r/KDRAMA Challange 2024

#1 - A drama that shares a filming location with The Heirs 

03/06/2024 My first time participating in the weekly binge! It was a lot of fun to watch and participate with everyone, it was also fun to watch this for the first time. Was a little worried there, but it all came out in the end, was a fun watch and not one I would have picked up on my own to be honest.

#2 wheel of trope: character getting a driver after drinking.

04/25/2024 I have so many feelings about this, BIG FEELINGS. This is an outstanding series, highly recommend it to everyone!

#3 - A drama chosen by the wheel of chance: Common Scenes (riding subway)

01/11/2024 It was ok, but not great. The actors were solid, but the writing let them down, in this instance a longer run would have helped fill out the plot more. Has it's moments though, some great cinematography, and a hallucinatory quality to it. People getting far too salty over the sex scene though, although it did sort of feel like pandering to the audience, probably could have cut it and gotten the same effect.

#4 - A drama chosen by the wheel of chance: PPL - Health Supplements 

03/25/2024 I liked that series a lot, and was a fan of the ending. I was in the minority I think, totally fine without the romance. I am stoked about a second season

#6 - A drama chosen by the wheel of chance: Number of People in Drama Poster (4)

02/01/2024 Strong start to 2024 KBL's, Black Mirror meets BL, love an original plot and a great soundtrack. Longer episodes and high production value. Going to be a high bar to start the year for sure.  

#9 - A drama with a character who is an artist (tailor)

02/27/2024 That was a ride, the male leads where all in, but the FL was pretty green. It didn't help she didn't have much to work with honestly, I do feel sort of bad for her. I stuck with it though.

#10 - A drama in which a game is played (poker) 

04/27/2024 I picked this up for Zuho, but I low-key fell for the FL and want to see more of her as a lead in a full series. It's also nice to see a girl who knows what she wants but isn't irritating about it. Fun little watch. 

#12 - A drama that revolves around a group of friends and features their friendship as a key part of the drama

01/30/2024 Part of my rabbit hole for school bully/fighting didn't find until I fell into it after reading Dokgo universe. Would love to see the full run.

#13 - A drama with an OST by a K-pop group member (OST by a K-pop group member — "Butterfly" - Sandeul (B1A4)

04/02/2024 It had such a strong start but it really fell off hard, I did not like that ending at all, watching it at 2x speed.

#14 - A drama featuring an actor or actress who debuted before 2000 (Yoo Seung Ho)

01/18/2024 I liked the style, washed out, hyper colour and you can't argue with Seung Ho's acting always on point. I think they could have done more, but it was missing somthing and I'm not sure what exactly.

#15 -  A drama with childhood flashback scenes

04/07/2024 Solid little watch, acting was good, action, and production value. I liked the anime and the Japanese films, I think was a solid little installment in the universe. The cameo was a ton of fun at the end as well.

#17 - A drama title that is not a direct translation of the Korean title ('Sexy Photo Studio')

05/06/2024 Surprisingly good watch, I very much enjoyed it. Hope more people give it a go, as far as the seeing ghosts trope goes, this was one of the better ones I've watched. Happy ending as well.

#19 - A drama in which characters take a trip

03/21/2024 I thought the ending could have gone harder, it was sort of meh, and the open end was a tad predictable. It was a fun ride though, and I'm crushing hard on Ryu Da In.

#20 - A drama chosen at random from your plan to watch list

03/05/2024 Woke and chose violence for this one, specifically picked from titles I know end badly but have been sitting on my to watch because of that. It was a solid series, engaging for sure, those last two episodes went 0 to 100 real quick. I can see how that ending destroyed people though, I didn't mind it.

#21 - urban/rural location 

01/21/2024 The only thing missing was the cannibalism, it was a solid little watch though was a fun twist, not one that we normally get in a kdrama so that was a nice little surprise.

#26 - A drama found by searching existing recommendations

01/23/2024 Found this from a Weak Hero rec via MDL, and it did not disappoint. Liked it so much went and read the manwha as well, solid little action/bullying story. And complete so that's always nice, would love to see them carry on with the plot.

#27 - A drama with a main character that is over 40

03/30/2024 This was absolutely wild, super funny. Not sure how'd you ever explain it to someone, but it was a fun ride.

#31 - A drama that has been reviewed in one of our past Spotlight On posts.

#32 - A single-episode drama

01/09/2023 This was really well done, I love a timey whimy plotline and it was really well done.

#34 - A drama with less than 500 watchers on MDL

01/11/2023 401 watches when I finished it, found it via BL actors it was meh, even the romance was a little bland not much chemistry between the leads.

#35 - A drama that is at least 10 years old

02/25/2024 Been on my list a while as it's got a horror tag, and Taceyon. The cast was solid, but the writing was rough. Way too many flashbacks, and Taceyon got the short end of the stick in this.