! MDL 2023 watch challenge !
Starting date: 01/01/2023
Link to drama list: sleepy's list
Progress habitat:
= on-going
= completed
Taxonomy
in the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that according to type or genre.
1. Type | Progress: 10 / 10 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Tv Show | annarasumanara running man | | |
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Co-Produced or Starring an Actor/Actress in a | start - up | | |
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Adapted from a manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic or |
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2. Is it True? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Educational |
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Documentary Genre or Mockumentary |
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3. All About the Gen(r)eswatch a title from the following genres | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
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Time is Relative
in the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that have something to do with
time, in the first habitat you are instructed to find essentials that started airing between
certain dates, in the second and third one you get to dig deeper in to the concept of time
4. Year of Origintutorial | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
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or the year a member on this page |
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or the month / year you were born |
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year generated by this website or
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5. Duration of The Hiketutorial | Progress: 1 / 10 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
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Drama with 20-30 minute episodes or Drama with 30 episodes |
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Drama with 30-40 minute episodes or Movie that lasts 90 mins | |||
Drama with 40-50 minute episodes or Movie that lasts 180 | |||
Drama with at least one or Drama with 8 episodes or |
6. Time Can Be Confusing | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Full second season of a Drama or Only 1 episode of a Drama |
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The Chronicles of MDL
in the following habitats your mission is to find essentials by exploring MDL, your personal
favourites and those others have awarded or written about.
7. Sharing is Caringtutorials: 1 2 3 | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
that has been on your ptw for longer than you can remember or from the watchlist of another | |||
with less than 10,000 viewers or ranked 1-1000 |
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Drama with the smallest number of episodes in your ptw list or | |||
mentioned in the MDL Forums or mentioned in the MDL Feeds | |||
with the newest release date in your ptw list or with a release date older than |
8. Examined…tutorial | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
on your recommendation page or appearing in the first 5 pages of MDL Home Trailers section | |||
found on a Custom List or found on a Voting List |
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from your most viewed tags or from your least viewed genres under your profile stats |
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with someone or something or found mentioned in an | |||
with over 10 Reviews or with 0 Reviews when you |
9. Your Fanciers and Westminster'sfor this habitat, we ask you to link to the | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Award-winning or by the same writer as one of | |||
from an award-winning or that has one of your favourite | |||
from an award-winning or that has one of your favourite | |||
from an award-winning actor or by the same director as one of | |||
from an award-winning actress or by a director/writer you |
Getting up Close and Personal
in the following habitats you are asked to find essentials that have to do with relationships
and the human experience most of these are tags, but in some cases we have in-closed a list or used
the words features so please pay attention. We would also like to warn sensitive
participants , as some of the routes below are indeed dark. but remember you can always
choose a lighter route.
10. Kiss, F*ck, Kill, Exorcism… | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Ex-BoyfriendComes Back / or | |||
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11. Finding a Mate | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
or Nudity | |||
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features a Heterosexual or | |||
Nice Female Lead / or |
12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Slight Comedy or Black Comedy | |||
or features some type of | |||
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features a Celebration or | |||
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13. Seeing is Believing.. and some other | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
features a Religious Leader or | |||
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Female-Centered Plot / or | |||
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Popular Male Lead / or |
Significant details
in the following habitats we ask of you to look for the details in the significant scenes, in the
first one (14) we ask you to notice the surroundings, in the other the objects involved (15).
14. Where Are We? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
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In a City or In a Small Town |
15. Humans Have So Many Things | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
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The Main Attraction
in the following habitats your mission is to find essentials where one of the main characters
(listed as a main) either is ..., gets a... has a... Each route will either include a a tag or a link to a list
with more detailed instructions.
16. Who Are We? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
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Trans gender identity or Cis gender Identity | |||
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17. Camouflage? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
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Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead or | |||
Superhero Male Lead/ or |
18. What Are You? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Strong Female Lead / or | |||
Smart Female Lead/ Smart Male Lead or Naive Female Lead/ Naive Male Lead | |||
Cold Female Lead/ or | |||
Rich Female Lead/ or | |||
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Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash
in the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that feature the following things.
Each route includes a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
19. The Petting Zoo | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
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20. Where the Humans Are… | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
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Second Lead Caring For Animals or |
21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
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22. Who Am I When I Am With You? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
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Name and Cover
in the following habitats we ask of you to pay attention to the name and cover of the title.
For the first one (23) your mission is to find titles that have one of the following things.
For the second one (24) your mission is to look at the cover. Each route includes a link to a list with
more detailed instructions.
23. It's Only Words in the Name | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
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Colour or | |||
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24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Domesticated Animal or Wild Animal | |||
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Origin
in the following habitat your mission is to find essentials from the countries of MDL. You get to choose either watch 5 titles from 5 different countries Or watch 7 titles from 7 different countries.
Note: You must gather essentials from all 7 countries in every environment if you wish to get to the
next stage (environment) of the challenge. You may not use treats in the international habitat if you
wish to get the TIGER badge.
25. Countries of MDL | Progress: | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Treats
this is where you gather treats, to use whenever you wish to avoid the paths given in a habitat.
You come up with the treats on your own, they may not cover anything mentioned in this challenge (but you may use previous years' prompts for inspiration). Every time you start a new stage, you will
be awarded a new number of treats according to the table below.
My Treats! | Plains Used: /5 | Forest Used: /4 | Mountain Used: /3 | Space Used: /2 | Black Hole Used: /1 | |
Route | Essential | Substitute for | Notes | Completed | ||
watch a title from OCN | ||||||
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Sign Up Sheet for the 2023 Challenge
Starting Date: January 1, 2023
Link to my Drama list: https://mydramalist.com/dramalist/Solenzara
Level: 4
Stage: Plains
# of Dramas Completed: 40/40
Progress Habitat: 8/8
Note: Hyperlinks are provided for each route. Links can be found under 'Notes,' 'Essentials' or both
Taxonomy
3. All About the Gen(r)es | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Historical OR Sci-Fi | Alchemy of Souls Season 2: Light and Shadow | ✔ | |
Comedy OR Tragedy | The Romance of Tiger and Rose | ✔ | |
Thriller OR Romance | Kiss Sixth Sense | ✔ | |
Youth OR Political | My ID Is Gangnam Beauty | ✔ | |
Action OR Life | The Lion's Secret | ✔ |
Time is Relative
5. Duration of the Hike | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Short Length Series OR Short Film OR Treat: Watch a drama that has an accidental kiss | Occurred between the Male and Female Lead | ✔ | |
DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes OR DRAMA with 30 episodes or more | Till the End of the Moon | ✔ | |
DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer. | Love at Night | ✔ | |
DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 180 minutes or longer | My Lethal Man | ✔ | |
DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes OR DRAMA with 8 episodes or less | Again My Life | ✔ |
The Chronicles of MDL
8. Examined… | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
on your Recommendations page ( OR appearing in the first 5 pages of MDL Home Trailers section (add a link to the trailer) | ✔ | ||
found on a Custom List (add a link to the list) OR found on a Voting List in the list index (add a link to the list) | Flower of Evil | ✔ | |
from your most viewed tags OR from your least viewed genres under your profile stats | Death as of July 22nd | ✔ | |
with someone or something mentioned in a Game on MDL (add a link to the game) OR found mentioned in an Article on MDL (add a link to the article) | Vincenzo | ✔ | |
with over 10 Reviews OR with 0 Reviews when you started watching it | Missing: The Other Side | ✔ |
Getting up Close and Personal
11. Finding a Mate | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
First Love OR Nudity: one of the following Nudity/Sexual content | Brief Nudity | Prolonged Nudity | Partial Nudity | Mild Sexual Content | Sexual Content | Extreme Sexual Content | The Glory | ✔ | |
Age Gap [Drama Life] OR Classmates' Relationship OR Treat: Features dancing | ✔ | ||
features a Heterosexual relationship OR Same-Sex relationship | Warning Ahead | ✔ | |
Enemies to Lovers OR Love at First Sight | Maid's Revenge | ✔ | |
Nice Female Lead / Male Lead OR Aggressive Female Lead / Male Lead | 365: Repeat the Year | ✔ |
Name and Cover
24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Domesticated Animal OR Wild Animal OR Treat: Features an ancient artifact | ✔ | ||
Flower OR Building | ✔ | ||
Light Colours OR Dark Colours | ✔ | ||
Rainbow OR Door OR Treat: Features high society | ✔ | ||
Only Words OR Geometrical Shapes | ✔ |
My Treats! | Plains Used: 5/5 |
Route | Essential | Substitute for | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title in which the villain falls in love | Night of Love With You | 2000-2010 OR the month (not necessarily the year) you were born | For this the villain could be a main or supporting character | ✔ |
Watch a drama that has an accidental kiss | Serendipity | Short Length Series OR Short Film | Accidental Kiss- A character accidentally kisses another person either by falling, tripping, or someone pushing them together | ✔ |
Features dancing | Love in Time | Age Gap [Drama Life] OR Classmates' Relationship | This can include with a partner or by themself | ✔ |
Features an ancient artifact | Love Destiny the Movie | Domesticated Animal OR Wild Animal | ✔ | |
Features high society | Remarriage and Desires | Rainbow OR Door | High society is the spectrum of a culture that is made up of rich people (the elites) | ✔ |
MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet |
Taxonomy
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that according to type or genre.
1. Type | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR TV SHOW* | TV Show (11 Episodes) Aired: 2023 | ✔ | |
OR | Drama Special | ✔ | |
Co-Produced OR Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDL | Not on MDL | ✔ | |
OR | Omnibus | ✔ | |
Adapted from a manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic Or | Adapted from a webtoon | ✔ |
3. All About the Gen(r)es | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Watch a title from one of the following genres Choice of Route. | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Sci-Fi | ✔ | |
OR | Tragedy | ✔ | |
OR | Thriller | ✔ | |
OR | Youth | ✔ | |
OR | Action [Rewatch] | ✔ |
Time is Relative
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that have something to do with time, in the first habitat you are instructed to find essentials that started airing between certain dates, in the second and third one you get to dig deeper in to the concept of time
4. Year of Origin | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Aired: 2023 | ✔ | |
OR the year a member on this page joined MDL (link to the account/challenge form) | Aired: 1991 | ✔ | |
OR the month (not necessarily the year) you were born | Aired: 2000 | ✔ | |
year generated by this website OR | Aired: 1960 | ✔ | |
OR | Aired: 2017 | ✔ |
5. Duration of The Hike | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Short Film | ✔ | |
DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes Or | Duration: 25 min | ✔ | |
DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer. | Congrats My Ex! | Duration: 98 min (Movie) | ✔ |
DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 180 minutes or longer. | Duration: 55 min | ✔ | |
DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes OR DRAMA with 8 episodes or less. | Last Ep: 74 minutes | ✔ |
6. Time Can Be Confusing | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Full second season of a DRAMA OR Only 1 episode of a DRAMA | Season 2 (12 Episodes) | ✔ | |
OR | Different Timelines | ✔ | |
OR | Time Travel | ✔ | |
OR | Winter | ✔ | |
OR | Spring | ✔ |
Getting up Close and Personal
In the following habitats you are asked to find essentials that have to do with relationships and the human experience most of these are tags, but in some cases we have inclosed a list or used the words features so please pay attention. We would also like to warn sensitive participants , as some of the routes below are indeed dark. but remember you can always choose a lighter route.
11. Finding a Mate | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Nudity: one of the following Nudity/Sexual content | Brief Nudity | Prolonged Nudity | Partial Nudity | Mild Sexual Content | Sexual Content | Extreme Sexual Content | Sexual Content | ✔ | |
OR | Classmate's Relationship | ✔ | |
features a Heterosexual relationship OR | Same-sex relationship | ✔ | |
OR | Enemies To Lovers | ✔ | |
Nice Female Lead / Male Lead OR Aggressive Female Lead / Male Lead | Nice Male Lead | ✔ |
13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
features a Religious Leader OR | Some Type of God | ✔ | |
OR | Character Development | ✔ | |
Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot OR | LGBTQ+ | ✔ | |
OR | Suspense | ✔ | |
Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead OR | Popular Male Lead | ✔ |
The Main Attraction
-In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials where one of the main characters (listed as a main) either is ..., gets a... has a... Each route will either include a a tag or a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
16. Who Are We? | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Veteran Actor: Lee Do Kyung | ✔ | |
OR | Idol Actor | ✔ | |
Trans gender identity (different than the gender assigned to them at birth) OR Cis gender Identity (same as the gender assigned to them at birth) | Cis gender identity | ✔ | |
OR | Living with a disability | ✔ | |
OR | Hidden Identity | ✔ |
17. Camouflage? | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Athlete Aired: 2014 | ✔ | |
OR | Glasses [Mini Series] | ✔ | |
OR | Identity Swap | ✔ | |
Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead OR | Cop Male Lead | ✔ | |
Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead OR | Antiheroine Aired: 2022 | ✔ |
Origin
-In the following habitat your mission is to find essentials from the countries of MDL. You get to choose either watch 5 titles from 5 different countries Or watch 7 titles from 7 different countries.
Note: You must gather essentials from all 7 countries in every environment if you wish to get to the next stage (environment) of the challenge. You may not use treats in the international habitat if you wish to get the TIGER badge.
25. Countries of MDL | Progress: 7/7 | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Aired: 2021 (Compiled Movie Version) | ✔ | ||
Aired: 1986 | ✔ | ||
Aired: 1952 | ✔ | ||
Aired: 2023 | ✔ | ||
Aired: 2020 [Rewatched] | ✔ | ||
Aired:2022 | ✔ | ||
Aired: 2023 | ✔ |
Treats
My Treats! | Plains Used: /5 | Forest Used: /4 | Mountain Used: /3 | Space Used: /2 | Black Hole Used: /1 | |
Route | Essential | Substitute for | Notes | Completed | ||
To the Top
2023 MDL Watch Challenge Sign-up Sheet
Starting date: January 1st, 2023
Link to your Drama list: https://mydramalist.com/dramalist/aiohai
Overall Goal: Plains Japanese Marten
Progress Habitat: 0/10 (Essentials: 00/50)
Stage: PlainsLevel | Progress | Unlocked | |
Habitat | Essentials | ||
1- Korean Crow | 0/2 | 0/10 | ? |
2 - Taiwan Blue Magpie | 0/4 | 0/20 | ? |
3 - Dwarf Flying Squirrel | 0/6 | 0/30 | ? |
4 - Palawan Peacock | 0/8 | 0/40 | ? |
5 - Japanese Marten | 0/10 | 0/50 | ? |
Completed / In Progress / Plan to Watch
Taxonomy
1. Type | Progress: 0/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
TV SHOW* | all 8 episodes | ||
To. Jenny | |||
Adapted from a manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic |
3. All About the Gen(r)es | Progress: 0/5 | ||
Watch a title from one of the following genres Choice of Route. | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
I'm Sorry, I Love You | |||
Tomorrow | |||
Cheer Up | |||
My Liberation Notes |
Time is Relative
4. Year of OriginTutorial | Progress: 0/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
1994 | |||
2010 | |||
1992, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2018 | |||
5. Duration of The HikeTutorial | Progress: 0/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Love Between Fairy and Devil | 36 episodes | ||
DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes | Once Upon a Small Town | ||
DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes | Switched | ||
DRAMA with 8 episodes or less. | 6 episodes |
6. Time Can Be Confusing | Progress: 0/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Full second season of a DRAMA | The Good Detective 2 | ||
Reset | |||
Boku Dake ga Inai Machi | |||
Summer Strike | |||
One Spring Night |
Getting up Close and Personal
13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff | Progress: 0/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
features Some type of God | |||
OR | |||
Work Later, Drink Now Season 1 | |||
Falling Into Your Smile |
Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash
21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die | Progress: 0/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Sell Your Haunted House | |||
Bad Prosecutor | |||
OR |
22. Who Am I When I Am With You? | Progress: 0/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Ore no Kawaii wa Mousugu Shohikigen!? | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
D.P. Season 2 |
Name and Cover
In the following habitats we ask of you to pay attention to the name and cover of the title. For the first one (23) your mission is to find titles that have one of the following things. For the second one (24) your mission is to look at the cover. Each route includes a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
23. It's Only Words in the Name | Progress: 0/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Color | Green Mothers' Club | ||
24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover | Progress: 0/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Domesticated Animal | Military Prosecutor Doberman | ||
The Forbidden Marriage | |||
Island Season 1 | |||
Unicorn | |||
Treats
This is where you gather treats, to use whenever you wish to avoid the paths given in a habitat. You come up with the treats on your own, they may not cover anything mentioned in this challenge (but you may use previous years' prompts for inspiration). Every time you start a new stage, you will be awarded a new number of treats according to the table below.
My Treats! | Plains Used: /5 | Forest Used: /4 | Mountain Used: /3 | Space Used: /2 | Black Hole Used: /1 | |
Route | Essential | Substitute for | Notes | Completed | ||
MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up SheetStarting date: January 1st, 2023 #8B6697 #E7CDE6 #A98695 #8B7C9C |
Taxonomy
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that according to type or genre.
1. Type | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed✅ |
TV SHOW* | All 14 episodes | Korean TV Show | ✅ 21st August | |
MOVIE | Taiwanese Movie | ✅ July 3rd | |
Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDL | Thomas Kretschmann, Germany | Korean Movie | ✅ June 30th | |
Anthology tag | Thai Drama | ✅ October 29th | ||
Adapted from the manga “Hana Yori Dango” (花より男子) | Thai Drama | ✅ December 31st |
3. All About the Gen(r)es | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Korean Drama | ✅ February 19th | ||
Korean Drama | ✅ January 30th | ||
Thai Drama | BL | ✅ March 2nd | ||
Japanese Drama | BL | ✅ January 19th | ||
Korean Drama | ✅ January 16th |
Time is Relative
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that have something to do with time, in the first habitat you are instructed to find essentials that started airing between certain dates, in the second and third one you get to dig deeper in to the concept of time
4. Year of OriginTutorial | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
2023 | Korean TV Show | ✅ February 23rd | ||
the year a member on this page joined MDL (link to the account/challenge form) | xBBBLUE - 2022 / form link | Thai Drama | BL | ✅ April 24th | |
2006 | Japanese Drama | ✅ October 17th | ||
year generated by this website - 1994, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2020 | 2020 | Thai drama | ✅ July 22nd | |
2019 | Thai Drama | BL | ✅ July 29th |
5. Duration of The HikeTutorial | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
11eps, 14min | Korean Drama | BL | ✅ November 11st | ||
DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes | 24min | Japanese Drama | BL | ✅ October 15th | |
MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer. | 104min | Korean Movie | ✅ April 22nd | |
DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes | 48 min | Thai Drama | BL | ✅ September 25th | |
DRAMA with 8 episodes or less. | 8 eps | Korean Drama | BL | ✅ September 18th |
6. Time Can Be Confusing | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Full second season of a DRAMA | Japanese Drama | ✅ January 13th | |
Korean Movie | ✅ November 21st | ||
Japanese Movie | cutest cat ever | ✅ March 29th | ||
Korean Drama | ✅ March 27th | ||
Japanese Movie | ✅ January 13th |
Getting up Close and Personal
In the following habitats you are asked to find essentials that have to do with relationships and the human experience most of these are tags, but in some cases we have inclosed a list or used the words features so please pay attention. We would also like to warn sensitive participants , as some of the routes below are indeed dark. but remember you can always choose a lighter route.
10. Kiss, F***, Kill, Exorcism… | Progress: 6/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
+ | Thai Drama | BL | ✅ April 1st + ✅ November 19th | |
Korean Drama | ✅ February 26th | ||
Thai Drama | BL | ✅ February 2nd | ||
Thai Drama | BL 10/10 ♥ | ✅ January 9th | ||
Japanese Drama | BL | ✅ April 30th |
11. Finding a Mate | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Nudity: Nudity/Sexual content | MANY episodes lol (EP6) | Thai Drama | BL | ✅ April 26th | |
Thai Drama | BL | ✅ March 28th | ||
Same-Sex relationship | Korean Drama | BL | ✅ July 29th | |
Korean Drama | ✅ December 31st | ||
Korean Movie | ✅November 22nd |
12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Thai Movie | ✅September 27st | ||
Korean Drama | BL | ✅October 4th | ||
Korean Drama | ✅September 14th | ||
Korean Movie | ✅November 8th | ||
Mental illness, Healing | Korean Drama | ✅May 12nd |
13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
7 different Gods | rewatched cuz it's too good ♥ | ✅April 30th | ||
Korean Drama | BL | ✅October 2nd | ||
Thai Drama | BL | ✅October 29nd | ||
Thai Drama | BL | ✅ September 23rd | ||
Thai Movie | ✅October 29nd |
Significant details
In the following habitats we ask of you to look for the details in the significant scenes, in the first one (14) we ask you to notice the surroundings, in the other the objects involved (15).
14. Where Are We? | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Episode 20 | Korean Drama | ✅September 11st | ||
Episode 7 | Thai Drama | BL | ✅March 10th | ||
Episode 2 | Korean Drama | BL | ✅April 8th | ||
Episode 4 | Thai Drama | BL | ✅April 11st | ||
Korean Drama Special | ✅ January 5th |
15. Humans Have So Many Things | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Episode 3 | Thai Drama | BL | ✅ August 8th | ||
Korean Drama | ✅ June 21st | ||
Korean Movie | ✅ May 17th | ||
Suit | Korean Drama | BL | ✅September 15th | ||
So many books every eps | Korean Drama | ✅ February 8th |
The Main Attraction
-In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials where one of the main characters (listed as a main) either is ..., gets a... has a... Each route will either include a a tag or a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
16. Who Are We? | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Korean Movie | ✅May 16th | ||
Girl's Generation Seo Hyun | Korean Drama | ✅ December 1st | ||
Trans gender identity (different than the gender assigned to them at birth) | Japanese Drama | ✅ November 21st | |
Blind Female Lead | Japanese Movie | ✅August 4th | ||
Actor | Thai Drama | BL | ✅ September 23rd |
17. Camouflage? | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Runner athlete | Korean Drama | ✅May 23rd | ||
Win has a bunch of tattoos | Thai drama | BL | ✅ May 29th | ||
Thai Drama | BL | ✅ July 12nd | ||
Taiwanese Movie | ✅August 31st | ||
Korean Drama | ✅May 31st |
18. What Are You? | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Korean Movie | ✅December 28th | ||
Korean Drama | ✅December 30th | ||
Korean Drama | ✅June 13rd | ||
Korean Drama | Rich ML and Poor FL | ✅March 21st | ||
Korean Movie | ✅ May 28th |
Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash
-In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that feature the following things. Each route includes a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Chinese Drama | ✅ October 29th | ||
Taiwanese Movie | ✅ February 14th | ||
Korean Movie | ✅November 7th | ||
Japanese Drama 10/10 ♥ | ✅ January 5th | ||
Korean Movie | ✅July 3rd |
Name and Cover
In the following habitats we ask of you to pay attention to the name and cover of the title. For the first one (23) your mission is to find titles that have one of the following things. For the second one (24) your mission is to look at the cover. Each route includes a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
23. It's Only Words in the Name | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Star | Thai Drama | BL | ✅May 10th | ||
Love | Thai Special | BL | ✅June 04th | ||
FLIP | Japanese Documentary Movie | ✅May 16th | ||
100 | Japanese Movie | ✅ August 4th | ||
Summer | Chinese Movie | ✅ April 23rd |
24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover | Progress: 6/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Korean Drama + Chinese Movie | ✅October 31st + ✅December 31st | ||
Japanese Movie | ✅December 15th | ||
Korean TV Show | ✅November 2nd | ||
Chinese Drama | ✅December 26th | ||
Korean Movie | ✅December 6th |
Turn-in form |
MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet |
Taxonomy
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that according to type or genre.
1. Type | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR TV SHOW* | |||
OR | |||
Co-Produced OR Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDL | |||
OR | |||
Adapted from a manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic Or |
2. Is it True? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Educational (tries to teach viewers something-not the same as the school genre) | |||
OR | |||
Documentary Genre OR Mockumentary | |||
OR | |||
OR |
3. All About the Gen(r)es | Progress: | ||
Watch a title from one of the following genres Choice of Route. | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
Time is Relative
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that have something to do with time, in the first habitat you are instructed to find essentials that started airing between certain dates, in the second and third one you get to dig deeper in to the concept of time
4. Year of OriginTutorial | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR the year a member on this page joined MDL (link to the account/challenge form) | |||
OR the month (not necessarily the year) you were born | |||
year generated by this website OR | |||
OR |
5. Duration of The HikeTutorial | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR |
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DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes Or | |||
DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer. | |||
DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 180 minutes or longer. | |||
DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes OR DRAMA with 8 episodes or less. |
6. Time Can Be Confusing | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Full second season of a DRAMA OR Only 1 episode of a DRAMA | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
The Chronicles of MDL
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials by exploring MDL, your personal favourites and those others have awarded or written about.
7. Sharing is CaringTutorials: 1 2 3 | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
that has been on your PTW for longer than you can remember OR from the Watchlist of another user doing this challenge | |||
with less than 10,000 viewers OR ranked 1-1000 (if you have seen them all you can go for 1001) | |||
DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list OR DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list | |||
mentioned in the MDL Forums Or mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds) | |||
with the newest release date in your PTW list OR with a release date older than the oldest title in your Watchlist |
8. Examined…Tutorial | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
on your Recommendations page (add a link to the page) Or appearing in the first 5 pages of MDL Home Trailers section (add a link to the trailer) | |||
found on a Custom List (add a link to the list). OR found on a Voting List in the list index (add a link to the list). | |||
from your most viewed tags Or from your least viewed genres under your profile stats | |||
with someone or something mentioned in a Game on MDL (add a link to the game) Or found mentioned in an Article on MDL (add a link to the article) | |||
with over 10 Reviews OR with 0 Reviews when you started watching it |
9. Your Fanciers and WestminstersFor this habitat, we ask you to link to the award/person's page.*List with awards | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Award-winning OR by the same writer as one of your favorites | |||
from an award-winning director OR that has one of your favorite actresses | |||
from an award-winning screenwriter OR that has one of your favorite actors | |||
from an award-winning actor OR by the same director as one of your favorite titles | |||
from an award-winning actress OR by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before |
Getting up Close and Personal
In the following habitats you are asked to find essentials that have to do with relationships and the human experience most of these are tags, but in some cases we have inclosed a list or used the words features so please pay attention. We would also like to warn sensitive participants , as some of the routes below are indeed dark. but remember you can always choose a lighter route.
10. Kiss, F***, Kill, Exorcism… | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
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11. Finding a Mate | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Nudity: one of the following Nudity/Sexual content | Brief Nudity | Prolonged Nudity | Partial Nudity | Mild Sexual Content | Sexual Content | Extreme Sexual Content | |||
OR | |||
features a Heterosexual relationship OR | |||
OR | |||
Nice Female Lead / Aggressive Male Lead OR |
12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Slight Comedy OR Black Comedy | |||
OR features some type of Doomsday | |||
OR | |||
features a Celebration OR | |||
OR |
13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
features a Religious Leader OR | |||
OR | |||
Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot OR | |||
OR | |||
Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead OR |
Significant details
In the following habitats we ask of you to look for the details in the significant scenes, in the first one (14) we ask you to notice the surroundings, in the other the objects involved (15).
14. Where Are We? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
In a City OR In a Small Town |
15. Humans Have So Many Things | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
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OR | |||
OR |
The Main Attraction
-In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials where one of the main characters (listed as a main) either is ..., gets a... has a... Each route will either include a a tag or a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
16. Who Are We? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
Trans gender identity (different than the gender assigned to them at birth) OR Cis gender Identity (same as the gender assigned to them at birth) | |||
OR | |||
OR |
17. Camouflage? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead OR | |||
Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead OR |
18. What Are You? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead OR | |||
Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead OR Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead | |||
Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead OR | |||
Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead OR | |||
OR |
Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash
-In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that feature the following things. Each route includes a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
19. The Petting Zoo | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
20. Where the Humans Are… | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
Second Lead Caring For Animals OR |
21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
22. Who Am I When I Am With You? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
Name and Cover
In the following habitats we ask of you to pay attention to the name and cover of the title. For the first one (23) your mission is to find titles that have one of the following things. For the second one (24) your mission is to look at the cover. Each route includes a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
23. It's Only Words in the Name | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
Color OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Domesticated Animal OR Wild Animal | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
Origin
-In the following habitat your mission is to find essentials from the countries of MDL. You get to choose either watch 5 titles from 5 different countries Or watch 7 titles from 7 different countries.
Note: You must gather essentials from all 7 countries in every environment if you wish to get to the next stage (environment) of the challenge. You may not use treats in the international habitat if you wish to get the TIGER badge.
25. Countries of MDL | Progress: | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Treats
This is where you gather treats, to use whenever you wish to avoid the paths given in a habitat. You come up with the treats on your own, they may not cover anything mentioned in this challenge (but you may use previous years' prompts for inspiration). Every time you start a new stage, you will be awarded a new number of treats according to the table below.
My Treats! | Plains Used: /5 | Forest Used: /4 | Mountain Used: /3 | Space Used: /2 | Black Hole Used: /1 | |
Route | Essential | Substitute for | Notes | Completed | ||
MDL Watch Challenge 2023
- Starting date: January 1, 2023
- Link to your Drama list: My List
- Goal: Plains Elephant + Tiger
- Progress
- Habitat: 10/25
- Essentials: 93/120
- Bonus: 4/7
- Habitat: 10/25
- Completion date:
** All titles are linked to their MDL page and open in a new tab **
Taxonomy
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that according to type or genre.
1. Type | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR TV SHOW* | TV Show - 11 episodes | ✔ | |
OR | Egoist | Movie | ✔ |
OR Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDL | Papa & Daddy Season 2 | Melvin Sia - Malaysian | ✔ |
OR | Anthology (under vote or add tags) | ✔ | |
Or | Bed Friend | Adapted from a novel | ✔ |
2. Is it True? | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Educational (tries to teach viewers something-not the same as the school genre) | Educational - sex education, particularly from the female perspective | ✔ | |
OR | No Regret | Independent film | ✔ |
Documentary Genre OR | The Trapped 13: Howe We Survived the Thai Cave | Documentary | ✔ |
OR | Definitely Not Today | Inspired by real events | ✔ |
OR | The Throne | Historical + Based on True Story | ✔ |
3. All About the Gen(r)es | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Sci-Fi | ✔ | |
OR | Confession | Tragedy (under "vote or add tags" | ✔ |
OR | Shinai naru Boku e Satsui wo Komete | Thriller | ✔ |
OR | Strong Underdog | Youth | ✔ |
OR | Shujin-ko | Life | ✔ |
Time is Relative
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that have something to do with time, in the first habitat you are instructed to find essentials that started airing between certain dates, in the second and third one you get to dig deeper in to the concept of time.
4. Year of Origin | Progress: 3/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | 2023 | ✔ | |
OR The year a member on this page joined MDL (link to the account/challenge form) | Awaken | - 2020 - User's profile: Faye Selini - User's Challenge form: here *On same page as my entry as of 3/26/2023 | |
OR
| The Case of Itaewon Homicide | 2009 | ✔ |
Year generated by this website OR | The Quiz Show | Random generation - 1992, 2005, 2008, 2018, 2018 |
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OR | Senpai, Danjite Koidewa! | 2022 | ✔ |
5. Duration of The Hike | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Smoke | Short film | ✔ |
DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes Or | 7 eps, 20 min | ✔ | |
DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes OR
| The Eighth Sense | 10 eps, 30 min | ✔ |
DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 180 minutes or longer | Ima Koko ni Aru Kiki to Boku no Kokando ni Tsuite | 5 eps, 49 min | ✔ |
OR DRAMA with 8 episodes or less | 8 eps, 25 min | ✔ |
6. Time Can Be Confusing | Progress: 4/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Only 1 episode of a DRAMA | Dropped after episode 1 on 2/10/23 | ✔ | |
OR | Individual Circumstances | Time loop (under "vote or add tags" | ✔ |
OR | 20th Century Girl | Time skip | ✔ |
OR | Moonlit Winter | Winter | |
OR | We're Not Trash | Fall | ✔ |
The Chronicles of MDL
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials by exploring MDL, your personal favourites and those others have awarded or written about.
7. Sharing is Caring | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
That has been on your PTW for longer than you can remember OR
| PTW list longer than I can remember | ✔ | |
With less than 10,000 viewers OR
| 1,283 viewers as of9/17/23 | ✔ | |
DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list OR
| Inseparable | Smallest - 2 eps *Note: My PTW lists are kept here. | ✔ |
Mentioned in the MDL Forums Or Mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds) | My Personal Weatherman | Forum - Mentioned here | ✔ |
With the newest release date in your PTW list OR With a release date older than the oldest title in your Watchlist | Sweet Home | Newest release date: December 1, 2023 | ✔ |
8. Examined… | Progress: 3/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Appearing in the first 5 pages of MDL Home Trailers section (add a link to the trailer) | Trailer - Page 2 as of Feb 24, 2023 [link] | ✔ | |
Found on a Custom List (add a link to the list). OR Found on a Voting List in the list index (add a link to the list). | The King of Pigs | Voting List - From this list, on page 1 of Popular Voting Lists as of 3/25/2023 | |
From your most viewed tags OR From your least viewed genres under your profile stats | Hometown | Most viewed tags - Death (under "vote or add tags" on drama page) | ✔ |
With someone or something mentioned in a Game on MDL (add a link to the game) OR Found mentioned in an Article on MDL (add a link to the article) | Blind | Article - Mentioned here. | |
With over 10 Reviews OR
| No Touching At All | 18 reviews as of March 5, 2023 | ✔ |
9. Your Fanciers and Westminsters*List with awards | Progress: 4/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Award-winning OR By the same writer as one of your favorites | |||
From an award-winning director OR
| Director Kanai Ko - Winner for Best Director of the 82nd TV Drama Academy Awards for "Hero 2" (Info from MDL profile here) | ✔ | |
OR That has one of your favorite actors | Favorite actor - Cho Seung Woo | ✔ | |
OR By the same director as one of your favorite titles | Bokura no Micro na Shuumatsu | Director: Miki Koichiro | ✔ |
From an award-winning actress OR
| Actress - Song Hye Kyo - Numerous awards mentioned here at no. 2 | ✔ |
Getting up Close and Personal
In the following habitats you are asked to find essentials that have to do with relationships and the human experience most of these are tags, but in some cases we have enclosed a list or used the words features so please pay attention. We would also like to warn sensitive participants , as some of the routes below are indeed dark. but remember you can always choose a lighter route.
10. Kiss, F***, Kill, Exorcism… | Progress: 3/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Exorcism | ✔ | |
OR | Utsukushii Kare Season 2 | Cohabitation | ✔ |
OR | A Christmas Carol | Sexual Assault (under "vote or add tags") | |
OR | Rent a Friend | Contract Relationship | |
OR | Eien no Kinou
| Opposites Attract | ✔ |
11. Finding a Mate | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Nudity: One of the following Nudity/Sexual content | Brief Nudity | Prolonged Nudity | Partial Nudity | Mild Sexual Content | Sexual Content | Extreme Sexual Content | Nudity - Sexual Content | ✔ | |
OR | Minato Shouji Coin Laundry | Age gap [drama life] | ✔ |
OR | Kiseki: Dear to Me | Same-sex relationship | ✔ |
OR | Enemies to Lovers | ✔ | |
Nice Female Lead / Nice Male Lead OR | Nice Male Lead (under "vote or add tags") | ✔ |
12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying | Progress: 2/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Slight Comedy OR Black Comedy | Black Comedy (under "vote or add tags") | ||
OR Features some type of Doomsday | Till the World Ends | Doomsday | |
OR | Hwayi: A Monster Boy | Tragic Past | ✔ |
Features a Celebration OR | Chimera | Mourning | ✔ |
OR | Bokura no Shokutaku | Healing |
13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff | Progress: 3/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Features a Religious Leader OR | Religious Leader - Character Jeon Yo Hwan is a pastor | ✔ | |
OR | Misunderstanding (under "vote or add tags") | ✔ | |
Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot OR | Mistress | Female-Centered Plot | |
OR | Mask Girl | Suspense | ✔ |
Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead OR | Switch | Popular Male Lead |
Significant Details
In the following habitats we ask of you to look for the details in the significant scenes, in the first one (14) we ask you to notice the surroundings, in the other the objects involved (15).
14. Where Are We? | Progress: 2/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Cliff | ||
OR | By the sea | ||
OR | Rooftop - Several scenes throughout the series take place the rooftop of the leads' workplace. On this rooftop, we see their relationship progress as they discuss work, learn new things about each other, and realize their feelings for one another. | ✔ | |
OR | Island | ||
In a City OR | City - Opening scene takes place in the city. This scene is significant because it immediately sets the tone for the movie, introducing us to FL and her job as a contract killer; her first kill in the movie occurs during this scene. | ✔ |
15. Humans Have So Many Things | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Umbrella - In episode 1, it is raining when the two leads meet and feel a spark between them, thus starting the journey towards relationship. One ML is using an umbrella at the time. | ✔ | |
OR | Truck - The character Jo Tae Hyun's mother is struck and killed by a truck while she's trying to save him as a child. | ✔ | |
OR | Smartphone - The entire movie is premised around FL's fiancé's phone being left behind in a taxi. The antagonist finds it and hacks into it, which allows him to stalk and harass FL | ✔ | |
OR | Dress - One of the characters, Saras, is wearing a dress when she's fighting with her lover's wife and causes the wife to fall down a flight of stairs, igniting her main storyline in the series (Ep 2). Prae commits suicide while wearing a wedding dress after an explicit video of her is leaked to the public (Ep 1) and Wanwan confesses to leaking that video while she's wearing a wedding dress (ep 18). | ✔ | |
OR | The Director Who Buys Me Dinner | Crossbow - Occurs during a flashback to the leads' prior lives. One of the MLs is shot and killed with a bow and arrow. This is part of the curse that resulted from the other ML naming him. | ✔ |
The Main Attraction
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials where one of the main characters (listed as a main) either is ..., gets a... has a... Each route will either include a a tag or a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
16. Who Are We? | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Lee Hye Young - Veteran actress (debuted in 1984 and has been in the business for more than 25 years) | ✔ | |
OR | Celebrity | Idol Actor - Kang Min Hyuk (CN Blue) | ✔ |
OR | Lipstick | Transgender identity | ✔ |
OR | Happy Merry Ending | Living with a disability - panic disorder | ✔ |
OR | The Witch: Part 1 | Hidden Identity | ✔ |
17. Camouflage? | Progress: 4/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Artist - Lee Wan is an illustrator + "manhwa artist male lead" is tagged | ✔ | |
OR | Trillion Game | Glasses - Taira Manabu (aka Gaku) | ✔ |
OR | The Golden Spoon | Identity swap | |
Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead OR | Police officer male lead | ✔ | |
OR | The Glory | Antiheroine | ✔ |
18. What Are You? | Progress: 2/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead OR | Strong Female Lead | ✔ | |
Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead OR Naive Female Lead/Naive Male Lead | Rivalry | Smart male lead | |
Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead OR | |||
Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead OR | King the Land | Rich male lead | |
OR | Battle Royale | Killer | ✔ |
Pay Attention, It Can Be Gone In A Flash
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that feature the following things. Each route includes a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
19. The Petting Zoo | Progress: 4/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Pet - One of the storylines in episode 5 revolves around a Pomeranian | ✔ | |
OR | Talking pet | ✔ | |
OR | A Distant Place | Farm animal - sheep | |
OR | Memoir of a Murder | Kim Byung Soo is a veterinarian | ✔ |
OR | My Tooth Your Love | Romantic horse ride | ✔ |
20. Where the Humans Are… | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Animals (cat and dog) turn into human | ✔ | |
OR | Cutie Pie 2 You | Adorable animals - The character Khondiao has a pet long-haired chihuahua | ✔ |
OR | Gudetama: An Eggcellent Adventure | Animal in a city - One of the main characters is a chick, and the drama focuses on its adventures in the city looking for its mother. | ✔ |
OR | Naughty Babe | Pet dressed in clothes - Diao's dog, Nong, wears various clothes in each episode. | ✔ |
OR | Ballerina | Antagonist caring for animals - Horses | ✔ |
21. Friendly Ways to Live or Die | Progress: 4/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Note | Completed |
OR | Birth care | ✔ | |
OR | xxxHolic | Ghosts | ✔ |
OR | The Master Plan | Corruption | |
OR | Usogui | Death Game | ✔ |
OR | Weak Hero Class 1 | Bullying | ✔ |
22. Who Am I When I Am With You? | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Colleagues | ✔ | |
OR | Hell Dogs | Bromance | ✔ |
OR | Sibling (brother-sister) | ✔ | |
OR | Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area - Part 2 | Assailant-Victim (captors and captees) | ✔ |
OR | Drama Special Season 13: Silence of the Lambs | Soldier | ✔ |
Name and Cover
In the following habitats we ask of you to pay attention to the name and cover of the title. For the first one (23) your mission is to find titles that have one of the following things. For the second one (24) your mission is to look at the cover. Each route includes a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
23. It's Only Words in the Name | Progress: 3/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Celestial Body | ||
Color OR | Red Balloon | Color | ✔ |
OR | Object | ✔ | |
OR | Mouse | | |
OR | Pornographer: Continued Spring Life | Season | ✔ |
24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover | Progress: 2/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Domesticated Animal OR Wild Animal | Wild animal - Birds in top right corner [link] | ||
OR | 21st Century Girl | Flower | ✔ |
OR | Through the Darkness | Dark colors | |
OR | Drama Special Season 13: Prism | Rainbow | ✔ |
OR | The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window | Shapes - Triangle |
Origin
In the following habitat your mission is to find essentials from the countries of MDL. You get to choose either watch 5 titles from 5 different countries Or watch 7 titles from 7 different countries.
Note: You must gather essentials from all 7 countries in every environment if you wish to get to the next stage (environment) of the challenge. You may not use treats in the international habitat if you wish to get the TIGER badge.
25. Countries of MDL | Progress: 4/7 | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
✔ | |||
✔ | |||
✔ | |||
✔ |
MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet
Starting date: January 1, 2023 Link to your Drama list: DaffodilDaze's Drama List Goal Habitat: Plains 2 - 25 Progress Habitat: 0/2 |
Levels | Stage and Number of Habitats to get the Animal in that Stage | |||||
Animal | Plains | Forest | Mountain | Space | Black Hole | |
1 | 2 | 27 | 52 | 77 | 102 | |
2 | 4 | 29 | 54 | 79 | 104 | |
3 | 6 | 31 | 56 | 81 | 106 | |
4 | 8 | 33 | 58 | 83 | 108 | |
5 | 10 | 35 | 60 | 85 | 110 | |
6 | 13 | 38 | 63 | 88 | 113 | |
7 | 16 | 41 | 66 | 91 | 116 | |
8 | 19 | 44 | 69 | 94 | 119 | |
9 | 22 | 47 | 72 | 97 | 122 | |
10 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | 125 | |
Bonus badge! | If you complete titles from all the countries listed on MDL without using treats, you get the Tiger Badge! |
Plains 2-25
Taxonomy
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that according to type or genre.
1. Type | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR At least 5 o f a title listed as a Tv Show The episodes do not need to be in consecutive order. Please list episode air dates OR episode numbers | |||
OR | |||
OR Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDL | |||
OR | Our Skyy 2 (2023) | ||
Adapted from a manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic Or |
2. Is it True? | Progress: 2/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR
| My Baby Bright: Best Friends Forever (2018) | 9/1/23 | |
OR | Ramen Shop (2018) | ||
OR | Male Entertainer (2022) | 10/1/23 | |
OR | Hua Mulan (2020) | ||
OR | The Eight Hundred |
3. All About the Gen(r)es | Progress: | ||
Watch a title from one of the following genres Choice of Route. | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
Time is Relative
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that have something to do with time, in the first habitat you are instructed to find essentials that started airing between certain dates, in the second and third one you get to dig deeper in to the concept of time
4. Year of OriginTutorial | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR the year a member on this page joined MDL (link to the account/challenge form) | |||
OR the month (not necessarily the year) you were born | |||
year generated by this website OR | |||
OR |
5. Duration of The HikeTutorial | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR |
| ||
DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes Or | |||
DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer. |
| ||
DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 180 minutes or longer. | |||
DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes OR DRAMA with 8 episodes or less. |
6. Time Can Be Confusing | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Full second season of a DRAMA OR Only 1 episode of a DRAMA | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
The Chronicles of MDL
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials by exploring MDL, your personal favourites and those others have awarded or written about.
7. Sharing is CaringTutorials: 1 2 3 | Progress: 2/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
that has been on your PTW for longer than you can remember OR from the Watchlist of another user doing this challenge | |||
with less than 10,000 viewers OR ranked 1-1000 (if you have seen them all you can go for 1001) | |||
DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list OR DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list | |||
Or mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds) [https://mydramalist.com/profile/DaffodilDaze] | My School President (2022) | Mentioned by Shalmali | 7/3/23 |
OR with a release date older than the oldest title in your Watchlist | Jiraiya the Hero | 1921 silent film | 14/4/23 |
8. Examined…Tutorial | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
on your Recommendations page (add a link to the page) Or appearing in the first 5 pages of MDL Home Trailers section (add a link to the trailer) | |||
found on a Custom List (add a link to the list). OR found on a Voting List in the list index (add a link to the list). | |||
from your most viewed tags Or from your least viewed genres under your profile stats | |||
with someone or something mentioned in a Game on MDL (add a link to the game) Or found mentioned in an Article on MDL (add a link to the article) | |||
with over 10 Reviews OR with 0 Reviews when you started watching it |
9. Your Fanciers and WestminstersFor this habitat, we ask you to link to the award/person's page.*List with awards | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Award-winning OR by the same writer as one of your favorites | |||
from an award-winning director OR that has one of your favorite actresses | |||
from an award-winning screenwriter OR that has one of your favorite actors | |||
from an award-winning actor OR by the same director as one of your favorite titles | |||
from an award-winning actress OR by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before |
Getting up Close and Personal
In the following habitats you are asked to find essentials that have to do with relationships and the human experience most of these are tags, but in some cases we have inclosed a list or used the words features so please pay attention. We would also like to warn sensitive participants , as some of the routes below are indeed dark. but remember you can always choose a lighter route.
10. Kiss, F***, Kill, Exorcism… | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
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11. Finding a Mate | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Nudity: one of the following Nudity/Sexual content | Brief Nudity | Prolonged Nudity | Partial Nudity | Mild Sexual Content | Sexual Content | Extreme Sexual Content | |||
OR | |||
features a Heterosexual relationship OR | |||
OR | |||
Nice Female Lead / Aggressive Male Lead OR |
12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR features some type of Doomsday | |||
OR | |||
features a Celebration OR | |||
OR |
13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
features a Religious Leader OR | |||
OR | |||
Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot OR | |||
OR | |||
Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead OR |
Significant details
In the following habitats we ask of you to look for the details in the significant scenes, in the first one (14) we ask you to notice the surroundings, in the other the objects involved (15).
14. Where Are We? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
15. Humans Have So Many Things | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
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OR | |||
OR |
The Main Attraction
-In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials where one of the main characters (listed as a main) either is ..., gets a... has a... Each route will either include a a tag or a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
16. Who Are We? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
Trans gender identity (different than the gender assigned to them at birth) OR Cis gender Identity (same as the gender assigned to them at birth) | |||
OR | |||
OR |
17. Camouflage? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead OR | |||
Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead OR |
18. What Are You? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead OR | |||
Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead OR | |||
Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead OR | |||
Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead OR | |||
OR |
Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash
-In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that feature the following things. Each route includes a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
19. The Petting Zoo | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
20. Where the Humans Are… | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
Second Lead Caring For Animals OR |
21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
22. Who Am I When I Am With You? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
Name and Cover
In the following habitats we ask of you to pay attention to the name and cover of the title. For the first one (23) your mission is to find titles that have one of the following things. For the second one (24) your mission is to look at the cover. Each route includes a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
23. It's Only Words in the Name | Progress: /5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | 2 Moons (2017) | 18/1/23 | |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | House of Hummingbird | ||
OR |
24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
Origin
-In the following habitat your mission is to find essentials from the countries of MDL. You get to choose either watch 5 titles from 5 different countries Or watch 7 titles from 7 different countries.
Note: You must gather essentials from all 7 countries in every environment if you wish to get to the next stage (environment) of the challenge. You may not use treats in the international habitat if you wish to get the TIGER badge.
25. Countries of MDL | Progress: | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Treats
This is where you gather treats, to use whenever you wish to avoid the paths given in a habitat. You come up with the treats on your own, they may not cover anything mentioned in this challenge (but you may use previous years' prompts for inspiration). Every time you start a new stage, you will be awarded a new number of treats according to the table below.
My Treats! | Plains Used: /5 | Forest Used: /4 | Mountain Used: /3 | Space Used: /2 | Black Hole Used: /1 | |
Route | Essential | Substitute for | Notes | Completed | ||
Mentioned in a drama [mentioned in ep 3 of My School President (2022)]] | Bad Buddy (2021)
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Forest 27-50
Taxonomy
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that according to type or genre.
1. Type | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR At least 5 o f a title listed as a Tv Show The episodes do not need to be in consecutive order. Please list episode air dates OR episode numbers | |||
OR | |||
OR Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDL | |||
OR | |||
Adapted from a manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic Or |
2. Is it True? | Progress:1/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR
| NADAO x OPPO (2021) | 31/1/23 | |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
3. All About the Gen(r)es | Progress: | ||
Watch a title from one of the following genres Choice of Route. | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
Time is Relative
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that have something to do with time, in the first habitat you are instructed to find essentials that started airing between certain dates, in the second and third one you get to dig deeper in to the concept of time
4. Year of OriginTutorial | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR the year a member on this page joined MDL (link to the account/challenge form) | |||
OR the month (not necessarily the year) you were born | |||
year generated by this website OR | |||
OR |
5. Duration of The HikeTutorial | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR |
| ||
DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes Or | |||
DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer. |
| ||
DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes OR MOVIE that lasts 180 minutes or longer. | |||
DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes OR DRAMA with 8 episodes or less. |
6. Time Can Be Confusing | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Full second season of a DRAMA OR Only 1 episode of a DRAMA | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
The Chronicles of MDL
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials by exploring MDL, your personal favourites and those others have awarded or written about.
7. Sharing is CaringTutorials: 1 2 3 | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
that has been on your PTW for longer than you can remember OR from the Watchlist of another user doing this challenge | |||
with less than 10,000 viewers OR ranked 1-1000 (if you have seen them all you can go for 1001) | |||
DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list OR DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list | |||
Or mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds) https://mydramalist.com/profile/9449845/feeds/kb0PpcJ and https://mydramalist.com/profile/9449845/feeds/jBj4pIj | My Lethal Man (2023) | ||
with the newest release date in your PTW list OR with a release date older than the oldest title in your Watchlist |
8. Examined…Tutorial | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
on your Recommendations page (add a link to the page) Or appearing in the first 5 pages of MDL Home Trailers section (add a link to the trailer) | |||
found on a Custom List (add a link to the list). OR found on a Voting List in the list index (add a link to the list). | |||
from your most viewed tags Or from your least viewed genres under your profile stats | |||
with someone or something mentioned in a Game on MDL (add a link to the game) Or found mentioned in an Article on MDL (add a link to the article) | |||
with over 10 Reviews OR with 0 Reviews when you started watching it |
9. Your Fanciers and WestminstersFor this habitat, we ask you to link to the award/person's page.*List with awards | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Award-winning OR by the same writer as one of your favorites | |||
from an award-winning director OR that has one of your favorite actresses | |||
from an award-winning screenwriter OR that has one of your favorite actors | |||
from an award-winning actor OR by the same director as one of your favorite titles | |||
from an award-winning actress OR by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before |
Getting up Close and Personal
In the following habitats you are asked to find essentials that have to do with relationships and the human experience most of these are tags, but in some cases we have inclosed a list or used the words features so please pay attention. We would also like to warn sensitive participants , as some of the routes below are indeed dark. but remember you can always choose a lighter route.
10. Kiss, F***, Kill, Exorcism… | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
|
11. Finding a Mate | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Nudity: one of the following Nudity/Sexual content | Brief Nudity | Prolonged Nudity | Partial Nudity | Mild Sexual Content | Sexual Content | Extreme Sexual Content | |||
OR | |||
features a Heterosexual relationship OR | |||
OR | |||
Nice Female Lead / Aggressive Male Lead OR |
12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR features some type of Doomsday | |||
OR | |||
features a Celebration OR | |||
OR |
13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
features a Religious Leader OR | |||
OR | |||
Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot OR | |||
OR | |||
Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead OR |
Significant details
In the following habitats we ask of you to look for the details in the significant scenes, in the first one (14) we ask you to notice the surroundings, in the other the objects involved (15).
14. Where Are We? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
15. Humans Have So Many Things | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
| ||
OR | |||
OR |
The Main Attraction
-In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials where one of the main characters (listed as a main) either is ..., gets a... has a... Each route will either include a a tag or a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
16. Who Are We? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
Trans gender identity (different than the gender assigned to them at birth) OR Cis gender Identity (same as the gender assigned to them at birth) | |||
OR | |||
OR |
17. Camouflage? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead OR | |||
Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead OR |
18. What Are You? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead OR | |||
Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead OR | |||
Cold Female Lead/Cold Male Lead OR | |||
Rich Female Lead/ Rich Male Lead OR | |||
OR |
Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash
-In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that feature the following things. Each route includes a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
19. The Petting Zoo | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
20. Where the Humans Are… | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
Second Lead Caring For Animals OR |
21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
22. Who Am I When I Am With You? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
Name and Cover
In the following habitats we ask of you to pay attention to the name and cover of the title. For the first one (23) your mission is to find titles that have one of the following things. For the second one (24) your mission is to look at the cover. Each route includes a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
23. It's Only Words in the Name | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
Origin
-In the following habitat your mission is to find essentials from the countries of MDL. You get to choose either watch 5 titles from 5 different countries Or watch 7 titles from 7 different countries.
Note: You must gather essentials from all 7 countries in every environment if you wish to get to the next stage (environment) of the challenge. You may not use treats in the international habitat if you wish to get the TIGER badge.
25. Countries of MDL | Progress: | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Treats
This is where you gather treats, to use whenever you wish to avoid the paths given in a habitat. You come up with the treats on your own, they may not cover anything mentioned in this challenge (but you may use previous years' prompts for inspiration). Every time you start a new stage, you will be awarded a new number of treats according to the table below.
My Treats! | Plains Used: /5 | Forest Used: /4 | Mountain Used: /3 | Space Used: /2 | Black Hole Used: /1 | |
Route | Essential | Substitute for | Notes | Completed | ||
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MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet |
Levels | Stage and Number of Habitats to get the Animal in that Stage | |||||
Animal | Plains | Forest | Mountain | Space | Black Hole | |
1 | 2 | 27 | 52 | 77 | 102 | |
2 | 4 | 29 | 54 | 79 | 104 | |
3 | 6 | 31 | 56 | 81 | 106 | |
4 | 8 | 33 | 58 | 83 | 108 | |
5 | 10 | 35 | 60 | 85 | 110 | |
6 | 13 | 38 | 63 | 88 | 113 | |
7 | 16 | 41 | 66 | 91 | 116 | |
8 | 19 | 44 | 69 | 94 | 119 | |
9 | 22 | 47 | 72 | 97 | 122 | |
10 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | 125 | |
Bonus | If you complete titles from all the countries listed on MDL without using treats, you get the Tiger Badge! |
Using Treats
Environment | Plains | Forest | Mountain | Space | Black Hole | Beyond |
Number of available substitutes added | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Total number of substitutions allowed | 5 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 |
Done: All
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Taxonomy
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that according to type or genre.
2. Is it True? | Progress: 7 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
18.01.2023 | |||
Educational (tries to teach viewers something-not the same as the school genre) | Ototo no Otto | 27.06.2023 | |
6.11.2023 | |||
Propaganda | |||
Documentary Genre | J-Hope in the Box | 1.12.2023 | |
Mockumentary | YG Future Strategy Office | 4.11.2023 | |
Inspired by Real Events / Real Person | Phupha | Nanfah | 31.01.2023 | |
23.06.2023 | |||
Historical genre + tag Based on True Story |
3. All About the Gen(r)es | Progress: 7 | ||
Choice of Route. | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
The King’s Case Note | 4.12.2023 | ||
Sci-Fi | Denei Shojo: Video Girl AI 2018 | 1.08.2023 | |
Tragedy | 1 Litre no Namida | 30.06.2023 | |
Romance | Mr. Bad | 16.05.2023 | |
Political | Honest Candidate 1 | 23.01.2023 | |
2.06.2023 | |||
Life | Tourist | 24.04.2023 |
Time is Relative
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that have something to do with time, in the first habitat you are instructed to find essentials that started airing between certain dates, in the second and third one you get to dig deeper in to the concept of time
4. Year of Origin | Progress: 5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Dirty Laundry | 27.02.2023 | ||
1940-1959 | |||
the year a member on this page joined MDL (link to the account/challenge form) | Hitman: Agent Jun | 2020 - jenn | 21.12.2023 |
Hokaben | 2008 | 7.01.2023 | |
the month (not necessarily the year) you were born | |||
Be Love | 1995 | 27.06.2023 | |
1950-1969 | |||
1970-1989 | The Killer | 1989 | 5.12.2023 |
5. Duration of The Hike | Progress: 8 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
3.01.2023 | |||
Short Film | Painted Skin: The Guo Jingming Edition | 24.02.2023 | |
DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes | Given | 24 min | 18.03.2023 |
DRAMA with 30 episodes or more. | The Starry Love | 40 | 31.03.2023 |
DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes | |||
MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer. | Monster Hunt | 8.01.2023 | |
DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes | Girl Next Room: Richy Rich | 47 min | 17.02.2023 |
MOVIE that lasts 180 minutes or longer. | |||
DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes | Alchemy of Souls Season 2: Light and Shadow | 9.01.2023 | |
DRAMA with 8 episodes or less. | BACK STREET GIRLS - Gokudoruzu | 6 eps | 18.01.2023 |
6. Time Can Be Confusing | Progress: 6 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Full second season of a DRAMA | 14.07.2023 | ||
Only 1 episode of a DRAMA | Crash Course in Romance | 1 ep | 10.04.2023 |
Time Loop | The Door into Summer | 26.12.2023 | |
Time Travel | Alienoid 1 | 28.09.2023 | |
17.05.2023 | |||
Summer | |||
11.09.2023 | |||
Spring |
The Chronicles of MDL
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials by exploring MDL, your personal favourites and those others have awarded or written about.
7. Sharing is Caring | Progress: 5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
that has been on your PTW for longer than you can remember | |||
from the Watchlist of another user doing this challenge | My School President | user: DaffodilDaze | 27.05.2023 |
with less than 10,000 viewers | Scent of Love | watchers: 2,530 | 27.02.2023 |
ranked 1-1000 (if you have seen them all you can go for 1001) | |||
DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list | 3 eps | 24.04.2023 | |
DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list | |||
mentioned in the MDL Forums | 3.11.2023 | ||
mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds) | |||
with the newest release date in your PTW list | 20.05.2023 | ||
with a release date older than the oldest title in your Watchlist |
8. Examined… | Progress: 5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
on your Recommendations page | 23.10.2023 | ||
appearing in the first 5 pages of MDL Home Trailers section (add a link to the trailer) | |||
found on a Custom List (add a link to the list). | |||
found on a Voting List in the list index (add a link to the list). | Kimi no Koto Dake Mite Itai | Athena's Must Watches | 30.06.2023 |
from your most viewed tags | Young Blood | friendship | 8.12.2023 |
from your least viewed genres under your profile stats | |||
with someone or something mentioned in a Game on MDL (add a link to the game) | |||
found mentioned in an Article on MDL (add a link to the article) | Age of Youth | Get the Look: Age of Youth S1 and S2 | 25.07.2023 |
with over 10 Reviews | The Middleman's Love | 24 | 29.12.2023 |
with 0 Reviews when you started watching it |
9. Your Fanciers and Westminsters | Progress: 5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Award-winning | |||
by the same writer as one of your favorites | Crime Squad | Lee Soo Hyun - Kairos | 1.11.2023 |
from an award-winning director | |||
that has one of your favorite actresses | See You in My 19th Life | Shin Hye Sun | 7.08.2023 |
from an award-winning screenwriter | |||
that has one of your favorite actors | King the Land | Lee Jun Ho | 11.08.2023 |
from an award-winning actor | |||
by the same director as one of your favorite titles | As Long as We Both Shall Live | Tsukahara Ayuko - Unnatural | 2.12.2023 |
from an award-winning actress | |||
by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before | Bounty Hunters | Edmond Wong | 27.12.2023 |
Getting up Close and Personal
In the following habitats you are asked to find essentials that have to do with relationships and the human experience most of these are tags, but in some cases we have inclosed a list or used the words features so please pay attention. We would also like to warn sensitive participants , as some of the routes below are indeed dark. but remember you can always choose a lighter route.
10. Kiss, F***, Kill, Exorcism… | Progress: 6 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
She and Her Perfect Husband | 17.01.2023 | ||
Exorcism | |||
31.03.2023 | |||
Long Distance Relationship | |||
Sexual Assault | Bed Friend | 22.04.2023 | |
15.07.2023 | |||
Secret Relationship | L♥DK: Two Loves Under One Roof | 4.03.2023 | |
Domestic Abuse | Criminal Minds | 26.08.2023 |
11. Finding a Mate | Progress: 7 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Nudity: one of the following Nudity/Sexual content | Brief Nudity | Prolonged Nudity | Partial Nudity | Mild Sexual Content | Sexual Content | Extreme Sexual Content | Chijo no Kiss | 21.07.2023 | |
16.08.2023 | |||
Classmates' Relationship | Horimiya | 10.03.2023 | |
features a Heterosexual relationship | 2.10.2023 | ||
Same-Sex relationship | Fukou-kun wa Kiss Suru Shikanai! | 19.10.2023 | |
Love to Hate You | 27.02.2023 | ||
Love at First Sight | |||
19.09.2023 | |||
Aggressive Female Lead Aggressive Male Lead |
12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying | Progress: 7 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Slight Comedy | 23.11.2023 | ||
Black Comedy | |||
Zhang Gong Zhu Zai Shang | 5.02.2023 | ||
features some type of Doomsday | |||
31.01.2023 | |||
Sketch Comedy | The Ingenuity of the House Husband | 1.12.2023 | |
features a Celebration | Birthday party | 30.08.2023 | |
Mourning | Bokura no Shokutaku | 14.08.2023 | |
Suicide | Detective Chinatown 3 | 19.01.2023 |
13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff | Progress: 6 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
features a Religious Leader | The Heavenly Idol | 29.03.2023 | |
Some type of God | Eternal Love | 24.06.2023 | |
1.03.2023 | |||
Character Development | |||
LGBTQ+ | She Makes My Heart Flutter | L | 18.10.2023 |
31.08.2023 | |||
Slow Burn Story / Slow Burn Romance | |||
4.08.2023 | |||
Discrimination |
Significant details
In the following habitats we ask of you to look for the details in the significant scenes, in the first one (14) we ask you to notice the surroundings, in the other the objects involved (15).
14. Where Are We? | Progress: 5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
On a Cliff | Chains of Heart | 31.05.2023 | |
By the Sea | My Lovely Liar | 20.09.2023 | |
On a Rooftop | Hidden Love | 24.08.2023 | |
On an Island | Island | 29.11.2023 | |
In a City | Detective Chinatown 2 | 18.01.2023 | |
In a Small Town |
15. Humans Have So Many Things | Progress: 6 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Under the Queen's Umbrella | 20.02.2023 | ||
A Backpack | Best Mistake | 12.07.2023 | |
30.10.2023 | |||
A Sports Car | |||
Unlock My Boss | 7.02.2023 | ||
A Phone Booth | |||
The Tuxedo | 14.12.2023 | ||
A Hoodie | |||
Jesters: The Game Changers | 25.01.2023 | ||
A Crossbow |
The Main Attraction
-In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials where one of the main characters (listed as a main) either is ..., gets a... has a... Each route will either include a a tag or a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
16. Who Are We? | Progress: 5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
The Love You Give Me | 16.06.2023 | ||
Veteran Actor/Actress | |||
Former Child Actor/Actress | 20th Century Girl | Kim Yoo Jung | 1.07.2023 |
Trans gender identity (different than the gender assigned to them at birth) | |||
Cis gender Identity (same as the gender assigned to them at birth) | When Is the Son Off | 15.10.2023 | |
24.11.2023 | |||
Living with a disability | |||
Hidden Identity | Line Walker | 31.03.2023 |
17. Camouflage? | Progress: 5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Artist | Perfect Marriage Revenge | 21.12.2023 | |
Tattoos | Between Us | 29.01.2023 | |
Body Swap | Vice Versa | 29.03.2023 | |
Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead | 14.04.2023 | ||
Criminal Female Lead Criminal Male Lead | |||
Antihero/Antiheroine | HiGH&LOW | 27.08.2023 |
18. What Are You? | Progress: 5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Okay! Madam | 24.02.2023 | ||
Weak Female Lead / Weak Male Lead | |||
Smart Female Lead Smart Male Lead | |||
Naive Female Lead Naive Male Lead | Boys! Please Kiss Him, Instead of Me | 4.10.2023 | |
Clingy Female Lead Clingy Male Lead | Boku, Unmei no Hito desu | 5.10.2023 | |
24.10.2023 | |||
Poor Female Lead/Poor Male Lead | |||
14.10.2023 | |||
Healer |
Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash
-In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that feature the following things. Each route includes a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
19. The Petting Zoo | Progress: 5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Pest | Even Sun | cockroach | 29.11.2023 |
Animal Death | Choco Milk Shake | 1.09.2023 | |
Farm Animal | Love Tractor | 8.12.2023 | |
27.09.2023 | |||
Animal Control | |||
Love Like the Galaxy: Part 1 | 23.02.2023 | ||
Horse Ridden to Out to War |
20. Where the Humans Are… | Progress: 5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Guardian | Da Qing - cat | 31.01.2023 | |
Animal turns into a Human | |||
turtle XiaoBu + mouse | 16.03.2023 | ||
Animal Attack | |||
Animal in a City | Kimi to Nara Koi wo Shite Mite mo | 15.11.2023 | |
21.10.2023 | |||
Animal Abuse | |||
22.09.2023 | |||
Antagonist Caring For Animals |
21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die | Progress: 5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
23.11.2023 | |||
Birth care (Postpartum care) | |||
Ghosts | Secrets in the Hot Spring | 2.03.2023 | |
Teamwork | Mission 1: Possible | 19.01.2023 | |
12.08.2023 | |||
Death Game | |||
About Youth | 2.06.2023 | ||
Bullying |
22. Who Am I When I Am With You? | Progress: 5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Inmates | Taxi Driver Season 2 | 15.12.2023 | |
Sismance | A Dream of Splendor | 26.10.2023 | |
Sibling | Brown Sugar Macchiato | 29.07.2023 | |
Student-Teacher | Hammer Session! | 14.01.2023 | |
Soldier | Love Like the Galaxy: Part 2 | 30.04.2023 |
Name and Cover
In the following habitats we ask of you to pay attention to the name and cover of the title. For the first one (23) your mission is to find titles that have one of the following things. For the second one (24) your mission is to look at the cover. Each route includes a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
23. It's Only Words in the Name | Progress: 5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
1.12.2023 | |||
Body Part | |||
Color | 6.11.2023 | ||
Emotion | |||
Romance Is a Bonus Book | 20.04.2023 | ||
Verb | |||
Number | 14 Blades | 7.08.2023 | |
Calendar-related word | Girlfriend Project Day 1 | 28.06.2023 |
24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover | Progress: 5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Domesticated Animal | Oliver na Inu, (Gosh!!) Konoyarou | 4.01.2023 | |
Wild Animal | |||
20.10.2023 | |||
Building | |||
A Shoulder to Cry On | 11.07.2023 | ||
Dark Colors | |||
Only Friends | 28.10.2023 | ||
Door | |||
Geometrical Shapes | Collectors | 1.11.2023 |
Origin
-In the following habitat your mission is to find essentials from the countries of MDL. You get to choose either watch 5 titles from 5 different countries Or watch 7 titles from 7 different countries.
Note: You must gather essentials from all 7 countries in every environment if you wish to get to the next stage (environment) of the challenge. You may not use treats in the international habitat if you wish to get the TIGER badge.
25. Countries of MDL | Progress: 7 | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
A Romance of the Little Forest | 14.04.2023 | ||
Green Snake | 2.11.2023 | ||
Grand Blue | 27.11.2023 | ||
The Day I Loved You | 2.12.2023 | ||
4 Kinds of House | 5.07.2023 | ||
49 Days With a Merman | 9.08.2023 | ||
3 Will Be Free | 10.07.2023 |
Treats
This is where you gather treats, to use whenever you wish to avoid the paths given in a habitat. You come up with the treats on your own, they may not cover anything mentioned in this challenge (but you may use previous years' prompts for inspiration). Every time you start a new stage, you will be awarded a new number of treats according to the table below.
My Treats! | Plains Used: /5 | Forest Used: /4 | Mountain Used: /3 | Space Used: /2 | Black Hole Used: /1 | |
Route | Essential | Substitute for | Notes | Completed | ||
watched in 2023 but not included in this challenge:
MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up SheetStarting date: January 1, 2022 Link to your Drama list: https://mydramalist.com/dramalist/Vivi Progress Habitat: 10/10 (Japanese Marten Plains) [Dramas: 26 (+1)/ Specials: 5 / Movies: 18 / Variety: 1 = 50] |
Taxonomy
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that according to type or genre.
1. Type | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR At least 5 episodes of a title listed as a Tv Show The episodes do not need to be in consecutive order. Please list episode air dates OR episode numbers | Running Man | Ep. 27-31 | ✔︎ |
OR | Cupid Factory | ✔︎ | |
OR
| Bad Guys Always Die | ✔︎ | |
OR | Replaylist | ✔︎ | |
Adapted from a manga / Or | Akko's Secret | ✔︎ |
2. Is it True? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Educational (tries to teach viewers something-not the same as the school genre) | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
3. All About the Gen(r)es | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Watch a title from one of the following genres Choice of Route. | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | My Perfect Stranger | ✔︎ | |
OR | Delivery Man | ✔︎ | |
OR | Neverending Story | ✔︎ | |
OR | Forget Me Not | ✔︎ | |
OR | I Remember You | ✔︎ |
Time is Relative
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that have something to do with time, in the first habitat you are instructed to find essentials that started airing between certain dates, in the second and third one you get to dig deeper in to the concept of time
4. Year of OriginTutorial | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Strangers Again | ✔︎ | |
OR the year a member on this page joined MDL (link to the account/challenge form) | One Day | 2017 Becky | ✔︎ |
OR
| Kikyo | 2005 | ✔︎ |
year generated by this website OR | Too Beautiful to Lie | 2004 [94-98- 04-09-11] | ✔︎ |
OR | Girl Next Room: Richy Rich | 2020 | ✔︎ |
5. Duration of The HikeTutorial | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | ✔︎ | ||
DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes Or | Romance Special Law | ✔︎ | |
OR MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer. | ✔︎ | ||
DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes OR
| Gaus Electronics | ✔︎ | |
DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes OR
| The Forbidden Marriage | ✔︎ |
6. Time Can Be Confusing | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR Only 1 episode of a DRAMA | The Fabulous | ✔︎ | |
OR | Celebrity | ✔︎ | |
OR | Sweet & Sour | ✔︎ | |
OR | A Year-End Medley | ✔︎ | |
OR | Love and Leashes | ✔︎ |
The Chronicles of MDL
In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials by exploring MDL, your personal favourites and those others have awarded or written about.
7. Sharing is CaringTutorials: 1 2 3 | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
that has been on your PTW for longer than you can remember OR from the Watchlist of another user doing this challenge | |||
with less than 10,000 viewers OR ranked 1-1000 (if you have seen them all you can go for 1001) | |||
DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list OR DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list | |||
mentioned in the MDL Forums Or mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds) | |||
with the newest release date in your PTW list OR with a release date older than the oldest title in your Watchlist |
8. Examined…Tutorial | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
on your Recommendations page (add a link to the page) Or appearing in the first 5 pages of MDL Home Trailers section (add a link to the trailer) | |||
found on a Custom List (add a link to the list). OR found on a Voting List in the list index (add a link to the list). | |||
from your most viewed tags Or from your least viewed genres under your profile stats | |||
with someone or something mentioned in a Game on MDL (add a link to the game) Or found mentioned in an Article on MDL (add a link to the article) | |||
with over 10 Reviews OR with 0 Reviews when you started watching it |
9. Your Fanciers and WestminstersFor this habitat, we ask you to link to the award/person's page.*List with awards | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Award-winning OR by the same writer as one of your favorites | |||
from an award-winning director OR that has one of your favorite actresses | |||
from an award-winning screenwriter OR that has one of your favorite actors | |||
from an award-winning actor OR by the same director as one of your favorite titles | |||
from an award-winning actress OR by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before |
Getting up Close and Personal
In the following habitats you are asked to find essentials that have to do with relationships and the human experience most of these are tags, but in some cases we have inclosed a list or used the words features so please pay attention. We would also like to warn sensitive participants , as some of the routes below are indeed dark. but remember you can always choose a lighter route.
10. Kiss, F***, Kill, Exorcism… | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Ex-Boyfriend Comes Back / Ex-Girlfriend Comes Back OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
|
11. Finding a Mate | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR
| See You in My 19th Life | ✔︎ | |
OR | Heartbeat | ✔︎ | |
features a Heterosexual relationship OR | King the Land | ✔︎ | |
OR | Bo Ra! Deborah | ✔︎ | |
OR | Girl Next Room: Security Love | ✔︎ |
12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | Flying Colors | ✔︎ | |
OR
| My Lovely Liar | ✔︎ | |
OR | What's Your Bloog Type | ✔︎ | |
features a OR | My Friend is Still Alive | ✔︎ | |
OR | Dream of 400 Years | ✔︎ |
13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
features a Religious Leader OR | |||
OR | |||
Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot OR | |||
OR | |||
Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead OR |
Significant details
In the following habitats we ask of you to look for the details in the significant scenes, in the first one (14) we ask you to notice the surroundings, in the other the objects involved (15).
14. Where Are We? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
15. Humans Have So Many Things | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
| ||
OR | |||
OR |
The Main Attraction
-In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials where one of the main characters (listed as a main) either is ..., gets a... has a... Each route will either include a a tag or a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
16. Who Are We? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
Trans gender identity (different than the gender assigned to them at birth) OR Cis gender Identity (same as the gender assigned to them at birth) | |||
OR | |||
OR |
17. Camouflage? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
Cop Female Lead/ Cop Male Lead OR | |||
Superhero Male Lead/Superhero Female Lead OR |
18. What Are You? | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
Strong Female Lead / OR | My Bossy Girl | ✔︎ | |
Smart Female Lead/Smart Male Lead OR | Mission 1: Possible | ✔︎ | |
OR | Girl Next Room: Midnight Fantasy | ✔︎ | |
OR | Bitch X Rich | ✔︎ | |
OR | The Heavenly Idol | ✔︎ |
Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash
-In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that feature the following things. Each route includes a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
19. The Petting Zoo | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
20. Where the Humans Are… | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
Second Lead Caring For Animals OR |
21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | The Real Has Come! | ✔︎ | |
OR | Hello Ghost | ✔︎ | |
OR | The Secret Romantic Guesthouse | ✔︎ | |
OR | Love to Hate You | ✔︎ | |
OR | From Me to You | ✔︎ |
22. Who Am I When I Am With You? | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
Name and Cover
In the following habitats we ask of you to pay attention to the name and cover of the title. For the first one (23) your mission is to find titles that have one of the following things. For the second one (24) your mission is to look at the cover. Each route includes a link to a list with more detailed instructions.
23. It's Only Words in the Name | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover | Progress: | ||
Choice of Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR | |||
OR |
Origin
-In the following habitat your mission is to find essentials from the countries of MDL. You get to choose either watch 5 titles from 5 different countries Or watch 7 titles from 7 different countries.
Note: You must gather essentials from all 7 countries in every environment if you wish to get to the next stage (environment) of the challenge. You may not use treats in the international habitat if you wish to get the TIGER badge.
25. Countries of MDL | Progress: 5/7 | ||
Route | Essentials | Notes | Completed |
The Love You Give Me | ✔︎ | ||
The Days | ✔︎ | ||
Emergency Declaration | ✔︎ | ||
Secret | ✔︎ | ||
Hello Stranger | ✔︎ |
Treats
This is where you gather treats, to use whenever you wish to avoid the paths given in a habitat. You come up with the treats on your own, they may not cover anything mentioned in this challenge (but you may use previous years' prompts for inspiration). Every time you start a new stage, you will be awarded a new number of treats according to the table below.
My Treats! | Plains Used: /5 | Forest Used: /4 | Mountain Used: /3 | Space Used: /2 | Black Hole Used: /1 | |
Route | Essential | Substitute for | Notes | Completed | ||
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