MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet

Starting date: January 1st, 2023
Link to your Drama list: here
Progress Habitat: 0/0 not sure yet
Essentials Progress: 01/??



Animals Collected


Taxonomy 

1. Type

Progress:

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 Web Series

OR

 TV SHOW*







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 manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic

Or

Adapted From a Novel / Book








2. Is it True?

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Advertisement  

OR 

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




Independent Film 

OR 

Propaganda




Documentary Genre

OR

 Mockumentary




Adapted from Folklore 

OR 

Inspired by Real Events / Real Person




Historical Fiction 

OR 

Historical genre  + tag Based on True Story





3. All About the Gen(r)es  

Progress:

Watch a title from one of the following genres

Choice of Route. 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Historical 

OR 

Sci-Fi 




Comedy 

OR

Tragedy




Thriller

OR

Romance




Youth 

OR

Political 




Action 

OR

Life





Time is Relative

4. Year of Origin   

Progress:  

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

in 2023

OR

1940-1959







1990-1999

OR

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







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

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 

7. Sharing is Caring

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…

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

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 

10.  Kiss, F***, Kill, Exorcism…

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back 

OR

Exorcism




Cohabitation 

OR

Long Distance Relationship




Fluffy 

OR

Sexual Assault




Contract Relationship 

OR

Secret Relationship




Opposites Attract 

OR

Domestic Abuse

 




11. Finding a Mate

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

 First Love 

OR 

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




Age Gap [Drama Life]  

OR 

Classmates' Relationship 




features a Heterosexual relationship  

OR 

Same-Sex relationship




 Enemies to Lovers 

OR 

Love at First Sight




Nice Female Lead /  Male Lead 

OR 

Aggressive  Female Lead / Male  Lead





12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying

Progress:

Choice of Route  

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Slight Comedy 

OR

Black Comedy




Happy Ending 

OR 

features some type of Doomsday




Tragic Past 

OR 

Sketch Comedy




features a Celebration 

OR

Mourning




 Healing 

OR

Suicide





13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

features a Religious Leader 

OR

Some type of God




Misunderstanding 

OR

Character Development




 Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot 

OR

LGBTQ+




Suspense 

OR 

Slow Burn Story / Slow Burn Romance




 Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead 

OR 

Discrimination





Significant details 

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 

 16. Who Are We?

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Child Actor/Actress 

OR 

Veteran Actor/Actress 




Idol actor/ Idol actress 

OR

Former Child Actor/Actress 




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

OR

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




Able Bodied 

OR

Living with a disability 




Public Figure  

OR

Hidden Identity





17. Camouflage?

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Athlete 

OR 

Artist




Glasses 

OR

Tattoos




Identity Swap 

OR

Body Swap




Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead

OR 

Criminal Female Lead/Criminal Male Lead




Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead

OR

Antihero/Antiheroine





18. What Are You?  

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead 

OR 

Weak Female Lead / Weak Male Lead




Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead 

OR

Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead




Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead 

OR

Clingy Female Lead/Clingy Male Lead




Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead 

OR 

Poor Female Lead/Poor Male Lead 




Killer 

OR

Healer  





Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash

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: 1/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Funeral Director 

OR

Birth care (Postpartum care)




Virtual Reality  

OR 

Ghosts

Ghosts

  • 01/02/23

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 

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:

https://mydramalist.com/dramalist/princessjirachi/completed

Progress Habitat: 

Level 5: Japanese Marten

50/50



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

1. TypeProgress: 5/5
Choice of RouteEssentialsNotesCompleted
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
Kiss GoblinDrama04/09/23
MOVIE

OR

DRAMA SPECIAL

My Boyfriend in
Orange
 



Movie01/19/23
Co-Produced

OR

Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDL
So Not Worth ItDrama06/14/23
Anthology

OR

Omnibus
PersonaDrama01/17/23
Adapted from a manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic

Or

Adapted From a Novel / Book
Parasite in LoveMovie03/29/23



3. All About the Gen(r)esProgress: 5/5
Watch a title from one of the following genres

Choice of Route.
EssentialsNotesCompleted
Historical

OR

Sci-Fi
My Dearest Part 2 Drama11/19/23
Comedy

OR

Tragedy
Ore no Kawaii wa Mousugu Shohikigen?!Drama01/16/23
Thriller

OR

Romance
Mitaraike, Enjou SuruDrama07/27/23
Youth

OR

Political
From Me to You Drama 07/16/23
Action

OR

Life
Memoir of a
Murderer
Movie03/11/23


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 OriginProgress:  5/5
Choice of RouteEssentialsNotesCompleted
in 2023

OR

1940-1959
Moon in the Day
Drama12/20/23
1990-1999

OR

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



Kou Kou Kyoushi (1993)Movie
1993
01/06/23
2000-2010

OR

the month (not necessarily the year) you were born
Tree of Heaven

Drama
2006
02/15/23
year generated by this website

OR

1950-1969
Are You Human
Too?
Drama
2002
2009
2011
2018
2019
08/17/23
2017-2022

OR

1970-1989



Jitenshaya-san no Takahashi-kun
 
Drama
2022
02/08/23


5. Duration of The HikeProgress: 5/5
Choice of RouteEssentialsNotesCompleted
Short Length Series

 OR

 Short Film
Sensei ni Koishita NatsuDrama02/10/23
DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes

Or

DRAMA with  30 episodes or more.
Shadow BeautyDrama
20 min.
04/26/23
DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer
Marmalade BoyMovie
2 hr. 7 min.
(127 minutes)
06/22/23
DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts  180 minutes or longer.
Devil Beside YouDrama
45 min.
 05/24/23
DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes

OR

DRAMA with 8 episodes or less.
My Dearest 
Drama
1hr. 20 min.
(80 minutes)
09/03/23



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.


12. Laugh it Off or Die TryingProgress: 5/5
Choice of RouteEssentialsNotesCompleted
Slight Comedy

OR

Black Comedy
Tsuiraku JK to Haijin KyoshiDrama08/18/23
Happy Ending

OR

features some type of Doomsday

AI Love You


Movie06/28/23
Tragic Past

OR

Sketch Comedy
A Time Called YouDrama10/10/23
features a Celebration

OR

Mourning
Seasons of Blossom
Drama1/18/23
Healing

OR

Suicide
Daily Dose of
Sunshine
Drama11/18/23


13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuffProgress: 5/5
Choice of RouteEssentialsNotesCompleted
features a Religious Leader

OR

Some type of God
Kokdu: Season of DeityDrama03/25/23
Misunderstanding

OR

Character Development


School 2017Drama04/16/23
Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot

OR

LGBTQ+


Moshimo, Ikemen Dake no Koukou
ga Attara
Drama02/19/23
Suspense

OR

Slow Burn Story /
Slow Burn Romance
The Heavenly IdolDrama05/07/23
Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead

OR

Discrimination
Himitsu no Ai-chanDrama03/05/23


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 ThingsProgress: 5/5
Choice of RouteEssentialsNotesCompleted
An Umbrella

OR

A Backpack
As Long as We
Both Shall Live
Movie12/31/23
A Truck 

OR

A Sports Car
See You in My
19th Life

Drama07/23/23
A Smartphone

OR

A Phone Booth
Midnight
Movie06/16/23
A Suit /Dress

OR

A Hoodie
King the Land
Drama08/07/23
A Book

OR

A Crossbow
Destined With You
Drama10/12/23

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.

17. Camouflage?Progress: 5/5
Choice of RouteEssentialsNotesCompleted
Athlete

OR

Artist
Fight SongDrama01/16/23
Glasses

OR

Tattoos
Kono Koi Atatamemasu ka        Drama12/05/23
Identity Swap

OR

Body Swap
Papa to Musume no NanokakanDrama01/29/23
Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead

OR

Criminal Female Lead/Criminal Male Lead
DaisyMovie02/13/23
Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead

OR

Antihero/Antiheroine
The Bridal MaskDrama04/03/23



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.


20. Where the Humans Are…Progress: 5/5
Choice of RouteEssentialsNotesCompleted
Human Turns into an Animal  

OR

Animal turns into a Human
My Woofy Poofy LoveDrama01/10/23
Adorable animals

OR

Animal Attack
Water Flowing to
the Sea

Movie10/23/23
Animal in the Wild

OR

Animal in a City
Tale of the Nine-TailedDrama06/09/23
Pet dressed in Clothes

OR

Animal Abuse
Through the
Darkness
Drama06/02/23
Second Lead
Caring For Animals


OR

Antagonist CaringFor Animals
Alchemy of Souls Season 2: Light and ShadowDrama01/09/23


21.Friendly Ways to Live or DieProgress: 5/5
Choice of RouteEssentialsNotesCompleted
Funeral Director

OR

Birth care (Postpartum care)
Hoshi Furu Yoru niDrama04/05/23
Virtual Reality 

OR

Ghosts
Haunted CampusMovie12/27/23
Corruption

OR

Teamwork
Shinai naru Boku e Satsui wo KometeDrama02/24/23
Friendly Game 

OR

Death Game
Joseon Attorney: A Morality  Drama05/21/23
Friendship

OR

Bullying
At a Distance,
Spring Is Green
Drama09/12/23



                                                                                                                                             


MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet
 

Starting date: 1/1/2023

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

Progress Habitat: 4/127

 


Taxonomy 

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

1. Type

Progress:

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 1. 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







2. MOVIE

OR

DRAMA SPECIAL






3. Co-Produced 

OR 

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

Pachinko





4. Anthology 

OR 

Omnibus







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

Or

Adapted From a Novel / Book








2. Is it True?

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

6. Advertisement  

OR 

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




7. Independent Film 

OR 

Propaganda




8. Documentary Genre

OR

 Mockumentary




9. Adapted from Folklore 

OR 

Inspired by Real Events / Real Person




10. Historical Fiction 

OR 

Historical genre  + tag Based on True Story





3. All About the Gen(r)es  

Progress: 1

Watch a title from one of the following genres

Choice of Route. 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

11. Historical 

OR 

Sci-Fi 

Jung_E (2023)Movie

1/29/2023

12.  Comedy 

OR

Tragedy




13. Thriller

OR

Romance




14. Youth 

OR

Political 




15. 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:  1

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

16. in 2023

OR

1940-1959







17. 1990-1999

OR

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







18. 2000-2010

OR

the month (not necessarily the
year) you were born







19. year generated by this website

OR

1950-1969







20. 2017-2022

OR

1970-1989

Monthly Magazine Home (2021)

Drama

2/7


5. Duration of The Hike

 Tutorial

Progress:

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 21. Short Length Series

 OR

 Short Film 

 




22. DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes 

Or

DRAMA with  30 episodes or more. 




23. DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer.

 



24. DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts  180 minutes or longer. 




25. 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 

26. Full second season of a DRAMA

OR 

Only 1 episode of a DRAMA




27. Different Timelines  

OR 

Time Loop




28. Time Skip 

OR  

Time Travel

Splash Splash LOVE (2015)

Drama Special

1/3

29. Winter 

OR 

Summer




30. Fall  

OR

Spring





The Chronicles of MDL 

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

7. Sharing is Caring

Tutorials: 1  2  3

Progress:

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

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

OR

from the Watchlist of another user doing this challenge







with less than 10,000 viewers

OR

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







DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list 

OR

DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list







mentioned in the MDL Forums

Or

mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds)







with the newest release date in your PTW list

OR

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







8. Examined…

Tutorial

Progress: 

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

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

Or

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







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

OR

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







from your most viewed tags 

Or

from your least viewed genres under your profile stats







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

Or

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







with over 10 Reviews

OR

with 0 Reviews when you started watching it








9. Your Fanciers and Westminsters

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

*List with awards

Progress: 

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

Award-winning

OR

by the same writer as one of your favorites







from an award-winning director

OR

that has one of your favorite actresses







from an award-winning screenwriter

OR

that has one of your favorite actors






from an award-winning actor

OR

by the same director as one of your favorite titles







from an award-winning actress

OR

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








Getting up Close and Personal 

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

10.  Kiss, F***, Kill, Exorcism…

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back 

OR

Exorcism




Cohabitation 

OR

Long Distance Relationship




Fluffy 

OR

Sexual Assault




Contract Relationship 

OR

Secret Relationship




Opposites Attract 

OR

Domestic Abuse

 




11. Finding a Mate

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

 First Love 

OR 

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




Age Gap [Drama Life]  

OR 

Classmates' Relationship 




features a Heterosexual relationship  

OR 

Same-Sex relationship




 Enemies to Lovers 

OR 

Love at First Sight




Nice Female Lead / Aggressive Male Lead 

OR 

Aggressive Female Lead / Aggressive Male  Lead





12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying

Progress:

Choice of Route  

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Slight Comedy 

OR

Black Comedy




Happy Ending 

OR 

features some type of Doomsday




Tragic Past 

OR 

Sketch Comedy




features a Celebration 

OR

Mourning




 Healing 

OR

Suicide





13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

features a Religious Leader 

OR

Some type of God




Misunderstanding 

OR

Character Development




Female-Centered Plot /
Male-Centered Plot 

OR

LGBTQ+




Suspense 

OR 

Slow Burn Story /
Slow Burn Romance




Popular Male Lead /
Popular Female Lead 

OR 

Discrimination






Significant details 

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

14. Where Are We?     

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

On a Field  

OR 

On a Cliff




In the Woods 

OR

By the Sea




In a Jungle 

OR 

On a Rooftop




On a Mountain 

OR 

On an Island




In a City 

OR

In a Small Town





15. Humans Have So Many Things

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

An Umbrella 

OR

A Backpack




A Truck  

OR

A Sports Car




A Smartphone 

OR

A Phone Booth



 

A Suit /Dress 

OR

A Hoodie




A Book 

OR

A Crossbow





The Main Attraction 

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

 16. Who Are We?

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Child Actor/Actress 

OR 

Veteran Actor/Actress 




Idol actor/ Idol actress 

OR

Former Child Actor/Actress 




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

OR

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




Able Bodied 

OR

Living with a disability 




Public Figure  

OR

Hidden Identity





17. Camouflage?

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Athlete 

OR 

Artist




Glasses 

OR

Tattoos




Identity Swap 

OR

Body Swap




Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead

OR 

Criminal Female Lead/Criminal Male Lead




Superhero Male Lead/
Superhero Female Lead

OR

Antihero/Antiheroine





18. What Are You?  

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Strong Female Lead /
Strong Male Lead 

OR 

Weak Female Lead /
Weak Male Lead




Smart Female Lead/
Smart Male Lead 

OR

Naive Female Lead/
Naive Male Lead




Cold Female Lead/
Cold Male Lead 

OR

Clingy Female Lead/
Clingy Male Lead




Rich Female Lead/
Rich Male Lead 

OR 

Poor Female Lead/
Poor Male Lead 




Killer 

OR

Healer  





Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash

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

19. The Petting Zoo

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Pet  

OR 

Pest




Talking Pet  

OR

Animal Death




Zoo animal  

OR

Farm Animal




Veterinarian  

OR

Animal Control




Romantic Ride on a Horse  

OR

Horse Ridden to Out to War





20. Where the Humans Are…

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Human Turns into an Animal   

OR

Animal turns into a Human




Adorable animals 

OR 

Animal Attack




Animal in the Wild 

OR

Animal in a City




Pet dressed in Clothes 

OR 

Animal Abuse




Second Lead Caring For Animals 

OR 

Antagonist Caring For Animals




 

21. Friendly Ways to Live or Die

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Funeral Director 

OR

Birth care (Postpartum care)




Virtual Reality  

OR 

Ghosts




Corruption 

OR

Teamwork




Friendly Game  

OR

Death Game




Friendship 

OR

Bullying





22. Who Am I When I Am With You?

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Colleagues 

OR

Inmates




Bromance 

OR 

Sismance




Parent-Child 

OR

Sibling 




Assailant-Victim 

OR

Student-Teacher




Doctor-Patient 

OR

Soldier





Name and Cover 

In the following habitats we ask of you to pay  attention to the name and cover of the title.  For the first one (23) your mission is to find titles that have one of the following things. For the second one (24)  your mission is to look at the cover. Each route includes a link to a list with  more detailed instructions. 

23. It's Only Words in the Name 

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Celestial Body 

OR  

Body Part 




Color 

OR

Emotion 




Object 

OR

Verb 




Animal

OR

Number 




Season 

OR

Calendar-related word 





24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover   

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Domesticated Animal 

OR

Wild Animal 




Flower 

OR 

Building 




Light Colors 

OR

Dark Colors 




Rainbow 

OR

Door 




Only Words 

OR 

Geometrical Shapes 





Origin

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

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

25.  Countries of MDL

Progress: 1

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

121. China




122. Hong Kong




123. Japan




124. Philippines

The Ultimate Oppa (2022)

Movie

1/20

125. South Korea




126. Taiwan




127. 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


 



















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UKshineegirl

MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet

Starting date: Jan 1, 2023

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

Progress Habitat: 1/2
Plains 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, Tiger
Forest 27, 29, 31, 3335, 38, 41, 44, 47, 50

▉ = not attempted
= in progress
= completed
= next/ultimate goal

Titles Progress: Plains 127/127; Forest 40/40 [Section 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 22, 23] ; Extra sections (incomplete) - 1, 12, 17, 21

Total Titles: 175

Achieved: Forest - Palwan Peacock + Tiger Badge (plains)

 


Taxonomy 

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

1. Type

Progress: 5/5, 3/5

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

Plains:A  Rain Lover 

Forest:B The Devil's Plan 



26/26


12/12 

MOVIE

OR

DRAMA SPECIAL

Plains:A Scamsgiving 

Forest:B Mysterious Lotus Casebook: Special Episode 




1/1

Co-Produced 

OR 

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

Plains:A The Night Receptionist

Forest:A One Piece 




8/8

Anthology 

OR 

Omnibus

Plains:A Luv Pub: Pilot 



2/2

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

Or

Adapted From a Novel / Book

Plains:A Duty After School: Part 2 



4/4


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)

Plains:A Summer Love 


2/2

Independent Film 

OR 

Propaganda

Plains:A Ami. exe 


Documentary Genre

OR

 Mockumentary

Plains:A  Girlfriend Project Day 1 QnA 


1/1

Adapted from Folklore 

OR 

Inspired by Real Events / Real Person

Plains:A Tale of the Nine Tailed: An Unfinished Story

Folklore ep 1: Mangtaegi haraboji

3/3




Historical Fiction 

OR 

Historical genre  + tag Based on True Story

Plains:A Tale of the Nine-Tailed 1938


12/12


3. All About the Gen(r)es  

Progress: 5/5, 5/5

Watch a title from one of the following genres

Choice of Route. 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Historical 

OR 

Sci-Fi 

Plains:B My Perfect Stranger

Forest:B The Bionic Life 




16/16


 12/12

Comedy 

OR

Tragedy

Plains:A The 6 Chapters Beside a Corpse 

Forest:A Behind Your Touch 



16/16 ✔

Thriller

OR

Romance

Plains:A Unlocked 

Forest:A Evilive


10/10

Youth 

OR

Political 

Plains:A Aftermath Season 2 

Forest:A I Am... 


6/6


6/6 

Action 

OR

Life

Plains:A Bloodhounds

Forest: A Vigilante 


8/8


8/8


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

Plains:A  The Puppet





1990-1999

OR

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

Plains:B The Witch: Part 2. The Other One 

2022: https://mydramalist.com/profile/sunki2 



2000-2010

OR

the month (not necessarily the year) you were born

Plains:B Turned on by You Season 1 

April

6/6

year generated by this website

OR

1950-1969

Plains:A The Hours of Tree (2012)

2000, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2017



2017-2022

OR

1970-1989

Plains:A Somehow 18 

2017

10/10


5. Duration of The Hike

 Tutorial

Progress: 5/5, 5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 Short Length Series

 OR

 Short Film 

Plains:B Buying Ears

Forest:A The Haunting 


1/1

20/20

DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes 

Or

DRAMA with  30 episodes or more. 

Plains:B Fireworks of My Heart 

Forest:A Gifted Season 2



24 mins

40/40

8/8

DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer.

 Plains:B The Soul-Mate

Forest:B Count 

97 mins

110 mins

DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts  180 minutes or longer. 

Plains:A D.P. Season 2 

Forest:A Wrong Carriage, Right Groom 

50 mins

45 mins

6/6

24/24 ✔ 

DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes

OR

DRAMA with 8 episodes or less.  

Plains:B Black Knight 

Forest:B Han River Police 


6/6

6/6 ✔ 


6. Time Can Be Confusing 

Progress: 5/5, 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Full second season of a DRAMA

OR 

Only 1 episode of a DRAMA

Plains:B Red Balloon

Forest:A The Uncanny Counter Season 2: Counter Punch 


1/20


12/12 ✔ 

Different Timelines  

OR 

Time Loop

Plains:B Someday or One Day: The Movie

Forest:B A Time Called You 




12/12 

Time Skip 

OR  

Time Travel

Plains:A Decibel 

Forest:B Perfect Marriage Revenge 


12/12

Winter 

OR 

Summer

Plains:A The Tower

Forest:A My Dearest 

Christmas Eve

Mostly winter


10/10  

Fall  

OR

Spring

Plains:A We're Not Trash 

Forest:B One Night Stand 



March-April (April Fool's)

8/8


13/13


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, 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

Plains:A Romance Is a Bonus Book 

Forest:B Pegasus Market 



Elbee

1616


12/12

with less than 10,000 viewers

OR

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

Plains:B The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion 

Forest:A Girl in the Mirror 

#307 as of 26th July


78 as of Sept 30


5/5

DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list 

OR

DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list

Plains:A Enigma 

Forest:B Mysterious Lotus Casebook 



4/4

40/40

mentioned in the MDL Forums

Or

mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds)

Plains:A Shadow Detective Season 2 

Forest:B My Journey to You 

Link


Feed

8/8


24/24 ✔ 

with the newest release date in your PTW list

OR

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

Plains:A Celebrity 

Forest:A Shadow 



12/12

14/14


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)

Plains:B All That We Loved 

https://mydramalist.com/724633-love-do-it/trailers/36435

8/8

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).

Plains:A Crash 

List



from your most viewed tags 

Or

from your least viewed genres under your profile stats

Plains:A Like a B1 

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)

Plains:B See You in My 19th Life 

Article

12/12

with over 10 Reviews

OR

with 0 Reviews when you started watching it

Plains:A Heartbeat 

19 as of 15th Aug

16/16


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

Plains:B The Glory Part 2



Kim Eun Sook

8/8

from an award-winning director

OR

that has one of your favorite actresses

Plains:B Revenant 

Kim Tae Ri

12/12

from an award-winning screenwriter

OR

that has one of your favorite actors

Plains:B Taxi Driver Season 2 

Lee Je Hoon

16/16

from an award-winning actor

OR

by the same director as one of your favorite titles

Plains:A The Wandering Earth II 

Andy Lau



from an award-winning actress

OR

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

Plains:B Knights of the Zodiac 

Tomasz Baginski




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, 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back 

OR

Exorcism

Plains:A Midnight Museum 


Forest:A My Lovely Liar 

episode 3 (breaks into gf's home)

FL's ex-bf

10/10


16/16

Cohabitation 

OR

Long Distance Relationship

Plains:A Ex-Wife Stop Season 2 

Forest:A As Long As We Both Shall Live 


24/24


✔ 

Fluffy 

OR

Sexual Assault

Plains:B Deleter

Forest:B Save Me  


16/16

Contract Relationship 

OR

Secret Relationship

Plains:A Love to Hate You 

Forest:B Sh**ting Stars 


10/10


16/16

Opposites Attract 

OR

Domestic Abuse

 Plains:B Recalled 

Forest:A Strong Girl Namsoon


Strong FL/Weak ML, Out-going OTT FL/Calm reserved ML

16/16


11. Finding a Mate

Progress: 5/5, 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

Plains:B Hit the Spot 

Forest:A Twinkling Watermelon 


8/8


16/16

Age Gap [Drama Life]  

OR 

Classmates' Relationship 

Plains:B  Click Your Heart 

Forest:A My Dearest Part 2 


7/7


11/11

features a Heterosexual relationship  

OR 

Same-Sex relationship

Plains:A I Have Three Boyfriends 

Forest:A Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo 


10/10


20/20 ✔ 

 Enemies to Lovers 

OR 

Love at First Sight

Plains:A Bo Ra! Deborah

Forest:A Destined with You 


14/14


16/16 ✔ 

Nice Female Lead / Nice Male Lead 

OR 

Aggressive Female Lead / Aggressive Male  Lead

Plains:A Delightfully Deceitful 

Forest:A The Way You Shine 

Nice ML


Nice ML

16/16


24/24 ✔ 


12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying

Progress: 5/5, 2/5

Choice of Route  

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Slight Comedy 

OR

Black Comedy

Plains:B Love Potion 


Happy Ending 

OR 

features some type of Doomsday

Plains:B Duty After School: Part 1 

Forest:A Animals: Kikoku-hen 

Alien invasion

6/6


2/2 

Tragic Past 

OR 

Sketch Comedy

Plains:A Catch the Ghost 

Forest:A Mutual Redemption Love 



FL's parents were killed, ML is an orphan

16/16


30/30 ✔ 

features a Celebration 

OR

Mourning

Plains:A Strangers Again 

Second couple got pregnant.

12/12

 Healing 

OR

Suicide

Plains:B Decoy 

Self-emolation and hanging

6/6


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

Plains:A Island 

Priest Yohan

6/6

Misunderstanding 

OR

Character Development

Plains:A  The Law Cafe 


16/16

 Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot 

OR

LGBTQ+

Plains:A Divorce Attorney Shin 

male

12/12

Suspense 

OR 

Slow Burn Story / Slow Burn Romance

Plains:A The Post-Truth World


Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead 

OR 

Discrimination

Plains:B Numbers 

Discriminated for not going to university

12/12



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

Plains:B The Forbidden Marriage 


12/12

In the Woods 

OR

By the Sea

Plains:B The Secret Romantic Guesthouse 

ML takes FL to the beach as promised

18/18

In a Jungle 

OR 

On a Rooftop

Plains:B  Doctor Cha 

Attempted Suicide

16/16

On a Mountain 

OR 

On an Island

Plains:B Island Part 2 


6/6

In a City 

OR

In a Small Town

Plains:A My Bossy Wife Season 2 

Beijing

28/28


15. Humans Have So Many Things

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

An Umbrella 

OR

A Backpack

Plains:A Payback: Money and Power 


12/12

A Truck  

OR

A Sports Car

Plains:A Flash Over 

Fire trucks

A Smartphone 

OR

A Phone Booth

Plains:A Unlock My Boss 


 12/12

A Suit /Dress 

OR

A Hoodie

Plains:A  High School King of Savvy 

high schooler wears suits to work pretending to be older brother

17/17

A Book 

OR

A Crossbow

Plains:B Our Blooming Youth  

Crossbow used to injure crown prince, to relay messages

20/20


The Main Attraction 

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

 16. Who Are We?

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Child Actor/Actress 

OR 

Veteran Actor/Actress 

Plains:A Sprout 

Kim Soo An

Idol actor/ Idol actress 

OR

Former Child Actor/Actress 

Plains:A Youtuber Class 


4/4

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)

Plains:B Mask Girl 


7/7

Able Bodied 

OR

Living with a disability 

Plains:B Juror 8 

Defendant was a burns victim with no fingers

Public Figure  

OR

Hidden Identity

Plains:B  Okay! Madam 

Both husband and wife are hiding their identity


17. Camouflage?

Progress: 5/5; 1/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Athlete 

OR 

Artist

Plains:B Have a Good Neighbor

Forest:A Rebound 

Badminton player

Basketball

3/3


Glasses 

OR

Tattoos

Plains:B Treasure Hunt 

The participants have to solve clues and one of them involves men with tattoos.

10/10

Identity Swap 

OR

Body Swap

Plains:B When You Be Me 


26/26

Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead

OR 

Criminal Female Lead/Criminal Male Lead

Plains:A Brain Works 


16/16

Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead

OR

Antihero/Antiheroine

Plains:A Aftermath


5/5


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

Plains:A My Bossy Wife 

Strong FL + Weak ML

28/28

Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead 

OR

Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead

Plains:A #Alive 


Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead 

OR

Clingy Female Lead/Clingy Male Lead

 Plains:B Strong Woman Do Bong Soon 

Clingy ML

16/16

Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead 

OR 

Poor Female Lead/Poor Male Lead 

Plains:A Lies Hidden in My Garden 

Rich FL/ML, Poor FL

8/8

Killer 

OR

Healer  

Plains:A Kill Bok Soon 



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

Plains:A Tonio, You Son of A Cat! 

Pet Cat

Talking Pet  

OR

Animal Death

Plains:A Flight to You 

FL has a talking cockatiel

39/39

Zoo animal  

OR

Farm Animal

Plains:B The Good Bad Mother 

Pigs

14/14

Veterinarian  

OR

Animal Control

Plains:A Tale of the Nine-Tailed

Veterinarian support male

16/16

Romantic Ride on a Horse  

OR

Horse Ridden to Out to War

Plains:A Joseon Attorney: A Morality 

Ep 5 and 10

16/16


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

Plains:B You're Light Years Away 

Cats turn into human

28/28

Adorable animals 

OR 

Animal Attack

Plains:B Gannibal 

Bear attack

7/7

Animal in the Wild 

OR

Animal in a City

Plains:A Back From the Brink

Rabbit

40/40

Pet dressed in Clothes 

OR 

Animal Abuse

Plains:B Crash Course in Romance 

Pelting stray cats

16/16

Second Lead Caring For Animals 

OR 

Antagonist Caring For Animals

Plains:B Alchemy of Souls Season 2: Light and Shadow 

Crown Prince Go Won and male lead Jang Uk are antagonists. CP adopts a turtle and looks after it. Jang Uk also briefly takes care of the turtle and this action confuses CP.

10/10

 

21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die

Progress: 5/5; 2/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Funeral Director 

OR

Birth care (Postpartum care)

Plains:B Poong, the Joseon Psychiatrist Season 2

FL, Seo Eun Woo, conduct difficult deliveries.

10/10  

Virtual Reality  

OR 

Ghosts

Plains:B Delivery Man

Forest:B Dr. Cheon and Lost Talisman 


12/12

Corruption 

OR

Teamwork

Plains:B The First Responders 


12/12

Friendly Game  

OR

Death Game

Plains:A The Glory Season 1 

Forest:B Death's Game 

The game of Go.

8/8


4/4 

Friendship 

OR

Bullying

Plains:A Our D-Day  


6/6


22. Who Am I When I Am With You?

Progress: 5/5, 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Colleagues 

OR

Inmates

Plains:A Stealer: The Treasure Keeper 

Forest:A Animals 

Cops and cultural heritage dept

12/12


8/8

Bromance 

OR 

Sismance

Plains:B Queenmaker 


Forest:A Gifted

Fixer + Lawyer, Lawyer + Campaign Manager

11/11



8/8 ✔ 

Parent-Child 

OR

Sibling 

Plains:A Jung_E





Forest:B Miraculous Brothers 

Scientist daughter works on a robotics program based on her soldier mother

2 real brothers;1 brother-like relation.




16/16 

Assailant-Victim 

OR

Student-Teacher

Plains:B Lesson in Love


Forest:A The Killing Vote 

rewatched earlier episodes from 2022

12/12



12/12

Doctor-Patient 

OR

Soldier

Plains:A D-Day 

Forest:A Moon in the Day 


20/20

14/14


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, 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Celestial Body 

OR  

Body Part 

Plains:A Till the End of the Moon 

Forest:A The Moon 


40/40


✔ 

Color 

OR

Emotion 

Plains:A Blue Birthday

Forest:B Longing for You


10/10


14/14 ✔ 

Object 

OR

Verb 

Plains:A/B Sailing Stones

Forest:B Moving 

fits both


20/20

Animal

OR

Number 

Plains:B 69 Days Later 

Forest:B The First Responders Season 2 



12/12

Season 

OR

Calendar-related word 

Plains:B A Sunday

Forest:B The Kidnapping Day 



12/12


24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover   

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Domesticated Animal 

OR

Wild Animal 

Plains:B YOUniverse 

Shark

4/4

Flower 

OR 

Building 

Plains:B  Sanctuary


1/1

Light Colors 

OR

Dark Colors 

Plains:B Faces of Anne 


Rainbow 

OR

Door 

Plains:B King the Land 


16/16

Only Words 

OR 

Geometrical Shapes 

Plains:ARight Place 



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

Moon Man 


Hong Kong

Big Brother 


Japan

Mondays 


Philippines

Spellbound 


South Korea

The Vampire Lives Next Door To Us 


Taiwan

 Copycat Killer 


Thailand

 NAVI9ATOR 



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

Supernatural/Fantasy

 



Blood Group





Artificial Intelligence





Superpowers





2023 MDL Watch Challenge Sign-up Sheet
 

Starting date: January 1, 2023

Link to your Drama list: Dejes's Drama List

Progress Habitat: Dwarf Flying Squirrel (Plains)  7/6   COMPLETED !!!


Taxonomy


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 

Love Like the Galaxy Part 1

January 07 2023

Comedy 

OR

Tragedy

A Little Thing Called First Love

February 20 2023

Thriller

OR

Romance

Mouse

October 29  2023

Youth 

OR

Political 

Nineteen to Twenty

October 10 2023

Action 

OR

Life

Not Me the series

Rewatch (3rd)

August 05 2023


Getting up Close and Personal


10.  Kiss, F***, Kill, Exorcism…            

Progress: 05/05

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back 

OR

Exorcism

You Are My Glory

February 04 2023

Cohabitation 

OR

Long Distance Relationship

Taikan Yoho

October 22 2023

Fluffy 

OR

Sexual Assault

The Glory (Part 1)

January 26 2023

Contract Relationship 

OR

Secret Relationship

Love to Hate You

March 20 2023

Opposites Attract 

OR

Domestic Abuse

Crash Course in Romance

April 03 2023



11. Finding a Mate          

Progress: 05/05

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 Glory Part 2

March 10 2023

Age Gap [Drama Life]  

OR 

Classmates' Relationship 

Hidden Love

August 23 2023

features a Heterosexual relationship  

OR 

Same-Sex relationship

Hidden Agenda

October 30 2023

 Enemies to Lovers 

OR 

Love at First Sight

My School President

February 27 2023

Nice Female Lead / Aggressive Male Lead 

OR 

Aggressive Female Lead / Aggressive Male  Lead

Imawa Kuni no Alice

March 27 2023


12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying

Progress: 05/05

Choice of Route  

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Slight Comedy 

OR

Black Comedy

Lovely Boxer

October 10, 2023

Happy Ending 

OR 

features some type of Doomsday

One Piece

September 03 2023

Tragic Past 

OR 

Sketch Comedy

Lighter & Princess

Rewatch (2nd)

June 17 2023

features a Celebration 

OR

Mourning

Cutie Pie 2 You

January 30 2023

Healing 

OR

Suicide

Road Home

April 10 2023



The Main Attraction 



18. What Are You?  

Progress: 05/05

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead 

OR 

Weak Female Lead / Weak Male Lead

Juvenile Justice

March 21 2023

Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead 

OR

Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead

To Fly With You

Rewatch (2nd)

February 06 2023

Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead 

OR

Clingy Female Lead/Clingy Male Lead

Street Woman Fighter 2

Lee Bada - Team Bebe

December 17, 2023

Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead 

OR 

Poor Female Lead/Poor Male Lead 

Never Let Me Go

December 19, 2023

Killer 

OR

Healer  

Somebody

January 26 2023


Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash


22. Who Am I When I Am With You?

Progress: 05/05

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Colleagues 

OR

Inmates

Our Dating Sim

September 21 2023

Bromance 

OR 

Sismance

Weak Hero Class 1

March 27 2023

Parent-Child 

OR

Sibling 

Fanletter, Please

July 10 2023

Assailant-Victim 

OR

Student-Teacher

Through the Darkness

November 13, 2023

Doctor-Patient 

OR

Soldier

My Tooth for Your Love

Dentist-Patient

January 29 2023



Origin

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

25.  Countries of MDL

Progress: 05/05

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

China

The Forbidden Flower

March 20 2023

Hong Kong




Japan

Utsukuhii Kare Season 2

March 27 2023

Philippines

-


South Korea

The Eighth Sense

September 11 2023

Taiwan

Stay by My Side

October 19 2023

Thailand

Between Us

February 19 2023


MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet

 

Starting date:  January 1, 2023

Link to your Drama list:https://mydramalist.com/dramalist/sunki2

Progress Habitat:

Legend: Completed ; Currently watching ; Plan to watch

 

 

Taxonomy 

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

1. Type

Progress:

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

1.Singles Inferno 2





MOVIE

OR

DRAMA SPECIAL

High and low-the movie




Co-Produced 


OR 

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

Street dance of China 4





Anthology 

OR 

Omnibus

KissxKissxKiss~Perfect Scandal~





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

Or

Adapted From a Novel / Book

Oh!My assistance





 

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)

The glory 2

Independent Film 

OR 

Propaganda

Just Friends

Documentary Genre


OR


 Mockumentary

Adult stuff

Adapted from Folklore 

OR 

Inspired by Real Events / Real Person

Onlyfriends

Historical Fiction 

OR 

Historical genre  + tag Based on True Story

The romance of Tiger and Rose

 

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 

Love like the galaxy: part 1

Comedy 

OR

Tragedy

My only love song

Thriller

OR

Romance

The fabulous

Youth 

OR

Political 

 HiGH&LOW SEASON 2 


Action 

OR

Life

Alchemy of souls:part 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 Origin   

Tutorial

Progress:  

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

in 2023

OR

1940-1959

Physical:100





1990-1999

OR

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

The yin-yang master: Dream of eternity

2020
https://mydramalist.com/profile/MitziMiao



2000-2010

OR

the month (not necessarily the year) you were born

Ai nokotodama





year generated by this website

OR

1950-1969

True beauty


rewatched


2017-2022

OR

1970-1989

Love in the air





 

5. Duration of The Hike

 Tutorial

Progress:

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 Short Length Series

 OR

 Short Film 

 Military dog



DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes 

Or

DRAMA with  30 episodes or more. 

Cinderella again

DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer.

 Dear ex



DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts  180 minutes or longer. 

Who rules the world

DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes

OR

DRAMA with 8 episodes or less.  

The new employee

 

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

Love alarm 2

Different Timelines  

OR 

Time Loop

Our dating sim

Time Skip 

OR  

Time Travel

The glory

Winter 

OR 

Summer

RorouniKenshin:The beginning SPOILER:(when she died)

Fall  

OR

Spring

Tokyo in april is...

 

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

Onepiece

Dejes



with less than 10,000 viewers

OR

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

Drop





DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list 

OR

DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list

Love in the air:special episode





mentioned in the MDL Forums

Or

mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds)


Rorouni kenshin: Kyoto inferno




with the newest release date in your PTW list


OR

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

My personal weatherman



 

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

High&Low: the end of sky


friendship


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


King the land




 

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

My brother loves me too much

Matsuda Yuko



from an award-winning director

OR

that has one of your favorite actresses

Please feel at easy mr.ling


Zhao Lusi


from an award-winning screenwriter

OR

that has one of your favorite actors

High&Low the worst



from an award-winning actor

OR

by the same director as one of your favorite titles

Bloodhounds 

Woo Do Hwan



from an award-winning actress


OR

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

Baillerina

Jeon Jong Seo



 

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

The end of the world with you

Cohabitation 

OR

Long Distance Relationship

Good morning call

Fluffy 

OR

Sexual Assault

In house marriage honey


Contract Relationship 

OR

Secret Relationship

Love to hate you

Opposites Attract 

OR

Domestic Abuse

Crash course romance



 

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

The shortest distance is round

Age Gap [Drama Life]  

OR 

Classmates' Relationship 

Color of romance

features a Heterosexual relationship  

OR 

Same-Sex relationship

Behind cut

 Enemies to Lovers 

OR 

Love at First Sight

Not me (rewatched)

Nice Female LeadAggressive Male Lead 

OR 

Aggressive Female Lead / Aggressive Male  Lead

Hidden Love

 

12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying

Progress:

Choice of Route  

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Slight Comedy 


OR


Black Comedy

Mr.queen(rewatched)

Happy Ending 

OR 

features some type of Doomsday

My beautiful man 2

Tragic Past 

OR 

Sketch Comedy

Love like the galaxy: part 2

features a Celebration 

OR

Mourning

From me to you

 Healing 

OR

Suicide

When I fly towards you

 

13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

features a Religious Leader 

OR

Some type of God

Love between fairy and devil 

Misunderstanding 

OR

Character Development

Racket boys

 Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot 

OR

LGBTQ+

Roomates of poongduck 304

Suspense 

OR 

Slow Burn StorySlow Burn Romance

My love mixupRewatched

 Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead 

OR 

Discrimination

My beautiful man: eternal movie

 

 

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:part 1SPOILER: on the last episode when Naksu jumps off a cliff

In the Woods 

OR

By the Sea

The eighth sencesurfing

In a Jungle 

OR 

On a Rooftop

Candy color paradoxA lot of the important scenes happens on a rooftop 

On a Mountain 

OR 

On an Island

a female student arrives at the Imperial collegewhen Sang Qi goes to the mountains to learn martial arts

In a City 


OR


In a Small Town

Once upon asmall town

 

15. Humans Have So Many Things

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

An Umbrella 

OR

A Backpack

MovingBong Seok backpack is always full of weight for him nt to fly

A Truck  

OR

A Sports Car

Black night5-8 driver’s truck 

A Smartphone 

OR

A Phone Booth

CelebrityAlways showingsmartphones 

 

A Suit /Dress 

OR

A Hoodie

The uncanny counter 2The counters hoodies

A Book 

OR

A Crossbow

Our secret diary

 

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 

Taxi driver 2

Idol actor/ Idol actress 

OR

Former Child Actor/Actress 

A shoulder to cry on

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)

Mind

Able Bodied 

OR

Living with a disability 

The uncanny counter

Public Figure  

OR

Hidden Identity

Boys planet

 

17. Camouflage?

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Athlete 

OR 

Artist

Twinkling Watermelon

Glasses 

OR

Tattoos

Café Minamdang 

Identity Swap 

OR

Body Swap

The heavenly Idol

Cop Female LeadCop Male Lead


OR 

Criminal Female Lead/Criminal Male Lead

Yazuka lover


Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead

OR

Antihero/Antiheroine

Taxi driver

 

18. What Are You?  

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead 

OR 

Weak Female Lead / Weak Male Lead

Revenge of others

Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead 


OR


Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead

See you in my 18th life

Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead 

OR

Clingy Female Lead/Clingy Male Lead

Rorouni Kenshin

Rich Female LeadRich Male Lead 

OR 

Poor Female Lead/Poor Male Lead 

I am Reiko Shirotori-The Movie

Killer 

OR

Healer  

Kill Boksoon

 

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

Royal rumours The cat

Talking Pet  

OR

Animal Death




Zoo animal  

OR

Farm Animal

And yet, you are so sweet

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

choco milk shake

Adorable animals 

OR 

Animal Attack

Hana kimirewatched

Animal in the Wild 

OR

Animal in a City




Pet dressed in Clothes 

OR 

Animal Abuse

Marry my dead body

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

Stay by my sidetaiwan

Corruption 

OR

Teamwork

Gaus electronic 

Friendly Game  

OR

Death Game




Friendship 

OR

Bullying

Weak hero class

 

22. Who Am I When I Am With You?

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Colleagues 

OR

Inmates

Zom 100: bucket list of the dead

Bromance 

OR 

Sismance

High&Low the worst cross

Parent-Child 

OR

Sibling 

Demekin

Assailant-Victim 

OR

Student-Teacher

Falling high school girl and irresponsible  teacher

Doctor-Patient 

OR

Soldier

Duty after school 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 

Celestial Body 

OR  

Body Part 




Color 


OR


Emotion 

High&Low: The red rain

Object 

OR

Verb 

The night I became an animal 1

Animal

OR

Number 

The night I became an animal 2

Season 

OR

Calendar-related word 

The novelist- spring life 

 

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 

My happy divorced life

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

Circle of love

Hong Kong




Japan

High&low- dtc movie

Philippines




South Korea

mask girl

Taiwan




Thailand




 

Treats

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

My Treats!

Plains

Used:

/5

Forest

Used:

 /4

Mountain

Used:

 /3

Space

Used: 

/2

Black Hole

Used:

/1

Route

Essential

Substitute for

Notes

Completed


 



















MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet
 

Starting date:

Link to your Drama list:

Progress Habitat:

 


Taxonomy 

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

1. Type

Progress:

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 manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic

Or

Adapted From a Novel / Book








2. Is it True?

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Advertisement  

OR 

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




Independent Film 

OR 

Propaganda




Documentary Genre

OR

 Mockumentary




Adapted from Folklore 

OR 

Inspired by Real Events / Real Person




Historical Fiction 

OR 

Historical genre  + tag Based on True Story





3. All About the Gen(r)es  

Progress:

Watch a title from one of the following genres

Choice of Route. 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Historical 

OR 

Sci-Fi 




Comedy 

OR

Tragedy




Thriller

OR

Romance




Youth 

OR

Political 




Action 

OR

Life





Time is Relative

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

4. Year of Origin   

Tutorial

Progress:  

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

in 2023

OR

1940-1959







1990-1999

OR

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







2000-2010

OR

the month (not necessarily the year) you were born







year generated by this website

OR

1950-1969







2017-2022

OR

1970-1989








5. Duration of The Hike

 Tutorial

Progress:

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 Short Length Series

 OR

 Short Film 

 




DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes 

Or

DRAMA with  30 episodes or more. 




DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer.

 



DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts  180 minutes or longer. 




DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes

OR

DRAMA with 8 episodes or less.  





6. Time Can Be Confusing 

Progress: 

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Full second season of a DRAMA

OR 

Only 1 episode of a DRAMA




Different Timelines  

OR 

Time Loop




Time Skip 

OR  

Time Travel




Winter 

OR 

Summer




Fall  

OR

Spring





The Chronicles of MDL 

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

7. Sharing is Caring

Tutorials: 1  2  3

Progress:

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

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

OR

from the Watchlist of another user doing this challenge







with less than 10,000 viewers

OR

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







DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list 

OR

DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list







mentioned in the MDL Forums

Or

mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds)







with the newest release date in your PTW list

OR

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







8. Examined…

Tutorial

Progress: 

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

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

Or

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







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

OR

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







from your most viewed tags 

Or

from your least viewed genres under your profile stats







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

Or

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







with over 10 Reviews

OR

with 0 Reviews when you started watching it








9. Your Fanciers and Westminsters

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

*List with awards

Progress: 

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

Award-winning

OR

by the same writer as one of your favorites







from an award-winning director

OR

that has one of your favorite actresses







from an award-winning screenwriter

OR

that has one of your favorite actors






from an award-winning actor

OR

by the same director as one of your favorite titles







from an award-winning actress

OR

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








Getting up Close and Personal 

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

10.  Kiss, F***, Kill, Exorcism…

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back 

OR

Exorcism




Cohabitation 

OR

Long Distance Relationship




Fluffy 

OR

Sexual Assault




Contract Relationship 

OR

Secret Relationship




Opposites Attract 

OR

Domestic Abuse

 




11. Finding a Mate

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

 First Love 

OR 

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




Age Gap [Drama Life]  

OR 

Classmates' Relationship 




features a Heterosexual relationship  

OR 

Same-Sex relationship




 Enemies to Lovers 

OR 

Love at First Sight




Nice Female Lead / Aggressive Male Lead 

OR 

Aggressive Female Lead / Aggressive Male  Lead





12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying

Progress:

Choice of Route  

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Slight Comedy 

OR

Black Comedy




Happy Ending 

OR 

features some type of Doomsday




Tragic Past 

OR 

Sketch Comedy




features a Celebration 

OR

Mourning




 Healing 

OR

Suicide





13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

features a Religious Leader 

OR

Some type of God




Misunderstanding 

OR

Character Development




 Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot 

OR

LGBTQ+




Suspense 

OR 

Slow Burn Story / Slow Burn Romance




 Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead 

OR 

Discrimination






Significant details 

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

14. Where Are We?     

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

On a Field  

OR 

On a Cliff




In the Woods 

OR

By the Sea




In a Jungle 

OR 

On a Rooftop




On a Mountain 

OR 

On an Island




In a City 

OR

In a Small Town





15. Humans Have So Many Things

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

An Umbrella 

OR

A Backpack




A Truck  

OR

A Sports Car




A Smartphone 

OR

A Phone Booth



 

A Suit /Dress 

OR

A Hoodie




A Book 

OR

A Crossbow





The Main Attraction 

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

 16. Who Are We?

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Child Actor/Actress 

OR 

Veteran Actor/Actress 




Idol actor/ Idol actress 

OR

Former Child Actor/Actress 




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

OR

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




Able Bodied 

OR

Living with a disability 




Public Figure  

OR

Hidden Identity





17. Camouflage?

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Athlete 

OR 

Artist




Glasses 

OR

Tattoos




Identity Swap 

OR

Body Swap




Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead

OR 

Criminal Female Lead/Criminal Male Lead




Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead

OR

Antihero/Antiheroine





18. What Are You?  

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead 

OR 

Weak Female Lead / Weak Male Lead




Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead 

OR

Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead




Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead 

OR

Clingy Female Lead/Clingy Male Lead




Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead 

OR 

Poor Female Lead/Poor Male Lead 




Killer 

OR

Healer  





Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash

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

19. The Petting Zoo

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Pet  

OR 

Pest




Talking Pet  

OR

Animal Death




Zoo animal  

OR

Farm Animal




Veterinarian  

OR

Animal Control




Romantic Ride on a Horse  

OR

Horse Ridden to Out to War





20. Where the Humans Are…

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Human Turns into an Animal   

OR

Animal turns into a Human




Adorable animals 

OR 

Animal Attack




Animal in the Wild 

OR

Animal in a City




Pet dressed in Clothes 

OR 

Animal Abuse




Second Lead Caring For Animals 

OR 

Antagonist Caring For Animals




 

21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Funeral Director 

OR

Birth care (Postpartum care)




Virtual Reality  

OR 

Ghosts




Corruption 

OR

Teamwork




Friendly Game  

OR

Death Game




Friendship 

OR

Bullying





22. Who Am I When I Am With You?

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Colleagues 

OR

Inmates




Bromance 

OR 

Sismance




Parent-Child 

OR

Sibling 




Assailant-Victim 

OR

Student-Teacher




Doctor-Patient 

OR

Soldier





Name and Cover 

In the following habitats we ask of you to pay  attention to the name and cover of the title.  For the first one (23) your mission is to find titles that have one of the following things. For the second one (24)  your mission is to look at the cover. Each route includes a link to a list with  more detailed instructions. 

23. It's Only Words in the Name 

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Celestial Body 

OR  

Body Part 




Color 

OR

Emotion 




Object 

OR

Verb 




Animal

OR

Number 




Season 

OR

Calendar-related word 





24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover   

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Domesticated Animal 

OR

Wild Animal 




Flower 

OR 

Building 




Light Colors 

OR

Dark Colors 




Rainbow 

OR

Door 




Only Words 

OR 

Geometrical Shapes 





Origin

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

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

25.  Countries of MDL

Progress: 

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

China




Hong Kong




Japan




Philippines




South Korea




Taiwan




Thailand





Treats

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

My Treats!

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


 



















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MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet
 

Starting date: 01-01-2023

Link to your Drama list: https://mydramalist.com/profile/Sarabillina28

Progress Habitat: 1/25

 

Currently Watching- Drama completed- Movie completed

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

 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

Wind-Bell

11 min.

 

MOVIE

OR

DRAMA SPECIAL



Drama Special Season 8: Dancing the Waltz Alone





 

Co-Produced

OR 

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








Anthology 

OR 

Omnibus

Can You Deliver In Time?



15 min



 

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

Or

Adapted From a Novel / Book

Seishun Cinderella




 24 min




 


2. Is it True?

Progress: 2/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Advertisement  

OR 

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

Reincarnation Love

6 min, 2022

✓ 

Independent Film 

OR 

Propaganda




Documentary Genre

OR

 Mockumentary




Adapted from Folklore

OR 

Inspired by Real Events / Real Person



Dragon Blade



2015



Historical Fiction 

OR 

Historical genre  + tag Based on True Story





3. All About the Gen(r)es  

Progress: 4/5

Watch a title from one of the following genres

Choice of Route. 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Historical 

OR 

Sci-Fi 

The Legend & Butterfly


Comedy

OR

Tragedy




Thriller

OR

Romance



Out of Breath


14 min. 





✓ 

Youth 

OR

Political 

The Guilty Secret


 

Action 

OR

Life

Ip Man 3



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:  2/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

in 2023

OR

1940-1959



The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice (1952)





✓  

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



Fist of Fury (1972) 





✓ 


5. Duration of The Hike

 Tutorial

Progress:2/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 Short Length Series

 OR

 Short Film 

 


Le Vrai Où  




✓ 

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.  




Danger-Less Detectives





24 min




 


6. Time Can Be Confusing 

Progress: 2/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Full second season of a DRAMA

OR 

Only 1 episode of a DRAMA




Different Timelines  

OR 

Time Loop



The Blue Skies at Your Feet 



1 hr. 33 min.



 

Time Skip 

OR  

Time Travel




Winter 

OR 

Summer




Fall  

OR

Spring

Autumn Blossom 



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: 1/5

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)

Lupin III



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: 4/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

Award-winning

OR

by the same writer as one of your favorites

The Fortress 



 

from an award-winning director

OR

that has one of your favorite actresses



Unmasked Noise  

(Nakajo Ayami)





 

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

Jung Woo Sung- The Good, the bad, the Weird



 

from an award-winning actress

OR

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



Beasts Clawing at Straws





✓ 


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: 2/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back 

OR

Exorcism




Cohabitation 

OR

Long Distance Relationship




Fluffy 

OR

Sexual Assault




Contract Relationship 

OR

Secret Relationship

The Magician

2 hr. 2 min.

✓ 

Opposites Attract 

OR

Domestic Abuse

 


Jigoku Shoujo



1 hr. 50 min



 


11. Finding a Mate

Progress:1/5

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

Snow Blossom

7 min

 

Age Gap [Drama Life]  

OR 

Classmates' Relationship 




features a Heterosexual relationship  

OR 

Same-Sex relationship




 Enemies to Lovers 

OR 

Love at First Sight




Nice Female Lead / Aggressive Male Lead 

OR 

Aggressive Female Lead / Aggressive Male  Lead





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




features a Celebration 

OR

Mourning



Neko to Jiichan



1 hr. 43 min.



 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








 Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead 

OR 

Discrimination

No Going Back Romance

12 min

 



Significant details 

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

14. Where Are We?     

Progress: 2/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

On a Field

OR 

On a Cliff




In the Woods 

OR

By the Sea

Stolen Identity

1 hr. 56 min.

 

In a Jungle

OR 

On a Rooftop


 




On a Mountain 

OR 

On an Island







In a City 

OR

In a Small Town



Little Forest



1 hr. 43 min.



 


15. Humans Have So Many Things

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

An Umbrella 

OR

A Backpack

The Classic

2 hr. 12 min.

✓ 

A Truck  

OR

A Sports Car



Seoul Vibe



2 hr. 18 min.



✓  

A Smartphone 

OR

A Phone Booth



20th Century Girl 



1 hr. 59  min.

 


 

A Suit /Dress 

OR

A Hoodie



Alice, the Final  Weapon



35 min



✓  

A Book 

OR

A Crossbow



The Red Sleeve



1 h 20 min



✓  


The Main Attraction 

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

 16. Who Are We?

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Child Actor/Actress 

OR 

Veteran Actor/Actress 




Idol actor/ Idol actress 

OR

Former Child Actor/Actress 




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

OR

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




Able Bodied 

OR

Living with a disability






Public Figure  

OR

Hidden Identity









17. Camouflage?

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Athlete 

OR 

Artist




Glasses 

OR

Tattoos




Identity Swap 

OR

Body Swap




Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead

OR 

Criminal Female Lead/Criminal Male Lead




Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead

OR

Antihero/Antiheroine





18. What Are You?  

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead 

OR 

Weak Female Lead / Weak Male Lead




Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead 

OR

Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead




Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead

OR

Clingy Female Lead/Clingy Male Lead




Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead 

OR 

Poor Female Lead/Poor Male Lead 




Killer 

OR

Healer  





Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash

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

19. The Petting Zoo

Progress: 1/5

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 to Out to War

 


My Dearest part 1






 


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 

OR 

Animal Attack

Society obsessed with love

6 min

Animal in the Wild 

OR

Animal in a City

The Pirates





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: 1/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Colleagues 

OR

Inmates




Bromance 

OR 

Sismance

Devil Inspector Season 2  

10 min

 

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: 2/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Celestial Body 

OR  

Body Part 




Color 

OR

Emotion

White Valentine





Object

OR

Verb






Animal

OR

Number





Season 

OR

Calendar-related word 

Longing for Spring

16 min.

✓  


24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover   

Progress: 1/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Domesticated Animal 

OR

Wild Animal 




Flower

OR 

Building




 




Light Colors 

OR

Dark Colors 




Rainbow

OR

Door




Only Words 

OR 

Geometrical Shapes 

Turned on by You



Origin

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

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

25.  Countries of MDL

Progress: 

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

China




Hong Kong




Japan




Philippines




South Korea




Taiwan




Thailand





Treats

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

My Treats!

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


 



















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MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet


Starting date:  January 1, 2023

Link to your Drama list:  Nine's Drama List 

Compled Habitat: Plains 8/8 - Palawan Peacock  40/40

Planned  Available WatchingCompleted 



Choice of Route

1. Type
Essentials.   Progress: 5/5

MOVIE OR DRAMA SPECIAL

Coproduced Or Starring an actor/actress in a project from a country NOT in MDL

Adapted from a manga/webtoon/manhua/manhwa/comic book or adapted from a novel  /  book


3. All about the Gen(r)es 
Essentials.   Progress: 5/5

Joseon Attorney: A Morality

Comedy OR Tragedy

Crash Course in Romance

Road Home


4. Year of origin 
Essentials.   Progress: 5/5
Delightfully Deceitful
1990-1999 Or the year a member of this page joined MDL (link to account/challenge form)

Papa

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

2018 The Guest
Missing: The Other Side Season 2


9. Your fanciers and Westminsters
Essentials.   Progress: 5/5
Award-winning OR by the same writer as one of your favorites
Hwang Jin Young
from an award-winning director OR that has one of your favorite actresses
Lee Bo Young
Agency
of an award-winning screenwriter OR who has one of  your favorite actors
Lee Je Hoon 
Taxi Driver Season 2
from an award-winning actor OR from the same director as one of your favorite titles
Yoo In Shik

Dr. Romantic Season 3 

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


11. Finding a mate
Essentials.   Progress: 5/5

Age Gap [drama life] or classmate relationship

Hoshi Furu Yoru ni

features have a heterosexual  relationship OR a same-sex relationship

Enemies of lovers Or Love at first sight

Call It Love 

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

Love to Hate You


12. Laugh it off die trying
Essentials.   Progress: 5/5
Happy Ending Or features some type of Doomsday
The Kidnapping Day

Features a celebration or mourning

Grace no Rireki


22. Who am I when I am with you?
Essentials.   Progress: 5/5

Colleagues Or Inmates

Anata ga Shitekurenakute mo

The Good Bad Mother

Aggressor-Victim Or Student-Teacher

Doctor-Patient  Or Soldier


24. Pretty pictures on the cover 
Essentials.   Progress 5/5

Helen the Baby Fox

My Dearest Part 2
Rainbow Or  Door 

MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet

Starting date: January 1st, 2023
Link to your Drama list: List
PlannedWatching Completed
-
Drama/Web Series 5 | Drama Special 0 | Movies 6TVShows 4
China 0 | Hong Kong 0 | Japan 3 | Philippines 1 | South Korea 9 | Taiwan 1 | Thailand 1
Animal
HabitatDate
Plains0/2

3/7


Taxonomy 

1. Type

Progress: 2/5

Choice of RouteEssentialsNotes 
 Web Series 
 TV SHOW* (min 5 eps)


New Journey to the West (Season 5)

SK • TVShow • 2018
Episodes: 5/5
MOVIE 
DRAMA SPECIAL





Co-Produced 
Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country 
NOT on MDL
The Trapped 13: How We Survived the Thai CaveThailand • Movie • 2022
Tags: Co-produced, Survival, Based On True Story



Anthology 
Omnibus






Adapted from a manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic 
Adapted From a Novel / Book
Hiyama Kentaro no Ninshin
Japan • Drama • 2022
Tags: Adapted From A Manga
, Male Pregnancy, (...)


2. Is it True?

Progress: 2/5

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



Independent Film
Propaganda



Documentary Genre
 Mockumentary
Cyber Hell: Exposing an Internet Horror
SK • Movie • 2022
Genres: Mystery, Crime, Documentary

Adapted from Folklore 
Inspired by Real Events / Real Person
Through the Darkness
SK • Drama • 2022
Adapted from the autobiography, co-written by Korea's first criminal profiler, Kwon Il Yong and journalist-turned-author Ko Na Mu

Historical Fiction
Historical genre  + tag Based on True Story



3. All About the Gen(r)es

Progress:

Choice of RouteEssentials Notes 
Historical
Sci-Fi 



Comedy
Tragedy



Thriller
Romance



Youth
Political 



Action
Life



Time is Relative

4. Year of Origin

Progress: 

Choice of RouteEssentialsNotes 
in 2023
1940-1959



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



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



year generated by this website
1950-1969



2017-2022
1970-1989



5. Duration of The Hike

Progress:

Choice of RouteEssentialsNotes 
Short Length Series
 Short Film 



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



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



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



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



6. Time Can Be Confusing 

Progress: 2/5

Choice of Route EssentialsNotes 
Full second season of a DRAMA
Only 1 episode of a DRAMA
The Glory (Season 2)
SK • Drama • 2023

Different Timelines 
Time Loop
Re/Member
Japan • Movie • 2022
Tags: (...), Time Loop, Survival, (...)

Time Skip
Time Travel



Winter
Summer



Fall 
Spring



The Chronicles of MDL

7. Sharing is Caring

Progress:

Choice of RouteEssentialsNotes 
that has been on your PTW for longer than you can remember
from the Watchlist of another user doing this challenge



with less than 10,000 viewers
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
DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list



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



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



8. Examined…

Progress: 

Choice of RouteEssentialsNotes 
on your Recommendations page (add a link to the page)
appearing in the first 5 pages of MDL Home Trailers section (add a link to the trailer)



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



from your most viewed tags
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)
found mentioned in an  Article on MDL (add a link to the article)



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



9. Your Fanciers and Westminsters

Progress: 

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



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



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



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



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



Getting up Close and Personal

10.  Kiss, F***, Kill, Exorcism…

Progress:

Choice of Route Essentials Notes 
Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back 
Exorcism



Cohabitation
Long Distance Relationship



Fluffy
Sexual Assault



Contract Relationship
Secret Relationship



Opposites Attract
Domestic Abuse



11. Finding a Mate

Progress:

Choice of Route EssentialsNotes 
First Love
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] 
Classmates' Relationship 



features a Heterosexual relationship
Same-Sex relationship



Enemies to Lovers
Love at First Sight



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



12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying

Progress:

Choice of Route  Essentials Notes 
Slight Comedy
Black Comedy



Happy Ending
features some type of Doomsday



Tragic Past
Sketch Comedy



features a Celebration
Mourning



Healing
Suicide



13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff

Progress:

Choice of Route Essentials Notes 
features a Religious Leader 
Some type of God



Misunderstanding
Character Development



 Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot
LGBTQ+



Suspense
Slow Burn Story / Slow Burn Romance



 Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead
Discrimination



Significant details 

14. Where Are We?     

Progress:

Choice of Route Essentials Notes 
On a Field
On a Cliff



In the Woods
By the Sea



In a Jungle
On a Rooftop



On a Mountain
On an Island



In a City
In a Small Town



15. Humans Have So Many Things

Progress:

Choice of Route Essentials Notes 
An Umbrella
A Backpack



A Truck
A Sports Car



A Smartphone
A Phone Booth



A Suit /Dress
A Hoodie



A Book
A Crossbow



The Main Attraction 

 16. Who Are We?

Progress:

Choice of Route Essentials Notes 
Child Actor/Actress
Veteran Actor/Actress 



Idol actor/ Idol actress
Former Child Actor/Actress 



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



Able Bodied
Living with a disability 



Public Figure 
Hidden Identity



17. Camouflage?

Progress:

Choice of Route Essentials Notes 
Athlete
Artist



Glasses
Tattoos



Identity Swap
Body Swap



Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead
Criminal Female Lead/Criminal Male Lead



Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead
Antihero/Antiheroine



18. What Are You?  

Progress:

Choice of Route Essentials Notes 
Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead
Weak Female Lead / Weak Male Lead



Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead
Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead



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



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



Killer
Healer



Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash

19. The Petting Zoo

Progress:

Choice of Route Essentials Notes 
Pet 
Pest



Talking Pet
Animal Death



Zoo animal
Farm Animal



Veterinarian 
Animal Control



Romantic Ride on a Horse 
Horse Ridden to Out to War



20. Where the Humans Are…

Progress:

Choice of Route Essentials Notes 
Human Turns into an Animal 
Animal turns into a Human



Adorable animals
Animal Attack



Animal in the Wild 
Animal in a City



Pet dressed in Clothes 
Animal Abuse



Second Lead Caring For Animals
Antagonist Caring For Animals



21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die

Progress: 4/5

Choice of Route Essentials Notes 
Funeral Director 
Birth care (Postpartum care)
Birthcare CenterSK • Drama • 2020
Title & Synopsis

Virtual Reality  
Ghosts
Jung_ESK • Movie • 2023
Tags: (...), Virtual Reality, Future, Torture
 
Corruption 
Teamwork
New WorldSKTVShow • 2021
Tags: Reality Show, (...), Teamwork, Vacation, Survival Show 
Friendly Game
Death Game

Japan • Drama • 2022
Tags: Death Game, Survival, Friendship, (...) 

Friendship 
Bullying
The Glory (Season 1)SK • Drama • 2022
Tags: School Violence, Revenge, School Bullying, (...)

22. Who Am I When I Am With You?

Progress:

Choice of Route EssentialsNotes
Colleagues
Inmates



Bromance
Sismance



Parent-Child
Sibling 



Assailant-Victim
Student-Teacher



Doctor-Patient
Soldier



Name and Cover 

23. It's Only Words in the Name 

Progress: 1/5

Choice of Route Essentials Notes 
Celestial Body
Body Part 



Color 
Emotion 



Object
Verb 



Animal
Number 
Physical: 100
SK • TVShow • 2023

Season
Calendar-related word 



24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover   

Progress:

Choice of Route Essentials Notes 
Domesticated Animal 
Wild Animal 



Flower
Building 



Light Colors
Dark Colors 



Rainbow
Door 



Only Words
Geometrical Shapes 



Origin

25.  Countries of MDL

Progress: 4/5 • 4/7

RouteEssentialsNotes
China


Hong Kong


JapanRun for the MoneyJapan • TVShow • 2022
PhilippinesThe EntitledPhilippines • Movie • 2022 
South Korea


TaiwanThe FallsTaiwan • Movie • 2021
ThailandDeepThailand • Movie • 2021

 

My Threats

Used → Plains : 0/5 | Forest : 0/4 | Mountain : 0/3 | Space : 0/2 | Black Hole : 0/1
RouteEssentialSubstitute forNotes 





MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet


  • Starting date: January 1st, 2023
  • Link to your Drama list: Lys's List 
  • Animal : Plains Dwarf Flying Squirrel
  • Progress Habitat:  6/6    (30/30)

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 

The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion 


12/02

Mood of the Day 


21/01

Forgotten 


16/07

My Love Story!! 


17/01

Hard Hit 


08/04


Time is Relative 

6. Time Can Be Confusing                                                                         Progress:    5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

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

Alice in Borderland 


06/04

Ditto


30/05

18 Again 


18/04

Ballerina 

Treat

29/10

Canola 


18/04


The Chronicles of MDL 

9. Your Fanciers and Westminsters                                                    Progress:     5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

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


Moon Ji Won ( Extraordinary Attorney Woo )


29/08

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


Miss Granny 


Hwang Dong Hyuk 


02/04

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


Be With You 


So Ji Sub 


28/07

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


Crash Course in Romance 


Yoo Je Won 


15/03

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


Little Forest 





26/04


Significant details 

15. Humans Have So Many Things                                                      Progress:     5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

King the Land 


09/12

Celebrity


27/08

Unlocked 


 30/04

Weak Hero Class 1 


20/12

See You in My 19th Life 


30/07


Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash

22. Who Am I When I Am With You?                                                 Progress:     5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

The Devil Judge


31/01


01/07

The Good Bad Mother 


11/06

Moving 


17/11



27/12


Name and Cover 

23. It's Only Words in the Name                                                           Progress:     5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Emergency Declaration 

Treat

26/09

Love reset


23/12

Reply 1988 


02/03

100 Days My Prince 


09/01

Summer Strike 


08/05



MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet
 

Starting date:01/01/2023

Link to your Drama list:https://mydramalist.com/dramalist/8093379

Progress Habitat:Elephant Plains 25 habitats also tiger bonus-0/25 habitat complete bonus not complete

 

?-the pink heart means that im currently watching the show/drama/movie

❤️-the red heart means completed

Taxonomy 

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

1. Type

Progress:0/5

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

Love Alarm Clap! Clap! Clap! (2022)



TV SHOW

0/13 episodes





MOVIE

OR

DRAMA SPECIAL

20th Century Girl (2022)



Movie

0/1hr 59 mins


Co-Produced 

OR 

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

Rooftop Prince (2012)



starring an actor in a project from a country not on MDL

Choi Woo Shik=a korean canadian actor

0/20 episodes



Anthology 

OR 

Omnibus

Goedam (2020)



Anthology

0/8 episodes



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

Or

Adapted From a Novel / Book

Liar Game (2007) 



Adapted from a manga

0/11 episodes




2. Is it True?

Progress:1/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Advertisement  

OR 

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

Koisenu Futari (2022)Educational

0/8 episodes

Independent Film 

OR 

Propaganda

Ramen Shop (2018)

independent film

0/1 hr 29 mins


Documentary Genre

OR

 Mockumentary
BLACKPINK Japan Arena Tour 2018 (2018)

documentary genre

1 hr 30 mins/1 hr 30 mins

❤️

Adapted from Folklore 

OR 

Inspired by Real Events / Real Person

Hansel and Gretel (2007)

adapted from folklore

0/1 hr 56 mins


Historical Fiction 

OR 

Historical genre  + tag Based on True Story

The Hymn of Death (2018)

historical genre+tag based on true story

0/6 episodes



3. All About the Gen(r)es  

Progress:1/5

Watch a title from one of the following genres

Choice of Route. 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Historical 

OR 

Sci-Fi 

Sweet Home Season 1 (2020)

sci-fi

0/10 episodes


Comedy 

OR

Tragedy

Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo (2016)

comedy

0/16 episodes


Thriller

OR

Romance

Her Private Life (2019)

romance

0/16 episodes


Youth 

OR

Political 

True Beauty (2020)

youth

5/16 episodes

?

Action 

OR

Life

Itaewon Class (2020)

life 

16/16 episodes

❤️


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:  1/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

in 2023

OR

1940-1959

Street of Shame (1956)

1940-1959 

1 hr 27 mins/1 hr 27 mins

❤️

1990-1999

OR

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

The Quiet Family (1998)

1990-1999

0/1 hr 39 mins



2000-2010

OR

the month (not necessarily the year) you were born

Pasta (2010)



2000-2010

0/20 episodes



year generated by this website

OR

1950-1969

Angel's Last Mission: Love (2019)



2019

year generated by website

0/32 episodes



2017-2022

OR

1970-1989

Am I the Only One with Butterflies? Season 2 (2019)



2017-2022

0/4 episodes




5. Duration of The Hike

 Tutorial

Progress:0/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

Short Length Series

 OR

 Short Film 

She Makes My Heart Flutter (2022)

 

short length mini series

0/5 episodes


DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes 

Or

DRAMA with  30 episodes or more. 

While You Were Sleeping (2017)

drama with 30 episodes or more

0/32 episodes


DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer.

 Rookie Historian Goo Hae Ryung (2019)

drama with 30-40 minute episodes

0/40 episodes


DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts  180 minutes or longer. 

The Witch's Diner (2021)

drama with 40-50 minute episodes

0/8 episodes


DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes

OR

DRAMA with 8 episodes or less.  

Semantic Error (2022)

drama with 8 episodes or less

0/8 episodes



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

Hospital Playlist Season 2 (2021)

full second season of a drama

0/12 episodes


Different Timelines  

OR 

Time Loop

Reply 1997 (2012)

different timelines

0/16 episodes


Time Skip 

OR  

Time Travel

The Legend of the Blue Sea (2016)

time skip

0/20 episodes


Winter

OR 

Summer

When the Camellia Blooms (2019)

summer

0/40 episodes


Fall

OR

Spring

Autumn Sonata (2017)

fall

0/1 hr 24 mins



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

Imawa no Kuni no Alice Season 1 (2020)



from watchlist of another user doing this challenge

0/8 episodes



with less than 10,000 viewers

OR

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

What's Wrong with Secretary Kim (2018)

ranked 1-1000

0/1 hr 9 min



DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list 

OR

DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list

My Dear Friend (2019)



smallest number of episodes in ptw list

0/4 episodes



mentioned in the MDL Forums

Or

mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds)

Cheese in the Trap (2016)



mdl feeds

0/16 episodes



with the newest release date in your PTW list

OR

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

The Sound of Magic (2022)

there were newer titles from 2022 but already used in challenge

newest release date on ptw list

0/6 episodes




8. Examined…

Tutorial

Progress: 1/5

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)

Flight to You (2022)



https://mydramalist.com/64587-flight-to-you/trailers/35539

trailers

0/39 episodes



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).

All of Us Are Dead (2022)



https://mydramalist.com/list/3rWa2jA4

custom list

0/12 episodes



from your most viewed tags 

Or

from your least viewed genres under your profile stats

Eulachacha Waikiki (2018)



friendship most viewed tag

0/20 episodes



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)

Reborn Rich (2022)



https://mydramalist.com/article/6-best-moments-from-the-k-drama-reborn-rich

article

0/16 episodes



with over 10 Reviews

OR

with 0 Reviews when you started watching it

Extraordinary Attorney Woo (2022)

with over 10 reviews

16/16 episodes

❤️


9. Your Fanciers and Westminsters

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

*List with awards

Progress: 1/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

Award-winning

OR

by the same writer as one of your favorites

Flowers (2010)



https://mydramalist.com/people/16666-miura-yuiko

same writer as one of your favourites

0/1 hr 50 mins



from an award-winning director

OR

that has one of your favorite actresses

The Tale of Nokdu (2019)



https://mydramalist.com/people/1851-kim-so-hyun

favourite actresses 

0/32 episodes



from an award-winning screenwriter

OR

that has one of your favorite actors

It's Okay to Not Be Okay (2020)https://mydramalist.com/people/424-kim-soo-hyun

favourite actor

16/16 episodes

❤️

from an award-winning actor

OR

by the same director as one of your favorite titles

Playful Kiss (2010)



https://mydramalist.com/people/17104-kim-jung-hyun

director of favourite title

0/16 episodes



from an award-winning actress

OR

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

Imawa no Kuni no Alice Season 2 (2022)

https://mydramalist.com/people/17439-sato-shinsuke

director haven't seen anything from before

0/8 episodes




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:0/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back 

OR

Exorcism

Be Melodramatic (2019)

ex-boyfriend/ex-girlfriend comes back

0/16 episodes


Cohabitation

OR

Long Distance Relationship

Crash Landing on You (2019)

cohabitation

0/16 episodes


Fluffy

OR

Sexual Assault

Midnight Runners (2017)

sexual assault

0/1 hr 49 mins


Contract Relationship 

OR

Secret Relationship

A Business Proposal (2022)

contract relationship

0/12 episodes


Opposites Attract 

OR

Domestic Abuse

 Touch Your Heart (2019)

opposites attract

0/16 episodes



11. Finding a Mate

Progress:1/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

First Love

OR 

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

Young Adult Matters (2020)

sexual content

0/2 hr 7 mins 


Age Gap [Drama Life]  

OR 

Classmates' Relationship 

A Love So Beautiful (2020)

korean remake of orignal chinese series

classmates' relationship

24/24 episodes


❤️

features a Heterosexual relationship  

OR 

Same-Sex relationship

Out of Breath (2019)

same-sex relationship

0/3 episodes


 Enemies to Lovers 

OR 

Love at First Sight

Sassy Go Go (2015)

enemies to lovers

0/12 episodes


Nice Female Lead / Aggressive Male Lead 

OR 

Aggressive Female Lead / Aggressive Male  Lead

Into the Ring (2020)

aggressive female lead 

0/32 episodes



12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying

Progress:0/5

Choice of Route  

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Slight Comedy 

OR

Black Comedy
Twenty-Five Twenty-One (2022)

slight comedy

0/16 episodes


Happy Ending 

OR 

features some type of Doomsday

Racket Boys (2021)

happy ending

0/16 episodes


Tragic Past 

OR 

Sketch Comedy

Go Ahead (2020)

tragic past

0/46 episodes


features a Celebration 

OR

Mourning

A Little Thing Called First Love (2019)

celebration

0/36 episodes


 Healing 

OR

Suicide

Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha (2021)

healing

0/16 episodes



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

Save Me (2017)

religious leader 

0/16 episodes


Misunderstanding 

OR

Character Development

Fight for My Way (2017)

character development

0/16 episodes


Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot

OR

LGBTQ+

Little Women (2022)

female centered plot

0/12 episodes


Suspense

OR 

Slow Burn Story / Slow Burn Romance

Link: Eat, Love, Kill (2022)

slow burn story

0/16 episodes


 Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead 

OR 

Discrimination

18 Again (2020)

discrimination

0/16 episodes




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

Another Miss Oh (2016)

on a field 

0/18 episodes


In the Woods 

OR

By the Sea

Forest (2020)

in the woods 

0/32 episodes


In a Jungle 

OR 

On a Rooftop

You Are My Spring (2021)

on a rooftop

0/16 episodes


On a Mountain 

OR 

On an Island

When the Weather Is Fine (2020)

on a mountain

0/16 episodes


In a City 

OR

In a Small Town
Love Is Sweet (2020)

in a city

0/36 episodes



15. Humans Have So Many Things

Progress:0/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

An Umbrella 

OR

A Backpack

More Than Friends (2020)

an umbrella

0/16 episodes


A Truck  

OR

A Sports Car

The Devil Judge (2021)

a sports car

0/16 episodes


A Smartphone 

OR

A Phone Booth

Rookie Cops (2022)

a phone booth

0/16 episodes

 

A Suit /Dress 

OR

A Hoodie

Jealousy Incarnate (2016)

a suit/dress

0/24 episodes


A Book 

OR

A Crossbow

The King's Affection (2021)

a crossbow

0/20 episodes



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:1/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Child Actor/Actress 

OR 

Veteran Actor/Actress 

Mother (2018)

child actor/actress

0/16 episodes


Idol actorIdol actress 

OR

Former Child Actor/Actress 

High Kick! The Revenge of the Short Legged (2011)

idol actress

0/123 episodes


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)

The Fish with One Sleeve (2021)

trans gender character

0/34 mins


Able Bodied 

OR

Living with a disability 

Two Lights: Relumino (2017)

living with disability

31 mins/31 mins

❤️

Public Figure  

OR

Hidden Identity

My Name (2021)

hidden identity 

0/8 episodes



17. Camouflage?

Progress:0/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Athlete 

OR 

Artist

Nevertheless, (2021)

artist 

0/10 episodes


Glasses 

OR

Tattoos

KinnPorsche (2022)

tattoos

0/14 episodes


Identity Swap 

OR

Body Swap

My Fake Wife (2020)

identity swap

0/18 episodes


Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead

OR 

Criminal Female Lead/Criminal Male Lead

A Special Lady (2017)

criminal female lead

0/1 hr 31 mins


Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead

OR

Antihero/Antiheroine

Extracurricular (2020)

antihero

0/10 episodes



18. What Are You?  

Progress:0/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead

OR 

Weak Female Lead / Weak Male Lead

Gaus Electronics (2022)

weak male lead

0/12 episodes


Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead 

OR

Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead
Vincenzo (2021)

smart female lead/smart male lead

1/20 episodes

?

Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead 

OR

Clingy Female Lead/Clingy Male Lead

My Holo Love (2020)

cold female lead/male lead

0/12 episodes


Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead 

OR 

Poor Female Lead/Poor Male Lead

W (2016)

rich male lead

0/16 episodes


Killer

OR

Healer 

Psychopath Diary (2019)

killer

0/16 episodes



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

Let's Eat (2013

pet

0/16 episodes


Talking Pet  

OR

Animal Death

Wok of Love (2018)

talking pet 

0/38 episodes


Zoo animal  

OR

Farm Animal

Once Upon a Small Town (2022)

farm animal

0/12 episodes


Veterinarian  

OR

Animal Control

Kill It (2019)

veterinarian

0/12 episodes


Romantic Ride on a Horse  

OR

Horse Ridden to Out to War

Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo (2016)

romantic ride on a horse

0/20 episodes



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

Catman (2021)

human turns into an animal

0/1hr 30 mins


Adorable animals 

OR 

Animal Attack

Kikazaru Koi ni wa Riyuu ga Atte (2021)

adorable animals

0/10 episodes


Animal in the Wild

OR

Animal in a City

Adoring (2019)

animal in the city

0/1 hr 48 mins


Pet dressed in Clothes 

OR 

Animal Abuse

Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol (2020)

pet dressed in clothes

0/16 episodes


Second Lead Caring For Animals 

OR 

Antagonist Caring For Animals

Military Prosecutor Doberman (2022)

antagonist caring for animals

0/16 episodes


 

21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die

Progress:0/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Funeral Director 

OR

Birth care (Postpartum care)

Birthcare Center (2020)

birth care

0/8 episodes


Virtual Reality  

OR 

Ghosts

May I Help You (2022)

ghosts

0/16 episodes


Corruption 

OR

Teamwork

Cross Fire (2020)

teamwork

0/36 episodes


Friendly Game  

OR

Death Game

The Producers (2015)

friendly game 

0/12 episodes


Friendship 

OR

Bullying

Who Are You: School 2015 (2015)

bullying 

0/16 episodes



22. Who Am I When I Am With You?

Progress:0/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Colleagues 

OR

Inmates

Prison Playbook (2017)

inmates

0/16 episodes


Bromance 

OR 

Sismance

Search: WWW (2019)

sismance

0/16 episodes


Parent-Child

OR

Sibling 

Hi Bye, Mama! (2020)

parent-child

0/16 episodes


Assailant-Victim 

OR

Student-Teacher

Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area - Part 1 (2022)

assailant-victim

0/6 episodes


Doctor-Patient 

OR

Soldier

Doom at Your Service (2021)

doctor-patient

0/16 episodes



Name and Cover 

In the following habitats we ask of you to pay  attention to the name and cover of the title.  For the first one (23) your mission is to find titles that have one of the following things. For the second one (24)  your mission is to look at the cover. Each route includes a link to a list with  more detailed instructions. 

23. It's Only Words in the Name 

Progress:0/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Celestial Body 

OR  

Body Part 

The Master's Sun (2013)

celestial body

0/17 episodes


Color 

OR

Emotion 

Orange Marmalade (2015)

color

0/12 episodes


Object 

OR

Verb 

The Golden Spoon (2022)

object

0/16 episodes


Animal

OR

Number 

Mouse (2021)

animal 

0/20 episodes


Season 

OR

Calendar-related word 

365: Repeat the Year (2020)

calendar-related word

0/24 episodes



24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover   

Progress:0/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Domesticated Animal 

OR

Wild Animal 
Return to the Wolves (2017)

wild animal

0/1 hr 38 mins


Flower 

OR 

Building 

Am I The Only One With Butterflies? (2018)

flower

0/3 episodes


Light Colors 

OR

Dark Colors

Cheers to Me (2015)

dark colors

0/10 episodes


Rainbow 

OR

Door 

Introverted Boss (2017)

door

0/16 episodes


Only Words 

OR 

Geometrical Shapes

Girlfriend Project Day 1 (2022)

only words

0/4 episodes



Origin

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

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

25.  Countries of MDL

Progress: 1/7

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

China

Legend of Yun Qian (2020)

0/15 episodes


Hong Kong

Comrades: Almost a Love Story (1996)

0/1 hr 58 mins


Japan

Until Rainbow Dawn (2018)

0/1 hr 3 mins


Philippines

Gameboys 2 (2022)

8/8 episodes

❤️

South Korea

Hospital Playlist Season 1 (2020)

0/12 episodes


Taiwan

Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)

0/2 hr 3 mins


Thailand

GAP (2022)

0/12 episodes




MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet
 

Starting date: 01/01/2023
Link to your Drama list: BabyNando's Watch list
Progress Habitat: 21/??
Completed
Plains #9365B8/#FBA026 
Forest #d643e2/#4ee243
Mountain #fffe00  #0001ff   
                     

 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

The Witch's Dinner

Web
Series

Completed

MOVIE OR DRAMA SPECIAL

The Bad Guys: Reign
of Chaos

Movie

Completed

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

Ma-Dong Seok
(American)
-The Roundup

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

Completed

Anthology OR Omnibus

Be with Me

Omnibus

Completed

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

Rurouni Kenshin: 
Kyoto Inferno 

Adapted 
From A 
Manga

Completed

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)

Secret Queen
Makers

Advertisement 

Completed

Independent Film 
OR
Propaganda

Faith Makes 
Great

Propaganda

Completed

Documentary Genre OR
 Mockumentary

The Raincoat
Killer: Chasing a  Predator in
Korea

Documentary
Genre

Completed 

Adapted from Folklore  OR
Inspired by Real Events / Real 
Person

Taiwan Crime
Stories

Inspired by 
Real Events /
Real Person

Completed

Historical Fiction OR Historical genre  + tag Based on True Story

Killer & Healer

Historical  
Fiction 

Completed

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 

Jung-E

Sci-Fi

Completed

Comedy OR Tragedy

The Worst Evil

Tragedy


Thriller OR Romance

Decoy Part 2

Thriller

Completed

Youth OR Political 

Who Killed Cock
Robin?

Political

Completed

Action OR Life

Emergency
Declaration

Action

Completed

Time is Relative

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

4. Year of Origin  

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

in 2023 OR 1940-1959

Decoy 

In 2023

Completed

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

SF8: White 
Crow (2020)

The year a
member on
this page joined MDL link to the account/

challenge 
form) 
Link

Completed

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

Mr Brain

2000-2010

Completed

year generated by this 
website OR 1950-1969

Godzilla 

1950-1969

Completed

2017-2022 OR 1970-1989

Tomodachi
Game F4
2022

2017-2022

Completed

5. Duration of The Hike

Progress:5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 Short Length Series

 OR Short Film 

 The Leaked


Short Length 
Series

Completed

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

 The Journey of
 Chong Zi 

DRAMA with 30 episodes
or more. 
40 Episodes

Completed

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

 Ghost Detective

DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes

Completed

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

Incest Totem 

DRAMA with 40-50 minute
episodes

Completed

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

Brain Works

DRAMA with at least one
episode that 

last over 60
 minutes

Completed

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

Island Season 2

Full Second
 Season of A drama 

Completed

Different Timelines  OR Time 
Loop

Missing Persons

Different 
Timelines  

Completed

Time Skip OR Time Travel

Is Xian Zun
white Washed
today?

Time Travel

Completed

Winter OR Summer

While you Were
Sleeping  

Winter

Completed

Fall  OR Spring

Semantic Error

Fall

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

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

Goblin

That has
 been on
 your PTW
 for longer
than you can
 remember
(5 Years)

Completed

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

No Boundary

With Less
than 10.000
Views

Completed

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

Woman in Vail






Drama with the highest number of episodes 
 

Completed

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

The Starry Love

mentioned in
 the MDL
 Feeds (any 
Feeds)
Link

Completed

with the newest release date
in your PTW list
OR

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

Bloodhounds 

with the 
newest
release date 
in your PTW
 list

Completed

8. Examined....

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)

Longing for you

appearing in
 the first 5 pages of 
MDL Home Trailers 
section (add a link to the trailer) 
https://mydramalist.com/739355-i-ve-been-waiting-for-you-for-a-long-time/trailers/36953

Completed

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).

Brother

found on a 
Custom List 
(add a link to
 the list).
https://mydramalist.com/list/LAlEAzJ1

Completed

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

Lies Hidden in My Garden 

from your
most viewed tags

Death

Completed

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)

Love and
redemption 

found mentioned in a Article on MDL
(add a link to the 
article)
https://mydramalist.com/article/comparison-love-and-redemption-ashes-of-love

Completed

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

 Celebrity 

with over 10
 Reviews

Completed

9. Your Fanciers and Westminsters
link to the award/person's page.

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

Award-winning
OR
By the same writer as one of
your favourites

7 Escape

By the same Writer
 as one of your
 favourites

(Kim Soon Ok)

Completed

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

Mother



 award winning
Director Bong Joo
Ho -(Link)

Completed

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

Remeber
Nam Joo

 hyuk

That has one of your
 favourite actors
Nam-Joo-Hyuk
Wi-ha-Joon
Wo-Do-Hwan

Completed

from an award-winning actorOR
by the same director as one
of your favourite titles

Tale of the
 Nine-Tailed 
1938

From an award 
winning actor 
Lee Dong  Wook 
Korea First 
Brand Awards 
Best Actor 
Link

Completed

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

Deliver Us
From Evil
Choi Hee soo

Link

from a award winning actress

Completed

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 season 1

Exorcism
Re-watched
Ep 1

Completed

Cohabitation OR Long Distance Relationship

Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning

Cohabitation 

Completed

Fluffy OR Sexual Assault

Broken

S-Assault

Completed

Contract Relationship OR
Secret Relationship

Rough Cut

Secret
Relationship

Completed

Opposites Attract OR Domestic Abuse

 Recalled

D-Abuse

Completed

11. Finding a Mate

Progress:5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

 First LoveOR Nudity: one of
the following Nudity/Sexual 
content |Brief Nudity |Prolonged Nudity | Partial Nudity |Mild 
Sexual Content|Sexual Content |Extreme Sexual Content

Hell Dog's

Nudity Mild 
Sexual 
Content

Completed

Age Gap [Drama Life]  OR
Classmates' Relationship 

Partners Of
Justice Season 1

Age Gap
[Drama Life] 
 

Completed

features a Heterosexual 
relationship  OR Same-Sex r
elationship

Manner of Death

Same-Sex
relationship

Completed

Enemies to Lovers OR Love at First Sight

Rurouni Kenshin: The Final

Enemies To
Lovers

Completed

Nice FL/ Nice ML  OR
 Aggressive FL / Aggressive ML

Pipeline

Aggressive ML

Completed

12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying

Progress:5/5

Choice of Route  

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Slight Comedy OR Black Comedy

Our Blooming 
Youth 

Slight
Comedy 

Completed

Happy Ending OR features some type of Doomsday

Glitch

Features
some type 

of Doomsday

Completed

Tragic Past OR Sketch Comedy

Till the End of
the Moon

Tragic past

Completed

features a Celebration OR
Mourning

Duty After 
School: Part 1 

Mourning

Completed

Healing OR Suicide

Pandora:
Beneath the
Paradise

Suicide

Completed

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

In the Name of
God: A Holy
Betrayal
 

Features a
Religious
Leader 

Completed

Misunderstanding  OR Character Development

Full Metal
Alchemist

Character 
Development

Completed

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

Method

LGBTQ+

Completed

Suspense OR Slow Burn Story / Slow Burn 
Romance

Who is He

Suspense

Completed

 Popular Male Lead / Popular 
Female Lead OR Discrimination

The Gifted

Discrimination

Completed

Significant details 

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

14. Where Are We?     

Progress:2/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

On a Field  OR On a Cliff




In the Woods OR By the Sea

Gannibal

In the Woods

Completed

In a Jungle OR On a Rooftop




On a Mountain OR On an Island

Back From the
Brink

On a 
Mountain 

Completed

In a City OR In a Small Town


Small Town


15. Humans Have So Many Things

Progress:5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

An Umbrella  OR A Backpack

Payback: Money and Power

Umbrella

Completed

A Truck  OR A Sports Car

Real

A sports car

Completed

A Smartphone OR A Phone Booth

Unlocked

Smartphone

 Completed

A Suit /Dress OR A Hoodie

Stealer: The 
Treasure Keeper 
   

A Dress/Suit
(Might
Move To
Small Town

Completed

A Book OR A Crossbow

Kishibe Rohan 
wa Ugokanai 

A Book 

Completed

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 Kidnapping Day

Child Actor/Actress

Completed

Idol actor/ Idol actress OR
Former Child Actor/Actress 

New Vanity Fair

Idol Actor
Tao

Completed

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 

Completed

Able Bodied OR Living with a 
disability 

D.P season 2

Living with a disability 

Completed

Public Figure  ORHidden Identity

The Killing Vote

Hidden 
Identity

Completed

17. Camouflage?

Progress:5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Athlete  OR Artist

My Fairy Ghost

Artist

Completed

Glasses  OR Tattoos

Evilive 

Glasses

Completed

Identity Swap OR Body 
Swap

Dude in me

Body swap

Completed

Cop FL/ Cop ML OR
Criminal FL/Criminal ML
Vigilante
Cop MLCompleted

Superhero ML/Superhero FL OR Antihero/Antiheroine

The Fable

Anti hero

Completed

18. What Are You?  

Progress:5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Strong Female Lead / Strong MLOR Weak FL / Weak ML

Queen of Masks

Strong 
Female Lead

Completed

Smart FL/Smart ML OR Naive
 FL/Naive ML

A League of
Nobleman

Smart Male
Lead 

Completed

Cold FL/Cold ML OR  Clingy FL/
Clingy ML

Violence Action

Cold FL

Completed

Rich FL/ Rich ML OR Poor FL/
Poor ML

Bitch X Rich

Rich FL

Completed

Killer ORHealer  

The Uncanny  
Counter Season 2: Counter 
Punch 

Killer

Completed

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

Revenant  

Pet

Completed

Talking Pet  OR Animal Death

Re/Member

Animal death

Completed

Zoo animal OR Farm Animal

Gudetama: An 
Eggcellent 
Adventure 

Farm animal 

Completed

Veterinarian  OR Animal Control

Behind your
touch  

Veterinarian 

Completed

Romantic Ride on a Horse  OR
Horse Ridden to Out to War

Joseon
Attorney:
A Morality

Romantic 
Ride on a 
Horse
 

Completed

20. Where the Humans Are…

Progress:5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Human Turns into an Animal  ORAnimal turns into a Human

Catman

Human
Turns into 
an Animal   

Completed

Adorable animals OR Animal 
Attack

Search 

Animal 
Attack

Completed

Animal in the Wild OR Animal in a City

Work now drink
Later Season 2

Animals in
The Wild

Completed

Pet dressed in Clothes  OR Animal Abuse

Copycat killer

Animal Abuse

Completed

Second Lead Caring For Animals OR  Antagonist Caring For 
Animals

The Glory Part 2

Antagonist 
Caring For 
Animals

Completed

21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die

Progress:5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Funeral Director OR Birth care (Postpartum care)

Unnatural 

Funeral
Director 

Completed

Virtual Reality  OR  Ghosts

Oh No! Here
Comes Trouble 

Ghosts

Completed

Corruption OR Teamwork

Duty After
 School: Part 2 

Teamwork

Completed

Friendly Game  OR Death Game

Da Capo
Shimasen ka?

Death Game

Completed

Friendship OR Bullying

School Strange 
Stories: A Child Who Would Not Come 

Bullying

Completed

22. Who Am I When I Am With You?

Progress:2/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Colleagues OR Inmates


Inmates


BromanceOR Sismance

 Miraculous 
Brothers (Can be
moved to tattoo)

Bromance

Completed

Parent-Child OR Sibling 

Drama Special 
Season 13: TV 
Cinema - Devil in 
the Lake

Parent-Child
Mother-Daughter 

Completed

Assailant-Victim OR
Student-Teacher


Assailant-Victim 


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 

The Smile has Left 
your Eyes

Body Part
(Eye)

Completed

Color OREmotion 

Black Knight 

Colour

Completed

Object OR Verb 

Come and Hug Me

Verb

Completed

Animal OR Number 

Snow Eagle Lord

Animal

Completed

Season OR Calendar-related
word 

A Christmas Carol

Calendar-
related word 

Completed

24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover   

Progress: 1/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Domesticated Animal OR Wild 
Animal 

Tofu Personified

Domesticated Animal 

Completed

Flower OR Building 




Light Colours OR Dark Colours 


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: 3/7

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

China

Echo


Completed

Hong Kong

Limbo



Japan

Fullmetal Alchemist: Revenge Scar


Completed

Philippines

Live Scream
Abandoned

#No Filter
 

-

Re-Watch

Completed
Completed
Completed

South Korea

Moving 
Longing for you 



C

Taiwan

 Hospital
Nowhere Man



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


 


















Starting date: 2023 Jan 01

Link to your Drama list: XsoliX

Progress Habitat: 30/30


1. All About The Genres

Historical  OR  Sci-Fi

HIStory5: Love in the Future

Comedy  OR Tragedy

To My Star

Thriller OR Romance

To My Star 2

Youth  OR Political

Under The Queen's Umbrella

Action  OR Life

Revenge of Others


2. Your Fanciers and Westminsters

Award-winning

OR

by the same writer as one of your favorites

Kingyo tsuma

from an award-winning director

OR

that has one of your favorite actresses

The Interest of Love

from an award-winning screenwriter

OR

that has one of your favorite actors

Sweet Home

from an award-winning actor

OR

by the same director as one of your favorite titles

The Love You Give Me
from an award-winning actress

OR

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

Connect


3. Kiss, F***, Kill, Exorcism…

Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back 

OR

Exorcism

My Lovely Liar

Cohabitation 

OR

Long Distance Relationship

The Real Has Come

Fluffy 

OR

Sexual Assault

My Little Happiness

Contract Relationship 

OR

Secret Relationship

Love to Hate You

Opposites Attract 

OR

Domestic Abuse

Bed Friend


4. Finding A Mate

 First Love 

OR 

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

First Love: Hatsukoi

Age Gap [Drama Life]  

OR 

Classmates' Relationship

You Are Desire

features a Heterosexual relationship  

OR 

Same-Sex relationship

Bon Appetit

Enemies to Lovers 

OR 

Love at First Sight

You Touched My Heart

Nice Female Lead / Aggressive Male Lead 

OR 

Aggressive Female Lead / Aggressive Male  Lead

Bo Ra! Deborah


5. What Are We?

Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead 

OR 

Weak Female Lead / Weak Male Lead

The Glory Season 1
Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead 

OR

Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead
Love Like the Galaxy

Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead 

OR

Clingy Female Lead/Clingy Male Lead

TharnType Season 2

Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead 

OR 

Poor Female Lead/Poor Male Lead

King the Land

Killer 

OR

Healer 

Unforgettable Love


6. Countries of MDL

South KoreaCrash Course in Romance
ChinaGo Ahead
JapanUtsukushii Kare
TaiwanMy Tooth Your Love
ThailandI Will Knock You

MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet
 

Starting date: 1/1/2023

Link to your Drama list:  https://mydramalist.com/dramalist/Saranghaeyo1315

Progress Habitat:

 


Taxonomy 

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

1. Type

Progress:

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 Web Series

OR

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







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





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