MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet Starting date: 01-jan -2023 Link to your Drama list: https://mydramalist.com/dramalist/Metal/completed Progress Habitat: 0/25 28/ 127 (125+2) Drama: 25 movie: 02 D.S: 00 TV-show: 01 other: Korea: 17 China:03 Thai: 03 Japan:04 Taiwan :01 |
Taxonomy
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that according to type or genre.
1. Type | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Web Series OR TV SHOW* At least 5 episodes of a title listed as a Tv Show The episodes do not need to be in consecutive order. | Young actor's retreat (8.5) | 8x66 | 22/05 |
MOVIE OR | |||
Co-Produced OR Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDL | |||
Adapted from a manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic Or Adapted From a Novel / Book | Cherry Magic- the movie | movie 1.44 min | 22/01 |
2. Is it True? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Educational (tries to teach viewers something-not the same as the school genre) | |||
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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 | |||
Comedy OR | |||
Thriller OR | |||
Youth OR | I Will Knock You | 12x45 | 06/02 |
Action OR | |||
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
Progress: | |||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
in 2023 OR | |||
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 | hello monster (june) | air on June | |
2017-2022 OR | |||
5. Duration of The Hike | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Short Film | 24x4 min | 10/02 | |
DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes Or | |||
DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer. |
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DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 180 minutes or longer. | |||
DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes OR DRAMA with 8 episodes or less. | |||
6. Time Can Be Confusing | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Full second season of a DRAMA OR Only 1 episode of a DRAMA | |||
| Secretary Bai Wants to Resign Everyday | 21x6 min | 22/01 | |
Time Skip OR | First Love Again | 6x25 | 28/01 |
Winter OR | jack o' frost | 6x30 | 31/3 |
Fall OR | |||
The Chronicles of MDL
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials by exploring MDL, your personal favourites and those others have awarded or written about.
7. Sharing is Caring | Progress: 02/05 | ||
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) | Individual Circumstances | watch # 6332 at 17/02 | 10/02 |
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) | Crash course in romance | feed link 16x75 | 08/03 |
with the newest release date in your PTW list OR with a release date older than the oldest title in your Watchlist | The Glory part 2 will be aired on 10/3/23 | 8x 55 | 26/3 |
8. Examined… | 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) | Graceful Family (2019) from my recommendations page 2 | 16x80 | |
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). | BL voting 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 | Love to hate you | 10x52 | 06/03 |
9. Your Fanciers and Westminsters For this habitat, we ask you to link to the award/person's page. | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Award-winning OR by the same writer as one of your favorites | |||
from an award-winning director OR that has one of your favorite actresses | |||
from an award-winning screenwriter OR that has one of your favorite actors | |||
from an award-winning actor OR by the same director as one of your favorite titles | |||
from an award-winning actress OR by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before | |||
Getting up Close and Personal
In the following habitats you are asked to find essentials that have to do with relationships and the human experience most of these are tags, but in some cases we have inclosed a list or used the words features so please pay attention. We would also like to warn sensitive participants , as some of the routes below are indeed dark. but remember you can always choose a lighter route.
10. Kiss, F***, Kill, Exorcism… | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back OR Exorcism | She and her perfect husband 2022 | 40x45 min | 06/01 |
Cohabitation OR | |||
Fluffy OR | |||
| The New Employee | 7x20 min | 04/02 | |
| 8x25 min | 10/02 | ||
11. Finding a Mate | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
First Love OR Nudity: one of the following Nudity/Sexual content | Brief Nudity | Prolonged Nudity | Partial Nudity | Mild Sexual Content | Sexual Content | Extreme Sexual Content | |||
| The Director Who Buys Me Dinner | 10x15 | 13/01 | |
features a Heterosexual relationship OR | |||
| Love mate (7.5) | 8x20 | 26/05 | |
Nice Female Lead / Male Lead OR Aggressive Female Lead /Male Lead | |||
12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Black Comedy | |||
Happy Ending OR features some type of Doomsday | |||
| Dr. romantic s2 (8) | 16x70 | 13/05 | |
features a Celebration OR Mourning | |||
Healing OR | |||
13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
features a Religious Leader | |||
Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot OR LGBTQ+ | |||
Suspense OR | |||
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 | |||
In the Woods OR | |||
In a Jungle OR | |||
In a City OR | |||
15. Humans Have So Many Things | Progress: 3/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR A Backpack | miraculous brothers | 16x70 | |
OR A Sports Car | |||
| The Glory -part 1 | 8x50 | 26/3 | |
OR A Hoodie | Cutie Pie 2 You | 4x52 min rich ML always in suits, pick wedding suit | 06/02 |
OR A Crossbow | A shoulder to cry on | crossbow 7x30 | 31/03 |
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 |
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) | |||
17. Camouflage? | Progress: 2/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Artist | Our dating Sim | 8x15 | 31/3 |
OR Tattoos | |||
OR Body Swap | |||
Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead | |||
| Alchemy of Souls Season 2: Light and Shadow | 10x81 min | 20/01 | |
18. What Are You? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead OR | |||
Killer OR | The Killer: A Girl Who Deserves to Die(7.0) | movie 1h 32m | 17/2 |
Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash
-In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that feature the following things. Each route includes a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
19. The Petting Zoo | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Pest | |||
OR Animal Death | |||
OR Farm Animal | |||
20. Where the Humans Are… | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Animal Abuse | |||
21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Corruption OR | |||
Friendship OR | |||
22. Who Am I When I Am With You? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Inmates | |||
OR Sismance | |||
OR Sibling | |||
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 |
OR Body Part | 2 Moon 2017 | 14x45 moon | 20/3 |
OR Emotion | Happy merry ending (7) | 16x70 | 13/05 |
OR Verb | |||
OR Number | |||
24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Wild Animal | |||
OR Building | my beautiful man 2 |  | 02/03 |
OR Dark Colors | |||
OR Door | History5: love in the future |  | 02/03 |
Origin
-In the following habitat your mission is to find essentials from the countries of MDL. You get to choose either watch 5 titles from 5 different countries Or watch 7 titles from 7 different countries.
Note: You must gather essentials from all 7 countries in every environment if you wish to get to the next stage (environment) of the challenge. You may not use treats in the international habitat if you wish to get the TIGER badge.
25. Countries of MDL | Progress: | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Treats
This is where you gather treats, to use whenever you wish to avoid the paths given in a habitat. You come up with the treats on your own, they may not cover anything mentioned in this challenge (but you may use previous years' prompts for inspiration). Every time you start a new stage, you will be awarded a new number of treats according to the table below.
My Treats! | Plains Used: /5 | Forest Used: /4 | Mountain Used: /3 | Space Used: /2 | Black Hole Used: /1 |
Route | Essential | Substitute for | Notes | Completed | |
MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up SheetStarting date: 16th of January Link to your Drama list: Here Progress Habitat: /?? |
The Chronicles of MDL
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials by exploring MDL, your personal favourites and those others have awarded or written about.
7. Sharing is CaringTutorials: 1 2 3 | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
that has been on your PTW for longer than you can remember OR from the Watchlist of another user doing this challenge |  | ||
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) |  | Mentioned in this feed | |
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 WestminstersFor this habitat, we ask you to link to the award/person's page.*List with awards | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Award-winning OR by the same writer as one of your favorites | |||
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 | |||
Treats
This is where you gather treats, to use whenever you wish to avoid the paths given in a habitat. You come up with the treats on your own, they may not cover anything mentioned in this challenge (but you may use previous years' prompts for inspiration). Every time you start a new stage, you will be awarded a new number of treats according to the table below.
My Treats! | Plains Used: /5 | Forest Used: /4 | Mountain Used: /3 | Space Used: /2 | Black Hole Used: /1 | |
Route | Essential | Substitute for | Notes | Completed | ||
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| MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet |  |
| Starting date: 01.01.2023 | |
| Link to your Drama list: Mart's DramaList | Progress Habitat: |
 | Asian Elephant Plains Watched 127/127 25/25 Blocks |
 | Asian Elephant Forest (50/50) Watched 127/127 25/25 Blocks |
 | Dwarf Flying Squirrel Mountain (56/56) Watched 49/127 6/6 Blocks |
 | 8 June |
Taxonomy
1. Type | Progress: 5/5 - 5/5 - 3/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR TV SHOW* (x3) | 1. 2.
| 8.5/10 ⭐️ 8/10 ⭐️ All 12 episodes 9/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ |
OR DRAMA SPECIAL (x3) | 1. | 9/10 ⭐️ 6/10 ⭐️ 8/10 ⭐️ Rewatched 09/10/2023 | ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ |
| Co-Produced OR Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDL (x2) | 1. | Felix (Australian) 9/10 ⭐️ (German) 8/10 ⭐️ |
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Anthology (x2) OR | 1.
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| 8/10 ⭐️ 8.5/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
Adapted from a manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic Or Adapted From a Novel / Book (x3) | 1. | Adapted from a Novel 8.5/10 ⭐️ (The Movie) 5/10 ⭐️ 5/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ |
2. Is it True? | Progress: 5/5 - 5/5 - 1/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Advertisement (2.) OR Educational (tries to teach viewers something-not the same as the school genre) (1.) | 1. 3. | 9/10 ⭐️ 6/10 ⭐️ 9/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ |
Independent Film (x2) OR | 1. | 7.5/10 ⭐️ 6/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
| Documentary Genre (x2) OR Mockumentary | 1. 2.
| 9/10 ⭐️ 8/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
OR | 1. | 8.5/10 ⭐️ 9/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
Historical Fiction (1.) OR Historical genre + tag Based on True Story OR Treat: A Coworker settings (2.) | 1. | 7.5/10 ⭐️ 9/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
3. All About the Gen(r)es | Progress: 5/5 - 5/5 - 5/5 | ||
Watch a title from one of the following genres Choice of Route. | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Historical (2.) OR Sci-Fi (1.) | 1. 2.  3.  | 9.5/10 ⭐️ 7.5/10 ⭐️ 9/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ |
Comedy (x3) OR | 1. | 8/10 ⭐️ 8/10 ⭐️ 7.5/10 ⭐️ Rewatched01/11/2023 | ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ |
OR Romance (X3) | 1. | 7.5/10 ⭐️ 8/10 ⭐️ 7/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ |
Youth (x3) OR | 1. | 9.5/10 ⭐️ 6.5/10 ⭐️ 8/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ |
Action (1. 3.) OR Life (2.) | 1. 2. 3.  | 9.5/10 ⭐️ Rewatched (12.01.2023) 9/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
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Time is Relative
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that have something to do with time, in the first habitat you are instructed to find essentials that started airing between certain dates, in the second and third one you get to dig deeper in to the concept of time
4. Year of OriginTutorial | Progress: 5/5 - 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
in 2023 (x2) OR | 1. | 8.5/10 ⭐️ 7/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
OR the year a member on this page joined MDL (link to the account/challenge form) | 1. | Neige (2021) 7/10 ⭐️ 8/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
OR the month (not necessarily the year) you were born (x2) | 1. | May 6.5/10 ⭐️ 7.5/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
year generated by this website (x2) OR | 1. 2. | (Friday, 17 January 1992 Sunday, 25 December 1994 Tuesday, 7 October 2008 Friday, 28 May 2010 Monday, 22 October 2018) 8/10 ⭐️ (Friday, 5 March 1999 Thursday, 30 March 2006 Thursday, 25 December 2008 Monday, 14 May 2012 Tuesday, 24 June 2014) 8/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
2017-2022 (x2) OR | 1.
| 2021 7/10 ⭐️ 2020 7/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
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5. Duration of The HikeTutorial | Progress: 5/5 - 5/5 - 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Short Length Series (1.) OR Short Film (2. 3.) | 1. 2. | 2 Episodes 6 minutes each 6/10 ⭐️ 3/10 ⭐️ 7/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ |
DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes (x3) Or | 1. | 25 Minutes for episodes 8/10 ⭐️ 25 Minutes for episodes 8.5/10 ⭐️ 30 Minutes for episodes 8.5/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ |
DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes (x2) OR MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer. (3.) | 1. 2.  3.  | 40 Minutes for episodes 10/10 ⭐️ 40 Minutes for episodes 5/10 ⭐️ 91 min. 4/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ |
DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes (x2) OR MOVIE that lasts 180 minutes or longer. | 1. | 45 Minutes for episodes 7/10 ⭐️ 10/10 ⭐️ Rewatched (05.03.2023) 8/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ |
DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes OR DRAMA with 8 episodes or less. (x33.) | 1. | 7 Episodes 8/10 ⭐️ 7 Episodes 6/10 ⭐️ 7 Episodes 4/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ |
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6. Time Can Be Confusing | Progress: 5/5 - 5/5 - 1/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Full second season of a DRAMA (x2) OR Only 1 episode of a DRAMA | 1. 2. | 4/10 ⭐️ 8/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
Different Timelines (x2) OR | 1. | 7/10 ⭐️ 9/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
Time Skip (1. - 3.) OR Time Travel (2.) | 1. | 6.5/10 ⭐️ 8.5/10 ⭐️ 8.5/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ |
Winter (2.) OR Summer (1.) | 1. | 5/10 ⭐️ 7.5/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
Fall (2.) OR Spring (1.) | 1. | 7.5/10 ⭐️ 9.5/10 ⭐️ Rewatched (03/09/2023) | ✔️ ✔️ |
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The Chronicles of MDL
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials by exploring MDL, your personal favourites and those others have awarded or written about.
7. Sharing is CaringTutorials: 1 2 3 | Progress: 5/5 - 5/5 - 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
| that has been on your PTW for longer than you can remember OR from the Watchlist of another user doing this challenge (x3) | 1. | 6/10 ⭐️ 8.5/10 ⭐️ 9.5/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ |
with less than 10,000 viewers (x3) OR ranked 1-1000 (if you have seen them all you can go for 1001) | 1. |
3/10 ⭐️ (04.08.2023) 9.5/10 ⭐️ 786 Viewers (05.10.2023) 5.5/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ |
DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list (x3) OR DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list | 1. | 1 Episodes 7/10 ⭐️ 2 Episodes 4/10 ⭐️ 3 Episodes 3/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ |
mentioned in the MDL Forums Or mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds) (x2) | 1. | Feed 9/10 ⭐️ Feed 7/10 ⭐️ Feed 8/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ |
| with the newest release date in your PTW list (x3) OR with a release date older than the oldest title in your Watchlist | 1. 2.  3.  | Add to my PTW (28.02.2023) Started (02.03.2023) 7/10 ⭐️ Add to my PTW (01.09.2023) Watched (10.09.2023) 2/10 ⭐️ Add to my PTW (15.11.2023) Watched (16.11.2023) 2/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ |
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8. Examined…Tutorial | Progress: 5/5 - 5/5 - 2/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
appearing in the first 5 pages of MDL Home Trailers section (add a link to the trailer) (x2) Or on your Recommendations page (add a link to the page) | 1. 2.  | On Page 1 when stared Trailer 8.5/10 ⭐️ On Page 1 when watched Trailer 8.5/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
found on a Custom List (add a link to the list). (2.) OR found on a Voting List in the list index (add a link to the list). (1.) | 1. 2. | 6/10 ⭐️ 8/10 ⭐️ Rewatched 18.09.2023) | ✔️ ✔️ |
from your most viewed tags (x2) Or from your least viewed genres under your profile stats | 1. | Most Viewed Tags: Friendship 8.5/10 ⭐️ 8.5/10 ⭐️ 5.5/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ |
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.  2.  | Article 10/10 ⭐️ Article 8.5/10 ⭐️ |
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with over 10 Reviews (1. 3.) OR with 0 Reviews when you started watching it (2.) | 1. 2.  3.  | 6.5/10 ⭐️ 06.06.2023 6/10 ⭐️ 8/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ |
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9. Your Fanciers and WestminstersFor this habitat, we ask you to link to the award/person's page.*List with awards | Progress: 5/5 - 5/5 - 2/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Award-winning OR by the same writer as one of your favorites (x2) | 1. | MAME 8/10 ⭐️ Jojo 10/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
from an award-winning director OR that has one of your favorite actresses (x2) | 1. | 8/10 ⭐️ 9.5/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
from an award-winning screenwriter OR that has one of your favorite actors (x3.3) | 1. | Favorite Actor: Off Jumpol 8/10 ⭐️ First 9/10 ⭐️ Gun 8/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ |
from an award-winning actor (2.) OR by the same director as one of your favorite titles (1.) | 1. | Director: New Siwaj Sawatmaneekul 8/10 ⭐️ Baeksang Arts Awards Best New Actor: Park Jin Young 8/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
| from an award-winning actress OR by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before | 1. 2. | Director Moon So Joon 7/10 ⭐️ Director Han Jae Woon 4/10 ⭐️ Screenwriter Noon Tattiya Wintikarn 6/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ |
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Getting up Close and Personal
In the following habitats you are asked to find essentials that have to do with relationships and the human experience most of these are tags, but in some cases we have inclosed a list or used the words features so please pay attention. We would also like to warn sensitive participants , as some of the routes below are indeed dark. but remember you can always choose a lighter route.
10. Kiss, F***, Kill, Exorcism… | Progress: 5/5 - 5/5 - 2/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back (x3) OR | 1. | 8.5/10 ⭐️ 7/10 ⭐️ 3/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ |
Cohabitation (2.) OR | 1. | 7.5/10 ⭐️ 7.5/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
Fluffy (x2) OR | 1. | 7/10 ⭐️ 8.5/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
OR Secret Relationship (2.) | 1. | 8.5/10 ⭐️ 10/10 ⭐️ Rewatched (28.03.2023) | ✔️ ✔️ |
Opposites Attract (2. 3.) OR Domestic Abuse (1.) | 1. | 8.5/10 ⭐️ Rewatched (13.09.2023) 9.5/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ |
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11. Finding a Mate | Progress: 5/5 - 5/5 - 2/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Nudity: one of the following Nudity/Sexual content (x2) | Brief Nudity | Prolonged Nudity | Partial Nudity | Mild Sexual Content | Sexual Content | Extreme Sexual Content | 1. 2.  | 7.5/10 ⭐️ 7/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
Age Gap [Drama Life] (x2) OR | 1. 2.  | 8/10 ⭐️ 8/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
features a Heterosexual relationship OR | 1. | 8.5/10 ⭐️ 6/10 ⭐️ 6/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ |
Enemies to Lovers (3.) OR Love at First Sight (1. 2.) | 1. | 6/10 ⭐️ 8/10 ⭐️ Rewatched (26.03.2023) 8.5/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ |
Nice Female Lead / Male Lead (x2) OR Aggressive Female Lead / Male Lead | 1. | 4/10 ⭐️ 9/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
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12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying | Progress: 5/5 - 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
| Slight Comedy (2.) OR Black Comedy (1.) | 1. 2.  | 9/10 ⭐️ Rewatched 10/10/2023 | ✔️ ✔️ |
Happy Ending (2.) OR features some type of Doomsday (1.) | 1. | 6.5/10 ⭐️ 8/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
Tragic Past (x2) OR | 10/10 ⭐️ 9/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ | |
features a Celebration (1.) OR Mourning (2.) | 1. | 8.5/10 ⭐️ 8/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
Healing (x2) OR | 1. | 8.5/10 ⭐️ 7.5/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
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13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff | Progress: 5/5 - 5/5 - 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
features a Religious Leader (1. 3.) OR Some type of God (2.) | 1. | 9/10 ⭐️ 7.5/10 ⭐️ 7/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ |
Misunderstanding (x2) OR | 1. 2. 3.  | 8/10 ⭐️ 8/10 ⭐️ 8/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ |
Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot OR LGBTQ+ (x3) | 1. 2.  3.  | 6.5/10 ⭐️ 8.5/10 ⭐️ 6/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ |
Suspense (x3) OR | 1. 2. 3.  | Rewatched (29.03.2023) 9.5/10 ⭐️ 6/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ |
Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead (1. 3.) OR Discrimination (2.) | 1. | 10/10 ⭐️ 4/10 ⭐️ 8.5/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ |
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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 - 5/5 - 1/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
On a Field (x2) OR | 1. | 9/10 ⭐️ 8.5/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
OR By the Sea (x3) | 1. | 8.5/10 ⭐️ 7/10 ⭐️ 9/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ |
OR On a Rooftop (x2) | 1. 2.  | 9.5/10 ⭐️ Rewatch (12.09.2023) 9/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
OR On an Island (x2) | 1. | 9/10 ⭐️ Rewatch (12.09.2023) 8/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
| In a City (2.) OR In a Small Town (1.) | 1. | Rewatch (31.01.2023) 8.5/10 ⭐️ 8.5/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
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15. Humans Have So Many Things | Progress: 5/5 - 5/5 - 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
An Umbrella (x3) OR | 1. 3. | 9/10 ⭐️ 10/10 ⭐️ 8.5/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ |
A Truck (1.) OR A Sports Car (2. 3.) | 1. | 9/10 ⭐️ 7/10 ⭐️ 8.5/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ |
A Smartphone (2.) OR A Phone Booth (1.) | 1. | 9/10 ⭐️ 8.5/10 ⭐️ 6/10 ⭐️ |
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A Suit /Dress (1. 3.) OR A Hoodie (2.) | 1. | 9/10 ⭐️ 10/10 ⭐️ Rewatched (28/08/2023) 7/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ |
| A Book (2. - 3.) OR A Crossbow (1.) | 1. | 8.5/10 ⭐️ 9/10 ⭐️ 8/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ |
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The Main Attraction
-In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials where one of the main characters (listed as a main) either is ..., gets a... has a... Each route will either include a a tag or a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
16. Who Are We? | Progress: 5/5 - 5/5 - 3/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | 1. | Lee Do Kyung 9.5/10 ⭐️ Sung Do Il 10/10 ⭐️ Rewatch (12.09.2023) | ✔️ ✔️ |
Idol actor/ Idol actress (x3) OR | 1. | 6/10 ⭐️ 7.5/10 ⭐️ (Special EP) 7/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ |
Trans gender identity (different than the gender assigned to them at birth) (1.) OR Cis gender Identity (same as the gender assigned to them at birth) (2. 3.) | 1. | Pai 6.5/10 ⭐️ 7.5/10 ⭐️ 6/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ |
Able Bodied (1.) OR | 1. | 8.5/10 ⭐️ 9/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
Public Figure (2.) OR Hidden Identity (1. - 3.) | 1. 2.  3.  | 8.5/10 ⭐️ 7/10 ⭐️ 8.5/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ |
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17. Camouflage? | Progress: 5/5 - 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Athlete (2.) OR Artist (1.) | 1. 2.  | Rewatch (08.04.2023) 8/10 ⭐️ 9/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
OR Tattoos (x2) | 1. | 8.5/10 ⭐️ 5/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
OR Body Swap (x2) | 1. | Rewatch (07.03.2023) 8.5/10 ⭐️ 7.5/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
| Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead (x2) OR | 1. | 9/10 ⭐️ 8/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead (2.) OR Antihero/Antiheroine (1.) | 1. | 9/10 ⭐️ 9/10 ⭐️ PTW | ✔️ ✔️ |
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18. What Are You? | Progress: 5/5 - 5/5 - 1/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead (x2) OR | 1. | 9.5/10 ⭐️ 7.5/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
| Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead (x3) OR Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead | 1. | 9/10 ⭐️ 8.5/10 ⭐️ 10/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ |
Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead (1.) OR | 1. 2.  | Cold Male Lead Rewatch (04.03.2023) 8.5/10 ⭐️ Clingy Female Lead Rewatched (20.04.2023) 8.5/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead (1.) OR | 1. 2.
| Rich Male Lead 8.5/10 ⭐️ Poor Male Lead 6.5/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
Killer (1.) OR Healer (2.) | 1. | 9/10 ⭐️ 8/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
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Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash
-In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that feature the following things. Each route includes a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
19. The Petting Zoo | Progress: 5/5 - 5/5 - 1/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Pet (x2) OR | 1. 2.  | A cat 7/10 ⭐️ A crab 8.5/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
Talking Pet (1.) OR Animal Death (2.) | 1. | 7/10 ⭐️ 10/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
OR Farm Animal (x3) | 1. | 8/10 ⭐️ 9/10 ⭐️ 9/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ |
Veterinarian (x2) OR | 1. | 6/10 ⭐️ 6/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
OR | 1. | 5/10 ⭐️ 9/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
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20. Where the Humans Are… | Progress: 5/5 - 5/5 - 1/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | 1. | Rewatch (20.05.2023) 8.5/10 ⭐️ 6.5/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
Adorable animals (x3) OR | 1. | 9/10 ⭐️ 8.5/10 ⭐️ 8/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ |
Animal in the Wild (1.) OR Animal in a City (2.) | 1. | 8.5/10 ⭐️ 9.5/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
OR Animal Abuse (1.) | 1. | 9/10 ⭐️ 7.5/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
Second Lead Caring For Animals OR OR Treat: A Drama with a Restaurant setting (1.) | 1. | Rewatch (01.02.2023) 9.5/10 ⭐️ 8/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
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21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die | Progress: 5/5 - 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Birth care (Postpartum care) (1.) OR Treat: A Behind The Scenes (2.) | 1. | 9/10 ⭐️ 9/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
OR Ghosts (x2) | 1. 2.  | 7.5/10 ⭐️ 6/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
OR Teamwork (x2) | 1, 2.  | 9/10 ⭐️ 7.5/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
Friendly Game (x2) OR | 1. | 9.5/10 ⭐️ 8.5/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
Friendship (1.) OR Bullying (2.) | 1. 2.  | 9/10 ⭐️ 9.5 ⭐️ | ✔️
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22. Who Am I When I Am With You? | Progress: 5/5 - 5/5 - 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Colleagues (x3) OR | 1. | 6/10 ⭐️ 6.5/10 ⭐️ Rewatched 09/10/2023 | ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ |
Bromance (x3) OR | 1. | 7/10 ⭐️ 8/10 ⭐️ 9/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ |
Parent-Child (2. 3.) OR Sibling (1.) | 1. | Alternative Ending 7/10 ⭐️ 10/10 ⭐️ 8.5/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ |
OR Student-Teacher (x3) | 8.5/10 ⭐️ 2/10 ⭐️ 6/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ | |
Doctor-Patient (x3) OR | 1. | 9.5/10 ⭐️ 9/10 ⭐️ 9.5/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ |
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3. Name and Cover
In the following habitats we ask of you to pay attention to the name and cover of the title. For the first one (23) your mission is to find titles that have one of the following things. For the second one (24) your mission is to look at the cover. Each route includes a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
23. It's Only Words in the Name | Progress: 5/5 - 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Body Part (x2) | 1. | Kissable lips 8/10 ⭐️ 9/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
| Color OR Emotion (x2) | 1. | Heppiness 9.5/10 ⭐️ Love 9.5/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
OR Verb (x2) | 1. | Missing: The Other Side Season 2 9.5/10 ⭐️ Stay By My Side 8/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
OR Number (x2) | 1. | F4 Thailand 9/10 ⭐️ 2gether 8/10 ⭐️ Rewatched (26.03.2023) | ✔️ ✔️ |
Season (1.) OR | 1. | Our Winter 5.5/10 ⭐️ 9/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
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24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover | Progress: 5/5 - 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
| Domesticated Animal OR Wild Animal | 1. | 7.5/10 ⭐️ 8/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
Flower (x2) OR | 1. | 8/10 ⭐️ 9.5/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
Light Colors (x2) OR | 1. | 8.5/10 ⭐️ 7/10 ⭐️ Rewatched (02.01.2023) | ✔️ ✔️ |
OR | 1. | 9/10 ⭐️ Rewatch (26.03.2023) 8.5/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
Only Words (x2) OR | 1. | 8.5/10 ⭐️ 8.5/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
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Origin
-In the following habitat your mission is to find essentials from the countries of MDL. You get to choose either watch 5 titles from 5 different countries Or watch 7 titles from 7 different countries.
Note: You must gather essentials from all 7 countries in every environment if you wish to get to the next stage (environment) of the challenge. You may not use treats in the international habitat if you wish to get the TIGER badge.
25. Countries of MDL | Progress: 7/7 - 7/7 | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
China (x2) | 1. 2.  | 9/10 ⭐️ 8.5/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
Hong Kong (x2) | 1. | 4/10 ⭐️ 4.5/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
Japan (x2) | 1. 2.
| 8.5/10 ⭐️ 8.5/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
Philippines (x2) | 1. | 6.5/10 ⭐️ 5.5/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
South Korea (x2) | 2.
| 9.5/10 ⭐️ 8.5/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
Taiwan (x2) | 1. | 6/10 ⭐️ 2/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
Thailand (x2) | 1. | 8/10 ⭐️ 7.5/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ ✔️ |
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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: 0/5 | Forest Used: 3/4 | Mountain Used: /3 | Space Used: /2 | Black Hole Used: /1 | |
| Route | Essential | Substitute for | Notes | Completed | ||
OR | 9/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ | ||||
| A Drama with a Restaurant setting | Second Lead Caring For Animals OR | 8/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ | ||
| A Co-worker setting | OR Historical genre + tag Based on True Story | 9/10 ⭐️ | ✔️ | ||
MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up SheetStarting date: 1 January 2023 Link to your Drama list: Mushroom_ dramalist Progress Habitat: 1/25 |
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 |
 | ✓ | ||
 | ✓ Jan 21 | ||
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| Girl From Nowhere | |||
| Imawa no Kuni no Alice Season 2 | ✓ |
2. Is it True? | Progress: 2/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
| Two lights: Relumino | ✓ (Jan 2) | |
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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 |
| Signal | |||
| A Business Proposal | ✓ | ||
| Healer | |||
| Hospital Playlist Season 1 |
Time is Relative
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that have something to do with time, in the first habitat you are instructed to find essentials that started airing between certain dates, in the second and third one you get to dig deeper in to the concept of time
4. Year of OriginTutorial | Progress: 1/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
| Island Season 2 | |||
The year a member on this page joined MDL (link to the account/challenge form) | Revenge of Others | https://mydramalist.com/profile/pinkmoonlight | |
the month (not necessarily the year) you were born |  | December | ✓ |
| Bad Genius | 2017 | ||
OR | Happiness | 2021 |
5. Duration of The HikeTutorial | Progress: 4/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
You Make Me Dance | |||
DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes |  | ✓ | |
MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer. | | ✓ | |
DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes |  | ✓ | |
DRAMA with 8 episodes or less. | Weak Hero Class 1 | ✓ |
6. Time Can Be Confusing | Progress: 1/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Full second season of a DRAMA | Hospital Playlist Season 2 | ||
| Reset | ✓Jan 14 | ||
| Tomorrow | |||
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The Chronicles of MDL
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials by exploring MDL, your personal favourites and those others have awarded or written about.
7. Sharing is CaringTutorials: 1 2 3 | Progress: /5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
that has been on your PTW for longer than you can remember | Magic of Zero | ||
Ranked 1-1000 (if you have seen them all you can go for 1001) | The Untamed Special Edition | #23 | |
DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list | Hellbound Season 2 | ||
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 Voting List in the list index (add a link to the list). | Extraordinary Attorney Woo | https://mydramalist.com/list/1xrxeZd3 | |
from your most viewed tags | Mr. Queen | Friendship | ✓ |
with someone or something mentioned in a Game on MDL (add a link to the game) | The Sound of Magic | https://mydramalist.com/games/zB20cQ | ✓Jan 10 |
with over 10 Reviews OR with 0 Reviews when you started watching it |
9. Your Fanciers and WestminstersFor this habitat, we ask you to link to the award/person's page.*List with awards | Progress: /5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Award-winning OR by the same writer as one of your favorites | |||
from an award-winning director OR that has one of your favorite actresses | |||
from an award-winning screenwriter OR that has one of your favorite actors | |||
from an award-winning actor OR by the same director as one of your favorite titles | |||
from an award-winning actress OR by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before |
Getting up Close and Personal
In the following habitats you are asked to find essentials that have to do with relationships and the human experience most of these are tags, but in some cases we have inclosed a list or used the words features so please pay attention. We would also like to warn sensitive participants , as some of the routes below are indeed dark. but remember you can always choose a lighter route.
10. Kiss, F***, Kill, Exorcism… | Progress: 2/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
| Island Season 1 | |||
| Eulachacha Waikiki | |||
| Splash Splash LOVE | ✓ Jan 5 | ||
| Because This Is My First Life | |||
What's Wrong with Secretary Kim | ✓Jan 8 |
11. Finding a Mate | Progress: 4/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
| Goblin | ✓ | ||
| Color Rush Season 1 | ✓ | ||
| Not Me | ✓ | ||
| Semantic Error | ✓ | ||
Nice Female Lead / Male Lead | The Uncanny Counter | Nice Male Lead |
12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR features some type of Doomsday | |||
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features a Celebration OR | |||
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13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
features a Religious Leader OR | |||
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Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead OR |
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 |
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OR | |||
OR |
15. Humans Have So Many Things | Progress: /5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
| Under the Queen's Umbrella | ✓ | ||
OR | |||
OR |
| ||
OR | |||
OR |
The Main Attraction
-In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials where one of the main characters (listed as a main) either is ..., gets a... has a... Each route will either include a a tag or a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
16. Who Are We? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
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) | |||
OR | |||
OR | Taxi Driver |
17. Camouflage? | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
 | ✓ | ||
 | ✓ | ||
 | ✓ | ||
Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead |  | ✓ | |
Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead |  | ✓ |
18. What Are You? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead OR | |||
Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead OR | |||
Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead OR | |||
Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead OR | |||
OR |
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 |
 | ✓ | ||
 | |||
 | ✓ | ||
 | |||
 |
20. Where the Humans Are… | Progress: 3/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
 | ✓ | ||
 | ✓ | ||
OR | |||
 | ✓ | ||
Second Lead Caring For Animals OR |  |
21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die | Progress: 3/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR |  | ||
 | ✓ | ||
 | ✓ | ||
 | ✓ |
22. Who Am I When I Am With You? | Progress: 2/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
| Gaus Electronics | ✓ Jan 18 | ||
 | |||
| My Liberation Notes | |||
| Triage | ✓ Jan 14 |
Name and Cover
In the following habitats we ask of you to pay attention to the name and cover of the title. For the first one (23) your mission is to find titles that have one of the following things. For the second one (24) your mission is to look at the cover. Each route includes a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
23. It's Only Words in the Name | Progress: 2/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
| Sh**ting Stars | |||
| One Smile Is Very Alluring | ✓ | ||
| He's Coming to Me | |||
| Soundtrack #1 | ✓ | ||
| Our Beloved Summer |
24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover | Progress: 1/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
| Parasite | |||
| Until We Meet Again | ✓ | ||
| Meet Me @ 1006 | |||
OR |
Origin
-In the following habitat your mission is to find essentials from the countries of MDL. You get to choose either watch 5 titles from 5 different countries Or watch 7 titles from 7 different countries.
Note: You must gather essentials from all 7 countries in every environment if you wish to get to the next stage (environment) of the challenge. You may not use treats in the international habitat if you wish to get the TIGER badge.
25. Countries of MDL | Progress: 6/7 | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
 | ✓ | ||
 | ✓ | ||
 | ✓ | ||
| Boys' Lockdown | |||
 | ✓ | ||
 | ✓ | ||
 | ✓ |
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 | |
| |||||
2023 MDL Watch Challenge Sign-up Sheet
Starting date: January 1st, 2023
Link to your Drama list: https://mydramalist.com/profile/unniechan
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 |
OR TV SHOW* | |||
OR | |||
| Co-Produced OR Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDL | |||
OR | |||
Adapted from a manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic Or | |||
2. Is it True? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Educational (tries to teach viewers something-not the same as the school genre) | |||
OR | |||
| Documentary Genre OR Mockumentary | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
3. All About the Gen(r)es | Progress: | ||
Watch a title from one of the following genres Choice of Route. | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
Time is Relative
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that have something to do with time, in the first habitat you are instructed to find essentials that started airing between certain dates, in the second and third one you get to dig deeper in to the concept of time
4. Year of OriginTutorial | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR |
| ||
OR the year a member on this page joined MDL (link to the account/challenge form) | |||
OR the month (not necessarily the year) you were born | |||
year generated by this website OR | |||
OR | |||
5. Duration of The HikeTutorial | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR |
| ||
DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes Or | |||
DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer. | A Happy Day Of Jinsa Maeng (1962) | ||
DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 180 minutes or longer. | |||
DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes OR DRAMA with 8 episodes or less. | |||
6. Time Can Be Confusing | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Full second season of a DRAMA OR Only 1 episode of a DRAMA | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
The Chronicles of MDL
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials by exploring MDL, your personal favourites and those others have awarded or written about.
7. Sharing is CaringTutorials: 1 2 3 | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
| that has been on your PTW for longer than you can remember OR from the Watchlist of another user doing this challenge | |||
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 WestminstersFor this habitat, we ask you to link to the award/person's page.*List with awards | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Award-winning OR by the same writer as one of your favorites | |||
from an award-winning director OR that has one of your favorite actresses | |||
from an award-winning screenwriter OR that has one of your favorite actors | |||
from an award-winning actor OR by the same director as one of your favorite titles | |||
| from an award-winning actress OR by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before | |||
Getting up Close and Personal
In the following habitats you are asked to find essentials that have to do with relationships and the human experience most of these are tags, but in some cases we have inclosed a list or used the words features so please pay attention. We would also like to warn sensitive participants , as some of the routes below are indeed dark. but remember you can always choose a lighter route.
10. Kiss, F***, Kill, Exorcism… | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
| ||
11. Finding a Mate | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Nudity: one of the following Nudity/Sexual content | Brief Nudity | Prolonged Nudity | Partial Nudity | Mild Sexual Content | Sexual Content | Extreme Sexual Content | |||
OR | |||
features a Heterosexual relationship OR | |||
OR | |||
Nice Female Lead / Male Lead OR Aggressive Female Lead / Male Lead | |||
12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
| Slight Comedy OR Black Comedy | |||
OR features some type of Doomsday | |||
OR | |||
features a Celebration OR | |||
OR | |||
13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
features a Religious Leader OR | |||
OR | |||
Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot OR | |||
OR | |||
Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead OR | |||
Significant details
In the following habitats we ask of you to look for the details in the significant scenes, in the first one (14) we ask you to notice the surroundings, in the other the objects involved (15).
14. Where Are We? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
| In a City OR In a Small Town | |||
15. Humans Have So Many Things | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
| ||
OR | |||
OR | |||
The Main Attraction
-In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials where one of the main characters (listed as a main) either is ..., gets a... has a... Each route will either include a a tag or a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
16. Who Are We? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
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) | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
17. Camouflage? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
| Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead OR | |||
Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead OR | |||
18. What Are You? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead OR | |||
| Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead OR Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead | |||
Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead OR | |||
Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead OR | |||
OR | |||
Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash
-In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that feature the following things. Each route includes a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
19. The Petting Zoo | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
20. Where the Humans Are… | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
Second Lead Caring For Animals OR | |||
21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
22. Who Am I When I Am With You? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
Name and Cover
In the following habitats we ask of you to pay attention to the name and cover of the title. For the first one (23) your mission is to find titles that have one of the following things. For the second one (24) your mission is to look at the cover. Each route includes a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
23. It's Only Words in the Name | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
| Color OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
| Domesticated Animal OR Wild Animal | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
Origin
-In the following habitat your mission is to find essentials from the countries of MDL. You get to choose either watch 5 titles from 5 different countries Or watch 7 titles from 7 different countries.
Note: You must gather essentials from all 7 countries in every environment if you wish to get to the next stage (environment) of the challenge. You may not use treats in the international habitat if you wish to get the TIGER badge.
25. Countries of MDL | Progress: | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Treats
This is where you gather treats, to use whenever you wish to avoid the paths given in a habitat. You come up with the treats on your own, they may not cover anything mentioned in this challenge (but you may use previous years' prompts for inspiration). Every time you start a new stage, you will be awarded a new number of treats according to the table below.
My Treats! | Plains Used: /5 | Forest Used: /4 | Mountain Used: /3 | Space Used: /2 | Black Hole Used: /1 | |
| Route | Essential | Substitute for | Notes | Completed | ||
MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet |
Taxonomy
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that according to type or genre.
1. Type | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR TV SHOW* |
|
Queendom Puzzle | ✔ |
OR |
| MOVIE 20th Century Girl | ✔ |
| Co-Produced OR Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDL |
|
Ahn HyoSeop A Time Called You | |
OR |
|
The Table | |
Adapted from a manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic Or | |||
2. Is it True? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Educational (tries to teach viewers something-not the same as the school genre) | |||
OR | |||
| Documentary Genre OR Mockumentary | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
3. All About the Gen(r)es | Progress: | ||
Watch a title from one of the following genres Choice of Route. | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
Time is Relative
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that have something to do with time, in the first habitat you are instructed to find essentials that started airing between certain dates, in the second and third one you get to dig deeper in to the concept of time
4. Year of OriginTutorial | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR the year a member on this page joined MDL (link to the account/challenge form) | |||
OR the month (not necessarily the year) you were born | |||
year generated by this website OR | |||
OR | |||
5. Duration of The HikeTutorial | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR |
| ||
DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes Or | |||
DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer. | |||
DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 180 minutes or longer. | |||
DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes OR DRAMA with 8 episodes or less. | |||
6. Time Can Be Confusing | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Full second season of a DRAMA OR Only 1 episode of a DRAMA | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
The Chronicles of MDL
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials by exploring MDL, your personal favourites and those others have awarded or written about.
7. Sharing is CaringTutorials: 1 2 3 | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
| that has been on your PTW for longer than you can remember OR from the Watchlist of another user doing this challenge | |||
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) |
| Recommendations page 2 (09/05/23) | |
found on a Custom List (add a link to the list). OR found on a Voting List in the list index (add a link to the list). |
| ||
from your most viewed tags Or from your least viewed genres under your profile stats |
| Friendship is my most viewed tag as off 09/05/23 | |
with someone or something mentioned in a Game on MDL (add a link to the game) Or found mentioned in an Article on MDL (add a link to the article) |
| ||
with over 10 Reviews OR with 0 Reviews when you started watching it |
| 0 reviews in 09/05/23 | |
9. Your Fanciers and WestminstersFor this habitat, we ask you to link to the award/person's page.*List with awards | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Award-winning OR by the same writer as one of your favorites | |||
from an award-winning director OR that has one of your favorite actresses | |||
from an award-winning screenwriter OR that has one of your favorite actors | |||
from an award-winning actor OR by the same director as one of your favorite titles | |||
| from an award-winning actress OR by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before | |||
Getting up Close and Personal
In the following habitats you are asked to find essentials that have to do with relationships and the human experience most of these are tags, but in some cases we have inclosed a list or used the words features so please pay attention. We would also like to warn sensitive participants , as some of the routes below are indeed dark. but remember you can always choose a lighter route.
10. Kiss, F***, Kill, Exorcism… | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
| ||
11. Finding a Mate | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Nudity: one of the following Nudity/Sexual content | Brief Nudity | Prolonged Nudity | Partial Nudity | Mild Sexual Content | Sexual Content | Extreme Sexual Content | |||
OR | |||
features a Heterosexual relationship OR | |||
OR | |||
Nice Female Lead / Aggressive Male Lead OR | |||
12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
| Slight Comedy OR Black Comedy | |||
OR features some type of Doomsday | |||
OR | |||
features a Celebration OR | |||
OR | |||
13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
features a Religious Leader OR | |||
OR | |||
Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot OR | |||
OR | |||
Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead OR | |||
Significant details
In the following habitats we ask of you to look for the details in the significant scenes, in the first one (14) we ask you to notice the surroundings, in the other the objects involved (15).
14. Where Are We? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
| In a City OR In a Small Town | |||
15. Humans Have So Many Things | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
| ||
OR | |||
OR | |||
The Main Attraction
-In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials where one of the main characters (listed as a main) either is ..., gets a... has a... Each route will either include a a tag or a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
16. Who Are We? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
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) | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
17. Camouflage? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
| Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead OR | |||
Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead OR | |||
18. What Are You? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead OR | |||
| Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead OR Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead | |||
Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead OR | |||
Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead OR | |||
OR | |||
Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash
-In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that feature the following things. Each route includes a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
19. The Petting Zoo | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
20. Where the Humans Are… | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
Second Lead Caring For Animals OR | |||
21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
22. Who Am I When I Am With You? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
Name and Cover
In the following habitats we ask of you to pay attention to the name and cover of the title. For the first one (23) your mission is to find titles that have one of the following things. For the second one (24) your mission is to look at the cover. Each route includes a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
23. It's Only Words in the Name | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
| Color OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
| Domesticated Animal OR Wild Animal | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
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 |
| When I Fly Towards You |
✔ | |
| The Lady Improper | ✔ | |
| Mitaraike, Enjou Suru | ✔ | |
| The Hows of Us | ||
|
The Glory |
✔ | |
| More Than Blue | ||
| Friend Zone | ||
Treats
This is where you gather treats, to use whenever you wish to avoid the paths given in a habitat. You come up with the treats on your own, they may not cover anything mentioned in this challenge (but you may use previous years' prompts for inspiration). Every time you start a new stage, you will be awarded a new number of treats according to the table below.
My Treats! | Plains Used: /5 | Forest Used: /4 | Mountain Used: /3 | Space Used: /2 | Black Hole Used: /1 | |
| Route | Essential | Substitute for | Notes | Completed | ||
╚ ❀·°✤ MDL Watch Challenge 2023 ✤°·❀ ╝Starting date: JAN 26, 2023 Link to your Drama list: ❈ ZENVIOLET ❈ Progress Habitat: Baepsae Korean Crow – Mountain (12/52) |
Legend
Watching | Completed | Plan to Watch | Not Used
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 | Completed |
Web Series OR | The Silent Sea | ✔ ________ |
Nothing Like Paris (2023) | ✔ Sept 20th | |
Co-Produced OR | One Piece (2023) | ✔ Sept 18th |
The Table (2017) | ✔ Jun 26th | |
Adapted from a | Joseon Attorney: A Morality (2023) | ✔ Jun 25th |
2. Is it True? | Progress:( 1 / 5 ) | |
Choice of Route | Essentials | Completed |
Bokura wa Kiseki de Dekite Iru (2018) | ✔ ________ | |
Maggie (2019) | ✔ ________ | |
Leap (2020) | ✔ ________ | |
| Pipeline (2021) | ✔ Jun 25th |
| Quezon's Game (2019) | ✔ ________ |
3. All About the Gen(r)es | Progress:( 4 / 5 ) | |
Watch a title from one of the following genres Choice of Route. | Essentials | Completed |
Historical OR | Fated to Love You (2023) | ✔ Jul 24th |
Café Minamdang (2022) | ✔ Jan 30th | |
The Secret Romantic Guesthouse (2023) | ✔ Jul 28th | |
Hunt (2022) | ✔ ________ | |
Brush Up Life (2023) | ✔ Sep 16th | |
Time is Relative
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that have something to do with time, in the first habitat you are instructed to find essentials that started airing between certain dates, in the second and third one you get to dig deeper in to the concept of time
4. Year of OriginTutorial | Progress:( 3 / 5 ) | |
Choice of Route | Essentials | Completed |
Throne of Blood (1957) | ✔ ________ | |
1990-1999 OR | Art Museum by the Zoo (1998) | ✔ Nov 27th |
2000-2010 OR | Still Walking (2008) | ✔ ________ |
Godzilla (1954) | ✔ Jan 28th | |
Good Job (2022) | ✔ Jan 30th | |
5. Duration of The HikeTutorial | Progress:( 2 / 5 ) | |
Choice of Route | Essentials | Completed |
Excuse Me, Miss, Miss, Miss (2019) | ✔ May 20th | |
DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes OR | Kotaro wa Hitorigurashi (2021) | ✔ ________ |
| 0.1% World (2022) | ✔ Oct 18th |
| Legend of the Mountain (1979) | ✔ ________ |
| The Sound of Magic (2022) | ✔ ________ |
6. Time Can Be Confusing | Progress:( 2 / 5 ) | |
Choice of Route | Essentials | Completed |
AMO (2018) | ✔ Jun 24th | |
A Day (2017) | ✔ ________ | |
Pending Train: 8:23, Ashita Kimi to (2023) | ✔ Nov 20th | |
Imawa no Kuni no Alice (2020) | ✔ ________ | |
The Shower (1979) | ✔ ________ | |
The Chronicles of MDL
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials by exploring MDL, your personal favourites and those others have awarded or written about.
7. Sharing is CaringTutorials: 1 2 3 | Progress:( 1 / 5 ) | |
Choice of Route | Essentials | Completed |
that has been on your PTW for longer than you can remember OR | Memories of Murder (2003) | ✔ ________ |
| Lighting Up The Stars (2022) | ✔ ________ |
DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list OR | Hokuo Kojirase Nikki (2022) | ✔Jun 17th |
mentioned in the MDL Forums OR | Seigi no Se (2018) | ✔ ________ |
OR with a release date older than the oldest title in your Watchlist | Liu San Jie (1960)> Lady of the Court (1972) | ✔ _________ |
8. Examined…Tutorial | Progress:( 1 / 5 ) | |
Choice of Route | Essentials | Completed |
on your Recommendations page (add a link to the page) OR | Hello Again! // 5-ji Kara 9-ji Made // Miss Independent Ji Eun | ✔ ________ |
found on a Custom List (add a link to the list) OR | Okitegami Kyoko no Biboroku (2015)> dramas recommended to me | ✔ ________ |
| Izakaya Shinkansen (2021)> Food | ✔ Jul 26th |
| The Point Men (2023)> Best Upcoming Korean Movies of January 2023 | ✔ ________ |
| Gold Leaf (2021) | ✔________ |
13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff | Progress:( 0 / 5 ) | |
Choice of Route | Essentials | Completed |
| Handmade Love (2020) | ✔ ________ |
Someday or One Day (2019) | ✔ ________ | |
Dear Sister (2014) | ✔ ________ | |
Shoplifters (2018) | ✔ ________ | |
Marathon (2005) | ✔ ________ | |
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:( 0 / 7 ) | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
An Elephant Sitting Still (2018) | ✔ ________ | ||
Chungking Express (1994) | ✔ ________ | ||
Love Like the Falling Petals (2022) | ✔ ________ | ||
Barber's Tales (2013) | ✔ ________ | ||
Little Forest (2018) | ✔ ________ | ||
Yi Yi (2000) | ✔ ________ | ||
Cemetery of Splendor (2015) | ✔ ________ | ||
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