2022 r/kdrama Challenge
The relaxed watcher - complete 6 challenges of any level
The serious watcher - complete 12 challenges (max 2 easy)
The dedicated watcher - complete 24 challenges (max 2 easy)
GOAL: The chaebol watcher - complete all 36 challenges
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![Pinocchio]()
1. Pinocchio
Korean Drama - 2014, 20 episodes
A drama featuring a member of The Heirs cast (Park Shin Hye)
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![Thirty-Nine]()
2. Thirty-Nine
Korean Drama - 2022, 12 episodes
A drama as it airs
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![Hello Monster]()
3. Hello Monster
Korean Drama - 2015, 16 episodes
A drama that won an award in the r/KDRAMA awards
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![I'm Not a Robot]()
4. I'm Not a Robot
Korean Drama - 2017, 32 episodes
A drama from the rom-com genre
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![A-Teen]()
5. A-Teen
Korean Drama - 2018, 24 episodes
A drama with a main character under 25
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![My Mister]()
6. My Mister
Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
A drama featured in a meme/screencap post on r/KDRAMA (https://www.reddit.com/r/KDRAMA/comments/nk2jex/my_mister_to_everyone_going_through_a_tough_time/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)
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![Strangers from Hell]()
7. Strangers from Hell
Korean Drama - 2019, 10 episodes
A drama that is a remake or an adaption (webtoon)
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![Come and Hug Me]()
8. Come and Hug Me
Korean Drama - 2018, 32 episodes
A drama set in the season you were born (spring -- cherry blossoms)
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![Sungkyunkwan Scandal]()
9. Sungkyunkwan Scandal
Korean Drama - 2010, 20 episodes
A drama featured on the r/KDRAMA or r/kdramarecommends banner
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![Click Your Heart]()
10. Click Your Heart
Korean Drama - 2016, 7 episodes
A short form drama
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![Secret Garden]()
11. Secret Garden
Korean Drama - 2010, 20 episodes
A drama that came out the year you joined the r/KDRAMA community (2010)
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![Moon Embracing the Sun]()
12. Moon Embracing the Sun
Korean Drama - 2012, 20 episodes
A drama from the sageuk genre
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![The Hymn of Death]()
13. The Hymn of Death
Korean Drama - 2018, 6 episodes
A drama set in the not so distant past (1920s)
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![Bad Guys]()
14. Bad Guys
Korean Drama - 2014, 11 episodes
A drama featuring a found family
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![Tinted with You]()
15. Tinted with You
Korean Drama - 2021, 8 episodes
A drama with a character that is a part of the LGBTQ+ community
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![Dream High]()
16. Dream High
Korean Drama - 2011, 16 episodes
A drama starring a Kpop girl/boy group member that debuted before 2010
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![Black]()
17. Black
Korean Drama - 2017, 18 episodes
A drama with a supernatural main character
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![Twenty-Twenty]()
18. Twenty-Twenty
Korean Drama - 2020, 20 episodes
A drama inspired by a review written in r/KDRAMA (https://www.reddit.com/r/KDRAMA/comments/r2u7j0/twentytwenty_is_the_perfect_quick_watch/)
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![What's Up, Fox?]()
19. What's Up, Fox?
Korean Drama - 2006, 16 episodes
A drama that shows your profession or lifestyle (a writer of some kind approximately my age)
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![Queen In Hyun's Man]()
20. Queen In Hyun's Man
Korean Drama - 2012, 16 episodes
A drama set in multiple timelines
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![Secret Love Affair]()
21. Secret Love Affair
Korean Drama - 2014, 16 episodes
A drama that was nominated in a technical category of the Baeksang Awards
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![Our Blues]()
22. Our Blues
Korean Drama - 2022, 20 episodes
A drama with a main character over 40
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![Jealousy Incarnate]()
23. Jealousy Incarnate
Korean Drama - 2016, 24 episodes
A drama featuring sandwich product placement
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![The Sound of Magic]()
24. The Sound of Magic
Korean Drama - 2022, 6 episodes
A drama where one of the lead actors contributed an OST to the drama
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![Hellbound]()
25. Hellbound
Korean Drama - 2021, 6 episodes
A drama with a podcast episode about it (K-Drama Feuilleton episode 15)
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![The Tale of Nokdu]()
26. The Tale of Nokdu
Korean Drama - 2019, 32 episodes
A drama you dropped but decided to give another chance
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![Thirty but Seventeen]()
27. Thirty but Seventeen
Korean Drama - 2018, 32 episodes
A drama featuring a randomly selected trope (childhood connection)
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![Tomorrow]()
28. Tomorrow
Korean Drama - 2022, 16 episodes
A drama based on a myth, fable, fairy tale, or other folklore
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![King2Hearts]()
29. King2Hearts
Korean Drama - 2012, 20 episodes
A drama that takes place in a fictional city, country, or world
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![Biscuit Teacher and Star Candy]()
30. Biscuit Teacher and Star Candy
Korean Drama - 2005, 16 episodes
A drama directed by a female or written by a male
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![Flower Boy Next Door]()
31. Flower Boy Next Door
Korean Drama - 2013, 16 episodes
A drama featuring an umbrella on one of the promotional posters
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![Drama Special Season 9: Too Bright For Romance]()
32. Drama Special Season 9: Too Bright For Romance
Korean Special - 2018, 1 episode
A drama with fewer than 500 watchers on MDL
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![My Girl]()
33. My Girl
Korean Drama - 2005, 16 episodes
A drama released before 2010
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![The Last Empress]()
34. The Last Empress
Korean Drama - 2018, 52 episodes
A drama from the makjang genre
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![Empress Ki]()
35. Empress Ki
Korean Drama - 2013, 51 episodes
A long-form drama
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![The Classic]()
36. The Classic
Korean Movie - 2003
Bonus: A Korean Movie
