r/KDRAMA Challenge 2024

challenge #1 A drama that shares a filming location with The Heirs (Gyeonggi Future Education — Paju Branch [경기미래교육 파주캠퍼스]; Incheon International Airport (ICN) [인천국제공항]; Ilsan Lake Park [일산호수공원])

completed 12/05/2024

- also fits: 

• challenge #10 A drama in which a game is played (Go Stop), still where you can see the cards; still with cards 2
• challenge #19 A drama in which characters take a trip - ML and Fl travel to Geyeongju for a bussiness trip and FL spontaneously visits Donggung Palace (ep1)
• challenge #22 A drama with a character who is a chaebol - ML is a chaebol of airline company
• challenge #36 A drama featuring a Truck of Doom™ (ep3)

challenge #2 A drama chosen by the wheel of chance: Tropes - A character has a hair cut or cuts his or her hair during the drama (ep10)

completed 25/10/2024

- also fits: challenge #4 A drama chosen by the wheel of chance: PPL - Coffee Shop/Coffee Machine/Instant Coffee/Kopiko (Maxim, ep14) 

challenge #3 A drama chosen by the wheel of chance: Common Scenes - A character riding the bus or at the bus station (MC rides the bus in ep3)

completed 05/06/2024

challenge #4 A drama chosen by the wheel of chance: PPL - Coffee Shop/Coffee Machine/Instant Coffee/Kopiko (ep4 Kopiko)

completed 22/02/2024

- for me it also fits: 

• challenge #2 A drama chosen by the wheel of chance: Tropes - A character has a hair cut or cuts his or her hair during the drama (ep3 haircut scene)
• challenge #18 A drama in which characters celebrate a special day (FL's birthday + Christmas)

challenge #5 A drama chosen by the wheel of chance: Korean Culture Highlight - Scene showing Jeju's haenyeo (women divers)

completed 16/07/2024

challenge #6 A drama chosen by the wheel of chance: Number of People in Drama Poster - 0 (zero people; poster)

completed 21/01/2024

- also fits: 

• challenge #14  A drama featuring an actor or actress who debuted before 2000 (Kim Hyun Joo)
• challenge #15 A drama with childhood flashback scenes 
• challenge #17 A drama title that is not a direct translation of the Korean title 
• challenge #21 A drama set in a rural/non-urban location
• challenge #23 A drama with a character who works for the government (police detective ML)
• challenge #25 A drama where a character wears a long wool coat  (several characters throughout)
• challenge #27 A drama with a main character that is over 40  (ML)

challenge #7 A drama that started airing in your birth month (November)

completed 04/02/2024

- also fits: challenge #4 A drama chosen by the wheel of chance: PPL - Coffee Shop/Coffee Machine/Instant Coffee/Kopiko (Maxim, ep1)

challenge #8 A drama with a title that includes a character's name (the Korean title includes FL's name Bo Ra)

completed 26/07/2024

challenge #9 A drama with a character who is an artist (MC is a singer)

completed 24/01/2024

- also fits: challenge #16 A drama with a character that is a part of the LGBTQ+ community 

challenge #10 A drama in which a game is played (baduk)

completed 03/03/2024

- also fits: 

• challenge #17 A drama title that is not a direct translation of the Korean title 
• challenge #18 A drama in which characters celebrate a special day (coronation day)   
• challenge #28 A drama with a multigenerational main cast (ML, his mother, and his nephew) 
• challenge #29 A drama from the sageuk genre

challenge #11 A drama where a character wears a sports team uniform or jersey and/or watches a sports game (ML wears one in almost every ep)

completed 04/02/2024

- also fits: 

• challenge #3 A drama chosen by the wheel of chance: Common Scenes - A character riding the bus or at the bus station (ep6)
•  challenge #7 A drama that started airing in your birth month (November)

• challenge #16 A drama with a character that is a part of the LGBTQ+ community

challenge #12. Group of friends and their friendship — Between the reformed mobsters

completed 02/08/2024

- also fits:

• challenge #3 Bus / Bus station — (Ep. 2 / 4)
• challenge #4 Coffee PPL — Tom N Toms Coffee (credits)
• challenge #13 OST by a K-pop group member — "See The Light" - Belle (Kiss of Life)
• challenge #14 Actor who debuted before 2000 — Park Chul Min, debut in 1988 (Theater)
• challenge #15 - Childhood flashback scenes
• challenge #17 A drama title that is not a direct translation of the Korean title - google says the direct translation is "A girl who plays"
• challenge #18c Celebrates a special day — Birthday (Ep. 13), 10K Subs (Ep. 14)
• challenge #19 Takes a Road Trip / Camping / Vacation — Seaside Town (Ep. 4), Mountain (Ep. 10)
• challenge #23.Character (M/S) works for the government — Jang Hyeon Woo, Prosecutor
• challenge #24 Meal with 3 banchan on the table — Several Episodes
• challenge #25 Character (A) wears a long wool coat — (Ep. 3)

challenge #13 OST by a K-pop group member (Milky Way by Seohyun (Girls' Generation))

completed 18/05/2024

challenge #14 A drama featuring an actor or actress who debuted before 2000 - Ahn Yun Hong starred in her first drama in supporting role in 1987

completed 14/03/2024

- also fits: challenge #9 A drama with a character who is an artist - SML is lead graphic designer 

challenge #15 A drama with childhood flashback scenes  

completed 09/03/2024

challenge #16 A drama with a character that is a part of the LGBTQ+ community 

completed 06/05/2024

challenge #17 A drama title that is not a direct translation of the Korean title  (내 손끝에 너의 온도가 닿을 때 (When your temperature touches my fingertips))

completed 12/09/2024

challenge #18 A drama in which characters celebrate a special day - Episode 1, the king's birthday banquet

completed 27/02/2024

- also fits:

• challenge #9 A drama with a character who is an artist - ML is a clothes designer
• challenge #14 A drama featuring an actor or actress who debuted before 2000 - Woo Hee Jin debuted in 1988
• challenge #15 A drama with childhood flashback scenes
• challenge #29 A drama from the sageuk genre

challenge #19 Takes a Road Trip — Fishing Trip (Ep. 2), Filming Trip (Ep. 5 / 6)

completed 20/07/2024

- also fits:

• challenge #3 Bus / Bus station — (Ep. 3)
• challenge #9 Character (M/S) who is an artist — On Woo Joo, writer / Kim Jung Heon, singer
• challenge #10 A game is played — Basketball, Dodgeball (Ep. 1)
• challenge #11 Sports team uniform or Watches game — Karate uniforms (Ep. 3)
• challenge #13 OST by a K-pop group member — "Freeze!" - Seo Ho, Lee Do (ONEUS)
• challenge #14 Actor (M/S) who debuted before 2000 — Shin Jung Keun, debut in 1997 (movie)
• challenge #15 Childhood flashback scenes — Song Ki Baek, Song Woon Baek (Ep. 3)
• challenge #17 Title is not a direct translation — "No Secret"
• challenge #18 Celebrates a special day —  Birthday (Ep. 6), Chuseok (Ep. 8)
• challenge #24 Meal with 3 banchan on the table — (Ep. 7)

challenge #20 A drama chosen at random from your plan to watch list (pulled out of a jar)

completed 05/10/2024

- also fits: challenge #17 A drama title that is not a direct translation of the Korean title  (어쩌다 마주친, 그대 (You Who I Met By Chance))

challenge #21 - A drama set in a rural/non-urban location - Jeong Jinman's house (main setting) is literally in the middle of nowhere

completed 07/02/2024

- also fits:

• challenge #3: A drama chosen by the wheel of chance: Common Scenes - A character riding the bus or at the bus station (has a scene at the bus station)
• challenge #6 A drama chosen by the wheel of chance: Number of People in Drama Poster - 0 (zero people; poster)
• challenge #14 A drama featuring an actor or actress who debuted before 2000 (Lee Dong Wook)
• challenge #15 - A drama with childhood flashback scenes - there's quite a few especially in ep 1-2
• challenge #19: A drama in which characters take a trip (a "survival" type of hiking trip)
• challenge #36: A drama featuring a Truck of Doom™ (ep4)

challenge #22 A drama with a character who is a chaebol (ML is a chaebol)

completed 26/07/2024

- also fits: challenge #36 A drama featuring a Truck of Doom™ 

challenge #23 A drama with a character who works for the government (FL is a civil servant)

completed 16/07/2024

- also fits:

• challenge #3 A drama chosen by the wheel of chance: Common Scenes - A character riding the bus or at the bus station (FL often rides the bus, example eps 4, 6, 7)
• challenge #17 A drama title that is not a direct translation of the Korean title
• challenge #19 A drama in which characters take a trip (in ep3 they make trip a Jirisan and in ep7 they visit the seaside)

challenge #24 A drama with a meal scene featuring 3 or more banchan (side dishes) on the table (meal scene)

completed 06/01/2024

- also fits: challenge #32 A single episode drama 

challenge #25 A drama where a character wears a long wool coat (pic from ep10)

completed 04/02/2024

- also fits: challenge #16 A drama with a character that is a part of the LGBTQ+ community

challenge #26 A drama found by searching existing recommendations (found in my personalized MDL recommendations)

completed 19/08/2024

challenge #27 A drama with a main character that is over 40 (the ML)

completed 28/07/2024

- also fits: challenge #4 A drama chosen by the wheel of chance: PPL - Coffee Shop/Coffee Machine/Instant Coffee/Kopiko (Maxim) 

challenge #28 A drama with a multigenerational main cast (MC, her grandma, then Kaka and Ma Ri who are the same generation as MC's dad)

completed 29/01/2024

- also fits: challenge #26 A drama found by searching existing recommendations (rec here) 

challenge #29 A drama from the sageuk genre

completed 17/07/2024 

- also fits: challenge #30 A drama with an episode which received more than 10% overall viewership ratings from Nielsen (Under the Queen's Umbrella 16.85% 4-Dec-22) 

challenge #30 A drama with an episode which received more than 10% overall viewership ratings from Nielsen - 14.2% (Ep. 14)

completed 28/07/2024

- also fits:

• challenge #3 A character riding the subway or at the subway station - Ep. 1
• challenge #4 PPL - Kopiko
• challenge #12 A drama that revolves around a group of friends and features their friendship as a key part of the drama
• challenge #14 A drama featuring an actor or actress who debuted before 2000 - Ji Sung (Jang Jae Kyung)
• challenge #15 A drama with childhood flashback scenes - several throughout
• challenge #18 A drama in which characters celebrate a special day - Oh Yun Jin's Birthday
• challenge #23 A drama with a character who works for the government - Jang Jae Kyung (detective), Park Tae Jin (prosecutor) and more
• challenge #25 A drama where a character wears a long wool coat - several characters throughout, a lot in Ep. 2 & 3

challenge #31 A drama that has been reviewed in one of our past Spotlight On posts (one of two cooking dramas reviewed here)

completed 19/07/2024 

challenge #32 A single episode drama

completed 24/02/2024 

challenge #33 A mid-long form drama 

completed 26/09/2024

- also fits: challenge #1 A drama that shares a filming location with The Heirs (Gyeonggi Future Education — Paju Branch [경기미래교육 파주캠퍼스]; Ilsan Cultural Park [일산문화공원])

challenge #34 A drama with less than 500 watchers on MDL (I was 75th MDL watcher to complete it)

completed 03/01/2024

challenge #35 A drama that is at least 10 years old

completed 28/05/2024

challenge #36 A drama featuring a Truck of Doom™ (Truck of Doom™ scene)

completed 20/01/2024

- also fits: challenge #35 A drama that is at least 10 years old