r/KDRAMA challange 2024

Challenge #1 - A drama that shares a filming location with the Heirs (Ilsan Lake Park)

Challenge #2 First snow trope - Ep. 14 (Hae-in dyes her nails with balsam leaves to connect to the promise of true love with the first snowfall. Hyunwoo is detained but sees the first snow outside. Hae-in sees it too and then, on seeing her balsam-painted finger, feels pain.)

Challenge #3 - Common [underwater] scene - Eun Gyeol's drowning scene as a child

Challenge #4 - Restaurant PPL: Hanyang Hwaro Beef Restaurant (credits) 

Challenge #5 - Agrees to drop honorifics (Ep. 13)

Challenge #6: Number of People in Drama Poster : 5+ 

Challenge #7- A drama that started airing in your birth month : November

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

Challenge #9 - Character is an artist, Ko Baek Joong singer/songwriter

Challenge #10 - A game is played — Videogames (Ep. 6)

Challenge #11 - A drama where a character wears a sports team uniform or jersey and/or watches a sports game: ssireum

Challenge #12 - A drama that revolves around a group of friends and features their friendship as a key part of the drama (Hong Ju, Hye Ji, Sang Pil, and eventually Hu Yeong)

Challenge #13 - OST by a K-pop group member — "A Strange Day" - Jihyo (TWICE)

Challenge #14 - A drama featuring an actor or actress who debuted before 2000 (Kim Hae Sook in 1974)

Challenge #15 - A drama with childhood flashback scenes (flashbacks for Eun Ho, Hyeon Oh & Ju Yeon)

Challenge #16 - A drama with a character that is a part of the LGBTQ+ community

Challenge #17: A drama title that is not a direct translation of the Korean title: Native title is 이재, 곧 죽습니다 (I'll die soon)

Also already watched part 2

Challenge #18 - A drama in which characters celebrate a special day: Tae Sung's birthday

Challenge #19 - A drama in which characters take a trip: Main characters go camping to resurrect lost hobby, hiking to end relationship.

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

Challenge #21 - A drama set in a rural/non-urban location: Jouri village

Challenge #22 - A drama with a character who is a chaebol (Bok Gyu Hyun, 3rd Gen Chaebol)

Challenge #23 - A drama with a character who works for the government: Park Sang Yoon is a detective

Challenge #24 - A drama with a meal scene featuring 3 or more banchan (side dishes) on the table (several episodes, Episode 10)

Challenge #25 - A drama where a character wears a long wool coat (JCW in ep. 11)

Challenge #26: A drama found by searching existing recommendations - I'd read this post and decided to watch it

Challenge #27 - A drama with a main character that is over 40: Im Sun

Challenge #28 - A drama with a multigenerational main cast

Challenge #29 - A drama from the sageuk genre 

Part 1 & 2

Challenge #30 - A drama with an episode which received more than 10% overall viewership ratings from Nielsen (hit it on ep 8 on Feb 24!)

Challenge #31 - A drama that has been reviewed in one of our past Spotlight On posts: Spotlight On May 2024

Challenge #32: A single episode drama 

Challenge #33 - A mid-long form drama  50 episodes

Challenge #34 - A drama with less than 500 watchers on MDL: Completed 10 Feb 2024, 243rd watcher on MDL

Challenge #35: A drama that is at least 10 years old (2013)

Challenge #36 - A drama featuring a Truck of Doom™ (ep 1)