2024 Kdrama Challenge

#1 Location must be listed on Koreandramaland website for Heirs (Kensington Hotel Yoido)

#2. Character holds over/ shares an umbrella with another person - (The iconic yellow umbrella)

#3  Underwater Scene (many scenes throughout the drama)

#4. Wheel of Chance: PPL: Coffee Shop/Coffee Machine/Instant Coffee/Kopiko (FL is a lawyer who quits her firm and starts a law cafe of her own.)

#5. Jeju’s haenyeo (women divers)   FL an ML's mothers work(ed) as a haenyeo in Samdal-ri which happens to be a real village located in Seongsan-eup on the southeastern part of Jeju Island.

#6. A drama chosen by the wheel of chance: Number of People in Drama Poster - 3

#7. A drama that started airing in your birth month - April (aired April 17, 2020)

#8. A drama with a title that includes a character's name

#9. A drama with a character who is an artist (FL is a classical music recording engineer, SML is a pianist)

#10. A drama in which a game is played - Basketball (Ep. 3 / 5), Arcade (Ep. 3 / 5 / 6 / 8), Go-Stop (Ep. 5)

#11. A drama where a character wears a sports team uniform or jersey and/or watches a sports game - (School Soccer Team Uniform (Ep. 5)

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

#13. A drama with an OST by a K-pop group member - ("Stay with Me" by EXO's Chanyeol and Punch)

#14. A drama featuring an actor or actress who debuted before 2000 (Im Won Hee - "The Happenings" -1998)

#15. A drama with childhood flashback scenes - (throughout the entire series)

#16. A drama with a character that is a part of the LGBTQ+ community (2ML is gay)

#17. A drama title that is not a direct translation of the Korean title - Snowdrop (설강화 - Snow Reinforcement)

#18. A drama in which characters celebrate a special day - (Shi Hyun's birthday)

#19. A drama in which characters take a trip (Juju Island Ep 16)

#20. A drama chosen at random from your plan to watch list (I used https://wheelofnames.com/ and added all of my “plan to watch” titles into the wheel.)

#21. A drama set in a rural/non-urban location

#22. A drama with a character who is a chaebol

#23. A drama with a character who works for the government - (ML is in the army)

#24. A drama with a meal scene featuring 3 or more banchan (side dishes) on the table - (Ep 16 at the grandfather’s house)

#25. A drama where a character wears a long wool coat

#26. A drama found by searching existing recommendations - (post by u/COTEReader on 5/6/24 - Light-hearted, romantic Kdramas that keep you engaged) https://www.reddit.com/r/kdramarecommends/s/e9OOQJ9LRt )

#27. A drama with a main character that is over 40 (FL, Kim Nam Joo, 53 yrs.)

#28. A drama with a multigenerational main cast

#29. A drama from the sageuk genre

#30. A drama with an episode which received more than 10% overall viewership ratings from Nielsen (24.850% 4/29/24)

#31. A drama that has been reviewed in one of our past Spotlight On posts.  (SPOTLIGHT ON Romance and Romantic Comedy - February, 2024)

#32. A single episode drama 

#33. A mid-long form drama (20 hours)

#34. A drama with less than 500 watchers on MDL  (413 watchers as of 5/17/24)

#35. A drama that is at least 10 years old (Dream High 2011)

#36. A drama featuring a Truck of Doom™