r/KDRAMA Challange 2026

Love me a good action and this was giving me over the top 90's action that I love. Don't think about the plot to hard or why a prison escape turned into Death Race...no no, just enjoy. OST is fire as well.

A drama where the main character has a birth secret

Found it on Tubi and watched it on a whim, did not realize it was a GL until about epsiode 3 but the pacing is brisk, lots of twists and turns. A decent watch all around.

A drama where a Police - Suspect relationship is central to the plot

Loved the cinematography; it was shot so beautifully, I could see the vision plotwise, but it fell flat. Too predictable; I wish Korea would take a chance, maybe the bad guy could win? Got bogged down trying to be too meta I think.

A drama with a scene where a character drinks sikhye at a jjimjilbang

Lots of fun, the ending was hilarious. I liked the son's redemption arc, love a good comeback one, and that was nicely done.

A drama with a scene in which a character visits a bookstore and crosses paths with someone they know

I had watched a doc on this very case just before it aired so I was intrigued to see where this went. I enjoyed it overall but it had some pacing issues, and the ending was so close to being perfect. It was a solid series overall though.

This has been on my list for ages and I had sort of forgot about it, but I was scrolling through to see if their were ones to watch and boy I wish I had sooner this was a great watch. The cast was increadeible, too good maybe you didn't really know where to look. Esom if anything was the weak link, what a steller cast.

I adore the ML, so happy to see him getting more leads although he does play unhinged super well.

Loved S1 was a lot of fun, fast paced excellent bromance, then it all fell apart in the second part...which is sad becuase it's got great potential.

It sort of fell apart towards the end, and I mean it sort of makes sense but then I found out what the context was and it fell apart. It had its moments, but it wasn't the medical drama I was looking for.

It was a pain to find it, but hilarous to watch. Giving Gaus Eletonic/Pegusus Market chaotic workplace comedy. It was sadly a very short run, but a good watch.

I wasn't really a fan, it had a strong start I thought it was going for a thriller dark vibe but then it completely shifted to romance. Then the mystery felt flat and they went with the obvious answer....I may have just had a chip on my shoulder about it.

Was actually hilarous and a ton of fun, would have loved this to have been a much longer series then it was.

That was more BL, then many of the BL. Also waiting for S3 with Rain it's going to be solidly epic.

I'm a big fan just in general of the series, S1 is of couse still the best, but this series had some good plotlines, but it was hit and miss in places.

This was not a series that I would have thought I would like, but the choke hold it had on me was real. The visuals were stunning, and I loved the alt reality storyline, but it was too short they didn't resolve everything. They did the PM plot dirty, and I will not forgive that the SML syndrome was real...

Was surprised I like this as much as I did. I'm not a huge law fan, but the cases were good (infurating at times) the Korean law system is insane....I would have watched a longer run.

It was a compelling watch even if somewhat dated. I think the core of the story was a good one, I cringe every time they talked about 'curing' his autism but it's a sign of the time and the I think.

This was an intresting one, lot of reincarnation, past and future plots multiple it ws intresting. I think it sort of slowed towards the end I wish we didn't get that big entangled love affair but fair enough.

That was a lot of fun! Was not expecting to like it as much as I did but it was a great time.

I really liked it, but I do think the romance was unneicary if felt very tacked on and forgettable in the second half.

The Breeze of Love boys back! Simple story but much improved acting and great visuals.

Been on my list for a while and with the BTS comeback I thouhgt why not? Not at all what I expected, it was dark, real dark. And the ending? Well no really an ending.

Really liked that it was a ton of fun, it was sitting in my too watch list for a while and I'm still steering clear of rom-coms great miz of action and comedy. I'm a big fan of Kye Sang, he's great in an action role.

It had a good start but it got boged down with that weird backstory love triangle. I wish we'd had less romance.

This one hit close to home, I love action, but when the reality of it is so close mine it hits diffrent. Big fan though, and happy to see so many BL alumi in there!

Kim Bum and Rain had an awesome, bromance in this. I actuallly could have done with less romance tbh, felt like it slowed it down. Would have liked more cases instead.

It had potential, strong start to it but seemed to loose moment. The plot was super ambitious for only 8 epsiodes and it suffred for it. Ryeon's frenkles were cute though.

The plot was compelling, but it has some pacing issues, it took untul epsiode 5 to really get invested then it sort of lost it in the last couple as well. There was a lot going on, and sme of it didn't quite add all the way up when you started pulling threads.

There was some fantastic cinematography here; the acting was top-notch. The twist was a little bit of a letdown honestly; it was too out of left field, I feel like they could have make the wife more morally grey. Kim Go Eun killed it though.

Omg that was tough to find, but an intresting watch low key GL? Intresting!

I love an idol story, this was a little older and dated but very cute. It was sort of weird towards the end though, felt like there was a large chunk missing, where was the rencocile.

This is a first time I've finished the long form first! I've never watched any of the series and the first two seasons appeared on Netflix and I've heard many things so I thought I would give it a go, and almost dropped it. S1 (20) didn't really find it's stride until episode 6 then it finally became far more watchable. S2 (16) immediatly so much better, charicters were far more likable off the hope, the cases were better, and the development with Professor Park. S3 (16) was the best of all of them, they did make some bad choices with the side couple (nurse/doc) and the dad plotline felt super weird and off, would rather he have stayed for a redemption arch instead of bringing back Kang from S1 and basically undoing all the good he did. That being said I would 100% watch another season.

ep. 7 I quite liked this series, it was giving Jhorror feel, sort of Ringu meets Pulse. The teens were boring but i litled the shamans. he stole the show.