MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet
 

Starting date: January 1, 2023

Link to your Drama list: Violeta's Drama List

Progress Habitat: 25/25

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: 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

Going Seventeen 2022 (2022)
Watched ep.5-1802/12
MOVIE

OR

DRAMA SPECIAL

Cutie Pie 2 You (2023)

13/02
Co-Produced 

OR 

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

One Piece (2023)

23/10
Anthology 

OR 

Omnibus

Girl From Nowhere Season 2 (2021)

03/10

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

Or

Adapted From a Novel / Book

The Director Who Buys Me Dinner (2022)

Adapted from the webtoon "The Director Who Buys Me Dinner"

17/01


2. Is it True?

Progress: 5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Advertisement  

OR 

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

Two Lights: Relumino (2017)
19/10
Independent Film 

OR 

Propaganda

6/45 (2022)
23/10
Documentary Genre

OR

 Mockumentary
Bring the Soul: The Movie (2019)

29/12
Adapted from Folklore 

OR 

Inspired by Real Events / Real Person

The Outlaws (2017)Inspired by the real events19/10
Historical Fiction 

OR 

Historical genre  + tag Based on True Story

Poong, the Joseon Psychiatrist Season 1 (2022)
23/01


3. All About the Gen(r)es  

Progress: 5

Watch a title from one of the following genres

Choice of Route. 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Historical 

OR 

Sci-Fi 

Poong, the Joseon Psychiatrist Season 2 (2023)

10/04

Comedy 

OR

Tragedy

A Boss and a Babe (2023)
14/08
Thriller

OR

Romance

Love Playlist: Season 2 (2017)

05/01

Youth 

OR

Political 

My School President (2022)

04/05

Action 

OR

Life

Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area - Part 1 (2022)
29/07


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

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

in 2023

OR

1940-1959

Miraculous Brothers (2023)


20/10
1990-1999

OR

the year a member on this page joined MDL

Awaken (2020)Saranghaeyo1315's
challenge form
02/02

2000-2010

OR

the month (not necessarily the year) you were born

Bed Friend (2023)February
14/06
year generated by this website

OR

1950-1969

Voice Season 2 (2018)2001
2007
2011
2012
2018
12/10
2017-2022

OR

1970-1989

Remarriage and Desires (2022)

10/08


5. Duration of The Hike

Tutorial

Progress: 5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

Short Length Series

 OR

 Short Film 

 Oh! My Assistant (2022)

04/01

DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes 

Or

DRAMA with  30 episodes or more. 

The New Employee (2022)
03/02
DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer.

 Unintentional Love Story (2023)
10/07
DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts  180 minutes or longer. 

I Will Knock You (2022)

05/06

DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes

OR

DRAMA with 8 episodes or less.  

Bokura no Micro na Shuumatsu (2023)

13/05


6. Time Can Be Confusing 

Progress:  5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Full second season of a DRAMA

OR 

Only 1 episode of a DRAMA

Missing: The Other Side Season 2 (2022)
31/07
Different Timelines  

OR 

Time Loop

A Time Called You (2023)

11/10

Time Skip 

OR  

Time Travel

Happy Ending Romance (2022)
10/06
Winter 

OR 

Summer

Us and Them (2018)

31/12

Fall  

OR

Spring

Sing My Crush (2023)
18/08


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

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

Drama Festival 2014: Old Farewell (2014)
Almost 9 years16/12
with less than 10,000 viewers

OR

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

My Lethal Man (2023)Around 7,000 watchers in April
02/05
DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list 

OR

DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list

Holy Land (2012)4 episodes
02/08

mentioned in the MDL Forums

Or

mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds)

Marry My Dead Body (2022)link21/10
with the newest release date in your PTW list

OR

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

Kimi ni wa Todokanai. (2023)Release date:
19/09/2023

30/11


8. Examined…

Tutorial

Progress: 5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

on your Recommendations page 

Or

appearing in the first 5 pages of MDL Home Trailers section

Mulan (2009)
27/12
found on a Custom List

OR

found on a Voting List in the list index

Would You Like a Cup of Coffee? (2021)list
21/12
from your most viewed tags 

Or

from your least viewed genres under your profile stats

DNA Says Love You (2022)Friendship & Happy Ending
26/06
with someone or something mentioned in a Game on MDL

Or

found mentioned in an  Article on MDL

Alienoid 1 (2022)
link22/10
with over 10 Reviews

OR

with 0 Reviews when you started watching it

Love Mate (2023)



03/06


9. Your Fanciers and Westminsters

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

*List with awards

Progress: 5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

Award-winning

OR

by the same writer as one of your favorites

Alchemy of Souls Season 2: Light and Shadow (2022)Hong Jung Eun & Hong Mi Ran
17/02
from an award-winning director

OR

that has one of your favorite actresses

Target (2023)
Shin Hye Sun
04/12
from an award-winning screenwriter

OR

that has one of your favorite actors

Taxi Driver Season 2 (2023)Lee Je Hoon 

13/05

from an award-winning actor

OR

by the same director as one of your favorite titles

Celebrity (2023)Flower of Evil (2020) - Director: Kim Chul Gyu 
25/07
from an award-winning actress

OR

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

Muchuu-sa, Kimi ni (2021)Writer03/04


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

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back 

OR

Exorcism

Enigma (2023)

23/09
Cohabitation 

OR

Long Distance Relationship

Utsukushii Kare Season 2 (2023)

09/03

Fluffy 

OR

Sexual Assault

Shanai Marriage Honey (2020)
29/04
Contract Relationship 

OR

Secret Relationship

Love to Hate You (2023)

17/02

Opposites Attract 

OR

Domestic Abuse

Semantic Error: The Movie (2022)
21/02


11. Finding a Mate

Progress: 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

Mr. Bad (2022)


09/04
Age Gap [Drama Life]  

OR 

Classmates' Relationship 

A Shoulder to Cry On (2023)

06/05

features a Heterosexual relationship  

OR 

Same-Sex relationship

Our Dating Sim (2023)
27/04
 Enemies to Lovers 

OR 

Love at First Sight

Ai Long Nhai: The Endless Love (2023)
05/02
Nice Female Lead / Nice Male Lead 

OR 

Aggressive Female Lead / Aggressive Male  Lead

From Me to You (2023)
07/08


12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying

Progress: 5

Choice of Route  

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Slight Comedy 

OR

Black Comedy
Under the Queen's Umbrella (2022)
22/02
Happy Ending 

OR 

features some type of Doomsday

Ameiro Paradox (2022)
14/02
Tragic Past 

OR 

Sketch Comedy

Recalled (2021)

03/01

features a Celebration 

OR

Mourning

Moonlight Chicken (2023)

01/06

Healing 

OR

Suicide

The Comments (2021)
18/02


13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff

Progress: 5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

features a Religious Leader 

OR

Some type of God

Love Between Fairy and Devil (2022)
29/01
Misunderstanding 

OR

Character Development

Hello, Me! (2021)
17/08
Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot 

OR

LGBTQ+

Between Us (2022)

30/01

Suspense 

OR 

Slow Burn Story / Slow Burn Romance

Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area - Part 2 (2022)
29/07
Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead 

OR 

Discrimination

Black Knight (2023)

28/07



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

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

On a Field  

OR 

On a Cliff

My Uncanny Destiny (2023)
01/11

In the Woods 

OR

By the Sea

The Eighth Sense (2023)

12/05

In a Jungle 

OR 

On a Rooftop

The Great Shaman Ga Doo Shim (2021)

16/05

On a Mountain 

OR 

On an Island

Love You You (2010)

14/12
In a City 

OR

In a Small Town
Love Tractor (2023)
06/07


15. Humans Have So Many Things

Progress: 5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

An Umbrella 

OR

A Backpack

Alchemy of Souls (2022)


13/02

A Truck  

OR

A Sports Car

Eien no Kinou (2022)

08/02

A Smartphone 

OR

A Phone Booth

Unlocked (2023)
 20/07
A Suit /Dress 

OR

A Hoodie

Individual Circumstances (2023)
20/02
A Book 

OR

A Crossbow

Kabe Sa Doujin Sakka no Neko Yashiki-kun wa Shouninyokkyuu wo Kojiraseteiru (2022)

20/05


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

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Child Actor/Actress 

OR 

Veteran Actor/Actress 

Unlock My Boss (2022)
Park Sung Woong
28/07
Idol actor/ Idol actress 

OR

Former Child Actor/Actress 

Broke Rookie Star (2022)

06/01

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)

Close-Knit (2017)
22/12
Able Bodied 

OR

Living with a disability 

37 Seconds (2019)

31/12
Public Figure  

OR

Hidden Identity

Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning (2021)

31/10


17. Camouflage?

Progress: 5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Athlete 

OR 

Artist

Mr. Heart (Movie) (2020)
01/04
Glasses 

OR

Tattoos

Reborn Rich (2022)
26/02
Identity Swap 

OR

Body Swap

The Golden Spoon (2022)

25/11
Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead

OR 

Criminal Female Lead/Criminal Male Lead

Mask Girl (2023)
22/08
Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead

OR

Antihero/Antiheroine

The Glory Part 2 (2023)

08/08


18. What Are You?  

Progress: 5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead 

OR 

Weak Female Lead / Weak Male Lead

Bloodhounds (2023)
27/07
Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead 

OR

Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead
Stay With Me (2023)
21/08
Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead 

OR

Clingy Female Lead/Clingy Male Lead

Everything and Nothing (2019)

31/07

Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead 

OR 

Poor Female Lead/Poor Male Lead 

Never Let Me Go (2022)
17/07
Killer 

OR

Healer  

Rurouni Kenshin: The Final (2021)

30/10


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

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Pet  

OR 

Pest

Summer Strike (2022)
02/03

Talking Pet  

OR

Animal Death

Laws of Attraction (2023)
27/09
Zoo animal  

OR

Farm Animal

Daytime Shooting Star (2017)
12/12
Veterinarian  

OR

Animal Control

Once Upon a Small Town (2022)
05/08
Romantic Ride on a Horse  

OR

Horse Ridden to Out to War

Joseon Attorney: A Morality (2023)

15/06


20. Where the Humans Are…

Progress: 5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Human Turns into an Animal   

OR

Animal turns into a Human

Choco Milk Shake (2022)

11/01

Adorable animals 

OR 

Animal Attack

The Pirates (2014)
19/12
Animal in the Wild 

OR

Animal in a City

The Secret Romantic Guesthouse (2023)
09/12
Pet dressed in Clothes 

OR 

Animal Abuse

Crash Course in Romance (2023)
21/08
Second Lead Caring For Animals 

OR 

Antagonist Caring For Animals

Behind Your Touch (2023)
07/10

 

21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die

Progress: 5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Funeral Director 

OR

Birth care (Postpartum care)

May I Help You (2022)
31/12
Virtual Reality  

OR 

Ghosts

Stay by My Side (2023)

03/09

Corruption 

OR

Teamwork

Police University (2021)

16/01

Friendly Game  

OR

Death Game

Imawa no Kuni no Alice Season 2 (2022)


22/01

Friendship 

OR

Bullying

The Fabulous (2022)

19/01


22. Who Am I When I Am With You?

Progress: 5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Colleagues 

OR

Inmates

Extraordinary Attorney Woo (2022)
12/03
Bromance 

OR 

Sismance

Midnight Museum (2023)

02/10

Parent-Child 

OR

Sibling 

The Good Bad Mother (2023)

04/08
Assailant-Victim 

OR

Student-Teacher

Taxi Driver (2021)
24/04
Doctor-Patient 

OR

Soldier

D.P. Season 2 (2023)
28/07


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

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Celestial Body 

OR  

Body Part 

I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (2017)

29/12
Color 

OR

Emotion 

The Red Sleeve (2021)


28/03
Object 

OR

Verb 

Rose Mansion (2022)

24/08
Animal

OR

Number 

See You in My 19th Life (2023)
02/08
Season 

OR

Calendar-related word 

Drama Special Season 7: Summer Dream (2016)
19/10


24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover   

Progress: 5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Domesticated Animal 

OR

Wild Animal 
You and Me (2011)

13/12
Flower 

OR 

Building 

The Glory (2022)
07/08
Light Colors 

OR

Dark Colors 

Love Syndrome III: Uncut Version (2023)

20/06

Rainbow 

OR

Door 

My Perfect Stranger (2023)


22/06

Only Words 

OR 

Geometrical Shapes 

Be My Favorite (2023)
14/08


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

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

China

Better Days (2019)
20/12
Hong KongIp Man (2008)
11/12
JapanMitaraike, Enjou Suru (2023)

22/07

Philippines

The Hows of Us (2018)

17/10

South Korea

All the Liquors (2023)

07/06

Taiwan

Kiseki: Dear to Me (2023)
24/11
ThailandHidden Agenda (2023)
22/10

MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet

  • Starting date: 01 January 2023
  • Link to your Drama list: Here
  • Progress Habitat: Japanese Marten (Plains: 10/10)

Completed (38) | Rewatched (12) | Plan to Watch (0)

Dramas (31) | Specials (2) | Movies (15) | TV Shows (2)

Taxonomy

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

1. Type

Progress: 5/5

Choice of RouteEssentials 
*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. 
*E144, 145, 146, 147, 148


2 Days & 1 Night Season 4 (2019)


Word of Honor - Epilogue (2021)
OR 
Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDL

One Piece (2023)


Shin Ultraman (2022)
Or

Painted Skin: The Guo Jingming Edition (2020)


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 RouteEssentials 
Boys Planet (2023)
OR
The year a member on this page joined MDL (link to the account/challenge form)*

*Lys - Joined: 2021 (Link to challenge forum)



Word of Honor (2021)


OR
The month (not necessarily the year) you were born.*

*December

Sweet Home Season 2 (2023)

*1998, 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019

Prince Seahorse, the Prince's Wedding Dress (2018)
Juvenile Justice (2022)

5. Duration of The Hike

Tutorial

Progress: 5/5

Choice of RouteEssentials 
Mysterious Lotus Casebook: Special Episode (2023)
DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes 
OR
Hiyama Kentaro no Ninshin (2022)

DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes
OR
MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer.
Ballerina (2023)

DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes
OR
MOVIE that lasts
 180 minutes or longer.
Mysterious Lotus Casebook (2023)

DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes
OR


The Chronicles of MDL

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

9. Your Fanciers and Westminster's

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

*List with awards

Progress: 5/5

Choice of RouteEssentials 
Award-winning
OR
By the same writer as one of your favorites.

*Edward Guo's The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity

My Journey to You (2023)
From an award-winning director.
OR
That has one of your favorite actresses.
Mr. Queen (2020) 
From an award-winning screenwriter.
OR
That has one of your favorite actors.
*Woo Do Hwan
The King: Eternal Monarch (2020) 
From an award-winning actor.
OR
By the same director as one of your favorite titles. 

*Raman Hui's Monster Hunt


Monster Hunt 2 (2018)

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

*Irene Villamor




Getting up Close and Personal

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

11. Finding a Mate

Progress: 5/5

Choice of RouteEssentials 
OR

Crash Course in Romance (2023)
 
The Glory Part 2 (2023)
OR 
Alchemy of Souls Season 2: Light and Shadow (2022)
Strangers Again (2023)
OR
Flower of Evil (2020)

12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying

Progress: 5/5

Choice of RouteEssentials 
Mask Girl (2023)
Happy Ending OR features some type of Doomsday
Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead (2023) 
Wuliang (2020)
features a Celebration OR Mourning
Yu Yu Hakusho (2023)
Healing OR SuicideA League of Nobleman (2023)

13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff

Progress: 5/5

Choice of RouteEssentials 

My Annoying Brother (2016)
OR
Kill Bok Soon (2023) 
The Kidnapping Day (2023)

OR
Marry My Dead Body (2022)

Significant details

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

15. Humans Have So Many Things

Progress: 5/5

Choice of RouteEssentials 
Moving (2023)
A Truck OR A Sports CarBlack Knight (2023) 
A Smartphone OR A Phone BoothYour Name Engraved Herein (2020)
A Suit/Dress OR A HoodieBetter Man (2022) 
A Book OR A CrossbowThe Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity (2020) 

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. 

18. What Are You?

Progress: 5/5

Choice of RouteEssentials 
Monster Hunt (2015)
Smart Female Lead / Smart Male Lead 
OR
Naive Female Lead
Naive Male Lead
The Uncanny Counter Season 2: Counter Punch (2023)
Cold Female Lead / Cold Male Lead 
OR
Clingy Female Lead
Clingy Male Lead
Twinkling Watermelon (2023)

Rich Female Lead / Rich Male Lead 
OR 
Poor Female Lead / Poor Male Lead 
The Dude in Me (2019)
Killer OR Healer The Worst of Evil (2023)

Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash

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

22. Who Am I When I Am With You?

Progress: 5/5

Choice of RouteEssentials 
Colleagues OR InmatesLove to Hate You (2023)
 
Bromance OR SismanceTale of the Nine-Tailed 1938 (2023) 
Parent-Child OR Sibling The Good Bad Mother (2023) 
Assailant-Victim OR Student-TeacherTaxi Driver (2021) 
Doctor-Patient OR SoldierD.P. Season 2 (2023) 

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MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet
 

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Link to your Drama list:

Progress Habitat:

MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet
 

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Link to your Drama list:

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Taxonomy 

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

1. Type

Progress:

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 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


 


















MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet

 


Starting date: January 1, 2023

Link to your Drama list: Litchi's List

Progress Habitat: 10/10


plan to  watch | currently watching |    Drama    |     Movie      |      Other
    #859585      |          #859585          | #8595AA |  #856595  |  #AA6595


 

Taxonomy 

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

1. Type

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 Web Series

OR

 TV SHOW*

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

Singles inferno 2

6.5/10
watched every episode

14/1

MOVIE

OR

DRAMA SPECIAL

A Muse

6/10

11/12

Co-Produced 


OR 

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

Ashfall

7/10
Ma Dong Seok (American)
27/12

Anthology 

OR 

Omnibus

Goedam

6/10
22/12

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

Or

Adapted From a Novel / Book

Gaus Electronics

6/10


5/7



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 Buzz
7/10
20/1

Comedy 

OR

Tragedy

I'm Tee, me Too
7/10
15/1

Thriller

OR

Romance

Between us
7/10
29/1

Youth 

OR

Political 

Destiny seeker
6.5/10
5/6

Action 

OR

Life

Project Wolf Hunting
6/10
27/5

 


The Chronicles of MDL 

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


 

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

Kim Ji Young: born 1982

7.5/10
Yoo Young Ah, same writer as miracle in cell no. 7

18/12

from an award-winning director

OR

that has one of your favorite actresses


The Heavenly Idol

4/10
Lim Sun Ja

19/12

from an award-winning screenwriter

OR

that has one of your favorite actors

Moonlight Chicken8.5/10
Earth Pirapat W. 

2/3

from an award-winning actor

OR

by the same director as one of your favorite titles


sinkhole
6.5/10
Cha Seung Won
*List with Awards
29/12

from an award-winning actress


OR

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


See you in my 19th life
7.5/10
Shin Hye Sun
*List with Awards

21/9

 

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

Love to hate you
7/10
21/6

Cohabitation 

OR

Long Distance Relationship

His man season 27/10
not tagged for some reason, but they def do cohabitate
6/8

Fluffy 

OR

Sexual Assault

Call it what you want
6.5/10
16/1

Contract Relationship 

OR

Secret Relationship

Love in contract6.5/1029/6

Opposites Attract 

OR

Domestic Abuse


King the Land
7/10
20/9

 

11. Finding a Mate

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

 First Love 

OR 

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

Dangerous drugs of sex6.5/1
VERY disturbing but actually somehow kind of good..
3/1

Age Gap [Drama Life]  

OR 

Classmates' Relationship 

Unforgotten Night7/103/4

features a Heterosexual relationship  

OR 

Same-Sex relationship

TharnType 26.5/1017/2

 Enemies to Lovers 

OR 

Love at First Sight

The Eighth Sense
7/10
10/7

Nice Female Lead / Male Lead 

OR 

Aggressive Female Lead /Male  Lead

Hit the spot
8.5/10
6/7


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

The sound of magic7/10
26/12

In the Woods 

OR

By the Sea

Call it what you want 27/10
ep 1
16/1

In a Jungle 

OR 

On a Rooftop

The Glory part 2
7/10
20/9

On a Mountain 

OR 

On an Island

Extraordinary attorney Woo5.5/1016/12

In a City 


OR


In a Small Town

 Hometown cha-cha-cha

7.5/10
4/3

 


 

The Main Attraction 

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


 

17. Camouflage?

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Athlete 

OR 

Artist

Unintentional love story6.5/1010/7

Glasses 

OR

Tattoos

Big Dragon 6.5/1017/1

Identity Swap 

OR

Body Swap

Cupid's last wish7.5/1016/2

Cop Female LeadCop Male Lead


OR 

Criminal Female Lead/Criminal Male Lead

Midnight6.5/1013/12

Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead

OR

Antihero/Antiheroine

The Glory7.5/1020/9

 

 

Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash

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



 

21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Funeral Director 

OR

Birth care (Postpartum care)

Birthcare center8/1030/12

Virtual Reality  

OR 

Ghosts

Delivery Man
8/10
11/7

Corruption

OR

Teamwork

Café Minamdang8.5/107/1

Friendly Game  

OR

Death Game

Only Friends
7.5/10
12/12

Friendship 

OR

Bullying

Somehow 187/102/3

 


 

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 

Even Sun
6.5/1010/2 

Color 


OR


Emotion

Blueming7/1016/2

Object

OR

Verb 

Bed Friend
6.5/10
23/4

Animal

OR

Number 

Fish upon the sky7/1016/1

Season 

OR

Calendar-related word 

Summer, bus8/1026/12

 




MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet
 

Starting date: 01 Jan 2023

Link to your Drama list: my drama list

Progress Habitat: 

 

Taxonomy 

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

1. Type

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 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


Wonderful Little Forest


Tv Show


Done

17 jan

MOVIE

OR

DRAMA SPECIAL

Intern Detective Oh Gyeon Sik 

DRAMA SPECIAL

Done

7 feb

Co-Produced 

OR 

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

One Piece

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

Done

2 sept

Anthology 

OR 

Omnibus

Love Stranger

Anthology

Done

8 oct

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

Or

Adapted From a Novel / Book

Stay with Me

Adapted From a Novel / Book

Done

29 aug


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)

Advertisement

Done

28 sept

Independent Film 

OR 

Propaganda

Independent Film 

Done

20 Oct

Documentary Genre

OR

 Mockumentary

Documentary Genre

Done

30 oct

Adapted from Folklore 

OR 

Inspired by Real Events / Real Person

Done

7 feb

Historical Fiction 

OR 

Historical genre  + tag Based on True Story

Historical Fiction 

Done

12 june


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 

Historical

Done

2 mar

Comedy 

OR

Tragedy

Tragedy

Done

10 july

Thriller

OR

Romance

Thriller

Done

22 feb

Youth 

OR

Political 

Political

Done

19 sept

Action 

OR

Life

Action

Done

8 oct


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

in 2023

Done

12 apr

1990-1999

OR

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

the year a member on this page joined MDL

LITCHI

2015

Done

24 apr

2000-2010

OR

the month (not necessarily the year) you were born

Only You

2000-2010

2005

Done

15 june

year generated by this website

OR

1950-1969

ReLIFE

1990
1999
2002
2017

Done

26 apr

2017-2022

OR

1970-1989


2017-2022

2021

Done

26 june


5. Duration of The Hike

 Tutorial

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 Short Length Series

 OR

 Short Film 

 Short Length Series

22 ep

18 Min

Done

10 sept

DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes 

Or

DRAMA with  30 episodes or more. 

DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes

Done

26 aug

DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer.


MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer.

Done

20 sept

DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts  180 minutes or longer. 

DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes

45 min

Done

14 june

DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes

OR

DRAMA with 8 episodes or less.  

DRAMA with 8 episodes or less

6 ep

Done

7 june


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

Side Story of Fox Volant 

Only 1 episode of a DRAMA

Dropped

24 aug

Different Timelines  

OR 

Time Loop

Different Timelines

Done

26 sept

Time Skip 

OR  

Time Travel

Time Travel

Done

9 jan

Winter 

OR 

Summer

Winter

Done

19 apr

Fall  

OR

Spring

Spring

Done

10 oct


The Chronicles of MDL 

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

7. Sharing is Caring

Tutorials: 1  2  3

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

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

OR

from the Watchlist of another user doing this challenge

from the Watchlist of another user doing this challenge

Litchi

Done

 26 sept

with less than 10,000 viewers

OR

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

with less than 10,000 viewers

Only 24 watchers

Done

21 june

DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list 

OR

DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list

DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list

5 ep

Done

11 oct

mentioned in the MDL Forums

Or

mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds)

mentioned in the MDL Forums

Lost you forever thread

Done

31 aug

with the newest release date in your PTW list

OR

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

The Legend of Anle

with the newest release date in your PTW list

Star watch it after finised aired

Done 

16 aug


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)

appearing in the first 5 pages of MDL Home Trailers section (Sunshine by my side

Page 5

See 14 oct


Done

7 nov

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).

Who Stole My Kiss

found on a Custom List

Short Mini C-Dramas 

Done

13 may

from your most viewed tags 

Or

from your least viewed genres under your profile stats

Mr. Queen

from your most viewed tags

 Happy Ending

219

Friendship

216

Done

7 feb

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)

Master's Delicacies

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

Drama Association

Done

29 sept

with over 10 Reviews

OR

with 0 Reviews when you started watching it

with 0 Reviews when you started watching it

Done

19 sept


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: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back 

OR

Exorcism

Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back 

Done

21 mar 

Cohabitation 

OR

Long Distance Relationship

Cohabitation

Done

6 jan

Fluffy 

OR

Sexual Assault

Fluffy

Done

23 aug

Contract Relationship 

OR

Secret Relationship

Contract Relationship 

Done

12 mar

Opposites Attract 

OR

Domestic Abuse

Opposites Attract

Done

4 may


11. Finding a Mate

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

 First Love 

OR 

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

First Love 

Done

21 apr 

Age Gap [Drama Life]  

OR 

Classmates' Relationship 

Age Gap [Drama Life] 

Done

15 jan

features a Heterosexual relationship  

OR 

Same-Sex relationship

Same-Sex relationship

Done

6 aug

 Enemies to Lovers 

OR 

Love at First Sight

Love at First Sight

Done

21 may

Nice Female Lead /  Male Lead 

OR 

Aggressive  Female Lead / Male  Lead

Nice Female Lead /  Male Lead 

Done

3 june


12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route  

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Slight Comedy 

OR

Black Comedy

Slight Comedy 

Done

2 oct

Happy Ending 

OR 

features some type of Doomsday

features some type of Doomsday (sad ending)

Done

16 apr

Tragic Past 

OR 

Sketch Comedy

Tragic Past

Done

21 may

features a Celebration 

OR

Mourning

Mourning

Done

21 june

 Healing 

OR

Suicide


 Healing 

Done

23 july


13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

features a Religious Leader 

OR

Some type of God

Some type of God / Xianxia 

Done

4 apr

Misunderstanding 

OR

Character Development

Misunderstanding

Done

1 feb

 Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot 

OR

LGBTQ+

LGBTQ+

Done

14 sept

Suspense 

OR 

Slow Burn Story / Slow Burn Romance

Suspense

Done

8 aug

 Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead 

OR 

Discrimination

Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead 

Done

23 sept


Significant details 

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

14. Where Are We?     

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

On a Field  

OR 

On a Cliff

On a Field

Done

14 apr

In the Woods 

OR

By the Sea

By the Sea

Done

6 jan

In a Jungle 

OR 

On a Rooftop

On a Rooftop

Done

7 mar

On a Mountain 

OR 

On an Island

On a Mountain

Done

27 jan

In a City 

OR

In a Small Town

In a Small Town

Done

2 apr


15. Humans Have So Many Things

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

An Umbrella 

OR

A Backpack

Tale of the Nine-Tailed

An Umbrella

Done

6 jun

A Truck  

OR

A Sports Car

Twilight

A Sports Car

Done 

13 oct

A Smartphone 

OR

A Phone Booth

A Smartphone 

 Done

7 apr

A Suit /Dress 

OR

A Hoodie

A Suit /Dress 

Done

9 oct

A Book 

OR

A Crossbow

A Book

Done

23 june


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 

Child Actor/Actress 

Done

7 may

Idol actor/ Idol actress 

OR

Former Child Actor/Actress 

Idol actor/ Idol actress 

Done

12 july

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

OR

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

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

Done

18 sept

Able Bodied 

OR

Living with a disability 

Able Bodied

Done

7 july

Public Figure  

OR

Hidden Identity

Public Figure

Done

9 sept


17. Camouflage?

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Athlete 

OR 

Artist

Athlete 

Done

14 apr

Glasses 

OR

Tattoos

Glasses

Done

13 mar

Identity Swap 

OR

Body Swap

Identity Swap

Done

29 may

Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead

OR 

Criminal Female Lead/Criminal Male Lead

Being a Hero 

Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead

Done

29 mar

Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead

OR

Antihero/Antiheroine

Antihero/Antiheroine

Done

18 may


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

Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead 

Done

19 july

Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead 

OR

Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead

Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead 

Done

17 june

Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead 

OR

Clingy Female Lead/Clingy Male Lead

Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead 

Done

29 may

Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead 

OR 

Poor Female Lead/Poor Male Lead 

Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead 

Done

28 apr


Killer 

OR

Healer  

Killer

Done

20 jan


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

Cutie Pie 2 You

Pet 

Done

14 sept

Talking Pet  

OR

Animal Death

A Date With the Future

Animal Death

Done

3 july

Zoo animal  

OR

Farm Animal

First Love

Zoo animal  

Done

17 oct

Veterinarian  

OR

Animal Control

Adoring

Veterinarian

Done

6 jan

Romantic Ride on a Horse  

OR

Horse Ridden to Out to War

The Palace

Romantic Ride on a Horse  

Done

20 apr





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

Cat's Bar 

Animal turns into a Human

Done

 26 mar

Adorable animals 

OR 

Animal Attack

Adorable animals 

Done

22 may

Animal in the Wild 

OR

Animal in a City

Animal in a City

Done

4 feb

Pet dressed in Clothes 

OR 

Animal Abuse

Pet dressed in Clothes 

Ep 1 min 36

Done

6 sept

Second Lead Caring For Animals 

OR 

Antagonist Caring For Animals

Second Lead Caring For Animals 

Done

21 aug

 

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: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Colleagues 

OR

Inmates

Colleagues

Done

1 apr

Bromance 

OR 

Sismance

Bromance

Done

8 aug


Parent-Child 

OR

Sibling 

Sibling

Done

11 july

Assailant-Victim 

OR

Student-Teacher

Assailant-Victim 

Done

39 apr

Doctor-Patient 

OR

Soldier

Soldier

Done

31 july


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 

Body Part 

Done

16 mar

Color 

OR

Emotion 

Color

Done

30 may

Object 

OR

Verb 

Verb

Done

19 mar

Animal

OR

Number 

Number

Done

23 sept

Season 

OR

Calendar-related word 

Calendar-related word 

Done

28 feb


24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover   

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Domesticated Animal 

OR

Wild Animal 

Wild Animal 

Done

11 oct

Flower 

OR 

Building 

Flower

Done

13 may

Light Colors 

OR

Dark Colors 

Light Colors

Done

25 apr

Rainbow 

OR

Door 

Door

Done

5 may

Only Words 

OR 

Geometrical Shapes 

Geometrical Shapes

Done

1 aug


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

A Love Journal


Done

29 jan

Hong Kong


Done

18 Oct

Japan


Done

6 apr

Philippines

Silly Red Shoes 


Done

18 apr

South Korea


Done

20 mar

Taiwan


Done

3 apr

Thailand

Hunger 


Done

15 apr

MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet
 

Starting date: 01/01/2023

Link to your Drama list: Saralele's dramalist

Progress Habitat: 0/2 

Currently watching Completed Plan to watch

 

Dramas: 10 Movies: 5 Specials: TV shows:

China: Hong Kong: Japan: 6 Korea: 7  Philippines: 1 Taiwan: 1 Thailand: 


Taxonomy 

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

1. Type

Progress: 3/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 Web Series

OR

 TV SHOW*
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


Physical: 100


TV SHOW



MOVIE

OR

DRAMA SPECIAL


Midnight Runners


Movie

 

Co-Produced 

OR 

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


The Ultimate Oppa


Co-Produced (Philiphines and South Korea)


 

Anthology 

OR 

Omnibus


Girl From Nowhere Season 2


Anthology



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

Or

Adapted From a Novel / Book


Fullmetal Alchemist 2: Revenge Scar


Adapted from a manga


 


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: 2/5

Watch a title from one of the following genres

Choice of Route. 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Historical 

OR 

Sci-Fi 

The Handmaiden

Historical


Comedy 

OR

Tragedy

Hana Yori Dango Final

Comedy


Thriller

OR

Romance

The Glory Season 1

Thriller

 

Youth 

OR

Political 

My School President

Youth

 

Action 

OR

Life

Weak Hero Class 1

Action



Time is Relative

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

4. Year of Origin   

Tutorial

Progress:  1/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

in 2023

OR

1940-1959

Individual Circumstances


2023


 

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


Tomorrow


2022




5. Duration of The Hike

 Tutorial

Progress: 4/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 Short Length Series

 OR

 Short Film 

 

Youtuber Class Season 1

Short Length Series (4 episodes/11 minutes)

 

DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes 

Or

DRAMA with  30 episodes or more. 

Ameiro Paradox

8 episodes/25 minutes

 

DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer.

 One More Time

8 episodes/30 minutes

 

DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts  180 minutes or longer. 

Good Morning Call

17 episodes/45 minutes

 

DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes

OR

DRAMA with 8 episodes or less.  

Doom At Your Service




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: 3/5

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

Your Name Engraved Herein

First Love

 

Age Gap [Drama Life]  

OR 

Classmates' Relationship 

From Me to You (2023)

Classmates' Relationship


features a Heterosexual relationship  

OR 

Same-Sex relationship

When I Fly Towards You



 Enemies to Lovers 

OR 

Love at First Sight

Love to Hate You

Enemies to Lovers

 

Nice Female Lead /  Male Lead 

OR 

Aggressive  Female Lead / Male  Lead

Silhouette of Your Voice

Nice 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: 1/7

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+

Our Dating Sim

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: 1/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Athlete 

OR 

Artist

A Shoulder to Cry On

Athlete (Archery)

 

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

The Glory Part 2

Strong Female 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

Woof & Meow - Do You Love Me?



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: 1/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Colleagues 

OR

Inmates

Senpai, Danjite Koidewa!

Colleagues

 

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: 1/7

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

China



Hong Kong




Japan

Bokura no Micro na Shuumatsu


 

Philippines




South Korea




Taiwan




Thailand

Never Let Me Go


 


Treats

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

My Treats!

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


 



















MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet 

Starting date: January 1, 2023
Link to your Drama list: Here
Progress Habitat: 

 

Taxonomy 

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

1. Type

Progress:

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 Web Series

OR

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

Dong Lan Xue (2023)

Star Struck (2023)



x


x


MOVIE

OR

DRAMA SPECIAL

Daemuga: Sorrow and Joy (2022)

Awake (2022)



x


x

Co-Produced 

OR 

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

The Spy: Undercover Operation (2013)

The Murderer (2023)

daniel henney
- (american)


james laver
- (welsh)

x



x

Anthology 

OR 

Omnibus







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

Or

Adapted From a Novel / Book

Hot Blooded (2022)

Back From the Brink (2023)



x


x



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)

Buying Ears (2020)

Your Ship Is Real (2022)


x


x

Independent Film 

OR 

Propaganda

Veils (2021)

The Tale of Mari and Yimae (2021)



Documentary Genre

OR

Mockumentary

The Raincoat Killer: Chasing a Predator in Korea (2021)


x

Adapted from Folklore 

OR 

Inspired by Real Events / Real Person

The Legendary Courtesan Hwang Jin Yi (2007)

Escape from Mogadishu (2021)



Historical Fiction

OR 

Historical genre  + tag Based on True Story

The King's Case Note (2017)

The Face Reader (2013)


x


x


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

Fatal Countdown: Reset (2017)

Jung_E (2023)


x


x

Comedy

OR

Tragedy

Not Quite Dead Yet (2020)

The Heavenly Idol (2023)


x


x

Thriller

OR

Romance

The Post-Truth World (2022)

Missing (2022)


x


x

Youth 

OR

Political

Shin Ultraman (2022)

The Divine Weapon (2008)


x

Action 

OR

Life

The Point Men (2023)

Bad Guys Always Die (2016)


x


x


Time is Relative

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

4. Year of Origin   

Tutorial

Progress:  

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

in 2023

OR

1940-1959

Yesterday Once More (2023)

Lies Hidden in My Garden (2023)



x


x

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

The Promise (2005)

The Banquet (2006)



x


x

year generated by this website

OR

1950-1969

Dead Again (2019)

Graceful Family (2019)

( 1991 / 1997 / 2013 / 2019 / 2020 )

x


x

2017-2022

OR

1970-1989

Seire (2021)

Kisaragi Station (2022)



x

x


5. Duration of The Hike

 Tutorial

Progress:

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 Short Length Series

 OR

 Short Film 

 Si Shi Hao (2023)

The Origin of Eternity (2022)



x

x

DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes 

Or

DRAMA with  30 episodes or more. 

Woman in a Veil (2023)

The Longest Promise (2023)


x

DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer.

 Hero (2022)

Intimate Strangers (2022)


x

x

DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts  180 minutes or longer. 

Black Knight (2023)

Beauty of Resilience (2023)


x

x

DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes

OR

DRAMA with 8 episodes or less.  

Duty After School: Part 1 (2023)

Family: The Unbreakable Bond (2023)


x


x


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

Imawa no Kuni no Alice Season 2 (2022)

Kingdom Season 2 (2022)


x


x

Different Timelines  

OR 

Time Loop

Re/Member (2022)

Someday or One Day: The Movie (2022)


x


x

Time Skip 

OR  

Time Travel

Reborn Rich (2022)

My Perfect Stranger (2023)


x


x

Winter

OR 

Summer

Somewhere Winter (2019)

Us and Them (2018)



Fall  

OR

Spring

Oh! My Assistant (2022)

Orange (2015)




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)

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

Tale of the Nine-Tailed 1938 (2023)



x


x

DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list 

OR

DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list

Utsukushii Kare Season 2 (2023)

Duty After School: Part 2 (2023)



x


x

mentioned in the MDL Forums

Or

mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds)

Love Mate (2023)



x

with the newest release date in your PTW list

OR

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

Individual Circumstances (2023)

Mask Girl (2023)




x


x


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)

Coin Locker Girl (2015)





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

D.P. Season 2 (2023)

Moving (2023)

death + friendship

x

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

Or

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

The Roundup: No Way Out (2023)

Revenant (2023)

( article )


( article )

x


x



with over 10 Reviews

OR

with 0 Reviews when you started watching it

In Dream (2023)

Streamer (2023)

as of 8/5

as of 8/20

x

x


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

The Night Owl (2022)


Scandal Makers (2008)

best film - (59th baeksang awards)

best screenplay - (45th baeksang awards)

x



x

from an award-winning director

OR

that has one of your favorite actresses

Assassination (2015)

Oh No! Here Comes Trouble (2023)

jun ji hyun


vivian sung

x


x


from an award-winning screenwriter

OR

that has one of your favorite actors

Mystery to Iunakare (2022)

Lost in the Stars (2022)

suda masaki


zhu yi long

x

x

from an award-winning actor

OR

by the same director as one of your favorite titles

Chronicle of a Blood Merchant (2015)


Chunhyang (2000)

ha jung woo - (baeksang - best actor - 2009)

cho seung woo - (baeksang - best actor - 2005)

x



x

from an award-winning actress

OR

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

Duel (2017)




Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011)

kim jung eun - (baeksang - best actress - 2003)

zhou xun - (golden rooster awards - best actress - 2009)

x




x


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

Love is for Suckers (2022)

Call It Love (2023)


x


x

Cohabitation

OR

Long Distance Relationship

Behind the Blue Eyes (2023)

Taikan Yoho (2023)


x

Fluffy 

OR

Sexual Assault




Contract Relationship

OR

Secret Relationship

Love to Hate You (2023)

Ousama ni Sasagu Kusuriyubi (2023)


x


x

Opposites Attract

OR

Domestic Abuse

King the Land (2023)

My Dear Desperado (2010)


x


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 ContentExtreme Sexual Content

Casa Amor: Exclusive for Ladies (2015)

Limbo (2021)


x


x

Age Gap [Drama Life]  

OR 

Classmates' Relationship

Even if This Love Disappears From the World Tonight (2022)

Seishun Cinderella (2022)


x



x

features a Heterosexual relationship  

OR 

Same-Sex relationship

The Director Who Buys Me Dinner (2022)

All the Liquors (2023)


x


x

Enemies to Lovers

OR 

Love at First Sight

Semantic Error: The Movie (2022)

Reign of Assassins (2010)


x


x

Nice Female Lead Male Lead

OR 

Aggressive Female Lead / Male  Lead

Concrete Utopia (2023)

As Long as We Both Shall Live (2023)


x


x



12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying

Progress:

Choice of Route  

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Slight Comedy

OR

Black Comedy

Our Blooming Youth (2023)

Flying Colors (2015)


x

Happy Ending

OR 

features some type of Doomsday

All These Years (2023)

Bon Appetit (2023)


x

Tragic Past

OR 

Sketch Comedy

A Shoulder to Cry On (2023)

The Glorious My Revenge (2023)


x


x

features a Celebration 

OR

Mourning

Stellar: A Magical Ride (2022)

Vengeance of the Bride (2022)


x


x

Healing 

OR

Suicide

Shokuzai (2012)

Motherhood (2022)


x

x


13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

features a Religious Leader 

OR

Some type of God

Kokdu: Season of Deity (2023)

Till the End of the Moon (2023)


x


x

Misunderstanding 

OR

Character Development

Dream (2023)

Marry My Dead Body (2022)


x

x

Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot 

OR

LGBTQ+

The New Employee (2022)

Sing My Crush (2023)


x


Suspense

OR 

Slow Burn Story / Slow Burn Romance

Marui Video (2023)

Shinai naru Boku e Satsui wo Komete (2022)


x


x

Popular Male Lead Popular Female Lead 

OR 

Discrimination

Campus Confidential (2013)

One Smile Is Very Alluring (2016)


x


x




Significant details 

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

14. Where Are We?     

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

On a Field  

OR 

On a Cliff

Is Xian Zun Whitewashed Today? (2022)

The Forbidden Marriage (2022)


x


x

In the Woods

OR

By the Sea

Gannibal (2022)


x

In a Jungle 

OR 

On a Rooftop

Item (2019)

Home for Rent (2023)


x

x

On a Mountain

OR 

On an Island

Island (2022)

Island Part 2 (2023)


x

x

In a City

OR

In a Small Town

Graceful Friends (2020)

The Ghost Station (2023)


x


x


15. Humans Have So Many Things

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

An Umbrella

OR

A Backpack

Alchemy of Souls Season 1 (2022)

Phantom (2023)


x


x

A Truck  

OR

A Sports Car

Switch (2023)

Celebrity (2023)


x

x

A Smartphone

OR

A Phone Booth

Unlocked (2023)

Drama Special Season 13: TV Cinema - The Distributors (2022)


 x

x

A Suit /Dress

OR

A Hoodie

Cafe Midnight: Missing Honey (2022)

Paradise Kiss (2011)


x

A Book

OR

A Crossbow

Unbowed (2012)


x


The Main Attraction 

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

 16. Who Are We?

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Child Actor/Actress 

OR 

Veteran Actor/Actress

Harmony (2010)

na moon hee

x

Idol actorIdol actress

OR

Former Child Actor/Actress 

The Gossip (2021)

Happy Merry Ending (2023)


x


x

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)

Live Stream (2023)

The Moon (2023)


x


x


Able Bodied 

OR

Living with a disability

Hear Me (2009)

The Left Ear (2015)


x

x

Public Figure

OR

Hidden Identity

Trolley (2022)

Honest Candidate 2 (2022)


x

x


17. Camouflage?

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Athlete 

OR 

Artist

Jack o' Frost (2023)

Unintentional Love Story (2023)


x


x

Glasses

OR

Tattoos

Bokura no Shokutaku (2023)

Nagatan to Aoto: Ichika no Ryourijou (2023)


x


x


Identity Swap

OR

Body Swap

I Have a Lover (2015)

I Am a King (2012)


x


x

Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead

OR 

Criminal Female Lead/Criminal Male Lead

A Special Lady (2017)

Inspector Koo (2021)


x

x


Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead

OR

Antihero/Antiheroine

Lucifer (2007)

Drama Special Season 13: Self-Indulgence (2022)


x

x


18. What Are You?  

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead

OR 

Weak Female Lead / Weak Male Lead

Ballerina (2023)

The Eve (2021)


x

x

Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead

OR

Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead

One Dollar Lawyer (2022)


x

Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead

OR

Clingy Female Lead/Clingy Male Lead

Heartbeat (2023)


x

Rich Female LeadRich Male Lead 

OR 

Poor Female Lead/Poor Male Lead 

Pandora: Beneath the Paradise (2023)

Battle for Happiness (2023)


x


x


Killer

OR

Healer  

Lesson in Murder (2022)

Kill Bok Soon (2023)


x


x


Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash

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

19. The Petting Zoo

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Pet

OR 

Pest

Ditto (2022)


x


Talking Pet  

OR

Animal Death

Copycat Killer (2023)

Hunger (2023)


x


x

Zoo animal  

OR

Farm Animal

Love Tractor (2023)


x

Veterinarian

OR

Animal Control




Romantic Ride on a Horse  

OR

Horse Ridden to Out to War

Sword Snow Stride (2021)

Kingdom 2: To the Far Land (2022)

[rewatch]

x


x


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 (2022)

Ungnami (2023)


x


x

Adorable animals 

OR 

Animal Attack

Gangnam Zombie (2023)

Kingdom: Ashin of the North (2021)


x


x

Animal in the Wild 

OR

Animal in a City




Pet dressed in Clothes

OR 

Animal Abuse

The Starry Love (2023)


x

Second Lead Caring For Animals 

OR 

Antagonist Caring For Animals

Legend of Lin Ye (2023)

This Child Is Evil (2022)


x


x

 

21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Funeral Director

OR

Birth care (Postpartum care)

May I Help You (2022)

The Final Parting (2018)


x

Virtual Reality  

OR 

Ghosts

Drama Special Season 13: TV Cinema - Devil in the Lake (2022)

Murasaki Kagami (2010)


x



x

Corruption 

OR

Teamwork

WATCHER (2019)

The Devil's Deal (2023)


x


x

Friendly Game  

OR

Death Game

Imawa no Kuni no Alice Season 1 (2020)

The Werewolf Game: Death Game's Operator (2020)


x


x

Friendship

OR

Bullying

Akira and Akira (2022)

The Blood of Youth (2023)


x


22. Who Am I When I Am With You?

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Colleagues

OR

Inmates

Ameiro Paradox (2023)

Our Dating Sim (2023)


x


x

Bromance

OR 

Sismance

A League of Nobleman (2023)

Secrets in the Hot Spring (2018)


x


x

Parent-Child 

OR

Sibling

A Christmas Carol (2022)

Go Brother! (2018)



x


Assailant-Victim

OR

Student-Teacher

The Glory Part 2 (2023)

Taxi Driver Season 2 (2023)


x


x

Doctor-Patient 

OR

Soldier

Hansan: Rising Dragon (2022)

Fall In Love (2021)


x


x


Name and Cover 

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

23. It's Only Words in the Name 

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Celestial Body

OR  

Body Part 

Song of the Moon (2022)

The Wandering Earth II (2023)


x


x

Color

OR

Emotion 

Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)

Full River Red (2023)


x


x

Object 

OR

Verb

Ride On (2023)

Do Unto Others (2023)


x

x


Animal

OR

Number

The Eighth Sense (2023)

See You in My 19th Life (2023)


x


x

Season 

OR

Calendar-related word

April Fools (2015)


x


24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover   

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Domesticated Animal

OR

Wild Animal 

Gentleman (2022)



My Heart Puppy (2023)


x



x


Flower

OR 

Building 

The Glory Part 1 (2022)

Sword Master (2016)

x


x


Light Colors 

OR

Dark Colors

Inhuman Kiss (2019)


The Samejima Incident (2020)


x



x

Rainbow 

OR

Door

Contorted (2021)



Five Hundred Miles (2023)


x



x

Only Words 

OR 

Geometrical Shapes

Killing Romance (2023)


Target (2023)


x



x


Origin

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

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

25.  Countries of MDL

Progress: 

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

China

Are You Lonesome Tonight? (2021)

Too Beautiful to Lie (2023)


x



x

Hong Kong

Rigor Mortis (2013)

Hungry Ghost Ritual (2014)



Japan

Whisper of the Heart (2022)

Once Upon a Crime (2023)


x

x


Philippines

Hello, Love, Goodbye (2019)

She's Dating the Gangster (2014)



South Korea

Exist Within (2022)

The Assassin (2023)


x


x

Taiwan

Eye of the Storm (2023)

The Tag-Along (2015)


x

Thailand

Delete (2023)

The Con-Heartist (2020)


x

x


Treats

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

My Treats!

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


 


















MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet

Starting date: January 1, 2023

Link to your Drama list: Kkami_99's List

Progress Habitat: 4/6                     Currently: Dwarf Flying Squirrel                     Stage: Plains

Legend:                          Currently Watching    |    Watched    |    Plan to Watch


Taxonomy 

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 Mysterious Class

-> drama

✔️ 

on 03.01.23



MOVIE

OR

DRAMA SPECIAL

Lovely Writer Special Episode

-> special

✔️ 

on 09.01.23

Co-Produced 

OR 

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

The Trapped 13: How We Survived The Thai Cave

-> movie

-> co-production with U.S.A

✔️ 

on 04.01.23



Anthology

OR 

Omnibus

School Tales The Series

-> drama

✔️ 

on 02.01.23

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

Or

Adapted From a Novel / Book

Minato Shouji Coin Laundry

-> drama

-> adapted from a manga

✔️ 

on 14.01.23


2. Is it True?

Progress: 4/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Advertisement  

OR 

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

Undefeated

-> special

-> advertisement for video game "garena free fire"

✔️ 

on 05.01.23

Independent Film 

OR 

Propaganda

Hellbound

-> drama

✔️ 

on 01.08.23

Documentary Genre

OR

 Mockumentary

YG Future Strategy Office

-> drama

-> rewatched title (first time watched in 2018)

✔️ 

on 05.01.23

Adapted from Folklore 

OR 

Inspired by Real Events / Real Person

Hansel And Gretel

-> movie

✔️ 

on 13.02.23

Historical Fiction 

OR 

Historical genre  + tag Based on True Story

Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning

-> movie



3. All About the Gen(r)es  

Progress: 4/5

Choice of Route

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Historical 

OR 

Sci-Fi 

History5: Love From The Future

-> drama

✔️ 

on 20.05.23

Comedy 

OR

Tragedy

Love To Hate You

-> drama


Thriller

OR

Romance

Money Heist: Korea Part 1

-> drama

✔️ 

on 03.08.23

Youth 

OR

Political 

My School President

-> drama

✔️ 

on 19.03.23

Action 

OR

Life

Siren: Survive The Island

-> tv-show

✔️ 

on 31.07.23


Time is Relative

4. Year of Origin

Progress: 2/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

in 2023

OR

1940-1959

A Boss And A Babe

-> drama

✔️ 

on 20.05.23

1990-1999

OR

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

The Con-Heartist

-> movie

-> member: Jilly (2020)



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

Marry My Dead Body

-> movie (2022)

✔️ 

on 15.08.23


5. Duration of The Hike

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 Short Length Series

 OR

 Short Film 

 Our Dating Sim

-> drama

✔️ 

on 27.07.23

DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes 

Or

DRAMA with 30 episodes or more. 

Bokura No Micro Na Shuumatsu

-> drama

-> avg. 24 minutes

✔️ 

on 27.07.23

DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer.

 Bargain

-> drama

-> avg. 36 minutes

✔️ 

on 31.07.23

DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts 180 minutes or longer. 

The Warp Effect

-> drama

-> avg. 50 mins per episode

✔️ 

on 24.07.23

DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes

OR

DRAMA with 8 episodes or fewer.  

Ghost Host, Ghost House

-> drama

-> 8 episodes

✔️ 

on 26.07.23


The Chronicles of MDL 

7. Sharing is Caring

Progress: 2/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

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

OR

from the Watchlist of another user doing this challenge

Revenant

-> drama

-> member: chronoclast (list)

✔️ 

on 22.10.23

with less than 10,000 viewers

OR

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

Social Syndrome

-> drama

-> as of Jan 16, 2023: 803 watchers



DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list 

OR

DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list

Saneha Stories Season 4: Saneha Kap Cheewit

-> drama

-> 2 episodes


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

Zombieverse

-> tv-show

-> release: Aug 8, 2023

✔️ 

on 15.08.23


9. Your Fanciers and Westminsters

-> link the award/person's page.

*List with awards

Progress: 2/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

Award-winning

OR

by the same writer as one of your favorites







from an award-winning director

OR

that has one of your favorite actresses

Home School

-> drama

-> Cindy Sirinya Bishop



from an award-winning screenwriter

OR

that has one of your favorite actors

Ameiro Paradox

-> drama

-> Furumaya Tomoyuki (example: FIPRESCI Award at the 2001 Rotterdam Film Festival)

✔️ 

on 15.02.23

from an award-winning actor

OR

by the same director as one of your favorite titles

Bed Friend

-> drama

-> Cheewin Thanamin Wongskulphat ("Water Boyy")


from an award-winning actress

OR

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

Black Knight

-> drama

-> director: Cho Ui Seok

✔️ 

on 11.08.23


Getting up Close and Personal

11. Finding a Mate

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

 First Love 

OR 

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

Zom 100: Bucket List Of The Dead

-> movie

-> nudity, partial nudity, brief nudity

✔️ 

on 12.08.23

Age Gap [Drama Life]  

OR 

Classmates' Relationship 

Super Me

-> movie

✔️ 

on 15.08.23

features a Heterosexual relationship 

OR 

Same-Sex relationship

Laws Of Attraction

-> drama

✔️ 

on 11.09.23

 Enemies to Lovers 

OR 

Love at First Sight

Love Mate

-> drama

✔️ 

on 12.09.23

Nice Female Lead Male Lead 

OR 

Aggressive Female Lead/ Male  Lead

Love In Translation

-> drama

-> nice male lead

✔️ 

on 21.10.23


12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route  

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Slight Comedy 

OR

Black Comedy

The Ghost Bride

-> drama

✔️ 

on 15.02.23

Happy Ending 

OR 

features some type of Doomsday

Bloodhounds

-> drama

✔️ 

on 01.08.23

Tragic Past 

OR 

Sketch Comedy

Copycat Killer

-> drama

✔️ 

on 02.08.23

features a Celebration 

OR

Mourning

Moonlight Chicken

-> drama

✔️ 

on 06.08.23

 Healing 

OR

Suicide

The Guest

-> drama

✔️ 

on 11.08.23


The Main Attraction

18. What Are You?  

Progress: 2/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead 

OR 

Weak Female Lead / Weak Male Lead

Café Minamdang

-> drama

-> strong female lead


Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead 

OR

Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead

Bad Guys

-> drama

-> smart male lead

-> thai edition


Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead 

OR

Clingy Female Lead/Clingy Male Lead

Sell Your Haunted House

-> drama

-> cold female lead

✔️ 

on 14.02.23

Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead 

OR 

Poor Female Lead/Poor Male Lead 

Never Let Me Go

-> drama

-> poor male lead

✔️ 

on 19.03.23

Killer 

OR

Healer

Memoir Of A Murderer

-> movie



Origin

25.  Countries of MDL

Progress:  3/7

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

China

Vanguard



Hong Kong

Sakra



Japan

Tokyo Revengers

-> movie

✔️ 

on 21.10.23

Philippines




South Korea

Island



Taiwan

Kiseki: Dear To Me

-> drama

✔️ 

on 20.12.23

Thailand

Midnight Museum

-> drama

✔️ 

on 21.07.23


MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet

Starting date: January 1, 2023Link to my Dramalist: Goal: Level 3 - realistic goal

Personal goal: Level 7 - because it's my favorite animal :)
Animals Collected:



Progress Habitat: 22/25

Environment: Plains

 

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

 A. Web Series

OR

B.  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

B /

  1. ep72 World's Best Spring Fairy Contest part 1
  2. ep73 World's Best Spring Fairy Contest part 2
  3. ep74 The Biggest Winner part 1
  4. ep75 The Biggest Winner part 2
  5. ep76 Chef Kang's Cooking Secrets

✔ 8 jan

A. MOVIE

OR

B. DRAMA SPECIAL

A /

☆ 7.5/10

✔ 14 july

A. Co-Produced 

OR 

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

B / 


Actor Daniel Wu was born in California, US.

☆ 7/10


✔ 8 jan

A. Anthology 

OR 

B. Omnibus

A / 

☆ 6.5/10

✔ 16 sep

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

OR

B. Adapted From a Novel / Book

A / 

☆ 9/10

✔ 17 july


2. Is it True?

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

A. Advertisement  

OR 

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

B / 

☆ 8/10

✔ 13 feb

A. Independent Film 

OR 

B. Propaganda

A / 

☆ 7.5/10

✔ 12 feb

A. Documentary Genre

OR

 B. Mockumentary

A / 

☆ 8.5/106

✔ 4 jan

A. Adapted from Folklore 

OR 

B. Inspired by Real Events / Real Person

B / 

☆ 8/10

✔ 6 jan

A. Historical Fiction 

OR 

B. Historical genre  + tag Based on True Story

B / 

☆ 9.5/10

✔ 14 mar


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 

A. Historical 

OR 

B. Sci-Fi 

A / 

☆ 9/10

✔ 28 sep

A. Comedy 

OR

B. Tragedy

A / 

☆ 6.5/10

✔ 13 mar

A. Thriller

OR

B. Romance

A / 

☆ 7.5/10

✔ 8 oct

A. Youth 

OR

B. Political 

A / 

☆ 8/10

✔ 1 feb

A. Action 

OR

B. Life

B / 

☆ 8.5/10

✔ 1 oct


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

A. in 2023

OR

B. 1940-1959

A /

☆ 7/10

✔ 12 may

A. 1990-1999

OR

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

B / minks, who has excellent music taste, oh, and also joined November 7, 2018 :)

☆ 7.5/10

✔ 24 may

A. 2000-2010

OR

B. the month (not necessarily the year) you were born

A / 

☆ 3.5/10

✔ 27 apr

A. year generated by this website

OR

B. 1950-1969

A /

Got the generated list of
1993
2007
2010
2013
2015

choose to go with 2015

☆ 7/10

✔ 11 jun

A. 2017-2022

OR

B. 1970-1989

A / 

☆ 8.5/10

✔ 1 jun


5. Duration of The Hike

 Tutorial

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 A. Short Length Series

 OR

 B. Short Film 

 A /

☆ 6/10

✔ 2 feb

A. DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes 

OR

B. DRAMA with  30 episodes or more. 

A /

☆ 6.5/10

✔ 31 mar

A. DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes

OR

B. MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer.

 B / 

☆ 7.5/10

✔ 13 apr

A. DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes

OR

B. MOVIE that lasts  180 minutes or longer. 

B /

categorized as a drama but could be found in the referred custom list last year

☆ 7/10

✔ 12 apr

A. DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes

OR

B. DRAMA with 8 episodes or less.  

B / 

☆ 7.5/10

✔ 31 may


6. Time Can Be Confusing 

Progress: 4/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

A. Full second season of a DRAMA

OR 

B. Only 1 episode of a DRAMA

A / 

☆ 7/10

✔ 19 july

A. Different Timelines  

OR 

B. Time Loop

B / 


currently watching

A. Time Skip 

OR  

B. Time Travel

A / 

☆ 7.5/10

✔ 17 dec

A. Winter 

OR 

B. Summer

A / 

☆ 8.5/10

✔ 4 sep

A. Fall  

OR

B. Spring

B / 

☆ 6.5/10

✔ 22 oct


The Chronicles of MDL 

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

7. Sharing is Caring

Tutorials: 1  2  3

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

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

OR

B. from the Watchlist of another user doing this challenge

B /

on rvcruickshank's watchlist (as of 3/9)

☆ 8/10

✔ 13 nov

A. with less than 10,000 viewers

OR

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

B /
ranked #59 (as of 14/7)

☆ 8.5/10

✔ 4 jul

A. DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list 

OR

B. DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list

A /

☆ 8/10

✔ 19 jul

A. mentioned in the MDL Forums

OR

B. mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds)

A /

Mentioned in the forum: The last japanese movie you watched ~!! (LIKED IT OR NOT)

☆ 7.5/10

✔ 3 sep

A. with the newest release date in your PTW list

OR

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

A /

☆ 8.5/10

✔ 29 oct


8. Examined…

Tutorial

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

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

OR

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

A /

☆ 7.5/10

✔ 1 nov

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

OR

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

A / on the custom list "Anticipated Movies 2023"

☆ 8/10

✔ 10 aug

A. from your most viewed tags 

OR

B. from your least viewed genres under your profile stats

B / least viewed genre: documentary

☆ 6/10

✔ 15 nov

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

OR

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

Treat: Watch a title where a reunion takes place

☆ 8.5/10

✔ 15 nov

A. with over 10 Reviews

OR

B. with 0 Reviews when you started watching it

A / 

☆ 7.5/10

✔ 3 aug


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

A. Award-winning

OR

B. by the same writer as one of your favorites

B /

by Hospital Playlist and Reply 1994 writer Lee Woo Jung

☆ 7.5/10

✔ 9 may

A. from an award-winning director

OR

B. that has one of your favorite actresses

B /

with Lee Jung Eun

☆ 9/10

✔ 7 nov

A. from an award-winning screenwriter

OR

B. that has one of your favorite actors

B /

with Yoo Yeon Seok

☆ 9/10

✔ 14 sep

A. from an award-winning actor

OR

B. by the same director as one of your favorite titles

B /

with director Lee Yoo Yeon, from Light on Me

☆ 8/10

✔ 8 sep

A. from an award-winning actress

OR

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

B /

by director Kim Ah Young

☆ 7.5/10

✔ 3 dec


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 

A. Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back 

OR

B. Exorcism

B / 

☆ 6.5/10

✔ 18 july

A. Cohabitation 

OR

B. Long Distance Relationship

A / 

☆ 8.5/10

✔ 12 mar

A. Fluffy 

OR

B. Sexual Assault

A /

☆ 8/10

✔ 2 jan

A. Contract Relationship 

OR

B. Secret Relationship

B / 

☆ 7/10

✔ 30 aug

A. Opposites Attract 

OR

B. Domestic Abuse

 B / 

☆ 7/10

✔ 9 oct


11. Finding a Mate

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

 A. First Love 

OR 

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

B / 

☆ 6.5/10

✔ 3 jan

A. Age Gap [Drama Life]  

OR 

B. Classmates' Relationship 

A / 

☆ 6.5/10

✔ 13 nov

A. features a Heterosexual relationship  

OR 

B. Same-Sex relationship

B / 

☆ 8.5/10

✔ 21 aug

 A. Enemies to Lovers 

OR 

B. Love at First Sight

A / 

☆ 5.5/10

✔ 24 oct

A. Nice Female Lead / Nice Male Lead 

OR 

B. Aggressive Female Lead / Aggressive Male  Lead

A / 

☆ 7.5/10

✔ 26 oct


12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying

Progress: 2/5

Choice of Route  

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

A. Slight Comedy 

OR

B. Black Comedy

B / 

☆ 8/10

✔ 10 sep

A. Happy Ending 

OR 

B. features some type of Doomsday




A. Tragic Past 

OR 

B. Sketch Comedy




A. features a Celebration 

OR

B. Mourning

B / 

☆ 7.5/10

✔ 27 nov

A. Healing 

OR

B. Suicide





13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

A. features a Religious Leader 

OR

B. Some type of God

A / 

☆ 8.5/10

✔ 5 july

A. Misunderstanding 

OR

B. Character Development

A / 

☆ 7/10

✔ 12 dec

 A. Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot 

OR

B. LGBTQ+

B / 

☆ 8/10

✔ 10 july

A. Suspense 

OR 

B. Slow Burn Story / Slow Burn Romance

B / 

☆ 7.5/10

✔ 5 july

 A. Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead 

OR 

B. Discrimination

B / 

☆ 8/10

✔ 2 aug


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 

A. On a Field  

OR 

B. On a Cliff

B / 

☆ 10/10

✔ 18 jan

A. In the Woods 

OR

B. By the Sea

A /

☆ 8.5/10

✔ 31 jan

A. In a Jungle 

OR 

B. On a Rooftop

B /

☆ 9.5/10

✔ 6 jan

A. On a Mountain 

OR 

B. On an Island

B / 

☆ 7.5/10

✔ 20 feb

A. In a City 

OR

B. In a Small Town

B / 

☆ 9/10

✔ 6 feb


15. Humans Have So Many Things

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

A. An Umbrella 

OR

B. A Backpack

B /

☆ 8.5/10

✔ 14 may

A. A Truck  

OR

B. A Sports Car

B / 

☆ 8/10

✔ 9 jun

A. A Smartphone 

OR

B. A Phone Booth

B / 

☆ 9/10

 ✔ 3 sep

A. A Suit /Dress 

OR

B. A Hoodie

B / 

☆ 7.5/10

✔ 10 may

A. A Book 

OR

B. A Crossbow

B / 

☆ 7/10

✔ 10 apr


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 

A. Child Actor/Actress 

OR 

B. Veteran Actor/Actress 

B /

☆ 8.5/10

✔ 28 may

A. Idol actor/ Idol actress 

OR

B. Former Child Actor/Actress 

A / 

☆ 8/10

✔ 7 nov

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

OR

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

B / 

☆ 8.5/10

✔ 25 dec

A. Able Bodied 

OR

B. Living with a disability 

B / 

☆ 7.5/10

✔ 30 dec

A. Public Figure  

OR

B. Hidden Identity

A / 

☆ 6.5/10

✔ 10 dec


17. Camouflage?

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

A. Athlete 

OR 

B. Artist

A / 

☆ 8/10

✔ 11 sep

A. Glasses 

OR

B. Tattoos

B / 

☆ 8.5/10

✔ 9 july

A. Identity Swap 

OR

B. Body Swap

B / 

☆ 9.5/10

✔ 30 aug

A. Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead

OR 

B. Criminal Female Lead/Criminal Male Lead

B / 

☆ 10/10

✔ 29 oct

A. Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead

OR

B. Antihero/Antiheroine

B / 

☆ 8.5/10

✔ 6 mar


18. What Are You?  

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

A. Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead 

OR 

B. Weak Female Lead / Weak Male Lead

B / 

☆ 6.5/10

✔ 12 feb

A. Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead 

OR

B. Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead

B / 

☆ 8.5/10

✔ 2 apr

A. Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead 

OR

B. Clingy Female Lead/Clingy Male Lead

A / 

☆ 9/10

✔ 29 dec

A. Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead 

OR 

B. Poor Female Lead/Poor Male Lead 

B / 

☆ 7.5/10

✔ 9 july

A. Killer 

OR

B. Healer  

A / 

☆ 7.5/10

✔ 18 nov


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 

A. Pet  

OR 

B. Pest

A / 

☆ 8/10

✔ 21 aug

A. Talking Pet  

OR

B. Animal Death

B /

☆ 6/10

✔ 14 feb

A. Zoo animal  

OR

B. Farm Animal

A / 

☆ 7.5/10

✔ 15 oct

A. Veterinarian  

OR

B. Animal Control

A / 

☆ 8.5/10

✔ 7 sep

A. Romantic Ride on a Horse  

OR

B. Horse Ridden to Out to War

B /

☆ 6.5/10

✔ 25 jun


20. Where the Humans Are…

Progress: 4/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

A. Human Turns into an Animal   

OR

B. Animal turns into a Human

B / 

☆ 7/10

✔ 7 nov

A. Adorable animals 

OR 

B. Animal Attack

 A / 

☆ 7.5/10

✔ 28 nov

A. Animal in the Wild 

OR

B. Animal in a City

B / 

☆ 9/10

✔ 30 aug

A. Pet dressed in Clothes 

OR 

B. Animal Abuse

B / 

☆ 7/10

✔ 21 apr

A. Second Lead Caring For Animals 

OR 

B. Antagonist Caring For Animals




 

21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

A. Funeral Director 

OR

B. Birth care (Postpartum care)

B / 

☆ 9/10

✔ 29 may

A. Virtual Reality  

OR 

B. Ghosts

B / 

☆ 4.5/10

✔ 30 may

A. Corruption 

OR

B. Teamwork

A / 

☆ 7/10

✔ 15 oct

A. Friendly Game  

OR

B. Death Game

A / 

☆ 9/10

✔ 23 nov

A. Friendship 

OR

B. Bullying

A /

☆ 9.5/10

✔ 17 sep


22. Who Am I When I Am With You?

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

A. Colleagues 

OR

B. Inmates

A / 

☆ 7/10

✔ 9 feb

A. Bromance 

OR 

B. Sismance

A / 

☆ 8/10

✔ 19 mar

A. Parent-Child 

OR

B. Sibling 

A /

father-daughter relationship

☆ 7.5/10

✔ 15 may

A. Assailant-Victim 

OR

B. Student-Teacher

A / 

☆ 8/10

✔ 5 july

A. Doctor-Patient 

OR

B. Soldier

B / 

☆ 9.5/10

✔ 12 apr


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 

A. Celestial Body 

OR  

B. Body Part 

A / 

☆ 8.5/10

✔ 18 dec

A. Color 

OR

B. Emotion 

B / 

☆ 7.5/10

✔ 10 sep

A. Object 

OR

B. Verb 

B / 

☆ 9.5/10

✔ 18 aug

A. Animal

OR

B. Number 

B / 

☆ 8/10

✔ 15 aug

A. Season 

OR

B. Calendar-related word 

B / 

☆ 9.5/10

✔ 7 jan


24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover   

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

A. Domesticated Animal 

OR

B. Wild Animal 

A / 

☆ 7.5/10

✔ 13 mar

A. Flower 

OR 

B. Building 

A / 

☆ 8.5/10

✔ 26 mar

A. Light Colors 

OR

B. Dark Colors 

A / 

☆ 7.5/10

✔ 3 jan

A. Rainbow 

OR

B. Door 

A / 

☆ 7.5/10

✔ 7 jun

A. Only Words 

OR 

B. Geometrical Shapes 

A / 

☆ 7/10

✔ 15 oct


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

☆ 4.5/10

✔ 16 oct

Hong Kong

☆ 6/10

✔ 15 may

Japan

☆ 9/10

✔ 7 apr

Philippines

☆ 6.5/10

✔ 6 nov

South Korea

☆ 5.5/10

✔ 1 apr

Taiwan

☆ 7/10

✔ 12 feb

Thailand

☆ 4/10

✔ 26 apr


Treats

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

My Treats!

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

Watch a title where a reunion takes place

 

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

OR

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


☆ 8.5/10

✔ 15 nov
















-- reserved --

2023 MDL Watch Challenge Sign-up Sheet
 

Starting date: 1st of January 2023

Link to your Drama list: Spy's List

Progress Habitat:

Taxonomy 

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

1. Type

Progress:

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 Web Series

OR

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







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 /  Male Lead 

OR 

Aggressive  Female Lead / Male  Lead





12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying

Progress:

Choice of Route  

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Slight Comedy 

OR

Black Comedy




Happy Ending 

OR 

features some type of Doomsday




Tragic Past 

OR 

Sketch Comedy




features a Celebration 

OR

Mourning




 Healing 

OR

Suicide





13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

features a Religious Leader 

OR

Some type of God




Misunderstanding 

OR

Character Development




 Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot 

OR

LGBTQ+




Suspense 

OR 

Slow Burn Story / Slow Burn Romance




 Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead 

OR 

Discrimination






Significant details 

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

14. Where Are We?     

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

On a Field  

OR 

On a Cliff




In the Woods 

OR

By the Sea




In a Jungle 

OR 

On a Rooftop




On a Mountain 

OR 

On an Island




In a City 

OR

In a Small Town





15. Humans Have So Many Things

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

An Umbrella 

OR

A Backpack




A Truck  

OR

A Sports Car




A Smartphone 

OR

A Phone Booth



 

A Suit /Dress 

OR

A Hoodie




A Book 

OR

A Crossbow





The Main Attraction 

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

 16. Who Are We?

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Child Actor/Actress 

OR 

Veteran Actor/Actress 




Idol actor/ Idol actress 

OR

Former Child Actor/Actress 




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

OR

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




Able Bodied 

OR

Living with a disability 




Public Figure  

OR

Hidden Identity





17. Camouflage?

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Athlete 

OR 

Artist




Glasses 

OR

Tattoos




Identity Swap 

OR

Body Swap




Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead

OR 

Criminal Female Lead/Criminal Male Lead




Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead

OR

Antihero/Antiheroine





18. What Are You?  

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead 

OR 

Weak Female Lead / Weak Male Lead




Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead 

OR

Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead




Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead 

OR

Clingy Female Lead/Clingy Male Lead




Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead 

OR 

Poor Female Lead/Poor Male Lead 




Killer 

OR

Healer  





Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash

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

19. The Petting Zoo

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Pet  

OR 

Pest




Talking Pet  

OR

Animal Death




Zoo animal  

OR

Farm Animal




Veterinarian  

OR

Animal Control




Romantic Ride on a Horse  

OR

Horse Ridden to Out to War





20. Where the Humans Are…

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Human Turns into an Animal   

OR

Animal turns into a Human




Adorable animals 

OR 

Animal Attack




Animal in the Wild 

OR

Animal in a City




Pet dressed in Clothes 

OR 

Animal Abuse




Second Lead Caring For Animals 

OR 

Antagonist Caring For Animals




 

21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Funeral Director 

OR

Birth care (Postpartum care)




Virtual Reality  

OR 

Ghosts




Corruption 

OR

Teamwork




Friendly Game  

OR

Death Game




Friendship 

OR

Bullying





22. Who Am I When I Am With You?

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Colleagues 

OR

Inmates




Bromance 

OR 

Sismance




Parent-Child 

OR

Sibling 




Assailant-Victim 

OR

Student-Teacher




Doctor-Patient 

OR

Soldier





Name and Cover 

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

23. It's Only Words in the Name 

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Celestial Body 

OR  

Body Part 




Color 

OR

Emotion 




Object 

OR

Verb 




Animal

OR

Number 




Season 

OR

Calendar-related word 





24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover   

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Domesticated Animal 

OR

Wild Animal 




Flower 

OR 

Building 




Light Colors 

OR

Dark Colors 




Rainbow 

OR

Door 




Only Words 

OR 

Geometrical Shapes 





Origin

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

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

25.  Countries of MDL

Progress: 

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

China




Hong Kong




Japan




Philippines




South Korea




Taiwan




Thailand





Treats

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

My Treats!

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


 



















Starting date: January 1st, 2023 
Link to my drama list: 
LINK 
Habitats: 43
Routes: 242
My goal: 
Red panda - forest (41) 
Completed:
November 5th, 2023

                                                                        

1. Type

Progress: 2/2

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

Web series

OR

TV show

Battle Trip 2

TV show eps 6-32

13/07

The Return of Superman

TV show eps 457-489

20/08

Film

OR

Drama special

The Killer

Film

18/01

Gokushufudou Bakusho!

Drama special

10/06

Co-produced

OR

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

Confidential Assignment 2: International

Daniel Henney (American)

13/01

Stay

Co-produced

23/07

Anthology

OR

Omnibus

Summer Night Sky, Autumn Sunset, Winter Morning and Spring Breeze

Omnibus

13/01

Triple - Do You Want?

Omnibus

21/06

Adapted from a manga/manhwa/webtoon/comic

OR

Adapted from a novel/book

A Man and His Cat

Manga Ojisama to neko

07/01

Untold Scandal

Novel Les Liaisons dangereuses

31/05


2. Is it true?

Progress: 2/2

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

Advertisement

OR

Educational

Please Tell Me So

Blued advert

28/01

Koi Desu: Yankee-kun to Hakujou Garu

Educational

31/08

Independent film

OR

Propaganda

The Most Beautiful

Propaganda

19/01

Chul Soo

Independent film

17/08

Documentary genre

OR

Mockumentary

Hafu

Documentary

28/01

Cyber Hell

Documentary

01/07

Adapted from folklore

OR

Inspired by real events/person

Thai Cave Rescue

Tham Luang cave rescue

07/01

Chunhyang

Adapted from folklore

27/05

Historical fiction

OR

Historical genre tagged Based on true story

Queen for Seven Days

Historical fiction

08/03

Kingmaker

Historical based on a true story

21/05

                                                                               

3. All about the gen(r)es

Progress: 2/2

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

Historical

OR

Sci-fi

UMG

Sci-fi

04/06

To Sir, With Love

Historical

13/09

Comedy

OR

Tragedy

Dirty Laundry

Comedy

02/02

Wedding Plan

Comedy

30/08

Thriller

OR

Romance

Catch Me Baby

Romance

25/02

Perfect Partner

Romance

03/06

Youth

OR

Political

My School President

Youth

24/02

Hidden Agenda

Youth

24/09

Action

OR

Life

Never Let Me Go

Action

01/03

Alone in Love

Life

23/08

                                                                               

4. Year of origin

Progress: 2/2

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

2023

OR

1940-1959

Rashomon

1950

16/01

Tokyo in April Is...

2023

04/08

1990-1999

OR

The year a member on this page joined MDL

High School Teacher

1993

01/02

Manee Rao

1990

06/06

2000-2010

OR

The month you were born

Aragami

2003

18/02

IRIS

2009

12/08

Year generated by this website

OR

1950-1969

Throne of Blood

1957

19/01

Woman in the Dunes

1964

20/06

2017-2022

OR

1970-1989

Ran

1985

16/01

Legacy of Rage

1986

16/06

                                                                               

5. Duration of the hike

Progress: 2/2

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

Short length series

OR

Short film

Original Sin

Short film

18/01

Tuberose

Short film

22/04

Drama with 20-30 min eps

OR

Drama with 30 eps or more

XX

25 min

05/01

Stay by My Side

20 min

01/09

Drama with 30-40 min eps

OR

Film that lasts 90 min or longer

Tale of the Lost Boys

91 min

20/01

Forbidden Quest

139 min

03/06

Drama with 40-50 min eps

OR

Film that lasts 180 min or longer

Eternity

190 min

06/01

Show Me Love

43 min

13/06

Drama with at least one 60+ min ep

OR

Drama with 8 eps or less

The New Employee

7 eps

06/02

Sorry I Love You

70 min

13/06

                                                                               

6. Time can be confusing

Progress: 1/1

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

Full 2nd season of a drama

OR

Only 1 ep of a drama

Money Heist Korea 2

2nd season

12/01

Minato's Laundromat 2

2nd season

20/09

Different timelines

OR

Time loop

Tomorrow I'll Surely Love You Again

Time loop

06/05




Time skip

OR

Time travel

HIStory 5: Love in the Future

Time travel

05/03

609 Bedtime Story

Time travel

24/04

Winter

OR

Summer

Summer, Bus

Summer

16/02

My Blessing

Summer

15/04

Autumn

OR

Spring

Oh! My Assistant

Spring

13/02

Sing My Crush

Autumn

05/08

                                                                               

7. Sharing is caring

Progress: 1/1

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

On your PTW for longer than you can remember

OR

From the watchlist of another user doing this challenge

Animals

Rien's list

25/04

Fate

From my PTW list

23/05

With less than 10,000 viewers

OR

Ranked 1-1000

10 Years Ticket

4382 watchers

 08/02

Fork You Boss

118 watchers

19/08

Drama with the smallest number of eps in your PTW

OR

Drama with the highest number of eps in your PTW

Self

Smallest number (6 eps)

12/03




Mentioned in the MDL forums

OR

Mentioned in the MDL feeds

Grand Guignol

Treat: Transfer student

20/05




With the newest release date in your PTW

OR

With a release date older than the oldest title in your watchlist

Bloodhounds

Newest release date

16/06




                                                                               

8. Examined

Progress: 1/1

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

On your recommendations page

OR

Appearing in the 1st 5 pages of MDL home trailers section

Jack o' Frost

Link  (2nd page)

01/04




Found on a custom list

OR

Found on a voting list in the list index

Splash Splash LOVE

Link

11/05

Nineteen

Link

11/06

From your most viewed tags

OR

From your least viewed genres under your profile stats

Moonlight Chicken

Treat: Non-verbal communication

02/03




With sb or sth mentioned in a game on MDL

OR

Mentioned in an article on MDL

Us and Them

Link

19/04

Sinkhole

Link

21/06

With over 10 reviews

OR

With 0 reviews when you started watching it

The Colors of Our Time

0 reviews

15/02

Be My Favorite

60 reviews

11/08

                                                                               

9. Your fanciers and westminsters

Progress: 1/1

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

Award-winning

OR

By the same writer as one of your favs

A Taxi Driver

Best film (26th BFA, 54th GBA, 38th BDFA)

12/01

The Kinnaree Conspiracy

Parada Kantapattanakul (Duang Jai Akkanee)

09/09

From an award-winning director

OR

Has one of your fav actresses

Decision to Leave

Park Chan-wook (43rd BDFA, 75th CFF)

07/02




From an award-winning screenwriter

OR

Has one of your fav actors

The World of Us

Yoon Ga-eun (53rd BAA)

11/03

The Jungle

Nanon Korapat Kirdpan

12/09

From an award-winning actor

OR

By the same director as one of your favs

Broker

Song Kang-ho (75th CFF)

08/03




From an award-winning actress

OR

By a director/writer you haven’t seen anything from before

I Can Speak

Na Moon-hee (55th GBA, 54th BAA, 38th BDFA)

11/01




                                                                               

10. Kiss, f***, kill, exorcism

Progress: 2/2

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

Ex comes back

OR

Exorcism

Work from Heart

Ex comes back

12/04

Our Relationship Ended Before It Began

Ex comes back

16/02

Cohabitation

OR

Long distance relationship

My Beautiful Man 2

Cohabitation

01/03

My Personal Weatherman

Cohabitation

13/10

Fluffy

OR

Sexual assault

Sing in Love

Sexual assault

21/01

Dinosaur Love

Sexual assault

27/08

Contract relationship

OR

Secret relationship

Can't Help Falling in Love

Contract relationship

20/02

Hello Monster

Secret relationship

30/10

Opposites attract

OR

Domestic abuse

11th Mom

Domestic abuse

07/02

Under Your Bed

Domestic abuse

31/05

                                                                               

11. Finding a mate

Progress: 2/2

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

First love

OR

Nudity

Crazy Beautiful You

First love

21/02

Hit Bite Love

Nudity

25/02

Age gap (drama)

OR

Classmates relationship

May December Couple

Age gap

02/02

Step By Step

Age gap

08/07

Heterosexual relationship

OR

Same-sex relationship

Future

Gay relationship

30/04

The Luminous Solution

Gay relationship

01/07

Enemies to lovers

OR

Love at first sight

Destiny Seeker

Enemies to lovers

19/05

Dangerous Romance

Enemies to lovers

03/11

Nice F/M lead

OR

Aggressive F/M lead

Brain Works

Aggressive male lead

03/05

Bad Genius

Nice male lead

25/06

                                                                               

12. Laugh it off or die trying

Progress: 2/2

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

Slight comedy

OR

Black comedy

Midnight Motel

Black comedy

15/01

Mask Girl

Black comedy

28/08

Happy ending

OR

Doomsday

On the Way to the Airport

Happy ending

26/01

The End of the World With You

Doomsday

22/03

Tragic past

OR

Sketch comedy

The Director Who Buys Me Dinner

Tragic past

17/01

Rurouni Kenshin: The Final

Tragic past

27/09

Celebration

OR

Mourning

Cutie Pie 2 You

Wedding

27/01

Egoist

Funeral

21/08

Healing

OR

Suicide

Light

Healing

20/01

Love Mate

Healing

31/05

                                                                               

13. Seeing is believing and some other stuff

Progress: 2/2

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

Religious leader

OR

Some type of god

Handmade Love

Deity male lead

09/06

Narco-Saints

Priest male lead

24/05

Misunderstanding

OR

Character development

Sky and Ocean

Character development

03/06

What If My Best Friend Is a Lover?

Misunderstanding

03/06

F/M-centered plot

OR

LGBTQ+

Stranger's Love

LGBTQ+

13/01

Girls' Night Out

Female centered plot

31/05

Suspense

OR

Slow burn story/romance  

The Girl on a Bulldozer

Slow burn story

10/05

Happy End

Suspense

02/06

Popular F/M lead

OR

Discrimination

Tin Tem Jai

Discrimination

02/05

Black Knight

Discrimination

22/05

                                                                               

14. Where are we?

Progress: 2/2

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

On a field

OR

On a cliff

Chains of Heart

Cliff (fall)

22/04

My Love from the Stars

Cliff (car scene)

10/10

In the woods

OR

By the sea

The Eighth Sense

Sea (accident)

27/04

Home School

Forest around school grounds

04/08

In a jungle

OR

On a rooftop

Our Dating Sim

Rooftop (confession)

31/03

Made on the Rooftop

Rooftop

28/08

On a mountain

OR

On an island

Single's Inferno

Island

05/05

Siren: Survive the Island

Island

29/08

In a city

OR

In a small town

Little Forest

Small town

06/05

Naked Dinner

Small town

01/07

                                                                               

15. Humans have so many things

Progress: 2/2

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

An umbrella

OR

A backpack

Eternal Yesterday

Transparent umbrella (accident)

12/02

Loneliness Society

Yellow umbrella

18/07

A truck

OR

A sports car

Bed Friend

King's car (FWB deal)

22/04

Invisible Bedmate

Truck of doom

25/05

A smartphone

OR

A phone booth

Unlocked

Hacked smartphone

18/02

Midnight Museum

Phone booth (time travel)

04/04

A suit/dress

OR

A hoodie

Night in Paradise

Lilac hoodie (massacre)

07/02

House of Stars

Grey hoodie (accident)

17/07

A book

OR

A crossbow

xxxHolic

Doumeki’s bow (exorcism)

04/01

Mother

"The Runaway Bunny"

29/05

                                                                               

16. Who are we?

Progress: 2/2

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

Child actor

OR

Veteran actor

Mother

Maki Machida Sutthikulphanich

30/05

Love Beyond Frontier

Tai Penpak Sirikul

26/09

Idol actor

OR

Former child actor

Moonshine

Yoo Seung Ho (FCA)

05/05

Star Struck

Zuho (SF9)

08/06

Transgender identity

OR

Cisgender identity

Pee Nak

Transgender male lead

30/05

Pumpkin Time

Transgender female lead

28/08

Able bodied

OR

Living with a disability

The Day I Loved You

Nikko (ALS)

31/05

Love at the End of the World

Able bodied

20/06

Public figure

OR

Hidden identity

Once Again

Hidden identity

01/03

Secret Reunion

Hidden identity

07/06

                                                                               

17. Camouflage?

Progress: 1/1

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

Athlete

OR

Artist

Unintentional Love Story

Ceramic artist

14/04

My Beautiful Man: Eternal

Photographer, actor

17/08

Glasses

OR

Tattoos

Our Dining Table

Yutaka's glasses

08/06

The Way of the Househusband

Yakuza tattoos

10/06

Identity swap

OR

Body swap

Don Quixote

Body swap

27/05

Taste of Cat

Body swap

22/10

Cop F/M lead

OR

Criminal F/M lead

The Cinderella Addiction

Criminal female lead

07/06

Marry My Dead Body

Police officer male lead

14/08

Superhero F/M lead

OR

Antihero

My Name

Antihero

16/02




                                                                               

18. What are you?

Progress: 2/2

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

Strong F/M lead

OR

Weak F/M lead

Spiritwalker

Strong male lead

31/05

Mr Lipstick

Strong female lead

06/06

Smart F/M lead

OR

Naive F/M lead

Oasis

Smart male lead

10/06

Enigma

Smart female lead

06/08

Cold F/M lead

OR

Clingy F/M lead

All the Liquors

Cold male lead

24/03

Individual Circumstances

Cold male lead

11/02

Rich F/M lead

OR

Poor F/M lead

Bride for Rent

Rich male lead

24/02

The Servant

Poor male lead

01/06

Killer

OR

Healer

Hide and Seek

Serial killer

02/06

The Legacy of Dr Death: Black File

Medical serial killer

17/06

                                                                               

19. The petting zoo

Progress: 2/2

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

Pet

OR

Pest

Takahashi-kun from the Bike Shop

Tamotsu, a dog

17/01

The Miracle of Teddy Bear

Kuenchai, a dog

19/09

Talking pet

OR

Animal death

Message from the Mudflats

Talking mudskipper

14/04

Laws of Attraction

Animal death

02/09

Zoo animal

OR

Farm animal

The Good Bad Mother

Pigs

09/06

Mr Zoo: The Missing VIP

Panda, gorilla

26/09

Veterinarian

OR

Animal control

Love Can't Be Said

Veterinarian female lead

10/06

La Pluie

Veterinarian male lead

15/07

Romantic ride on a horse

OR

Horse ridden out to war

My Tooth Your Love

Horse ride ep 12

18/01

Be Mine Superstar

Horse ride ep 5

19/09

                                                                               

20. Where the humans are

Progress: 1/1

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

Human turns into an animal

OR

Animal turns into a human

My Woofy Poofy Love

Dog-man shapeshifter

11/05

The Fabulous Gentleman Cat

Cat-man shapeshifter

22/10

Adorable animals

OR

Animal attack

Chaw

Man-eating boar

27/05

Naughty Babe

Nong, a cute dog

21/10

Animal in the wild

OR

Animal in a city

Till the End of the World

Penguins in Arctica

12/01

Date of Marriage

Fishes in the aquarium

01/10

Pet dressed in clothes

OR

Animal abuse

My Story

Chukchuk and other dogs

17/06

The Isle

Animal abuse

20/06

SL caring for animals

OR

Antagonist caring for animals

Goblin

Treat: Supernatural being

13/07




                                                                               

21. Friendly ways to live or die

Progress: 1/1

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

Funeral director

OR

Birth care

Departures

Ritual mortician

23/02




Virtual reality

OR

Ghosts

Jung_E

Virtual reality

28/04

Love Lie Haunt: The Haunted Corpse

Ghosts

26/04

Corruption

OR

Teamwork

Gangnam Blues

Corruption

30/05

Quantum Physics

Corruption

29/08

Friendly game

OR

Death game

Alice in Borderland 2

Death game

14/02

Battle Royale

Death game

02/10

Friendship

OR

Bullying

Past-senger

Friendship

25/05

One Piece

Friendship

03/09

                                                                               

22. Who am I when I am with you?

Progress: 2/2

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

Colleagues

OR

Inmates

Candy Color Paradox 

Co-workers relationship

11/02

Prison Playbook

Inmates

04/09

Bromance

OR

Sismance

Out of Breath

Sismance

15/02

Hook

Bromance

06/06

Parent-child

OR

Siblings

Kill Bok Soon

Mother-daughter relationship

11/04

Moebius

Father-son relationship

21/06

Assailant-victim

OR

Student-teacher

Me, My Husband and His Boyfriend

Student-teacher relationship

18/04

Portrait of a Beauty

Student-teacher relationship

30/05

Doctor-patient

OR

Soldier

Fly Me to Polaris

Doctor-patient relationship

23/05

D.P.

Soldiers

03/09

                                                                               

23. It’s only words in the name

Progress: 2/2

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

Celestial body

OR

Body part

A Shoulder to Cry On

Body part

01/04

My Lucky Star

Celestial body

05/11

Colour

OR

Emotion

Happy Merry Ending

Emotion

18/05

Yellow River Aria

Colour

03/06

Object

OR

Verb

Green Chair

Object

30/05

Love Tractor

Object

28/06

Animal

OR

Number

Project Wolf Hunting

Animal

15/04

Roommates of Poongduck 304

Number

30/04

Season

OR

Calendar-related word

Maundy Thursday

Calendar-related

23/05

Moonlit Winter

Season

20/06

                                                                               

24. Pretty pictures on the cover

Progress: 2/2

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

Domesticated animal

OR

Wild animal

Marathon

Zebra (wild)

11/05

Return to Dust

Swallows (wild)

29/07

Flower

OR

Building

My Love My Bride

Bouquet

23/05

Jun and Jun

Building

07/09

Light colours

OR

Dark colours

Railway Heroes

Dark colours

20/04

Daisho

Dark colours

17/07

Rainbow

OR

Door

My Brother's Husband

Door + rainbow (flag)

11/04

All of Us Are Dead

Door

22/10

Only words

OR

Geometrical shapes

Mother Is a Whore

Only words

25/05

Our Skyy 2

Geometrical shapes

08/06

                                                                                                           

25. Countries of MDL

Progress: 2/2

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

China

Look Into His World


24/04

Stay With Me


12/08

Hong Kong

My Prince Edward


24/04

Love in Time


24/05

Japan

Crazy Samurai Musashi


18/02

What Did You Eat Yesterday?


01/06

Philippines

Inseparable


13/01

The Promise


15/06

South Korea

Afraid of


15/02

Going My Home


22/04

Taiwan

Moneyboys


18/02

Our Times


18/06

Thailand

Our First Time


30/01

Senior Love Me?


14/07


My Treats

Plains  3/5  

Forest  0/4  

Route

Essential

Substitute for

Notes

Completed

Non-verbal communication

Moonlight Chicken

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

Sign language

02/03

Transfer student 

Grand Guignol

Mentioned in the MDL forums
OR
Mentioned in the MDL feeds

Homura Itsuki

20/05

Supernatural being
 

Goblin

SL caring for animals
OR
Antagonist caring for animals

Dokkaebi, grim reapers, ghosts
 

13/07

MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet
 

Starting date: January 1, 2023 (PST)

Link to your Drama list: LuckyNine12's Drama List

Progress Habitat: 23/25 (Formosan Black Bear-Plains) + Tiger Badge

 

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Taxonomy 

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

1. Type

Progress: 5/3

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

IZ*ONE Eat-Ing Trip Season 3 (2021)

Xia Ye Zhi Dao Feng De Tian (2023)



Apr 4

Oct 4

MOVIE

OR

DRAMA SPECIAL

Kamen Rider Jeanne & Kamen Rider Aguilera with Girls Remix (2022)

Kamen Rider Revice: Battle Familia (2022)



Mar 5

Oct 4

Co-Produced 

OR 

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

Bookworm Beauty (2021)

Vu Nguyen Viet Linh

Feb 10

Anthology 

OR 

Omnibus

i STORIES (2018)

The Cheese Sisters (2022)



Mar 5

Apr 26

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

Or

Adapted From a Novel / Book

Invert: Jozuka Hisui Toujoshu (2022)



Apr 3


2. Is it True?

Progress: 5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Advertisement  

OR 

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

The Imprisoned Canary (2023)


May 15

Independent Film 

OR 

Propaganda

Our Body (2019)


May 11

Documentary Genre

OR

 Mockumentary

Dancing Cat (2011)


May 11

Adapted from Folklore 

OR 

Inspired by Real Events / Real Person

The Servant (2010)


May 9

Historical Fiction 

OR 

Historical genre  + tag Based on True Story

Phantom (2023)


May 7


3. All About the Gen(r)es  

Progress: 5/1

Watch a title from one of the following genres

Choice of Route. 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Historical 

OR 

Sci-Fi 

New Life Begins (2022)


Aug 4

Comedy 

OR

Tragedy

Jiken wa, Sono Mawari de Okite iru (2022)

vietsub

Jun 4

Thriller

OR

Romance

Duty After School: Part 1 (2023) 

what was that ending in part 2

Apr 21

Youth 

OR

Political 

The High School Heroes (2021)


May 3

Action 

OR

Life

A Girl Like Me (2021)

Maiko-san Chi no Makanai-san (2023)


Aug 2

Oct 31


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

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

in 2023

OR

1940-1959

Lightning (1952)



Apr 15

1990-1999

OR

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

Power Rangers Dino Force Brave (2017)

Weantelle's MDL 2023 Form

May 1

2000-2010

OR

the month (not necessarily the year) you were born

Doomsday Book (2012)

April

Apr 16

year generated by this website

OR

1950-1969

Manji (1964)



Apr 13

2017-2022

OR

1970-1989

Himitsu Sentai Goranger (1975)



Apr 28


5. Duration of The Hike

 Tutorial

Progress:5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 Short Length Series

 OR

 Short Film 

 Nv Er Hong (2023)



Jun 11

DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes 

Or

DRAMA with  30 episodes or more. 

Kamen Rider Geats (2022)


Dec 8

DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer.

Die Now (2017)


Nov 8

DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts  180 minutes or longer. 

The Knockout (2023)


Nov 20

DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes

OR

DRAMA with 8 episodes or less.  

Kairos (2020)


May 6


6. Time Can Be Confusing 

Progress: 5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Full second season of a DRAMA

OR 

Only 1 episode of a DRAMA

To Me to You (2021)


Apr 4

Different Timelines  

OR 

Time Loop

Reset (2022)


Feb 2

Time Skip 

OR  

Time Travel

Someday or One Day (2019)


Apr 6

Winter 

OR 

Summer

Summer Guys (2021)


Apr 21

Fall  

OR

Spring

Orange (2015)


Apr 17


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

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

About Sam (2020)

Nogizaka46

Oct 24

with less than 10,000 viewers

OR

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

Reset Life (2019)



Nov 1

DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list 

OR

DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list

Love Songs Love Stories: Pae Jai (2015)



Oct 11

mentioned in the MDL Forums

Or

mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds)

Mistress - Onnatachi no Himitsu (2019)

GL Drama Lovers Club

Oct 23

with the newest release date in your PTW list

OR

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

Sisters Who Make Waves Season 4 (2023)

Aired: May 5 2023

Sep 6


8. Examined…

Tutorial

Progress: 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)

HK: Forbidden Superhero (2013)

https://mydramalist.com/recommendations/supernatural

Sep 13

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).

You Are the Cream in My Coffee (2023)

COLLECTION: H'our Channel GL Productions
VOTING: Favorite Sapphic Main Couples (Drama Edition)

Jun 14

from your most viewed tags 

Or

from your least viewed genres under your profile stats

Desire Catcher (2023)

Friendship

Nov 6

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)

Silenced (2011)

Best dark themed drama/movie

Soju's Top Thai Novel Adaptations

Sep 6

with over 10 Reviews

OR

with 0 Reviews when you started watching it

Uchi no Musume wa, Kareshi ga Dekinai!! (2021)
Welcome to Toei Slaughterhouse (2021)

vietsub

Oct 19


9. Your Fanciers and Westminsters

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

*List with awards

Progress: 5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

Award-winning

OR

by the same writer as one of your favorites

The Glory Part 2 (2023)

59th Baeksang Arts Awards

May 10

from an award-winning director

OR

that has one of your favorite actresses

Extraordinary Attorney Woo (2022)

Yoo In Shik (59th Baeksang Arts Awards )

Nov 21

from an award-winning screenwriter

OR

that has one of your favorite actors

Bao Bao (2018)

Angel Teng

Jun 4

from an award-winning actor

OR

by the same director as one of your favorite titles

Imawa no Kuni no Alice (2020)

Yamazaki Kento

Nov 22

from an award-winning actress

OR

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

Feel Good to Die (2018)

Baek Jin Hee

Sep 13


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

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back 

OR

Exorcism

Island (2022)


Nov 30

Cohabitation 

OR

Long Distance Relationship

Bye, Us (2020)

MNL48

Nov 23

Fluffy 

OR

Sexual Assault

Mouse (2021)


Sep 29

Contract Relationship 

OR

Secret Relationship

The Greatest Love (2016)


May 8

Opposites Attract 

OR

Domestic Abuse

My Broken Mariko (2022)


May 10


11. Finding a Mate

Progress: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

Spider Lilies (2007)

Rainie Yang

Nov 1

Age Gap [Drama Life]  

OR 

Classmates' Relationship 

Socho Shihatsu no Sappukei (2022)


Dec 7

features a Heterosexual relationship  

OR 

Same-Sex relationship

Farewell Song (2019)

Gen Z (2023)


Nov 10

 Enemies to Lovers 

OR 

Love at First Sight

When I Fly Towards You (2023)


Dec 10

Nice Female Lead /  Male Lead 

OR 

Aggressive  Female Lead / Male  Lead

You Raise Me Up (2021)

Koto no Ha (2020)


Dec 7


12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying

Progress:5

Choice of Route  

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Slight Comedy 

OR

Black Comedy

Under the Queen's Umbrella (2022)


Dec 14

Happy Ending 

OR 

features some type of Doomsday

Glitch (2022)


Jul 1

Tragic Past 

OR 

Sketch Comedy

The Ingenuity of the House Husband (2021)


Dec 7

features a Celebration 

OR

Mourning

Haru no Noroi (2021)


Dec 9

 Healing 

OR

Suicide

Alice, the Final Weapon (2022)

Soratobu Kouhoushitsu (2013)


Dec 8


13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff

Progress:5/1

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

features a Religious Leader 

OR

Some type of God

The Origin of Eternity (2022)


Oct 20

Misunderstanding 

OR

Character Development

Black Dog (2019)


May 15

 Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot 

OR

LGBTQ+

IS - Otoko Demo Onna Demo Nai Sei (2011)


Sep 18

Suspense 

OR 

Slow Burn Story / Slow Burn Romance

Our Love Story (2016)

Zombieverse (2023)


Jun 3

Aug 13

 Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead 

OR 

Discrimination

Sa Bang Ji (1988)


May 3



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:2/1

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

On a Field  

OR 

On a Cliff

Restaurant From The Sky (2019)



In the Woods 

OR

By the Sea

The Director Who Buys Me Dinner (2022)



In a Jungle 

OR 

On a Rooftop

Arthdal Chronicles Part 1: The Children of Prophecy (2019)



On a Mountain 

OR 

On an Island

Star and Sky: Sky in Your Heart (2022)

Siren: Survive the Island (2023)


Nov 30

Dec 31

In a City 

OR

In a Small Town

The Wave Makers (2023)


May 23


15. Humans Have So Many Things

Progress:5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

An Umbrella 

OR

A Backpack

The Classic (2003)


Dec 13

A Truck  

OR

A Sports Car

Eien no Kinou (2022)

truck-kun

Dec 16

A Smartphone 

OR

A Phone Booth

Unlocked (2023)


 Dec 15

A Suit /Dress 

OR

A Hoodie

The Tuxedo (2022)


Dec 12

A Book 

OR

A Crossbow

Moonlight (2021)


Dec 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:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Child Actor/Actress 

OR 

Veteran Actor/Actress 

Ototo no Otto (2018)


Dec 24

Idol actor/ Idol actress 

OR

Former Child Actor/Actress 

A Business Proposal (2022)


Jun 10

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 Fallen Leaf (2019)


Dec 24

Able Bodied 

OR

Living with a disability 

The Tale of Nokdu (2019)


Dec 26

Public Figure  

OR

Hidden Identity

Sleepless Society: Insomnia (2019)


Dec 31


17. Camouflage?

Progress:5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Athlete 

OR 

Artist

As One (2012)


Sep 14

Glasses 

OR

Tattoos

Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero (2023)


Dec 3

Identity Swap 

OR

Body Swap

Masquerade (2012)


May 11

Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead

OR 

Criminal Female Lead/Criminal Male Lead

Kyoso no Bannin (2022)


Dec 1

Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead

OR

Antihero/Antiheroine

Gekisou Sentai Carranger (1996)

Invisible (2022)


Dec 5


18. What Are You?  

Progress: 5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead 

OR 

Weak Female Lead / Weak Male Lead

Kill Bok Soon (2023)


Jun 1

Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead 

OR

Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead

Tengoku to Jigoku: Psychona Futari (2021)


May 12

Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead 

OR

Clingy Female Lead/Clingy Male Lead

Shin Kamen Rider (2023)

Hamabe Minami

Sep 13

Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead 

OR 

Poor Female Lead/Poor Male Lead 

Extracurricular (2020)


Oct 6

Killer 

OR

Healer  

Hitsuji to Okami no Koi to Satsujin (2019)


Sep 17


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

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Pet  

OR 

Pest

Hello Again! (2019)


Dec 2

Talking Pet  

OR

Animal Death

Gou Gou, the Cat (2014)


Jun 18

Zoo animal  

OR

Farm Animal

Once Upon a Small Town (2022)


Dec 6

Veterinarian  

OR

Animal Control

The Cat (2011)


Jun 14

Romantic Ride on a Horse  

OR

Horse Ridden to Out to War

Oh My General (2017)


Nov 26


20. Where the Humans Are…

Progress:5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Human Turns into an Animal   

OR

Animal turns into a Human

I'm a Pet At Dali Temple (2018)

Cats

Jun 26

Adorable animals 

OR 

Animal Attack

A Tale of Mari and Three Puppies (2007)


May 7

Animal in the Wild 

OR

Animal in a City

Return to the Wolves (2017)


Aug 5

Pet dressed in Clothes 

OR 

Animal Abuse

Back (2022)

Dogs

Nov 10

Second Lead Caring For Animals 

OR 

Antagonist Caring For Animals

Unforgettable Love (2021)


Nov 29

 

21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die

Progress:2

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Funeral Director 

OR

Birth care (Postpartum care)

Unnatural (2018)



Virtual Reality  

OR 

Ghosts

Re:verse (2023)

He's Coming to Me (2019)


Nov 10

Corruption 

OR

Teamwork

Luoyang (2021)

gg

Phong Khởi Lạc Dương

Dec 30

Friendly Game  

OR

Death Game

Our Dating Sim (2023)



Friendship 

OR

Bullying

Sensei wo Kesu Houteishiki (2020)




22. Who Am I When I Am With You?

Progress:5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Colleagues 

OR

Inmates

2037 (2022)


May 10

Bromance 

OR 

Sismance

17.3 About a Sex (2020)

Grand Blue (2020)


Dec 25

Parent-Child

OR

Sibling 

Cupid's Last Wish (2022)


Dec 15

Assailant-Victim 

OR

Student-Teacher

Kuzu no Honkai (2017)


Dec 20

Doctor-Patient 

OR

Soldier

Anti-Terrorism Special Forces: The Wolves (2019)

vietsub

Jul 15


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

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Celestial Body 

OR  

Body Part 

Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan (1981)


Nov 16

Color 

OR

Emotion 

Kamen Rider Black Sun (2022)


Nov 12

Object 

OR

Verb 

Lemon vs Melon (2023)


Aug 5

Animal

OR

Number 

How to Break up with My Cat (2016)


May 6

Season 

OR

Calendar-related word 

It's a Summer Film (2021)


May 8


24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover   

Progress: 5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Domesticated Animal 

OR

Wild Animal 

You and Me (2011)


Jun 2

Flower 

OR 

Building 

The Only You (2021)


Nov 17

Light Colors

OR

Dark Colors 

Gou Gou, the Cat 2: Good Good The Fortune Cat (2016)


Jun 19

Rainbow 

OR

Door 

Numaru. Minato-ku Joshikosei (2023)


Nov 12

Only Words

OR 

Geometrical Shapes 

I Like You, Unnie (2022)


Oct 2


Origin

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

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

25.  Countries of MDL

Progress: 7

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

China

Under the Skin (2022)


Oct 10

Hong Kong

Love Actually... Sucks! (2011)


May 7

Japan

Kataomoi (2017)


Oct 3

Philippines

Sleep With Me (2022)


Aug 9

South Korea

Blind (2022)


Sep 16

Taiwan

Wrath of Desire (2020)

vietsub

Jun 1

Thailand

The Dreamer: Condo/Barista/Architect (2016)

vietsub

Sep 30


Treats

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

My Treats!

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

Body transformation (not into an animal)

Great Men Academy (2019)




Christmas Setting
4 Reasons Why I Hate Christmas (2019)



Dec 24

iyashikei + traveling

Tetsu Ota Michiko, 2 Man Kiro (2022)




Mixed Live Action-Animation

Gudetama: An Eggcellent Adventure (2022)





MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet


Starting date: January 1, 2023

Link to your Drama list: My List

Progress Habitat: Stage ➜ Plain: 10/10 (52/50+) - Animal ➜ Japanese Marten


Taxonomy

1. Type

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

TV SHOW (At least 5 episodes.)

We Became a Family

Full show (8 episodes)

April 12

DRAMA SPECIAL

Code Blue Special


April 30

Co-Produced

One Piece


November 25

Anthology

Our Skyy 2


October 22

Adapted from a manga

Ameiro Paradox


February 24


3. All About the Genres

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Completed

Historical

Tale of the Nine-Tailed 1938

October 10

Comedy

Legend of Lin Ye

February 13

Romance

La pluie

July 29

Youth

My Beautiful Man: Eternal

November 8

Action

Island Part 2

March 15


Time is Relative

4. Year of Origin

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

2023

Love Tractor


October 31

The year a member on this page joined MDL

Junkyouju Takatsuki Akira no Suisatsu S2

LuckyNine12 
(2021)

October 29

2000-2010

Taiikukan Baby

2008November 4

Year generated by this website

Tantei Gakuen Q

2007

November 21

2017-2022

Touken Ranbu

2019

April 9


5. Duration of The Hike

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 Short Length Series

 Xian Zun Jin Tian Xi Bai Le Ma

3 min

January 22

DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes

Taikan Yoho

24 min

October 13

DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes

Unintentional Love Story

35 min

April 16

DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes

The Blood of Youth

45 min

April 23

DRAMA with 8 episodes or less

One Room Angel

6 eps

November 24


The Chronicles of MDL

9. Your Fanciers and Westminsters

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

By the same writer as one of your favorites

S: Saigo no Keikan

Furuya Kazunao ("Ouroboros")

December 9

From an award-winning director

The Hound of the Baskervilles: Sherlock the Movie


Nishitani Hiroshi

February 4

That has one of your favorite actors

Zenra Meshi

Goto Yutaro


August 1

From an award-winning actor

 Kamen Rider Build the Movie: Be the One

Akaso Eiji

October 17

By a director you haven't seen anything from beforeBump Up BusinessLee Chang HanOctober 29


Getting up Close and Personal

10.  Kiss, F***, Kill, Exorcism…

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Completed

Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back

Moonlight Chicken

March 2

Cohabitation

Utsukushii Kare Season 2

February 28

Sexual Assault

Saiai

October 8

Secret Relationship

Kieta Hatsukoi

November 28

Opposites Attract

 Semantic Error

March 21


13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Completed

Features a Religious Leader

Island

February 12

Misunderstanding

A Breeze of Love

November 18

LGBTQ+

Cutie Pie 2 You

January 28

Suspense

Fullmetal Alchemist 2: Revenge Scar

November 30

Discrimination

Born With It

February 6


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

Inmates

A Christmas Carol


January 21

Bromance

Tabikurage Tantei Nikki


May 7

Sibling

My Tooth Your Love

Brother-Sister relationship

January 20

Student-Teacher

Marmalade Boy


December 2

Doctor-Patient

Code Blue


24 April


Name and Cover

23. It's Only Words in the Name

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

Body Part

Painted Skin: The Guo Jingming Edition

"Skin"

November 9

Color

Black Night Parade

"Black"

November 1

Object

Bed Friend

"Bed"

April 22

Number

3-Nen Tatsu-Gumi Gokushufu Sensei

"3"

April 22

Season

Our Winter

"Winter"

April 23


Origin

25.  Countries of MDL

Progress: 7/7

Route

Essentials

Completed

China

Stand by Me

October 27

Hong Kong

A Simple Life

November 26

Japan

Tokyo MER: Hashiru Kinkyuukyuumeishitsu

March 5

Philippines

Meet Me Outside

November 6

South Korea

Undercover

February 7

Taiwan

Goodnight, My Dear

December 9

Thailand

Midnight Museum

April 4


Treat

My Treats!

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

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