r/KDRAMA Challenge 2024

Challenge #1: A drama that shares a filming location with The Heirs.

Completed On: 14.01.2024

"State Tower Namsan" - both The Heirs and Celebrity were shot in this place.

Challenge #2: A drama chosen by the wheel of chance: Tropes - A drama featuring first snow.

Completed On: Currently Watching [2/16]

Challenge #3: A drama chosen by the wheel of chance: Common Scenes - A character riding the subway or at the subway station.

Completed On: 27.02.2024

Completed both Part 1 and Part 2 for this challenge.

Challenge #4: A drama chosen by the wheel of chance: PPL - Restaurant.

Completed On: Plan to Watch

Papa Johns PPL

Challenge #5: A drama chosen by the wheel of chance - Korean Culture Highlight - Hanbok

Completed On: 20.01.2024

The drama has bits from the olden era in which the ML and FL wear hanbok.

Challenge #6: A drama chosen by the wheel of chance - Number of people in the Drama Poster - 1

Completed On: 22.02.2024

This poster has Park Min-Young's character only on the poster.

Challenge #7: A drama that started airing in your birth month - April.

Completed On: 02.08.2024

Started airing on 8th April 2024.

Challenge #8: A drama with a title that includes a character's name.

Completed On: Plan to Watch

ML's name is Shin Sung Han.

Challenge #9: A drama with a character who is an artist.

Completed On: Plan to Watch

Challenge #10: A drama in which a game is played.

Completed On: 19.03.2024

ML and FL play Go Stop in Episode 5.

Challenge #11: A drama where a character wears a sports team uniform or jersey and/or watches a sports game.

Completed On: Plan to Watch

Challenge #12: A drama that revolves around a group of friends and features their friendship as a key part of the drama.

Completed On: Plan to Watch

Challenge #13: A drama with an OST by a K-pop group member.

Completed On: Plan to Watch

OST Part 4 was sung by Jimin - member of BTS.

Challenge #14: A drama featuring an actor or actress who debuted before 2000.

Completed On: Plan to Watch

Lee Se Young debuted before 2000.

Challenge #15: A drama with childhood flashback scenes.

Completed On: Plan to Watch

FL gets flashback from her childhood.

Challenge #16: A drama with a character that is a part of the LGBTQ+ community.

Completed On: 20.04.2024

The SML is gay.

Challenge #17: A drama title that is not a direct translation of the Korean title.

Completed On: Plan to Watch

Stranger is 비밀의 숲 (literally Secret Forest).

Challenge #18: A drama in which characters celebrate a special day.

Completed On: Plan to Watch

Celebrate Young Ho's birthday & Christmas.

Challenge #19: A drama in which characters take a trip.

Completed On: Plan to Watch

ML goes on a trip in the first few episodes.

Challenge #20: A drama chosen at random from your plan to watch list.

Completed On: Plan to Watch

Challenge #21: A drama set in a rural/non-urban location.

Completed On: Plan to Watch

Challenge #22: A drama with a character who is a chaebol.

Completed On: Plan to Watch

FL is a chaebol.

Challenge #23: A drama with a character who works for the government.

Completed On: 25.02.2024

Based on people who work in the military.

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

Completed On: On-Hold [2/12]

Many scenes where the table is set with more than 3 banchans. 

Challenge #25: A drama where a character wears a long wool coat.

Completed On: Plan to Watch

Challenge #26: A drama found by searching existing recommendations.

Completed On: Plan to Watch

Found this drama through this comment on r/kdramarecommends.

Challenge #27: A drama with a main character that is over 40.

Completed On: Plan to Watch

Sung Dong Il's character is 40+.

Challenge #28: A drama with a multigenerational main cast.

Completed On: Plan to Watch

The main cast range from 26 to 59 in age.

Challenge #29: A drama from the sageuk genre.

Completed On: On-Hold [3/16]

Challenge #30: A drama with an episode which received more than 10% overall viewership ratings from Nielsen.

Completed On: Plan to Watch

Had 10%+ viewership ratings throughout its run.

Challenge #31: A drama that has been reviewed in one of our past Spotlight On posts.

Completed On: Plan to Watch

Found it in this comment.

Challenge #32: A single episode drama.

Completed On: 07.01.2024

Challenge #33: A mid-long form drama.

Completed On: On-Hold [6/53]

It's a long form drama with 50+ episodes.

Challenge #34: A drama with less than 500 watchers on MDL.

Completed On: 06.01.2024

As on 6th Jan it had 496 completed watchers.

Challenge #35: A drama that is at least 10 years old.

Completed On: 17.08.2024

Drama aired in 2011.

Challenge #36: A drama featuring a Truck of Doom™.

Completed On: Plan to Watch

In the 1st episode itself they have Truck of Doom™.