (2017)


Dec 30th

(✔︎) Adapted from a Manga/Webtoon/Manhua/Manhwa/Comic

OR

Adapted From a Novel/Book

Shanai Marriage Honey (2020)

Manga

April 25th


2. Is it True?

Progress:  0/5

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




Adapted from Folklore

OR

Inspired by Real Events/Real Person




Historical Fiction

OR

Historical genre + tag 'Based on a True Story'





3. All About the Gen(r)es

Progress:  0/5

Choice of Route

Watch a title from one of the following genres:

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 into the concept of time.

4. Year of Origin

Tutorial

Progress:  0/5

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).




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:  0/5

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 lasts over 60 minutes.

OR

DRAMA with 8 episodes or less. 





6. Time Can Be Confusing 

Progress:  0/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Full second season of a DRAMA.

OR

Only 1 episode of a DRAMA.




Different Timelines

OR

Time Loop




Time Skip

OR

Time Travel




Winter

OR

Summer




Autumn

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:  0/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

That has been on your PTW for longer than you can remember.

OR

From the Watchlist of another user doing this challenge.




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:  0/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

On your Recommendations page (add a link to the page).

OR

Appearing in the first 5 pages of the 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:  0/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

Award-winning

OR

By the same Writer as one of your favourite titles.




From an Award-winning Director.

OR

That has one of your favourite Actresses.



From an Award-winning Screenwriter.

OR

That has one of your favourite Actors.




From an Award-winning Actor.

OR

By the same Director as one of your favourite 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 enclosed a list or used the words featured 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

(✔︎) Interspecies Romance

Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back/Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back

OR

Exorcism

I Don't Want to Fall in Love With Humans (2022)

Treat

April 30th

(✔︎) Cohabitation

OR

Long Distance Relationship

Put Your Head on My Shoulder Thai (2021)


July 21st

Fluffy

OR

(✔︎) Sexual Assault

Confess Your Love (2023)


Aug 3rd

(✔︎) Contract Relationship

OR

Secret Relationship

Forever Love (2022)


March 30th

(✔︎) Arranged Marriage

Opposites Attract

OR

Domestic Abuse

Hanaoni 2 (2009)

Treat

March 15th


(✔︎) 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 Content/Extreme Sexual Content

Hidden Love (2023)


July 30th

(✔︎) Age Gap [Drama Life]

OR

Classmates' Relationship

The Only You (2021)


April 14th

(✔︎) Features a Heterosexual Relationship.

OR

Same-Sex Relationship

Who Stole My Kiss (2022)


March 31st

(✔︎) Enemies to Lovers

OR

Love at First Sight

Hanaoni 3 (2009)


March 15th

(✔︎) Long Time Crush

Nice Female Lead/Male Lead

OR

Aggressive Female Lead/Male Lead

Secretary Bai Wants to Resign Everyday (2022)

Treat

April 2nd


12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying

Progress:  0/5

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:  0/5

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:  0/5

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:  0/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed 

An Umbrella

OR

A Backpack




A Truck

OR

A Sports Car




A Smartphone

OR

A Phone Booth




A Suit/Dress

OR

A Hoodie




A Book

OR

A Crossbow





The Main Attraction

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

16. Who Are We?

Progress:  0/5

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:  0/5

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





(✔︎) 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

Night of Love With You (2022)

Strong Female Lead

March 30th

(✔︎) Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead

OR

Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead

Let's Date, Professor Xie (2023)

Smart Female Lead

July 30th


(✔︎) Cheerful Female Lead

Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead

OR

Clingy Female Lead/Clingy Male Lead

A Business Proposal (2022)

Treat

Jan 9th

(✔︎) Rich Female Lead/Rich Male Lead

OR

Poor Female Lead/Poor Male Lead

Female CEO Love Me (2022)

Rich Female Lead

April 2nd

(✔︎) Killer

OR

Healer

I Want to Live to the Finale (2021)


April 2nd


Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash

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

19. The Petting Zoo

Progress:  0/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

Pet

OR

Pest




Talking Pet

OR

Animal Death




Zoo Animal

OR

Farm Animal




Veterinarian

OR

Animal Control




Romantic Ride on a Horse

OR

Horse Ridden Out to War





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




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:  0/5

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'm With You?

Progress:  0/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

Colleagues

OR

Inmates




Bromance

OR

Sismance




Parent-Child

OR

Siblings




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:  5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

(✔︎) Celestial Body

OR

Body Part

Sh**ting Stars (2022)

Shooting Stars

Feb 28th

Colour

OR

(✔︎) Emotion

Love Between Fairy and Devil (2022)

Love

July 17th

(✔︎) Object

OR

Verb

Meet by Window (2021)

Window

April 18th

Animal

OR

(✔︎) Number

Love Me in Three Days (2022)

Three

March 31st

Season

OR

(✔︎) Calendar-related word

Date (2021)

Date

Dec 28th


24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover

Progress:  0/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

Domesticated Animal

OR

Wild Animal




Flower

OR

Building




Light Colours

OR

Dark Colours




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

Ready for Love? (2023)


Aug 31st

(✔︎) Hong Kong

Table for Six (2022)


Dec 31st

(✔︎) Japan

Hoshi Kara Kita Anata (2022)


April 24th

(✔︎) The Philippines

Love From Home (2021)


Dec 31st

(✔︎) South Korea

The Boy Next Door (2017)


Dec 31st

(✔︎) Taiwan

Bro and Me (2019)


Dec 30th

(✔︎) Thailand

Lemon vs Melon (2023)


Dec 31st


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: 4
/5
Forest
Used: 0
/4
Mountain
Used:
0/3
Space
Used: 0
/2
Black Hole
Used:
0/1
RouteEssentialSubstitute forNotesCompleted

(✔︎) Interspecies Romance

I Don't Want to Fall in Love With Humans (2022)

10.1

Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back/Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back

OR

Exorcism


April 30th

(✔︎) Arranged Marriage

Hanaoni 2 (2009)

10.5

Opposites Attract

OR

Domestic Abuse


March 15th

(✔︎) Long Time Crush

Secretary Bai Wants to Resign Everyday (2022)

11.5

Nice Female Lead/Male Lead

OR

Aggressive Female Lead/Male Lead


April 2nd

(✔︎) Cheerful Female Lead

A Business Proposal (2022)

18.3

Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead

OR

Clingy Female Lead/Clingy Male Lead


Jan 9th

















MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet

 

Starting date:
Jan 1st, 2023

Link to your Drama list:
https://mydramalist.com/dramalist/Trinah101

Progress Habitat:
6/25 Plains
































Finished   ***   In-Progress   ***   Plan-to-Watch

LevelsStage and Number of Habitats to get the Animal in that Stage

AnimalPlainsForestMountainSpaceBlack Hole
1

2

275277102
2

4

295479104
3

6

315681106
48335883108
510356085110
613386388113
716416691116
819446994119
922477297122
10255075100125
BonusIf you complete titles from all the countries listed on MDL without using treats, you get the Tiger Badge! 


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 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


Hit the Spot


Web Series

MOVIE

OR

DRAMA SPECIAL






Co-Produced 

OR 

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

Okja

Co-Produced

Anthology 

OR 

Omnibus

Drama Festa: Hello Dracula

Omnibus

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

Or

Adapted From a Novel / Book

Weak Hero Class 1

Adapted from a manwha


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)

Two Lights: Relumino

Ad

Independent Film 

OR 

Propaganda

Juvenille Offender

Indie Film

Documentary Genre

OR

 Mockumentary

The Producers

Mockumentary

Adapted from Folklore 

OR 

Inspired by Real Events / Real Person

Goemon

Adapted from Folklore

Historical Fiction 

OR 

Historical genre  + tag Based on True Story

IP Man

Historical Fiction


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 

Homme Fatale

Historical


Comedy 

OR

Tragedy

The Grand Heist

Comedy

Thriller

OR

Romance

The Princess and the Matchmaker

Romance

Youth 

OR

Political 

The Face Reader

Political

Action 

OR

Life

The Great Battle


Action


Time is Relative

In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that have something to do with time,  in the first habitat you are instructed to find essentials that started airing  between certain dates, in the second  and third one  you get to dig deeper in to the concept of time 

4. Year of Origin   

Tutorial

Progress:  

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

in 2023

OR

1940-1959


Aozora Musume


1957

1990-1999

OR

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


The Road Home


1999

2000-2010

OR

the month (not necessarily the year) you were born


Ditto


2000

year generated by this website

OR

1950-1969


Yunbogi's Diary


1965

2017-2022

OR

1970-1989


Go Back Couple


2017



5. Duration of The Hike

 Tutorial

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 Short Length Series

 OR

 Short Film 

 Amanza

Short Length Series


DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes 

Or

DRAMA with  30 episodes or more. 

Where the Stars Land

Drama with 30 ep or more
32 Episodes

DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer.

 Recipe for Farewell

Drama with 30-40 min ep
32 min

DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts  180 minutes or longer. 

A Brighter Summer Day

Movie that lasts 180 min or longer
3h 57m

DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes

OR

DRAMA with 8 episodes or less.  

The Most Beautiful Goodbye

Drama with 8 eps or less
4 eps


6. Time Can Be Confusing 

Progress: 4/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Full second season of a DRAMA

OR 

Only 1 episode of a DRAMA

Alchemy of Souls S2: Light and Shadow

Second Season of a Drama

Different Timelines  

OR 

Time Loop

Padam Padam

Time Loop

Time Skip 

OR  

Time Travel

Faith

Time Travel

Winter 

OR 

Summer

Little Forest: Summer & Autumn

Summer

Fall  

OR

Spring

Little Forest: Winter & Spring

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

Moon Embracing the Sun

Forever on PTW list


with less than 10,000 viewers

OR

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

The Man from Nowhere

ranked 1-1000
Ranked #94


DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list 

OR

DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list

Tourist

Drama with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list
3 Ep


mentioned in the MDL Forums

Or

mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds)

Shizuka-chan to Papa

Mentioned in the MDL forums
Forum Post

with the newest release date in your PTW list

OR

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

Agency

With the newest release date in your PTW list
Jan 7, 2023 


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)

Salsu

Appearing in first 5 pages of MDL HomeTrailers
Trailer (T'was the second Trailer)
https://mydramalist.com/729447-salsu/trailers/35685


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).

Okay! Madam

Voting List
The List

from your most viewed tags 

Or

from your least viewed genres under your profile stats

Kokdu: Season of Deity

From your most viewed tags
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)

Crash Course in Romance

Mentioned in an Article
The Article

with over 10 Reviews

OR

with 0 Reviews when you started watching it

Queen In Hyun's Man

over 10 reviews
151 Reviews


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

Escape from Mogadishu

Award Winning
2022 Grand Prize Award


from an award-winning director

OR

that has one of your favorite actresses

Collectors

One of your Fav Actresses
Shin Hye Sun

from an award-winning screenwriter

OR

that has one of your favorite actors

Doona!

One of your Fav Actors
Yang Se Jong


from an award-winning actor

OR

by the same director as one of your favorite titles

Ashfall

Award Winning Actor
2019 Grand Bell Awards (Best Actor)
Lee Byung Hun

from an award-winning actress

OR

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

Kim Ji Young: Born 1982

Award Winning Actress
2019 Grand Bell Awards (Best Actress)
Jung Yu Mi


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

His

Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back

Cohabitation 

OR

Long Distance Relationship

Virgin Snow

Long Distance Relationship

Fluffy 

OR

Sexual Assault

Drunk in Good Taste

Fluffy

Contract Relationship 

OR

Secret Relationship

The Magician

Secret Relationship

Opposites Attract 

OR

Domestic Abuse

 This is Not What I Expected

Opposites Attract


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

The Brightest Roof in the Universe

First Love

Age Gap [Drama Life]  

OR 

Classmates' Relationship 

Harmony

Age Gap

features a Heterosexual relationship  

OR 

Same-Sex relationship

A Bride for Rip Van Winkle

Heterosexual Relationship

 Enemies to Lovers 

OR 

Love at First Sight

From Me to You

Love at First Sight

Nice Female Lead / Aggressive Male Lead 

OR 

Aggressive Female Lead / Aggressive Male  Lead

Lovely Writer

Nice Male Lead


12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying

Progress: 1/5

Choice of Route  

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Slight Comedy 

OR

Black Comedy

Under the Queen's Umbrella

Black Comedy

Happy Ending 

OR 

features some type of Doomsday

Extreme Job

Happy Ending

Tragic Past 

OR 

Sketch Comedy

Better Days

Tragic Past

features a Celebration 

OR

Mourning

My Annoying Brother

Mourning

 Healing 

OR

Suicide

Pawn

Healing


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

The Devil Punisher

Some Type of God

Misunderstanding 

OR

Character Development

As One

Character Development

 Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot 

OR

LGBTQ+

Wedding Dress

Female-Centered Plot

Suspense 

OR 

Slow Burn Story / Slow Burn Romance

Innocent Witness

Suspense

 Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead 

OR 

Discrimination

Close-Knit

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

Arthdal Chronicles: The Sword of Aramun

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

Destined With You

In a City


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

Twinkling Watermelon

A Phone Booth

 

A Suit /Dress 

OR

A Hoodie

The Heavenly Idol

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 

Miracle in Cell No. 7

Child Actress
Gal So Won

Idol actor/ Idol actress 

OR

Former Child Actor/Actress 

Warriors of the Dawn

Former Child Actor
Yeo Jin Goo

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)

Lipstick

Trans gender identity

Able Bodied 

OR

Living with a disability 

37 Seconds

Living with a disability
Cerebral Palsy

Public Figure  

OR

Hidden Identity

Recalled

Hidden Identity


17. Camouflage?

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Athlete 

OR 

Artist

Bloodhounds

Athlete
Boxer

Glasses 

OR

Tattoos

Romantic Doctor Teacher Kim

Glasses

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

The Glory S1

Antiheroine


18. What Are You?  

Progress: 1/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead 

OR 

Weak Female Lead / Weak Male Lead

Our Blooming Youth

Strong Female Lead

Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead 

OR

Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead

A League of Nobleman

Smart 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 

Oasis

Poor Male Lead

Killer 

OR

Healer  

Kill Bok Soon

Killer


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

The Traveling Cat Chronicles

Pet

Talking Pet  

OR

Animal Death

Mr. Zoo: The Missing VIP

Talking Pet

Zoo animal  

OR

Farm Animal

Cupid's Last Wish

Farm Animal

Veterinarian  

OR

Animal Control

Tell Me Sick

Veterinarian

Romantic Ride on a Horse  

OR

Horse Ridden to Out to War

The Palace

Romantic Ride on a Horse


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

A Distant Place

Adorable Animals

Animal in the Wild 

OR

Animal in a City

Adoring

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)

May I Help You

Funeral Director

Virtual Reality  

OR 

Ghosts

Unlock My Boss

Virtual Reality

Corruption 

OR

Teamwork

Joseon Attorney: A Morality

Corruption
(I would be surprised if this show DOESN'T have any ><)

Friendly Game  

OR

Death Game




Friendship 

OR

Bullying

Soundtrack #1

Friendship


22. Who Am I When I Am With You?

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Colleagues 

OR

Inmates




Bromance 

OR 

Sismance

My Heart Puppy

Bromance

Parent-Child 

OR

Sibling 

Song of Bandits

Sibling

Assailant-Victim 

OR

Student-Teacher

The Merciless

Assailanr-Victim


Doctor-Patient 

OR

Soldier

Ayla: The Daughter of War

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 

Lighting Up the Stars

Celestial Body
Stars

Color 

OR

Emotion 

Love in Black Hole

Color
Black

Object 

OR

Verb 

Under the Microscope

Object
Microscope

Animal

OR

Number 

2037

Number
2037

Season 

OR

Calendar-related word 

My Best Summer

Season
Summer


24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover   

Progress:5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Domesticated Animal 

OR

Wild Animal 

Only You

Domesticated Animal

Flower 

OR 

Building 

Lady Snowblood

Flower

Light Colors 

OR

Dark Colors 

Mystery to Iunakare

Light Colors

Rainbow 

OR

Door 

The Last Princess

Door

Only Words 

OR 

Geometrical Shapes 

To. Jenny

Geometric 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

Warriors of Future


Japan

Brush Up Life


Philippines




South Korea

Would You Like a Cup of Coffee?


Taiwan




Thailand

Hunger



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
January 1st 2023
Link to my drama list
Link
Progress habitats
1/25
Green below "completed" means I finished it!
Movies
2
Dramas

9

Tv shows




1. TYPEProgress 5/5
Choice of routeEssentialsNotesCompleted
Web Serie


MOVIE
A recistance

Co-ProducedPlus & Minus

Anthology
Girl from nowhere

Adapted from a manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic
Weak hero class 1


2. IS IT TRUE?Progress
Choice of routeEssentialsNotesCompleted
Advertisement 
Please tell me so

PropagandaHellbound

 MockumentaryThe medium

Inspired by Real Events / Real PersonA taxi driver

Historical FictionThe hymn of death


3. All About the Gen(r)esProgress 3/5
Choice of routeEssentialsNotesCompleted
HistoricalAlchemy of souls season 2: Light and shadow

ComedyCutie pie

RomanceUntil we meet again

YouthThe eclipse

ActionLong time no see


4. Year of OriginProgress
Choice of routeEssentialsNotesCompleted
in 2023

OR

1940-1959



The year a member on this page joined MDL (link to the account/challenge form)Step for youShroomshiro joined in 2018

challenge form 

2000-201071: Into the fireReleased in 2010
year generated by this websiteI told sunset about youRandom dates thatwere generated: 
- 1991
- 1999
- 2000
- 2014
 - 2020


Chosen year: 2020

2017-2022TriageReleased in 2022

5. Duration of The HikeProgress
Choice of routeEssentialsNotesCompleted
Short FilmLove buzz

DRAMA with  30 episodes or more.While you were sleepingHas 32 episodes
MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer.SilencedMovie is 2hr. 5 min.
DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodesMove to heavenEpisodes are 52 min.
DRAMA with 8 episodes or less.We best love: No. 1 for youHas 6 episodes

6. Time Can Be Confusing
Progress
Choice of routeEssentialsNotesCompleted
Full second season of a DRAMAThe naked director 2

Different Timelines Orange marmalade

Time SkipTempted

WinterJirisan

Fall Semantic error


7. Sharing is CaringProgress
Choice of routeEssentialsNotesCompleted
From the Watchlist of another user doing this challenge2getherOn Nicole_Stay's watchlist

Their entry

with less than 10,000 viewersJoseon exorcistHas ±4,511 watchers
DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW listGood morning double-decker busHas 2 episodes
mentioned in the MDL ForumsHIStory5: Live in the futureMentioned here
with the newest release date in your PTW listArthdal chronicles S22023

8. Examined…Progress
Choice of routeEssentialsNotesCompleted
Appearing in the first 5 pages of MDL Home Trailers section (add a link to the trailer)The director who buys me dinnerTrailer Link (was on page 3)
 Found on a Voting List in the list index (add a link to the list).Little womenVoting list link
from your most viewed tagsNavilleraMost viewed tag is Death
found mentioned in an  Article on MDL (add a link to the article)Emergency declarationMentioned in this article
with 0 Reviews when you started watching itDifferent


10.  Kiss, F***, Kill, Exorcism…
Progress 1/5
Choice of routeEssentialsNotesCompleted
ExorcismThe wailing

Long Distance RelationshipTune in for love

Sexual AssaultA Christmas Carol

Secret RelationshipClass of lies

Domestic AbuseBoku dake ga inai machi


11. Finding a Mate
Progress 1/5
Choice of routeEssentialsNotesCompleted
Nudity: one of the following Nudity/Sexual content | Brief Nudity | Prolonged Nudity | Partial Nudity | Mild Sexual Content | Sexual Content | Extreme Sexual ContentBetween us

Classmates' RelationshipMy gear and your gown

Same-Sex relationshipHIStory1: Stay away from me

Enemies to LoversThe smile has left your eyes

Aggressive Female Lead / Aggressive Male  Lead3 Nen a gumi: Ima kara mina-san wa, hitojichi desu (2019)


12. Laugh it Off or Die TryingProgress
Choice of routeEssentialsNotesCompleted
Black comedyUnder the queen's umbrella

features some type of DoomsdayThe wandering earth 1

Tragic pastBeyond evil

MourningTrue beauty

SuicideYour eyes tell


13. Seeing is believing... and some other stuffProgress
Choice of routeEssentialsNotesCompleted
features a Religious Leader TharnType 2: 7 years of love

Misunderstanding The devil judge

LGBTQ+ My school president

Suspense Happiness

 Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead 30-sai made dotei da to mahotsukai ni nareru rashii


14. Where Are We?  Progress
Choice of routeEssentialsNotesCompleted
On a Field  Sky of love

By the Sea Bad buddy

On a Rooftop Hit the top

On an Island The stranded

In a Small Town Liverleaf


15. Humans Have So Many ThingsProgress
Choice of routeEssentialsNotesCompleted
An Umbrella My id is Gangnam beauty

A Truck   Love mechanics

A Smartphone W

A Hoodie He is psychometric

A Book Kakafukaka


16. Who Are We?Progress
Choice or routeEssentialsNotesCompleted
Child Actor/Actress Shoplifters

Idol actor/ Idol actress To my star (movie)

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

Living with a disability Two lights: Relumino

Public Figure  Falling into your smile


17. Camouflage?Progress
Choice of routeEssentialsNotesCompleted
Athlete Always

Glasses Somebody

Body Swap Our skyy

Criminal Female Lead/Criminal Male Lead Mouse: the predator

Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead The gifted


18. What Are You?  Progress
Choice of routeEssentialsNotesCompleted
Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead Word of honor

Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead Bad genius

Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead Sotus

Poor Female Lead/Poor Male Lead Ode to my father

Killer Kill it


21. Friendly Ways to Live or Die
Progress
Choice of routeEssentialsNotesCompleted
Birth care (Postpartum care) Birthcare center

Ghosts The ghost bride

Teamwork Tell me what you saw

Death Game As the gods will

Bullying Innocent witness


22. Who Am I When I Am With You?Progress
Choice of routeEssentialsNotesCompleted
Colleagues Haken Uranaishi Ataru

Bromance Descendants of the sun

Parent-Child  Forecasting love and weather

Assailant-Victim Horror Stories

Doctor-Patient The oath of love


23. It's Only Words in the NameProgress
Choice of routeEssentialsNotesCompleted
Celestial Body To my star

Color Red balloon

Object Ingredients

Number 37 Seconds

Calendar-related word Our beloved summer


24. Pretty Pictures on  the CoverProgress
Choice of routeEssentialsNotesCompleted
Domesticated Animal If cats disappeared from the world

Flower My engineer

Dark Colors Midnight

Door Dinner mate

Geometrical Shapes The night beyond the tricornered window


25.  Countries of MDL
Progress
Choice of routeEssentialsNotesCompleted
Japan Restart after come back home

South Korea Dark hole

Thailand Never let me go

Taiwan HIStory2: Right or wrong

China Arsenal military academy

MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet
 

Starting date: Jan. 1, 2023
End Date: 

Link to your Drama list: https://mydramalist.com/dramalist/8575291 

Progress Habitat: 

 

Taxonomy 

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

1. Type

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 Web Series

OR

 TV SHOW*
At least 5 o f a title listed as a Tv Show The episodes do not need to be in consecutive order. Please list episode air dates OR episode numbers


Happy Ending Romance (2022)


Korean; Eps: 8; Duration: 30 mins


March 11, 2023

MOVIE

OR

DRAMA SPECIAL


 The Imprisoned Love (2016)


China; Duration: 1 hr 27 mins

Jan. 5, 2023

Co-Produced 

OR 

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

Okja (2017)

Korean: Duration: 2 hrs

X- Completed

Anthology 

OR 

Omnibus


Persona (2019)

Korea; Eps: 4; Duration: 20 mins


May 8, 2023

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

Or

Adapted From a Novel / Book

Taikan Yoho (2023)


Japan; Manga;  Eps: 8; Duration: 25 mins 


Oct 12, 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 

OR 

Sci-Fi 

Fall in Love with My Badboy  (2020)

Chinese Drama; Duration: 1 hr 36 mins

Jan. 4, 2023

Comedy 

OR

Tragedy

Kanojo, Okariishimasu (2022)

Japan; Eps: 10 ; Duration: 30 mins

Jan. 9, 2023.

Thriller

OR

Romance

Between Us (2022)

Thailand; Eps: 12; Duration: 53 mins

Jan 29, 2023

Youth 

OR

Political 

I Will Knock You (2022)

Thailand; Eps:12; Duration: 45 mins

Feb 3, 2023

Action 

OR

Life

Hit & Run Squad (2019)

Korean; Duration: 2 hrs 13 mins ;

Jan. 3, 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

OR

1940-1959

Forever Love (2023)


China; Eps: 30; Duration: 10 mins


Oct 02, 2023

1990-1999

OR

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

Like Father, Like Daughter (2019)

Taiwan;Duration: 21 Mins; Short Film

2019

Link to account: Here (2019)

Link to Challenge Form: Here


Feb 24, 2023

2000-2010

OR

the month (not necessarily the year) you were born


100 Days with Mr.  Arrogant (2004)


Korea; Duration: 1 hr 35 mins


Feb 14, 2023

year generated by this website

OR

1950-1969


Fall in Mulberry (2019)


Korea; Eps: 9; Duration: 8 mins

Dates Generated:
-1998
-2005
-2009
-2018
-2019


Feb 23, 2023

2017-2022

OR

1970-1989

Vice Versa (2022) 

Thailand; Eps:12; 55 mins


Feb 2, 2023


5. Duration of The Hike

 Tutorial

Progress: 5/5 

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 Short Length Series

 OR

 Short Film 

 Midnight Tod (2017) 

Short Film; Taiwanese; Duration: 40 mins

Jan. 2, 2023

DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes 

Or

DRAMA with  30 episodes or more. 

Douse Mou Nigerarenai (2021)

Japan; Eps: 9; Duration: 24 mins.

Jan. 11, 2023.

DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer.

 609 Bedtime Story (2022)

Thailand; Eps: 11; Duration: 35 mins

Feb 4, 2023

DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts  180 minutes or longer. 

La Cuisine (2022)

Thailand; Eps: 13; Duration: 43 mins

Jan. 6, 2023

DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes

OR

DRAMA with 8 episodes or less.  

Cutie Pie 2 You (2023)

Thailand; Eps: 4; Duration: 45 mins

Jan 27, 2023


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

Utsukushii Kare Season 2 (2023)

Japan; Eps: 4; Duration: 25 mins

Feb 28, 2023

Different Timelines  

OR 

Time Loop

Triage (2022)

Thailand; Eps: 13; Duration: 44 mins

Feb 1, 2023

Time Skip 

OR  

Time Travel

Midnight Screening with a Vampire (2014)

Japan; Duration: 1 hr

Jan 30, 2023

Winter 

OR 

Summer

Our Winter (2023)

Thailand; Miniseries: Duration: 1 Minute; Eps: 14

March 20, 2023

Fall  

OR

Spring

We're Not Trash (2022)

Korea; Eps: 8; Duration: 12 mins

Completed


The Chronicles of MDL 

In the following  habitats your mission is to find essentials by exploring MDL, your personal favourites and  those others have awarded or written about. 

7. Sharing is Caring

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


Doom at Your Service (2021)


Korean; Eps: 16; Duration: 1 hr 5 mins

Link to another user: Here  [@Trinah101's ]


completed

with less than 10,000 viewers

OR

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


Close to you ...(or not) (2021) 

Korea; Viewers 28 ; Duration: 7 mins

Jan. 8, 2023

DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list 

OR

DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list

Love Songs Love Stories Special: Close to my Heartbeats (2016)


Thailand; Eps: 2; Duration: 20 mins


April 12, 2023

mentioned in the MDL Forums

Or

mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds)


The Director Who Buys Me Dinner (2022)


Korea; Eps: 10; Duration: 15 mins

Link: Mentioned Here

Jan. 12, 2023

with the newest release date in your PTW list

OR

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

Individual Circumstances (2023)


Korea; Eps: 8; Duration: 17 mins 

[newest at the time I started it]


Feb 9, 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

OR

by the same writer as one of your favorites



Japan; eps 3; Duration: 45 mins

Screenwriter: Toyama Erika


Completed.

from an award-winning director

OR

that has one of your favorite actresses

Bad & Crazy (2021)


Korea; Eps: 12; Duration: 1 hr 10 mins

Actress: Han Ji Eun


Oct 08, 2023

from an award-winning screenwriter

OR

that has one of your favorite actors

Midnight Runners (2017)


Korea; Movie; Duration: 1 hr 49 mins

Actor: Park Seo Joon


May 7, 2023

from an award-winning actor

OR

by the same director as one of your favorite titles

Sweet Home (2020)


Korea; Eps: 10; Duration: 54 mins

*A multi-award winning actor,  Lee Do Hyun


Oct 07, 2023

from an award-winning actress

OR

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


Forever 17 (2019)


Honk Kong; Duration: 30 mins

Director: Kit Hung

Feb 19, 2023



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 Content | Extreme Sexual Content

Kinnporsche (2022)

Thailand; Eps: 14; Duration: 60 mins

Jan 17, 2023

Age Gap [Drama Life]  

OR 

Classmates' Relationship 

GAP (2022) 

Thailand; Eps: 12; Duration: 55 mins

March 1, 2023

features a Heterosexual relationship  

OR 

Same-Sex relationship

Love Stage(2022)

Thailand; Eps: 10; Duration: 46 mins

Feb 12, 2023

 Enemies to Lovers 

OR 

Love at First Sight

Catch Me Baby (2022)

Thailand; Eps: 12; Duration: 36 mins

Jan 25, 2023

Nice Female Lead / Aggressive Male Lead 

OR 

Aggressive Female Lead / Aggressive Male  Lead

Demon Presidents Contract Lover (2017)

China; Duration: 1hr 43 mins.

Jan. 7, 2023.


12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route  

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Slight Comedy 

OR

Black Comedy

Kinnporsche Side Story (2022)

Thailand; Eps: 1; Duration: 8 mins

Jan 17, 2023

Happy Ending 

OR 

features some type of Doomsday

Kare ga Boku ni Koishita Wake (2020)

Japan; Eps: 4; Duration: 29 mins

[AKA: The Reason Why He Fell in Love with Me]

Jan 26, 2023

Tragic Past 

OR 

Sketch Comedy

A Shoulder to Cry On (2023)

Korea; Duration: 30 mins; Eps: 7

May 12, 2023

features a Celebration 

OR

Mourning

Hospital Playlist (2020)

Korea; Eps: 12; Duration; 1 hr 30 mins

Oct 01, 2023

 Healing 

OR

Suicide

A Boss and A Babe (2023)

Thailand; Duration: 43 mins; Eps: 12

May 19, 2023


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

Past-Senger (2023)

Thailand; Duration: 45 mins; Eps: 12

May 24, 2023

Misunderstanding 

OR

Character Development

Seven Days: Friday - Sunday (2015)

Japan; Duration: 1 hr 22 mins

Feb 8, 2023

 Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot 

OR

LGBTQ+

Ameiro Paradox (2022)

Japan; Eps: 8 ; Duration: 25 mins

Feb 10, 2023

Suspense 

OR 

Slow Burn Story / Slow Burn Romance

Fragile Souls (2019)

Taiwan; Short Film; Duration: 9 mins

Jan 21, 2023

 Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead 

OR 

Discrimination

East Palace, West Palace (1996)

China; Duration: 1 hr 31 mins

April 5, 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  

OR 

On a Cliff

Our Skyy 2: The Eclipse (2023)

Thailand; Eps: 2; Duration: 46 mins

May 4, 2023

In the Woods 

OR

By the Sea

Going South (2012) 

Korean; Duration: 45 mins

March 5, 2023

In a Jungle 

OR 

On a Rooftop

Again My Life (2022)

Korean; Eps: 16; Duration: 1 hr 5 mins

Jan 14, 2023

On a Mountain 

OR 

On an Island

Fragile in Love (2007)Taiwan; Duration: 13 mins

June 28, 2023

In a City 

OR

In a Small Town

Where To Go (2018)

Korean; Duration: 30 mins

March 6, 2023


15. Humans Have So Many Things

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

An Umbrella 

OR

A Backpack

Our Dating Sim (2023)

Korea; Duration: 15 mins; Eps: 8

March 30, 2023

A Truck  

OR

A Sports Car

Chains of Heart (2023)

Thailand; Eps:10; Duration: 47 mins

April 23, 2023

A Smartphone 

OR

A Phone Booth

Peach of Time (2021)

Korea;  Eps: 10; Duration: 27 mins

 Feb 17, 2023

A Suit /Dress 

OR

A Hoodie

Maid's Revenge (2022)

China; Episodes: 30; Duration: 10 mins

March 12, 2023

A Book 

OR

A Crossbow

Chijo no Kiss (2021)

Japan;  Eps: 10; Duration: 30 mins;

Jan 15, 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 

OR 

Veteran Actor/Actress 

Yuwol: The Boy Who Made the World Dance (2018)

Korea; Duration: 25 mins

Jan 28, 2023

Idol actor/ Idol actress 

OR

Former Child Actor/Actress 

Jack O'Frost (2023)

Japan; Duration: 30 mins; Eps: 6

March 31, 2023

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)

Perfect One-Night Stand (2020)

Korean; Duration: 21 mins

Feb 21, 2023

Able Bodied 

OR

Living with a disability 

Call Me Chihiro (2023)

Japan: Duration: 2 hrs 11 mins

April 10, 2023

Public Figure  

OR

Hidden Identity

Roommates of Poongduck 304 (2022)

Korean; Eps: 8; Duration: 25 mins.

Jan 13, 2023


17. Camouflage?

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Athlete 

OR 

Artist

Suddenly Seventeen (2016)

China; Duration: 1 hr 47 mins

March 3, 2023


Glasses 

OR

Tattoos

Unintentional Love Story (2023)

Korea; Duration: 35 mins; Eps: 10

April 14, 2023

Identity Swap 

OR

Body Swap

Magic of Zero (2022)

Thailand; Duration: 47 mins; Eps: 3

April 18, 2023

Cop Female LeadCop Male Lead

OR 

Criminal Female Lead/Criminal Male Lead

Craving (2021) 

Taiwan; Duration: 16 mins

Feb 26, 2023

Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead

OR

Antihero/Antiheroine

Word of Honor: Epilogue (2021)

China; Duration: 11 mins

April 16, 2023


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

One the Woman (2021)

Korea; Eps: 16; Duration: 1 hr 10 mins

Feb 6, 2023

Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead 

OR

Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead

From Me to You (2023)

Japan; Duration: 34 mins; Eps: 12

*Naive FL

April 9, 2023

Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead 

OR

Clingy Female Lead/Clingy Male Lead

All the Liquors (2023) 

Korean; Duration: 19 mins; Eps: 8

*Cold Male Lead

March 24, 2023

Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead 

OR 

Poor Female Lead/Poor Male Lead 

Oh My Boss (2021)

Thailand; Eps: 14; Duration: 45 mins

Feb 16, 2023

Killer 

OR

Healer  

Somebody (2022)

Korea; Eps: 8; Duration: 55 mins

May 5, 2023


 

21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Funeral Director 

OR

Birth care (Postpartum care)

May I Help You (2022)

Korea; Eps: 16; Duration: 1 hr 10 mins

May 30, 2023

Virtual Reality  

OR 

Ghosts

My Blessing (2023) 

Thailand; Duration: 1 hr 5 mins

April 8, 2023

Corruption 

OR

Teamwork

The Last Empress (2018) 

Korea; Duration: 35 mins; Eps: 52

April 3, 2023

Friendly Game  

OR

Death Game

Truth or Dare (2019)

Thailand; Duration: 5 mins

April 15, 2023

Friendship 

OR

Bullying

The Warp Effect (2022)

Thailand; Eps: 12; Duration: 50 mins

Feb 27, 2023


22. Who Am I When I Am With You?

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Colleagues 

OR

Inmates

Attraction(2014)

Korean; Duration: 14 mins

April 13, 2023

Bromance 

OR 

Sismance

Broject (2018)

Korea; Eps:2; Duration: 14 mins

Jan 20, 2023

Parent-Child 

OR

Sibling 

My Annoying Brother (2016)

Korean; Duration: 1 hr 50 mins

May 3, 2023

Assailant-Victim 

OR

Student-Teacher

The Short Distance is Round (2019)

Japan; Duration: 1 hr 10mins

note: I was deceived into thinking it was a different kind of movie so I watched w/o reading the synopsis.

March 13, 2023

Doctor-Patient 

OR

Soldier

One Summer Night (2016)

Korea; Duration: 1 hr 38 mins

Feb 20, 2023






25.  Countries of MDL

Progress: 7/7

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

China

Suddenly Seventeen (2016) 

China; Duration: 1 hr 47 mins

March 3, 2023

Hong Kong

May You Stay, Forever Young (2020)

Hong Kong; Duration: 33 mins

May 1, 2023

Japan

Bokura no Micro an Shuumatsu (2023)

Japan; Eps: 8; Duration: 24 mins

Feb 15, 2023

Philippines

Ben X Jim (2020)

Philippines; Eps: 7; Duration: 34 mins

March 15, 2023

South Korea

Jealousy is my Guest (2016)

Korea; Short Film; Duration: 14 mins

Jan 24, 2023

Taiwan

Departure (2019)

Taiwan; Duration: 16 mins

Feb 22, 2023

Thailand

Sweet Student Boy (2016)

Thailand; Duration: 1 hr 43 mins

March 17, 2023




MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet

 

Starting date:  1 January, 2023

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

Progress Habitat: Plains  00/25 [16/127]

Dramas:  05  ||  Drama special: 02  ||   Movies: 05   ||   Variety show: 04

  Plan to Watch      ||      Currently watching       ||       Completed

✗ Habitat completed 00  ||  Animal: 

?? 00     ?? 00     ?? 05     ?? 00    ?? 08     ?? 00     ?? 00     

  

Taxonomy 

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

1. Type

Progress: 04

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 Web Series

OR

 TV SHOW*

At least 5 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

??  Convenience Store Restaurant 
TV Show (Ep. 62, 63, 67, 68,69 ) Feb 23

MOVIE

OR

DRAMA SPECIAL

??  Suspect X
Movie Jun 11

Co-Produced 


OR 

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

??  The Outlaws 
Actor from a country NOT on MDL(Ma Dong Seok) June 10

Anthology 

OR 

Omnibus

??  Persona 
Anthology Jan 12

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

Or

Adapted From a Novel / Book

??  Would You Like a Cup of Coffee? 
Adapted from the manhwa "How About a Cup of Coffee?"  

 

2. Is it True?

Progress: 02

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Advertisement  

OR 

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

?? Please Tell Me So 
Advertisement Jan 18

Independent Film 

OR 

Propaganda

??  Descendants of the SunPropaganda

Documentary Genre


OR


 Mockumentary

??  The Penthouse Season 3: Hidden Room - The Beginning of the EndDocumentary Jan 28

Adapted from Folklore 

OR 

Inspired by Real Events / Real Person


??  Chunhyang 
Adapted from Folklore

Historical Fiction 

OR 

Historical genre  + tag Based on True Story

??  Mr. SunshineHistorial Fiction

 

3. All About the Gen(r)es  

Progress: 01

Watch a title from one of the following genres

Choice of Route. 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Historical 

OR 

Sci-Fi 

??  Kingdom Season 2Historical

Comedy 

OR

Tragedy

??  Rea(L)oveComedyJun 29

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:  01

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

in 2023

OR

1940-1959

??  Divorce Attorney Shin (Sacred Divorce)2023


 

1990-1999

OR

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

??  Sandglass1995


2000-2010

OR

the month (not necessarily the year) you were born

?? The Sword With No Name2009



year generated by this website

OR

1950-1969

?? Horse Doctor / Architecture 101 / Pacemaker

2012 (generated)


2017-2022

OR

1970-1989

?? Intimate Strangers
2018

✓ Mar 13

 

5. Duration of The Hike

 Tutorial

Progress: 02

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 Short Length Series

 OR

 Short Film 

?? Everywhere and Nowhere

Short Length Series

DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes 

Or

DRAMA with  30 episodes or more. 

The Horse Doctor30 episodes or more (50 ep)

DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer.

 ?? Broker

Movie longer than 90 min (129 minutes) May 31

DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts  180 minutes or longer. 

?? GokushufudoDrama with 40-50 min (46 min)Jul 3

DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes

OR

DRAMA with 8 episodes or less.  

?? The New Employee8 episodes or less (7 ep) Mar 17

 

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

Kingdom Season 2

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: 01/xx

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

?? Are You Human Too?PTW longer (~2020)



with less than 10,000 viewers

OR

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

??  Here's My Plan 
Less than 10,000 [4,461 viewers (as Jan 2)] Jan 2

DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list 

OR

DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list

??  ConnectSmallest number of ep in PTW list (5 Jan) - 6

mentioned in the MDL Forums

Or

mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds)

??  Maiko-san Chi no Makanai-sanFeeds


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: 01

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)

??  Ticketing on Two Feet
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

??  Bad ProsecutorMost Viewed tags: Friendship (90), Death & Happy Ending (73)

1. Least viewed genres: Law (7)


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)

?? Move to HeavenGame



with over 10 Reviews

OR

with 0 Reviews when you started watching it

??  Changing Majors0 Reviews (as Jan 1) Jan 25

 

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: 01

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back 

OR

Exorcism

?? Island Season 1Exorcism

Cohabitation 

OR

Long Distance Relationship




Fluffy 

OR

Sexual Assault




Contract Relationship 

OR

Secret Relationship

?? Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu
Contract RelationshipAug 03

Opposites Attract 

OR

Domestic Abuse

?? Crash Course in Romance

Opposites AttractJun 30

 

 

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

?? Along With the Gods: The Two WorldsTragic PastJul 29

features a Celebration 

OR

Mourning




 Healing 

OR

Suicide

?? Sea of HopeHealing

 

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

 Perfect NumberSuspense

 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 

?? 100 Days My PrinceIdol actor (Doh Kyunsoo)

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

?? Love VillageTeamwork Jun 09

Friendly Game  

OR

Death Game




Friendship 

OR

Bullying

??  20th Century GirlFriendship

 

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 

Take Care of My CatAnimal

Season 

OR

Calendar-related word 




 

24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover   

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Domesticated Animal 


OR


Wild Animal 

?? Military Prosecutor Doberman
Domesticated Animal (Doberman)

Flower 

OR 

Building 

?? Stranger 2Building

Light Colors 

OR

Dark Colors 

?? Through the DarknessDark Colors

Rainbow 

OR

Door 




Only Words 

OR 

Geometrical Shapes 

??  Kingdom: Legendary War
Geometrical Shapes (Square)

 

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: 03

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

China

?? Better Days 

Hong Kong

?? Zero to Hero 

Japan

?? MIU 404
Jul 31

Philippines

?? Hello Stranger
Aug 01

South Korea

?? Hero 

Taiwan

?? Your Name Engraved Herein  

Thailand

?? 2gether
Aug 27

 

Treats

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

My Treats!

Plains

Used:

/5

Forest

Used:

 /4

Mountain

Used:

 /3

Space

Used: 

/2

Black Hole

Used:

/1

Route

Essential

Substitute for

Notes

Completed


 





















MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet

 

Starting date: January 1st, 2023

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

Progress Habitat: Plains (7/25)

 

 

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 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

Homesick

2022 C-drama



MOVIE

OR

DRAMA SPECIAL

KBS S14: Love Attack


2023 K-special

Co-Produced 


OR 

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

One Piece

2023 co-produced drama with Japan



Anthology 

OR 

Omnibus

Our Blues

2022 K-drama; rewatch



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

Or

Adapted From a Novel / Book


Moving

2023 K-drama


 

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 

Kingdom
2019 K-drama; rewatch

Comedy 

OR

Tragedy

Mr. Queen
2020 K-drama; rewatch

Thriller

OR

Romance

Mouse
2021 K-drama; rewatch

Youth 

OR

Political 

Doona!
2023 K-drama

Action 

OR

Life

The First Responders
2022 K-drama

 

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

The First Responders Season 2
2023 K-drama



1990-1999

OR

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


Prison Playbook
2017 K-drama
(sone)

2000-2010

OR

the month (not necessarily the year) you were born

King the Land


2023 K-drama

year generated by this website

OR

1950-1969

The Bridal Mask

2012 K-drama; rewatch


2017-2022

OR

1970-1989


Extreme Job
2019 K-movie; rewatch



 

5. Duration of The Hike

 Tutorial

Progress: ✅

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 Short Length Series

 OR

 Short Film

 Three of Us


2022 K-short

DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes 

Or

DRAMA with  30 episodes or more. 

Raise de wa Chanto Shimasu Season 3
2022 J-drama

DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer.

 Parallel World

2023 C-drama

DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts  180 minutes or longer. 

To Ship Someone
2023 C-drama

DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes

OR

DRAMA with 8 episodes or less.  

My Journey to You
2023 C-drama

 

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

Sweet Home Season 2
2023 K-drama

Different Timelines  

OR 

Time Loop

Three-Body
2023 C-drama

Time Skip 

OR  

Time Travel

The Inextricable Destiny
2023 C-drama

Winter 

OR 

Summer

Revenant
2023 K-drama

Fall  

OR

Spring

Destined with You
2023 K-drama

 

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. 

 

 

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




 

 

 

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 

Mr. Sunshine
2018 K-drama; rewatch

Color 


OR


Emotion 

Black Knight
2023 K-drama

Object 

OR

Verb 

See You in My 19th Life
2023 K-drama

Animal

OR

Number 

Squid Game
2021 K-drama; rewatch

Season 

OR

Calendar-related word 

The Kidnapping Day
2023 K-drama

 

24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover   

Progress: ✅

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Domesticated Animal 


OR


Wild Animal 

Meet Yourself
2023 C-drama

Flower 

OR 

Building 

Extraordinary You
2019 K-drama; rewatch

Light Colors 

OR

Dark Colors 

Fall for You
2022 K-drama

Rainbow 

OR

Door 

My Perfect Stranger
2023 K-drama

Only Words 

OR 

Geometrical Shapes 

Love to Hate You
2023 K-drama

 

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: X

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


 




















Starting Date: January 1, 2023

Link to Drama List:

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 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







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. 

10.  Kiss, F***, Kill, Exorcism…

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Ex-Boyfriend Comes BackEx-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 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 LeadAggressive Male Lead 

OR 

Aggressive Female LeadAggressive 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





17. Camouflage?

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Athlete 

OR 

Artist




Glasses 

OR

Tattoos




Identity Swap 

OR

Body Swap




Cop Female LeadCop 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 LeadStrong Male Lead 

OR 

Weak Female LeadWeak 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 LeadRich 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



 MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet

Starting date: January 1, 2023

Link to your Drama list: List

Progress Habitat: Plains Dwarf Flying Squirrel (6)
Essentials:  32/32
DramaMovieSpecialTV ShowRe-watch
246101


Taxonomy 

3. All About the Gen(r)es  

Progress:

Choice of Route. 

Essentials 

Notes

 

Historical OR Sci-Fi 

Maid's Revenge

Historical

Jan3

Comedy OR Tragedy

The Huntresses

Comedy

May14

Thriller OR Romance

The Suspect

Thriller

Apr22

Youth OR Political 

The Blood of Youth

Youth

Jan1-Mar3

Action OR Life

Jung_E

Action

Jan21


The Chronicles of MDL 

7. Sharing is Caring

Progress: 1/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

that has been on your PTW for longer than you can rememberOR from the Watchlist of another user doing this challengeThe Longest Promise

Solenzara's Drama List

Jul13-Dec13


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

My Perfect Stranger

9058 watchers on Jun6

Jun6-20


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

Island

6 episodes

Jan1-13



mentioned in the MDL ForumsOR mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds)

Back From the Brink

Feeds

Jul5-Nov18


with the newest release date in your PTW list OR with a release date older than the oldest title in your WatchlistGoong 

Nothing pre-2010 on list.

Jan19-23


9. Your Fanciers and Westminsters

Progress: 

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Award-winning OR by the same writer as one of your favorites

The Starry Love

Screenwriter Ma Jia of Ashes of Love

Mar5-Jul9


from an award-winning director OR that has one of your favorite actresses

Story of Kunning Palace

One of fav. actresses - Bai Lu 

Nov18-26


from an award-winning screenwriter OR that has one of your favorite actors

See You in My 19th Life

One of fav. actors - Ahn Bo Hyun

Jun21-Dec14


from an award-winning actor OR by the same director as one of your favorite titles

Crash Course in Romance

Jung Kyung Ho

Jan18-Mar21


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

Island Part 2

Lee Da Hee

Feb23-Mar11



Getting up Close and Personal 

11. Finding a Mate

Progress: 2/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

 

 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

Hit the Spot 

Tags: Extreme Sexula Content & Porlonged Nudity

Jan3-14

 

Age Gap [Drama Life]  OR Classmates' Relationship 

Nothing But You

Age Gap

Apr5-13

features a Heterosexual relationship OR Same-Sex relationship

The Heavenly Idol

Heterosexula relationship

Feb15-Sep24

 Enemies to Lovers OR Love at First Sight

Love to Hate You

Enemies to Lovers

Feb10-12

 

Nice Female Lead / Aggressive Male Lead OR Aggressive Female Lead / Aggressive Male  Lead

Brain Works

Nice Male Lead

Jan4-Feb28


Name and Cover 

23. It's Only Words in the Name 

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

 

Celestial Body OR Body Part 

Till the End of the Moon

Celestial Body

Apr6-Jul13

Color OR Emotion 

Black Knight

Colour

May20

Object OR Verb 

Romance of a Twin Flower

Treat

Mar21-Sep27

Animal OR Number 

Drama Special Season 9: The Tuna and the Dolphin

Number

Feb26

Season OR Calendar-related word 

Kokdu: Season of Deity

Season

Jan27-Oct2


Origin

25.  Countries of MDL

Progress: 1/7

Route

Essentials

Notes

China

A League of Nobleman

Feb4-Dec22

Hong Kong

Ip Man 2: Legend of Grandmaster

Feb26

Japan

Kingdom

Dec24

Philippines

Bride for Rent

Mar17

South Korea

My Annoying Brother

Dec23

Taiwan

Lost Romance 

Jan1-3

Thailand

KinnPorsche

Jan15-Feb25


Treats

My 

Treats!

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

RouteEssentialSubstitute forNotes
23-3

Romance of a Twin Flower 

Object OR Verb 
Mar21-Sep27


2023 
SIGN-UP SHEET

Starting date: January 1, 2023

Link to your Drama list: sone
Finished date:Progress Habitat:

DramasMoviesTV ShowsSpecialsRe-watch
28142133

 

Taxonomy 

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

1. Type

Progress: 4/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

  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


Time to Twice: Crime Scene (2020)


Watched: 6/6 episodes




February 17, 2023

DRAMA SPECIAL


Alt.Gameboys (2020)




February 28, 2023

Co-Produced


Whether the Weather Is Fine (2021)


Co-produced by: 

  • Globe Studios
  • Black Sheep Productions
  • Dreamscape Entertainment

(France, Singapore, Indonesia, Germany, and Qatar)




February 13, 2023

Anthology 

OR 

Omnibus







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

Nishiogikubo Mitsuboshi Youshudou (2021)


Adapted from the manga series "Nishiogikubo Mitsuboshi Youshudou" by Asai Sai




April 12, 2023


2. Is it True?

Progress: 1/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Advertisement 

I Am Your Bleating Phone (2016)

Ad for an Oppo phone


January 1, 2023


Independent Film 

OR 

Propaganda




Documentary Genre

OR

 Mockumentary




Adapted from Folklore 

OR 

Inspired by Real Events / Real Person




Historical Fiction

Joseon Attorney: A Morality (2023)



June 14, 2023


3. All About the Gen(r)es  

Progress: 3/5

Watch a title from one of the following genres

Choice of Route. 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Sci-Fi

Freedom Chapter (2020)



January 8, 2023

Comedy 

OR

Tragedy




Thriller

Anna: Extended Version (2022)



January 7, 2023

Youth

I'm Tee, Me Too (2020)



March 6, 2023

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: 2/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

  Short Film 

My Eleventh Brother (2016)



June 18, 2023

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

Midnight Motel (2022)

47 min


January 12, 2023

DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes

OR

DRAMA with 8 episodes or less.  





6. Time Can Be Confusing 

Progress: 3/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Full second season of a DRAMA

Imawa no Kuni no Alice Season 2 (2022)



January 10, 2023

Different Timelines  

OR 

Time Loop




Time Travel

My Birthday Wish (2021)

On FL's 50th birthday, she makes a wish to go back in time to relive her life and then suddenly wakes up as her 25-year-old self


May 27, 2023

Summer

Gameboys: Out in the Open (2021)



March 3, 2023

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: 2/5

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

Regal Studio Presents: Raya Sirena (2021)

0 watchers as of date watched


May 23, 2023

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

Maiko-san Chi no Makanai-san (2023)


release date: January 12, 2023




March 26, 2023


8. Examined…

Tutorial

Progress: 2/5

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)







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







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

Idol: The Coup (2021)


Article: Overanalyzing Idol: The Coup




April 29, 2023

with 0 Reviews when you started watching it


Ikaw si Ako, Ako si Ikaw (2021)





May 24, 2023


9. Your Fanciers and Westminsters

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

*List with awards

Progress: 2/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

Award-winning

OR

by the same writer as one of your favorites







from an award-winning director

OR

that has one of your favorite actresses







that has one of your favorite actors

Theory of Love (2019)


Gun Atthaphan




June 17, 2023

from an award-winning actor

OR

by the same director as one of your favorite titles







from an award-winning actress

Tabi Suru Sandwich (2022)



Miyazaki Yoshiko (Winner of Best Supporting Actress at 43rd Blue Ribbon Awards)


March 19, 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: 3/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Exorcism

Island Season 1 (2022)



January 27, 2023

Cohabitation

Gameboys Season 2 (2022)

Set in the midst of the global pandemic, the 2 MLs who had previously been communicating online, decide to try living together for a brief period of time


June 10, 2023

Fluffy 

OR

Sexual Assault




Secret Relationship

Can't Help Falling in Love (2017)

The FL who's set to wed her long-time boyfriend, discovers she's already married to a stranger. They have to keep their relationship secret until they can figure out how to undo it


March 20, 2023

Opposites Attract 

OR

Domestic Abuse

 




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 Content | Extreme Sexual Content




Age Gap [Drama Life]  

OR 

Classmates' Relationship 




Same-Sex relationship

Stand-In Love (2023)



June 24, 2023

 Enemies to Lovers 

OR 

Love at First Sight




Nice Male Lead

Theory of Love: Special Episode "Stand By Me" (2020)



June 18, 2023


12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying

Progress: 1/5

Choice of Route  

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Slight Comedy 

OR

Black Comedy




Happy Ending 

OR 

features some type of Doomsday




Tragic Past 

OR 

Sketch Comedy




Mourning

Gameboys (2020)

One of the main character's father dies. Him, his mother, and his brother are all shown in mourning


February 28, 2023

 Healing 

OR

Suicide





13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff

Progress: 1/5

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




 Discrimination

Black Knight (2023)


June 25, 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: 3/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

On a Cliff

Princess Dayareese (2021)

The princess saves one of the townspeople from falling off a cliff during her competition to become queen

April 14, 2023

In the Woods

Work Later, Drink Now Season 2 (2022)

In episode 1 & 2, the 3 main leads build a structure to temporarily live in the woods as a getaway before their friend has to start her cancer treatment

March 27, 2023

In a Jungle 

OR 

On a Rooftop




On an Island

Island Part 2 (2023)

Jeju Island

May 3, 2023
In a City 

OR

In a Small Town





15. Humans Have So Many Things

Progress: 4/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

An Umbrella

Girls' Generation 1979 (2017)

So many umbrellas in this drama!! Some were used to symbolize friendship, others love. One significant scene is the ML who likes the FL throughout is always meeting her with an umbrella even though she just wants him to leave her alone. We start to see her return his feelings by showcasing her bringing him in to share the umbrella with her instead of telling him to go away.



May 28, 2023

A Sports Car

GAP (2022)

In the final episode, one main character drives her sports car (a Porsche 911 Carrera) to intercept the other main character's car en route to the airport to prevent her from leaving the country and tell her they can finally be together


February 18, 2023

A Phone Booth

Catch the Ghost (2019)

The serial killer called "The Subway Ghost" lures his victims by stealing their wallets then calling them from a phone booth telling them to meet with him to get their wallets


May 26, 2023

 

A Suit /Dress 

OR

A Hoodie




A Book

Chalna: Enough Time to Fall in Love (2019)

Two women keep making eye contact at a café. One is reading a book and the other takes note of the title. She then posts on social media about her experience. The reader sees this post and they confirm each other's identity using the book title.


June 14, 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: 2/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Child Actor/Actress 

OR 

Veteran Actor/Actress 




Idol actress

Love and Leashes (2022)

Seohyun from Girls' Generation


June 10, 2023

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

Your Ship Is Real (2022)

Both leads are actresses


February 26, 2023


17. Camouflage?

Progress: 3/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Athlete 

OR 

Artist




Tattoos

Gameboys the Movie (2021)

Gavreel (played by
Kokoy de Santos) has multiple tattoos (chest, forearm, inner arm, outer forearm, etc)


March 3, 2023

Body Swap

Damena Otoko ja Dame Desu ka? (2022)

The ML and his grandma swap bodies


April 13, 2023

Cop Male Lead

Taxi Driver (2021)



April 1, 2023

Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead

OR

Antihero/Antiheroine





18. What Are You?  

Progress: 3/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Strong Female Lead

Bad Genius (2017)



June 10, 2023

Naive Female Lead

Girl Next Room: Richy Rich (2020)



April 17, 2023

Cold Male Lead

Go Ho's Starry Night (2016)



June 13, 2023

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: 1/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Pet

The House Arrest of Us (2020)

Main characters adopt a dog together


February 11, 2023

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: 2/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Human Turns into an Animal   

OR

Animal turns into a Human




Adorable animals

Way Back Home (2011)

One FL goes missing as a child after getting separated from her older sister. The older sister ran to see baby turtles born and is shown watching them make their way to the ocean.


April 10, 2023

Animal in a City

Imawa no Kuni no Alice (2020)

This show takes place in abandoned Tokyo.

In Episode 4 a panther is in an underground highway tunnel. 

Episode 5: the game is to gain points by killing dangerous animals (snake, tigers, etc)


January 4, 2023

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: 4/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Funeral Director 

OR

Birth care (Postpartum care)




Ghosts

Pagpag: Nine Lives (2013)



March 18, 2023

Corruption 

Hit-and-Run Squad (2019)



May 2, 2023

Friendly Game

She's Dating the Gangster (2014)

FL attends ML's basketball game to make a big public display of cheering him on


March 23, 2023

Friendship 

Love Refresh (2021)






January 8, 2023


22. Who Am I When I Am With You?

Progress: 3/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Colleagues

Miss Independent Ji Eun (2018)

A good part takes place in office setting with colleagues (ML is FL's colleague wo ends up becoming her boyfriend)

June 9, 2023

Sismance

Work Later, Drink Now (2021)


February 22, 2023

Sibling 

Sisterakas (2012)


February 12, 2023

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 




Color 

OR

Emotion 




Object

Pearl Next Door (2020)

pearl, door

March 16, 2023

Number 

One Million Comments, Magjo-jowa na ako! (2021)

one million

March 23, 2023

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: 3/7

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

China




Hong Kong




Japan

The Center Lane (2021)



January 8, 2023

Philippines

The Signs (2021)



May 25, 2023

South Korea

Time to Twice: Crime Scene Season 2 (2021)



February 17, 2023

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: January 1, 2023

Link to your Drama list: my list

Progress Habitat: 8/8

Plan To Watch    Currently Watching    Completed 


Taxonomy 

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

3. All About the Gen(r)es  

Progress: 5/5

Watch a title from one of the following genres

Choice of Route. 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Historical

OR 

Sci-Fi


Black Knight



5/17

Comedy 

OR

Tragedy


Crash Course in Romance



3/05

Thriller

OR

Romance


The Heavenly Idol



3/28

Youth 

OR

Political


Reply 1994



2/19

Action 

OR

Life


Island



1/14


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


The Good Bad Mother




6/8

1990-1999

OR

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


A Murderous Affair in Horizon Tower


2020



5/19

2000-2010

OR

the month (not necessarily the year) you were born


 Marriage Not Dating


July


8/13

year generated by this website

OR

1950-1969


Strong Woman Do Bong Soon


2017


6/29

2017-2022

OR

1970-1989


20th Century Girl


2022


1/28


5. Duration of The Hike

 Tutorial

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 Short Length Series

 OR

 Short Film 

 

Kiss Goblin



01/10

DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes 

Or

DRAMA with  30 episodes or more. 


Love Between Fairy and Devil




02/12

DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer.

 


Your House Helper




01/10

DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts  180 minutes or longer. 



Connect




01/04

DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes

OR

DRAMA with 8 episodes or less.  



The Glory Season 1




01/04


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


Taxi Driver Season 2



4/17

Different Timelines  

OR 

Time Loop


Reset



3/13

Time Skip

OR  

Time Travel


My Perfect Stranger



6/20

Winter 

OR 

Summer


Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo


Winter Setting Tag


3/28

Fall  

OR

Spring


Love and Leashes


Spring Setting Tag


4/5


The Chronicles of MDL 

In the following  habitats your mission is to find essentials by exploring MDL, your personal favourites and  those others have awarded or written about. 

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



Love and Redemption



Link



4/16

with less than 10,000 viewers

OR

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


A Business Proposal


#220 as of completion


4/22

DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list 

OR

DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list



Duty After School: Part 2




4 episodes



5/16

mentioned in the MDL Forums

Or

mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds)


Till the End of the Moon


Link


7/27

with the newest release date in your PTW list

OR

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



See You in My 19th Life







8/7


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)



Unlocked


Link

Page 4 of the Out Now Trailers (as of 3/24)



3/24

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).


Duty After School: Part 1


 

Link



4/29

from your most viewed tags 

Or

from your least viewed genres under your profile stats


Kill Bok Soon


Death


4/8

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

Or

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



The Glory Part 2



Link



3/12

with over 10 Reviews

OR

with 0 Reviews when you started watching it


Bo Ra! Deborah


Watched while airing


5/28


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


Vincenzo

Drama of the Year (2021) at the Brand of the Year Awards 


7/29

from an award-winning director

OR

that has one of your favorite actresses


Revenant 


Kim Tae Ri


8/11

from an award-winning screenwriter

OR

that has one of your favorite actors



Hotel Del Luna



Hong Sisters



7/3

from an award-winning actor

OR

by the same director as one of your favorite titles


Joseon Attorney: A Morality


Kim Seung Ho: Twenty-Five Twenty-One


5/20

from an award-winning actress

OR

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


Flower of Evil


Kim Chul Gyu


6/10


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 


The Killing Vote


Park Sung Woong (acting since 1997)


11/17

Idol actor/ Idol actress 

OR

Former Child Actor/Actress 


My Lovely Liar


Hwang Minhyun


9/19

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)



Song of the Bandits



All of the main characters are cisgender



10/1

Able Bodied

OR

Living with a disability 


Twinkling Watermelon


Cheong Ah is deaf


11/23

Public Figure  

OR

Hidden Identity


Dream

ML is a professional soccer player


9/8

2023 MDL Watch Challenge Sign-up Sheet
 

Starting date: January 1, 2023

Link to your Drama list: https://mydramalist.com/dramalist/Misunderst0_od

Progress Habitat: 25/25



Taxonomy

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

1. Type

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 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


Alice, The Final Weapon


Web Series


1/2

MOVIE

OR

DRAMA SPECIAL

Doubt - Uncover Lying Man

Movie

1/14

Co-Produced 

OR 

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


The Foreigner

Coproduced


1/3

Anthology 

OR 

Omnibus

Our Blues

Omnibus


1/23

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

Or

Adapted From a Novel / Book


Yumi's Cells 2


Adapted From Webtoon


2/9


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)

Koi Desu: Yankee-kun to Hakujou Garu

Educational - About Blind People

12/5

Independent Film 

OR 

Propaganda

Substitute: Voice Mainpulation

Return Man

SUBSTITUTE : Voice Manipulation

Documentary Genre

OR

 Mockumentary

My Wiggly Friend

Documentary

3/30

Adapted from Folklore 

OR 

Inspired by Real Events / Real Person

Dream

Inspired by Real Event: Homeless World Cup

12/12

Historical Fiction 

OR 

Historical genre  + tag Based on True Story

My Dearest

Historical Fiction

11/19


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 

Song of the Bandits

Historical

9/23

Comedy 

OR

Tragedy

Flash Marriage

Comedy

1/9

Thriller

OR

Romance

Crash Course in Romance

Romance AND Thriller

3/5

Youth 

OR

Political 

Time and Him Are Just Right

Youth

3/21

Action 

OR

Life

Imawa no Kuni no Alice Season 2

Action

1/1


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


Call It Love


2023


6/9

1990-1999

OR

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


Ojisan wa Kawaii Mono ga Osuki


2020: @virgievirgie


12/11

2000-2010

OR

the month (not necessarily the year) you were born


Stealer: The Treasure Keeper


Bday Month: April


5/27

year generated by this website

OR

1950-1969


Arthdal Chronicles Part 1: The Children of Prophecy


Generated Date: Thursday, 7 March 2019 


5/10

2017-2022

OR

1970-1989

Double Love


2022


1/4


5. Duration of The Hike

 Tutorial

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 Short Length Series

 OR

 Short Film 

 

Provoke

Short Length Series

5/5

DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes 

Or

DRAMA with  30 episodes or more. 

Time Flies and You Are Here 

30+ Episodes

3/20

DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer.

 Please Be My Family 

30 Minutes

7/1

DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts  180 minutes or longer. 

Here We Meet Again

45 Minutes

7/16

DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes

OR

DRAMA with 8 episodes or less.  

Arthdal Chronicles Part 2: The Sky Turning Inside Out, Rising Land

6 Episodes

5/16


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

Please Be Married Season 2

Second Season

3/11

Different Timelines  

OR 

Time Loop

A Time Called You

Time Loop

9/11

Time Skip 

OR  

Time Travel

My Perfect Stranger

Time Travel

6/25

Winter 

OR 

Summer

The Master Plan

Winter

1/13

Fall  

OR

Spring

Substitute: Twins

Let's Go Fighting

SUBSTITUTE: Twins


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

Dong Lan Xue

Another Users Challenge List: @virgievirgie (bbelow)


with less than 10,000 viewers

OR

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


The Little Dragon Girl

<10000 viewers

DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list 

OR

DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list

Substitute: Food on the Poster


Old Fashioned Cupcake

Substitute:Food on the Poster

mentioned in the MDL Forums

Or

mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds)

Tsuiraku JK to Haijin Kyoshi

Feeds

with the newest release date in your PTW list

OR

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

Substitute: Multiple Lives

Love You Seven Times

Substitute: Multiple Lives



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)

Kaette Kitara Ippai Shite.

Trailers Page 5 of Newly Added

Trailer


12/28

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).

Is Xian Zun Whitewashed Today? 

Custom List

12/3

from your most viewed tags 

Or

from your least viewed genres under your profile stats

The Blood of Youth

Tag: Friendship

4/12

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)


Little Women


Game


2/5

with over 10 Reviews

OR

with 0 Reviews when you started watching it


My Lucky Star


0 Reviews (I was the first to write one)


6/14


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

Sunny

Grand Bell Awards (multiple)


3/8

from an award-winning director

OR

that has one of your favorite actresses


Broker


Director Koreeda Hirokazu


1/13

from an award-winning screenwriter

OR

that has one of your favorite actors

Monster

Award Winning Writer Sakamoto Yuji: Won Best Screenplay at Cannes


12/19

from an award-winning actor

OR

by the same director as one of your favorite titles


Hidden Blade


Actor: Tony Leung, Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival


2/18

from an award-winning actress

OR

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


Parallel World


Actress: Ni Ni, Shanghai Films Critic Award


10/30


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

Island Part 1

Exorcism

10/7

Cohabitation 

OR

Long Distance Relationship

Romantic

Cohabitation

12/17

Fluffy 

OR

Sexual Assault

Hi Venus

Fluffy

3/17

Contract Relationship 

OR

Secret Relationship

Love to Hate You

Contract Relationship

4/25

Opposites Attract 

OR

Domestic Abuse

 King the Land

Opposites Attract

8/7


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 Content | Extreme Sexual Content

Luck-key

Nudity

1/1

Age Gap [Drama Life]  

OR 

Classmates' Relationship 

Hidden Love

Age Gap

7/28

features a Heterosexual relationship  

OR 

Same-Sex relationship

Kono Koi Atatamemasu ka

Heterosexual Relationship

8/11

 Enemies to Lovers 

OR 

Love at First Sight

Till The End of the Moon

Enemies to Lovers

5/30

Nice Female Lead /  Male Lead 

OR 

Aggressive  Female Lead / Male  Lead

Please Dont Date Him

Nice Male Lead

1/12


12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route  

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Slight Comedy 

OR

Black Comedy

Perfect Marriage Revenge

Slight Comedy

12/4

Happy Ending 

OR 

features some type of Doomsday

Binary Life

Happy Ending

1/11

Tragic Past 

OR 

Sketch Comedy

See You in My 19th Life

Tragic Past

7/23

features a Celebration 

OR

Mourning

From Me to You

Celebration

12/20

 Healing 

OR

Suicide

Daily Dose of Sunshine

BOTH Healing and Suicide

11/8


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

Island Part 2

Religious Leader

10/7

Misunderstanding 

OR

Character Development

When I Fly Toward You

Misunderstanding

8/12

 Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot 

OR

LGBTQ+

D.P. Season 2

Male Centered Plot

8/7

Suspense 

OR 

Slow Burn Story / Slow Burn Romance

The Glory

Suspense

9/2

 Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead 

OR 

Discrimination

Moon in the Day

Popular/Famous Male Lead

12/15



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

My Dearest Part 2

In a Field

11/21

In the Woods 

OR

By the Sea

One Piece

By the Sea

10/8

In a Jungle 

OR 

On a Rooftop

Enigma

On a Rooftop

10/10

On a Mountain 

OR 

On an Island

Castaway Diva

On an Island

12/3

In a City 

OR

In a Small Town

The Terror Live

In a City

8/12


15. Humans Have So Many Things

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

An Umbrella 

OR

A Backpack

Divorce Attorney Shin

Umbrella

6/5

A Truck  

OR

A Sports Car

Reborn Rich

Truck

1/27

A Smartphone 

OR

A Phone Booth

Times

Smartphone

 11/13

A Suit /Dress 

OR

A Hoodie

Cutie Pie

Suit

2/1

A Book 

OR

A Crossbow

Hidaka-Kun, Who Is Always Reading Books

Book

1/12


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 

Barakamon

Child Actress

Idol actor/ Idol actress 

OR

Former Child Actor/Actress 

Heartbeat

Idol Actor

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)

My Lovely Boxer

CIS

Able Bodied 

OR

Living with a disability 

Lethal Perfume

Disability

Public Figure  

OR

Hidden Identity

Heneral Luna

Public Figure


17. Camouflage?

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Athlete 

OR 

Artist

Falling into You

Athlete

Glasses 

OR

Tattoos

 Oh No! Here Comes Trouble 

Tattoos

Identity Swap 

OR

Body Swap

Time to Fall in Love

Identity Swap

Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead

OR 

Criminal Female Lead/Criminal Male Lead

Gannibal

Cop Male Lead

Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead

OR

Antihero/Antiheroine

Strong Girl Namsoon

Superhero Female Lead


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

Bloodhounds

Strong Male Lead

Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead 

OR

Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead

Ye Cheng

Smart Female Lead

Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead 

OR

Clingy Female Lead/Clingy Male Lead

My Lethal Man

Cold Male Lead

Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead 

OR 

Poor Female Lead/Poor Male Lead 

The Love You Give Me

Rich Male Lead

Killer 

OR

Healer  

The Oath of Love

Healer


Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash

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

19. The Petting Zoo

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Pet  

OR 

Pest

My Uncanny Destiny

Pest: Frog

Talking Pet  

OR

Animal Death

Flight to You

Talking Pet: Parrot

Zoo animal  

OR

Farm Animal

Once Upon a Small Town

Farm Animal

Veterinarian  

OR

Animal Control

Behind Your Touch

Veterinarian

Romantic Ride on a Horse  

OR

Horse Ridden to Out to War

Only For Love

Romantic Ride on a Horse 


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

Order of the Sommelier

Animal Turns into a Human

Adorable animals 

OR 

Animal Attack

My Lovely Liar

Animal Attack

Animal in the Wild 

OR

Animal in a City

Gudetama: An Eggcellent Adventure

Animal in the City

Pet dressed in Clothes 

OR 

Animal Abuse

The Forbidden Marriage

Pet Dressed in Pretty Clothes

Second Lead Caring For Animals 

OR 

Antagonist Caring For Animals

Uncanny Counter s

Antagonist Caring for Animal

 

21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Funeral Director 

OR

Birth care (Postpartum care)

Forever Love 2023

Funeral Director

Virtual Reality  

OR 

Ghosts

Show Me the Ghost

Ghosts

Corruption 

OR

Teamwork

Numbers

Corruption

Friendly Game  

OR

Death Game

Cheer Up

Friendly Game

Friendship 

OR

Bullying

The Penthouse: War in Life 

Bullying


22. Who Am I When I Am With You?

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Colleagues 

OR

Inmates

Small & Mighty

Colleagues

Bromance 

OR 

Sismance

Twinkling Watermelon

Bromance

Parent-Child 

OR

Sibling 

Not Others

Parent Child

Assailant-Victim 

OR

Student-Teacher

Gen Z

Student Teacher

Doctor-Patient 

OR

Soldier

Knight of the Rose

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: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Celestial Body 

OR  

Body Part 

The Heavenly Idol

Celestial Body: Heavenly

Color 

OR

Emotion 

Secret Royal Inspector & Joy

Emotion: Joy

Object 

OR

Verb 

Mr. Insomnia Waiting For Love

Verb: Waiting

Animal

OR

Number 

Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938

Number

Season 

OR

Calendar-related word 

Summer Strike

Season


24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover   

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Domesticated Animal 

OR

Wild Animal 

Quill

Domesticated Animal

Flower 

OR 

Building 

The Tower

Building

Light Colors 

OR

Dark Colors 

Brush Up Life

Light Colors

Rainbow 

OR

Door 

Taxi Driver Season 2

Car Door

Only Words 

OR 

Geometrical Shapes 

The Heart of Genius

Shapes: Blocks


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:  6/5

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

China

The Wandering Earth 1


1/28

Hong Kong




Japan

Roppongi Classs


1/7

Philippines

An Inconvenient Love


3/6

South Korea

The Fabulous


9/2

Taiwan

Trick or Love


8/28

Thailand

Delete


7/6


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

Voice Manipulation Skills

Return Man 
Independent Film


Food on the Poster

Old Fashioned Cupcake

Smallest Number of Episodes in PTW


Twins

Let's Go Fighting

Spring or Autumn


Multiple Lives / ReincarnationLove You Seven TimesNewest Release Date in PTW






MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet

 

Starting date: January 1, 2023

Completing date: September 2, 2023

Link to your Drama list: virgievirgie's Drama List

Goal: 25 Habitats/127 Essentials (Elephant/Plains + Tiger)

Progress Habitat: 25/25 

  

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

Dong Lan Xue

Web Series

5/14/23

MOVIE

OR

DRAMA SPECIAL


Lighter & Princess Extra


Drama Special
7/6/23

Co-Produced 

OR 

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

Summerdaze 

Afred Sng

1/1/23

Anthology 

OR 

Omnibus

Good Old Days


Anthology
7/11/23

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

Or

Adapted From a Novel / Book


My Ride 

Novel
1/2/23

 

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)

Love Refresh 
Advertisement1/5/23

Independent Film 

OR 

Propaganda

Just Friends? 
Independent Film4/18/23

Documentary Genre

OR

 Mockumentary

Hidden Love Special
Documentary8/27/23

Adapted from Folklore 

OR 

Inspired by Real Events / Real Person

The Last 10 Years 
Inspired by a real person
9/1/2023

Historical Fiction 

OR 

Historical genre  + tag Based on True Story

Miss Truth
Historical Fiction
8/6/23

 

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 

Pledge of Allegiance
Historical6/6/23

Comedy 

OR

Tragedy

Sing My Crush
Comedy8/3/23

Thriller

OR

Romance

Liar
Romance3/18/23

Youth 

OR

Political 

My Calorie Boy  
Youth1/4/23

Action 

OR

Life

Advance Bravely
Action2/23/23

 

Time is Relative

In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that have something to do with time,  in the first habitat you are instructed to find essentials that started airing  between certain dates, in the second  and third one  you get to dig deeper in to the concept of time 

4. Year of Origin   

Tutorial

Progress:  

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

in 2023

OR

1940-1959

Bokura no Shokutaku 

2023


6/8/23

1990-1999

OR

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

No Working After Hours


2019 - Susuyachan

8/3/23

2000-2010

OR

the month (not necessarily the year) you were born

Love Tractor 

June (6/7-6/21)

7/4/23

year generated by this website

OR

1950-1969


Where the Lost Ones Go

Tuesday, 29 August 2017

7/5/23

2017-2022

OR

1970-1989


Bad Genius 

2017-2022 (2020)
7/3/2023

 

5. Duration of The Hike

 Tutorial

Progress:

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 Short Length Series

 OR

 Short Film 

 

Our Dating Sim
Short Length Series3/30/23

DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes 

Or

DRAMA with  30 episodes or more. 

Liar: Surecigau Koi
25 mins3/18/23

DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer.

See you Tomorrow 

30 mins4/27/23

DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts  180 minutes or longer. 

The Ingenious One 
40-50 minute (45 mins)
6/18/23

DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes

OR

DRAMA with 8 episodes or less.  

My Lovely Bodyguard
1 hr 30 mins7/17/23

 

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

Young Blood 2Season 28/24/23

Different Timelines  

OR 

Time Loop

My Perfect Stranger 
Diff Timelines6/25/23

Time Skip 

OR  

Time Travel

To Sir, With Love 
Time Skip1/8/23

Winter 

OR 

Summer

Road Home 
Winter4/2/23

Fall  

OR

Spring

Late Autumn
Fall5/31/23

 

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

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

AthenaTheStorierX'sWatch list6/12/23

with less than 10,000 viewers

OR

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


Prism
466 viewers2/7/23

DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list 

OR

DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list

He She It 

Smallest # of eps

5/21/23

mentioned in the MDL Forums

Or

mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds)

The Eighth Sense  


Feeds
5/12/23

with the newest release date in your PTW list


OR

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

See You in My 19th Life

newest release date
8/20/23

 

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)

Unchained Love 


Trailer

2/20/23

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).

Back From The Brink 


Happily Ever After

6/30/23

from your most viewed tags 

Or

from your least viewed genres under your profile stats

My School President 


Friendship (most viewed tag)

4/25/23

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)

Flash Marriage (Article)

Article Link

5/29/23

with over 10 Reviews

OR

with 0 Reviews when you started watching it

The Rational Life: The Proposal Battle

0 Review

1/12/23

 

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


Stand or Fall

Qin Lan

8/19/23

from an award-winning director

OR

that has one of your favorite actresses

Warm on a Cold Night

Li Yi Tong (fav actress)

3/18/23

from an award-winning screenwriter

OR

that has one of your favorite actors

Fireworks of My Heart

Yang Yang (fav actor)

7/29/23

from an award-winning actor

OR

by the same director as one of your favorite titles

Alchemy of Souls Season 2 

Lee Jae Wook (Best New Actor 2019, Rookie of the Year 2020)

1/27/23

from an award-winning actress


OR

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


The Love Proposal
Jariwat Uppakharnchaiyaphat (Director)

3/27/23

 

Getting up Close and Personal 

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

10.  Kiss, F***, Kill, Exorcism…

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back 

OR

Exorcism

Rivalry 
Ex-GF comes back3/3/23

Cohabitation 

OR

Long Distance Relationship

Hold My Hand at Twilight 
Cohabitation4/4/23

Fluffy 

OR

Sexual Assault

Time and Him are Just Right
Fluffy2/17/23

Contract Relationship 

OR

Secret Relationship

Destined to Meet You
Contract Relationship1/18/23

Opposites Attract 

OR

Domestic Abuse

 Restart After Come Back Home 

Opposite Attract4/19/23

 

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

Hit the Spot 
Extreme Sexual Content1/14/23

Age Gap [Drama Life]  

OR 

Classmates' Relationship 

She and Her Perfect Husband 
Age Gap1/30/23

features a Heterosexual relationship  

OR 

Same-Sex relationship

Watashi ga Kemono ni Natta Yoru 
Heterosexual relationship5/9/23

 Enemies to Lovers 

OR 

Love at First Sight

Love to Hate You
Enemies to Lovers2/12/23

Nice Female Lead / Male Lead 

OR 

Aggressive Female Lead /Male  Lead

Hi Venus 
Nice Male lead1/10/23

 

12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying

Progress:

Choice of Route  

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Slight Comedy 

OR

Black Comedy

Under the Queen's Umbrella
Black Comedy4/2/23

Happy Ending 

OR 

features some type of Doomsday

From Me to You 
Happy Ending5/13/23

Tragic Past 

OR 

Sketch Comedy

Return Man 
Tragic Past5/14/23

features a Celebration 

OR

Mourning

Dinner Mate 
Mourning (ML's mom passed away)5/4/23

 Healing 

OR

Suicide

The Silence of the Monster 
Healing2/11/23

 

13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

features a Religious Leader 

OR

Some type of God

The Starry Love
Some type of God3/12/23

Misunderstanding 

OR

Character Development

My Beautiful Man Season 2
Character Development8/19/23

 Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot 

OR

LGBTQ+

Watashi ga Kemono ni Natta Yoru 2 
Female-centered plot5/11/23

Suspense 

OR 

Slow Burn Story / Slow Burn Romance

Call It Love
slow burn romance4/18/23

 Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead 

OR 

Discrimination

Motokare Retry
Popular male lead3/25/23

 

Significant details 

In the following  habitats we ask of you to look for the details in the significant scenes, in the first one (14) we ask you to notice the surroundings, in the other the objects involved (15).  

14. Where Are We?     

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

On a Field  

OR 

On a Cliff

Alchemy of Souls
On a cliff1/26/23

In the Woods 

OR

By the Sea

The Curse of Saree
In the Woods - Magnolia Forest4/7/23

In a Jungle 

OR 

On a Rooftop

The Glory
Rooftop4/11/23

On a Mountain 

OR 

On an Island

Otonari ni Ginga
On an Island - FL is from an island7/6/23

In a City 

OR

In a Small Town

Racket boys
In a small town6/3/23

 

15. Humans Have So Many Things

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

An Umbrella 

OR

A Backpack

Finland Papa
Umbrella - FL's grandmother went to ML in the rain with an umbrella to comfort him after the death of FL's father.
5/16/23

A Truck  

OR

A Sports Car

Shizuka-chan to Papa
Truck-Truck used to haul recyclable appliances and goods by FL and her friend
5/30/23

A Smartphone 

OR

A Phone Booth

To Love
Phone booth - anonymous call made by ML to report drug transportation and anonymous call made to ML about the murder of ML's friend 6 years ago.

 4/23/23

A Suit /Dress 

OR

A Hoodie

Provoke
Dress - FL was asked to wear a blue dress by 2ML (ML's father) on the day of her supposedly impending death.  A dress that 2ML requested and said she looks most beautiful in.4/20/2023

A Book 

OR

A Crossbow

The Novelist: Playback
Rio finally was able to write and finish a new book when back home and wanted to gift it to Haruhiko
3/12/23

 

The Main Attraction 

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

 16. Who Are We?

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Child Actor/Actress 

OR 

Veteran Actor/Actress 

The Secret Romantic Guesthouse
Veteran5/23/23

Idol actor/ Idol actress 

OR

Former Child Actor/Actress 

Jitenshaya-san no Takahashi-kun
Idol actor1/27/23

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)

Salon de Nabi
Trans gender3/19/23

Able Bodied 

OR

Living with a disability 

Silent 
Disability1/6/23

Public Figure  

OR

Hidden Identity

Imitation
Public Figure2/6/23

 

17. Camouflage?

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Athlete 

OR 

Artist

Nothing But You
Athlete4/15/23

Glasses 

OR

Tattoos

Watashi ga Kemono ni Natta Yoru 3 
Tattos (ep 3)T5/11/23

Identity Swap 

OR

Body Swap

Love of Replica 
Identity Swap5/16/23

Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead

OR 

Criminal Female Lead/Criminal Male Lead

History 3 Trapped 
Cop male lead8/26/23

Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead

OR

Antihero/Antiheroine

Painted Skin
Antiheroine8/26/23

 

 

Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash

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

19. The Petting Zoo

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Pet  

OR 

Pest

A League of Gentleman
Pet-Both leads took care of white cat mom and kittens - built a house and brought them food
5/27/23

Talking Pet  

OR

Animal Death

Choco Milk Shake 
Animal death1/11/23

Zoo animal  

OR

Farm Animal

Here We Meet Again
Zoo animal-Leads had a date at the zoo.6/11/23

Veterinarian  

OR

Animal Control

Once Upon a Small Town
Veterinarian7/7/23

Romantic Ride on a Horse  

OR

Horse Ridden to Out to War

Till The End of The Moon 
Horse ridden out to war5/10/23

 

20. Where the Humans Are…

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Human Turns into an Animal   

OR

Animal turns into a Human

Catman
Human turns into animal3/13/23

Adorable animals 

OR 

Animal Attack

The Longest Promise
ML turned into a fluffy animal when getting intimate with FL after the magic put on him
8/1/23

Animal in the Wild 

OR

Animal in a City

Work Later, Drink Now Season 2
Wild boars up the mountains (Wild)3/14/23

Pet dressed in Clothes 

OR 

Animal Abuse

The Glory Part 2 
Animal abuse
3/14/23

Second Lead Caring For Animals 

OR 

Antagonist Caring For Animals

Mysterious Lotus Casebook
2ML (Fang Duo Bing/Joseph Zeng) took care of ML's dog
8/13/23

 

21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Funeral Director 

OR

Birth care (Postpartum care)

Lighting Up the Stars
Funeral Director7/12/23

Virtual Reality  

OR 

Ghosts

Itsuka, Nemuri ni Tsuku Hi
Ghosts6/19/23

Corruption 

OR

Teamwork

The Nokdu Flower
Corruption1/17/23

Friendly Game  

OR

Death Game

Isa Pa with Feelings
Friendly game (deaf party game)6/19/23

Friendship 

OR

Bullying

The Blood of Youth
Friendship2/4/23

 

22. Who Am I When I Am With You?

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Colleagues 

OR

Inmates

The New Employee
Colleagues2/5/23

Bromance 

OR 

Sismance

Gentlemen of East 8th 
Bromance5/20/23

Parent-Child 

OR

Sibling 

Double Love
Sibling 1/21/2023

Assailant-Victim 

OR

Student-Teacher

Bloodhounds
Assailant-Victim6/12/2023

Doctor-Patient 

OR

Soldier

Radiation House
Doctor-Patient1/15/2023

 

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:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Celestial Body 

OR  

Body Part 

My Tooth Your Love
Body Part1/30/23

Color 

OR

Emotion 

Black Knight
Color8/8/23

Object 

OR

Verb 

Nagatan to Aoto: Ichika no Ryourijou (Kitchen Knife and Green Chili Pepper) 
Object
6/13/23

Animal

OR

Number 

Moonlight Chicken
Animal6/7/23

Season 

OR

Calendar-related word 

Summer Strike
Season2/21/23

 

24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover   

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Domesticated Animal 

OR

Wild Animal 

The Forbidden Marriage 

Domesticated Animal 

2/14/2023 

Flower 

OR 

Building 

Ousama ni Sasagu Kururiyubi 
Flower
7/2/2023

Light Colors 

OR

Dark Colors 

The Gifted: Graduation
Dark1/22/23

Rainbow 

OR

Door 

Like in the Movies
Rainbow3/25/23

Only Words 

OR 

Geometrical Shapes 

Be My Favorite
Geometrical Shapes
8/15/23

 

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.

 

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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