2022 r/KDRAMA Challenge - heartstringcheese

A drama featuring a member of The Heirs cast.

Kim Ji-Won (Mi-Jung/Rachel)

A drama as it airs

I watched as it aired on Viki from April to June. 

A drama that won an award in the r/KDRAMA awards

2018 - Best Drama: Public Channel and Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy

A drama from the rom-com genre.

It really doesn't get more rom-com than this!

A drama with a main character under 25

This is a high-school web drama where the FL is 18 years old

A drama featured in a meme/screencap from r/KDRAMA

This meme from November of 2021.

A drama that is a remake or adaptation. 

Remake of the American series Jane the Virgin. I watched the first season several years ago and love Gina Rodriguez. 

A drama set in the season you were born

Spring.  This drama starts in April and ML has a goal to accomplish "before summer break"

A drama featured on the r/KDRAMA of r/kdramarecommends banner

To.Jenny is on the r/KDRAMA banner 

A short form drama

This is a 1 hr and 16 minute drama special

A drama that came out the year you joined the r/KDRAMA community

I joined this year in January! I was scouring the internet for clues as to why there were so many random unbranded almond advertisements in The Heirs when I found r/KDRAMA.

A drama from the sageuk genre.

Set in the Joseon era but based on a manhwa, not history.

A drama set in the not so distant past (1911-2000)

Mostly set in 1988/89

A drama featuring a found family

The core group of 5 friends came together like a family

A drama with a character that is a part of the LGBTQ+ community

This is a boy love web drama

A drama starring a Kpop girl/boy group member that debuted before 2010

The amazing Taecyeon from 2PM that debuted in 2008

A drama with a supernatural main character

The English subs call the ML a goblin, but the Korean title calls him a yogoe which I think is more like a ghost. Either way, he is supernatural. 

A drama inspired by a review written in r/KDRAMA

I picked this review because it was spoiler free and sounded like an easy watch.

A drama that shows your profession or lifestyle.

I picked this one because I thought it did a really good job of portraying what it feels like to try to return to the work force after an employment gap! I was in a similar position within the past year. 

A drama set in multiple timelines

This drama is split between present day and the Joseon Dynasty 

A drama that was nominated in a technical category of the Baeksang Awards

Won the 2021 Technical Award (Costume Design) and was also nominated for Best Director and Best Screenplay

A drama with a main character that is over 40

Eun-Hui, Han-Su, In-Gwon, and Ho-Sik should all be over 40, not to mention the two grandmas

A drama featuring sandwich product placement

Subway!

A drama where one of the lead actors contributed an OST to the drama

ML Cha Eun-Woo, "Love So Fine"

A drama with a podcast episode about it

Evie's Korean Drama Podcast, Episode 69: THE SCHOOL NURSE FILES overview.

This was a very strange kdrama so it was fun listening to someone else's thoughts on it.

A drama you dropped but decided to give another chance

I had started and abandoned this drama after the first episode at least three times. I'm glad I stuck it out this time. 

A drama featuring a randomly selected trope. I got "missed the last boat"

This was a difficult trope. In Episode 5 the ML and FL go to visit an author about some business. On the way there, their car gets stuck and they have to walk the rest of the way to the author's house in the rain. They have to borrow clothes and stay over-night, sleeping next to each other on the living room floor.

A drama based on a myth, fable, fairy tale, or other folklore

This drama is based on the Korean folktale of Princess Peyong-Gang and the Foolish On-Dal.

A drama that takes place in a fictional city, country, or world

Half of it takes place inside a manhwa

A drama directed by a female or written by a male

Directed by Kim Min-Kyung

A drama featuring an umbrella on one of the promotional posters.

There is an umbrella on this poster

A drama with less than 500 watchers on MDL 

I watched this on March 10th with 459 "Completed" watchers

A drama released before 2010

Released in 2009

A drama from the makjang genre

This is "makjang-lite" but it definitely counts

A long-form drama

This was 100 episodes, about 35 minutes each.

A Korean movie

Staring Song Joong-Ki, Kim Tae-Ri, and... Richard Armitage!?