2021 r/KDRAMA Challenge [Goal: Hard]
This is a list to keep track of shows I've watched for the 2021 Reddit K-drama challenge. I'm planning to do the hard level, which is to watch 24 dramas, one for each category.
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1. Youth of May
Korean Drama - 2021, 12 episodes
6. A drama featuring the character(s) who speak in dialect
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2. Monster
Korean Drama - 2021, 16 episodes
7. A drama that takes place in a location other than Seoul
- Pure masterpiece
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3. Buitengewoon Jij
Korean Drama - 2019, 32 episodes
9. A drama that is an adaptation or a remake: adapted from a webtoon
- A highschool and light-hearted version of W, since there are some similarities between the two.
- I also watched most of the episodes while doing homework
- There are some plot holes and dull scenes but it was still enjoyable
- Has a lot of highschool kdrama tropes but you as a long-time viewer you can make fun of those
- A drama with a message and intention because it explores the concept of our existences as being thrown into the world (Thrownness by Heidegger).
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4. Dream High
Korean Drama - 2011, 16 episodes
11. A drama featuring great friendships
- Highschool drama but for students who want to be k-pop idols
- This drama is all about great friendships: friends who betrayed each other but became friends again, fighting for your friends, teamwork and hard work as kpop group etc.
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5. It's Okay, That's Love
Korean Drama - 2014, 16 episodes
15. A drama by a writer or director whose works you haven't watched
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6. Move to Heaven
Korean Drama - 2021, 10 episodes
17. A short-format drama (under 10 hours)
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7. Save Me
Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
18. A drama in a genre outside of your comfort zone
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8. Vincenzo
Korean Drama - 2021, 20 episodes
20. A drama featuring a profession or lifestyle different from your own
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9. Signal
Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
23. A drama you have been putting off watching