Starting date: (The day you join the challenge, Format: month day, year. Example: January 1, 2022)
Link to your Drama list: (Drama List, NOT custom-made lists)
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DefinitionsRecipe- The mission Ingredient-Title Type-searchable type (Drama, Movie, Tv-show or Special) Genre-include searchable genre Tagged- include searchable tag Features- must be mentioned and be significant for at least one of the scenes in the title Focus- must not be the main focus of the but a significant part of the story in more than one Scene, can be a side story. Main focus- main part of the story, must be in the description Note! Tags and genres may change, these applied when we made the challenge! *Sometimes the colors above for but different wording for special recipes, the color is there to help you clarify what we mean |
Basic ingredients
Time In The Oven
1. Episode Length (use the average time on the drama page) | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a DRAMA with under 20 minute episodes | |||
Watch a DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes | Plot Love | Duration: 30 min | Jan 2022 |
Watch a DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes | Shining for One Thing | Duration: 40 min | 28/1/2022 |
Watch a DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes | My Amazing Boyfriend 2 | Duration: 45 min | 1/2/2022 |
Watch a DRAMA with at least one episode over 60 minutes | All Of Us Are Dead | Duration: 1 hr 2 min | 4/2/2022 |
2. Total Length | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
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. |
Gather The Ingredients
3. Type | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title with the tag Web Series | |||
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) | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title that has one of your favorite actors | |||
Watch a title that has one of your favorite actresses | |||
Watch a title by the same director as one of your favorite titles | |||
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 |
Aged to perfection
6. Find The Year | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 | Moon Embraces the Sun | 2012 | 5/2/2022 |
Watch a title which began airing/premiered between 2017 to 2022 |
The international palate
Recipe-Blocks 9 and 10 are 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 tittles must be withing the Recipe Block, but you may also use Peppermints.
9. Countries of MDL (+ most common genres) | Progress: /5 and /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title from the China | Cheat My Boss | Feb 2022 | |
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 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title from the 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 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 | Mountains and Oceans | Jan 2022 | |
Watch a title tagged Adapted From Video Game | |||
Watch a title Watch a title based on/inspired by a Real Person/ Event /True Story |
Deconstructed MDL
11. Written About (Tutorials 1, 2) | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 |
12. Plan To Watch (PTW, tutorials: 1,2,3,) | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
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) | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 |
14. Just When You Thought You Had Seen All of MDL, We Found Even More (tutorial: 1, 2,) | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 |
Blended ingredients
Traditional recipe
15. Historical | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 walk man and/or pager | |||
Watch a title that features someone using a stationary computer | |||
Watch a title that features someone using a smartphone |
Yummy
17. Food | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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. |
Open Fire Cooking
19. Let´s Go Outside... | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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) |
Pop Rocks
22. Music | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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. Preforming Art | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 |
Energy bar + Red Bull
25. Break a Sweat | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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, 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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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) |
Buffet
Family Gathering
27. We Are Family | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 |
Heart Shaped Box
29. Falling In Love | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title tagged First Love | |||
Watch a title tagged with a Love Shape tag (Love Triangle, Love Square) | |||
Watch a title tagged Friends to Lovers | |||
Watch a title tagged Enemies To Lovers | |||
Watch a title from the Romance genre |
30. Is It Love? | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 |
31. Let´s get physical | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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) |
Sweet and sour mixed themes
32. Fish out of water | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 |
Fruit salad
33. Education | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 |
Bittersweet
34. Rare Ingredients | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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. |
43. Just Dark... | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 |
Peppermints – Bonuses and substitutions
Not a Dessert Block
Recipe | Ingredient | Substitute for | Notes | Completed |
1.Watch a title that features Non-Verbal Communication ie Sign Language, Braille, Hand Signals, Pictures... | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
11.Watch a title main focus is a Heist or Con Artist | ||||
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) | ||||
MDL Watch Challenge 2022
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- Starting date: February 4, 2022
- Link to your Drama list: Aad's list
- Progress Recipe-Blocks: 25/25
Time In The Oven
1. Episode Length (use the average time on the drama page) | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a DRAMA with under 20 minute episodes | The Moment | very boring I hated it | 1/15/22 |
Watch a DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes | Utsukushii Kare | same as top | 1/16/22 |
Watch a DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes | Angel's Last Mission: Love | first drama in 2022 | week of jan 3 |
Watch a DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes | FAILing in Love | I watched the 5 ep version, not the 10 ep version like mdl has s it was 40-50 mins in each ep. | 2/14 |
Watch a DRAMA with at least one episode over 60 minutes | I Promised You the Moon | 4/30 |
2. Total Length | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a MOVIE that lasts 30 minutes or less. (Try the "Short Film" tag) | Step for you | 4/13 | |
Watch a MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer. | The Handmaiden | 4/13 | |
Watch a MOVIE that lasts 180 minutes or longer. | -- | peppermint #13 | 5/12 |
Watch a DRAMA with 8 episodes or less. | Kissable lips | 3/27 | |
Watch a DRAMA with 30 episodes or more. | Love Revolution | 6/8 |
Gather The Ingredients
3. Type | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title with the tag Web Series | We Best Love: No. 1 For You | 4/20 | |
Watch a title listed as a DRAMA SPECIAL | put your head on my shoulder special episode | 4/16 | |
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 | MBTI Inside | 6 episodes | 4/26 |
Watch a title listed as a MOVIE | To my star (movie) | 4/17 | |
Watch a title with the genre Documentary | BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky | 2/19 |
The Finest Ingredients
5. My Favorites | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title that has one of your favorite actors | The Mermaid Prince 2 | moonbin | 2/22 |
Watch a title that has one of your favorite actresses | What a Wonderful World | Han Ji Hyun | 7/11 |
Watch a title by the same director as one of your favorite titles | Mr.Heart | Jan | |
Watch a title by the same writers as one of your favorites | Still 2gether | 1/16 | |
Watch a title by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before | To My Star | 1/17/22 |
Aged to perfection
6. Find The Year | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title that began airing/premiered this year 2022 | The Sound of Magic | 5/10 | |
Watch a title that started airing the same year the user above/below you joined MDL | True Beauty | rewatch | 7/11 |
Watch a title that started airing the same year you joined MDL | Imitation | 5/6 | |
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.) | Love Playlist Pilot | 2017 | 2/27 |
Watch a title that began airing/premiered in the year you were born or had a major event in your life | WFKBJ | Lee Sung Kyung | 4/1 |
The international palate
9. Countries of MDL (+ most common genres) | Progress: 5/5 and 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title from China | Love O2O | 4/12 | |
Watch a title from Hong Kong | used peppermint | peppermint #10 | I forgot |
Watch a title from Japan | 30-sai made Dotei Da to Mahotsukai ni Nareru rashii | 8/21 | |
Watch a title from the Philippines | Ex marks the spot | 3/15 | |
Watch a title from South Korea | Color Rush | 1/27/22 | |
Watch a title from Taiwan | Be loved in the house: I do | feb | |
Watch a title from Thailand | 2gether | first thai drama | 1/14/22 |
Watch a title whose genre is Drama | Where Your Eyes Linger | 1/15/22 | |
Watch a title whose genre is Comedy | My Strange Hero | 1/30 | |
Watch a title whose genre is Action | All of Us Are Dead | 1/30/22 |
Deconstructed MDL
11. Written About (Tutorials 1, 2) | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title mentioned in the MDL Forums | Sh**ting Stars | 6/19 | |
Watch a title that was mentioned in an Article on MDL | Soul Mate | 5/9 | |
Watch a title that was mentioned in the Feeds (any feeds) | Old Fashion Cupcake | 7/4 | |
Watch a title with over 10 Reviews | kieta hatsukoi | 3/12/22 | |
Watch a title with 0 Reviews | The Murder in Kairoutei | 7/2 |
12. Plan To Watch (PTW, tutorials: 1,2,3,) | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch the title with the oldest release year, on your PTW (sort by year) | Yue Meng Qi Yuan | 8/2 | |
Watch the newest title on your PTW list (on your profile page it lists the last 9 actions you did or use the App) | Best Mistake | 2/23 | |
Watch the DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes on your PTW list | A First Love Story | 2/22 | |
Watch the DRAMA with the highest number of episodes on your PTW list | Skate Into Love | 8/29 | |
Watch the title with the largest number of letters in the title in your PTW list | Fukou-kun wa Kiss Suru Shikanai! | 6/15 |
13. Listed (tutorial) | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title with someone from the Stars Leaderboard | Todome no Kiss | 2/6/22 | |
Watch a title Popularity ranked over 1000 | Love by chance | 3/20/22 | |
Watch a title Ranked over 1000 | Coffee & Vanilla | 2/6/22 | |
Watch a title that was added to a Voting List in the list index. | We Best Love: Fighting Mr. 2nd | 4/22/22 | |
Watch a title that was added to a custom list | Dark Blue Kiss | 3/13/22 |
14. Just When You Thought You Had Seen All of MDL, We Found Even More (tutorial: 1, 2,) | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title on your Recommendations page | Fall in love at first kiss | 6/8 | |
Watch a title that appears in the first 5 page of MDL Home Trailers section | Blue of Winter | 4/5 | |
Watch a title from your least viewed tags under your profile stats | Romanced | 3/15 | |
Watch a title that combines one of your most viewed genres with your least viewed genres | Falling into your smile | 5/24 | |
Watch a title from another user’s watchlist doing this challenge | 7 first kisses | 3/15 |
Yummy
17. Food | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title that features a Visit To a Food Stall or Food Market | Link: Eat, Love Kill | 8/2 | |
Watch a title with the genre Food | My Sweet Dear | 8/21 | |
Watch a title that features a Chef | To My Star 2: Our Untold Stories | 6/3 | |
Watch a title that features a Visit To a Traditional Restaurant | Watashitachi wa Douka Shiteiru | 9/2 | |
Watch a title that features a Family Dinner. | Itazura na Kiss: Love In Tokyo 2 | 6/10 |
18. Dessert | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title that features some kind of Candy (can be product placement - see list) | Yumi's cells | 6/29 | |
Watch a title that features a Dessert | Cherry blossoms after winter | 4/19 | |
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) | Love Mechanics | 8/13 | |
Watch a title that features a waitress or waiter | Why R U? | 4/26 | |
Watch a title that features someone Wealthy With a Connection To Sweets, they like sweets, own a café (or ten), own a bakery etc. | Rokuhodo Yotsuiro Biyori | 9/3 |
Buffet
28.Relationships | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title that focuses on a Non-Romantic Relationship | The Box | 3/20/22 | |
Watch a title that focuses on a relationship between a Human and a Non-Human (god, alien, animal, robot...) | Love from Outta Space | 7/20 | |
Watch a title that focuses on a Parental Relationship | Peach of Time | 7/24 | |
Watch a title that focuses on a Marital Relationship (can also be about divorce) | Itazura na Kiss 2: Love in Okinawa | 6/9 | |
Watch a title that focuses on a Relationship Between Siblings | Double Me | 8/27/22 |
Heart-Shaped Box
29. Falling In Love | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title tagged First Love | don't lie, rahee | 2/21 | |
Watch a title tagged with a Love Shape tag (Love Triangle, Love Square) | Twenty-Twenty | 6/20 | |
Watch a title tagged Friends to Lovers | I told sunset about you | 4/27 | |
Watch a title tagged Enemies To Lovers | Semantic Error | 3/10 | |
Watch a title from the Romance genre | User Not Found | 2/25 |
30. Is It Love? | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title that focuses on a Pretend/Contract Relationship bringing the leads to fall in love | Scum's wish | 2/6 | |
Watch a title featuring an Arranged Marriage (also okay with a blind date with intent to marry, matchmaking) | A Business Proposal | 4/5 | |
Watch a title where the main focus is Opposites Attract ieRich/Poor, Cold/Warm, Strong/Weak | The Heirs | rewatch | 7/14 |
Watch a title featuring a Divorce or Break Up | Wednesday 3:30 PM | 6/20 | |
Watch a title tagged Infidelity | XX | 4/26 |
31. Let´s get physical | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title featuring two people Holding Hands | Blueming | 4/5 | |
Watch a title featuring a Piggyback Ride | You Raise Me Up | 5/9 | |
Watch a title with the tag Steamy Kiss | HIStory3: Trapped | 2/13 | |
Watch a title featuring Skinship | The Tasty Florida | 1/24 | |
Watch a title with the tag Sexual Content (If you are under age Mild Sexual Content) | KinnPorsche | 7/9 |
Fruit salad
33. Education | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title with the High School tag | 100% Era | 3/29 | |
Watch a title featuring a High School/University Dropout | The Witch's Diner | 7/26 | |
Watch a title whose main focus is Students of Higher Education. (University, police academy, young scholar) | Bad Buddy | 3/9 | |
Watch a title featuring studying for an important exam | Itazura na Kiss: Love in Tokyo | 6/9 | |
Watch a title featuring a Graduation Ceremony | You're My Sky | 8/30 |
Black Sticky Rice
40. Pain | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a tagged Unrequited Love | Love Playlist | 2/26 | |
Watch a title tagged Accident | Ano ko no, Toriko | 9/7 | |
Watch a title tagged Tragic Past | The Uncanny Counter | 7/26 | |
Watch a title tagged Healing | Love All Play | 8/11 | |
Watch a title tagged Drowning | Are You Human Too? | 9/5 |
41. Death | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title tagged Terminal Illness | More than Blue: The Series | 7/20 | |
Watch a title tagged Suicide | The Hymn of Death | I forgot | |
Watch a title tagged Death Of A Child or Parent | Dear.M | 7/16 | |
Wath a title tagged Death Of A Lover (or Partner, Spouse, Fiancé etc) | Alchemy of Souls | The tag is shown as bad/wrong tag but the tag's name is Death of a Lover. | 9/3 |
Watch a title tagged Murder | The Great Shaman Ga Doo Shim | 7/23 |
42. Nail-Biting | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title from the Horror genre | Sweet Curse | Jan | |
Watch a title that focuses on Scary Monsters (ie.Zombies, Vampires, Demons or Kaij) | Sweet Home | 8/28 | |
Watch a title has a tag starting with the word Evil, by typing Evil in the tag search bar and choosing from the listie: Evil King, Step Mom, Sister... | The King: Eternal Monarch | 6/23 | |
Watch a title tagged Investigation + Murder, Serial Killer. Psychopath etc. | He is Psychometric | 7/5 | |
Watch a title from the Thriller genre. | Color Rush 2 | 2/19 |
43. Just Dark... | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title tagged Death | Gameboys Level-Up Edition | 7/27 | |
Watch a title tagged with any kind of Violence | Work Later, Drink Now | 5/1 | |
Watch a title tagged with any kind of Bullying | Lipstick | 7/17 | |
Watch a title tagged something starting with the word Dark, by typing Dark and choosing from the list ie: Dark Fiction, Hero, Past | Manner of Death | 9/9 | |
Watch a title from the Psychological genre | The Smile Has Left your eyes | 4/3 |
Let´s mix it up
44. Mixed Mochi | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title from the genre Supernatural | The Witch: Part 1 | 4/29 | |
Watch a title that has been remade by at least 1 other country beside the one the original story was made by | F4 Thailand: Boys Over Flowers | 5/8 | |
Watch a title that features Addiction (ie Drug, Gambling, Gaming) | Kakegurui | 11/11 | |
Watch a title tagged Age Gap | Parasite | 7/29 | |
Watch a title that features someone using the word D.N.A. | Because of You | 6/15 |
45. Mixed fruit candy | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title tagged Forbidden Love | Koi wa Deepni | 8/28 | |
Watch a title from the War genre | Peppermint 7 | 2/27 | |
Watch a title tagged Genius | Start-Up | 8/5 | |
Watch a title that starts with the same letter as your username when you start this challenge | A Love So Beautiful | 7/22 | |
Watch a title tagged Body Swap | Cupid's Last Wish | 9/8 |
46. Mixed Chocolates | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title where one of the leads plays Two Roles | Not me | 7/18 | |
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... | You Are My Glory | 8/1 | |
Watch a title tagged Musical | My ID is Gangnam Beauty | Peppermint #8 | 11/10 |
Watch a title featuring CGI effects | Goblin | 7/5 | |
Watch a title tagged Fluffy | Put your head on my shoulder | 4/16 |
Peppermints – Bonuses and substitutions
Not a Dessert Block
Recipe | Ingredient | Substitute for | Notes | Completed |
1.Watch a title that features Non-Verbal Communication ie Sign Language, Braille, Hand Signals, Pictures... | ||||
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 | ||||
6. Watch a title featuring a Road Trip | ||||
7. Watch a title tagged Coming Of Age | Life: Love on the Line (Director's Cut) | 45/2 | 2/27 | |
8. Watch a title that has an OST by your favorite singer | My ID is Gangnam Beauty | 46/3 | Cha Eun Woo | 11/10 |
9.Watch a title featuring Digital Matchmakers | ||||
10. Watch a title from your “Not Interested” or “Dropped” list | Tale of the Nine-Tailed | 9/2 | I forgot | |
11.Watch a title main focus is a Heist or Con Artist | ||||
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) | ≥75℃ | 2/3 | 5/12 | |
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 ) |
- Starting date: February 4, 2022
- Link to your Drama list: misscassify
- Progress Recipe-Blocks: ..../7
- Progress Recipes: .../35
- Dessert Level: Hwajon
1. Episode Length (use the average time on the drama page) | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a DRAMA with under 20 minute 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 episode over 60 minutes |
4. Award Winning (Tips) | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title that has one of your favorite actors | |||
Watch a title that has one of your favorite actresses | |||
Watch a title by the same director as one of your favorite titles | |||
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 |
9. Countries of MDL (+ most common genres) | Progress: /5 and /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title from the 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 |
12. Plan To Watch (PTW, tutorials: 1,2,3,) | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
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 |
29. Falling In Love | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title tagged First Love | |||
Watch a title tagged with a Love Shape tag (Love Triangle, Love Square) | |||
Watch a title tagged Friends to Lovers | |||
Watch a title tagged Enemies To Lovers | |||
Watch a title from the Romance genre |
Starting date: 01/01/2021 Link to your Drama list: anikrawlr Progress Recipe-Blocks: ??/?? Basic ingredientsTime In The Oven
Gather The Ingredients
The Finest Ingredients
Aged to perfection
The international palateRecipe-Blocks 9 and 10 are 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 tittles must be withing the Recipe Block, but you may also use Peppermints.
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Sign up sheet MDL watch challenge 2022
Starting date: January 01, 2022
Finishing date: December 26, 2022
Link to your Drama list: ZhouYanRan's list
Progress Recipe-Blocks: 190/38
1. Episode Length | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a DRAMA with under 20 minute episodes | Behind Cut | 15 min | 30/01 |
Watch a DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes | Semantic Error | 25 min | 11/03 |
Watch a DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes | Coffee Melody | 39 min | 24/09 |
Watch a DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes | Something in My Room | 48 min | 26/03 |
Watch a DRAMA with at least one episode over 60 minutes | Bad and Crazy | 70 min | 02/02 |
2. Total Length | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a MOVIE that lasts 30 minutes or less | Lipstick | 12 min | 18/02 |
Watch a MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer | Love and Leashes | 117 min | 28/02 |
Watch a MOVIE that lasts 180 minutes or longer | Seven Samurai | 207 min | 20/02 |
Watch a DRAMA with 8 episodes or less | Kissable Lips | 8 eps | 26/02 |
Watch a DRAMA with 30 episodes or more | The Ghost Detective | 32 eps | 01/12 |
5. My Favorites | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title that has one of your favorite actors | Fallen Angels | Takeshi Kaneshiro | 08/03 |
Watch a title that has one of your favorite actresses | Miss & Mrs Cops | Lee Sung Kyung | 11/10 |
Watch a title by the same director as one of your favorite titles | Angel's Last Mission | Lee Jung Sub (Healer) | 26/12 |
Watch a title by the same writers as one of your favorites | I Missed You | Mag Hsu (Mars) | 17/10 |
Watch a title by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before | Happy Together | Wong Kar Wai | 13/02 |
6. Find The Year | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title that began airing/premiered this year | The Town of Ghosts | 2022 | 08/02 |
Watch a title that started airing the same year the user above/below you joined MDL | The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity | 2020 | 04/04 |
Watch a title that started airing the same year you joined MDL | Juvenile Offender | 2012 | 01/10 |
Watch a title that began airing/premiered in one of the years generated by this website | In the Mood for Love | 1993, 1995, 2000, 2013, 2015 | 15/02 |
Watch a title that began airing/premiered in the year you were born or had a major event in your life | Red Cliff 2 | 2009 | 28/02 |
8. Not as Vintage | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch title from the 1990s | Shall We Dance? | 1996 | 09/03 |
Watch a title which began airing/premiered between 2000 to 2005 | Train Man | 2005 | 08/03 |
Watch a title which began airing/premiered between 2006 to 2010 | Xenos | 2007 | 25/09 |
Watch a title which began airing/premiered between 2011 to 2016 | High Society | 2015 | 23/03 |
Watch a title which began airing/premiered between 2017 to 2022 | Girl2K | 2021 | 26/04 |
9. Countries of MDL (+ most common genres) | Progress: 5/5 and 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title from the China | My Esports Genius Brother | 07/03 | |
Watch a title from Hong Kong | Chungking Express | 15/02 | |
Watch a title from Japan | Watashi ga Kemono ni Natta Yoru 2 | 20/01 | |
Watch a title from Philippines | This Night | 13/02 | |
Watch a title from South Korea | Color Rush 2 | 26/01 | |
Watch a title from Taiwan | See You in Time | 21/03 | |
Watch a title from Thailand | Single Lady | 07/03 | |
Watch a title whose genre is Drama | What Time Is It There? | 10/03 | |
Watch a title whose genre is Comedy | My House Husband | 12/02 | |
Watch a title whose genre is Action | Hard Boiled | 13/02 |
12. Plan To Watch | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch the title with the oldest release year, on your PTW | Great Teacher Onizuka | 1998 | 29/10 |
Watch the newest title on your PTW list (on your profile page it lists the last 9 actions you did or use the App) | Why You Y Me | 20/12 | |
Watch the DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes on your PTW list | Ugly Duckling: Pity Girl | 5 eps | 06/02 |
Watch the DRAMA with the highest number of episodes on your PTW list | Once Again | 100 eps | 26/12 |
Watch the title with the largest number of letters in the title in your PTW list | Kabe Sa Doujin Sakka no Neko Yashiki-kun wa Shouninyokkyuu wo Kojiraseteiru | 64 letters | 14/12 |
15. Historical | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title that features a Sword Fight | Hero | 13/02 | |
Watch a title that is tagged Political + genres is Historical | Kingdom 2 | 14/10 | |
Watch a title where the genres are Romance +Historical | Lust, Caution | 14/02 | |
Watch a title where the genres are Fantasy + Historical | Your Highness | 03/11 | |
Watch a title from the genre historical that is either tagged or from the genre Military / War | Letters from Iwo Jima | 13/10 |
16.Signs Of The Times | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title that features people wearing silk robes | Tinted with You | 30/01 | |
Watch a title that features a typewriter (either on display or being used) | My Only 12% | 11/11 | |
Watch a title that features someone using walk man and/or pager | Back to the 90s | 19/02 | |
Watch a title that features someone using a stationary computer | First Kiss | 14/02 | |
Watch a title that features someone using a smartphone | 20 Conditions to Date with an App | 07/01 |
17. Food | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title that features a Visit To a Food Stall or Food Market | Ocean Likes Me | 19/05 | |
Watch a title with the genre Food | Food Luck! | 03/10 | |
Watch a title that features a Chef | What Zabb Man | 28/05 | |
Watch a title that features a Visit To a Traditional Restaurant | Very Ordinary Couple | 17/09 | |
Watch a title that features a Family Dinner | Crash Landing on You | 30/07 |
18. Dessert | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title that features some kind of Candy (can be product placement - see list) | Our Days | lollipops | 07/10 |
Watch a title that features a Dessert | Patissier and Young Lady | 28/03 | |
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) | Love Mechanics | 14/08 | |
Watch a title that features a waitress or waiter | Love Area 2 | 06/03 | |
Watch a title that features someone Wealthy With a Connection To Sweets, they like sweets, own a café (or ten), own a bakery etc | Rokuhodo Yotsuiro Biyori | 09/11 |
19. Let´s Go Outside... | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title that features a Visit To The Beach/Seaside | Secret Crush on You | 14/05 | |
Watch a title that features a Camping Trip | Cherry Blossoms After Winter | 28/04 | |
Watch a title that features a Visit to a Theme Park | Love Stage | 29/04 | |
Watch a title that features a visit to a mountain, lake or forest | Oh My Sunshine Night | forest | 25/10 |
Watch a title that features a Visit to a Desert or Ancient Ruins | 10,000 Miles | desert | 19/02 |
20. Adventure | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title where part of the plot Takes Place On An Island | Even Sun | 04/08 | |
Watch a title that features a Trip Abroad or To Space | Space Sweepers | space | 25/10 |
Watch a title from the Adventure genre | Fullmetal Alchemist: Revenge of Scar | 12/10 | |
Watch a title where a significant scene takes place on a Cliff Or in a Cave | Cloudy Mountain | cave | 31/01 |
Watch a title where a significant scene takes place on a Train, Boat, airplane or a Spaceship | Mood of the Day | train | 01/03 |
21. Indoors Is Better | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title that features a Night In An Internet Café or Bathhouse | Go Go Squid | net cafe | 16/10 |
Watch a title that features a Person With Humble Living Arrangements (rooftop or basement apartment, shack) | Shoplifters | 11/11 | |
Watch a title that features a person who Lives In a Mansion or Penthouse | Cutie Pie | 14/05 | |
Watch a title that features a stay in a Nation-Specific Traditional Home | Sky in Your Heart | 22/07 | |
Watch a title that features a Co-Habitation (dorms, roommates, share house, boarding house) | Oh! Boarding House | 29/03 |
22. Music | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title that features a People Singing Karaoke | Memories of Murder | 11/03 | |
Watch a title whose genre is Music | About Youth | 09/10 | |
Watch a title that features someone Playing a Traditional Instrument | Our Shining Days | 09/02 | |
Watch a title that features an Idol Actor/ess (could be about an idol actor, could be one of the actors) | Postman to Heaven | Kim Jae Joong | 15/10 |
Watch a title where the main focus is Someone Famous In The Music Industry (composer, label owner, singer, pianist...) | My Neighbour Can't Sleep | pianist | 26/04 |
23. Performing Art | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title that features a Traditional Performing Art | House of Flying Daggers | 13/02 | |
Watch a title that features Dance | Indak | 12/02 | |
Watch a title that features Someone Preforming Or Watching a Play | Anoko no Toriko | 07/02 | |
Watch a title that features a Street Performance | To.Jenny | 14/03 | |
Watch a title where the main focus is someone famous in the Entertainment Industry (director, actor/ess, dancer, idol, talent agent etc) | Double | actors | 08/08 |
24. Quiet Art | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title where the main lead is An Artist (painter, sculptor, photographer etc) | Late Spring | sculptor | 13/10 |
Watch a title that features someone that Works With Books (librarian, author, publisher etc.) | 2046 | author | 15/02 |
Watch title tagged Poetry /Adapted from poem | Dong Ju: The Portrait of a Poet | 11/03 | |
Watch a title that features Graffiti or Street art | Not Me | 20/03 | |
Watch a title that features an Art Gallery | My Life is to Kill, My Love is for You | 08/12 |
25. Break a Sweat | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title where one of the leads is featured while Gaming (console gaming, VR or computer games) | You Are My Glory | mobile game | 20/09 |
Watch a title where one of the leads is featured while practicing a Physical Sport, (basketball, paint ball, football, baseball, swimming etc.) | You're My Sky | basketball | 28/03 |
Watch a title where one of the leads is featured practicing Motor Sports and/or shows Great Interest for motor vehicles (collector, enthusiast etc) | Love in the Air | motor racing | 10/11 |
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.) | Tokyo Newcomer | go | 06/02 |
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.) | Fighter | boxing | 09/02 |
26. Be a Good Sport | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title that features a Sports Competition | Curling Girls | 23/03 | |
Watch a title that features a person who Works In The Sports Industry (manager, coach, shop owner) | My Coach | football coach | 28/07 |
Watch a title that features an Athlete Making a Come Back | My Punch-Drunk Boxer | 19/10 | |
Watch a that features a Race (can be a race to the door, race against time, or an actual race) | Quick | against time | 14/03 |
Watch a title that features a Friendly Game (cards, drinking game, children's game) | Ai Long Nhai | board game | 12/12 |
27. We Are Family | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title featuring a Single Parent | In Your Heart | 12/03 | |
Watch a title that focuses on Found Family or non-blood related family | My Perfect Roommate | adoption | 28/09 |
Watch a title featuring a person who is/was raised by someone who is Not Their Biological Parent | The Devil Judge | uncle | 22/02 |
Watch a title featuring a person raised Within The Traditional Family Norm (Male + Female + Kid/s) | We're Both Grooms | 23/05 | |
Watch a title featuring a person raised in a family Outside The Traditional Family Norm | Papa & Daddy 2 | 26/09 |
28.Relationships | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title that focuses on a Non-Romantic Relationship | Snowy Road | 25/02 | |
Watch a title that focuses on a relationship between a Human and a Non-Human (god, alien, animal, robot...) | I Don't Want to Fall in Love with Humans | mermaid | 21/09 |
Watch a title that focuses on a Parental Relationship | Mama | 06/11 | |
Watch a title that focuses on a Marital Relationship (can also be about divorce) | My Wife Got Married | 06/11 | |
Watch a title that focuses on a Relationship Between Siblings | Fullmetal Alchemist | 04/10 |
29. Falling In Love | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title tagged First Love | My Ride | 20/05 | |
Watch a title tagged with a Love Shape tag (Love Triangle, Love Square) | Triage | 13/07 | |
Watch a title tagged Friends to Lovers | Plus Minus | 25/06 | |
Watch a title tagged Enemies To Lovers | Drag I Love You | 19/05 | |
Watch a title from the Romance genre | 30 Kin Sore wa 30sai Miman Okotowari no Koi | 09/03 |
30. Is It Love? | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title that focuses on a Pretend/Contract Relationship bringing the leads to fall in love | Unforgettable Love | 31/08 | |
Watch a title featuring an Arranged Marriage (also okay with a blind date with intent to marry, matchmaking) | Raise the Red Lantern | 15/02 | |
Watch a title where the main focus is Opposites Attract ie Rich/Poor, Cold/Warm, Strong/Weak | Tomorrow Boy | rich/poor | 24/10 |
Watch a title featuring a Divorce or Break Up | Once Again | break up | 08/03 |
Watch a title tagged Infidelity | The Player | 08/02 |
31. Let´s get physical | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title featuring two people Holding Hands | Love My Life | 17/10 | |
Watch a title featuring a Piggyback Ride | Adult Trainee | 12/02 | |
Watch a title with the tag Steamy Kiss | Love Is Phantom | 08/02 | |
Watch a title featuring Skinship | Dear Doctor I'm Coming for Soul | 08/06 | |
Watch a title with the tag Sexual Content | Spring Summer Autumn Winter and Spring | 20/02 |
32. Fish out of water | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title where one of the leads is a Transfer Student | The Eclipse | 28/10 | |
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 | Together | 30/10 | |
Watch a title where the main focus is someone in a Different Time, Dimension, or World than they come from | Vice Versa | 01/10 | |
Watch a title featuring a person of a Different Ethnicity than the majority of the cast | My Dear Donovan | 29/09 | |
Watch a title where, Studying, Working, Or Being Raised Abroad is mentioned | Enchante | 01/04 |
33. Education | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title with the High School tag | Kiss Him, Not Me | 09/02 | |
Watch a title featuring a High School/University Dropout | Tears for You | 12/03 | |
Watch a title whose main focus is Students of Higher Education. (University, police academy, young scholar) | Gen Y 2 | 09/03 | |
Watch a title featuring studying for an important exam | Jungle Fish | 03/11 | |
Watch a title featuring a Graduation Ceremony | 2gether: The Movie | 08/03 |
34. Rare Ingredients | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title featuring a person with a Mental Disability | Hello God | 08/11 | |
Watch a title featuring a person with a Physical Disability | I Just Wanna Hug You | 10/03 | |
Watch a title featuring a person with a Chronic Illness and/or Has Received An Organ Transplant | Midnight Sun | 12/03 | |
Watch a title featuring a person with a Transgender Identity | Beautiful Boxer | 05/02 | |
Watch a title featuring a person with a Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Asexual or Pansexual identity | Bad Buddy | 29/01 |
35. Bitter Taste | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title featuring a person discriminated against because of their Ethnicity or Religion | Money Heist Korea | 29/06 | |
Watch a title featuring a person subjected to Age-Based Discrimination | Fight for My Way | 16/03 | |
Watch a title featuring a person Discriminated Against Because of Poverty | The Sound of Magic | 15/11 | |
Watch a title featuring a person subjected to Gender-Based Discrimination | Signal | 18/03 | |
Watch a title featuring Sexual Harassment | Definitely Not Today | 04/11 |
36.Action | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title featuring the Truck of Doom (or other vehicle used to cause harm) | W | 21/11 | |
Watch a title featuring a Gang/Mob Fight | Chocolate | 08/03 | |
Watch a title featuring some kind of Chase (rooftop, car, boat) | Confidential Assignment | 02/03 | |
Watch a title featuring a Fight With Weapons (knives, swords, pipes) | Europe Raiders | 08/03 | |
Watch a title featuring a fight using Martial Arts | The Grandmaster | 17/02 |
39. Locked Up | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title featuring someone in Prison | Miracle in Cell no.7 | 08/10 | |
Watch a title featuring someone Staying In A Hospital | Red Nurse Call | 29/09 | |
Watch a title featuring someone doing Military Service | Kissing Cousin | 15/03 | |
Watch a title tagged Covid-19 | Quaranthings 2 | 08/04 | |
Watch a title featuring Slavery or Human Trafficking | The Man from Nowhere | 28/02 |
40. Pain | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a tagged Unrequited Love | Farewell My Concubine | 17/02 | |
Watch a title tagged Accident | 21 Days Theory | 28/08 | |
Watch a title tagged Tragic Past | Kill Me Heal Me | 27/02 | |
Watch a title tagged Healing | Blueming | 01/04 | |
Watch a title tagged Drowning | The Tuxedo | 02/05 |
41. Death | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title tagged Terminal Illness | More Than Blue | 29/03 | |
Watch a title tagged Suicide | The Soul | 15/03 | |
Watch a title tagged Death Of A Child or Parent | The Lies She Loved | 02/03 | |
Wath a title tagged Death Of A Lover (or Partner, Spouse, Fiancé etc) | Intruder | 02/10 | |
Watch a title tagged Murder | Tunnel | 08/04 |
42. Nail-Biting | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title from the Horror genre | Phobia | 07/03 | |
Watch a title that focuses on Scary Monsters (ie.Zombies, Vampires, Demons or Kaij) | Monstrum | 12/10 | |
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... | Train | Evil parental figure | 29/11 |
Watch a title tagged Investigation + Murder, Serial Killer. Psychopath etc. | Through the Darkness | 13/03 | |
Watch a title from the Thriller genre. | Bad Guys | 02/04 |
43. Just Dark... | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title tagged Death | Confession of Murder | 12/03 | |
Watch a title tagged with any kind of Violence | Friends Never Die | 06/05 | |
Watch a title tagged with any kind of Bullying | Honey Lemon Soda | 06/01 | |
Watch a title tagged something starting with the word Dark, by typing Dark and choosing from the list ie: Dark Fiction, Hero, Past | The Ghost Bride | Dark fantasy | 17/10 |
Watch a title from the Psychological genre | Audition | 17/02 |
44. Mixed Mochi | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title from the genre Supernatural | Girl from Nowhere | 27/03 | |
Watch a title that has been remade by at least 1 other country beside the one the original story was made by | F4 Thailand | 09/04 | |
Watch a title that features Addiction (ie Drug, Gambling, Gaming) | Ong Bak | 07/03 | |
Watch a title tagged Age Gap | First Kiss | 15/02 | |
Watch a title that features someone using the word D.N.A. | Pain | 28/03 |
45. Mixed fruit candy | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title tagged Forbidden Love | A Muse | 12/10 | |
Watch a title from the War genre | Red Cliff | 28/02 | |
Watch a title tagged Genius | Liar Game | 07/12 | |
Watch a title that starts with the same letter as your username when you start this challenge | Zombie Fighters | Z | 06/02 |
Watch a title tagged Body Swap | Cupid's Last Wish | 29/05 |
46. Mixed Chocolates | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title where one of the leads plays Two Roles | On Cloud Nine | 11/09 | |
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... | Skip Beat | Taiwan | 20/12 |
Watch a title tagged Musical | Rainbow Prince | 19/03 | |
Watch a title featuring CGI effects | The Yin Yang Master | 01/04 | |
Watch a title tagged Fluffy | A First Love Story | 13/03 |
* Peppermints | Progress: 20/20 [bonus] | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
1. Watch a title that features Non-Verbal Communication | sign language | 13/10 | |
2. Watch a title tagged Adapted From An Essay | 03/11 | ||
3. Watch a title tagged Adapted From A Play | 14/10 | ||
4. Watch a title featuring a Reunion taking place | high school reunion | 21/09 | |
5. Watch a title featuring Non-Consensual Sex Acts | 04/10 | ||
6. Watch a title featuring a Road Trip | 03/11 | ||
7. Watch a title tagged Coming Of Age | 30/10 | ||
8. Watch a title that has an OST by your favorite singer | KCM, Gummy, Lee Sun Hee | 01/12 | |
9. Watch a title featuring Digital Matchmakers | 12/04 | ||
10. Watch a title from your “Not Interested” or “Dropped” list | 24/10 | ||
11. Watch a title main focus is a Heist or Con Artist | 31/07 | ||
12. Watch a title that features a Jobless Person or NEET | 09/11 | ||
13. Watch a title that has a number in the title | 06/10 | ||
14. Watch a title that has an animal in the title | 13/10 | ||
15. Watch a title that has something connected to geography in the title | 06/10 | ||
16. Watch a title that features a visit to an amusement arcade | 30/10 | ||
17. Watch a title that features a phone booth scene | 15/10 | ||
18. Watch a title that features foreign language other than English | 26/10 | ||
19. Watch a title featuring someone reading a book | Vegas | 11/07 | |
20. Watch a title featuring a former child actor/actress | Kim Hyang Gi | 08/11 |
MDL WATCH CHALLENGE 2022
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Disclaimer: I made this list in February/March, some of the tags apparently are not on the short list anymore, but only where you vote/add them. I left them in though, just so everyone who takes a look knows…
1. Episode Length | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Cover | Notes |
Watch a DRAMA with under 20 minute episodes | Aftermath | 10 min | |
Watch a DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes | His - Koisuru Tsumori Nante Nakatta | 23 min | |
Watch a DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes | > Peppermint 1 | ||
Watch a DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes | The King's Avatar | 45 min | |
Watch a DRAMA with at least one episode over 60 minutes | Black | 1h 20 min |
2. Total Length | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Cover | Notes |
Watch a MOVIE that lasts 30 minutes or less. | House Rules | 3 min | |
Watch a MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer. | Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends | 1h 15 min | |
Watch a MOVIE that lasts 180 minutes or longer. | An Elephant Sitting Still | 3h 54 min | |
Watch a DRAMA with 8 episodes or less. | Kingdom: Season 2 | 6 Episodes | |
Watch a DRAMA with 30 episodes or more. | The Lost Tomb 2 | 40 Episodes |
3. Type | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Cover | Notes |
Watch a title with the tag Web Series | Wish You: Your Melody From My Heart | Drama, 2020 | |
Watch a title listed as a DRAMA SPECIAL | KinnPorsche: Special Episode | ||
Watch at least 5 episodes of a title listed as a TV SHOW | SKZ Code | Ep. 16-20 | |
Watch a title listed as a MOVIE | Kissable Lips (Movie) | ||
Watch a title with the genre Documentary | Why R U? Special |
4. Award Winning | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Cover | Notes |
Watch an award-winning title | Silenced | ||
Watch a title from an award-winning director | Yong Pal | Oh Jin-seok | |
Watch a title from an award-winning screenwriter | Beyond Evil | Kim Su-jin | |
Watch a title from an award-winning actor | Mouse: The Predator | Lee Seung-gi | |
Watch a title from an award-winning actress | The Long Ballad | Dilraba Dilmurat |
5. My Favourites | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Cover | Notes |
Watch a title that has one of your favorite actors | Cross Fire | Leo Wu | |
Watch a title that has one of your favorite actresses | Lost in your Eyes | Dilraba Dilmurat | |
Watch a title by the same director as one of your favorite titles | Mix | Kekkon Aite Wa Chusen De | |
Watch a title by the same writers as one of your favorites | Kingdom: Ashin of the North | Kingdom (South Korean Drama) | |
Watch a title by a director you haven't seen anything from before | Who Killed Cock Robin? |
6. Find the Year | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Cover | Notes |
Watch a title that began airing/premiered this year 2022 | Kissable Lips | ||
Watch a title that started airing the same year the user above/below you joined MDL | Boys Dormitory | 2017 | |
Watch a title that started airing the same year you joined MDL | Le Vrai Oú | 2020 | |
Watch a title that began airing/premiered in one of the years generated by this website. | A Melody to Remember | 2011, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2020 | |
Watch a title that began airing/premiered in the year you were born or had a major event in your life | Flower of Evil | 2020 – “High School”-Graduation |
8. Not as Vintage | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Cover | Notes |
Watch title from the 1990s | > Peppermint 5 | ||
Watch a title which began airing/premiered between 2000 to 2005 | Memories of Murder | 2003 | |
Watch a title which began airing/premiered between 2006 to 2010 | More Than Blue | 2009 | |
Watch a title which began airing/premiered between 2011 to 2016 | Perfect Number | 2012 | |
Watch a title which began airing/premiered between 2017 to 2022 | You Make Me Dance (Movie) | 2021 |
9. Countries of MDL (+ most common genres) | Progress: 5/5 and 1/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Cover | Notes |
Watch a title from the China | Medical Examiner Dr. Qin: Blood Red Wedding | ||
Watch a title from Hong Kong | |||
Watch a title from Japan | Mother | 2020 | |
Watch a title from Philippines | |||
Watch a title from South Korea | The Guest | 2018 | |
Watch a title from Taiwan | |||
Watch a title from Thailand | |||
Watch a title whose genre is Drama | Through the Darkness | 2022 | |
Watch a title whose genre is Comedy | Game of Princes: Will I Be the King? | ||
Watch a title whose genre is Action | Memoir of a Murderer | 2017 |
10. Adapted from a… | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Cover | Notes |
Watch a title from the 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 | Rurouni Kenshin | Manga | |
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 | The Uncanny Counter | Webtoon | |
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 | Schemes in Antiques | Gu Dong Ju Zhong Ju | |
Watch a title tagged Adapted from a Video Game | Undefeated | Garena Free Fire | |
Watch a title based on/inspired by a Real Person/Event/True Story | The Cave | Real Event |
11. Written About | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Cover | Notes |
Watch a title mentioned in the MDL Forums | KinnPorsche | ||
Watch a title that was mentioned in an Article on MDL | > Peppermint 11 | ||
Watch a title that was mentioned in the Feeds (any feeds) | Under the Skin | ||
Watch a title with over 10 Reviews | Kingdom | 2019 Japanese Movie | |
Watch a title with 0 Reviews | Youtuber Class Season 2 |
22. Music | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Cover | Notes |
Watch a title that features a People Singing Karaoke | Honey Lemon Soda | ||
Watch a title whose genre is Music | BELIFT LAB - Training Camp | ||
Watch a title that features someone Playing a Traditional Instrument | The Untamed | Guqin, Xiao | |
Watch a title that features an Idol Actor/ess | Moorim School | Former Vixx Member: Hong Bin | |
Watch a title where the main focus is Someone Famous In The Music Industry | Hit The Top | Yoo Hyun Jae: “a popular but problematic member of a popular '90s idol group” |
Energy bar + Red Bull
25. Break a Sweat | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Cover | Notes |
Watch a title where one of the leads is featured while Gaming | Falling Into Your Smile | The whole drama is about gaming | |
Watch a title where one of the leads is featured while practicing a Physical Sport | Mr. Heart | Running | |
Watch a title where one of the leads is featured practicing Motor Sports and/or shows Great Interest for motor vehicles | Hit-and-Run Squad | ||
Watch a title where one of the leads is featured while practicing a sport that is less physical more Precision or Strategic | Precise Shot | Shooting | |
Watch a title where one of the leads is featured practicing a Combat Sport | Where Your Eyes Linger (Movie) | Both leads practice together |
Buffet
Family Gathering
27. We Are Family | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Cover | Notes |
Watch a title featuring a Single Parent | You’re All Surrounded | Male Leads mother | |
Watch a title that focuses on Found Family or non-blood related family | Racket Boys | ||
Watch a title featuring a person who is/was raised by someone who is Not Their Biological Parent. | The Untamed Special Edition | Wei Wuxian, Wen Yuan, Jin Ling, even Lan Wangji for a big portion of his life | |
Watch a title featuring a person raised Within The Traditional Family Norm (Male + Female + Kid/s) | Zettai BL ni Naru Sekai VS Zettai BL ni Naritakunai Otoko | Mother, Father, 2 sons | |
Watch a title featuring a person raised in a family Outside The Traditional Family Norm | The Man From Nowhere | Single mother and her daughter |
Heart Shaped Box
29. Falling in Love | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Cover | Notes |
Watch a title tagged First Love | Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning | ||
Watch a title tagged with a Love Shape tag (Love Triangle, Love Square) | > Peppermint 12 | No way I’m doing this to myself | |
Watch a title tagged Friends to Lovers | You Are My Glory | ||
Watch a title tagged Enemies To Lovers | We Best Love: No. 1 For You | Zhou Shu Yi sees Gao Shi De as his enemy | |
Watch a title from the Romance genre | Kikazaru Koi ni wa Riyuu ga Atte | Interior Design thing combined with the food truck/restaurant stuff |
30. Is it Love? | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Cover | Notes |
Watch a title that focuses on a Pretend/Contract Relationship bringing the leads to fall in love | Shanai Marriage Honey | Pretend Relationship/Marriage, co-workers who didn’t know they were coworkers | |
Watch a title featuring an Arranged Marriage | Kekkon Aite Wa Chusen De | Marriage law | |
Watch a title where the main focus is Opposites Attract | Semantic Error | ||
Watch a title featuring a Divorce or Break Up | Drama Special Season 11: While You're Away | ||
Watch a title tagged Infidelity | His | 2020 |
31. Let’s get physical | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Cover | Notes |
Watch a title featuring two people Holding Hands | Cornetto Love Expert | ||
Watch a title featuring a Piggyback Ride | HIStory 4: Close to You | ||
Watch a title with the tag Steamy Kiss | To My Star (Movie) | ||
Watch a title featuring Skinship | TharnType Special: Our Final Love | ||
Watch a title with the | Call Boy | Minors definitely shouldn’t watch this one… Please, just don’t. |
Sweet and sour mixed themes
32. Fish out of Water | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Cover | Notes |
Watch a title where one of the leads is a Transfer Student (List) | We Best Love: No. 1 For You Special Edition | Gao Shi De transferred to Zhou Shu Yi’s university | |
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 | Daytime Shooting Star | 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 | Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned | ||
Watch a title featuring a person of a Different Ethnicity than the majority of the cast | Animal World | 2018 | |
Watch a title where, Studying, Working, Or Being Raised Abroad is mentioned | You’re My Sky | One of the guys wants to study abroad |
Fruit salad
33. Education | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Cover | Notes |
Watch a title with the High School tag | Color Rush (Movie) | ||
Watch a title featuring a High School/University Dropout | Drama Special Series Season 2: The Brightest Moment in Life | ||
Watch a title whose main focus is Students of Higher Education. | Midnight Runners | Police Academy | |
Watch a title featuring studying for an important exam | Flying Colors | ||
Watch a title featuring a Graduation Ceremony | Police University | Last episode or so |
Bittersweet
34. Rare Ingredients | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Cover | Notes |
Watch a title featuring a person with a Mental Disability | We Best Love: Fighting Mr. 2nd | ||
Watch a title featuring a person with a Physical Disability | Color Rush 2 | Color Blindness | |
Watch a title featuring a person with a Chronic Illness and/or Has Received An Organ Transplant | A Tale of Thousand Stars | Heart transplant | |
Watch a title featuring a person with a Transgender Identity | Close-Knit | ||
Watch a title featuring a person with a Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Asexual or Pansexual identity | To My Star | Idk their labels but there are two males in love |
Food wars
36. Action | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Cover | Notes |
Watch a title featuring the Truck of Doom (or other vehicle used to cause harm) | Blind | 2011 Movie, Hit-and-run | |
Watch a title featuring a Gang/Mob Fight | My Name | ||
Watch a title featuring some kind of Chase (rooftop, car, boat) | Kingdom | 2019 Drama | |
Watch a title featuring a Fight with Weapons (knives, swords, pipes) | Ichi | ||
Watch a title featuring a fight using Martial Arts | Where Your Eyes Linger |
Ginger and Ginseng
37. Hospital | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Cover | Notes |
Watch a title featuring a person taken care of or hospitalized after being Caught In The Rain | He’s Coming to Me | ||
Watch a title from the Medical genre | Shoot My Heart | 2015 | |
Watch a title whose genre and/or tags include BOTH Hospital + Friendship | Ghost Lab | ||
Pee Mak | I swear, the tag was there last time I checked | ||
Watch a title featuring Counselling From A Professional | Be With You |
Black Sticky Rice
42. Nail Biting | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Cover | Notes |
Watch a title from the Horror genre | Peninsula | ||
Watch a title that focuses on Scary Monsters | Train to Busan | Zombies | |
Watch a title has a tag starting with the word Evil | My First Client | Evil Stepmother, I swear, where do those tags go, it was there! | |
Watch a title tagged Investigation + Murder, Serial Killer, Psychopath etc. | Tunnel | 2017 Korean Drama, The tags apparently are not on the short list anymore, they’re where you vote/add them | |
Watch a title from the Thriller genre. | WATCHER |
43. Just Dark | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Cover | Notes |
Watch a title tagged Death | Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno | ||
Watch a title tagged with any kind of Violence | Rurouni Kenshin: The Final | Extreme Violence | |
Watch a title tagged with any kind of Bullying | Better Days | Chinese Movie, School Bullying | |
Watch a title tagged something starting with the word Dark, by typing Dark and choosing from the list ie: Dark Fiction, Hero, Past | Ichi the Killer | Dark Past, the tag is not on the short list tho… | |
Watch a title from the Psychological genre | No Call No Life |
44. Mixed Mochi | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Cover | Notes |
Watch a title from the genre Supernatural | A Werewolf Boy | ||
Watch a title that has been remade by at least 1 other country beside the one the original story was made by | Signal | Japanese, Chinese and Thai remakes | |
Watch a title that features Addiction (ie Drug, Gambling, Gaming) | Crash | Drug addiction | |
Watch a title tagged Age Gap | > Peppermint 13 | ||
Watch a title that features someone using the word D.N.A. | Abyss | Proving identity |
Peppermints – Bonuses and substitutions
Not a Dessert Block
Recipe | Ingredient | Substitute for | Cover |
1. Watch a title that features Non-Verbal Communication ie Sign Language, Braille, Hand Signals, Pictures... | Buying Ears | 1.3 | |
5. Watch a title featuring Non-Consensual Sex Acts | TharnType | 8.1 | |
11.Watch a title main focus is a Heist or Con Artist | The Handmaiden | 11.2 | |
12. Watch a title that features a Jobless Person or NEET (neither in education, employment, or training) | Tomorrow | 29.2 | |
13. Watch a title that has a number in the title | We Best Love: Fighting Mr. 2nd Special Edition | 44.4 |
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1. E P I S O D E L E N G T H | 5/5 | |
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes |
Watch a DRAMA under 20 minutes episodes | Because of You | 7 |
Watch a DRAMA with 20 - 30 minute episodes | Kieta Hatsukoi | 8.5 |
Watch a DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes | We Best Love 1 | 8 |
Watch a DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes | The Ghost Bride | 7 |
Watch a DRAMA with at least one episode over 60 minutes | Absolute BL | 10 |
11. W R I T T E N A B O U T | 4/5 | |
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes |
Watch a title mentioned in the MDL Forums | HIStory 4 | link |
Watch a title that was mentioned in an Article on MDL | Nam Pueng Kom | link |
Watch a title that was mentioned in the Feeds (any feeds) | You Make Me Wanna Dance (Movie) | link |
Watch a title with over 10 Reviews | Tarm Ruk Keun Jar | link |
Watch a title with 0 Reviews | Parakit Likit Huajai | link |
5. M Y F A V O U R I T E S | 5/5 | |
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes |
Watch a title that has one of your favorite actors | The Sixth Sense | Great |
Watch a title that has one of your favorite actresses | Majurat See Nam Pueng | Namtarn |
Watch a title by the same director as one of your favorite titles | Wayupak Montra | Me... Myself |
Watch a title by the same writers as one of your favorites | You Are My Glory | My Sunshine |
Watch a title by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before | Age of Legends | Liu Xin |
6. F I N D T H E Y E A R | 5/5 |
Starting date- February 6, 2022
Dramalist: https://mydramalist.com/dramalist/whatisinaframe
Progress:
The Finest Ingredients
4. Award Winning (Tips) | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title that has one of your favorite actors | |||
Watch a title that has one of your favorite actresses | |||
Watch a title by the same director as one of your favorite titles | |||
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 |
Aged to perfection
6. Find The Year | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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.) | K2 | 8.5 | January 21 |
Watch a title that began airing/premiered in the year you were born or had a major event in your life |
12. Plan To Watch (PTW, tutorials: 1,2,3,) | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
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) | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 |
14. Just When You Thought You Had Seen All of MDL, We Found Even More (tutorial: 1, 2,) | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 |
Blended ingredients
Traditional recipe
15. Historical | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 walk man and/or pager | Reply 1997 | 9.75 | January 24 |
Watch a title that features someone using a stationary computer | |||
Watch a title that features someone using a smartphone |
Pop Rocks
24. Quiet Art | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 | Her private life | 9.5 | January 30 |
Buffet
27. We Are Family | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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. | Bad and Crazy | 9 | January 29 |
Watch a title featuring a person raised Within The Traditional Family Norm (Male + Female + Kid/s) | She was pretty | 8.75 | January 23 |
Watch a title featuring a person raised in a family Outside The Traditional Family Norm | + |
28.Relationships | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 |
Heart Shaped Box
29. Falling In Love | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title tagged First Love | |||
Watch a title tagged with a Love Shape tag (Love Triangle, Love Square) | |||
Watch a title tagged Friends to Lovers | |||
Watch a title tagged Enemies To Lovers | |||
Watch a title from the Romance genre |
30. Is It Love? | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 |
31. Let´s get physical | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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) |
Fruit salad
33. Education | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 |
38.Hospital 2 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 | Dr Romantic | 9.5 | February 1 |
Watch a title featuring a Plague, Pandemic or Disease Containment | Descendants of the sun | 9.5 | January 4 |
Watch a title featuring some sort of Disaster (ie earthquake, tsunami, bombing, mall collapse, terrorist attack) |
Black Sticky Rice
40. Pain | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 |
42. Nail-Biting | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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. |
Peppermints – Bonuses and substitutions
Not a Dessert Block
Recipe | Ingredient | Substitute for | Notes | Completed |
1.Watch a title that features Non-Verbal Communication ie Sign Language, Braille, Hand Signals, Pictures... | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
11.Watch a title main focus is a Heist or Con Artist | ||||
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 6, 2022
Link to your Drama list: (JustJackieB's Drama List - MyDramaList
Progress Recipe-Blocks: ??/??
Note: there is a limit to the amount of characters allowed in a post, in case you run out of characters please create a second post and add the link to it here:
DefinitionsRecipe- The mission Ingredient-Title Type-searchable type (Drama, Movie, Tv-show or Special) Genre-include searchable genre Tagged- include searchable tag Features- must be mentioned and be significant for at least one of the scenes in the title Focus- must not be the main focus of the but a significant part of the story in more than one Scene, can be a side story. Main focus- main part of the story, must be in the description Note! Tags and genres may change, these applied when we made the challenge! *Sometimes the colors above for but different wording for special recipes, the color is there to help you clarify what we mean |
Basic ingredients
Time In The Oven
1. Episode Length (use the average time on the drama page) | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a DRAMA with under 20 minute 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 episode over 60 minutes |
2. Total Length | Progress: 1/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a MOVIE that lasts 30 minutes or less. (Try the "Short Film" tag) | |||
Watch a MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer. | The Gangster, The Cop, and The Devil | ![]() | |
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. |
Gather The Ingredients
3. Type | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title with the tag Web Series | |||
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) | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title that has one of your favorite actors | |||
Watch a title that has one of your favorite actresses | |||
Watch a title by the same director as one of your favorite titles | |||
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 |
Aged to perfection
6. Find The Year | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 |
The international palate
Recipe-Blocks 9 and 10 are 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 tittles must be withing the Recipe Block, but you may also use Peppermints.
9. Countries of MDL (+ most common genres) | Progress: /5 and /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title from the 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 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title from the 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 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 Watch a title based on/inspired by a Real Person/ Event /True Story |
Deconstructed MDL
11. Written About (Tutorials 1, 2) | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 |
12. Plan To Watch (PTW, tutorials: 1,2,3,) | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
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) | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 |
14. Just When You Thought You Had Seen All of MDL, We Found Even More (tutorial: 1, 2,) | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 |
Blended ingredients
Traditional recipe
15. Historical | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 walk man and/or pager | |||
Watch a title that features someone using a stationary computer | |||
Watch a title that features someone using a smartphone |
Yummy
17. Food | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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. |
Open Fire Cooking
19. Let´s Go Outside... | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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) |
Pop Rocks
22. Music | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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. Preforming Art | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 |
Energy bar + Red Bull
25. Break a Sweat | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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, 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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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) |
Buffet
Family Gathering
27. We Are Family | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 |
Heart Shaped Box
29. Falling In Love | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title tagged First Love | |||
Watch a title tagged with a Love Shape tag (Love Triangle, Love Square) | |||
Watch a title tagged Friends to Lovers | |||
Watch a title tagged Enemies To Lovers | |||
Watch a title from the Romance genre |
30. Is It Love? | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 |
31. Let´s get physical | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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) |
Sweet and sour mixed themes
32. Fish out of water | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 |
Fruit salad
33. Education | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 |
Bittersweet
34. Rare Ingredients | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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. |
43. Just Dark... | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 |
Peppermints – Bonuses and substitutions
Not a Dessert Block
Recipe | Ingredient | Substitute for | Notes | Completed |
1.Watch a title that features Non-Verbal Communication ie Sign Language, Braille, Hand Signals, Pictures... | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
11.Watch a title main focus is a Heist or Con Artist | ||||
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) | ||||
-Sign up sheet MDL watch challenge 2022
Starting date: January 1, 2022
Link to your Drama list: Collony's List
Progress Recipe-Blocks: 12/12
Basic ingredients
Time In The Oven
1. Episode Length (use the average time on the drama page) | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a DRAMA with under 20 minute episodes | 11 mins | Y | |
Watch a DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes | 20 mins | Y | |
Watch a DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes | 35 mins | Y | |
Watch a DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes | 42 mins | Y | |
Watch a DRAMA with at least one episode over 60 minutes | The Golden Spoon | 80 mins | Y |
2. Total Length | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
29 mins | Y | ||
Watch a MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer. | 134 mins | Y | |
Start-Up | Peppermint 8 | Y | |
Pachinko | 8 eps | Y | |
32 eps | Y |
Gather The Ingredients
3. Type | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Y | |||
Watch a title listed as a DRAMA SPECIAL | Y | ||
The episodes do not need to be in consecutive order. Please list episode air dates OR episode numbers | 1-12 | Y | |
Watch a title listed as a MOVIE | Y | ||
Cyber Hell | Y |
The Finest Ingredients
4. Award Winning (Tips) | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch an award-winning title | 2021 BaekSang Arts Awards | Y | |
Watch a title from an award-winning director | Yoo In Shik | Y | |
Watch a title from an award-winning screenwriter | Kim Min Sook | Y | |
Watch a title from an award-winning actor | Ji Chang Wook | Y | |
Watch a title from an award-winning actress | Kim Go Eun | Y |
5. My Favorites | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title that has one of your favorite actors | Kim Ji Suk | Y | |
Watch a title that has one of your favorite actresses | Gong Hyo Jin | Y | |
Watch a title by the same director as one of your favorite titles | Park Soo Jin | Y | |
Watch a title by the same writers as one of your favorites | Hong Sisters | Y | |
Watch a title by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before | Jin Chang Kyu | Y |
Aged to perfection
6. Find The Year | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title that began airing/premiered this year 2022 | Y | ||
Watch a title that started airing the same year the user above/below you joined MDL | 2021 | Y | |
Watch a title that started airing the same year you joined MDL | 2019 | Y | |
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.) | 2020 | Y | |
Watch a title that began airing/premiered in the year you were born or had a major event in your life | 2014 | Y |
7-8 omitted
The international palate
Recipe-Blocks 9 and 10 are 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 tittles must be withing the Recipe Block, but you may also use Peppermints.
9. Countries of MDL (+ most common genres) | Progress: 5/5 and /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Y | |||
Watch a title from Hong Kong | |||
Watch a title from Japan | Y | ||
Y | |||
Watch a title from Taiwan | Y | ||
Watch a title from Thailand | |||
Y | |||
10-28 omitted
Heart Shaped Box
29. Falling In Love | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title tagged First Love | Y | ||
Y | |||
Watch a title tagged Friends to Lovers | Y | ||
Watch a title tagged Enemies To Lovers | Sh**ting Stars | Y | |
Watch a title from the Romance genre | Y |
30-36 omitted
Ginger and Ginseng
37. Hospital 1 | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Y | |||
Watch a title from the Medical genre | Y | ||
Watch a title whose genre and/or tags include BOTH Hospital + Friendship | Y | ||
Y | |||
Watch a title featuring Counselling From A Professional | Y |
38-40 omitted
41. Death | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title tagged Terminal Illness | Y | ||
Watch a title tagged Suicide | Y | ||
Y | |||
Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning | Y | ||
Watch a title tagged Murder | Y |
42 omitted
43. Just Dark... | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title tagged Death | Bad Prosecutor | Y | |
Watch a title tagged with any kind of Violence | Y | ||
Watch a title tagged with any kind of Bullying | Y | ||
Watch a title tagged something starting with the word Dark, by typing Dark and choosing from the list ie: Dark Fiction, Hero, Past | Y | ||
Watch a title from the Psychological genre | Y |
Let´s mix it up
44. Mixed Mochi | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title from the genre Supernatural | Y | ||
Watch a title that has been remade by at least 1 other country beside the one the original story was made by | Memory | Y | |
Y | |||
Watch a title tagged Age Gap | Y | ||
Watch a title that features someone using the word D.N.A. | Y |
45-46 omitted
Peppermints – Bonuses and substitutions
Not a Dessert Block
Recipe | Ingredient | Substitute for | Notes | Completed |
1.Watch a title that features Non-Verbal Communication ie Sign Language, Braille, Hand Signals, Pictures... | ||||
2. Watch a title tagged Adapted From An Essay | ||||
3. Watch a title tagged | ||||
4. Watch a title featuring a Reunion taking place | ||||
7. Watch a title tagged Coming Of Age | ||||
8. Watch a title that has an OST by your favorite singer | Start-Up | 2/3 | Ailee | Y |
9.Watch a title featuring | ||||
10. Watch a title from your “Not Interested” or “Dropped” list | ||||
11.Watch a title main focus is a Heist or Con Artist | ||||
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) | ||||
Sign Up Sheet for the 2022 Challenge
Starting Date: January 1, 2022
Link to my Drama list: https://mydramalist.com/dramalist/Solenzara
Progress Recipe-Blocks: 8/8
Note: Hyperlinks are provided for most categories under Notes
Time in the Oven
1. Episode Length | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a DRAMA with under 20 minute episodes | The Sweet Blood | 10 min | ✔ |
Watch a DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes | Go Princess Go | 25 min | ✔ |
Watch a DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes | Fall in Love | 35 min | ✔ |
Watch a DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes | Stealth Walker | 45 min | ✔ |
Watch a DRAMA with at least one episode over 60 minutes | Alchemy of Souls | Ep. 1 (1 hr and 10 min) | ✔ |
The Finest Ingredients
4. Award Winning (Tips) | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch an award-winning title | Train to Busan | Link | ✔ |
Watch a title from an award-winning director | Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds | Kim Yong Hwa | ✔ |
Watch a title from an award-winning screenwriter | Master's Sun | Hong Sisters | ✔ |
Watch a title from an award-winning actor | Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days | Ha Jung Woo | ✔ |
Watch a title from an award-winning actress | Long Live the King: Mokpo Hero | Won Jin Ah | ✔ |
Aged to Perfection
6. Find The Year | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title that began airing/premiered this year 2022 | Café Minamdang | Link | ✔ |
Watch a title that started airing the same year the user above/below you joined MDL | Lawless Lawyer | chelssik joined MDL in 2018 | ✔ |
Watch a title that started airing the same year you joined MDL | Convenience Store Fling | 2021 | ✔ |
Watch a title that began airing/premiered in one of the years generated by this website. | Garasu no Ie | 2013 | ✔ |
Watch a title that began airing/premiered in the year you were born or had a major event in your life | Get Karl! Oh Soo Jung | 2007 | ✔ |
Deconstructed MDL
11. Written About | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title mentioned in the MDL Forums | Unforgettable Love | Link to the forum | ✔ |
Watch a title that was mentioned in an Article on MDL | A Business Proposal | Link to the article | ✔ |
Watch a title that was mentioned in the Feeds (any feeds) | Dear.M | Posted by vvn2154 | ✔ |
Watch a title with over 10 Reviews | Cheese in the trap | Has 13 reviews as of March 26th | ✔ |
I substituted this one. Scroll down below to see. | ✔ |
12. Plan To Watch | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch the title with the oldest release year, on your PTW (sort by year) | The Princess Wei Young | 2016 | ✔ |
Watch the newest title on your PTW list (on your profile page it lists the last 9 actions you did or use the App) | Lupin no Musume Season 2 | ✔ | |
Watch the DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes on your PTW list | Page Turner | 3 episodes | ✔ |
Watch the DRAMA with the highest number of episodes on your PTW list | The Rise of Phoenixes | 70 episodes | ✔ |
Watch the title with the largest number of letters in the title in your PTW list | I'm Underage But I'm Not a Child | 24 letters | ✔ |
13. Listed | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title with someone from the Stars Leaderboard | Mr. Lizard and Miss Crow | Ren Jia Lun's position is #28 as of March 31st | ✔ |
Watch a title Popularity ranked over 1000 | The Incarnation of Money | Popularity: #1779 as of Feb. 1st | ✔ |
Watch a title Ranked over 1000 | The Fugitive: Plan B | Ranked: #3749 as of Feb. 1st | ✔ |
Watch a title that was added to a Voting List in the list index. | Mr. Queen | Link to the voting list | ✔ |
Watch a title that was added to a custom list | Graceful Family | Link to kaeng's custom list | ✔ |
14. Just When You Thought You Had Seen All of MDL, We Found Even More | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title on your Recommendations page | Legend of Yun Xi | ✔ | |
Watch a title that appears in the first 5 page of MDL Home Trailers section | Paternity Tester | Found on pg 2 on March 7th | ✔ |
Watch a title from your least viewed tags under your profile stats | Down With Love | Sismance as of Feb. 15 | ✔ |
Watch a title that combines one of your most viewed genres with your least viewed genres | My Dear Brothers | Romance + Historical as of Feb. 18th | ✔ |
Watch a title from another user’s watchlist doing this challenge | Kiss Goblin | Rien | ✔ |
Heart Shaped Box
29. Falling In Love | Progress: 5/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title tagged First Love | Watashitachi wa Douka Shiteiru | Link | ✔ |
Watch a title tagged with a Love Shape tag (Love Triangle, Love Square) | Lupin no Musume | Link | ✔ |
Watch a title tagged Friends to Lovers | Happiness | Link | ✔ |
Watch a title tagged Enemies To Lovers | Skate into Love | Link | ✔ |
Watch a title from the Romance genre | Better Man | Link | ✔ |
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)
Substitution | |||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title that was recently reviewed | Medical Examiner Dr. Qin | Reviewed by Cakaloca on Feb. 23rd | ✔ |
Sign Up
- Starting date: January 1, 2022
- Link to your Drama List: Chels' Drama List
- Progress Recipe-Blocks: ?/?
Basic ingredients
Time In The Oven
Starting Date: Feb. 7, 2022
Link to my Drama List: https://mydramalist.com/dramalist/panpan5
Progress Recipe-Blocks: 00/46
Time In The Oven
1. Episode Length (use the average time on the drama page) | Progress: 2/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a DRAMA with under 20 minute episodes | Currently Watching 11 Mins | 6/8 | |
Watch a DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes | Completed 24 Mins | 1/23/22 | |
Watch a DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes | Currently Watching 35 Mins | 12/23 | |
Watch a DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes | Currently Watching 45 Mins | 7/10 | |
Watch a DRAMA with at least one episode over 60 minutes | Completed 1 Hr 10 Mins | 1/8/22 |
2. Total Length | Progress: 1/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a MOVIE that lasts 30 minutes or less. (Try the "Short Film" tag) | Completed 30 Mins | 2/9/22 | |
Watch a MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer. | Plan to Watch 1 Hr 57 Mins | 0/1 | |
Watch a MOVIE that lasts 180 minutes or longer. | Plan to Watch 3 Hr | 0/1 | |
Watch a DRAMA with 8 episodes or less. | Plan to Watch 8 Episodes | 0/8 | |
Watch a DRAMA with 30 episodes or more. | Currently Watching 41 Episodes | 9/41 |
Gather The Ingredients
3. Type | Progress: 2/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title with the tag Web Series | Completed | 2/20/22 | |
Watch a title listed as a DRAMA SPECIAL | Plan To Watch | 0/1 | |
Watch at least 5 episodes of a title listed as a TV SHOW. List episode numbers | Plan To Watch Ep 4-8 | 0/5 | |
Watch a title listed as a MOVIE | Completed | 2/13/22 | |
Watch a title with the genre Documentary | Plan To Watch | 0/8 |
The Finest Ingredients
4. Award Winning (Tips) | Progress: 1/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch an award-winning title | |||
Watch a title from an award-winning director | |||
Watch a title from an award-winning screenwriter | Cutie Pie | Currently Watching May Piangpaitoon Satrawaha won best screen writing in the 25th Asian TV awards for Mother (2020) | 7/12 |
Watch a title from an award-winning actor | Completed Rain (Jung JiHoon) | 5/15/22 | |
Watch a title from an award-winning actress |
5. My Favorites | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title that has one of your favorite actors | The War of Flowers | Plan To Watch Gun Atthaphan | 0/18 |
Watch a title that has one of your favorite actresses | Remember: War of the Son | Plan To Watch Park Min Young | 0/20 |
Watch a title by the same director as one of your favorite titles | Wolf | Plan To Watch X Nuttapong - made Theory of Love | 0/13 |
Watch a title by the same writers as one of your favorites | Save Me | Plan To Watch Jung Yi Do - made Strangers From Hell | 0/16 |
Watch a title by a director you haven't seen anything from before | Fun Fueng | Plan To Watch Boom Runya Siyanon | 0/16 |
Aged to perfection
6. Find The Year | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title that premiered this year 2022 | Enchanté | Currently Watching | 8/10 |
Watch a title that started airing the same year the user above/below you joined MDL | Below me - 2018 | ||
Watch a title that started airing the same year you joined MDL | Boy For Rent | Plan To Watch 2019 | 0/12 |
Watch a title that began airing/premiered in one of the years generated by this website. | The Tower | Plan To Watch 2012 | 0/1 |
Watch a title that began airing/premiered in the year you were born. | Ditto | Plan To Watch 2000 | 0/1 |
7. Vintage | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 | Progress: 1/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch title from the 1990s | Plan To Watch 1999 | 0/1 | |
Watch a title which premiered between 2000 to 2005 | Completed 2005 | 3/2/22 | |
Watch a title which premiered between 2006 to 2010 | Plan To Watch 2007 | 0/11 | |
Watch a title which premiered between 2011 to 2016 | Plan To Watch 2016 | 0/16 | |
Watch a title which premiered between 2017 to 2022 | All of Us are Dead | Currently Watching 2022 | 10/12 |
The international palate
Recipe-Blocks 9 and 10 are 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 tittles must be withing the Recipe Block, but you may also use Peppermints.
9. Countries of MDL (+ most common genres) | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title from the China | Guardian | Plan To Watch | 0/36 |
Watch a title from Japan | Todome no Kiss | Plan To Watch | 0/10 |
Watch a title from South Korea | Kiss Goblin | Plan To Watch | 0/10 |
Watch a title from Taiwan | Triad Princess | Plan To Watch | 0/6 |
Watch a title from Thailand | Currently Watching | 6/14 |
10. Adapted From A… -Search tag + country | Progress: 2/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title from the China adapted from a Webtoon , Manga, Manhwa, etc | Animal World | Plan To Watch Manga | 0/1 |
Watch a title from Japan adapted from a Webtoon , Manga, Manhwa, etc | Shanai Marriage Honey | Completed Manga | 2/28/22 |
Watch a title from South Korea adapted from a Webtoon , Manga, Manhwa, etc | The Uncanny Counter | Completed Webtoon | 2/15/22 |
Watch a title from Thailand adapted from a Webtoon , Manga, Manhwa, etc | Baker Boys | Plan To Watch Manga | 0/12 |
Watch a title tagged Adapted From a Novel | Bite Me | Plan To Watch Novel | 0/11 |
Deconstructed MDL
11. Written About (Tutorials 1, 2) | Progress: 2/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title mentioned in the MDL Forums | |||
Watch a title that was mentioned in an Article on MDL | Currently Watching | 10/16 | |
Watch a title that was mentioned in the Feeds (any feeds) | |||
Watch a title with over 10 Reviews | Completed | 3/27/22 | |
Watch a title with 0 Reviews | Completed As of 3/7/22 there are no reviews | 3/16/22 |
12. Plan To Watch (PTW, tutorials: 1,2,3,) | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
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) | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 |
14. Just When You Thought You Had Seen All of MDL, We Found Even More (tutorial: 1, 2,) | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 |
Blended ingredients
Traditional recipe
15. Historical | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title that features a Sword Fight | Mr. Sunshine | ||
Watch a title that is tagged Political + genres is Historical | Mr. Queen | ||
Watch a title where the genres are Romance +Historical | Rooftop Prince | ||
Watch a title where the genres are Fantasy + Historical | Word of Honor | ||
Watch a title from the genre historical that is either tagged or from the genre Military / War | The Battle of Jangsari | 0/1 |
16.Signs Of The Times | Progress: 1/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title that features people wearing silk robes | The King's Affection | Currently Watching | 3/20 |
Watch a title that features a typewriter (either on display or being used) | Chicago Typewriter | Plan To Watch | 0/16 |
Watch a title that features someone using walk man and/or pager | Flower of Evil | Plan To Watch | 0/16 |
Watch a title that features someone using a stationary computer | Yumi's Cells | Plan To Watch | 0/14 |
Watch a title that features someone using a smartphone | Sematic Error | Completed | 3/10/22 |
Yummy
17. Food | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title that features a Visit To a Food Stall or Food Market | Start-Up | ||
Watch a title with the genre Food | My Sweet Dear | 0/8 | |
Watch a title that features a Chef | So I Married an Anti-Fan | 0/16 | |
Watch a title that features a Visit To a Traditional Restaurant | Watashitachi wa Douka Shiteiru | 0/8 | |
Watch a title that features a Family Dinner. | Extracurricular | 0/10 |
18. Dessert | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title that features some kind of Candy (can be product placement - see list) | Dali and the Cocky Prince | 0/16 | |
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. |
Open Fire Cooking
19. Let´s Go Outside... | Progress: 1/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title that features a Visit To The Beach/Seaside | Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha | ||
Watch a title that features a Camping Trip | Secret Crush On You | Completed | 5/14/22 |
Watch a title that features a Visit to a Theme Park | Ai-Chan's Secret | Currently Watching | 5/10 |
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 | You Are My Glory |
Starting date: February 7, 2022
Link to your Drama list: https://mydramalist.com/dramalist/mysticdandelions
Progress Recipe-Blocks: ??/??
DefinitionsRecipe- The mission Ingredient-Title Type-searchable type (Drama, Movie, Tv-show or Special) Genre-include searchable genre Tagged- include searchable tag Features- must be mentioned and be significant for at least one of the scenes in the title Focus- must not be the main focus of the but a significant part of the story in more than one Scene, can be a side story. Main focus- main part of the story, must be in the description Note! Tags and genres may change, these applied when we made the challenge! *Sometimes the colors above for but different wording for special recipes, the color is there to help you clarify what we mean |
Basic ingredients
Time In The Oven
1. Episode Length (use the average time on the drama page) | Progress: 1/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a DRAMA with under 20 minute episodes | Love Playlist S1 | Yes | |
Watch a DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes | |||
Watch a DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes | Extra-ordinary You | Yes | |
Watch a DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes | |||
Watch a DRAMA with at least one episode over 60 minutes |
2. Total Length | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
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. |
Gather The Ingredients
3. Type | Progress: 1/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title with the tag Web Series | Love Playlist S2 | Yes | |
Watch a title listed as a DRAMA SPECIAL | Come to Me Like a Star | Yes | |
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 | Weekly Idol or King of the Masked Singer | ||
Watch a title listed as a MOVIE | |||
Watch a title with the genre Documentary |
The Finest Ingredients
4. Award Winning (Tips) | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch an award-winning title | |||
Watch a title from an award-winning director | Prison Playbook or Reply 1988 | ||
Watch a title from an award-winning screenwriter | ??? | ||
Watch a title from an award-winning actor | ??? | ||
Watch a title from an award-winning actress | Go Hyo Jin- Jealousy Incarnate | On-Hold |
5. My Favorites | Progress: 1 /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title that has one of your favorite actors | |||
Watch a title that has one of your favorite actresses | Jung So Min- Monthly Magazine Home | May move to other categories if it suit it best | Yes |
Watch a title by the same director as one of your favorite titles | |||
Watch a title by the same writers as one of your favorites | Hong Sister BTIMFL Writer The Undatables Writer | ||
Watch a title by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before | Sky Castle (Writer Yoo Hyun Min | Yes |
Aged to perfection
6. Find The Year | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title that began airing/premiered this year 2022 | A Business Proposal | Yes | |
Watch a title that started airing the same year the user above/below you joined MDL | Both users2019 05-18-2022 | ||
Watch a title that started airing the same year you joined MDL | Miss Independent Jieun (2018) | May change to other category | Yes |
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.) | Dates Generated 1995 2006 2009 2011 2016 | ||
Watch a title that began airing/premiered in the year you were born or had a major event in your life |
8. Not as Vintage | Progress: 2/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 | Doctors | Yes | |
Watch a title which began airing/premiered between 2017 to 2022 | Mad for Each Other | Yes |
The international palate
Recipe-Blocks 9 and 10 are 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 tittles must be withing the Recipe Block, but you may also use Peppermints.
9. Countries of MDL (+ most common genres) | Progress: /5 and /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title from the China | Put Your Head on My Shoulder | Tenative | |
Watch a title from Hong Kong | |||
Watch a title from Japan | |||
Watch a title from Philippines | |||
Watch a title from South Korea | I Picked Up A Star on the Road | Yes | |
Watch a title from Taiwan | Back to 1989 | Tentative | |
Watch a title from Thailand | |||
Watch a title whos genre is Drama | |||
Watch a title whos genre is Comedy | Welcome to Waikiki | Tentative | |
Watch a title whos genre is Action | Man to Man |
10. Adapted From A… -Search tag + country | Progress: /5 and /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title from the 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 | TBA | In Progress | |
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 | TBA | May move to other slot in the future | |
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 Watch a title based on/inspired by a Real Person/ Event /True Story |
Deconstructed MDL
11. Written About (Tutorials 1, 2) | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 |
12. Plan To Watch (PTW, tutorials: 1,2,3,) | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch the title with the oldest release year, on your PTW (sort by year) | My Princess 2011 | jan 2011 to feb 2011 | |
Watch the newest title on your PTW list (on your profile page it lists the last 9 actions you did or use the App) | Twenty Twenty | last actions listed as PTW | |
Watch the DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes on your PTW list | Ghostderlla/Go Back Diary | both are 4 eps | |
Watch the DRAMA with the highest number of episodes on your PTW list | My Absolute Boyfriend | 40 eps | |
Watch the title with the largest number of letters in the title in your PTW list | The Smile Has Left Your Eyes | 28 letters |
13. Listed (tutorial) | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title with someone from the Stars Leaderboard | IU - 4TH place 02-07-2022 | ||
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 |
14. Just When You Thought You Had Seen All of MDL, We Found Even More (tutorial: 1, 2,) | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 |
Blended ingredients
Traditional recipe
15. Historical | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 |
Yummy
17. Food | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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. |
Pop Rocks
22. Music | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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. Preforming Art | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 |
Energy bar + Red Bull
25. Break a Sweat | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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, 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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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) |
Buffet
Heart Shaped Box
29. Falling In Love | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title tagged First Love | Abyss | ||
Watch a title tagged with a Love Shape tag (Love Triangle, Love Square) | True Beauty | ||
Watch a title tagged Friends to Lovers | Happiness Fight for My Way Growing Season | ||
Watch a title tagged Enemies To Lovers | |||
Watch a title from the Romance genre |
30. Is It Love? | Progress: 2/5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Watch a title that focuses on a Pretend/Contract Relationship bringing the leads to fall in love | Wednesday 3:30pm | Yes | |
Watch a title featuring an Arranged Marriage (also okay with a blind date with intent to marry, matchmaking) | Business Proposal | Yes | |
Watch a title where the main focus is Opposites Attract ie Rich/Poor, Cold/Warm, Strong/Weak | Koi wa Tsuzuku yo Doko Made mo | In progress | |
Watch a title featuring a Divorce or Break Up | Our Beloved Summer Encounter | PTW | |
Watch a title tagged Infidelity | Love Affairs in the Afternoon The World of the Married |
31. Let´s get physical | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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) |
Sweet and sour mixed themes
Fruit salad
33. Education | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 |
Food wars
36.Action | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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
Trapped In A Mold
39. Locked Up | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 |
Let´s mix it up
44. Mixed Mochi | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | 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 |
Peppermints – Bonuses and substitutions
Not a Dessert Block
Recipe | Ingredient | Substitute for | Notes | Completed |
1.Watch a title that features Non-Verbal Communication ie Sign Language, Braille, Hand Signals, Pictures... | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
11.Watch a title main focus is a Heist or Con Artist | ||||
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: Feb 10, 2022
Link to your Drama list: my list
Progress Recipe-Blocks: 1/??
Basic ingredients
Time In The Oven
1. Episode Length (use the average time on the drama page) | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
DRAMA with under 20 minute episodes | My Cat-astrophic Lover | 3 min | May |
DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes | |||
DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes | |||
DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes | |||
DRAMA with at least one episode over 60 minutes |
2. Total Length | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
MOVIE 30 minutes or less. | A Search Through Nine Lifetimes | 4 min | May |
MOVIE 90 minutes or longer. | |||
MOVIE 180 minutes or longer. | |||
DRAMA 8 episodes or less. | |||
DRAMA 30 episodes or more. |
Gather The Ingredients
3. Type | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Web Series | Kitchen for Singles | Jan | |
DRAMA SPECIAL | (Not That) Innocent | April | |
At least 5 episodes of a TV SHOW. | House on Wheels 3 | Episodes 1 - 12 | Jan |
MOVIE | |||
Documentary | The God of Ramen | Feb |
The Finest Ingredients
5. My Favorites | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Favorite actors | Through the Darkness | Kim Nam Gil | March |
Favorite actresses | |||
Same director as a favorite | Bad and Crazy | Yoo Seon Dong, Uncanny Counter | Feb |
Same writer as a favorite | |||
Director/writer you haven't seen anything from before |
Aged to perfection
6. Find The Year | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Began airing/premiered 2022 | |||
Started airing the same year the user above/below you joined MDL | Alex: 2019 | ||
Started airing the year you joined MDL | 2019 | ||
Began airing in one of the years generated by this website. | Be With You | 2020 | Feb |
Began airing/premiered in the year of a major event in your life |
The international palate
9. Countries of MDL (+ most common genres) | Progress: /5 and /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
from China | |||
from Hong Kong | |||
from Japan | |||
from Philippines | |||
from South Korea | |||
from Taiwan | |||
from Thailand | |||
genre is Drama | |||
genre is Comedy | |||
genre is Action |
10. Adapted From A… -Search tag + country | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
from China adapted from a Webtoon , Manga, Manhwa | | ||
from Japan adapted from a Webtoon , Manga, Manhwa, etc | Saint Oniisan | Feb | |
from South Korea adapted from a Webtoon | All of Us are Dead | March | |
from Taiwan adapted from a Webtoon , Manga, Manhwa, etc | |||
tagged Adapted From a Novel | |||
tagged Adapted From Video Game | |||
based on/inspired by a Real Person/ Event /True Story |
Deconstructed MDL
11. Written About (Tutorials 1, 2) | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Mentioned in the MDL Forums | |||
Mentioned in an Article on MDL | |||
Mentioned in the Feeds (any feeds) | |||
Over 10 Reviews | |||
0 Reviews | Love vs Stars | Feb |
12. Plan To Watch (PTW, tutorials: 1,2,3,) | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Oldest release year, on PTW | |||
Newest title on PTW | |||
DRAMA with least episodes on PTW | |||
DRAMA with most episodes on PTW | |||
Title with most letters in the title on PTW |
Blended ingredients
Traditional recipe
16.Signs Of The Times | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
features people wearing silk robes | The Killer is also Romantic | May | |
features a typewriter | |||
features walk man and/or pager | |||
features stationary computer | |||
Features someone using a smartphone |
Yummy
17. Food | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Features a Visit To a Food Stall or Food Market | |||
Genre Food | |||
Features a Chef | Nishiogikubo Mitsuboshi Youshudou | Feb | |
Features a Visit To a Traditional Restaurant | Sixth Sense 2 | June | |
Features a Family Dinner. |
18. Dessert | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Features some kind of Candy | |||
Features a Dessert | |||
Features someone Making Dessert | Pâtissier-san to Ojousan | March | |
Features a waitress or waiter | |||
Features someone Wealthy With a Connection To Sweets, they like sweets, own a café (or ten), own a bakery etc. | Falling into your Smile | Jan |
Open Fire Cooking
19. Let´s Go Outside... | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Features a Visit To The Beach/Seaside | My Little Happiness | leads fly kites by the sea | Jan |
Features a Camping Trip | Yuru Camp | camping club | Feb |
Features a Visit to a Theme Park | Legally Romance | episode 7-8 | May |
Features a visit to a mountain, lake or forest | |||
Features a Visit to a Desert or Ancient Ruins |
20. Adventure | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Part of the plot Takes Place On An Island | |||
Features a Trip Abroad or To Space. | |||
From the Adventure genre. | |||
Significant scene takes place on a Cliff Or in a Cave | From Now on, Showtime! | Ep 12 | June |
Significant scene takes place on a Train, Boat, airplane or a Spaceship | Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure | March |
21. Indoors Is Better | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Features a Night In An Internet Café or Bathhouse. | |||
Features a Person With Humble Living Arrangements | |||
Features a person who Lives In a Mansion or Penthouse | |||
Features a stay in a Nation-Specific Traditional Home | |||
Features a Co-Habitation |
Pop Rocks
22. Music | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Features a People Singing Karaoke | |||
Genre is Music | |||
Features someone Playing a Traditional Instrument | Itomichi | instrument: Tsugaru-shamisen | Feb |
Features an Idol Actor/ess | |||
Main focus is Someone Famous In The Music Industry | Love Scenery | March |
24. Quiet Art | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Main lead is An Artist (painter, sculptor, photographer etc. | |||
Features someone that Works With Books | Moonlight | Feb | |
Title tagged Poetry /Adapted from poem | An no Ririkku: Sakuragi An Haiku Hajimetemimashita | Feb | |
Features Graffiti or Street art | Under the Skin | Beijiang port murals | March |
Features an Art Gallery |
Energy bar + Red Bull
25. Break a Sweat | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Leads is featured while Gaming | |||
Leads is featured while practicing a Physical Sport | |||
Leads is featured practicing Motor Sports and/or shows Great Interest for motor vehicles | |||
Leads is featured while practicing Precision or Strategic sport | |||
Leads is featured practicing a Combat Sport |
26. Be a Good Sport | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Features a Sports Competition | |||
Features a person who Works In The Sports Industry | |||
Features an Athlete Making a Come Back | In Search of Argenta | June | |
Features a Race | |||
Features a Friendly Game | Lucky's First Love | paint ball, episode 5 | April |
Buffet
Family Gathering
27. We Are Family | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Features a Single Parent | |||
Focuses on Found Family or non-blood related family | Rokuhodo Yotsuiro Biyori | ||
Features person raised by someone who is Not Their Biological Parent. | |||
Features person raised Within The Traditional Family Norm (Male + Female + Kid/s) | |||
Features a person raised in a family Outside The Traditional Family Norm |
28.Relationships | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Focuses on a Non-Romantic Relationship | |||
Focuses on a relationship between a Human and a Non-Human (god, alien, animal, robot...) | |||
Focuses on a Parental Relationship | |||
Focuses on a Marital Relationship | Bread of Happiness | Feb | |
Focuses on a Relationship Between Siblings |
Heart Shaped Box
29. Falling In Love | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Tagged First Love | |||
Love Shape tag | |||
Tagged Friends to Lovers | |||
Tagged Enemies To Lovers | |||
from the Romance genre |
30. Is It Love? | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Focuses on a Pretend/Contract Relationship | |||
Featuring an Arranged Marriage | Chef Fang | Feb | |
Main focus is Opposites Attract | |||
featuring a Divorce or Break Up | |||
tagged Infidelity | Falling in Love (2021) | May |
31. Let´s get physical | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Featuring two people Holding Hands | |||
Featuring a Piggyback Ride | |||
Tagged Steamy Kiss | |||
Featuring Skinship | |||
tag Sexual Content |
Sweet and sour mixed themes
32. Fish out of water | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
One of the leads is a Transfer Student (List) | Muchuu-sa, Kimi ni | Feb | |
Main focus is a New Person In A Small Town OR A Person From A Small Town Moving To A Big City | Unexpected Business | stars run a convenience store in the countryside | March |
Main focus is someone in a Different Time, Dimension, or World than they come from | Tomorrow | May | |
Featuring a person of a Different Ethnicity | Sanctuary | May | |
Studying, Working, Or Being Raised Abroad is mentioned | Take Off | April |
Fruit salad
33. Education | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
High School tag | |||
Featuring a High School/University Dropout | |||
Main focus is Students of Higher Education | |||
Featuring studying for an important exam | |||
Featuring a Graduation Ceremony |
Bittersweet
34. Rare Ingredients | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Featuring a person with a Mental Disability | |||
Featuring a person with a Physical Disability | 140 Ji no Koi | ML in wheelchair | March |
Featuring a person with a Chronic Illness and/or Has Received An Organ Transplant | |||
Featuring a person with a Transgender Identity | |||
Featuring a person with a Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Asexual or Pansexual identity |
Food wars
36.Action | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Featuring the Truck of Doom | Military Prosecutor Doberman | episode 1 | May |
Featuring a Gang/Mob Fight | My Name | March | |
Featuring some kind of Chase (rooftop, car, boat) | |||
Featuring a Fight With Weapons (knives, swords, pipes) | |||
Featuring a fight using Martial Arts |
Trapped In A Mold
39. Locked Up | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Featuring someone in Prison | |||
Featuring someone Staying In A Hospital | |||
Featuring someone doing Military Service | |||
Tagged Covid-19 | |||
Featuring Slavery or Human Trafficking | Bad Guys | episode 3 | April |
Black Sticky Rice
42. Nail-Biting | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
From the Horror genre | |||
Focuses on Scary Monsters (ie.Zombies, Vampires, Demons or Kaij) | |||
Tag starting with the word Evil Evil King, Step Mom, Sister... | |||
Tagged Investigation + Murder, Serial Killer. Psychopath etc. | |||
From the Thriller genre. |
43. Just Dark... | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Tagged Death | |||
Tagged with any kind of Violence | |||
Tagged with any kind of Bullying | |||
Tagged something starting with the word Dark Dark Fiction, Hero, Past | |||
Psychological genre |
Let´s mix it up
44. Mixed Mochi | Progress: /5 | ||
Recipe | Ingredient | Notes | Completed |
Genre Supernatural | |||
Remade by at least 1 other country beside the one the original story | Hanazakari no Kimitachi e | April | |
Features Addiction (ie Drug, Gambling, Gaming) | |||
Tagged Age Gap | My Fated Boy | Feb | |
Features someone using the word D.N.A. | Talking Bones 2 | March |
Peppermints – Bonuses and substitutions
Not a Dessert Block
Recipe | Ingredient | Substitute for | Notes | Completed |
Features Non-Verbal Communication ie Sign Language, Braille, Hand Signals, Pictures... | Bori | |||
Tagged Adapted From An Essay | The Chef of South Polar | Feb | ||
Tagged Adapted From A Play | ||||
Featuring a Reunion taking place | ||||
Featuring Non-Consensual Sex Acts | ||||
Featuring a Road Trip | ||||
Title tagged Coming Of Age | ||||
Title that has an OST by your favorite singer | ||||
Featuring Digital Matchmakers | ||||
Title from your “Not Interested” or “Dropped” list | ||||
Main focus is a Heist or Con Artist | Player | April | ||
Features a Jobless Person or NEET (neither in education, employment or training) | ||||
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 ) | ||||
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) | ||||