r/KDRAMA Challenge 2024

1. A drama that shares a filming location with The Heirs: Nongoldam-gil Street

2. A drama chosen by the wheel of chance: Tropes (Passing by an old person collecting cartons/newspapers): An older man collects cartons at the end of ep. 4

3. A drama chosen by the wheel of chance: Common Scenes (A character riding the bus or at the bus station): The FL is at the bus station or riding the bus multiple times in the series. 

4. A drama chosen by the wheel of chance: PPL (Location/tourism): Characters are seen eating at Subway many times.

5. A drama chosen by the wheel of chance: Korean Culture Highlight (Scene where characters agree to drop honorifics. ): Shin Yu-shin and A Mi agree to drop honorifics at the end of ep. 10.

6. A drama chosen by the wheel of chance: Number of People in Drama Poster (4): Four people on the poster

7. A drama that started airing in your birth month: It started airing in November

8. A drama with a title that includes a character's name: Namsoon is included in the title.

9. A drama with a character who is an artist: All main characters are different kinds of artists (writers and a book designer)

10. A drama in which a game is played: Go/baduk is a central part of the story and is played multiple times. 

11. A drama where a character wears a sports team uniform or jersey and/or watches a sports game: The characters wear their team uniforms multiple times throughout the series. 

12. A drama that revolves around a group of friends and features their friendship as a key part of the drama: The drama is about a group of friends 

13. A drama with an OST by a K-pop group member: Winter from aespa sings the OST song "Voyage"

14. A drama featuring an actor or actress who debuted before 2000: Kim Hae Sook is part of the main leads and debuted before 2000

15. A drama with childhood flashback scenes: Both Yeon-soo and Ung have childhood flashbacks.

16. A drama with a character that is a part of the LGBTQ+ community: Both Seo Ji Wan and Yoon Sol are part of the LGBTQ+ community

17. A drama title that is not a direct translation of the Korean title: The Korean title is 힙하게 (trans: hip, in a hip way)

18. A drama in which characters celebrate a special day: The nurses and doctors celebrate Min Deul-re's resignation (and her new beginning) in the last episode by drinking and BBQing

19. A drama in which characters take a trip: Jae won visits Yang yang in the first few eps

20. A drama chosen at random from your plan-to-watch list: Used Korean ladder game

21. A drama set in a rural/non-urban location: It's set in Heedong Village, a rural town

22. A drama with a character who is a chaebol: Yu Jin Woo is a chaebol

23. A drama with a character who works for the government: All of the main and supporting characters work for the government

24. A drama with a meal scene featuring 3 or more banchan (side dishes) on the table: Multiple banchan on the table 9-10 min. into ep. 3

25. A drama where a character wears a long wool coat: Both Yun Jin A  and Seo Jun Hui wear long wool coats. 

26. A drama found by searching existing recommendations: Found in personalised recommendations on MDL

27. A drama with a main character that is over 40: Jin Young-soon is over 40

28. A drama with a multigenerational main cast: Cast consists of multiple generations. 

29. A drama from the sageuk genre: A.C is set during the bronze age

30. A drama with an episode which received more than 10% overall viewership ratings from Nielsen: Multiple episodes received over 10%

31. A drama that has been reviewed in one of our past Spotlight On posts: Reviewed here

33. A mid-long form drama: Vincenzo is more than 20 hours long.

36. A drama featuring a Truck of Doom™: Ghost family gets truck of doomed midway through ep 7