r/KDRAMA Challenge 2022
My selections for the chaebol level of challenge!
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1. Uncontrollably Fond
Korean Drama - 2016, 20 episodes
#1 - A drama featuring a member of The Heirs cast (Kim Woo Bin)
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2. Business Proposal
Korean Drama - 2022, 12 episodes
#2 - A drama as it airs (begins February 28)
Completed 4/7/22
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3. Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo
Korean Drama - 2016, 20 episodes
#3 - A drama that won an award in the r/KDRAMA awards (Worst Pre-produced Drama of 2016 lolllll)
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4. Go Back Couple
Korean Drama - 2017, 12 episodes
#4 - A drama from the rom-com genre
Completed 1/30/22
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5. All of Us Are Dead
Korean Drama - 2022, 12 episodes
#5 - A drama with a main character under 25
Completed 2/8/22
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6. City Hunter
Korean Drama - 2011, 20 episodes
#6 - A drama featured in a meme/screencap post on r/KDRAMA (https://www.reddit.com/r/KDRAMA/comments/jigj11/city_hunter_meme_that_moment_whenyour_woman_is/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)
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7. My ID Is Gangnam Beauty
Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
#7 - A drama that is a remake or an adaption (webtoon adaptation)
Completed 2/15/22
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8. That Winter, the Wind Blows
Korean Drama - 2013, 16 episodes
#8 - A drama set in the season you were born (winter)
Completed 3/23/22
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9. Hot Stove League
Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
#9 - A drama featured on the r/KDRAMA or r/kdramarecommends banner
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10. EXO Next Door
Korean Drama - 2015, 16 episodes
#10 - A short form drama
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11. Move to Heaven
Korean Drama - 2021, 10 episodes
#11 - A drama that came out the year you joined the r/KDRAMA community (2021)
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12. Love in the Moonlight
Korean Drama - 2016, 18 episodes
#12 - A drama from the sageuk genre
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13. Snowdrop
Korean Drama - 2021, 16 episodes
#13 - A drama set in the not so distant past
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14. Prison Playbook
Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
#14 - A drama featuring a found family
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15. Semantic Error
Korean Drama - 2022, 8 episodes
#15 - A drama with a character that is a part of the LGBTQ+ community
Completed 3/10/22
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16. Heartstrings
Korean Drama - 2011, 15 episodes
#16 - A drama starring a Kpop girl/boy group member that debuted before 2010 (Jung Yonghwa from CNBLUE)
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17. Tomorrow
Korean Drama - 2022, 16 episodes
#17 - A drama with a supernatural main character (grim reaper)
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18. The Secret Life of My Secretary
Korean Drama - 2019, 32 episodes
#18 - A drama inspired by a review written in r/KDRAMA.
(https://www.reddit.com/r/KDRAMA/comments/cc20gt/the_kdramas_of_the_first_half_of_2019_a_review/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf) -
19. Search: WWW
Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
#19 - A drama that shows your profession or lifestyle (data analyst)
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20. Train
Korean Drama - 2020, 12 episodes
#20 - A drama set in multiple timelines
Completed 2/26/22
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21. Misaeng: Incomplete Life
Korean Drama - 2014, 20 episodes
#21 - A drama that was nominated in a technical category of the Baeksang Awards (51st Baeksang Best Director Winner)
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22. Kkondae Intern
Korean Drama - 2020, 24 episodes
#22 - A drama with a main character that is over 40
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23. Bad and Crazy
Korean Drama - 2021, 12 episodes
#23 - A drama featuring sandwich product placement (Quiznos)
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24. Hwarang
Korean Drama - 2016, 20 episodes
#24 - A drama where one of the lead actors contributed an OST to the drama (V, Park Hyung Shik, & Park Seo Joon)
Completed 3/26/22
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25. Lovestruck in the City
Korean Drama - 2020, 17 episodes
#25 - A drama with a podcast episode about it (Ep 110-118 of Oh K Drama podcast)
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26. It's Okay to Not Be Okay
Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
#26 - A drama you dropped but decided to give another chance
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27. The One and Only
Korean Drama - 2021, 16 episodes
#27 - A drama featuring a randomly selected trope - Hair grabbing/pulling fight
Completed 2/18/22
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28. Arang and the Magistrate
Korean Drama - 2012, 20 episodes
#28 - A drama based on a myth, fable, fairy tale, or other folklore
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29. The Sound of Magic
Korean Drama - 2022, 6 episodes
#29 - A drama that takes place in a fictional city, country, or world.
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30. Miss Hammurabi
Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
#30 - A drama directed by a female or written by a male (Moon Yoo Seok)
Completed 3/6/22
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31. Flower Boy Next Door
Korean Drama - 2013, 16 episodes
#31 - A drama featuring an umbrella on one of the promotional posters
Completed 1/20/22
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32. SPUNK
Korean Drama - 2019, 13 episodes
#32 - A drama with less than 500 watchers on MDL
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33. Goong
Korean Drama - 2006, 24 episodes
#33 - A drama released before 2010
Completed 3/18/22
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34. The Last Empress
Korean Drama - 2018, 52 episodes
#34 - A drama from the makjang genre
Completed 1/24/22
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35. It's Beautiful Now
Korean Drama - 2022, 50 episodes
#35 - A long-form drama
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36. Parasite
Korean Movie - 2019
#36 - (Bonus) A Korean Movie