r/KDRAMA Challenge 2024
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1. The Auditors
Korean Drama - 2024, 12 episodes
2.a Tropes - Passing by an old person collecting cartons/newspapers
>> Ep3. When the main characters go an visit the housing project they meet an elder with a cardboard cart -
2. While You Were Sleeping
Korean Drama - 2017, 32 episodes
2.b Tropes - A character has a hair cut or cuts his or her hair during the drama
>> Ep1. The FL cuts her hair in order to try and change the outcome of her dream -
3. The K2
Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
2.c Tropes - A drama where a character holds over/ shares an umbrella with another person
>> Ep5. The ML holds an umbrella over her when the sprinklers go off -
4. Boys Be Brave!
Korean Drama - 2024, 8 episodes
2.d Tropes - A drama featuring first snow
>> Features as a concept (recognizing at first snow/love at first sight) and actually falls at the end of ep5 when the ML is at the playground -
5. Lovestruck in the City
Korean Drama - 2020, 17 episodes
2.e Tropes - A character crying while eating
>> Ep12. A flashback shows the FL arriving at the beach and crying while she eats noodles at the bar -
6. My Demon
Korean Drama - 2023, 16 episodes
2.f Tropes - A character getting a driver after drinking
>> Ep1. After the FL has soju at the beach she orders a driver -
7. W
Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
3.a Common Scenes - A drama with an underwater scene
>> Ep6. The ML jumps into the river and is seen floating. Also the FL meets the ML under water in a surreal experience. Last, the ML is seen being saved from the water. -
8. Healer
Korean Drama - 2014, 20 episodes
3.b Common Scenes - A character riding the subway or at the subway station
>> Ep1. The ML goed to pick up a package on a subway playform, but the competitors are also there so he rides the subway as well in order to save the subject who brought the package. -
9. Encounter
Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
3.d Common Scenes - A scene with lighthouse(s)
>> Ep9. FL suprises ML while he is reading a book near a lighthouse when she decides to give in and end their no-contact period and visits him -
10. The Midnight Romance in Hagwon
Korean Drama - 2024, 16 episodes
3.f Common Scenes - A character singing at the noraebang
>> Ep14. The SML and SFL have a cute moment in the noraebang where first she sings and then lets him know she wants to try dating -
11. Destined with You
Korean Drama - 2023, 16 episodes
4.b PPL - Restaurant
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12. Sh**ting Stars
Korean Drama - 2022, 16 episodes
4.c PPL - Jewelry
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13. Because This Is My First Life
Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
4.f PPL - Health Supplement (Tonics, Vitamins, Ginseng)
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14. Welcome to Samdal-ri
Korean Drama - 2023, 16 episodes
5.a Korean Culture Highlight - Scene showing Jeju's haenyeo
>> Haenyo are featured prominently in this drama because the mothers of both the ML and the FL were/are haenyo and this plays a big role in their lives and the drama's story -
15. Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha
Korean Drama - 2021, 16 episodes
5.b Korean Culture Highlight - Scene showing a jesa table
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16. Somebody
Korean Drama - 2022, 8 episodes
5.f Korean Culture Highlight - Scene featuring a shaman either fortune-telling or performing a shamanistic ritual
>> Ep6. An exorcism ritual is performed by Im Mok Won -
17. Big Mouth
Korean Drama - 2022, 16 episodes
6.b Number of People in Drama Poster - 1
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18. The Worst of Evil
Korean Drama - 2023, 12 episodes
7. A drama that started airing in your birth month >> September
>> Started airing on 27 September 2023 -
19. Flower of Evil
Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
9. A drama with a character who is an artist
>> ML is a goldsmith/works with precious metals -
20. The Interest of Love
Korean Drama - 2022, 16 episodes
11. A drama where a character wears a sports team uniform or jersey and/or watches a sports game
>> The ML plays ice hockey and is shown multiple times throughout the drama wearing his team colours and playing the game -
21. Extraordinary You
Korean Drama - 2019, 32 episodes
13. A drama with an OST by a K-pop group member
>> OST Part. 7: Stray Kids - 끝나지 않을 이야기 (The Story That Will Never End) -
22. My Love from the Star
Korean Drama - 2013, 21 episodes
14. A drama featuring an actor or actress who debuted before 2000
>> Jun Ji Hyun debuted in a drama in 1998 (and film in 1999) -
23. Lawless Lawyer
Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
15. A drama with childhood flashback scenes
>> Throughout the drama there are flashbacks with the ML as a kid revealing what happened in the past -
24. Semantic Error
Korean Drama - 2022, 8 episodes
16. A drama with a character that is a part of the LGBTQ+ community
>> Both the MLs as this is a BL drama -
25. A Piece of Your Mind
Korean Drama - 2020, 12 episodes
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26. Doom at Your Service
Korean Drama - 2021, 16 episodes
18. A drama in which characters celebrate a special day
>> Ep10. FL celebrates MLs birthday with him (first time for him!) -
27. The Eighth Sense
Korean Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
19. A drama in which characters take a trip
>> Both the MLs take a surf trip twice: once with the surfclub (ep.1 and ep.2) and once just the two of them (ep.6) -
28. Forest
Korean Drama - 2020, 32 episodes
21. A drama set in a rural/non-urban location
>> The drama is set in Miryeong forest -
29. King the Land
Korean Drama - 2023, 16 episodes
22. A drama with a character who is a chaebol
>> ML is a heir within the 'King Group' -
30. The Smile Has Left Your Eyes
Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
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31. If You Wish Upon Me
Korean Drama - 2022, 16 episodes
24. A drama with a meal scene featuring 3 or more banchan (side dishes) on the table
>> Ep3. For Mr. Pyeon’s last supper in his old house the table is completely filled with all kinds of (side)dishes -
32. Romance Is a Bonus Book
Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
25. A drama where a character wears a long wool coat
>> Lots of nice coats (including long wool ones) in this drama! :) -
33. Alchemy of Souls
Korean Drama - 2022, 20 episodes
26. A drama found by searching existing recommendations
>> This drama is frequently recommended on r/kdramareccomends and fits a lot of different types of requests at that. I didn't think I would like it when it was first proposed to me by Netflix and even after trying Ep1 but based on the reccomendations I went back and watched it and ended up enjoying it a lot! :) -
34. Hotel del Luna
Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
27. A drama with a main character that is over 40
>> FL has been managing the hotel for the past 1000 years and as such has been 'living' all that time. Therefore she can be considered to be over 40 (albeit in a supernatural way) -
35. Navillera
Korean Drama - 2021, 12 episodes
28. A drama with a multigenerational main cast
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36. Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo
Korean Drama - 2016, 20 episodes
29. A drama from the sageuk genre
>> The drama is set at the start of the Goryeo Dynasty during King Taejo's rule -
37. Good Partner
Korean Drama - 2024, 16 episodes
30. A drama with an episode which received more than 10% overall viewership ratings from Nielsen
>> This drama had good ratings with all but the first two epiodes receiving more than 10% viewership ratings
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Partner#:~:text=Average%20TV%20viewership%20ratings -
38. Six Flying Dragons
Korean Drama - 2015, 50 episodes
33. A mid-long form drama
>> Drama consists of 50 episodes -
39. Pale Moon
Korean Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
34. A drama with less than 500 watchers on MDL
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40. Coffee Prince
Korean Drama - 2007, 17 episodes
35. A drama that is at least 10 years old
>> Drama aired in 2007, making it 16 years old -
41. Vincenzo
Korean Drama - 2021, 20 episodes
36. A drama featuring a Truck of Doom™
>> Ep3. At the end of the episode a (white!) Truck of Doom™ appears and drives into the restaurant