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MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet

Starting date
January 1, 2023

Goal
35

Essentials
177


Finished Habitats

35 (Full Country)


Taxonomy 

1. Type

Progress:

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 Web Series

Tie The Not---8/24

MOVIE

Double TownDocumentary Film
2/25

Co-Produced 

Our WinterThailand and South Korea3/26

Anthology 

140 Ji no Koi---11/14

Adapted from a manga

Ameiro ParadoxSource Manga2/09

 

2. Is it True?

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Advertisement  

Your Ship is RealAd for Sofy Period Underwear 1/27

Independent Film 

Hotamaru DaysArthouse Film2/01

Documentary Genre

Midnight Series Special ExclusiveDocumenting the start to finish process of working on the 3 dramas under the midnight series2/01

Adapted from Folklore

Chung Hyang11/05

Historical Fiction 

Couple of Mirrors---10/12

 

3. All About the Gen(r)es  

Progress:

Choice of Route. 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Historical 

Dong Lan Xue

Demon Emperor's Little Matchmaker
---6/04

10/05

Comedy 

Oh My Boss

App War
---3/07

10/25

Thriller

Romance

Secret Reunion

What Did You Eat Yesterday (The Movie)
---10/05

10/04

Youth 

Pond, Fish

I Can't Reach You
Characters are all in High School3/07

11/09

Action 

Life

Black Knight

What Did You Eat Yesterday Season 1
---6/17

9/24

 

Time is Relative

4. Year of Origin   

Progress:  

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

in 2023

You Are The Cream in my Coffee

Lucky My Love
---4/08


12/13

1990-1999


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

That's Cunning! Shijo Saidai no Sakusen

You Were Once My Light

1996


2021: Emmy
11/25

11/01

2000-2010


the month (not necessarily the year) you were born

Just Friends?

Tenohira no Puzzle
2009

February
11/26

9/20

year generated by this website

The Library 

The Right Man: Because I Love You
Sunday, 17 March 2013

Wednesday, 2 November 2016
3/17

4/12

2017-2022

Dear Karl

Be Loved In House: Special
2020

2021
1/26

7/0
9

 

5. Duration of The Hike

Progress:

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 Short Length Series


Service Charge

5m3/05

DRAMA w 20-30 minute eps

Shinya Shokudo/Midnight Diner 230m1/20

MOVIE that lasts 90+

Takumi-kun Series 1: And The Spring Breeze Whispers

1h15m4/10

DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes

A Boss and a Babe43m05/21

DRAMA with 8 episodes or less.  

My Beautiful Man Season 2---2/28

 

6. Time Can Be Confusing 

Progress: 

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Only 1 episode of a DRAMA

Longing for You

Miraculous Brothers
---8/01

07/??

Time Loop

Anecdotes of the Yellow River

A Chinese Odyssey 1
One of the tomb challenges

Towards the end of the film.
7/25

9/19

Time Skip 

Remember Me


Spouse Lottery
This story takes place over 20+ years, it is full of time
skips.

Time skip of a few years
1/08


10/22

Winter

Summer

Sui

Our Skyy 2: The Eclipse
---2/03

5/04

Spring


Fall

TharnType 2 Special Episode

We're Not Trash
On and leading up to April 2nd

---
11/02

01/04

 

The Chronicles of MDL 

7. Sharing is Caring

Progress:

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

Has been on your PTW for longer
than you can remember


from the Watchlist of another user doing this challenge

Lupin no
Musume


8.2 Byo no Hosoku
---

User: DyingCamellia
11/24


3/12

Less than 10,000 viewers

The Demonic Lord and the Virtuous Cultivator

Anonymous High School Girl
161 Watchers



301 Watchers

1/27



3/26

DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list 

The Love of Winter

2BB

---
11/08

10/06

Mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds)

mentioned in the MDL Forums 

Gameboys Out in the Open

Lei & Mar
Post


Forum
1/26


11/16

The newest release date in your PTW list

If It's With You

Jun and Jun
---11/7

9/07

 

8. Examined…

Progress: 

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

On your Recommendations page

Key Love---11/14

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

Love of Secret
List12/05

From your most viewed tags

First KissTags:
LGBTQ+
Short Film
Friends-To Lovers
3/05

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

Kill Bok SoonArticle4/02

With 0 Reviews when you started watching it

Like a Movie
---9/19

 

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

By the same writer as one of your favorites

Because I Don't Want to Go HomeKim Tae Wook (Kiss Goblin)11/14

That has one of your favorite
actresses

You Are My GloryDilraba3/14

That has one of your favorite
actors

Make A WishErek Lin2/02

By the same director as one of
your favorite titles

Girl Next Room: 
Security Love
P'Nuchy
(Not Me)
11/01

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

Two Lights: ReluminoDirector: Hur Jin Ho (AND the writers)2/02

 

Getting up Close and Personal 

10.  Kiss, F***, Kill, Exorcism…

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Ex-Girlfriend 
Comes Back 

Suddenly, 
I Miss You

Our Relationship Ended Before It Began
Prin/Preen is
Big's ex-girlfriend


Yoon Ah's Ex
1/13


3/26

Long Distance 
Relationship


Cohabitation

Put Your Head on My Shoulder


Be Loved In House
ML goes abroad to China for a research scholarship, while FL stays in Bangkok

Both MLs
2/10



7/5

Fluffy 

Sexual Assault

My School President

Bed Friend
---2/24

4/23

Secret Relationship

Bad Buddy

Wedding Plan
---6/02

6/05

Opposites Attract 

 All the Liquors

Lemon vs Melon

---3/23

05/20

 

 

12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying

Progress:

Choice of Route  

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Black Comedy

Don't Call it Mystery
---12/09

features some type of
Doomsday

Man in the Well---11/14

Tragic Past 

Between UsCharacter: Team1/29

features a
Celebration 

Love Is Science?Birthday activities, Baby Shower, Engagement3/15

 Healing 

Nv Er Hong---4/01

 

13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Some type of God

Handmade Love---11/10

Character Development

A Piece of Your Mind---7/22

Female-Centered Plot

Welcome to the Lesbian Bar---4/03

Suspense

The Master Plan---10/09

Popular Male Lead

Eighth SenseJae Won4/26

 

Significant details 

14. Where Are We?     

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Date

In a Field


On A Cliff

SisterS

TharnType S1 Special Episode
At the end of the film, Veena finally catches sight of her sister on the other side of a field after a lengthy time searching for her after the final battle. Getting that final confirmation that she is indeed alive.

Kiss scene / Type tells Tharn that he will never consider breaking up with him again. 
2/04

6/09

By the Sea

Journey to the Shore


His The Series
The only time the leads partook in PDA, the break up, and the last time the leads saw each other

First Meeting and most of the scenes in the drama
3/17



7/23

On a Rooftop

Secret Love: Love
Behind One's Back


S.O.S.
The final confrontation
between Wan, Tar, and Ohm


The SOS signal scenes
1/06


10/29

On an Island


On a Mountain

Singles Inferno Season 2

Sky In Your Heart
---1/11

12/13

In a Small Town

Love Tractor

Our Skyy 2: Bad Buddy
---

Bangkok
6/29

6/04

 

15. Humans Have So Many Things

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Date

An Umbrella 

Kinou Nani Tabeta? SP
The fact that Shiro let Kenji walk with him under an umbrella (despite it not even raining yet) demonstrated that he is slowly opening up to showing affection9/24

A Truck  

The Cheese Sisters
The majority of substory 'Delivery' takes place in a pickup truck5/01

A Phone Booth

His Man
All of the initial confessions of interest pretty much take place in the phone booth

12/08

A Suit /Dress 

Cutie Pie 2 YouThe Wedding1/27

A Book

Hidaka Who Is Always Reading Difficult BooksThe whole premise is FL
approaching ML about his
taste in books and why he is always reading thm
1/13

 

The Main Attraction 

 16. Who Are We?

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Veteran Actor/Actress 

Child Actor

Shinya Shokudo 3

Chul Soo
Kobayashi Kaoru

ML
5/05

6/30

Idol actor

My Beautiful Man: Eternal



Bump Up Business
Yagi Yusei (FANTASTICS under Exile Tribe)


Cast from OnlyOneOf
8/13



11/13

Trans gender identity

Cisgender Identity

Napat

Childhood
Nonbinary

---
1/14

8/10

Living with a disability 

It's Okay, That's Love

A Breeze of Love
Schizophrenia

Severe Insomnia
3/25

12/01

Hidden Identity

Matching

Put Our Heart on the Paper
Shin as a masked game streamer

Mind as a popular author

6/24

9/01

 

17. Camouflage?

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Artist

Be Far AwayPhotographer3/27

Tattoos

Between Complete and IncompleteLee Gyu Tae is covered in them7/04

Identity Swap 

One Fine Week ---11/11
Criminal Male LeadOuroborosDanno is a member of the Yakuza8/24

Antihero

Korean OdysseyML4/08

 

18. What Are You?  

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Strong Female Lead

VeilsAyumi3/06
Smart Male Lead Hidden Love---9/19

Cold Female Lead

The Story of the Demon Cult Leader and the Decent Miss---2/03

Poor Male Lead 

Star StruckSeo Han Joon6/08

Killer  

A Flower for Three Lives---3/26

 

Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash

19. The Petting Zoo

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Pet 

Moonlight Chicken
Cat3/06

Talking Pet

Only YouDog2/28

Zoo animal 

Mr Zoo: The Missing VIP
Panda, Gorilla12/11

Veterinarian  

La PluiePatt7/15

Horse Ridden Out to War

Red Cliff
---11/27

 

20. Where the Humans Are…

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Animal turns into a 
Human

Journey to the
North
FL is a spirit beast who turned into a human1/14

Adorable animals 

Kieta Hatsukoi8/01

Animal in the Wild 

Return to the Wolves
Wolves12/10

Pet dressed in Clothes 

BackSeveral dogs wearing bibs, one dog wearing a hat3/09

Antagonist Caring For Animals

Miss MysteryMain Villain cares for his pet fish and bird.11/04

 

21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Funeral Director 

Forever LoveEpisode 611/03

Ghost

Rose in Da HouseFL: Rose is a ghost3/08

Teamwork

Catch Me BabyFrequent and
reoccurring teamwork in schemes, investigations,
cons, and a heist
1/10

Friendly Game 

Our Dating SimGaming competition among colleagues3/30

Bullying

Boy Meets Boy---1/24

 

22. Who Am I When I Am With You?

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Colleagues 

Warp Effect


Stand In Love
Alex and Army are co-workers at the same hospital

The two female leads
2/27


6/23

Bromance 

The Untamed


A Little Romance
Both MLs (bromance on behalf of censorship)

The two MLs
5/02


8/25

Sibling 


Mother-Daughter

My Broken Love 
Story


The Greatest Love
ML's brother helps him through a tough break-up.

FL's mother was important in helping her make a decision about her pregnancy
2/26


5/25

Student-Teacher

Love Scenery

Why R U (Kr)
ML is a university student

Leewon and Jioh's acting teacher
5/22

11/10

Doctor-Patient 

Jack o' Frost


Call Me Chihiro
ML Ritsu and his doctor for his amnesia

Chihiro's friend that's going blind and her doctor
3/31

11/05

 

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 

Dear Uranus

Our Skyy 2: Star In My Mind
"Uranus"

"Star"
11/14

5/02

Color 

Emotion

GAP: Pink Theory

Before I Love You: Phu x Tawan

"Pink"

"Love"
2/18

4/23

Verb 

Shining in My Eyes

Sing My Crush
"Shining"

"Sing"
2/26

8/24

Animal

Number

Cat in the Eastern Palace

Our Skyy 2: A Tale of a 1000 Stars
"Cat"

"1000"
12/13

7/05

Calendar-related word 

Season

Pinoy Sunday

Beginning of Summer
"Sunday"

"Summer"
11/14

12/12

 

24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover   

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Domesticated Animal 

This Is Not What I Expected
11/14

Building 

What If1/13

Dark Colors 

Original Sin3/28

Door (Also: List)

The Summer Pasta Recipe3/07

Only Words  

A Practical Guide to being a Superstar's Assistant3/07

 

Origin

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

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

 

Treats

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

My Treats!

Plains

Used:

/5

Forest

Used:

 /4

Mountain

Used:

 /3

Space

Used: 

/2

Black Hole

Used:

/1

Route

Essential

Substitute for

Notes

Completed


 





















Last Edited: 12/14/2023

MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet

Starting date: January 1st

Link to your Drama list:

 https://mydramalist.com/dramalist/Ara99

Progress Habitat: Plains - 9 habitats completed




TIME IS RELATIVE ☑️ 

5. Duration of The Hike

Progress:
Choice of Route
Essentials
Notes
Completed
Short Length SeriesOtonari ni Ginga15 min eps☑️ (08)
DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes Real⇔Fake25 min eps☑️ (03)
DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodesGachi Koi Nenchakujuu30 min eps☑️ (08)
DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodesMaiko-san Chi no Makanai-san43 min eps☑️ (07) 
DRAMA with 8 episodes or less. Real⇔Fake Season 24 eps☑️ (04) 


6. Time Can Be Confusing 

Progress: 
Choice of Route
Essentials
Notes
Completed
Only 1 episode of a DRAMAAkai RingoWatched first ep only then dropped it☑️  
Time LoopHitohira no Hatsukoi
☑️ (04)
Time SkipBrush Up Life
☑️ (03)
WinterOne Day: Seiya no kara SawagiChristmas themed drama where everything happens in one single day, hence set in winter.☑️ (12)
FallTatta Hitotsu no KoiRe-Watched it this year. Most of the setting is on fall; there is halloween, fall fashion and all.☑️ (12)



THE MAIN ATTRACTION ☑️ 

18. What Are You?  

Progress:
Choice of Route 
Essentials 
Notes
Completed 
Strong Female Lead / Strong Male LeadGrand Maison TokyoStrong Female Lead☑️ (08)
Smart Female Lead/Smart Male LeadMIU 404Smart Male Lead☑️ (11)
Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead KyojoSP 2 ep drama / Cold Male Lead

☑️ (05)
Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead18-sai, Niizuma, Furin Shimasu.
Rich Female Lead☑️ (12)
HealerGet Ready!Surgeon whose skills help save people who has been given up by other doctors.☑️ (05)



TAXONOMY ☑️ 

1. Type

Progress:
Choice of Route
Essentials
Notes
Completed
 Web SeriesThe Days

☑️ (08)

DRAMA SPECIALKyojo 2
☑️ (10)
Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDLKnights of the Zodiac

☑️ (05)
AnthologyWatashi ga Kemono ni Natta Yoru
☑️ (12)

Adapted From a Novel / Book

Tenshoku no Mao-sama

☑️ (12)


3. All About the Gen(r)es  

Progress:
Watch a title from one of the following genres
Choice of Route.
Essentials 
Notes
Completed 
HistoricalOnce Upon a Crime
☑️ (8)
TragedyHyakuman Kai Ieba Yokatta
☑️ (3)
ThrillerKanojotachi no Hanzai
☑️ (11)
YouthBeni Sasu Life
☑️ (10)
ActionVIVANT
☑️ (11)



GETTING UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL ☑️ 

10.  Kiss, F***, Kill, Exorcism…

Progress:
Choice of Route 
Essentials 
Notes
Completed 
Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes BackSono Kekkon, Shoki desu ka?


☑️ (11)
CohabitationUsokon
☑️ (11)

Fluffy OR Sexual Assault

noneusing a substitue for this onenone
Boss-Employee Relationship Ousama ni Sasagu KusuriyubiMy 3rd treat☑️ (11)

Secret Relationship

Watashi no Oyome-kun
☑️ (09)
Opposites Attract Oshi ga Joshi ni Narimashite
☑️ (12)


11. Finding a Mate

Progress:
Choice of Route
Essentials
Notes
Completed
 First Love OR Nuditynoneusing a substitue for this onenone
A drama featuring BaseballGekokujo KyujiMy 1st treat☑️ (12)
Age Gap [Drama Life]Nagatan to Aoto: Ichika no Ryourijou
☑️ (07)
features a Heterosexual relationshipMy Second Aoharu
☑️ (12)
Love at First SightUnknown
☑️ (08)
Nice Female Lead / Male Lead Real⇔Fake Final StageNice Male lead☑️ (05)



Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash ☑️ 

22. Who Am I When I Am With You?

Progress:
Choice of Route 
Essentials
Notes
Completed 
ColleaguesReversal Orchestra
☑️ (04)
Sismance18/40: Futari Nara Yume mo Koi mo
☑️ (11)
Parent-ChildMitaraike, Enjou Suru 
☑️ (08)
Student-TeacherTsuiraku JK to Haijin Kyoshi
☑️ (08)

Doctor-Patient  OR Soldier

noneusing a substitue for this onenone
Programmer/software developerTrillion GameMy 2nd treat☑️ (11)




My Treats!

Plains

Used:

3/5

Forest

Used:

0 /4

Mountain

Used:

0 /3

Space

Used: 

0/2

Black Hole

Used:

0/1

Route
Essential
Substitute for
Notes
Completed
A drama featuring Baseball

Gekokujo Kyuji

First Love OR Nudity
☑️ (12)
Programmer/software developer

Trillion Game

Doctor-patient OR Soldier
☑️ (11)
Boss-Employee Relationship 

Ousama ni Sasagu Kusuriyubi

Fluffy OR Sexual Assault
☑️ (7)





Starting date: January 1, 2023
Link to your Drama list: here   
Dramas completed at start237
Movies completed at start: 233
Progress: 0

Taxonomy 

1. Type

Progress:

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 Web Series

  • The Sound of Magic
  • Choco Milk Shake
  • Connect
  • First Love: Hatsukoi 





MOVIE OR DRAMA SPECIAL

  • Kazeyo, Arashiyo
  • Yukiguni




Co-Produced  OR 

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

  • Eccentric Romance 
  • Murder DIEary
  • Knights of the Zodiac





Anthology OR Omnibus

  • Hoshi Shinichi no Fushigina Fushigina Tanpen Dorama
  • On Children
  • Midnight Horror: Six Nights  





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

Reibai Tantei Jozuka Hisui

Imawa no Kuni no Alice Se






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)

  • 6 Persons Room
  • Am I the Only One with Butterflies? Season 2
  • The One and Only (2011)
  • Snow Beauty (2015)
  • Hello, Hello (2022)



Independent Film OR Propaganda

  • Summer & Yuki
  • My Dear Yeon
  • Winter Snow
  • Lift Off



Documentary Genre OR Mockumentary
  • Cyber Hell: Exposing an Internet Horror
  • The Raincoat Killer  



Adapted from Folklore OR Inspired by Real Events / Real Person

  • The Sorcerer and the White Snake



Historical Fiction OR Historical genre  + tag Based on True Story

  • Love Like the Galaxy: Part 1
  • Pachinko
  • Kazeyo, Arashiyo
  • Yukiguni




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 

  • Imawa no Kuni no Alice Season 1
  • Connect
  • Alienoid 1
  • Ask the Stars  
  • Black Knight 
  • Goodbye Earth 
  • Kojinsa Arimasu 



Comedy OR Tragedy

  • Somebody
  • More than Blue: The Series
  • Bossy Husband Who Loved Me  



Thriller OR Romance

  • Genesis
  • Tsukuritai Onna to Tabetai Onna 
  • Love of Secret 



Youth OR Political 

  • 23.5
  • Never Let Me Go 



Action OR Life

  • Vigilante
  • Never Let Me Go 
  • Alice, the Final Weapon  




Time is Relative

4. Year of Origin   

Tutorial

Progress:  

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

in 2023

  • Bed Friend
  • Legend of Anle
  • A Shoulder to Cry On
  • Tale of the Nine-Tailed 1938
  • A Time Called You
  • I Feel You Linger in the Air
  •  See You in My 19th Life 





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

  • April Story 
  • The Swordsman 2 
  • Cheap Love

    year joined:





2000-2010

  • Old Boy





year generated by this website

  • The Warriors (2001)

1990, 1993, 1996, 2001, 2017



2017-2022 OR 1970-1989

  • The Golden Spoon
  • Ameiro Paradox 
  • Watashi no Shite Kurenai Pheromone Kareshi  






5. Duration of The Hike

 Tutorial

Progress:

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 Short Length Series OR Short Film 

Two Belles in Love 


3/08

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

Koi to Dangan  



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

 



DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes

  • The Shadow
  • Sword Snow Stride 
  • Genesis
  • 17-sai no Teikoku
  • The Eclipse 
  • Connect  
  • Silent



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

  • Animals
  • Eien no Kinou
  • Ameiro Paradox 
  • Run Into You 




6. Time Can Be Confusing 

Progress: 

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Full second season of a DRAMA

  • To My Star S2
  • Seirei no Moribito II



Different Timelines OR Time Loop

  • A Time Called You
  • Kamikai 
  • Triage 



Time Travel

  • Run Into You 
  • Time Cage (2021)



Winter OR Summer

  • Little Forest: Winter & Spring



Fall OR Spring

  • Late Autumn
  • Little Forest: Winter & Spring 




The Chronicles of MDL 

7. Sharing is Caring

Tutorials: 1  2  3

Progress:

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

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 







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




older than oldest title: prior to 1954




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)

  • A Man anda Woman





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

  • The End of Endless Love (Edward Guo - Yin Yang Master DOE, screenwriter+director)





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

  • Laughing Under the Clouds (Motohiro Katsuyuki - Ajin: Demi Human)
  • Colorful Love (Yuasa Hiroaki - 30-sai made Dotei Da to Mahotsukai ni Nareru rashii)
  • Jirisan (Lee Eung Bok - Goblin)
  • Under the Hawthorn Tree, The Road Home (Zhang Yi Mou - House Of Flying Daggers)





from an award-winning actress

OR

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








Getting up Close and Personal 

10.  Kiss, F***, Kill, Exorcism…

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

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




Cohabitation OR Long Distance Relationship




Fluffy OR Sexual Assault




Contract Relationship OR Secret Relationship




Opposites Attract OR Domestic Abuse

 




11. Finding a Mate

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

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

Hit the Spot



Age Gap [Drama Life]  OR Classmates' Relationship 

Fireworks of Yesteryear



features a Heterosexual relationship  OR Same-Sex relationship




 Enemies to Lovers OR Love at First Sight




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





13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

features a Religious Leader OR Some type of God

Till We Meet Again



Misunderstanding  OR Character Development




LGBTQ+

Love In The Air



Suspense OR Slow Burn Story / Slow Burn Romance




 Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead OR Discrimination





Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash

22. Who Am I When I Am With You?

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Colleagues OR Inmates




Bromance OR Sismance




Parent-Child OR Sibling 




Assailant-Victim OR Student-Teacher




Doctor-Patient OR Soldier





Name and Cover 

23. It's Only Words in the Name 

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Celestial Body OR  Body Part 

  • Hand (2022)



Color OR Emotion 




Object  OR Verb 




Animal OR Number 

A Flower For Three Lives


3/01

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

  • The First Girl I Loved
  • Mermaid Squama 



Japan




Philippines




South Korea




Taiwan

  • Shards of Her 
  • Miracle (2023)
  • Lesson in Love
  • Transmigration  



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: Im-fangirl

Progress Habitat:

 


Taxonomy 

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

1. Type

Progress:60/60

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

  1. Demon Emperor's Little Matchmaker (2022)
  2. My 20th Twenty (2023)
  3. Love Me in Three Days (2022)
  4. A-Teen (2018)
  5. When You Love Yourself 2 (2019)
  6. Jun & Jun (2023)
  7. Super Action (2022)
  8. Omniscient Interfering View (2018)
  9. Pure Melo District (2020)
  10. Love Starts After Divorce (2023)
  11. Tell Me You've Changed (2020)
  12. The Female Friend Among Guys (2020)
  13. The Wedding War (2023)
  14. Physical: 100 (2023)





MOVIE

OR

DRAMA SPECIAL

  1. Drama Special Season 12: Be;Twin (2021)
  2. Drama Special Season 12: A Moment of Romance (2021)
  3. Drama Special Season 11: Traces of Love (2020)
  4. Drama Special Season 9: My Mother's Third Marriage (2018)
  5. Drama Special Season 9: My Mother's Third Marriage (2018)
  6. The Fate of Swordsman (2017)
  7. The Assassination of Nie Yin Niang (2022)
  8. Peach Blossom Origin (2022)
  9. Novoland Floating Heart (2022)
  10. Burning Peony (2022)
  11. The Girl on a Bulldozer (2021)
  12. Leio (2022)
  13. What to Do with the Dead Kaiju? (2022)
  14. Fullmetal Alchemist 1 (2017)
  15. Fullmetal Alchemist 2: Revenge Scar (2022)
  16. Fullmetal Alchemist 3: Final Transmutation (2022)
  17. Tang and Me (2022)
  18. Mutant Tiger (2022)
  19. A Little Red Flower (2020)
  20. Drug War (2013)
  21. A Bittersweet Life (2005)
  22. Lighting Up the Stars (2022)
  23. First Gentleman (2021)
  24. Sakra (2023)
  25. Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber (2022)
  26. New Kung Fu Cult Master 2 (2022)
  27. I Want to Know Your Parents (2022)
  28. Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead (2023)
  29. Bear Man (2023)
  30. The Moon (2023)




Co-Produced 

OR 

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

  1. The Drummer (2007)
  2. Big Bet (2022)
  3. Awaiting (2014)
  4. Vanishing (2022)
  5. The Great Wall (2016)





Anthology 

OR 

Omnibus

  1. The Table (2017)
  2. Adoring (2019)
  3. One Night Only (2014)
  4. Drama Festa: Hello Dracula (2020)
  5. The Youth (2014)





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

Or

Adapted From a Novel / Book

  1. Hotarugusa (2019)
  2. Wulin Heroes (2023)
  3. Christmas on July 24th Avenue (2006)
  4. Memoir of a Murderer (2017)
  5. Recipe for Farewell (2022)
  6. Love You Seven Times (2023)
  1. Adapted from the novel by Hamuro Rin
  2. Adapted from the novel of the same name by Bai Ze.
  3.  Adapted From A Novel
  4. Adapted from the novel "A Murderer's Guide to Memorization" (살인자의 기억법) by Kim Young Ha
  5. Adapted from the non-fiction novel "Oneuleun Jom Maewoolji Molla" (오늘은 좀 매울지도 몰라) by Kang Chang Rae (강창래).
  6. Adapted from the web novel “Yi Shi Chong Dong, Qi Shi Bu Xiang” (一时冲动,七世不祥) by Jiu Lu Fei Xiang (九鹭非香)



2. Is it True?

Progress:25/25

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Advertisement  

OR 

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

  1. Gokusen: The Movie (2009)
  2. Stock Struck (2022)
  3. Reincarnation Love (2022)
  4. Shining in My Eyes (2021)



Independent Film 

OR 

Propaganda

  1. Maggie (2019)
  2. Juvenile Offender (2012)
  3. Joint Security Area (2000)
  4. Norwegian Wood (2010)
  5. Boys of Tomorrow (2007)



Documentary Genre

OR

 Mockumentary
  1. Dream High Special Concert (2011)
  2. Missing 9: The Beginning (2017)
  3. Mouse: Restart (2021)
  4. Hwarang Special (2016)
  5. Actresses (2009)



Adapted from Folklore 

OR 

Inspired by Real Events / Real Person

  1. Dragon Blade (2015)
  2. Memories of Murder (2003)
  3. Elise: Inspired by A True Story (2019)
  4. The Swordsman (2020)
  5. Fatal Intuition (2015)



Historical Fiction 

OR 

Historical genre  + tag Based on True Story

  1. Poong, the Joseon Psychiatrist (2022)
  2. The White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom (2014)
  3. Hero (2002)
  4. The Children of Huang Shi (2008)
  5. The Treacherous (2015)
  6. Jesters: The Game Changers (2019)




3. All About the Gen(r)es  

Progress:40/40

Watch a title from one of the following genres

Choice of Route. 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Historical 

OR 

Sci-Fi

  1. Empire of Lust (2015)
  2. Project Wolf Hunting (2022)
  3. The Concubine (2012)
  4. Inuyashiki (2018)
  5. Lucid Dream (2017)



Comedy 

OR

Tragedy

  1. Horseplay (2014)
  2. Adventure of The King (2010)
  3. Akko's Secret (2012)
  4. Forgotten (2017)
  5. A Chinese Odyssey 1: Pandora's Box (1995)
  6. Moon in the Day (2023)



Thriller

OR

Romance

  1. Ye Cheng (2023)
  2. Sun (2016)
  3. Koibitotachi no Jikoku (1987)
  4. Love After Love (2020)
  5. Way Back Into Love (2020)
  6. The Rational Life (2021)
  7. The Outsiders (2018)
  8. My Lady General (2023)
  9. An Ancient Love Song (2023)
  10. The Secret Romantic Guesthouse (2023)
  11. Usokon (2023)
  12. The Real Has Come! (2023)
  13. You Are Mine (2023)
  14. Jitenshaya-san no Takahashi-kun (2022)
  15. Forever Love (2023)
  16. Falling for You (2023)
  17. Only Love You (2023)



Youth 

OR

Political 

  1. Ten Years of Loving You (2022)
  2. Wild Grass (2020)
  3. Lovely Complex (2006)
  4. Future (2023)



Action

OR

Life

  1. Tom Yum Goong 2 (2013)
  2. Nice View (2022)
  3. Tokyo Sunrise (2016)
  4. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010)
  5. Ong Bak 1 (2003)
  6. Ong Bak 2 (2008)
  7. The Monkey King 2 (2016)
  8. The Monkey King 3 (2018)




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:  30/30

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

in 2023

OR

1940-1959

  1. Aozora Musume (1957)
  2. Switch (2023)
  3. Dr. Romantic Season 3 (2023)
  4. The Love You Give Me (2023)
  5. The Devil's Deal (2023)
  6. Only Friends (2023)
  7. Extremely Perilous Love (2023)
  8. Love Is Panacea (2023)
  9. Only for Love (2023)
  10. Kimi ni wa Todokanai. (2023)




1990-1999

OR

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

  1. Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
  2. Flowers of Shanghai (1998)
  3. Like Grains of Sand (1995)
  4. Kantsubaki (1992)
  5. Shall We Dance? (1996)




2000-2010

OR

the month (not necessarily the year) you were born

  1. Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)
  2. Asako in Ruby Shoes (2000)
  3. Summer, Whispers (2008)
  4. Rob B Hood (2006)
  5. Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005)




year generated by this website

OR

1950-1969

  1. A Geisha (1953)
  2. Throne of Blood (1957)
  3. Tokyo Story (1953)
  4. Yojimbo (1961)
  5. Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style (1963)




2017-2022

OR

1970-1989

  1. Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021)
  2. The Crimes That Bind (2018)
  3. Shadow (2018)
  4. In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
  5. Hostage: Missing Celebrity (2021)





5. Duration of The Hike

 Tutorial

Progress:38/38

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 Short Length Series

 OR

 Short Film 

  1.  One Fine Week (2019)
  2. The Blessed Bride (2022)
  3. Lighter & Princess Extra (2022)
  4. Warning Ahead (2022)
  5. I Go to School Not by Bus (2015)
  6. The Journey of Chong Zi Epilogue (2023)
  7. Hold Me (2021)
  8. Ru Hua Ru Tu (2022)
  9. One Afternoon (2021)
  10. The Deliberations of Love (2023)
  11. My Everlasting Bride (2023)
  12. Ordinary but Special (2020)
  13. Let's Date, Professor Xie (2023)
  14. Just Spoil You (2023)
  15. Estranged Fall In Love (2023)
  16. Yes, I Am a Spy (2023)
  17. The Next Stop W (2023)



DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes 

Or

DRAMA with  30 episodes or more. 

  1. New Life Begins (2022)
  2. The Blood of Youth (2022)
  3. Love Revolution (2020)
  4. The Love in Your Eyes (2022)
  5. Homemade Love Story (2020)
  6. Serenade of Peaceful Joy (2020)



DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer.

  1.  Smile to Life (2022)
  2. Warm Meet You (2022)
  1. 40 min
  2. 36 min.


DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts  180 minutes or longer. 

  1. A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
  2. Because of Meeting You (2017)
  3. Road Home (2023)
  4. Love Is Written in the Stars (2023)
  5. Story of Kunning Palace (2023)
  1. 3 hr. 57 min
  2. 45 min.
  3. 45 min
  4. 45 min
  5. 45 min


DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes

OR

DRAMA with 8 episodes or less. 

  1. May It Please the Court (2022)
  2. The Heavenly Idol (2023)
  3. Dirty Laundry (2023)
  4. Happy Merry Ending (2023)
  5. All That We Loved (2023)
  6. Pachinko (2022)
  7. My Dearest Part 2 (2023)
  8. Perfect Marriage Revenge (2023)




6. Time Can Be Confusing 

Progress: 25/25

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Full second season of a DRAMA

OR 

Only 1 episode of a DRAMA

  1. A-Teen Season 2 (2019)
  2. Ex-Wife Stop Season 2 (2023)
  3. Utsukushii Kare Season 2 (2023)
  4. To My Star Season 2: Our Untold Stories (2022)
  5. Taxi Driver Season 2 (2023)



Different Timelines  

OR 

Time Loop

  1. The Heart of Genius (2022)
  2. The Myth (2005)
  3. Back to the 90's (2015)
  4. My Love (2021)
  5. Ditto (2022)



Time Skip

OR  

Time Travel

  1. Once Again (2022)
  2. HIStory5: Love in the Future (2022)
  3. Decibel (2022)
  4. Tapestry (2020)
  5. Past-Senger (2023)
  6. I Belonged to Your World (2023)
  7. Royal Doctor (2023)



Winter 

OR 

Summer

  1. Till the End of the World (2018)
  2. Second Winter (2018)
  3. Our Winter (2023)
  4. Love Letter (1995)
  5. One Day (2016)
  6. The Tower (2012)



Fall  

OR

Spring

  1. Autumn Fairy Tale (2019)
  2. Canola (2016)




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:25/25

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

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

OR

from the Watchlist of another user doing this challenge

  1. See You in My 19th Life (2023)
  2. King the Land (2023)
  3. Heartbeat (2023)

ColourMePurple



with less than 10,000 viewers

OR

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

  1. Reborn Rich (2022)
  2. Aristocrats (2021)
  3. My Heart Leaps Up (2017)
  4. Mama Boy (2022)
  5. Love Stories from Fukuoka 13 (2018)
  6. Bento Harassment (2019)
  7. What Happened to Mr. Cha? (2021)
  8. The Sparring Partner (2022)
  9. Oh! My Gran (2020)
  10. Another Child (2019)





DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list 

OR

DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list

  1. Since I Met U (2022)
  2. Don't Mess With Ex-Girlfriend (2022)
  3. The Empire (2022)





mentioned in the MDL Forums

Or

mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds)

  1. A Date With the Future (2023)
  2. Sugar and Spice (2006)
  3. Bitch X Rich (2023)
  4. Exploration Method of Love (2023)

  1. link
  2. link
  3. link
  4. link



with the newest release date in your PTW list

OR

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

  1. Dear Probationary Girlfriend (2022)
  2. My School President (2022)
  3. Have a Crush on You (2023)
  4. All the Liquors (2023)
  5. Perfect Mismatch (2023)






8. Examined…

Tutorial

Progress: 25/25

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

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

Or

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

  1. Hi Venus (2022)
  2. Jung_E (2023)
  3. Strangers Again (2023)
  4. Wenderella's Diary (2023)
  5. Delightfully Deceitful (2023)
  6. Skip a Beat (2023)
  1. link
  2. Link
  3. link
  4. link
  5. link
  6. link



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

OR

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

  1. Our Blooming Youth (2023)
  2. The Forbidden Flower (2023)
  3. Call It Love (2023)
  4. My Small Land (2022)
  5. The Mermaid (2016)
  6. You Are My Sunshine (2015)
  1. link
  2. link
  3. link
  4. link
  5. link
  6. link



from your most viewed tags 

Or

from your least viewed genres under your profile stats

  1. BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky (2020)
  2. Vincenzo: Special (2021)
  3. Hospital Playlist Special (2020)





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

Or

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

  1. 6/45 (2022)
  2. Hansan: Rising Dragon (2022)
  3. The Point Men (2023)
  4. Emergency Declaration (2022)
  5. Unlocked (2023)
  1. link
  2. link
  3. link
  4. link
  5. link



with over 10 Reviews

OR

with 0 Reviews when you started watching it

  1. Light Chaser Rescue (2022)
  2. The Starry Love (2023)
  3. The Journey of Chong Zi (2023)
  4. Duty After School: Part 1 (2023)
  5. The Longest Promise (2023)






9. Your Fanciers and Westminsters

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

*List with awards

Progress: 30/30

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

Award-winning

OR

by the same writer as one of your favorites

  1. The World of Silence (2006)
  2. Untact (2020)
  3. Heung Boo: The Revolutionist (2018)





from an award-winning director

OR

that has one of your favorite actresses

  1. Forever Enthralled (2008)
  2. Europe Raiders (2018)
  3. The Great Magician (2011)
  4. Parasite in Love (2021)
  5. All About My Mother (2021)
  6. The Last Princess (2023)
  7. Snow Eagle Lord (2023)
  1. Zhang Zi Yi
  2. Tiffany Tang
  3. Zhou Xun
  4. Komatsu Nana
  5. Zhang Jing Yi
  6. Wang He Run
  7. Gülnezer Bextiyar



from an award-winning screenwriter

OR

that has one of your favorite actors

  1. Warriors of the Dawn (2017)
  2. The Attorney (2013)
  3. Family: The Unbreakable Bond (2023)
  4. The Book of Fish (2021)
  5. Till the End of the Moon (2023)
  6. Back From the Brink (2023)
  7. Intruder (2020)
  8. Painted Heart: Twin Tribulations (2023)
  9. Million Dollar Man (2018)
  10. Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai (2021)
https://mydramalist.com/people/249-sato-takeru
  1. Yeo Jin Goo
  2. Yim Si Wan
  3. Jang Hyuk
  4. Byun Yo Han
  5. Luo Yun Xi
  6. Neo Hou
  7. Kim Mu Yeol
  8. Xu Hai Qiao
  9. Satoh Takeru
  10. Yamada Ryosuke



from an award-winning actor

OR

by the same director as one of your favorite titles

  1. SPL 3: Paradox (2017)
  2. Still Human (2018)
  3. Cold Detective (2022)
  4. A Dirty Carnival (2006)
  5. As Tears Go By (1988)
  6. Days of Being Wild (1990)
  1. 12th Asian Film Awards
  2. 38th Hong Kong Film Awards
  3. 41st Hong Kong Film Awards
  4. 2006 Korean Film Awards
  5. 8th Hong Kong Film Awards 
  6. 10th Hong Kong Film Awards 



from an award-winning actress

OR

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

  1. All Because Of Love (2017)
  2. Legend of Yunze (2021)
  3. Chiang Khan Story (2014)
  4. Until Rainbow Dawn (2018)






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:30/30

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back 

OR

Exorcism

  1. A Girl at My Door (2014)
  2. Love Is for Suckers (2022)
  3. Needing You... (2000)
  4. A Tiger in Winter (2018)
  5. To Be Killed by a High School Girl (2022)
  6. My Lovely Liar (2023)



Cohabitation 

OR

Long Distance Relationship

  1. Hirugao (2017)
  2. The Teacher (2019)
  3. 2gether: The Movie (2021)
  4. Jinxed at First (2022)
  5. Summer Holiday (2000)
  6. As Long as We Both Shall Live (2023)
  7. From Me to You (2023)



Fluffy 

OR

Sexual Assault

  1. Wild Little Love (2019)
  2. Wild Dogs (2014)
  3. Don't Cry, Mommy (2012)
  4. Unstoppable (2018)
  5. No Mercy (2010)



Contract Relationship 

OR

Secret Relationship

  1. Ending Again (2020)
  2. Madeleine (2003)
  3. Love for Two Lives (2022)
  4. Miss Ye in Wonderland (2022)
  5. An Inconvenient Love (2022)
  6. Falling in Love (2021)



Opposites Attract 

OR

Domestic Abuse

  1.  Eien no Kinou (2022)
  2. Kare ga Boku ni Koishita Wake (2020)
  3. The Kodai Family (2016)
  4. Just the Way You Are (2015)
  5. Crash Course in Romance (2023)
  6. My Beautiful Man: Eternal (2023)




11. Finding a Mate

Progress:30/30

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

  1. Love All Play (2022)
  2. Soul Mate (2016)
  3. Love for Beginners (2012)
  4. Hell Dogs (2022)
  5. Here We Meet Again (2023)
  6. Hidden Love (2023)
  7. Momoiro Anzuiro Sakurairo (2021)
  8. The Brightest Roof in the Universe (2020)
  9. Exclusive Fairytale (2023)
  10. Love Tractor (2023)



Age Gap [Drama Life]  

OR 

Classmates' Relationship

  1. Wet Season (2019)
  2. You Are My Make Up Artist (2022)
  3. My Old Classmate (2014)
  4. Oto-na-ri (2009)
  5. Pornographer: Continued Spring Life (2021)



features a Heterosexual relationship  

OR 

Same-Sex relationship

  1. Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!: The Movie (2022)
  2. 1448 Love Among Us (2014)
  3. The Promise (2023)
  4. The Immeasurable (2021)
  5. Ride or Die (2021)



 Enemies to Lovers 

OR 

Love at First Sight

  1. Roommates of Poongduck 304 (2022)
  2. Mr. Bad (2022)
  3. Love in Disguise (2010)
  4. Liar x Liar (2021)
  5. Bo Ra! Deborah (2023)



Nice Female Lead /  Male Lead 

OR 

Aggressive  Female Lead / Male  Lead

  1. Alone/Together (2019)
  2. The Deadly Affair (2022)
  3. Oz Land (2018)
  4. More Than Family (2020)
  5. The Immortal Promise (2022)




12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying

Progress:30/30

Choice of Route  

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Slight Comedy 

OR

Black Comedy
  1. Love You My Arrogance (2020)
  2. Didi's Dreams (2017)
  3. Midnight Motel (2022)
  4. Hello Stranger (2010)
  5. Collective Invention (2015)



Happy Ending 

OR 

features some type of Doomsday

  1. Love in Time (2022)
  2. Never Too Late (2022)
  3. Blue Spring Ride (2014)
  4. Provoke (2023)
  5. Jack o' Frost (2023)
  6. Yes, Her Majesty (2023)
  7. Sweet Games (2023)



Tragic Past 

OR 

Sketch Comedy

  1. Beautiful Vampire (2018)
  2. The Closet (2020)
  3. Take Point (2018)
  4. Bodies at Rest (2019)
  5. First Love (2021)
  6. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016)
  7. Shigatsu no Tokyo wa... (2023)
  8. Tsuiraku JK to Haijin Kyoshi (2023)



features a Celebration 

OR

Mourning

  1. My Deepest Dream (2022)
  2. Moonlight Chicken (2023)



 Healing 

OR

Suicide

  1. Happy Ending Romance (2022)
  2. Shaolin Soccer (2001)
  3. Blade of the Immortal (2017)
  4. Nv Er Hong (2023)
  5. My Eternal Star (2023)
  6. Bokura no Micro na Shuumatsu (2023)
  7. Finland Papa (2023)
  8. Koisenu Futari (2022)




13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff

Progress:35/35

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

features a Religious Leader 

OR

Some type of God

  1. I Will Knock You (2022)
  2. Glitch (2022)
  3. Kokdu: Season of Deity (2023)
  4. Island (2022)
  5. Island Part 2 (2023)



Misunderstanding 

OR

Character Development

  1. The Three GentleBros (2022)
  2. Love at Second Sight (2023)
  3. Kabe Sa Doujin Sakka no Neko Yashiki-kun wa Shouninyokkyuu wo Kojiraseteiru (2022)
  4. About Is Love Season 2 (2022)
  5. Boku mo Aitsu mo Shinrodesu (2022)
  6. Twenty-Twenty (2020)
  7. Love to Hate You (2023)
  8. The Snow Moon (2023)



 Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot 

OR

LGBTQ+

  1. The Eighth Sense (2023)
  2. Show Me Love (2023)
  3. Star Struck (2023)
  4. Love Mate (2023)
  5. Oh! My Assistant (2022)
  6. Bokura no Shokutaku (2023)
  7. Deep Ocean (2022)
  8. Kimi to Nara Koi wo Shite Mite mo (2023)
  9. Kiseki: Dear to Me (2023)



Suspense 

OR 

Slow Burn Story / Slow Burn Romance

  1. Insider (2022)
  2. Confession (2022)
  3. Dear Liar (2023)
  4. Seppun (2008)
  5. The Truth of Immortality (2023)
  6. Numbers (2023)
  7. Dai Byoin Senkyo (2023)
  8. Nusumareta Kao: Miatari Sosahan (2019)
  9. Decoy: Part 1 (2023)
  10. Decoy: Part 2 (2023)
  11. Hunger (2023)



 Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead 

OR 

Discrimination

  1. Black Knight (2023)
  2. Taikan Yoho (2023)





Significant details 

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

14. Where Are We?     

Progress:25/25

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

On a Field  

OR 

On a Cliff

  1. Red Cliff (2008)
  2. Red Cliff 2 (2009)
  3. Trumpet of the Cliff (2016)
  4. Under the Queen's Umbrella (2022)
  5. The Forbidden Marriage (2022)



In the Woods 

OR

By the Sea

  1. Little Women (2022)
  2. Stolen Identity (2018)
  3. The Director Who Buys Me Dinner (2022)
  4. 3 Will Be Free (2019)
  5. Castaway on the Moon (2009)



In a Jungle 

OR 

On a Rooftop

  1. Seasons of Blossom (2022)
  2. Broject (2018)
  3. Godsend (2014)
  4. Our Dating Sim (2023)



On a Mountain 

OR 

On an Island

  1. Crocodile Island (2020)
  2. Island Etude (2006)
  3. Carrying Spring (2014)
  4. Tokyo Jima (2010)
  5. Inakunare Gunjo (2019)



In a City 

OR

In a Small Town
  1. Mad Doctor (2022)
  2. Little Forest: Summer & Autumn (2014)
  3. Little Forest: Winter & Spring (2015)
  4. A Boss and a Babe (2023)
  5. My Dear Donovan (2022)
  6. The First Responders (2022)




15. Humans Have So Many Things

Progress:25/25

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

An Umbrella 

OR

A Backpack

  1. The Reason Why I Can't Tell You
  2. Crevasse
  3. Autumn, Autumn (2016)
  4. Almost Love (2022)
  5. Temptation of Wolves (2004)



A Truck  

OR

A Sports Car

  1. Remember (2022)
  2. Payback: Money and Power (2023)
  3. Individual Circumstances (2023)
  4. The Murder in Kairoutei (2022)
  5. No Tears for the Dead (2014)



A Smartphone

OR

A Phone Booth

  1. 20th Century Girl (2022)
  2. Love Tech (2021)
  3. Celebrity (2023)
  4. Kill Mobile (2018)
  5. Oh! Youngsim (2023)


 

A Suit /Dress

OR

A Hoodie

  1. Alice, the Final Weapon (2022)
  2. Suzhou River (2000)
  3. Beyond the Memories (2013)
  4. Tootsies and The Fake (2019)



A Book 

OR

A Crossbow

  1. Dear X Who Doesn't Love Me (2022)
  2. The Antique (2018)
  3. A Shoulder to Cry On (2023)
  4. BLEACH (2018)
  5. The Correct Method of Love Is Not in a Book or Blueprint (2010)
  6. Something Between Us, Comic Book Cafe No. 2 (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. 

 16. Who Are We?

Progress:30/30

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Child Actor/Actress 

OR 

Veteran Actor/Actress 

  1. The Silent War (2012)
  2. My Mother the Mermaid (2004)
  3. A Good Day to Have an Affair (2007)
  4. A Little Princess (2019)
  5. Forbidden Dream (2019)
  6. An Old Lady (2020)
  7. 11th Mom (2007)
  1. Tony Leung
  2. Go Doo Shim
  3. Kim Hye Soo
  4. Na Moon Hee
  5. Han Seok Kyu
  6. Ye Soo Jung
  7. Kim Hye Soo


Idol actor/ Idol actress 

OR

Former Child Actor/Actress 

  1. Broker (2022)
  2. Unintentional Love Story (2023)
  3. Derailed (2016)
  4. Miracle: Letters to the President (2021)
  5. A Chinese Odyssey 3 (2016)
  6. Character (2021)



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

OR

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

  1. The Fish with One Sleeve (2021)
  2. High Heel (2014)
  3. Call Me Chihiro (2023)



Able Bodied 

OR

Living with a disability 

  1. Romance with Blind Master (2023)
  2. Bangkok Love Stories 2: Plead (2019)
  3. Silent (2022)
  4. When I See Your Face (2023)
  5. Zero to Hero (2021)
  6. Koi Desu: Yankee-kun to Hakujou Garu (2021)



Public Figure  

OR

Hidden Identity

  1. A Familiar Stranger (2022)
  2. The Origin of Eternity (2022)
  3. Okay! Madam (2020)
  4. The Curse of Turandot (2021)
  5. Fated to Love You (2023)
  6. Mysterious Lotus Casebook (2023)
  7. Lost You Forever (2023)
  8. The Legend of Anle (2023)




17. Camouflage?

Progress:25/25

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Athlete 

OR 

Artist

  1. Connect (2022)
  2. Late Spring (2014)
  3. The Name (2020)
  4. Nothing But You (2023)
  5. Fighter (2021)
  6. Hello, the Sharpshooter (2022)
  7. Falling Into You (2022)



Glasses 

OR

Tattoos

  1. Tattoo (2015)
  2. The Invincible Dragon (2019)
  3. Invisible Tattoo (2022)
  4. Sunflower (2006)
  5. Deliver Us From Evil (2020)



Identity Swap 

OR

Body Swap

  1. The Golden Spoon (2022)
  2. Romance of a Twin Flower (2023)
  3. The Trust (2023)
  4. Love of Replica (2023)
  5. I Am a King (2012)



Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead

OR 

Criminal Female Lead/Criminal Male Lead

  1. Bargain (2022)
  2. Cities of Last Things (2018)
  3. Shadow Detective 
  4. Blood 13 (2018)
  5. Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area - Part 1 (2022)
  6. Oh No! Here Comes Trouble (2023)
  7. The Stone of Affection (2023)



Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead

OR

Antihero/Antiheroine

  1. The Glory (2022)




18. What Are You?  

Progress:35/35

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead 

OR 

Weak Female Lead / Weak Male Lead

  1. My Uncanny Destiny (2023)
  2. Spiritwalker (2021)
  3. Special Delivery (2022)
  4. The Glory Part 2 (2023)
  5. Beyond Prescriptions (2021)
  6. Sinkhole (2021)
  7. A Chinese Odyssey 2: Cinderella (1995)
  8. Concrete Utopia (2023)
  9. The West Wind Is Strong (2023)
  10. My Merman Brother (2023)



Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead 

OR

Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead
  1. One Dollar Lawyer (2022)
  2. Royal Rumours (2023)
  3. Queenmaker (2023)
  4. He Was Cool (2004)
  5. Usogui (2022)
  6. One Line (2017)
  7. Hunt (2022)
  8. Confidential Assignment 2: International (2022)
  9. Love Me, Love Me Not (2020)
  10. Miss Mystery (2023)



Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead 

OR

Clingy Female Lead/Clingy Male Lead

  1. Accidentally Meow on You (2022)
  2. Tomb of the River (2021)
  3. New Year Blues (2021)



Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead 

OR 

Poor Female Lead/Poor Male Lead 

  1. Cute Bodyguard (2022)
  2. My True Friend (2019)
  3. Don't Forget I Love You (2022)
  4. Lust, Caution (2007)



Killer 

OR

Healer  

  1. Hindsight (2011)
  2. The Witch: Part 2. The Other One (2022)
  3. Long Time No See (2017)




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:25/25

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Pet  

OR 

Pest

  1. Cats Don't Come When You Call (2016)
  2. Little Nights, Little Love (2019)
  3. Neko Taxi the Movie (2010)
  4. Neko Zamurai 1 (2014)
  5. If Cats Disappeared From the World (2016)



Talking Pet 

OR

Animal Death

  1. Carter (2022)
  2. Confessions (2010)
  3. Pluto (2013)
  4. The 8th Night (2021)
  5. Bluebeard (2017)
  6. Please Don’t Save Me (2020)
  7. The Fortress (2017)
  8. Confession of Murder (2012)
  9. The Battle: Roar to Victory (2019)
  10. OMG! Oh My Girl (2022)
  11. The Tiger (2015)
  12. The Hunt (2016)
  13. Tom Yum Goong (2005)



Zoo animal  

OR

Farm Animal

  1. First Love (2022)



Veterinarian  

OR

Animal Control

  1. Once Upon a Small Town (2022)
  2. The Cat (2011)



Romantic Ride on a Horse  

OR

Horse Ridden to Out to War

  1. An Empress and the Warriors (2008)
  2. Ashes of Time Redux (2008)
  3. Jun Jiu Ling (2021)
  4. Follow My Dear General (2022)




20. Where the Humans Are…

Progress:25/25

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Human Turns into an Animal  

OR

Animal turns into a Human

  1. Choco Milk Shake (2022)
  2. My Woofy Poofy Love (2018)
  3. Cat's Bar (2019)
  4. I'm a Pet At Dali Temple (2018)
  5. Catman (2021)
  6. Journey to the North (2022)
  7. Taste of Cat (2018)



Adorable animals 

OR 

Animal Attack

  1. Cutie Pie 2 You (2023)
  2. Summer Strike (2022)
  3. Crying 100 Times: Every Raindrop Falls (2013)
  4. 10,000 Miles (2016)
  5. The Silence of the Monster (2022)
  6. Gannibal (2022)



Animal in the Wild 

OR

Animal in a City

  1. Return to the Wolves (2017)



Pet dressed in Clothes 

OR 

Animal Abuse

  1. The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion (2018)
  2. Pieta (2012)
  3. Inubu (2021)
  4. Bring Me Home (2019)
  5. The Chase (2017)
  6. The Chaser (2008)
  7. La Pluie (2023)
  8. The Golden Holiday (2020)
  9. Homunculus (2021)
  10. Made in China (2015)



Second Lead Caring For Animals 

OR 

Antagonist Caring For Animals

  1. Love in Contract (2022)



 

21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die

Progress:25/25

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Funeral Director 

OR

Birth care (Postpartum care)

  1. May I Help You (2022)



Virtual Reality  

OR 

Ghosts

  1. Catch Up My Prince (2023)
  2. Unlock My Boss (2022)
  3. Delivery Man (2023)
  4. Till We Meet Again (2021)



Corruption 

OR

Teamwork

  1. Bad Prosecutor (2022)
  2. My Lethal Man (2023)
  3. Agency (2023)
  4. Gaus Electronics (2022)
  5. The Bravest (2019)
  6. Quantum Physics (2019)
  7. Yaksha: Ruthless Operations (2022)
  8. Under the Microscope (2023)
  9. The Prison (2017)



Friendly Game  

OR

Death Game

  1. Romanced (2021)
  2. Cube (2021)



Friendship 

OR

Bullying

  1. The Law Cafe (2022)
  2. From Me to You (2010)
  3. When You Love Yourself (2018)
  4. Love Summer (2011)
  5. Commitment (2013)
  6. Oasis (2023)
  7. Eclipse (2016)
  8. She's on Duty (2005)
  9. The Woman Who Ran (2020)




22. Who Am I When I Am With You?

Progress:25/25

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Colleagues 

OR

Inmates

  1. Bed Friend (2023)
  2. The New Employee (2022)
  3. Ameiro Paradox (2022)
  4. Step by Step (2023)



Bromance

OR 

Sismance

  1. Young Adult Matters (2020)
  2. 20 30 40 (2004)
  3. Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty (2022)
  4. Viva Femina (2023)
  5. Fall in Love With My Bad Boy (2020)
  6. The Five (2013)
  7. My Love Story!! (2015)
  8. Tale of the Nine-Tailed 1938 (2023)
  9. 2037 (2022)
  10. Boys! Please Kiss Him, Instead of Me (2020)



Parent-Child 

OR

Sibling 

  1. The Falls (2021)
  2. The Goddess 
  3. Moonlit Winter (2019)
  4. The Secret House (2022)
  5. Three Bold Siblings (2022)



Assailant-Victim

OR

Student-Teacher

  1. Lesson in Love (2022)
  2. My Rainy Days (2009)
  3. Cheer Up (2022)



Doctor-Patient 

OR

Soldier

  1. My Tooth Your Love (2022)
  2. Doctor Cha (2023)
  3. The Youth Memories (2023)




Name and Cover 

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

23. It's Only Words in the Name 

Progress:25/25

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Celestial Body 

OR  

Body Part 

  1. Brain Works (2023)
  2. The Empty Hands (2017)
  3. In Front of Your Face (2021)
  4. Tempting Hearts (2021)
  5. Fortuna's Eye (2019)
  6. Close Your Eyes and Hold Me (1996)



Color 

OR

Emotion 

  1. Yellow War (2017)
  2. Angels Wear White (2017)
  3. Yellow Elephant (2013)
  4. Golden Job (2018)
  5. Ash Is Purest White (2018)



Object 

OR

Verb 

  1. Where We Belong (2019)
  2. Letter From An Unknown Woman (2004)
  3. Catch Me Baby (2022)
  4. I Have To Buy New Shoes (2012)
  5. Silver Spoon (2014)



Animal

OR

Number 

  1. To My 19-Year-Old (2018)
  2. 609 Bedtime Story (2022)
  3. The Little Dragon Girl (2022)
  4. Neko Cafe (2018)
  5. Buffalo Rider (2016)



Season 

OR

Calendar-related word

  1. Summer Again (2021)
  2. April Story (1998)
  3. August Never Ends (2021)
  4. Bye June (1998)




24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover   

Progress:25/25

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Domesticated Animal 

OR

Wild Animal 
  1. Star Watching Dog (2011)
  2. Humanimal (2020)
  3. Mr. Zoo: The Missing VIP (2020)
  4. The Travelling Cat Chronicles (2018)
  5. Holding The Cat in Arms (2018)



Flower 

OR 

Building 

  1. The Fabulous (2022)
  2. On the Balcony (2019)
  3. The Preparation (2017)
  4. When I Turned Nine (2004)
  5. My Perfect Stranger (2023)
  6. A Rose and a Tulip (2019)
  7. Koi to Dangan (2022)



Light Colors 

OR

Dark Colors 

  1. Reign of Assassins (2010)
  2. Phantom (2023)
  3. Kill Bok Soon (2023)
  4. Divorce Attorney Shin (2023)
  5. Beasts Clawing at Straws (2020)
  6. The Night Owl (2022)
  7. Inhuman Kiss (2019)
  8. Delivery (2021)



Rainbow 

OR

Door 

  1. Love Is Color Blind (2021)
  2. Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring (2003)



Only Words 

OR 

Geometrical Shapes 

  1. Love Collage (2003)
  2. Last Letter (2020)
  3. Shades of the Heart (2021)




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: 100/100

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

China

  1. Double Love (2022)
  2. Love at Seventh Sight (2009)
  3. My Fairy Girl (2021)
  4. Last Love First Love (2004)
  5. Skyfire (2019)
  6. The Everlasting Love (2023)
  7. Mommy's Counterattack (2023)
  8. Kill You Love You (2023)
  9. You from the Future (2023)
  10. Scent of Time (2023)
  11. Please Be My Family (2023)
  12. Queen Dugu (2019)
  13. Her Revenge (2023)
  14. Romantic (2023)
  15. Hello, I'm at Your Service (2023)
  16. Confess Your Love (2023)
  17. Legend of the Naga Pearls (2017)
  18. Railroad Tigers (2016)
  19. Soul Snatcher (2020)
  20. My Journey to You (2023)
  21. Parallel World (2023)
  22. South Wind Knows (2023)
  23. Don't Lie to Me (2023)
  24. The Princess and the Werewolf (2023)
  25. Mr. Insomnia Waiting for Love (2023)
  26. The Legend of Hao Lan (2019)
  27. My Beauty Snake Fairy Wife (2023)
  28. Back to Seventeen (2023)
  29. Supervisor Husband (2023)
  30. Wanru's Journey (2023)



Hong Kong

  1. The Medallion (2003)
  2. For Bad Boys Only (2000)
  3. Hotel Soul Good (2018)
  4. Lavender (2000)
  5. Look for a Star (2009)



Japan

  1. Over Time (1999)
  2. Summer Blooms (2017)
  3. My Family (2022)
  4. Like Someone in Love (2012)
  5. The Last 10 Years (2022)
  6. A2Z (2023)
  7. Saretagawa no Blue (2021)
  8. Kekkon Yoteibi (2023)
  9. Boku no Satsui ga Koi wo Shita (2021)
  10. Yugure ni, Te wo Tsunagu (2023)
  11. Otto wo Shakaiteki ni Massatsu suru 5-tsu no Hoho (2023)
  12. Kake kara Hajimaru Sayonara no Koi (2023)
  13. Muchuu-sa, Kimi ni (2021)
  14. Watashi ga Himo wo Kau Nante (2023)
  15. Muchaburi!: Watashi ga Shachou ni Naru nante (2022)
  16. Debu to Love to Ayamachi to! (2022)
  17. Brush Up Life (2023)
  18. Ao Haru Ride Season 1 (2023)
  19. Mr. Long (2017)
  20. Ousama ni Sasagu Kusuriyubi (2023)
  21. Shinai naru Boku e Satsui wo Komete (2022)
  22. Ore no Kawaii wa Mousugu Shohikigen!? (2022)
  23. Brother Trap (2023)
  24. Seishun Cinderella (2022)
  25. Murai no Koi (2022)



Philippines

  1. Finding You (2019)
  2. Silly Red Shoes (2019)
  3. Ten Little Mistresses (2023)
  4. Three Words to Forever (2018)
  5. Doll House (2022)



South Korea

  1. Wanee and Junah (2001)
  2. Race (2023)
  3. Fanletter, Please (2022)
  4. Soulmate (2023)
  5. Pandora: Beneath the Paradise (2023)
  6. Red Balloon (2022)
  7. Bump Up Business (2023)
  8. First Love Again (2022)
  9. Ballerina (2023)
  10. Bon Appetit (2023)
  11. Strong Girl Namsoon (2023)
  12. Twinkling Watermelon (2023)
  13. The Childe (2023)
  14. Can You Deliver Time? (2020)
  15. A Time Called You (2023)
  16. Destined with You (2023)
  17. Han River Police (2023)
  18. My Dearest (2023)
  19. The Killing Vote (2023)
  20. Behind Your Touch (2023)



Taiwan

  1. Juliets
  2. I WeirDo (2020)
  3. Sway (2014)
  4. Dear Ex (2018)
  5. Man in Love (2021)



Thailand

  1. Ai Long Nhai (2022)
  2. 10 Years Ticket (2022)
  3. You Touched My Heart (2023)
  4. Devil-in-Law (2023)
  5. Innocent Lies (2022)
  6. Never Let Me Go (2022)
  7. Absolute Zero (2023)
  8. Dinosaur Love (2023)
  9. Chains of Heart (2023)
  10. Laws of Attraction (2023)





MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-Up Sheet

Start Date: January 1st, 2023
Link to Your Drama List: https://mydramalist.com/dramalist/emziiees
HABITAT PROGRESS:  0/4


1. TYPEPROGRESS: 1/5
Choice of RouteEssentialsNotesCompleted

 Web Series

OR

 TV SHOW*




MOVIE

OR

DRAMA SPECIAL

OMG! Oh My Girl
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

Alice in Borderland



3. ALL ABOUT THE GEN(R)ESPROGESS: 2/5
Choice of RouteEssentialsNotesCompleted

Historical 

OR 

Sci-Fi 

Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo

Comedy 

OR

Tragedy




Thriller

OR

Romance

The Glory

Youth 

OR

Political 

True Beauty

Action 

OR

Life





5. DURATION OF THE HIKEPROGRESS: 1/5
Choice of RouteEssentialsNotesCompleted

Short Length Series

 OR

 Short Film 




DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes 

Or

DRAMA with  30 episodes or more. 

Extraordinary You


DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer.

20th Century Girl

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.  

The Glory Part 2



7. SHARING IS CARINGPROGRESS: 0/5
Choice of RouteEssentialsNotesCompleted
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




MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet
 

Starting date: January 1st, 2023 

Link to your Drama list: https://mydramalist.com/dramalist/Sasukebunny10955

Progress Habitat: Plains (4/26)

 

Completed: Green 

In Progress: Red 

Plan to Watch: Blue 

Taxonomy 

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

1. Type

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 Web Series

OR

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

Happy Ending Romance


Web Series 


MOVIE

OR

DRAMA SPECIAL


The Man From Nowhere 


Movie 

Co-Produced 

OR 

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


5 Minutes to Tomorrow 


Co-Produced 


Anthology 

OR 

Omnibus


I Hate You I Love You 


O,nibus 


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

Or

Adapted From a Novel / Book

Weak Hero Class 1

Adapted from a manwha




2. Is it True?

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Advertisement  

OR 

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

My Baby Bright 

Ad

Independent Film 

OR 

Propaganda

Juvenille Offender 

Independent Film

Documentary Genre

OR

 Mockumentary



The Producers 

Mockumentary 

Adapted from Folklore 

OR 

Inspired by Real Events / Real Person

Memories of the Murder 

Inspired by Real Events/Real Person 

Historical Fiction 

OR 

Historical genre  + tag Based on True Story

The Throne 

Historical Genre + Tag Based on True Story 



3. All About the Gen(r)es  

Progress: 1/5 

Watch a title from one of the following genres

Choice of Route. 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Historical 

OR 

Sci-Fi 

Connect 

Historical or Sci-Fi

Sci-Fi 

Comedy 

OR

Tragedy

My Girlfriend is a Gumiho 


Comedy  

Thriller

OR

Romance

Squid Game S1


 Thriller 

Youth 

OR

Political 

Bloody Heart 

Political  

Action 

OR

Life

The K2


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


Black Knight 


In 2023 or 1940-1959 

In 2023


1990-1999

OR

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


Happy Together 


1990-1999 

1997 


2000-2010

OR

the month (not necessarily the year) you were born


Secret Garden 


2000-2010 

2010 


year generated by this website

OR

1950-1969


Kill Me Heal Me 


Year Generated: 2015 


2017-2022

OR

1970-1989


The Smile Has Left Her Eyes


2017-2022

2018 




5. Duration of The Hike

 Tutorial

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 Short Length Series

 OR

 Short Film 

 

The Director Who Buys Me Dinner 

Short Length Series 

DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes 

Or

DRAMA with  30 episodes or more. 

About Youth

Drama with 20-30 minue Episodes

20 mins~ 

DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer.

Movie that lasts 90 minues or longer 

DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts  180 minutes or longer. 

Shining For One Thing 

Drama with 40-50 minute Episodes

DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes

OR

DRAMA with 8 episodes or less.  

 Our Dating Sim 

Drama with 8 eps or less 


6. Time Can Be Confusing 

Progress: 2/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Full second season of a DRAMA

OR 

Only 1 episode of a DRAMA

The Uncanny Counter S2

Full Second Season of a Drama 

Different Timelines  

OR 

Time Loop

Reset 

Different Timelines or Time Loop 

Time Loop 

Time Skip 

OR  

Time Travel

Someday or One Day 

Time Travel 

Winter 

OR 

Summer

Eternal Summer


Summer 

Fall  

OR

Spring

Autumn Tale 


Fall 


The Chronicles of MDL 

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

7. Sharing is Caring

Tutorials: 1  2  3

Progress: 2/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

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

OR

from the Watchlist of another user doing this challenge


Moon Embracing the Sun 


Forever Been in PTW 

with less than 10,000 viewers

OR

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


Prison Playbook 


Ranked 1-1000 

Rank: 22 


DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list 

OR

DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list


Tourist 


Smallest # of Eps 

3 Eps 


mentioned in the MDL Forums

Or

mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds)







with the newest release date in your PTW list

OR

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







8. Examined…

Tutorial

Progress: 2/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

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

Or

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







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

OR

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


The Long Ballad 


Voting List 

https://mydramalist.com/list/3DgPV8PL


from your most viewed tags 

Death

Or

from your least viewed genres under your profile stats


See You In My 19th Life 


Most Viewed Tags 


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

Or

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


Crash Course Romance 

Mentioned in a Article 

Article 


with over 10 Reviews

OR

with 0 Reviews when you started watching it


Lies Hidden in My Garden 


With Over 10 Reviews 



9. Your Fanciers and Westminsters

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

*List with awards

Progress: 3/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

Award-winning

OR

by the same writer as one of your favorites

2022 Grand Prize Award


Escape from Mogadishu 


Award-winning

2022 Grand Prize Award




from an award-winning director

OR

that has one of your favorite actresses

Director: Han Jae Rim


Emergency Declaration 


From an award-winning director 


from an award-winning screenwriter

OR

that has one of your favorite actors

Fave Actor: Lee Jong Suk 

Big Mouth 


Favorite Actors 


from an award-winning actor

OR

by the same director as one of your favorite titles

Writer: Kim Eun Sook


The Glory 


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

53rd Baeksang Awards, Best Actress  (Im Yoon Ah)


Confidential Assignment 1


Award-Winning Actress

53rd Baeksang Awards, Best Actress  (Im Yoon Ah)



Getting up Close and Personal 

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

10.  Kiss, F***, Kill, Exorcism…

Progress: 3/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back 

OR

Exorcism

The Guest 

Ex-boyfriend comes back/ Ex-Girlfriend Comes back or Exorcism 

Exorcism 

Cohabitation 

OR

Long Distance Relationship

To My Star

Cohabitation or Long Distance Relationship 

Cohabitation

Fluffy 

OR

Sexual Assault

Love O2O

Fluffy or Sexual Assualt 

Fluffy 

Contract Relationship 

OR

Secret Relationship

Because This Is My First Life 

Contract Relationship or Secret Relationship 

Contract Relationship 

Opposites Attract 

OR

Domestic Abuse

 All the Liquors

Opposites Attract or Domestic Abuse 

Opposites Attract 


11. Finding a Mate

Progress: 4/5

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

The Handmaiden 

Nudity

Age Gap [Drama Life]  

OR 

Classmates' Relationship 

I Can Speak 

Age Gap {Drama Life}

features a Heterosexual relationship  

OR 

Same-Sex relationship

His 

Same-Sex Relationship 

 Enemies to Lovers 

OR 

Love at First Sight

Moon in the Day 

Enemies to Lovers 

Nice Female Lead / Aggressive Male Lead 

OR 

Aggressive Female Lead / Aggressive Male  Lead

Be With You 

Nice Female Lead 


12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying

Progress:

Choice of Route  

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Slight Comedy 

OR

Black Comedy

Under The Queen's Umbrella 


Black Comedy  

Happy Ending 

OR 

features some type of Doomsday

Glitch 


Features some type of Doomsday 


Tragic Past 

OR 

Sketch Comedy

Always 


Tragic Past  

features a Celebration 

OR

Mourning

L DK


Features Celebration  

 Healing 

OR

Suicide

Solomon's Perjury


Suicide 


13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff

Progress: 2/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

features a Religious Leader 

OR

Some type of God

We Are Brothers 


Religious Leader

Misunderstanding 

OR

Character Development

Racket Boys


Character Development 

 Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot 

OR

LGBTQ+

The Untamed 

Male-Centered Plot 

Suspense 

OR 

Slow Burn Story / Slow Burn Romance

The Escape of the Seven: War of Survival 


Suspence 

 Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead 

OR 

Discrimination

Fathers


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

The King and Clown

 

On a Field 

In the Woods 

OR

By the Sea

Gannibal 


In the Woods 

In a Jungle 

OR 

On a Rooftop

Daytime Shooting Star

 On a Rooftop 

On a Mountain 

OR 

On an Island

Island 

On a Island 

In a City 

OR

In a Small Town

Midnight 

In a City 


15. Humans Have So Many Things

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

An Umbrella 

OR

A Backpack

I am your Bleating Phone

An Umbrella 

A Truck  

OR

A Sports Car

My Lovely Liar

Sports Car 

A Smartphone 

OR

A Phone Booth

A.I. I Love You 

A Smartphone 

 

A Suit /Dress 

OR

A Hoodie

The Heavonly Idol

A Hoodie 

A Book 

OR

A Crossbow

The Library 

A Book 


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 

Mother 

Child Actor/Actress 

Idol actor/ Idol actress 

OR

Former Child Actor/Actress 

Chief Kim 

Idol Actor/Idol 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)

The Fallen Leaf 

Trans gender identity 

Able Bodied 

OR

Living with a disability 

Silent 

Living with a Disability 

Public Figure  

OR

Hidden Identity

Kazoku Game 

Hideen Identity 


17. Camouflage?

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Athlete 

OR 

Artist

Our Beloved Summer 

Artist

Glasses 

OR

Tattoos

My School President 

Glasses 

Identity Swap 

OR

Body Swap

Cupids Last Wish 

Body Swap

Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead

OR 

Criminal Female Lead/Criminal Male Lead

Mouse

Criminal Male Lead 

Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead

OR

Antihero/Antiheroine

Roy Leh Sanae Rai

Antihero 



18. What Are You?  

Progress: 3/5 

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead 

OR 

Weak Female Lead / Weak Male Lead

Our Blooming Youth 

Strong Female Lead 

Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead 

OR

Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead

The Legend of Anle

Smart Female Lead 

Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead 

OR

Clingy Female Lead/Clingy Male Lead

Move to Heaven 

Cold Male Lead 

Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead 

OR 

Poor Female Lead/Poor Male Lead 

King the Land 

Rich Male Lead

Killer 

OR

Healer  

Unlocked


Killer 


Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash

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

19. The Petting Zoo

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Pet  

OR 

Pest

Cats Don't Come When You Call 


Pet 

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

Choco Milk Shake 


Animal turns into a Human 

Adorable animals 

OR 

Animal Attack

Couplle of Mirrors


Adorable Animals 


Animal in the Wild 

OR

Animal in a City




Pet dressed in Clothes 

OR 

Animal Abuse




Second Lead Caring For Animals 

OR 

Antagonist Caring For Animals




 

21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die

Progress: 1/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Funeral Director 

OR

Birth care (Postpartum care)


Funeral Director 


Virtual Reality  

OR 

Ghosts


Virtual Reality 


Corruption 

OR

Teamwork




Friendly Game  

OR

Death Game


Death Gaame 


Friendship 

OR

Bullying

The Blue Hour 


Bullying 


22. Who Am I When I Am With You?

Progress: 3/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Colleagues 

OR

Inmates

2037

Inmates 

Bromance 

OR 

Sismance

Twinkling Watermelon 

Bromance 

Parent-Child 

OR

Sibling 


Sibling 


Assailant-Victim 

OR

Student-Teacher

The Glory S2

Assailant-Victim 

Doctor-Patient 

OR

Soldier

D.P. S2

Solider 


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: 2/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Domesticated Animal 

OR

Wild Animal 

Marry My Dead Body

Domesticated Animal

Flower 

OR 

Building 

Lady Snowblood

Flower or Building

Flower  

Light Colors 

OR

Dark Colors 

The Killer is also Romantic 


Light Colors 

Rainbow 

OR

Door 

Drama Special Season 13: Prism


Rainbow  

Only Words 

OR 

Geometrical Shapes 

The Beauty Inside


Geometrical Shapes  


Origin

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

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

25.  Countries of MDL

Progress: 3/7

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

China

Ugly Beauty 


Hong Kong




Japan

Ai no Kotodama


Philippines




South Korea

Decibel


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


 


















2023 MDL Watch Challenge Sign-up Sheet
 

Starting date: 01.01.2023

Link to your Drama list

Progress Habitat: we'll see

2023 MDL Watch Challenge 
 

Starting date: January 1st, 2023

Link to your Drama list: felicia

Progress Habitat: 16/16 ✔︎

DRAMAS: 63MOVIES: 15DRAMA SPECIALS: 2


Taxonomy 

2. Is it True?

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Advertisement  

OR 

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

Us in Your Distance

Drama Special

✔︎

Independent Film 

OR 

Propaganda

Maggie

Movie

✔︎

Documentary Genre

OR

 Mockumentary

Noroi: The Curse

Movie, rewatch

✔︎

Adapted from Folklore 

OR 

Inspired by Real Events / Real Person

The Days


✔︎

Historical Fiction 

OR 

Historical genre  + tag Based on True Story

Snowdrop


✔︎


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 

Nobleman Ryu's Wedding


✔︎

Comedy 

OR

Tragedy

Tremble All You Want

Movie

✔︎

Thriller

OR

Romance

Unlocked

Movie

✔︎

Youth 

OR

Political 

My Blood & Bones in a Flowing Galaxy

Movie

✔︎

Action 

OR

Life

Hachigatsu wa Yoru no Batting Center de


✔︎


The Chronicles of MDL 

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)


Can We Be Strangers?


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).


She Makes My Heart Flutter


List


✔︎

from your most viewed tags 

Or

from your least viewed genres under your profile stats

Kiseki: Dear to Me

Death

✔︎

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

Or

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

Re/Member

Article, Movie


✔︎

with over 10 Reviews

OR

with 0 Reviews when you started watching it


Unintentional Love Story




✔︎


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

We Made a Beautiful Bouquet

Quartet (Sakamoto Yuji)

Movie

✔︎

from an award-winning director

OR

that has one of your favorite actresses

Crash Course in Romance

Jeon Do Yeon

✔︎

from an award-winning screenwriter

OR

that has one of your favorite actors

Waiting for Rain

Kang Ha Neul

Movie

✔︎

from an award-winning actor

OR

by the same director as one of your favorite titles


Aishiteiru to Ittekure


Toyokawa Etsushi

✔︎
from an award-winning actress

OR

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

See You in My 19th Life

Shin Hye Sun

✔︎


Getting up Close and Personal 

10.  Kiss, F***, Kill, Exorcism…

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back 

OR

Exorcism

Koisenu Futari


✔︎

Cohabitation 

OR

Long Distance Relationship

Love is Phantom


✔︎

Fluffy 

OR

Sexual Assault

Kou Kou Kyoushi


✔︎

Contract Relationship

OR

Secret Relationship

Mr. Sunshine


✔︎

Opposites Attract

OR

Domestic Abuse

 The Glory S2


✔︎


11. Finding a Mate

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

 First Love 

OR 

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

8.2 Byo no Hosoku


✔︎

Age Gap [Drama Life]  

OR 

Classmates' Relationship 

Nagatan to Aoto: Ichika no Ryourijou


✔︎

features a Heterosexual relationship  

OR 

Same-Sex relationship

Tsukuritai Onna to Tabetai Onna


✔︎

 Enemies to Lovers 

OR 

Love at First Sight

Blueming


✔︎

Nice Female Lead / Nice Male Lead 

OR 

Aggressive Female Lead / Aggressive Male  Lead

Horimiya


✔︎


12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route  

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Slight Comedy 

OR

Black Comedy
Divorce Attorney Shin

✔︎

Happy Ending 

OR 

features some type of Doomsday

The Odd Family: Zombie on Sale

Movie

✔︎

Tragic Past 

OR 

Sketch Comedy

A Shoulder to Cry On


✔︎

features a Celebration 

OR

Mourning

The Eight Sense


✔︎

Healing 

OR

Suicide

Love Mate


✔︎


13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

features a Religious Leader 

OR

Some type of God

The Director Who Buys Me Dinner


✔︎

Misunderstanding 

OR

Character Development

Konto ga Hajimaru


✔︎

 Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot 

OR

LGBTQ+


I Told Sunset About You

✔︎

Suspense 

OR 

Slow Burn Story / Slow Burn Romance

Minato Shouji Coin Laundry


✔︎

 Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead 

OR 

Discrimination

Out with a Bang


✔︎


Significant details 

14. Where Are We?     

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

On a Field  

OR 

On a Cliff

The Forbidden Flower


✔︎

In the Woods 

OR

By the Sea

Gannibal


✔︎

In a Jungle 

OR 

On a Rooftop

Our Dating Sim


✔︎

On a Mountain 

OR 

On an Island

Island S1


✔︎

In a City 

OR

In a Small Town

Madoromi Barmaid


✔︎


15. Humans Have So Many Things

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

An Umbrella 

OR

A Backpack

About Youth


✔︎

A Truck

OR

A Sports Car

Ryosangata Riko: Puramo Joshi no Jinsei


✔︎

A Smartphone 

OR

A Phone Booth


DNA Says Love You

 ✔︎

A Suit /Dress 

OR

A Hoodie

You Are Mine


✔︎

A Book

OR

A Crossbow

Da Capo Shimasen ka?


✔︎


The Main Attraction 

17. Camouflage?

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Athlete

OR 

Artist

Kaidanshita no Gogh


✔︎

Glasses 

OR

Tattoos

Hokuo Kojirase Nikki


✔︎

Identity Swap 

OR

Body Swap

Watashi no Otto wa Reitouko ni Nemutte Iru


✔︎

Cop Female LeadCop Male Lead

OR 

Criminal Female Lead/Criminal Male Lead


HIStory3: Trapped

✔︎

Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead

OR

Antihero/Antiheroine

The Glory S1


✔︎


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

The Killer: A Girl Who Deserves to Die

Movie

✔︎

Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead 

OR

Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead

Delightfully Deceitful


✔︎

Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead 

OR

Clingy Female Lead/Clingy Male Lead

Aishiteiru to Ittekure


✔︎

Rich Female LeadRich Male Lead 

OR 

Poor Female Lead/Poor Male Lead 

Bargain


✔︎

Killer 

OR

Healer  

Kill Bok Soon

Movie

✔︎


Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash

21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Funeral Director 

OR

Birth care (Postpartum care)

Hoshi Furu Yoru ni


✔︎

Virtual Reality  

OR 

Ghosts

Devil in the Lake


✔︎

Corruption 

OR

Teamwork

Payback: Money and Power


✔︎

Friendly Game  

OR

Death Game

Imawa no Kuni no Alice S2


✔︎

Friendship 

OR

Bullying

A Jaunt

Drama Special

✔︎


22. Who Am I When I Am With You?

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Colleagues 

OR

Inmates


Reversal Orchestra

✔︎

Bromance 

OR 

Sismance

Muchuu-sa, Kimi ni


✔︎

Parent-Child

OR

Sibling 

Bokura no Shokutaku


✔︎

Assailant-Victim 

OR

Student-Teacher

Midnight

Movie

✔︎

Doctor-Patient 

OR

Soldier

Hope

Movie

✔︎


Name and Cover 

23. It's Only Words in the Name 

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Celestial Body 

OR  

Body Part

I Want to Eat Your Pancreas

Movie

✔︎

Color

OR

Emotion 

Love to Hate You


✔︎

Object 

OR

Verb 

A Table!: Rekishi no Recipe wo Tsukutte


✔︎

Animal

OR

Number 

If Cats Disappeared From the World

Movie, rewatch

✔︎

Season 

OR

Calendar-related word 

Cherry Blossoms After Winter


✔︎


24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover   

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Domesticated Animal 

OR

Wild Animal 

Only You


✔︎

Flower 

OR 

Building 

Shinigami San


✔︎

Light Colors 

OR

Dark Colors 

Big Bet


✔︎

Rainbow 

OR

Door 

DNA Says Love You


✔︎

Only Words 

OR 

Geometrical Shapes 

Given


✔︎



MDL Watch Challenge 2023

Starting date: January 1st, 2023

Link to your Drama list: melolights

Progress Habitat: 22/22

Completed:  ✔︎

DRAMAS: 93MOVIES: 16DRAMA SPECIALS: 1


Taxonomy 

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

1. Type

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 Web Series

OR

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

We Best Love: No. 1 For You 



✔︎

MOVIE

OR

DRAMA SPECIAL

Love Is Phantom Special



 ✔︎

Co-Produced 

OR 

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

Our 30 Minute Sessions 

Mackenyu

✔︎

Anthology

OR 

Omnibus

Zenin, Kataomoi



 ✔︎

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

Or

Adapted From a Novel / Book

Horimiya



 ✔︎



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

HIStory5: Love in the Future



✔︎


Comedy 

OR

Tragedy

Hajimete Koi wo Shita Hi ni Yomu Hanashi


 ✔︎

Thriller

OR

Romance

Cinderella Is Online


 ✔︎

Youth 

OR

Political 

Life: Love on the Line (Director's Cut)


 ✔︎

Action 

OR

Life

Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu


✔︎


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

Love Mate



✔︎



1990-1999

OR

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

Drowning love

https://mydramalist.com/profile/Neonthe

✔︎



2000-2010

OR

the month (not necessarily the year) you were born

Papa & Daddy

April

✔︎



year generated by this website

OR

1950-1969

Kono Koi wa Tsumi na no ka!?

2018

✔︎



2017-2022

OR

1970-1989

Love Distance



✔︎



5. Duration of The Hike

 Tutorial

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 Short Length Series

 OR

Short Film

8.2 Byo no Hosoku


✔︎

DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes 

Or

DRAMA with  30 episodes or more. 

HIStory1: Obsessed


✔︎

DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer.

Bokura wa Koi ga Hetasugiru


✔︎

DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts  180 minutes or longer. 

Anata no Ban Desu


✔︎

DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes

OR

DRAMA with 8 episodes or less.  

I Give My First Love to You


✔︎


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

The Glory Part 2


 ✔︎

Different Timelines  

OR 

Time Loop

Our dating sim


✔︎

Time Skip 

OR  

Time Travel

Ore no Kawaii wa Mousugu Shohik 


 ✔︎

Winter

OR 

Summer

Principal: Koi Suru Watashi wa Heroine Desu Ka? 


 ✔︎

Fall  

OR

Spring

Shigatsu no Tokyo wa...


 ✔︎


The Chronicles of MDL 

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

8. Examined…

Tutorial

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

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)

Kimi ni wa Todokanai. 

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).

The Eighth Sense

This list

✔︎



from your most viewed tags 

Or

from your least viewed genres under your profile stats

Koe Koi

Romance

✔︎



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

Or

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

Taikan Yoho

This game

✔︎

with over 10 Reviews

OR

with 0 Reviews when you started watching it

Watashi no Shite Kurenai Pheromone Kareshi



✔︎




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

Missions of love 

Same writer as Jitenshaya-san no Takahashi-kun

✔︎



from an award-winning director

OR

that has one of your favorite actresses

We made a beautiful bouquet

Arimura Kasumi

✔︎



from an award-winning screenwriter

OR

that has one of your favorite actors

Douse Mou Nigerarenai

Kusakawa Takuya



✔︎



from an award-winning actor

OR

by the same director as one of your favorite titles

Ima kara Anata wo Kyouhaku Shimasu

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Fujioka

best supporting actor@ tokyo drama awards

✔︎



from an award-winning actress

OR

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

Tremble all you want



✔︎




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

Motokare Retry


✔︎

Cohabitation 

OR

Long Distance Relationship

Minami-kun no Koibito - My Little Lover



✔︎

Fluffy 

OR

Sexual Assault

Ameiro Paradox


✔︎

Contract Relationship 

OR

Secret Relationship

Love to Hate You


✔︎

Opposites Attract 

OR

Domestic Abuse

Kare ga Boku ni Koishita Wake


✔︎


11. Finding a Mate

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

 First Love 

OR 

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

First Love: Hatsukoi


 ✔︎

Age Gap [Drama Life]  

OR 

Classmates' Relationship 

Koi wa Tsuzuku yo Doko Made mo


✔︎

features a Heterosexual relationship  

OR 

Same-Sex relationship

HIStory1: Stay Away From Me


✔︎

 Enemies to Lovers 

OR 

Love at First Sight

Perfect Crime


 ✔︎

Nice Female Lead / Nice Male Lead 

OR 

Aggressive Female Lead / Aggressive Male  Lead

Konin Todoke ni Han wo Oshita dake desu ga


✔︎


12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route  

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Slight Comedy 

OR

Black Comedy

Crime Family



✔︎


Happy Ending 

OR 

features some type of Doomsday

Bokura no Micro na Shuumatsu


✔︎

Tragic Past 

OR 

Sketch Comedy

Given


✔︎

features a Celebration 

OR

Mourning

Hapimari: Happy Marriage!?


 ✔︎

 Healing 

OR

Suicide

3 Nen A Gumi: Ima kara Mina-san wa, Hitojichi Desu


✔︎


13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

features a Religious Leader 

OR

Some type of God

The Director Who Buys Me Dinner 



✔︎


Misunderstanding

OR

Character Development

Utsukushii Kare Season 2



✔︎


 Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot 

OR

LGBTQ+

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


✔︎

Suspense 

OR 

Slow Burn Story / Slow Burn Romance

Restart After Come back Home



✔︎

Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead 

OR 

Discrimination

Love Is Phantom 


✔︎



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

I Told Sunset about You 


✔︎

In the Woods 

OR

By the Sea

Chugakusei Nikki


✔︎

In a Jungle 

OR 

On a Rooftop

Kimi no Koto Dake Mite Itai


✔︎

On a Mountain 

OR 

On an Island

One Page Love


✔︎

In a City 

OR

In a Small Town

Koi to Dangan


✔︎


15. Humans Have So Many Things

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

An Umbrella 

OR

A Backpack

Love Kome no Okite: Kojirase Joshi to Toshishita Danshi


✔︎

A Truck  

OR

A Sports Car

Individual Circumstances


✔︎

A Smartphone 

OR

A Phone Booth

Our Dating Sim


  ✔︎

A Suit /Dress 

OR

A Hoodie

Himitsu no Ai-chan


 ✔︎

A Book 

OR

A Crossbow

Nee Sensei, Shiranai no?


 ✔︎


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 

Konto ga Hajimaru

Kamiki Ryunosuke

✔︎

Idol actor/ Idol actress 

OR

Former Child Actor/Actress 

Liar

Sato Taiki

✔︎

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)

Kuzu no Honkai


 ✔︎

Able Bodied 

OR

Living with a disability 

Koi Desu: Yankee-kun to Hakujou Garu


✔︎

Public Figure 

OR

Hidden Identity

Unintentional Love Story



✔︎



17. Camouflage?

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Athlete 

OR 

Artist

Kimi no Hana ni Naru


✔︎

Glasses 

OR

Tattoos

Bungaku Shojo


✔︎

Identity Swap 

OR

Body Swap

EVEN - Kimi ni Okuru Uta


 ✔︎

Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead

OR 

Criminal Female Lead/Criminal Male Lead

P to JK



✔︎

Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead

OR

Antihero/Antiheroine

The Glory Season 1


✔︎


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

Promise Cinderella



✔︎


Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead 

OR

Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead

Imawa no Kuni no Alice Season 2


 ✔︎

Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead 

OR

Clingy Female Lead/Clingy Male Lead

12 Suicidal Teens


✔︎

Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead 

OR 

Poor Female Lead/Poor Male Lead 

Eroi Kareshi ga Watashi wo Madowasu


 ✔︎

Killer 

OR

Healer  

Sensei wo Kesu Houteishiki


✔︎


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

Today's Kira-kun

Bird

✔︎

Talking Pet  

OR

Animal Death

Jitenshaya-san no Takahashi-kun


✔︎

Zoo animal  

OR

Farm Animal

My little monster

Chicken

✔︎

Veterinarian  

OR

Animal Control

Crash course in romance


 ✔︎

Romantic Ride on a Horse  

OR

Horse Ridden to Out to War

My Tooth Your Love


✔︎


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

Semi Otoko


✔︎

Adorable animals 

OR 

Animal Attack

Ousama ni Sasagu Kusuriyubi 


✔︎

Animal in the Wild 

OR

Animal in a City

Your eyes tell


 ✔︎

Pet dressed in Clothes 

OR 

Animal Abuse

Kieta Hatsukoi


 ✔︎

Second Lead Caring For Animals 

OR 

Antagonist Caring For Animals

KinnPorsche


 ✔︎

 

21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die

Progress: 4/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Funeral Director 

OR

Birth care (Postpartum care)

Hoshi furu yoru ni


✔︎

Virtual Reality  

OR 

Ghosts

Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum 


✔︎

Corruption

OR

Teamwork

Shinai naru Boku e Satsui wo Komete



✔︎


Friendly Game  

OR

Death Game

Imawa no Kuni no Alice Season 1


 ✔︎

Friendship 

OR

Bullying

From me to you


 ✔︎


22. Who Am I When I Am With You?

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Colleagues 

OR

Inmates

Kekkon Dekinai ni wa Wake ga Aru


 ✔︎

Bromance 

OR 

Sismance

Muchuu-sa, Kimi ni 


✔︎

Parent-Child 

OR

Sibling 

 L♥DK 


 ✔︎

Assailant-Victim 

OR

Student-Teacher

Minato Shouji Coin Laundry


✔︎

Doctor-Patient 

OR

Soldier

Eien no Kinou


✔︎


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 

To My Star Season 2: Our Untold Stories


✔︎

Color 

OR

Emotion 

Momoiro Anzuiro Sakurairo


✔︎

Object 

OR

Verb 

Love Tractor


 ✔︎

Animal

OR

Number 

3B no Koibito


 ✔︎

Season 

OR

Calendar-related word 

Blue spring ride


 ✔︎


24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover   

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Domesticated Animal 

OR

Wild Animal 
Sakura


✔︎

Flower 

OR 

Building 

Utsukushii Kare


 ✔︎

Light Colors 

OR

Dark Colors 

Marry Me!


 ✔︎

Rainbow 

OR

Door 

Like in the movies


 ✔︎

Only Words 

OR 

Geometrical Shapes 

Kareshi wo Loan de Kaimashita


 ✔︎


MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet
 

Starting date: January 1, 2023

Link to your Drama list: My list

Progress Habitat: 8/8


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 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

ATEEZ 82 Challenge

TV Show Episodes 1-8

September 28, 2023

MOVIE

OR

DRAMA SPECIAL

609 Bedtime Story: Dream On

Drama Special

May 11, 2023

Co-Produced 

OR 

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

Snowpiercer

Chris Evans (American)

October 30, 2023

Anthology 

OR 

Omnibus

Close Friend

Anthology

November 16, 2023

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

Or

Adapted From a Novel / Book

Connect

Adapted from a Webtoon

May 11, 2023


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 

Sweet Home Season 2

Sci-Fi

December 10, 2023

Comedy 

OR

Tragedy

Doona!


Comedy

December 9, 2023

Thriller

OR

Romance

Convenience Store Fling

Romance

November 22, 2023

Youth 

OR

Political 

Sky of Love

Youth

December 27, 2023

Action 

OR

Life

Black Knight

Action

December 11, 2023


Time is Relative

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

5. Duration of The Hike

 Tutorial

Progress: 5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 Short Length Series

 OR

 Short Film 

 Craving You


Short Length Series

December 7, 2023

DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes 

Or

DRAMA with  30 episodes or more. 

Nee Sensei, Shiranai no?

25 min. per episode

December 14, 2023

DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer.

 Gameboys Season 2

31 min. per episode

November 22, 2023

DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts  180 minutes or longer. 

Only Friends

46 min. per episode

December 6, 2023

DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes

OR

DRAMA with 8 episodes or less.  

Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area - Part 2

6 episodes

December 8, 2023


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

Alice in Borderland 2


February 1st, 2023

Different Timelines  

OR 

Time Loop

The Call

Different Timelines

June 28th, 2023

Time Skip 

OR  

Time Travel

Roommates of Pyeongduck 304

Time Skip

May 10, 2023

Winter 

OR 

Summer

Ocean Likes Me

Winter

November 11, 2023

Fall  

OR

Spring

Sing My Crush

Fall

November 20, 2023


Getting up Close and Personal 

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

11. Finding a Mate

Progress: 5

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

Love in the Air

Sexual Content

October 2, 2023

Age Gap [Drama Life]  

OR 

Classmates' Relationship 

Dating in the Kitchen

Age Gap

March 17, 2023

features a Heterosexual relationship  

OR 

Same-Sex relationship

2 Moons: The Ambassador

Same-Sex Relationship

July 31, 2023

 Enemies to Lovers 

OR 

Love at First Sight

Destined with You

Enemies to Lovers

December 21, 2023

Nice Female Lead / Aggressive Male Lead 

OR 

Aggressive Female Lead / Aggressive Male  Lead

King the Land

Nice Female Lead

December 31, 2023


12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying

Progress: 5

Choice of Route  

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Slight Comedy 

OR

Black Comedy

Moving

Slight Comedy

November 16, 2023

Happy Ending 

OR 

features some type of Doomsday

Fated to Love You

Happy Ending

September 27, 2023

Tragic Past 

OR 

Sketch Comedy

Kill It

Tragic Past

April 13, 2023

features a Celebration 

OR

Mourning

Cutie Pie 2 You

Wedding

April 11, 2023

 Healing 

OR

Suicide

Koi wa Tsuzuku yo Doko Made mo

Healing

November 20, 2023


The Main Attraction 

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

17. Camouflage?

Progress: 5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Athlete 

OR 

Artist

Bloodhounds

Boxing

June 17, 2023

Glasses 

OR

Tattoos

Our Dating Sim

Glasses

April 14, 2023

Identity Swap 

OR

Body Swap

The Heavenly Idol

Body Swap


October 26, 2023

Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead

OR 

Criminal Female Lead/Criminal Male Lead

Reset

Cop Female Lead

October 26, 2023

Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead

OR

Antihero/Antiheroine

One Piece

Antiheroine

September 5, 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

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Colleagues 

OR

Inmates

Old Fashion Cupcake

Colleagues

October 3, 2023

Bromance 

OR 

Sismance

The Deal

Bromance

November 21, 2023

Parent-Child 

OR

Sibling 

609 Bedtime Story

Brother-Sister Relationship

May 11, 2023

Assailant-Victim 

OR

Student-Teacher

Big

Student-Teacher

December 20, 2023

Doctor-Patient 

OR

Soldier

D.P Season 2

Soldier

October 4, 2023


Treats

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

My Treats!

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


 


















2023 MDL Watch Challenge Sign-up Sheet
 

Starting date: January 1, 2023

Link to your Drama list:  My List

Progress Habitat:

Legend: Currently Watching, Plan to Watch, Completed (✓)

Taxonomy 

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

1. Type

Progress: 4/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

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

Single's Inferno S2

Episodes 1-10

MOVIE

Jung_E


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

The Jungle

Luke Ishikawa Plowden (American)

Omnibus

Love Scene Number




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

Alice in Borderland S2

Adapted from a manga


2. Is it True?

Progress: 2/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Advertisement

7 First Kisses



Propaganda

Hellbound

Rewatch

Mockumentary

I Hate Going to Work



Inspired by Real Events / Real Person

Pipeline



Historical Fiction

My Dearest



3. All About the Gen(r)es  

Progress: 3/5

Watch a title from one of the following genres

Choice of Route. 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Historical

Poong, the Joseon Psychiatrist S2


Comedy

Strangers Again



Romance

You Touched My Heart


Youth 

Utsukushii Kare S1



Action

Pandora: Beneath the Paradise



Time is Relative

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

4. Year of Origin   

Tutorial

Progress: 2/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

in 2023

My Perfect Stranger

2023

1990-1999

Itazura na Kiss

1996


2000-2010

From Me to You

2010


year generated by this website

Emergency Couple

1995, 2011, 2014, 2020



2017-2022

The Interest of Love

2022


5. Duration of The Hike

 Tutorial

Progress: 4/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

Short Film 

Wuliang

37 min.


DRAMA with 30 episodes or more. 

Love Between Fairy and Devil

36 episodes

MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer.

Ditto

114 min.

DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes

Lighter & Princess

45 min.

DRAMA with 8 episodes or less. 

Money Heist Korea Joint Economic Area Part 2

6 episodes


6. Time Can Be Confusing 

Progress: 3/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Full second season of a DRAMA

Tale of the Nine-Tailed 1938

Season 2

Time Loop

A Time Called You


Time Skip

The Glory S1


Winter

When the Weather is Fine

Winter setting


Spring

One Spring Night

Spring setting



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: 4/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

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

Jao Sao Jum Yorm



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

Weak Hero Class 1

ranked #12 as of Jan. 3, 2023


DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list

The All-Round Wife

122 episodes, as of Jan. 6, 2023

mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds)

The Blood of Youth

Mentioned by Anusaya in a feed

with the newest release date in your PTW list

Payback: Money and Power

Aired its first episode on Jan. 6, 2023




8. Examined…

Tutorial

Progress: 3/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

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

The Director Who Buys Me Dinner

Link (page 3)



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

The Glory S2

Link

from your most viewed tags

Blue Birthday (Japan)

Top Tag: Death



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

Doona!

Link

with over 10 Reviews

Alchemy of Souls S2: Light and Shadow

33 reviews when I started watching


9. Your Fanciers and Westminsters

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

*List with awards

Progress: 4/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

Award-winning




that has one of your favorite actresses

See You in My 19th Life

Shin Hye Sun

that has one of your favorite actors

Our Blooming Youth

Park Hyung Sik



from an award-winning actor

Decision to Leave

Park Hae-il won Best Actor at the 58th Grand Bell Awards

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

Brain Cooperation

Lee Jin Seo, director


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 

Exorcism

Island S2


Cohabitation

Not Others


Fluffy

Why Women Love


Secret Relationship

Never Let Me Go


Domestic Abuse

Castaway Diva



11. Finding a Mate

Progress: 4/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

First Love

The Uncanny Counter S2


Classmates' Relationship

Twinkling Watermelon


Same-Sex relationship

Semantic Error


Love at First Sight

Heartbeat


Aggressive Female Lead / Aggressive Male  Lead

Lover or Stranger

Aggressive Male Lead



12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying

Progress: 3/5

Choice of Route  

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Slight Comedy Perfect Marriage Revenge


Happy Ending

Love to Hate You


Tragic Past

One and Only



features a Celebration

My School President



Healing

The Good Bad Mother



13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff

Progress: 1/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

features a Religious Leader 

My ID is Gangnam Beauty



Misunderstanding

Hi Venus



LGBTQ+

Oh! My Assistant (Movie)



Suspense

Taxi Driver S2


Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead

Escape of the Seven

Popular Female Lead



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: 4/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

On a Field

Sword Snow Stride


In the Woods

Jirisan

Rewatch

On a Rooftop

Revenge of Others



On an Island

The Stranded

Rewatch


In a Small Town

From Me to You



15. Humans Have So Many Things

Progress: 3/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

An Umbrella

Trolley


A Truck 

Black Knight


A Smartphone

Delivery Man


A Suit /Dress

Cherry Magic



A Crossbow

A Shoulder to Cry On




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: 3/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Child Actor/Actress

Hi, Bye Mama!

Seo Woo Jin


Idol actor/ Idol actress

The Heavenly Idol

Idol Actor

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

Raise de wa Chanto Shimasu S1



Able Bodied 

General's Lady

Rewatch first 7 episodes

Hidden Identity

Family: The Unbreakable Bond



17. Camouflage?

Progress: 1/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Artist

Individual Circumstances


Glasses

My Lethal Man



Body Swap

The Day of Becoming You



Criminal Female Lead/Criminal Male Lead

Midnight

Criminal Male Lead


Antihero/Antiheroine

Risky

Antiheroine



18. What Are You?  

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead

Vigilante

Strong Male Lead

Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead 

Joseon Attorney: A Morality

Smart Male Lead

Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead

The Secret Romantic Guesthose

Cold Male Lead

Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead

Celebrity

Rich Male Lead

Healer  

Kokdu: Season of Deity

Doctor Female Lead


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: 2/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Pest

Roommates of Poongduck 304



Animal Death

The First Responders S2


Zoo animal  

OR

Farm Animal




Veterinarian 

Behind Your Touch

Veterinarian Female Lead

Romantic Ride on a Horse  

OR

Horse Ridden to Out to War





20. Where the Humans Are…

Progress: 1/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Human Turns into an Animal   

OR

Animal turns into a Human




Animal Attack

The Forbidden Marriage



Animal in the Wild

Back from the Brink


Animal Abuse

Someday or One Day



Second Lead Caring For Animals 

OR 

Antagonist Caring For Animals




 

21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die

Progress: 1/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Birth care (Postpartum care)

Hoshi Furu Yoru ni



Virtual Reality

Catch Up My Prince


Teamwork

Gank Your Heart



Friendly Game

Theory of Love



Friendship

Gyeongseong Creature




22. Who Am I When I Am With You?

Progress: 4/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Colleagues

A Boss and a Babe

Office setting

Sismance

Queenmaker


Sibling 

Double Savage

Brothers relationship


Student-Teacher

Dangerous Romance


Soldier

Song of the Bandits

Tag: Army, 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 

Body Part 

Dr. Brain



Color

The Red Sleeve

Rewatch first 7 episodes


Verb 

Unlock My Boss



Number 

10 Years Ticket



Season

Summer Strike




24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover   

Progress: 4/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Wild Animal

Unforgotten Night



Building 

Call It Love


Dark Colors 

Island S1


Door 

King the Land


Geometrical Shapes

Be My Favorite



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: 2/7

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

China

The Starry Love


Hong Kong

Ip Man



Japan

Rinko-san wa Shite Mitai



Philippines

Like in the Movies



South Korea

Crash Course in Romance


Taiwan

Copycat Killer



Thailand

Love Syndrome




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 1, 2023
Link to your Drama list: LunaNoir's Watchlist 

Progress Habitat: 10/10 

⭐ = Fitting drama found

★ = Currently Watching

Date Format: DD/MM/YY


1. Type

Progress: 5/5

Choice of RouteEssentialsNotesCompleted
Web Series
OR
TV SHOW*
At least 5 o f a title listed as a Tv Show The episodes do not need to be in consecutive order. Please list episode air dates OR episode numbers
Once Upon a Small TownWeb Series26.12.2023
MOVIE
OR
DRAMA SPECIAL
My Little HeroMovie28.03.2023
Co-Produced
OR
Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDL
Casa Armor:
Exclusive for Ladies
with Clara Lee (British Nationality)13.08.2023
Anthology
OR
Omnibus
Triple - Do You Want?Omnibus23.02.2023
Adapted from a manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic
Or
Adapted From a Novel / Book
Something In My
Room
Adapted from a Comic21.08.2023


2. Is it True?

Progress: 5/5

Choice of RouteEssentialsNotesCompleted
Advertisement 
OR
Educational (tries to teach viewers something-not the same as the school genre)
When You Love YourselfEducational27.02.2023
Independent Film
OR
Propaganda
Just Friends?Independent
Film
16.08.2023
Documentary Genre
OR
 Mockumentary
Cupid's Last Wish: Behind The ScenesDocumentary Genre12.02.2023
Adapted from Folklore
OR
Inspired by Real Events / Real Person
When I Get Home, My Wife Always Pretends to be DeadInspired by Real Events25.11.2023
Historical Fiction
OR
Historical genre  + tag Based on True Story
SakuranHistorical Fiction28.10.2023


3. All About the Gen(r)es  

Progress: 5/5

Watch a title from one of the following genres

Choice of Route.
EssentialsNotesCompleted
Historical
OR
Sci-Fi
The Forbidden MarriageHistorical07.12.2023
Comedy
OR
Tragedy
Hakozume: Tatakau! Koban JoshiComedy28.02.2023
Thriller
OR
Romance
The First RespondersThriller17.02.2023
Youth
OR
Political
49 Days With A MermanYouth14.09.2023
Action
OR
Life
Mental Tsuyome Bijo Shirakawa-sanLife07.08.2023


4. Year of Origin

Progress: 5/5

Choice of RouteEssentialsNotesCompleted
in 2023

OR

1940-1959
One Day Offin 202326.11.2023
1990-1999

OR

the year a member on this page joined MDL (link to the account/challenge form)
Miss Grannykura2ninja Join Year: 2014
Link to account / Link to Challenge Form
by the time I watched this we were on the same page number 6, see proof
03.12.2023
2000-2010

OR

the month (not necessarily the year) you were born
ExitMonth I was born: July17.12.2023
year generated by this website

OR

1950-1969
Bad Guysyear generated: 201422.02.2023
2017-2022

OR

1970-1989
Birthday2017-2022 -> 201927.11.2023


5. Duration of The Hike

Progress: 5/5

Choice of RouteEssentialsNotesCompleted
Short Length Series
 OR
 Short Film
Love Between Fairy 
and Devil Special
Short Length
Series
06.02.2023
DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes
Or
DRAMA with  30 episodes or more
Koi to DanganDrama episode length 24 min10.09.2023
DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes
OR
MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer
Low Seasonruntime 2 hr. 5 min.13.08.2023
DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes
OR
MOVIE that lasts  180 minutes or longer
TOKYO AIRPORT - Tokyo Kuukou Kansei HoanbuDrama with 45 minute episodes11.09.2023
DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes
OR
DRAMA with 8 episodes or less
To The Moon and Backepisode length: 1h 10min17.11.2023


7. Sharing is Caring

Progress: 5/5

Choice of RouteEssentialsNotesCompleted
that has been on your PTW for longer than you can remember
OR
from the Watchlist of another user doing this challenge
May I Help YouIn Watchlist of Echo and Tasnima_32929.01.2023
with less than 10,000 viewers
OR
ranked 1-1000 (if you have seen them all you can go for 1001)
Gibo To Musume no
Blues
3,393 watchers when I completed watching08.06.2023
DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list
OR
DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list
You Are My Hero40 episodes12.08.2023
mentioned in the MDL Forums
Or
mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds)
Let's Fight GhostFeed post screenshot09.01.2023
with the newest release date in your PTW list
OR
with a release date older than the oldest title in your Watchlist
The First Responders Season 2Release Date:Aug 4, 2023 - Sep 9, 2023
watched while it aired
24.09.2023


8. Examined…

Progress: 5/5

Choice of RouteEssentialsNotesCompleted
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)
Marry My Dead BodyTrailers Page 2: photo proof
Link to trailer
06.12.2023
found on a Custom List (add a link to the list).
OR
found on a Voting List in the list index (add a link to the list).
Tokyo MERList (Position 181)-Photo proof20.03.2023
from your most viewed tags
Or
from your least viewed genres under your profile stats
Not MeMost viewed tag: Friendship12.01.2023
with someone or something mentioned in a Game on MDL (add a link to the game)
Or
found mentioned in an  Article on MDL (add a link to the article)
Like Father, Like Sonin article: MDL Choice: Heisei Dramas and Movies03.03.2023
with over 10 Reviews
OR
with 0 Reviews when you started watching it
Hakozume: Motto tatakau! Machiyama Sho no Hitobito0 reviews when added (screenshot)28.02.2023


11. Finding a Mate

Progress: 5/5

Choice of RouteEssentialsNotesCompleted
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
Love and LeashesSexual Content26.12.2023
Age Gap [Drama Life] 

OR

Classmates' Relationship
BL Metamorphosis
Age Gap [Drama Life]16.12.2023
features a Heterosexual relationship 

OR

Same-Sex relationship
Cherry Magic MovieSame-sex Relationship07.12.2023
Enemies to Lovers

OR

Love at First Sight
Mr. Pride vs. Miss Prejudice
Enemies to Lovers04.12.2023
Nice Female Lead /  Male Lead

OR

Aggressive  Female Lead / Male  Lead
Extreme JobNice Male Lead27.12.2023


13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff

Progress: 5/5

Choice of RouteEssentialsNotesCompleted
features a Religious Leader
OR
Some type of God
Love Between Fairy
and Devil
Some type of God06.02.2023
Misunderstanding
OR
Character Development
NavilleraCharacter
Development
04.03.2023
Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot
OR
LGBTQ+
Age of Youth 2Female-Centered Plot20.11.2023
Suspense
OR
Slow Burn Story / Slow Burn Romance
Angel's Last Mission: LoveSlow Burn
Romance
13.03.2023
Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead
OR
Discrimination
Taikan YohoPopular Male Lead22.11.2023


22. Who Am I When I Am With You?

Progress: 5/5

Choice of RouteEssentialsNotesCompleted
Colleagues
OR
Inmates
Tokyo MER:
Sumidagawa
Mission
Colleagues20.08.2023
Bromance
OR
Sismance
Oh No! Here Comes Trouble
Bromance21.12.2023
Parent-Child
OR
Sibling
The Witch's DinerParent-Child (Mother-Daughter)24.02.2023
Assailant-Victim
OR
Student-Teacher
3 Nen A Gumi: Ima kara Mina-san wa, Hitojichi DesuStudent-Teacher12.02.2023
Doctor-Patient
OR
Soldier
A Tale of Thousand StarsDoctor-Patient15.08.2023

MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet

Starting date: 01/01/2023
Link to your Drama list: Echo’s Drama List
Progress Habitat: Plains

 

2 Habitats: Oct 11th4 Habitats: Nov 1st6 Habitats: Nov 29th
8 Habitats: Dec 8th
7 Countries: Dec 13th
10 Habitats: Dec 17th


13 Habitats: Dec 31st



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

Secretary Bai Wants to Resign EverydayWeb SeriesFeb 16th

MOVIE

OR

DRAMA SPECIAL

Drama Special Season 8: Let Us MeetDrama SpecialOct 18th

Co-Produced

OR

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

One Piece


Co-ProducedSep 3rd

Anthology

OR

Omnibus

Ashita, Watashi wa Dareka no Kanojo


AnthologyOct 17th

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

Or

Adapted From a Novel / Book

You Are My Heartbeat

Adapted from a manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / comicNov 29th



2. Is it True?

Progress: 3/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Advertisement

OR

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

Lost in your EyesAdvertisementSep 4th

Independent Film

OR

Propaganda




Documentary Genre

OR

Mockumentary




Adapted from Folklore

OR

Inspired by Real Events / Real Person

Love at First FloodInspired by Real Events/Real Person, MovieOct 12th

Historical Fiction

OR

Historical genre + tag Based on True Story

Joseon Attorney: A Morality Historical FictionMay 21st

 

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

Poong, the Joseon Psychiatrist Season 2HistoricalFeb 9th

Comedy

OR

Tragedy

Crash Course in RomanceComedyMar 5th

Thriller

OR

Romance

Doctor Detective


RomanceNov 1st

Youth

OR

Political

From Me to YouYouthApr 2nd

Action

OR

Life

Hi VenusLifeJan 24th

 

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




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

Soundtrack #1


2017-2022, Rewatch
Nov 19th


5. Duration of The Hike

 Tutorial

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

Short Length Series

OR

Short Film

Otonari ni Ginga

 

Short Length SeriesJun 28th

DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes

Or

DRAMA with  30 episodes or more.

Kanojo, Okarishimasu20-30 minute episodesFeb 3rd

DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer.

Parallel World

 

30-40 minute episodesOct 7th

DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts  180 minutes or longer.

Mr. Lipstick40-50 minute episodesMar 7th

DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes

OR

DRAMA with 8 episodes or less.

Remarriage and Desires8 episodes or lessFeb 28th


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

Alchemy of Souls Season 2: Light and ShadowSecond SeasonJan 8th

Different Timelines

OR

Time Loop

Secretary Bai Wants to Resign EverydayDifferent TimelinesFeb 16th

Time Skip

OR

Time Travel

My Perfect StrangerTime TravelJun 21st

Winter

OR

Summer

Little Forest: Winter & SpringWinter, MovieOct 11th

Fall

OR

Spring

Little Forest: Summer & Autumn


Fall, MovieOct 11th


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: 1/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

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

OR

from the Watchlist of another user doing this challenge




with less than 10,000 viewers

OR

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

Dirty Laundry


With less than 10,000 viewersJun 8th

DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list

OR

DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list




mentioned in the MDL Forums

Or

mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds)




with the newest release date in your PTW list

OR

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





8. Examined…

Tutorial

Progress: 1/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

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

Or

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




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

Venus


0 ReviewsDec 31st


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

Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu


Award Winning Actress - Yui Aragaki, RewatchAug 12th


Getting up Close and Personal 

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

10. Kiss, F***, Kill, Exorcism…

Progress: 2/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back

OR

Exorcism




Cohabitation

OR

Long Distance Relationship

Hamaru Otoko ni Keritai OnnaCohabitationMar 18th

Fluffy

OR

Sexual Assault




Contract Relationship

OR

Secret Relationship

Love to Hate YouContract RelationshipFeb 15th

Opposites Attract

OR

Domestic Abuse




 

11. Finding a Mate

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

First Love

OR

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

Koi wa Tsuzuku yo Doko Made moFirst LoveFeb 7th

Age Gap [Drama Life]

OR

Classmates' Relationship

My Dearest


Age Gap [Drama Life]Sep 3rd

features a Heterosexual relationship 

OR

Same-Sex Relationship

GAPSame-Sex RelationshipFeb 22nd

Enemies to Lovers

OR

Love at First Sight

Love at First HateEnemies to LoversApr 23rd

Nice Female Lead / Aggressive Male Lead

OR

Aggressive Female Lead / Aggressive Male Lead

Daily Dose of SunshineNice Female Lead/Nice Male LeadNov 11th


12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Slight Comedy 

OR

Black Comedy

Mask Girl


Black ComedyAug 23rd

Happy Ending

OR

features some type of Doomsday

Lion PrideHappy EndingMay 7th

Tragic Past

OR

Sketch Comedy

You Are Desire and You Are Desire Extra


Tragic PastSep 19th

features a Celebration

OR

Mourning

Analog Squad


MourningDec 10th

 Healing

OR

Suicide

Tsuiraku JK to Haijin Kyoshi 


SuicideAug 7th


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

Tieng Narng MaiSome type of GodJune 25th

Misunderstanding

OR

Character Development

A Fist Within Four WallsMisunderstandingMay 28th

Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot

OR

LGBTQ+

Once Upon a Crime

Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot, MovieOct 12th

Suspense

OR

Slow Burn Story / Slow Burn Romance

When I Fly Towards YouSlow Burn Story/Slow Burn RomanceAug 6th

Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead

OR

Discrimination

Find Me in Your Memory


Popular Male Lead/Popular Female Lead, RewatchOct 11th

 

 

Significant details 

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

14. Where Are We? 

Progress: 2/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

On a Field 

OR

On a Cliff




In the Woods

OR

By the Sea

Manatsu no CinderellaBy the SeaOct 4th

In a Jungle

OR

On a Rooftop




On a Mountain

OR

On an Island




In a City 

OR

In a Small Town

Tokyo Joshi ZukanIn a CityMay 15th


15. Humans Have So Many Things

Progress: 2/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

An Umbrella

OR

A Backpack




A Truck

OR

A Sports Car




A Smartphone

OR

A Phone Booth

Unlock My BossSmartphone

Jan 29th

A Suit /Dress

OR

A Hoodie




A Book

OR

A Crossbow

Bo Ra! DeborahBookMay 27th

 

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: 4/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Child Actor/Actress

OR

Veteran Actor/Actress

Tale of the Nine-Tailed 1938

Veteran Actor/Actress: Kim So Yeon


Jul 5th

Idol actorIdol actress

OR

Former Child Actor/Actress

Ousama ni Sasagu Kusuriyubi


Idol actor/Idol actress: Yamada Ryosuke


Jul 1st

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)

Nagatan to Aoto: Ichika no Ryourijou


Cis gender IdentityDec 27th

Able Bodied

OR

Living with a disability

Twinkling Watermelon


Living with a disability


Nov 14th

Public Figure

OR

Hidden Identity

Doona!


Public FigureOct 22nd

 

17. Camouflage?

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Athlete

OR

Artist

H2: Kimi to Ita Hibi 

Athlete, RewatchMar 15th

Glasses

OR

Tattoos

Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu: Ganbare Jinrui! Shinshun Special!!Glasses, RewatchAug 13th

Identity Swap

OR

Body Swap

Castaway DivaIdentity SwapDec 3rd

Cop Female LeadCop Male Lead

OR

Criminal Female Lead/Criminal Male Lead

My Sassy Psychic


Cop Female LeadCop Male Lead


Sep 10th

Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead

OR

Antihero/Antiheroine

My Dearest Part 2AntiheroNov 20th

 

18. What Are You? 

Progress: 4/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead

OR

Weak Female Lead / Weak Male Lead

Our Blooming YouthStrong Female LeadApr 11th

Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead 

OR

Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead

MIU 404Smart Male LeadMar 12th

Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead

OR

Clingy Female Lead/Clingy Male Lead

My Girlfriend Is an Alien Clingy Female LeadApr 6th

Rich Female LeadRich Male Lead

OR

Poor Female Lead/Poor Male Lead

My Girl (Thai)Rich Male LeadApr 16th

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: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Funeral Director

OR

Birth care (Postpartum care)

Ho Goo's Love

Birth care (Postpartum care)


Jul 30th

Virtual Reality

OR

Ghosts

Eight HoursVirtual RealityJan 25th

Corruption

OR

Teamwork

Delightfully Deceitful

TeamworkJul 18th

Friendly Game 

OR

Death Game

Yu Yu HakushoDeath GameDec 16th

Friendship

OR

Bullying

UMGFriendshipJun 4th

 

22. Who Am I When I Am With You?

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Colleagues

OR

Inmates

Here We Meet AgainColleaguesJun 14th

Bromance

OR

Sismance

Miss Agent


Sismance, MovieDec 19th

Parent-Child 

OR

Sibling

Not OthersParent-ChildAug 22nd

Assailant-Victim

OR

Student-Teacher

Soundtrack #2


Student-TeacherDec 20th

Doctor-Patient

OR

Soldier

Monster Hospital

Doctor-Patient, MovieDec 17th


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

Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!Body PartDec 31st

Color 

OR

Emotion

When a Snail Falls in LoveEmotion, Thai
Jul 18th

Object

OR

Verb

Trade Your LoveVerb, MovieJul 19th

Animal

OR

Number

Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead

Number, MovieAug 8th

Season

OR

Calendar-related word

Beginning of Summer


SeasonDec 31st


24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover 

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Domesticated Animal 

OR

Wild Animal 




Flower

OR

Building

Joosama ni Sasagu KusuriyubiFlowerJul 20th

Light Colors 

OR

Dark Colors




Rainbow

OR

Door




Only Words 

OR

Geometrical Shapes




 

Origin

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

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

25. Countries of MDL

Progress: 7/7

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

China

The Queen of Kung Fu 1

MovieOct 19th

Hong Kong

Love Off the CuffMovieAug 13th

Japan

In Love and Deep Water

MovieNov 30th

Philippines

Spellbound

MovieNov 22nd

South Korea

She's on DutyMovieDec 13th

Taiwan

Hear MeMovieDec 12th

Thailand

May Who?

MovieOct 18th

 

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
0/5
Forest Used
0/5
Mountain Used
0/5
Space Used
0/5
Black Hole Used
0/5







MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet
 

Starting date: Jan 1 2023

Link to your Drama list:

Progress Habitat:

 


Taxonomy 

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

1. Type

Progress:

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 Web Series

OR

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







MOVIE

OR

DRAMA SPECIAL






Co-Produced 

OR 

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







Anthology 

OR 

Omnibus







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

Or

Adapted From a Novel / Book









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: 1/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Full second season of a DRAMA

OR 

Only 1 episode of a DRAMA




Different Timelines  

OR 

Time Loop



Reset




Jan 25

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



The Blood of

Youth



Same directoras Under the power



Feb 5

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: 1/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back 

OR

Exorcism

My Sunshine



Cohabitation 

OR

Long Distance Relationship




Fluffy 

OR

Sexual Assault




Contract Relationship 

OR

Secret Relationship




Opposites Attract 

OR

Domestic Abuse

 




11. Finding a Mate

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

 First Love 

OR 

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




Age Gap [Drama Life]  

OR 

Classmates' Relationship 




features a Heterosexual relationship  

OR 

Same-Sex relationship




 Enemies to Lovers 

OR 

Love at First Sight




Nice Female Lead / Aggressive Male Lead 

OR 

Aggressive Female Lead / Aggressive Male  Lead





12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying

Progress:

Choice of Route  

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Slight Comedy 

OR

Black Comedy




Happy Ending 

OR 

features some type of Doomsday




Tragic Past 

OR 

Sketch Comedy




features a Celebration 

OR

Mourning




 Healing 

OR

Suicide





13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

features a Religious Leader 

OR

Some type of God




Misunderstanding 

OR

Character Development




 Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot 

OR

LGBTQ+




Suspense 

OR 

Slow Burn Story / Slow Burn Romance




 Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead 

OR 

Discrimination






Significant details 

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

14. Where Are We?     

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

On a Field  

OR 

On a Cliff




In the Woods 

OR

By the Sea




In a Jungle 

OR 

On a Rooftop




On a Mountain 

OR 

On an Island




In a City 

OR

In a Small Town





15. Humans Have So Many Things

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

An Umbrella 

OR

A Backpack




A Truck  

OR

A Sports Car




A Smartphone 

OR

A Phone Booth



 

A Suit /Dress 

OR

A Hoodie




A Book 

OR

A Crossbow





The Main Attraction 

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

 16. Who Are We?

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Child Actor/Actress 

OR 

Veteran Actor/Actress 




Idol actor/ Idol actress 

OR

Former Child Actor/Actress 




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

OR

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




Able Bodied 

OR

Living with a disability 




Public Figure  

OR

Hidden Identity





17. Camouflage?

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Athlete 

OR 

Artist




Glasses 

OR

Tattoos




Identity Swap 

OR

Body Swap




Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead

OR 

Criminal Female Lead/Criminal Male Lead




Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead

OR

Antihero/Antiheroine





18. What Are You?  

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead 

OR 

Weak Female Lead / Weak Male Lead




Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead 

OR

Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead




Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead 

OR

Clingy Female Lead/Clingy Male Lead




Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead 

OR 

Poor Female Lead/Poor Male Lead 




Killer 

OR

Healer  





Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash

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

19. The Petting Zoo

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Pet  

OR 

Pest




Talking Pet  

OR

Animal Death




Zoo animal  

OR

Farm Animal




Veterinarian  

OR

Animal Control




Romantic Ride on a Horse  

OR

Horse Ridden to Out to War





20. Where the Humans Are…

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Human Turns into an Animal   

OR

Animal turns into a Human




Adorable animals 

OR 

Animal Attack




Animal in the Wild 

OR

Animal in a City




Pet dressed in Clothes 

OR 

Animal Abuse




Second Lead Caring For Animals 

OR 

Antagonist Caring For Animals




 

21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Funeral Director 

OR

Birth care (Postpartum care)




Virtual Reality  

OR 

Ghosts




Corruption 

OR

Teamwork




Friendly Game  

OR

Death Game




Friendship 

OR

Bullying





22. Who Am I When I Am With You?

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Colleagues 

OR

Inmates




Bromance 

OR 

Sismance




Parent-Child 

OR

Sibling 




Assailant-Victim 

OR

Student-Teacher




Doctor-Patient 

OR

Soldier





Name and Cover 

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

23. It's Only Words in the Name 

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Celestial Body 

OR  

Body Part 




Color 

OR

Emotion 




Object 

OR

Verb 




Animal

OR

Number 




Season 

OR

Calendar-related word 





24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover   

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Domesticated Animal 

OR

Wild Animal 




Flower 

OR 

Building 




Light Colors 

OR

Dark Colors 




Rainbow 

OR

Door 




Only Words 

OR 

Geometrical Shapes 





Origin

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

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

25.  Countries of MDL

Progress: 

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

China




Hong Kong




Japan




Philippines




South Korea




Taiwan




Thailand





Treats

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

My Treats!

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


 



















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