MDL Watch Challenge 2023
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Taxonomy
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that according to type or genre.
1. Type | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR TV SHOW* | 1.WS | 1.✓ 2.✓ | |
OR | 1.Lighter & Princess Extra 2.Love in the Air: Special Episode | 2.DS | 1.✓ 2.✓ |
| Co-Produced OR Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDL | 1.Actor not from country MDL 2. Actor not from country on MDL | 1.✓ 2.✓ | |
OR | 1.School Tales 2.Angkhan Khlumpong The Series | 1. O 2.A | 1.✓ 2.✓ |
Adapted from a manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic Or | 1.AFAN 2. AFAN | 1.✓ 2.✓ | |
2. Is it True? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Educational (tries to teach viewers something-not the same as the school genre) | 1.A 2.A | 1.✓ 2.✓ | |
OR | 2.Rerun | 1.✓ 2.✓ | |
| Documentary Genre OR Mockumentary | 1.D 2.D | 1.✓ 2.✓ | |
OR | 1.IBRE 2.IBRP | 1.✓ 2.✓ | |
OR | 1.HF 2.HF | 1.✓ 2.✓ | |
3. All About the Gen(r)es | Progress: | ||
Watch a title from one of the following genres Choice of Route. | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | 1.H 2.S-F | 1.✓ 2.✓ | |
OR | 1.C 2.C | 1.✓ 2.✓ | |
OR | 1.T 2.R | 1.✓ 2.✓ | |
OR | 1.Y 2.Y | 1.✓ 2.✓ | |
OR | 1.A 2.A | 1.✓ 2.✓ | |
Time is Relative
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that have something to do with time, in the first habitat you are instructed to find essentials that started airing between certain dates, in the second and third one you get to dig deeper in to the concept of time
4. Year of OriginTutorial | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | 1.2023 2.2023 | 1.✓ 2.✓ | |
OR the year a member on this page joined MDL (link to the account/challenge form) | 1.Shiro-2021 2.1990-1999 | 1.✓ 2.✓ | |
OR the month (not necessarily the year) you were born | 2. Bicycle | 1.2000-2010 2.2000-2010 | 1.✓ 2.✓ |
year generated by this website OR | 1. generated year-2018 2.generated year-2014 | 1.✓ 2.✓ | |
1.2017-2022 2.2017-2022 | 1.✓ 2.✓ | ||
5. Duration of The HikeTutorial | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | 2.Kiseki+ | 1.SLS 2.SF | 1.✓ 2.✓ |
DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes Or | 1.20-30min eps 2.20-30 min epps | 1.✓ 2.✓ | |
DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer. | 1.My Only 12% 2.Congrats My Ex! | 1.30-40 min eps 2.movie longer than 90 min | 1.✓ 2.✓ |
DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 180 minutes or longer. | 2.Doona! | 1.40-50 min eps 2.40-50 min eps | 1.✓ 2.✓ |
DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes OR DRAMA with 8 episodes or less. | 1.8 eps or less 2. 8 eps or less | 1.✓ 2.✓ | |
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 | 1.✓ | ||
OR | 1.DT | 1.✓ | |
OR | 1.TS | 1.✓ | |
OR | 1.S | 1.✓ | |
OR | 1.F | 1.✓ | |
The Chronicles of MDL
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials by exploring MDL, your personal favourites and those others have awarded or written about.
7. Sharing is CaringTutorials: 1 2 3 | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
| that has been on your PTW for longer than you can remember OR from the Watchlist of another user doing this challenge | 1. has been on PTW | 1.✓ | |
with less than 10,000 viewers OR ranked 1-1000 (if you have seen them all you can go for 1001) | 1. less than 10000 viewers | 1.✓ | |
DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list OR DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list | 1.✓ | ||
mentioned in the MDL Forums Or mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds) | 1.I Am Nobody | 1.✓ | |
| with the newest release date in your PTW list OR with a release date older than the oldest title in your Watchlist | 1. newest relese date | 1.✓ | |
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) | 1.✓ | ||
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). | 1.Destined | 1.VL | 1.✓ |
from your most viewed tags Or from your least viewed genres under your profile stats | 1.least viewed genre- Mature | 1.✓ | |
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) | 1.Game | 1.✓ | |
with over 10 Reviews OR with 0 Reviews when you started watching it | 1.0 reviews | 1.✓ | |
9. Your Fanciers and WestminstersFor this habitat, we ask you to link to the award/person's page.*List with awards | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Award-winning OR by the same writer as one of your favorites | 1.by the same writer as one of your favorites-Edward Guo 2.by the same writer as one of your favorites-Kim Hyung Min | 1.✓ 2.✓ | |
from an award-winning director OR that has one of your favorite actresses | 1.Revenant | 1.fav actress-Kim Tae Ri 2.fav actress-Yeom Hye Ran | 1.✓ 2.✓ |
from an award-winning screenwriter OR that has one of your favorite actors | 1.fav actor- Cheng Yi 2. fav actor-Choi Hyun Wook | 1.✓ 2.✓ | |
from an award-winning actor OR by the same director as one of your favorite titles | 1.by the same director as one of your favorite titles-Guo Hu 2. same director -Ahn Gil Ho | 1.✓ 2.✓ | |
| from an award-winning actress OR by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before | 1.director/writer- Jin Yuan Yuan 2.director-Li Yu Lei | 1.✓ 2.✓ | |
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 | 1.Island | 1.E | 1.✓ |
OR | 1.C | 1.✓ | |
OR | 1.F | 1.✓ | |
OR | 1.SR | 1.✓ | |
OR | 1.✓ | ||
11. Finding a Mate | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Nudity: one of the following Nudity/Sexual content | Brief Nudity | Prolonged Nudity | Partial Nudity | Mild Sexual Content | Sexual Content | Extreme Sexual Content | 1.SC 2. FL | 1.✓ 2.✓ | |
OR | 2.A Sunday | 1.AG 2.CR | 1.✓ 2.✓ |
features a Heterosexual relationship OR | 1.S-SR 2.S-SR | 1.✓ 2.✓ | |
OR | 1.2gether | 1.LAFS 2.ETL | 1.✓ 2.✓ |
Nice Female Lead / Nice Male Lead OR | 1.NFL/NML 2.NML | 1.✓ 2.✓ | |
12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
| Slight Comedy OR Black Comedy | 1.BC | 1.✓ | |
OR features some type of Doomsday | 1.D | 1.✓ | |
OR | 1.SC | 1.✓ | |
features a Celebration OR | 1.M | 1.✓ | |
OR | 1.S | 1.✓ | |
13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
features a Religious Leader OR | 1.STOG | 1.✓ | |
OR | 1.M | 1.✓ | |
Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot OR | 1.LGBTQ+ | 1.✓ | |
OR | 1.Kingdom | 1.S | 1.✓ |
Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead OR | 1.PML | 1.✓ | |
Significant details
In the following habitats we ask of you to look for the details in the significant scenes, in the first one (14) we ask you to notice the surroundings, in the other the objects involved (15).
14. Where Are We? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | 1.OAF 2.OAC | 1.✓ 2.✓ | |
OR | 1.BTS 2.ITW | 1.✓ 2.✓ | |
OR | 1.Enigma | 1.OAR 2.OAR | 1.✓ 2.✓ |
OR | 1.OAI 2.OAI | 1.✓ 2.✓ | |
| In a City OR In a Small Town | 1.IAC 2.IAST | 1.✓ 2. | |
15. Humans Have So Many Things | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | 1.AU | 1.✓ | |
OR | 1.ASC | 1.✓ | |
OR | 1.APB | 1.✓ | |
OR | 1.AS/D | 1.✓ | |
OR | 1.AB | 1.✓ | |
The Main Attraction
-In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials where one of the main characters (listed as a main) either is ..., gets a... has a... Each route will either include a a tag or a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
16. Who Are We? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | 1.CA/A | 1.✓ | |
OR | 1.FCA | 1.✓ | |
Trans gender identity (different than the gender assigned to them at birth) OR Cis gender Identity (same as the gender assigned to them at birth) | 1.CGI | 1.✓ | |
OR | 1.LWAD | 1.✓ | |
OR | 1.PF | 1.✓ | |
17. Camouflage? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | 1.Athlete | 1.✓ | |
OR | 1.G | 1.✓ | |
OR | 1.IS | 1.✓ | |
| Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead OR | 1.CML | 1.✓ | |
Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead OR | 1. Antihero | 1.✓ | |
18. What Are You? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead OR | 1.Moving | 1.SFL | 1.✓ |
| Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead OR Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead | 1.SFL | 1.✓ | |
Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead OR | 1.ColdML | 1.✓ | |
Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead OR | 1.PML | 1.✓ | |
OR | 1.K | 1.✓ | |
Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash
-In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that feature the following things. Each route includes a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
19. The Petting Zoo | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | 1.Pet | 1.✓ | |
OR | 1.Tomorrow | 1.AD | 1.✓ |
OR | 1.ZA | 1.✓ | |
OR | 1.V | 1.✓ | |
OR | 1.RROAH | 1.✓ | |
20. Where the Humans Are… | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | 1.Choco Milk Shake | 1.ATIH | 1.✓ |
OR | 1.Ador.A | 1.✓ | |
OR | 1.AINW | 1.✓ | |
OR | 1.Back | 1.PDIC | 1.✓ |
Second Lead Caring For Animals OR | 1.AGFA | 1.✓ | |
21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | 1.TREAT-Title with only one cast listed | 1.✓ | |
OR | 1.G | 1.✓ | |
OR | 1.Gannibal | 1.C | 1.✓ |
OR | 1.FG | 1.✓ | |
OR | 1.F | 1.✓ | |
22. Who Am I When I Am With You? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | 1.C | 1.✓ | |
OR | 1.B | 1.✓ | |
OR | 1.18 Again | 1.P-C | 1.✓ |
OR | 1.S-T | 1.✓ | |
OR | 1.D.P. | 1.S | 1.✓ |
Name and Cover
In the following habitats we ask of you to pay attention to the name and cover of the title. For the first one (23) your mission is to find titles that have one of the following things. For the second one (24) your mission is to look at the cover. Each route includes a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
23. It's Only Words in the Name | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | 1. CB 2.BP | 1.✓ 2.✓ | |
| Color OR | 1.Love Mechanics: Director's Cut | 1. E 2.C | 1.✓ 2.✓ |
OR | 1. V 2. V | 1.✓ 2.✓ | |
OR | 1. Taste of Cat 2.Human Form | 1.A 2.A | 1.✓ 2.✓ |
OR | 1.S 2.CRW | 1.✓ 2.✓ | |
24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
| Domesticated Animal OR Wild Animal | 1. DA 2.DA | 1.✓ 2.✓ | |
OR | 1. F 2.B | 1.✓ 2.✓ | |
OR | 1. LC 2.LC | 1.✓ 2.✓ | |
OR | 1.D 2.D | 1.✓ 2.✓ | |
OR | 1.Hidden Love Special 2.Run BTS! Season 1 | 1.OW 2.GS | 1.✓ 2.✓ |
Origin
-In the following habitat your mission is to find essentials from the countries of MDL. You get to choose either watch 5 titles from 5 different countries Or watch 7 titles from 7 different countries.
Note: You must gather essentials from all 7 countries in every environment if you wish to get to the next stage (environment) of the challenge. You may not use treats in the international habitat if you wish to get the TIGER badge.
25. Countries of MDL | Progress: | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
1.✓ | |||
1.✓ | |||
1.✓ | |||
1.✓ | |||
1.✓ | |||
1.✓ | |||
| 1.The Blue Hour | 1.✓ | ||
Treats
This is where you gather treats, to use whenever you wish to avoid the paths given in a habitat. You come up with the treats on your own, they may not cover anything mentioned in this challenge (but you may use previous years' prompts for inspiration). Every time you start a new stage, you will be awarded a new number of treats according to the table below.
My Treats! | Plains Used: 1/5 | Forest Used: /4 | Mountain Used: /3 | Space Used: /2 | Black Hole Used: /1 | |
| Route | Essential | Substitute for | Notes | Completed | ||
Title with only one cast listed | Stay Still Episode 0 | OR | ✓ | |||
MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet |
Taxonomy
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that according to type or genre.
1. Type | Progress: 25/25 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR 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 | 1. Suchwitcha 4. The Days 5. Cheat | 1 &3. Eps. 1-5 | 1. ✔️ 02/07 2. ✔️ 04/18 3. ✔️ 05/29 4. ✔️ 06/28 5. ✔️ 07/03 |
OR | 1. ✔️ 06/03 2. ✔️ 06/13 3. ✔️ 07/01 4. ✔️ 09/19 5. ✔️ 09/20 | ||
OR / AND Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDL | 1. Our Winter 2. Summerdaze 3. LEGENDARY: Making of a Kpop Star | 1. Thai/Korea 2. Alfred Sng (Singapore) 4. Thai/U.S.A 5. Mackenyu (American) | 1. ✔️ 03/19 2. ✔️ 06/03 3. ✔️ 07/10 4. ✔️ 07/22 5. ✔️ 09/03 |
OR | 3. Our Skyy 2 5. Phobia | 1. ✔️ 04/05 2. ✔️ 06/04 3. ✔️ 06/08 4. ✔️ 09/28 5. ✔️ 10/05 | |
Adapted from a manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic Or | 1. ✔️ 04/03 2. ✔️ 05/02 3. ✔️ 06/05 4. ✔️ 08/23 5. ✔️ 09/04 | ||
2. Is it True? | Progress: 25/25 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Educational (tries to teach viewers something-not the same as the school genre) | 2. Hit the Spot 3. Taste Love 4. Le Vrai Ou | 1. ✔️ 03/27 2. ✔️ 04/27 3. ✔️ 06/02 4. ✔️ 06/14 5. ✔️ 08/06 | |
OR | 2. Ramen Shop 3. The Coldest Winter in Peking 4. Antiporno | 1. ✔️ 04/21 2. ✔️ 10/03 3. ✔️ 10/13 4. ✔️ 10/22 5. ✔️ 10/26 | |
OR | 4. 2,215 | 1. ✔️ 04/30 2. ✔️ 05/03 3. ✔️ 06/13 4. ✔️ 07/22 5. ✔️ 10/04 | |
OR | 1. The Outlaws | 1. ✔️ 01/30 2. ✔️ 05/10 3. ✔️ 07/13 4. ✔️ 07/30 5. ✔️ 10/22 | |
OR | 4. Fearless 5. Miss Mystery | 1. ✔️ 02/03 2. ✔️ 03/02 3. ✔️ 07/19 4. ✔️ 10/09 5. ✔️ 10/26 | |
3. All About the Gen(r)es | Progress: 25/25 | ||
Watch a title from one of the following genres Choice of Route. | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | 1. ✔️ 01/22 2. ✔️ 01/22 3. ✔️ 02/18 4. ✔️ 05/30 5. ✔️ 08/09 | ||
OR | 2. He Won't Kill, She Won't Die 3. Kairos *R 4. The Queen of Attack *R | 1. ✔️ 01/01 2. ✔️ 07/10 3. ✔️ 07/31 4. ✔️ 08/04 5. ✔️ 09/19 | |
OR | 1. Anna 5. Shinsetsu | 1. ✔️ 01/23 2. ✔️ 06/03 3. ✔️ 07/29 4. ✔️ 08/02 5. ✔️ 08/15 | |
OR | 1. ✔️ 06/02 2. ✔️ 08/13 3. ✔️ 08/15 4. ✔️ 09/17 5. ✔️ 09/21 | ||
OR | 1. Carter 3. Tokyo Chorus 4. 36 | 1. ✔️ 01/21 2. ✔️ 02/07 3. ✔️ 05/02 4. ✔️ 08/13 5. ✔️ 10/15 | |
Time is Relative
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that have something to do with time, in the first habitat you are instructed to find essentials that started airing between certain dates, in the second and third one you get to dig deeper in to the concept of time
4. Year of OriginTutorial | Progress:25 /25 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | 5. Late Spring | 1. 1941 2. 1946 3, 1949 | 1. ✔️ 03/05 2. ✔️ 06/23 3. ✔️ 07/30 4. ✔️ 08/31 5. ✔️ 09/24 |
OR the year a member on this page joined MDL (link to the account/challenge form) | 2. Chalna 4. The Right Man: Christmas Gift 5. Love Advisor | 1.Honchkrow- 2020 2. Moonchild-2019 3. kura2ninja- 2014 4. momorie- 2016 5. Xiao Zi- 2021 | 1. ✔️ 03/03 2. ✔️ 04/03 3. ✔️ 05/30 4. ✔️ 06/03 5. ✔️ 06/13 |
OR the month (not necessarily the year) you were born- September | 2. Ireland 3. Granting you a Dreamlike Life 4. The Nighthawk's First Love 5. Island Times | 2. 2004 5. 2007 | 1. ✔️ 02/09 2. ✔️ 02/13 3. ✔️ 03/27 4. ✔️ 07/05 5. ✔️ 08/14 |
year generated by this website- 1994, 1997, 2009, 2016 and 2018 as of 05/30 OR | 1. Where to Go 2. Iljimae the Chivalrous Robber 3. The Case of Itaewon Homicide 4. Fragment 5. Ako | 1 & 4. 2018 2. 1961 3. 2009 5. 1965 | 1. ✔️ 06/02 2. ✔️ 06/29 3. ✔️ 07/23 4. ✔️ 09/28 5. ✔️ 09/28 |
OR | 1. The Silk Road 2. Romantic Station 3.A Friend is Another Self 4. Mulberry 5. The Blazing Sun | 1. 1988 2. 2020 3. 2017 4. 1986 5. 1985 | 1. ✔️ 04/30 2. ✔️ 06/02 3, ✔️ 06/12 4. ✔️ 07/10 5. ✔️ 08/15 |
5. Duration of The HikeTutorial | Progress: 25/25 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | 1. Summer Breeze 2. Homebound 3. Crush on You (2023) 4. Fated to Love You (2023) 5. Parallel Novel | 1. 31 min. 2. 11 min. 3. 7 eps/ 1 min. 4. 30 eps/8 min. 5. 4 min | 1. ✔️ 04/03 2. ✔️ 04/16 3. ✔️ 04/21 4. ✔️ 05/10 5. ✔️ 08/07 |
DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes Or | 1. The Shore 2. Nothing But You 3. Toshi no Sakon *R 4. Rebel: The Thief who Stole the People 5. Go, Princess, Go! | 1. 20 min. 2. 38 eps. 3. 24 min. 4. 30 eps. 5. 25 min. | 1. ✔️ 04/03 2. ✔️ 04/16 3. ✔️ 05/06 4. ✔️ 05/09 5. ✔️ 08/18 |
DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer. | 1. Chijo no Kiss 2. The Point Men 3. Find me in Your Memory 4. The Last Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939) 5. A Sun | 1. 30 min. 2. 108 min. 3. 35 min, 4. 142 min. 5. 156 min. | 1. ✔️ 01/31 2. ✔️ 03/11 3. ✔️ 03/12 4. ✔️ 06/26 5. ✔️ 06/27 |
DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 180 minutes or longer. | 1. Weak Hero Class 1 2. Tin Tem Jai 3. N no Tame Ni 4. Unforgotten Night 5. Yesterday | 1. 40 min. 2. 42 min, 3-5. 45 min. | 1. ✔️ 03/01 2. ✔️ 06/13 2. ✔️ 09/22 3. ✔️ 10/05 4. ✔️ 10/11 |
DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes OR DRAMA with 8 episodes or less. | 1. Watashi ga Kemono ni Natta Yoru 2 2. Love Mate 3. Durain Affair 4. Stay Still 5. Joseon Exorcist | 1. 4 eps. 2. 8 eps. 3 & 5. 1 hr. 10 min. 4. 5 eps. | 1. ✔️ 05/03 2. ✔️ 05/25 3. ✔️ 08/16 4. ✔️ 09/01 5. ✔️ 11/09 |
6. Time Can Be Confusing | Progress: 25/25 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Full second season of a DRAMA OR Only 1 episode of a DRAMA | 1. Dramaworld 2 2. Oops! Mr. Superstar Hit on me 3. Nabi, My Stepdarling 4. In a Relationship 5. Taxi Driver Season 2 | 1. ✔️ 05/16 2. ✔️ 05/30 3. ✔️ 06/25 4. ✔️ 06/28 5. ✔️ 08/31 | |
OR | 1, Individual Circumstances 2. Some Day One Day: The Movie 3. The Queen of Attack Season 2 4. A Time Called You 5. Ditto (2000) | 1. ✔️ 02/09 2. ✔️ 07/02 3. ✔️ 08/13 4. ✔️ 09/16 5. ✔️ 10/02 | |
OR | 1. Saiai 2. Our Skyy 2: Never Let Me Go 3. Step by Step 4. Tinted With You (Movie) 5. I Feel You Linger in the Air Pilot | 1. ✔️ 03/19 2. ✔️ 04/20 3. ✔️ 07/07 4. ✔️ 07/11 5. ✔️ 08/02 | |
OR/AND | 1.Eden Season 1 2. Snowpiercer 3. Our Skyy 2: The Eclipse 4. Revenant 5. Manatsu no Cinderella | 1. ✔️ 04/17 2. ✔️ 04/27 3. ✔️ 05/04 4. ✔️ 08/02 5. ✔️ 09/17 | |
OR | 1. Sophie's World 2. Oh! My Assistant (Movie) 3. Springtime 4. The Rendezvous 5. One Fine Spring Day | 1. ✔️ 03/02 2. ✔️ 07/19 3. ✔️ 10/06 4. ✔️ 10/07 5. ✔️ 10/27 | |
The Chronicles of MDL
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials by exploring MDL, your personal favourites and those others have awarded or written about.
7. Sharing is CaringTutorials: 1 2 3 | Progress: 25/25 | ||
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 | 1. 20th Century Boys 3: Redemption 2. Minami-kun no Koibito (2015) 3. Double Patty 4. Seven Days: Friday- Sunday 5. Sex is Zero | 1. 2014 2. 2015 4. BC993- Challenge Page 5. lidahmertua- Challenge Page | 1. ✔️ 03/01 2. ✔️ 08/23 3. ✔️ 10/03 4. ✔️ 10/05 5. ✔️ 10/06 |
with less than 10,000 viewers OR ranked 1-1000 (if you have seen them all you can go for 1001) | 1. Our Skyy 2: A Boss and a Babe 2. Kono Koi Atatamemasu ka 3. Star and Sky: Sky in Your Heart: BTS Special 4. Jhope in the Box 5. Exclusive Fairytale | 1. 1,119 2. 2,828 3. 212 4. #92 5. #713 | 1. ✔️ 05/29 2. ✔️ 06/19 3. ✔️ 07/25 4. ✔️ 07/28 5. ✔️ 08/20 |
DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list OR DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list | 1. Out of Breath 2. Enigma 3. Brother's Friend 4. Summer Love 5. The Leaked | 1 & 5. 3 eps. 2-3. 4 eps 4. 2 eps | 1. ✔️ 03/10 2. ✔️ 08/05 3. ✔️ 10/03 4. ✔️ 10/21 5. ✔️ 10/27 |
mentioned in the MDL Forums Or mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds) | 1. Koisenu Futari 2. Celebrity 3. Katakoi Gourmet Niki 4. Ballerina 5. Love You to the Stars and Back | 1. Forum 2. Feed 3. Feed 4. Feed 5. Forum | 1. ✔️ 06/29 2. ✔️ 07/03 3. ✔️ 10/05 4. ✔️ 10/08 5. ✔️ 10/13 |
with the newest release date in your PTW list OR with a release date older than the oldest title in your Watchlist | 1. There is No Poverty at the End of Labour 2. Laborer's Love 3. Hidden Agenda 4. Stand by Me 5. Souls on the Road | 1. 1920 2. 1922 3. 07/09 4. 08/17 5. 1921 | 1. ✔️ 01/22 2. ✔️ 08/13 3. ✔️ 09/24 4. ✔️ 09/27 5. ✔️ 09/29 |
8. Examined…Tutorial | Progress: 25/25 | ||
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) | 1. One Day Off 2. Hidden Love 4. One Piece 5. Scarlet Innocence | 1. Trailer 2. Trailer 3. Page 1 on 07/30 4. Trailer 5. Page 2 on 10/02 | 1. ✔️ 07/04 2. ✔️ 07/15 3. ✔️ 07/30 4. ✔️ 08/31 5. ✔️ 10/02 |
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). | 1.Into the Ring *R 2. Our Skky 2: Vice Versa 3. The Falls 4. Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro 5. Avalanche | 2. Upcoming BLs | 1. ✔️ 03/19 2. ✔️ 05/11 3. ✔️ 07/13 4. ✔️ 08/13 5. ✔️ 09/21 |
from your most viewed tags - Friendship Tag as of 05/27 Or from your least viewed genres under your profile stats- Family Genre as of 01/11 | 1. Curtain Call 2. Run BTS Season 1 3. The Right Man: Because I Love You 4. Please be my Family 5. In the Scoop: Friendcation | 1. ✔️ 01/11 2. ✔️ 05/30 3. ✔️ 06/02 4. ✔️ 06/17 5. ✔️ 07/27 | |
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) | 1. Chungking Express 2. See You in my 19th Life 3. Broker 4. Teiichi's Country 5. Dangerous Romance | 2. Which Series' 1st Episode did you Like More 3. "Broker", Starring Bae Doo Na... Wins Best Director Award... | 1. ✔️ 07/04 2. ✔️ 07/23 3. ✔️ 07/30 4. ✔️ 10/02 5. ✔️ 11/03 |
with over 10 Reviews OR with 0 Reviews when you started watching it | 1. Library Wars: The Last Mission 2. F4 Thailand: Kayvine Reaction 3. My Sexdoll 4. The Clue *R 5. Right or Wrong | 4. 15 5. 60 | 1. ✔️ 05/01 2. ✔️ 05/11 3. ✔️ 07/16 4. ✔️ 07/21 5. ✔️ 07/27 |
9. Your Fanciers and WestminstersFor this habitat, we ask you to link to the award/person's page.*List with awards | Progress: 25/25 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Award-winning OR by the same writer as one of your favorites | 1. Nobody Knows (2004) 2. This Night 3 Better Days 4. Shigatsu no Tokyo wa... 5. Hotel Royal | 1. Link 2. Link 3. Link 4. Ishibashi Yuho ( Bokura no Shokutaku) 5. Shumizu Yukako (Limit) | 1. ✔️ 03/01 2. ✔️ 06/13 3. ✔️ 06/17 4. ✔️ 08/05 5. ✔️ 09/25 |
from an award-winning director OR that has one of your favorite actresses | 1. Boy Meets Boy 2. In the Mood for Love 3. Gen Z 4. Be my Favorite 5. Maiko-san chi no Makanai-san | 1. Ye Ji Won (Thirty but Seventeen 2. Wong Kar Wai 3. Zhao Lu Si (Love like the Galaxy 1-2) 4. Aye Saruchana (A Tale of a Thousand Stars) | 1. ✔️ 06/02 2. ✔️ 07/05 3. ✔️ 07/27 4. ✔️ 08/11 5. ✔️ 08/13 |
from an award-winning screenwriter OR that has one of your favorite actors | 1. Emergency Declaration 2. Love Letter (1995) 3. Dear Liar 4. The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros 5. Only Friends | 1. Han Jae Rim 2. Kashiwabara Takashi (Itazura na Kiss 1996) 3. Fan Zhi Xin (My Lethal Man) 5. First Kanaphan Puitrakul ( Not Me) | 1. ✔️ 01/19 2. ✔️ 07/25 3. ✔️ 08/26 4. ✔️ 09/25 5. ✔️ 10/28 |
from an award-winning actor OR by the same director as one of your favorite titles | 1. Dirty Laundry 2. Dear Ex 3. Vega 4. Lust, Caution 5. Every-Night Dreams | 2. Roy Chiu 3. Lee Seong Gu (A Young Zalkova) 4. Tony Leung 5. Mikio Naruse (Lightning) | 1. ✔️ 03/19 2. ✔️ 06/02 3. ✔️ 06/26 4. ✔️ 07/05 5. ✔️ 09/24 |
from an award-winning actress OR by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before | 1. The Serpent 2. Honey, My Love, So Sweet 3. Going my Home 4. Call me Chihiro 5. Seasons | 1. Futagawa Buntaro (D) 2. Boots Plata (D) 3. Shin Jong Hun (D) 5. Lovi Poe | 1. ✔️ 01/25 2. ✔️ 05/30 3. ✔️ 06/13 4. ✔️ 06/26 5. ✔️ 07/07 |
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: 25/25 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back OR | 1. The Medium 2. Island Part 2 3. Bo Ra! Deborah 4. Kiss Sixth Sense 5. Hotelier | 1. ✔️ 02/26 2. ✔️ 03/12 3. ✔️ 05/25 4. ✔️ 06/30 5. ✔️ 08/10 | |
OR | 1. Watashi ga Kemono ni Natta Yoru 2. Secret Roommate 3. Yugure ni, te wo Tsunagu 4. Utsukashii Kare 2 5. Stay by my Side | 1. ✔️ 05/03 2. ✔️ 05/22 3. ✔️ 07/07 4. ✔️ 08/21 5. ✔️ 09/03 | |
OR | 1. A First Love Story 2. A Boss and a Babe 3. Spinning the Tales of Cruelty Towards Women 4. The Jungle 5. Cherry Magic: The Movie | 1. ✔️ 02/22 2. ✔️ 05/19 3. ✔️ 06/26 4. ✔️ 09/14 5. ✔️ 10/03 | |
OR | 1. GAP 2. The Beauty Inside (2018) *R 3. My Bromance (2014) 4. Our Dating Sims (Movie) 5. Bride for Rent | 1. ✔️ 02/13 2. ✔️ 06/07 3. ✔️ 09/28 4. ✔️ 09/29 5. ✔️ 10/03 | |
OR | 1. 11th Mom 2. Keiseki: Sobito of that Day 3. Happy Merry Ending 4. Seven Days: Monday-Thursday 5. As Long as we Both Shall Live | 1. ✔️ 04/30 2. ✔️ 05/28 3. ✔️ 08/05 4. ✔️ 10/05 5. ✔️ 10/19 | |
11. Finding a Mate | Progress:25 /25 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Nudity: one of the following Nudity/Sexual content | Brief Nudity | Prolonged Nudity | Partial Nudity | Mild Sexual Content | Sexual Content | Extreme Sexual Content | 1. Seishun Cinderella 2.My Blessing 3.Black Snow 4. Tuberose 5. Romance Boufu Iki | 1. ✔️ 03/01 2. ✔️ 04/13 3. ✔️ 05/01 4. ✔️ 06/12 5. ✔️ 08/02 | |
OR | 1. Cutie Pie 2 You 2. Have a Crush on You 3. The Forbidden Flower 4. Swingin' 5. Just Dance | 1. ✔️ 01/28 2. ✔️ 03/01 3. ✔️ 04/12 4. ✔️ 06/01 5. ✔️ 10/19 | |
features a Heterosexual relationship OR | 1. Throuple 2. Delivery Boy 3. Jay 4. Sing my Crush 5. Learn from Experience Part 2 | 1. ✔️ 04/16 2. ✔️ 05/31 3. ✔️ 06/01 4. ✔️ 08/06 5. ✔️ 09/21 | |
OR | 1. My School President 2. From Me to You (2023) 3. Please Tell me So 4. When I Fly Towards You 5. Laws of Attraction | 1. ✔️ 02/26 2. ✔ 04/03 3. ✔️ 05/24 4. ✔️ 07/16 5. ✔️ 09/03 | |
Nice Female Lead / Nice Male Lead OR / AND | 1. The Swordsman 2.Night Flight 3. You Make me Dance (Movie) 4. Me Always You | 1-3: ML 4. FL 5. ML | 1. ✔️ 04/06 2. ✔️ 04/28 3. ✔️ 06/04 4. ✔️ 07/10 5. ✔️ 08/22 |
Categories 12-25/ Treats are on the Next Part because of the maximum word count | See You There. | ||
MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet
Link to your Drama list: AllyMia's Drama List Progress Habitat: Plains 10/10 Progress 52/50
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Taxonomy
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that according to type or genre.
1. Type | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR TV SHOW* | |||
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| Co-Produced OR Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDL | |||
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Adapted from a manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic Or | |||
2. Is it True? - Completed December 6 | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Educational (tries to teach viewers something-not the same as the school genre) | PICU: Shoni Shuchu Chiryo Shitsu | Sep 3 | |
OR | Ramen Shop | Nov 27 | |
| Documentary Genre OR Mockumentary | Sing, Dance, Act: Kabuki featuring Toma Ikuta | Documentary | Jan 1 |
OR | Daily Dose of Sunshine | Why am I watching a show about my own job? | Dec 6 |
OR | Tale of the Nine-Tailed 1938 | Jun 14 | |
3. All About the Gen(r)es - Completed Dec 9 | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Watch a title from one of the following genres Choice of Route. | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Story of Kunning Palace | December 3 | |
OR | Dr. White | December 9 | |
OR | Liar x Liar | November 6 | |
OR | Marmalade Boy | October 20 | |
OR | Platinum Data | December 4 | |
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 - Completed Nov 11 | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Usokon |
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OR the year a member on this page joined MDL (link to the account/challenge form) | Xiao Zi 2021 | Nov 11 | |
OR the month (not necessarily the year) you were born |
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year generated by this website OR | 2018 | Aug 24 | |
OR | 2020 | Aug 1 | |
5. Duration of The Hike - Completed Dec 20 | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | December 3 | ||
DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes Or | New Life Begins | Dec 18 | |
DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer. | Sensei Kunshu | Dec 12 | |
DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 180 minutes or longer. | Anna | Dec 19 | |
DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes OR DRAMA with 8 episodes or less. | Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area - Part 1 | Dec 20 | |
6. Time Can Be Confusing - Completed Sep 8 | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Full second season of a DRAMA OR Only 1 episode of a DRAMA | Episode 1 | April 17 | |
OR | Signal: The Movie – Cold Case Investigation Unit | Jun 15 | |
OR | Feb 3 | ||
| Winter OR | Road Home | Apr 11 | |
OR | Love and Leashes | Sep 8 | |
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: 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). | Dec 30 | ||
from your most viewed tags Or from your least viewed genres under your profile stats | 2nd most viewed tag = Idol Actor | Dec 20 | |
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 - Completed Oct 2For 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 | Ba Yue Chang An - Zhen Hua Trilogy | Aug 21 | |
from an award-winning director OR that has one of your favorite actresses | Suzuki Kosuke won Best Director from TV Drama Academy Rewards for Crisis (2017) |
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from an award-winning screenwriter OR that has one of your favorite actors | 99.9 Criminal Lawyer: The Movie | Apr 30 | |
from an award-winning actor OR by the same director as one of your favorite titles | Greg Hsu won a lot of awards bc of this drama | Oct 2 | |
| from an award-winning actress OR by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before | Zhao Lu Si | August 17 | |
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… - Completed Sep 26 | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back OR | Silent | Mar 5 | |
OR | Yugure ni, Te wo Tsunagu | Jun 9 | |
OR | Kingyo Club | Apr 21 | |
OR | Ousama ni Sasagu Kusuriyubi | Sep 26 | |
OR | Apr 29 | ||
11. Finding a Mate | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Nudity: one of the following Nudity/Sexual content | Brief Nudity | Prolonged Nudity | Partial Nudity | Mild Sexual Content | Sexual Content | Extreme Sexual Content | |||
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features a Heterosexual relationship OR | |||
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Nice Female Lead / Aggressive Male Lead OR | |||
12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
| Slight Comedy OR Black Comedy | |||
OR features some type of Doomsday | |||
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features a Celebration OR | |||
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13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff - Completed May 29 | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
features a Religious Leader OR | Till the End of the Moon | May 29 | |
OR | Kimi no Hana ni Naru | Apr 15 | |
Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot OR | The Travel Nurse | Both main characters are male nurses | Feb 26 |
OR Slow Burn Story / Slow Burn Romance | One in a Hundred Thousand | May 26 | |
Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead OR | Love Alarm | Mar 24 | |
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? - Completed Mar 30 | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Kingdom 2: To the Far Land | Mar 30 | |
OR | January 28 | ||
OR | Mar 8 | ||
OR On an Island | Radiation House: The Movie | Mar 22 | |
| In a City OR In a Small Town | Feb 19 | ||
15. Humans Have So Many Things | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
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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 |
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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) | |||
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17. Camouflage? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
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| Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead OR | |||
Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead OR | |||
18. What Are You? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead OR | |||
| Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead OR Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead | |||
Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead OR | |||
Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead OR | |||
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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 |
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20. Where the Humans Are… | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
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Second Lead Caring For Animals OR | |||
21. Friendly Ways to Live or Die - Completd November 30 | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Saikou no Jinsei no Owarikata - Ending Planner | Nov 21 | |
OR | My Queen of Capricious | Nov 30 | |
OR | 99.9: Keiji Senmon Bengoshi SP | Apr 29 | |
OR | Kaiji | Sep 17 | |
OR | When I Fly Towards You | Jul 21 | |
22. Who Am I When I Am With You? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
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Name and Cover
In the following habitats we ask of you to pay attention to the name and cover of the title. For the first one (23) your mission is to find titles that have one of the following things. For the second one (24) your mission is to look at the cover. Each route includes a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
23. It's Only Words in the Name | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
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24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
| Domesticated Animal OR Wild Animal | |||
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Origin
-In the following habitat your mission is to find essentials from the countries of MDL. You get to choose either watch 5 titles from 5 different countries Or watch 7 titles from 7 different countries.
Note: You must gather essentials from all 7 countries in every environment if you wish to get to the next stage (environment) of the challenge. You may not use treats in the international habitat if you wish to get the TIGER badge.
25. Countries of MDL | Progress: | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Treats
This is where you gather treats, to use whenever you wish to avoid the paths given in a habitat. You come up with the treats on your own, they may not cover anything mentioned in this challenge (but you may use previous years' prompts for inspiration). Every time you start a new stage, you will be awarded a new number of treats according to the table below.
My Treats! | Plains Used: /5 | Forest Used: /4 | Mountain Used: /3 | Space Used: /2 | Black Hole Used: /1 | |
| Route | Essential | Substitute for | Notes | Completed | ||
MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet
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Taxonomy
In the following habitats, your mission is to find essentials according to type or genre.
1. Type | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR TV SHOW* | 6/18/23 | ||
OR | 2/5/23 | ||
| Co-Produced OR Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDL | This title fits both categories | 10/14/23 | |
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Adapted from a manga/webtoon/manhua/manhwa / Comic OR | adapted from a manga | 6/6/23 | |
3. All About the Gen(r)es | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Watch a title from one of the following genres | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
7/24/23 | |||
8/4/23 | |||
12/30/23 | |||
OR | 7/11/23 | ||
OR | 6/13/23 | ||
4. Year of OriginTutorial | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | 9/7/23 | ||
OR the year a member on this page joined MDL (link to the account/challenge form) | Elbee- joined in 2016 challenge entry form: https://mydramalist.com/discussions/forum-games/83757-mdl-s-2023-watch-challenge?pid=2450037&page=6#p2450037 | 6/6/23 | |
OR the month (not necessarily the year) you were born | February | 5/8/23 | |
year generated by this website OR | Tonari no Kazoku wa Aoku Mieru | 2018 | 5/1/23 |
OR | 4/8/23 | ||
5. Duration of The HikeTutorial | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Find Me If You Can | 2/5/23 | |
DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes Or | 30 min | 5/16/23 | |
DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer. | My SO Has Got Depression | 2 hrs 1 min | 6/14/23 |
DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 180 minutes or longer. | 45 min | 2/19/23 | |
DRAMA with at least one episode that lasts over 60 minutes OR DRAMA with 8 episodes or less. | 8 eps | 3/13/23 | |
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) | As of July 9th 8/19 | 10/20/23 | |
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). | 9/3/23 | ||
from your most viewed tags OR from your least viewed genres under your profile stats | 3/22/23 | ||
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) | The Starry Love | https://mydramalist.com/article/summer-meets-winter-37-all-time-favorite-soundtracks | 3/13/23 |
with over 10 Reviews OR with 0 Reviews when you started watching it | 34 | 10/20/23 | |
9. Your Fanciers and WestminstersFor this habitat, we ask you to link to the award/person's page.*List with awards | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Award-winning OR by the same writer as one of your favorites | 11/21/23 | ||
from an award-winning director OR that has one of your favorite actresses | Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu : Ganbare Jinrui Shinshun Special! | 6/15/23 | |
from an award-winning screenwriter OR that has one of your favorite actors | 10/17/23 | ||
from an award-winning actor OR by the same director as one of your favorite titles | Tsumabuki Satoshi- has won many awards- source here: | 8/6/23 | |
| from an award-winning actress OR by a director/writer, you haven't seen anything from before | 3/20/23 | ||
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: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back OR | 6/11/23 | ||
OR | 7/13/23 | ||
OR | 10/22/23 | ||
OR | 2/14/23 | ||
OR |
| 8/5/23 | |
11. Finding a Mate | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Nudity: one of the following Nudity/Sexual content | Brief Nudity | Prolonged Nudity | Partial Nudity | Mild Sexual Content | Sexual Content | Extreme Sexual Content | 6/23/23 | ||
OR | 7/25/23 | ||
features a Heterosexual relationship OR | 11/27/23 | ||
OR |
| 8/31/23 | |
Nice Female Lead / Nice Male Lead OR | Oh! My Boss! Koi wa Bessatsu de | Nice Female Lead | 7/12/23 |
12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
| Slight ComeUdy OR Black Comedy |
| 3/19/23 | |
OR features some type of Doomsday | 7/25/23 | ||
OR | 7/25/23 | ||
features a Celebration OR | 6/23/23 | ||
OR | 5/14/23 | ||
Significant details
In the following habitats we ask of you to look for the details in the significant scenes, in the first one (14) we ask you to notice the surroundings, in the other the objects involved (15).
15. Humans Have So Many Things | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | 8/8/23 | ||
OR | 6/16/23 | ||
OR | 1/24/23 | ||
OR | 2/21/23 | ||
OR |
| 11/28/23 | |
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: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | 7/25/23 | ||
OR | 8/5/23 | ||
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) | 3/19/23 | ||
OR | 5/3/23 | ||
OR | 4/23/23 | ||
18. What Are You? | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead OR | 7/23/23 | ||
| Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead OR Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead | Konin Todoke ni Han wo Oshita dake desu ga | 12/17/23 | |
Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead OR | 8/15/23 | ||
Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead OR | 2/16/23 | ||
OR | 6/9/23 | ||
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.
21. Friendly Ways to Live or Die | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | 3/19/23 | ||
OR | 6/15/23 | ||
OR | 4/23/23 | ||
OR | 8/7/23 | ||
OR | 6/7/23 | ||
22. Who Am I When I Am With You? | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | 5/1/23 | ||
OR | 6/12/23 | ||
OR | 7/23/23 | ||
OR | 12/12/23 | ||
OR | 7/12/23 | ||
Name and Cover
In the following habitats we ask of you to pay attention to the name and cover of the title. For the first one (23) your mission is to find titles that have one of the following things. For the second one (24) your mission is to look at the cover. Each route includes a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
23. It's Only Words in the Name | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | 8/5/23 | ||
| Color OR | 10/21/23 | ||
OR | 3/9/23 | ||
OR | 8/5/23 | ||
OR | 8/3/23 | ||
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.
25. Countries of MDL | Progress: 7/7 | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
2/8/23 | |||
7/24/23 | |||
8/4/23 | |||
2/5/23 | |||
7/24/23 | |||
12/31/23 | |||
6/4/23 | |||
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Right back at you Elbee, my dear :D |
=^. .^= Hi, jubies33 chingu! <3
(v , v) Hi, Jay! We're next-door neighbors again in this year's long thread! :)
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Taxonomy
1. Type | Progress: 5/5, 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR TV SHOW* | TV-entire show | July 20, 2023 February 5, 2023 | |
OR | January 22, 2023 | ||
| Co-Produced OR Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDL | Ahn Hyo Seop is Canadian Taiwan&Japan | June 28, 2023 September 10, 2023 | |
OR | Our Blues tagged as anthology, synopsis wording Omnibus | February 9, 202 January 24, 2023 | |
Adapted from a manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic Or | January 13, 2023 February 11, 2023 | ||
2. Is it True? | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Educational (tries to teach viewers something-not the same as the school genre) | August 30, 2023 | ||
OR | (short film, sexual content, very diff from series also watched) | September 12, 2023 | |
| Documentary Genre OR Mockumentary | April 25, 2023 | ||
OR | June 11, 2023 | ||
OR | |||
3. All About the Gen(r)es | Progress: 5/5, 5/5 | ||
| Choice of Route. | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | September 2, 2023 | ||
OR | July 18, 2023 | ||
OR | May 16, 2023 September 27, 2023 | ||
OR | April 25, 2023 | ||
OR | |||
4. Year of OriginTutorial | Progress: 5/5, 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | April 12, 2023 | ||
OR the year a member on this page joined MDL (link to the account/challenge form) | 1996 | ||
OR the month (not necessarily the year) you were born | Both 2009 | August 12, 2023 | |
year generated by this website OR | 2020 | October 19, 2023 July 25, 2023 | |
OR | 2017
| May 5, 2023 | |
5. Duration of The HikeTutorial | Progress:5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | November 22, 2023 | ||
DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes Or | 24 min. | November 30, 2023 | |
DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer. | Voice of Silence | ||
DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 180 minutes or longer. | June 30, 2023 | ||
DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes OR *both DRAMA with 8 episodes or less. | |||
6. Time Can Be Confusing | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Full second season of a DRAMA OR Only 1 episode of a DRAMA | |||
OR | A Time Called You | September 9, 2023 | |
OR | June 28, 2023 | ||
OR | |||
OR | |||
7. Sharing is CaringTutorials: 1 2 3 | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
| that has been on your PTW for longer than you can remember OR from the Watchlist of another user doing this challenge | May 21, 2023 | ||
with less than 10,000 viewers OR ranked 1-1000 (if you have seen them all you can go for 1001) | 2,922 | October 31, 2023 | |
DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list OR DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list | 3eps | October 8, 2023 | |
mentioned in the MDL Forums Or mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds) | Fanletter, Please | in We Watch Challenge | November 9, 2023 |
| with the newest release date in your PTW list OR with a release date older than the oldest title in your Watchlist | December 20, 2023 | ||
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) | November 29, 2023 | ||
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). | August 12, 2023 | ||
from your most viewed tags Or from your least viewed genres under your profile stats | Death tag | December 18, 2023 | |
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) | September 20, 2023 | ||
with over 10 Reviews OR with 0 Reviews when you started watching it | December 1, 2023 | ||
9. Your Fanciers and WestminstersFor this habitat, we ask you to link to the award/person's page.*List with awards | Progress: 5/5, 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Award-winning OR by the same writer as one of your favorites | sweeping awards-Grimae, MBC, etc | November 18, 2023 April 10, 2023 | |
from an award-winning director OR that has one of your favorite actresses | July 10, 2023 | ||
from an award-winning screenwriter OR that has one of your favorite actors | July 16, 2023 November 12, 2023 | ||
from an award-winning actor OR by the same director as one of your favorite titles | Han Seok Kyu [Awards on Wiki] | January 5, 2023 July 4, 202 | |
| from an award-winning actress OR by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before | A Murderous Affair in Horizon Tower | November 4, 2023 | |
10. Kiss, F***, Kill, Exorcism… | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back OR | May 25, 2023 | ||
OR | August 15, 2023 | ||
OR | |||
OR | Love to Hate You | February 13, 2023 | |
OR | July 24, 2023 | ||
11. Finding a Mate | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Nudity: one of the following Nudity/Sexual content | Brief Nudity | Prolonged Nudity | Partial Nudity | Mild Sexual Content | Sexual Content | Extreme Sexual Content | January 14, 2023 | ||
OR | The Glory (Pt 1) | January 4, 2022 | |
features a Heterosexual relationship OR | |||
OR | From Now On, Showtime! | July 5, 2023 | |
Nice Female Lead / Aggressive Male Lead OR | February 5, 2023 | ||
12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying | 5/5, 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
| Slight Comedy OR Black Comedy | April 15, 2023 September 7, 2023 | ||
OR features some type of Doomsday | September 16, 2023 November 14, 2023 | ||
OR | Both July 29, 2023 | ||
features a Celebration OR | January 31, 2023 | ||
OR *both | October 2, 2023 November 8, 2023 | ||
13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
features a Religious Leader OR | March 26, 2023 | ||
OR | September 6, 2023 | ||
Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot OR | |||
OR | |||
Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead OR | |||
Significant Details
14. Where Are We? | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Sung Hoon | December 15, 2023 | |
OR | October 18, 2023 | ||
OR | December 13, 2023 | ||
OR | March 9, 2023 | ||
| In a City OR In a Small Town | December 6, 2023 | ||
15. Humans Have So Many Things | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | October 25, 2023 | ||
OR | September 19, 2023 | ||
OR both | September 28, 2023 | ||
OR | September 26, 2023 | ||
OR | September 22, 2023 | ||
The Main Attraction
16. Who Are We? | Progress: 5/5, 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | October 8, 2023 September 3, 2023 | ||
OR | October 13, 2023 January 16, 2022 | ||
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) | September 25, 2023 October 25, 2023 | ||
OR *AND | June 30, 2023 February 28, 2023 | ||
OR | May 23, 2023 April 18, 2023 | ||
17. Camouflage? | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | in tags | July 14, 2023 | |
OR | (Religious cult tattoo) | August 17, 2023 | |
OR | November 18, 2023 | ||
| Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead **and | February 11, 2023 | ||
Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead OR | February 9, 2023 | ||
18. What Are You? | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead OR | May 19, 2023 | ||
| Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead OR Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead | October 1, 2023 | ||
Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead OR | September 25, 2023 | ||
Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead OR | September 21, 2023 | ||
OR | December 6, 2023 | ||
19. The Petting ZooTitles featuring... | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | A Bloody Lucky Day | (bugs cral on them, mouse left in locker) | |
OR | cats pelted | March 5, 2023 | |
OR | The Good Bad Mother | Pigs | June 10, 2023 |
OR | October 1, 2023 | ||
OR | May 30, 2023 | ||
20. Where the Humans Are… | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR |
| September 4, 2023 | |
OR | September 15, 2023 | ||
OR *both | Castaway Diva | December 3, 2023 | |
OR | December 30, 2023 | ||
Second Lead Caring For Animals OR | CP caring for turtle | January 8, 2023 | |
21. Friendly Ways to Live or Die | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | August 14, 2023 | ||
OR | December 18, 2023 | ||
OR Teamwork (BOTH) | August 30, 2023 | ||
OR | October 26, 2023 | ||
OR*both | November 23, 2023 | ||
22. Who Am I When I Am With You? | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
| Colleagues OR Inmates | What Are You Doing in the Office? | December 28, 2023 | |
Bromance | Boyhood | December 23, 2023 | |
| Parent-Child OR *And Sibling | Strong Girl Namsoon | November 26, 2023 | |
| Assailant-Victim OR Student-Teacher | The Deal | November 25, 2023 | |
Doctor-Patient Soldier | D.P. Season 2 | July 31, 2023 | |
23. It's Only Words in the Name | Progress: 5/5, 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | February 28, 2023 August 11, 2023 | ||
| Color OR | September 8, 2023 September 7, 2023 | ||
OR (and-both) | December 7, 2023 October 16, 2023 | ||
OR | Tale of the Nine-Tailed: An Unfinished Story | October 2, 2023 | |
OR | Someday or One Day Extra Scene | October 28, 2023 November 21, 2023 | |
24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
| Domesticated Animal OR Wild Animal | Arthdal Chronicles: The Sword of Aramun (horses ridden) |
| October 22, 2023 |
OR |
| July 11, 2023 | |
OR |
| October 5, 2023 | |
OR | Delivery Man (car door) |
| April 6, 2023 |
OR | Tutorial |
| September 4, 2023 |
25. Origin: Countries of MDLNote: 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. | Progress: 7/7 | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
July 24, 2023 | |||
August 29, 2023 | |||
April 2, 2023 | |||
| September 10, 2023 | |||
January 31, 2023 | |||
My Treats! | Plains Used: /5 | Forest Used: /4 | Mountain Used: /3 | Space Used: /2 | Black Hole Used: /1 | |
| Route | Essential | Substitute for | Notes | Completed | ||
Spare title | July 21, 2023 | |||||
MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet |
- Starting date: January 1st, 2023
- Link to your Drama list: HERE
- Progress Habitat: /4
- Essentials: 6/20
| plan to watch | currently watching | completed |
3. All About the Gen(r)es | Progress: 4/5 | ||
Choice of Route. | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
| The Witch: Part 2. The Other One | 1/1 | |
/1 | |||
The Eighth Sense | 10/10 | ||
4/4 | |||
1/1 | |||
8. Examined…Tutorial | Progress: 1/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
on your Recommendations page (add a link to the page) Or |
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found on a Custom List OR |
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from your most viewed tags OR from your least viewed genres under your profile stats | most viewed tag: friendship, death, happy ending | ||
with someone or something mentioned in a Game on MDL OR found mentioned in an Article on MDL | |||
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10. Kiss, F***, Kill, Exorcism… | Progress: 1/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
| 1/6 | ||
/1 | |||
/1 | |||
Life: Love on the Line (Director's Cut) | /1 | ||
1/1 | |||
11. Finding a Mate | Progress: /5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
First Love | |||
features a Heterosexual relationship | |||
Nice Female Lead / Aggressive Male Lead | |||
21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die | Progress: /5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
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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