Date: February 10, 2022
Link to Drama list: mydramalist.com/dramalist/8703403
Progress Recipe-Blocks: 0/0
Plan to Watch, Currently Watching, Rewatched, Completed
TURN IN FORM
Starting date: February 10, 2022
Finishing date: N/A
Link to sign-up form: mydramalist.com/discussions/forum-games/67585-mdl-watch-challenge-2022?pid=2159013&page=22#p2159013
Link to turn-in form: N/A
Link to completed Drama list: mydramalist.com/dramalist/8703403/completed
Dessert level: Undecided
The number of Recipe-Blocks: 1
rewatched titles -- romance of tiger and rose, two souls in one, nirvana in fire, my heroic husband, tang dynasty tour, doctor stranger, flower of evil, untouchable lovers, the queen attack (before untouchable lovers i think)
watched titles not listed yet -- assassin academy
BASIC INGREDIENTS (time in the oven)
| 1. Episode Length | /5 |
Watch a DRAMA with under 20 min. episodes | My Fair Lady, Don't Give Up S2 (link) 3/25, episodes 2 minutes long |
| Watch a DRAMA with 20-30 min. episodes | |
| Watch a DRAMA with 30-40 min. episodes | |
| Watch a DRAMA with 40-50 min. episodes | |
| Watch a DRAMA with >1 episode over 60 min. |
| 2. Total Length | 1/5 |
| Watch a MOVIE that lasts 30 minutes or less. (Try the "Short Film" tag) | |
| Watch a MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer. | |
| Watch a MOVIE that lasts 180 minutes or longer. | |
| Watch a DRAMA with 8 episodes or less. | |
| Watch a DRAMA with 30 episodes or more. | My Dearest Boss (link) 5/15, 30 episodes |
GATHER THE INGREDIENTS
| 3. Type | /5 |
| Watch a title with the tag Web Series | Zhang Gong Zhu Zai Shang (link) 4/21, tag 36% |
| Watch a title listed as a DRAMA SPECIAL | |
| Watch 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 | |
| Watch a title listed as a MOVIE | |
| Watch a title with the genre Documentary |
THE FINEST INGREDIENTS
| 4. Award Winning (Tips) | /5 |
| Watch an award-winning title | |
| Watch a title from an award-winning director | |
| Watch a title from an award-winning screenwriter | |
| Watch a title from an award-winning actor | |
| Watch a title from an award-winning actress |
| 5. My Favorites | 3/5 |
| Watch a title that has one of your favorite actors | |
| Watch a title that has one of your favorite actresses | A Business Proposal (link) 4/30, Kim Sejeong |
| Watch a title by the same director as one of your favorite titles | Please Don't Spoil Me Season 2 (link) 4/30, Li Hong Yu (Word of Honor) |
| Watch a title by the same writers as one of your favorites | |
| Watch a title by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before | Love is Forbidden Here (link) 5/17, director He Tai Ran |
AGED TO PERFECTION
| 6. Find The Year | 1/5 |
| Watch a title that began airing/premiered this year 2022 | Please Don't Spoil Me Season 3 (link) 4/30, in 2022 |
| Watch a title that started airing the same year the user above/below you joined MDL | |
| Watch a title that started airing the same year you joined MDL | |
| Watch a title that began airing/premiered in one of the years generated by this website. (It will generate 5 dates; choose any year you want, psst! we will not notice if you press the generator twice.) | 1991, 1992, 2003, 2005, 2020 |
| Watch a title that began airing/premiered in the year you were born or had a major event in your life | When Is the Son Off (link) 5/13, 2021 moved to new country |
| 7. Vintage | /5 |
| Watch a title from the 1940s | Singing Lovebirds (link) ptw, aired in Dec. 1939, 2nd page link |
| Watch a title from the 1950s | |
| Watch a title from the 1960s | |
| Watch a title from the 1970s | |
| Watch a title from the 1980s |
| 8. Not as Vintage | 2/5 |
| Watch title from the 1990s | |
| Watch a title which began airing/premiered between 2000 to 2005 | |
| Watch a title which began airing/premiered between 2006 to 2010 | |
| Watch a title which began airing/premiered between 2011 to 2016 | Lust, Caution (link) 6/5, aired in 2007 |
| Watch a title which began airing/premiered between 2017 to 2022 | Wen Xiang Shi Gong Zi (link) 5/13, aired in 2021 |
THE INTERNATIONAL PALATE (double Recipe-Blocks)
In a double Recipe Block you can choose 5 out of 10 Recipes OR watch Ingredients that fit all 10 Recipes . If you watch 5 titles it counts as 1 Recipe- Block , if you watch 10 titles it counts as 2 Recipe- Blocks. All titles must be within the Recipe Block, but you may also use Peppermints.
| 9. Countries of MDL (+ most common genres) | Progress: /5 and /5 |
| Watch a title from the China | Wonderful Fate (link) 5/16, from China |
| Watch a title from Hong Kong | |
| Watch a title from Japan | |
| Watch a title from Philippines | |
| Watch a title from South Korea | |
| Watch a title from Taiwan | |
| Watch a title from Thailand | |
| Watch a title whos genre is Drama | |
| Watch a title whos genre is Comedy | |
| Watch a title whos genre is Action |
| 10. Adapted From A… -Search tag + country | Progress: /5 and /5 |
| Watch a title from the China adapted from a Webtoon, Manga, Manhwa, etc | Stick to the Script! (link) 5/14, manhua called "Brother, Please Follow the Script!" |
| Watch a title from Hong Kong adapted from a Webtoon , Manga, Manhwa, etc | |
| Watch a title from Japan adapted from a Webtoon , Manga, Manhwa, etc | |
| Watch a title from Philippines adapted from a Webtoon , Manga, Manhwa, etc | |
| Watch a title from South Korea adapted from a Webtoon , Manga, Manhwa, etc | |
| Watch a title from Taiwan adapted from a Webtoon , Manga, Manhwa, etc | |
| Watch a title from Thailand adapted from a Webtoon , Manga, Manhwa, etc | |
| Watch a title tagged Adapted From a Novel | |
| Watch a title tagged Adapted From Video Game | Unique Lady S1 Part 2 (link) 5/22, 1st tag 20% |
| Watch a title Watch a title based on/inspired by a Real Person/ Event /True Story |
DECONSTRUCTED MDL
| 11. Written About (Tutorials 1, 2) | /5 |
| Watch a title mentioned in the MDL Forums | |
| Watch a title that was mentioned in an Article on MDL | |
| Watch a title that was mentioned in the Feeds (any feeds) | The Lady in Butcher's House (link) 4/18, feed -- link |
| Watch a title with over 10 Reviews | |
| Watch a title with 0 Reviews | Shuang Luo You Shi Jun (link) 5/3, no reviews as of 5/3 |
| 12. Plan To Watch (PTW, tutorials: 1,2,3,) | /5 |
| Watch the title with the oldest release year, on your PTW (sort by year) | |
| Watch the newest title on your PTW list (on your profile page it lists the last 9 actions you did or use the App) | |
| Watch the DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes on your PTW list | |
| Watch the DRAMA with the highest number of episodes on your PTW list | |
| Watch the title with the largest number of letters in the title in your PTW list |
| 13. Listed (tutorial) | 2/5 |
| Watch a title with someone from the Stars Leaderboard | |
| Watch a title Popularity ranked over 1000 | The Queen of Attack 2 (link) 5/17, #6255 |
| Watch a title Ranked over 1000 | Love Under the Stars (link) 5/18, #61647 |
| Watch a title that was added to a Voting List in the list index. | |
| Watch a title that was added to a custom list |
| 14. Just When You Thought You Had Seen All of MDL, We Found Even More (tutorial: 1, 2,) | /5 |
| Watch a title on your Recommendations page | |
| Watch a title that appears in the first 5 page of MDL Home Trailers section | |
| Watch a title from your least viewed tags under your profile stats | |
| Watch a title that combines one of your most viewed genres with your least viewed genres | |
| Watch a title from another user’s watchlist doing this challenge |
BLENDED INGREDIENTS (traditional recipe)
| 15. Historical | /5 |
| Watch a title that features a Sword Fight | |
| Watch a title that is tagged Political + genres is Historical | |
| Watch a title where the genres are Romance + Historical | Royal Kitchen in the Qing Dynasty (link) 1/14, 2nd and 3rd genres |
| Watch a title where the genres are Fantasy + Historical | |
| Watch a title from the genre historical that is either tagged or from the genre Military / War |
| 16. Signs Of The Times | /5 |
| Watch a title that features people wearing silk robes | |
| Watch a title that features a typewriter (either on display or being used) | |
| Watch a title that features someone using walk man and/or pager | |
| Watch a title that features someone using a stationary computer | |
| Watch a title that features someone using a smartphone | Reset (link) 5/24, very important in end |
YUMMY
| 17. Food | 2/5 |
| Watch a title that features a Visit To a Food Stall or Food Market | To My Star (link) 2/13 to 2/14, ML owns food stall |
| Watch a title with the genre Food | Cupid's Kitchen (link) 1/31 to 2/1, 1st listed genre |
| Watch a title that features a Chef | My Sweet Dear (link) PTW, both MLs are chefs |
| Watch a title that features a Visit To a Traditional Restaurant | |
| Watch a title that features a Family Dinner. |
| 18. Dessert | 1/5 |
| Watch a title that features some kind of Candy (can be product placement - see list) | |
| Watch a title that features a Dessert | |
| Watch a title that features someone Making Dessert: it can be a pastry chef, confectioner (any kind) or just someone making a dessert for someone else (can be flirting, can be a murder weapon) | Gourmet in Tang Dynasty (link) 2/17, FL makes in ep. 8 etc |
| Watch a title that features a waitress or waiter | |
| Watch a title that features someone Wealthy With a Connection To Sweets, they like sweets, own a café (or ten), own a bakery etc. |
OPEN FIRE COOKING
| 19. Let´s Go Outside... | /5 |
| Watch a title that features a Visit To The Beach/Seaside | |
| Watch a title that features a Camping Trip | |
| Watch a title that features a Visit to a Theme Park | |
| Watch a title that features a visit to a mountain, lake or forest | |
| Watch a title that features a Visit to a Desert or Ancient Ruins |
| 20. Adventure | /5 |
| Watch a title where part of the plot Takes Place On An Island | |
| Watch a title that features a Trip Abroad or To Space. | |
| Watch a title from the Adventure genre. | |
| Watch a title where a significant scene takes place on a Cliff Or in a Cave | |
| Watch a title where a significant scene takes place on a Train, Boat, airplane or a Spaceship |
| 21. Indoors Is Better | /5 |
| Watch a title that features a Night In An Internet Café or Bathhouse. | |
| Watch a title that features a Person With Humble Living Arrangements (rooftop or basement apartment, shack). | |
| Watch a title that features a person who Lives In a Mansion or Penthouse | |
| Watch a title that features a stay in a Nation-Specific Traditional Home | |
| Watch a title that features a Co-Habitation (dorms, roommates, share house, boarding house) |
POP ROCKS
| 22. Music | /5 |
| Watch a title that features a People Singing Karaoke | |
| Watch a title whose genre is Music | |
| Watch a title that features someone Playing a Traditional Instrument | |
| Watch a title that features an Idol Actor/ess (could be about an idol actor or one of the actors) | Celestial Authority Academy (link) 4/7, ML part of NinePercent |
| Watch a title where the main focus is Someone Famous In The Music Industry (composer, label owner, singer, pianist...) |
| 23. Preforming Art | 1/5 |
| Watch a title that features a Traditional Performing Art | |
| Watch a title that features Dance | |
| Watch a title that features Someone Preforming Or Watching a Play | |
| Watch a title that features a Street Performance | |
| Watch a title where the main focus is someone famous in the Entertainment Industry (director, actor/ess, dancer, idol, talent agent etc.) | My Love and Stars (link) 5/5, FL actress ML singer |
| 24. Quiet Art | 1/5 |
| Watch a title where the main lead is An Artist (painter, sculptor, photographer etc. | Spoil My Potter Girl (link) 5/13, Pottery Makers |
| Watch a title that features someone that Works With Books (librarian, author, publisher etc.) | |
| Watch title tagged Poetry /Adapted from poem | |
| Watch a title that features Graffiti or Street art | |
| Watch a title that features an Art Gallery |
ENERGY BAR + RED BULL
| 25. Break a Sweat | /5 |
| Watch a title where one of the leads is featured while Gaming (console gaming, VR or computer games) | |
| Watch a title where one of the leads is featured while practicing a Physical Sport, (basketball, paint ball, football, baseball, swimming etc.) | |
| Watch a title where one of the leads is featured practicing Motor Sports and/or shows Great Interest for motor vehicles (collector, enthusiast etc) | |
| Watch a title where one of the leads is featured while practicing a sport that is less physical more Precision or Strategic (chess, dart, pool, go, shooting, mathlete etc.) | |
| Watch a title where one of the leads is featured practicing a Combat Sport (boxing, wrestling, MMA, Muai thai, Tae kwan do, Judo, Kyukushin, fencing etc.) |
| 26. Be a Good Sport | /5 |
| Watch a title that features a Sports Competition | |
| Watch a title that features a person who Works In The Sports Industry (manager, coach, shop owner) | |
| Watch a title that features an Athlete Making a Come Back | |
| Watch a that features a Race (can be a race to the door, race against time, or an actual race | |
| Watch a title that features a Friendly Game (cards, drinking game, children's game) |
BUFFET (family gathering)
| 27. We Are Family | /5 |
| Watch a title featuring a Single Parent | |
| Watch a title that focuses on Found Family or non-blood related family | |
| Watch a title featuring a person who is/was raised by someone who is Not Their Biological Parent. | |
| Watch a title featuring a person raised Within The Traditional Family Norm (Male + Female + Kid/s) | |
| Watch a title featuring a person raised in a family Outside The Traditional Family Norm |
| 28. Relationships | /5 |
| Watch a title that focuses on a Non-Romantic Relationship | |
| Watch a title that focuses on a relationship between a Human and a Non-Human (god, alien, animal, robot...) | The Fox Fairy (link) 4/11, human + fox |
| Watch a title that focuses on a Parental Relationship | |
| Watch a title that focuses on a Marital Relationship (can also be about divorce) | If I Never Loved You (link) 5/17, 1st marriage tag which was totally abusive |
| Watch a title that focuses on a Relationship Between Siblings |
HEART SHAPED BOX
| 29. Falling In Love | 5/5 |
| Watch a title tagged First Love | About is Love 2 (link) 5/10, 2nd to last tag |
| Watch a title tagged with a Love Shape tag (Love Triangle, Love Square) | Unique Lady Season 2 (link) 5/22, 1st tag love triangle 12% |
| Watch a title tagged Friends to Lovers | Who Rules the World (link) 5/17, 19th tag 20% |
| Watch a title tagged Enemies To Lovers | Sassy Beauty (link) 5/20, 8th tag |
| Watch a title from the Romance genre | Please Don't Spoil Me (link) 4/30, 3rd listed genre |
| 30. Is It Love? | 4/5 |
| Watch a title that focuses on the Pretend/Contract Relationship bringing the leads to fall in love | Just Fiancee (link) 5/17, 1st tag contract relationship |
| Watch a title featuring an Arranged Marriage (also okay with a blind date with intent to marry, matchmaking) | Here is My Exclusive Indulge (link) 5/14, 11th tag 8% |
| Watch a title where main focus is Opposites Attract ie Rich/Poor, Cold/Warm, Strong/Weak | Go! My Hero! (link) 5/14, FL v rich & both ML poor |
| Watch a title featuring Divorce or Break Up | Master Gu's Amnesia Sweet Wife (link) 5/14, breakup in marriage |
| Watch a title tagged Infidelity |
| 31. Let's get physical | 1/5 |
| Watch a title featuring two people Holding Hands | |
| Watch a title featuring a Piggyback Ride | |
| Watch a title with the tag Steamy Kiss | The Killer is Also Romantic (link) 4/21, tag 20% |
| Watch a title featuring Skinship | |
| Watch a title with the tag Sexual Content (If you are under age Mild Sexual Content) |
Sweet and sour mixed themes
| 32. Fish out of water | /5 |
| Watch a title where one of the leads is a Transfer Student (List) | |
| Watch a title where the main focus is a New Person In A Small Town OR A Person From A Small Town Moving To A Big City | |
| Watch a title where the main focus is someone in a Different Time, Dimension, or World than they come from | Bright as the Moon (link) 4/11, FL from modern times |
| Watch a title featuring a person of a Different Ethnicity than the majority of the cast | |
| Watch a title where, Studying, Working, Or Being Raised Abroad is mentioned | Plot Love (link) 5/16, F#D3F6FFL work in Italy |
FRUIT SALAD
| 33. Education | /5 |
| Watch a title with the High School tag | |
| Watch a title featuring a High School/University Dropout | |
| Watch a title whose main focus is Students of Higher Education. (University, police academy, young scholar) | |
| Watch a title featuring studying for an important exam | |
| Watch a title featuring a Graduation Ceremony |
BITTERSWEET
| 34. Rare Ingredients | /5 |
| Watch a title featuring a person with a Mental Disability | Bad and Crazy (link) 5/14, DID |
| Watch a title featuring a person with a Physical Disability | Campus Ace (link) 4/15, FL colorblind |
| Watch a title featuring a person with a Chronic Illness and/or Has Received An Organ Transplant | |
| Watch a title featuring a person with a Transgender Identity | |
| Watch a title featuring a person with a Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Asexual or Pansexual identity |
| 35. Bitter Taste | 1/5 |
| Watch a title featuring a person discriminated against because of their Ethnicity or Religion | |
| Watch a title featuring a person subjected to Age-Based Discrimination | |
| Watch a title featuring a person Discriminated Against Because of Poverty | |
| Watch a title featuring a person subjected to Gender-Based Discrimination | |
| Watch a title featuring Sexual Harassment | My Fake Wife (link) 5/18, tagged 4% |
FOOD WARS
| 36. Action | /5 |
| Watch a title featuring the Truck of Doom (or other vehicle used to cause harm) | |
| Watch a title featuring a Gang/Mob Fight | |
| Watch a title featuring some kind of Chase (rooftop, car, boat) | |
| Watch a title featuring a Fight With Weapons (knives, swords, pipes) | Mission: Possible (link) 5/22, tagged knife fight too |
| Watch a title featuring a fight using Martial Arts |
GINGER AND GINSENG
| 37. Hospital 1 | /5 |
| Watch a title featuring a person taken care of or hospitalized after being Caught In The Rain | |
| Watch a title from the Medical genre | Ghost Doctor (link) 5/24, 2nd listed genre |
| Watch a title whose genre and/or tags include BOTH Hospital + Friendship | |
| Watch a title tagged Pregnancy and/or Abortion | |
| Watch a title featuring Counseling From A Professional |
| 38. Hospital 2 | /5 | ||
| Watch a title that features someone Hiding An Illness from their loved ones | |||
| Watch a title featuring a Funeral In A Hospital or a Scene In A Morgue | |||
| Watch a title featuring Corrupt/lying Doctors | |||
| Watch a title featuring a Plague, Pandemic or Disease Containment | |||
| Watch a title featuring some sort of Disaster (ie earthquake, tsunami, bombing, mall collapse, terrorist attack) | |||
TRAPPED IN A MOLD
| 39. Locked Up | /5 |
| Watch a title featuring someone in Prison | |
| Watch a title featuring someone Staying In A Hospital | |
| Watch a title featuring someone doing Military Service | |
| Watch a title tagged Covid-19 | |
| Watch a title featuring Slavery or Human Trafficking | Under the Skin (link) 3/31, 32% HT tag |
BLACK STICK RICE
| 40. Pain | /5 |
| Watch a tagged Unrequited Love | |
| Watch a title tagged Accident | |
| Watch a title tagged Tragic Past | |
| Watch a title tagged Healing | |
| Watch a title tagged Drowning |
| 41. Death | 3/5 |
| Watch a title tagged Terminal Illness | |
| Watch a title tagged Suicide | Tomorrow (link) 5/21, entire plot ~ |
| Watch a title tagged Death Of A Child or Parent | Wacko at Law (link) 5/19, death of mom + dad tags |
| Wath a title tagged Death Of A Lover (or Partner, Spouse, Fiancé etc) | The Dark Lord (link) 4/18, death of fiance |
| Watch a title tagged Murder |
| 42. Nail-Biting | 1/5 |
| Watch a title from the Horror genre | |
| Watch a title that focuses on Scary Monsters (ie.Zombies, Vampires, Demons or Kaij) | |
| Watch a title has a tag starting with the word Evil, by typing Evil in the tag search bar and choosing from the list ie: Evil King, Step Mom, Sister... | |
| Watch a title tagged Investigation + Murder, Serial Killer. Psychopath etc. | |
| Watch a title from the Thriller genre. | Parasite (link) 5/11, 1st listed genre |
| 43. Just Dark... | /5 |
| Watch a title tagged Death | |
| Watch a title tagged with any kind of Violence | |
| Watch a title tagged with any kind of Bullying | |
| Watch a title tagged something starting with the word Dark, by typing Dark and choosing from the list ie: Dark Fiction, Hero, Past | |
| Watch a title from the Psychological genre |
LET'S MIX IT UP
| 44. Mixed Mochi | 1/5 |
| Watch a title from the genre Supernatural | |
| Watch a title that has been remade by at least 1 other country beside the one the original story was made by | The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity (link) 5/23, Japan & China |
| Watch a title that features Addiction (ie Drug, Gambling, Gaming) | |
| Watch a title tagged Age Gap | |
| Watch a title that features someone using the word D.N.A. |
| 45. Mixed fruit candy | /5 |
| Watch a title tagged Forbidden Love | |
| Watch a title from the War genre | |
| Watch a title tagged Genius | |
| Watch a title that starts with the same letter as your username when you start this challenge | |
| Watch a title tagged Body Swap |
| 46. Mixed Chocolates | /5 |
| Watch a title where one of the leads plays Two Roles | currently going to watch https://mydramalist.com/32406-me-alone-and-you |
| Watch a title from the first page of results when you search a country of your choice + sort by most popular. If you have seen all of the titles on page 1, then go to page 2... | |
| Watch a title tagged Musical | |
| Watch a title featuring CGI effects | The Yin Yang Master (link) 5/24, 11th tag 16% |
| Watch a title tagged Fluffy |
Peppermints – Bonuses and substitutions
Not a Dessert Block
| Recipe | Ingredient | Substitute for | Notes |
| 1.Watch a title that features Non-Verbal Communication ie Sign Language, Braille, Hand Signals, Pictures... | https://mydramalist.com/63989-crush (in the list) | ||
| 2. Watch a title tagged Adapted From An Essay | |||
| 3. Watch a title tagged Adapted From A Play | |||
| 4. Watch a title featuring a Reunion taking place | |||
| 5. Watch a title featuring Non-Consensual Sex Acts | the autumn ballad https://mydramalist.com/62621-yan-yu-fu | ||
| 6. Watch a title featuring a Road Trip | |||
| 7. Watch a title tagged Coming Of Age | |||
| 8. Watch a title that has an OST by your favorite singer | |||
| 9.Watch a title featuring Digital Matchmakers | |||
| 10. Watch a title from your “Not Interested” or “Dropped” list | unique lady s1 pt 1 https://mydramalist.com/32591-hao-se-qian-jin | ||
| 11.Watch a title main focus is a Heist or Con Artist | https://mydramalist.com/9113-the-con-artists | ||
| 12. Watch a title that features a Jobless Person or NEET (neither in education, employment or training) | |||
| 13. Watch a title that has a number in the title (f.ex:1 Litre no Namida) | |||
| 14. Watch a title that has an animal in the title: (f.ex: When a Dog Loves a Cat ) | |||
| 15. Watch a title that has something connected to geography in the title (f.ex: Three Meals a Day: Mountain Village ) | |||
| Watch a title about anything not covered in this challenge, you may use this 5 times and it may be used for future challenges if we like the category (you may also pick 5 from Recipe Blocks you will not be completing) | |||
Starting date: February 10, 2022
Link to your Drama list: Nekola's Drama List
Progress Recipe-Blocks: 00/46
Recipe-Blocks completed: -
Recipe-Blocks under progress: 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 12, 29, 43 (P)
Recipe-Block that I may not try: 1, 7, 8, 10, 15
RECIPE-BLOCKS UNDER PROGRESS
| 2. Total Length | 2/5 | |
| Recipe | Ingredient | Completed |
| Watch a MOVIE that lasts 30 minutes or less | Bicycle | Feb |
| Watch a MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer | The Uchoten Hotel | Feb |
| Watch a MOVIE that lasts 180 minutes or longer | A Bride for Rip Van Winkle | |
| Watch a DRAMA with 8 episodes or less | Watashitachi wa Douka Shiteiru | |
| Watch a DRAMA with 30 episodes or more | While You Were Sleeping | Feb |
| 3. Type | 1/5 | |
| Recipe | Ingredient | Completed |
| Watch a title with the tag Web Series | Splash Splash LOVE | |
| Watch a title listed as a DRAMA SPECIAL | Mr. Queen: The Bamboo Forest | Feb |
| Watch at least 5 episodes of a TV SHOW. (The episodes do not need to be in consecutive order. Please list episode air dates OR episode numbers) | Busted | |
| Watch a title listed as a MOVIE | Aku no Hana | |
| Watch a title with the genre Documentary | Goblin Special: The Summoning | |
| 4. Award Winning (Tips) | 0/5 | |
| Recipe | Ingredient | Completed |
| Watch an award-winning title | Departures | |
| Watch a title from an award-winning director | Boku Dake ga 17-sai no Sekai de | |
| Watch a title from an award-winning screenwriter | The Mourning Forest | |
| Watch a title from an award-winning actor | Ah, Wilderness | |
| Watch a title from an award-winning actress | Modern Farmer | |
| 5. My Favorites | 0/5 | |
| Recipe | Ingredient | Completed |
| Watch a title that has one of your favorite actors | Konto ga Hajimaru | |
| Watch a title that has one of your favorite actresses | Tapestry | |
| Watch a title by the same director as one of your favorite titles | Mystery to Iunakare | |
| Watch a title by the same writers as one of your favorites | Papa to Musume no Nanokakan | |
| Watch a title by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before | Sweet Bean | |
| 9. Countries of MDL (+ most common genres) | 0/5 | |
| Recipe | Ingredient | Completed |
| Watch a title from the China | Reset | |
| Watch a title from Hong Kong | ||
| Watch a title from Japan | Kieta Hatsukoi | |
| Watch a title from Philippines | ||
| Watch a title from South Korea | Mr. Queen | Feb |
| Watch a title from Taiwan | ||
| Watch a title from Thailand | ||
| Watch a title whos genre is Drama | Itsuka, Nemuri ni Tsuku Hi | Jan |
| Watch a title whos genre is Comedy | Lupin no Musume | |
| Watch a title whos genre is Action | ||
| 12. Plan To Watch (as on 11th Feb) | 0/5 | |
| Recipe | Ingredient | Completed |
| Watch the title with the oldest release year, on your PTW (sort by year) | Sora Kara Furu Ichioku no Hoshi | |
| Watch the newest title on your PTW list (on your profile page it lists the last 9 actions you did or use the App) | Kodoku no Gurume | |
| Watch the DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes on your PTW list | Pâtissier-san to Ojousan | |
| Watch the DRAMA with the highest number of episodes on your PTW list | Two Cops | |
| Watch the title with the largest number of letters in the title in your PTW list | Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!: The Movie | |
| 29. Falling In Love | 1/5 | |
| Recipe | Ingredient | Completed |
| Watch a title tagged First Love | Doom at Your Service | |
| Watch a title tagged with a Love Shape tag (Love Triangle, Love Square) | Itaewon Class | |
| Watch a title tagged Friends to Lovers | Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo | Feb |
| Watch a title tagged Enemies To Lovers | SOTUS | |
| Watch a title from the Romance genre | True Beauty | |
| 43. Just Dark... | 2/5 | |
| Recipe | Ingredient | Completed |
| Watch a title tagged Death | Confessions | Jan |
| Watch a title tagged with any kind of Violence | ||
| Watch a title tagged with any kind of Bullying | Utsukushii Kare | |
| Watch a title tagged something starting with the word Dark, by typing Dark and choosing from the list ie: Dark Fiction, Hero, Past | ||
| Watch a title from the Psychological genre | Confession of Murder | Jan |
REMAINING RECIPE-BLOCKS
| 1. Episode Length (use the average time on the drama page) | 0/5 | |
| Recipe | Ingredient | Completed |
| Watch a DRAMA with under 20minute episodes | ||
| Watch a DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes | ||
| Watch a DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes | ||
| Watch a DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes | ||
| Watch a DRAMA with at least one ep. over 60 mins. | ||
| 6. Find The Year | 0/5 | |
| Recipe | Ingredient | Completed |
| Watch a title that began airing/premiered this year 2022 | ||
| Watch a title that started airing the same year the user above/below you joined MDL | ||
| Watch a title that started airing the same year you joined MDL | ||
| Watch a title that began airing/premiered in one of the years generated by this website. (It will generate 5 dates; choose any year you want, psst! we will not notice if you press the generator twice.) | ||
| Watch a title that began airing/premiered in the year you were born or had a major event in your life | ||
| 7. Vintage | 0/5 | |
| Recipe | Ingredient | Completed |
| Watch a title from the 1940s | ||
| Watch a title from the 1950s | ||
| Watch a title from the 1960s | ||
| Watch a title from the 1970s | ||
| Watch a title from the 1980s | ||
| 8. Not as Vintage | 0/5 | |
| Recipe | Ingredient | Completed |
| Watch title from the 1990s | ||
| Watch a title which began airing/premiered between 2000 to 2005 | ||
| Watch a title which began airing/premiered between 2006 to 2010 | ||
| Watch a title which began airing/premiered between 2011 to 2016 | ||
| Watch a title which began airing/premiered between 2017 to 2022 | ||
| 10. Adapted From A… -Search tag + country | 0/5 | |
| Recipe | Ingredient | Completed |
| Watch a title from China adapted from a Webtoon, Manga, Manhwa, etc | ||
| Watch a title from Hong Kong adapted from a Webtoon, Manga, Manhwa, etc | ||
| Watch a title from Japan adapted from a Webtoon, Manga, Manhwa, etc | ||
| Watch a title from the Philippines adapted from a Webtoon, Manga, Manhwa, etc | ||
| Watch a title from South Korea adapted from a Webtoon, Manga, Manhwa, etc | ||
| Watch a title from Taiwan adapted from a Webtoon, Manga, Manhwa, etc | ||
| Watch a title from Thailand adapted from a Webtoon, Manga, Manhwa, etc | ||
| Watch a title tagged Adapted From a Novel | ||
| Watch a title tagged Adapted From Video Game | ||
| Watch a title based on/inspired by a Real Person/ Event /True Story | ||
| 11. Written About (Tutorials 1, 2) | 0/5 | |
| Recipe | Ingredient | Completed |
| Watch a title mentioned in the MDL Forums | ||
| Watch a title that was mentioned in an Article on MDL | ||
| Watch a title that was mentioned in the Feeds (any feeds) | ||
| Watch a title with over 10 Reviews | ||
| Watch a title with 0 Reviews | ||
| 14. Just When You Thought You Had Seen All of MDL, We Found Even More (tutorial: 1, 2) | 0/5 | |
| Recipe | Ingredient | Completed |
| Watch a title on your Recommendations page | ||
| Watch a title that appears in the first 5 page of MDL Home Trailers section | ||
| Watch a title from your least viewed tags under your profile stats | ||
| Watch a title that combines one of your most viewed genres with your least viewed genres | ||
| Watch a title from another user’s watchlist doing this challenge | ||
| 13. Listed (tutorial) | 0/5 | |
| Recipe | Ingredient | Completed |
| Watch a title with someone from the Stars Leaderboard | ||
| Watch a title Popularity ranked over 1000 | ||
| Watch a title Ranked over 1000 | ||
| Watch a title that was added to a Voting List in the list index. | ||
| Watch a title that was added to a custom list | ||
| 15. Historical | 0/5 | |
| Recipe | Ingredient | Completed |
| Watch a title that features a Sword Fight | ||
| Watch a title that is tagged Political + genres is Historical | ||
| Watch a title where the genres are Romance +Historical | ||
| Watch a title where the genres are Fantasy + Historical | ||
| Watch a title from the genre historical that is either tagged or from the genre Military / War | ||
| 16. Signs Of The Times | 0/5 | |
| Recipe | Ingredient | Completed |
| Watch a title that features people wearing silk robes | ||
| Watch a title that features a typewriter (either on display or being used) | ||
| Watch a title that features someone using walkman and/or pager | ||
| Watch a title that features someone using a stationary computer | ||
| Watch a title that features someone using a smartphone | ||
| 17. Food | 0/5 | |
| Recipe | Ingredient | Completed |
| Watch a title that features a Visit To a Food Stall or Food Market | ||
| Watch a title with the genre Food | ||
| Watch a title that features a Chef | ||
| Watch a title that features a Visit To a Traditional Restaurant | ||
| Watch a title that features a Family Dinner. | ||
| 18. Dessert | 0/5 | |
| Recipe | Ingredient | Completed |
| Watch a title that features some kind of Candy (can be product placement - see list) | ||
| Watch a title that features a Dessert | ||
| Watch a title that features someone Making Dessert: it can be a pastry chef, confectioner (any kind) or just someone making a dessert for someone else (can be flirting, can be a murder weapon) | ||
| Watch a title that features a waitress or waiter | ||
| Watch a title that features someone Wealthy With a Connection To Sweets, they like sweets, own a café (or ten), own a bakery etc. | ||
| 19. Let´s Go Outside... | 0/5 | |
| Recipe | Ingredient | Completed |
| Watch a title that features a Visit To The Beach/Seaside | ||
| Watch a title that features a Camping Trip | ||
| Watch a title that features a Visit to a Theme Park | ||
| Watch a title that features a visit to a mountain, lake or forest | ||
| Watch a title that features a Visit to a Desert or Ancient Ruins | ||
| 20. Adventure | 0/5 | |
| Recipe | Ingredient | Completed |
| Watch a title where part of the plot Takes Place On An Island | ||
| Watch a title that features a Trip Abroad or To Space. | ||
| Watch a title from the Adventure genre. | ||
| Watch a title where a significant scene takes place on a Cliff Or in a Cave | ||
| Watch a title where a significant scene takes place on a Train, Boat, airplane or a Spaceship | ||
| 21. Indoors Is Better | 0/5 | |
| Recipe | Ingredient | Completed |
| Watch a title that features a Night In An Internet Café or Bathhouse. | ||
| Watch a title that features a Person With Humble Living Arrangements (rooftop or basement apartment, shack). | ||
| Watch a title that features a person who Lives In a Mansion or Penthouse | ||
| Watch a title that features a stay in a Nation-Specific Traditional Home | ||
| Watch a title that features a Co-Habitation (dorms, roommates, share house, boarding house) | ||
| 22. Music | 0/5 | |
| Recipe | Ingredient | Completed |
| Watch a title that features a People Singing Karaoke | ||
| Watch a title whose genre is Music | ||
| Watch a title that features someone Playing a Traditional Instrument | ||
| Watch a title that features an Idol Actor/ess (could be about an idol actor, could be one of the actors) | ||
| Watch a title where the main focus is Someone Famous In The Music Industry (composer, label owner, singer, pianist...) | ||
| 23. Performing Art | 0/5 | |
| Recipe | Ingredient | Completed |
| Watch a title that features a Traditional Performing Art | ||
| Watch a title that features Dance | ||
| Watch a title that features Someone Preforming Or Watching a Play | ||
| Watch a title that features a Street Performance | ||
| Watch a title where the main focus is someone famous in the Entertainment Industry (director, actor/ess, dancer, idol, talent agent etc.) | ||
| 24. Quiet Art | 0/5 | |
| Recipe | Ingredient | Completed |
| Watch a title where the main lead is An Artist (painter, sculptor, photographer etc. | ||
| Watch a title that features someone that Works With Books (librarian, author, publisher etc.) | ||
| Watch title tagged Poetry /Adapted from poem | ||
| Watch a title that features Graffiti or Street art | ||
| Watch a title that features an Art Gallery | ||
| 25. Break a Sweat | 0/5 | |
| Recipe | Ingredient | Completed |
| Watch a title where one of the leads is featured while Gaming (console gaming, VR, or computer games) | ||
| Watch a title where one of the leads is featured while practicing a Physical Sport, (basketball, paintball, football, baseball, swimming, etc.) | ||
| Watch a title where one of the leads is featured practicing Motor Sports and/or shows Great Interest for motor vehicles (collector, enthusiast, etc) | ||
| Watch a title where one of the leads is featured while practicing a sport that is less physical more Precision or Strategic (chess, dart, pool, go, shooting, mathlete etc.) | ||
| Watch a title where one of the leads is featured practicing a Combat Sport (boxing, wrestling, MMA, Muai thai, Tae kwan do, Judo, Kyukushin, fencing etc.) | ||
| 26. Be a Good Sport | 0/5 | |
| Recipe | Ingredient | Completed |
| Watch a title that features a Sports Competition | ||
| Watch a title that features a person who Works In The Sports Industry (manager, coach, shop owner) | ||
| Watch a title that features an Athlete Making a Come Back | ||
| Watch a that features a Race (can be a race to the door, race against time, or an actual race | ||
| Watch a title that features a Friendly Game (cards, drinking game, children's game) | ||
| 27. We Are Family | 0/5 | |
| Recipe | Ingredient | Completed |
| Watch a title featuring a Single Parent | ||
| Watch a title that focuses on Found Family or non-blood-related family | ||
| Watch a title featuring a person who is/was raised by someone who is Not Their Biological Parent. | ||
| Watch a title featuring a person raised Within The Traditional Family Norm (Male + Female + Kid/s) | ||
| Watch a title featuring a person raised in a family Outside The Traditional Family Norm | ||
| 28. Relationships | 0/5 | |
| Recipe | Ingredient | Completed |
| Watch a title that focuses on a Non-Romantic Relationship | ||
| Watch a title that focuses on a relationship between a Human and a Non-Human (god, alien, animal, robot...) | ||
| Watch a title that focuses on a Parental Relationship | ||
| Watch a title that focuses on a Marital Relationship (can also be about divorce) | ||
| Watch a title that focuses on a Relationship Between Siblings | ||
| 31. Let´s get physical | 0/5 | |
| Recipe | Ingredient | Completed |
| Watch a title featuring two people Holding Hands | ||
| Watch a title featuring a Piggyback Ride | ||
| Watch a title with the tag Steamy Kiss | ||
| Watch a title featuring Skinship | ||
| Watch a title with the tag Sexual Content (If you are under age Mild Sexual Content) | ||
| 30. Is It Love? | 0/5 | |
| Recipe | Ingredient | Completed |
| Watch a title that focuses on a Pretend/Contract Relationship bringing the leads to fall in love | ||
| Watch a title featuring an Arranged Marriage (also okay with a blind date with intent to marry, matchmaking) | ||
| Watch a title where the main focus is Opposites Attract ie Rich/Poor, Cold/Warm, Strong/Weak | ||
| Watch a title featuring a Divorce or Break Up | ||
| Watch a title tagged Infidelity | ||
| 32. Fish out of water | 0/5 | |
| Recipe | Ingredient | Completed |
| Watch a title where one of the leads is a Transfer Student (List) | ||
| Watch a title where the main focus is a New Person In A Small Town OR A Person From A Small Town Moving To A Big City | ||
| Watch a title where the main focus is someone in a Different Time, Dimension, or World than they come from | ||
| Watch a title featuring a person of a Different Ethnicity than the majority of the cast | ||
| Watch a title where, Studying, Working, Or Being Raised Abroad is mentioned | ||
| 33. Education | 0/5 | |
| Recipe | Ingredient | Completed |
| Watch a title with the High School tag | ||
| Watch a title featuring a High School/University Dropout | ||
| Watch a title whose main focus is Students of Higher Education. (University, police academy, young scholar) | ||
| Watch a title featuring studying for an important exam | ||
| Watch a title featuring a Graduation Ceremony | ||
| 34. Rare Ingredients | 0/5 | |
| Recipe | Ingredient | Completed |
| Watch a title featuring a person with a Mental Disability | ||
| Watch a title featuring a person with a Physical Disability | ||
| Watch a title featuring a person with a Chronic Illness and/or Has Received An Organ Transplant | ||
| Watch a title featuring a person with a Transgender Identity | ||
| Watch a title featuring a person with a Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Asexual or Pansexual identity | ||
| 35. Bitter Taste | 0/5 | |
| Recipe | Ingredient | Completed |
| Watch a title featuring a person discriminated against because of their Ethnicity or Religion | ||
| Watch a title featuring a person subjected to Age-Based Discrimination | ||
| Watch a title featuring a person Discriminated Against Because of Poverty | ||
| Watch a title featuring a person subjected to Gender-Based Discrimination | ||
| Watch a title featuring Sexual Harassment | ||
FOOD WARS
| 36. Action | 0/5 | |
| Recipe | Ingredient | Completed |
| Watch a title featuring the Truck of Doom (or other vehicle used to cause harm) | ||
| Watch a title featuring a Gang/Mob Fight | ||
| Watch a title featuring some kind of Chase (rooftop, car, boat) | ||
| Watch a title featuring a Fight With Weapons (knives, swords, pipes) | ||
| Watch a title featuring a fight using Martial Arts | ||
GINGER AND GINSENG
| 37. Hospital 1 | 0/5 | |
| Recipe | Ingredient | Completed |
| Watch a title featuring a person taken care of or hospitalized after being Caught In The Rain | ||
| Watch a title from the Medical genre | ||
| Watch a title whose genre and/or tags include BOTH Hospital + Friendship | ||
| Watch a title tagged Pregnancy and/or Abortion | ||
| Watch a title featuring Counselling From A Professional | ||
| 38. Hospital 2 | 0/5 | |
| Recipe | Ingredient | Completed |
| Watch a title that features someone Hiding An Illness from their loved ones | ||
| Watch a title featuring a Funeral In A Hospital or a Scene In A Morgue | ||
| Watch a title featuring Corrupt/lying Doctors | ||
| Watch a title featuring a Plague, Pandemic or Disease Containment | ||
| Watch a title featuring some sort of Disaster (ie earthquake, tsunami, bombing, mall collapse, terrorist attack) | ||
TRAPPED IN A MOLD
| 39. Locked Up | 0/5 | |
| Recipe | Ingredient | Completed |
| Watch a title featuring someone in Prison | ||
| Watch a title featuring someone Staying In A Hospital | ||
| Watch a title featuring someone doing Military Service | ||
| Watch a title tagged Covid-19 | ||
| Watch a title featuring Slavery or Human Trafficking | ||
BLACK STICKY RICE
| 40. Pain | 0/5 | |
| Recipe | Ingredient | Completed |
| Watch a tagged Unrequited Love | ||
| Watch a title tagged Accident | ||
| Watch a title tagged Tragic Past | ||
| Watch a title tagged Healing | ||
| Watch a title tagged Drowning | ||
| 41. Death | 0/5 | |
| Recipe | Ingredient | Completed |
| Watch a title tagged Terminal Illness | ||
| Watch a title tagged Suicide | ||
| Watch a title tagged Death Of A Child or Parent | ||
| Wath a title tagged Death Of A Lover (or Partner, Spouse, Fiancé etc) | ||
| Watch a title tagged Murder | ||
| 42. Nail-Biting | 0/5 | |
| Recipe | Ingredient | Completed |
| Watch a title from the Horror genre | ||
| Watch a title that focuses on Scary Monsters (ie.Zombies, Vampires, Demons or Kaij) | ||
| Watch a title has a tag starting with the word Evil, by typing Evil in the tag search bar and choosing from the list ie: Evil King, Step Mom, Sister... | ||
| Watch a title tagged Investigation + Murder, Serial Killer. Psychopath etc. | ||
| Watch a title from the Thriller genre. | ||
LET’S MIX IT UP
| 44. Mixed Mochi | 0/5 | |
| Recipe | Ingredient | Completed |
| Watch a title from the genre Supernatural | ||
| Watch a title that has been remade by at least 1 other country beside the one the original story was made by | ||
| Watch a title that features Addiction (ie Drug, Gambling, Gaming) | ||
| Watch a title tagged Age Gap | ||
| Watch a title that features someone using the word D.N.A. | ||
| 45. Mixed fruit candy | 0/5 | |
| Recipe | Ingredient | Completed |
| Watch a title tagged Forbidden Love | ||
| Watch a title from the War genre | ||
| Watch a title tagged Genius | ||
| Watch a title that starts with the same letter as your username when you start this challenge | ||
| Watch a title tagged Body Swap | ||
| 46. Mixed Chocolates | 0/5 | |
| Recipe | Ingredient | Completed |
| Watch a title where one of the leads plays Two Roles | ||
| Watch a title from the first page of results when you search a country of your choice + sort by most popular. If you have seen all of the titles on page 1, then go to page 2... | ||
| Watch a title tagged Musical | ||
| Watch a title featuring CGI effects | ||
| Watch a title tagged Fluffy | ||
