r/KDRAMA 2023 Challenge
Dedicated Watcher
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1. King the Lander
Korean Drama - 2023, 16 episodes
#1: A drama that has one or more tropes that are used in The Heirs
- King the Land: Interclass romance, missing mom, nice girl, succession crisis
- Other possibilities:
- Stairway to Heaven: Abusive Mom/Stepmom, Beserk Button (ML & SML is FL), Brother-Sister Incest
- Moment at Eighteen: Interclass Romance between leads, Class Rep is FL&SML?
- Crash Course in Romance: Follow the car, interclass romance
- Call it Love (Abusive stepmom)
- Can We Be Strangers?: Will they are won't they (ML&FL)
- Age of Youth: Driven to Sui..
- The Secret Romantic Guesthouse: Anger Born of worry (San and Dan Oh), Beserk Button (ML and SML for FL), Bittersweet ending, everyone can see it (SML), if you do anything to hurt her (ML & SML), Possessive Wrist Grab, succession crisis? (ML & SML)
- Bo Ra! Deborah: Drowning my sorrows, Everyone can see it with ML
- Goong/Princess Hours: Arranged Marriage, Clingy Jealous SFL, Ordinary high school student (FL), Possessive Wrist Grab, succession crisis, tsundere (ML))
- Doctor Cha: Everyone can see it with Doctor Roy, follow that motorcycle? (when she followed the car to the hospital)
- See You In My 19th Life: Abusive Parents?
- My Perfect Stranger: Hot teacher (ML), new transfer student (FL & Her Dad)
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2. See You in My 19th Life
Korean Drama - 2023, 12 episodes
#2: A drama which subverts a trope
- See You In My 19th Life: FL reaches for something on the high shelf instead of ML (Ep 1)
- Other Possibilities
- Crash Course in Romance: Accidental 1st kiss with cardboard cut out (FL & ML cutout), carrying ML
- Secret Romantic Guesthouse: Ep 1, lets FL fall to the ground
- Love to Hate You: FL isn't a damsel in distress and rather saves people; takes the lead in her relationship, way more subverts probably
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3. Stairway to Heaven
Korean Drama - 2003, 20 episodes
#3: A drama that was referenced in another drama
- Referenced in Crash Landing on You
Other Possibilities
- Goong: Perhaps Love (main ost) played in episode 9 of Love to Hate You
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4. Can I Be Someone Else
Korean Drama - 2023, 12 episodes
#4: A drama chosen by the Wheel of Chance: Food, Kimchi
- Ep 3, FL's Mom gives it to her
- Other possibilities:
- Crash Course in Romance: FL owns a restaurant
- See You In My 19th Life: Ep 3, Kimchi at Ae-Gyeong's restaurant
- Love to Hate You: I believe I saw kimchi in one of the episodes
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5. Oh! Youngsimi
Korean Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
#5: A drama chosen by the Wheel of Chance: Tropes, Childhood Connection
- ML & FL
- Other possibilities:
- Empress Ki?: Met while FL escaping bad guy, doesn't mean anything currently though
- The Secret Romantic Guesthouse: ML & FL
- Stairway to Heaven: ML & FL
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6. Love to Hate You
Korean Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
#6: A drama chosen by the Wheel of Chance: PPL, Sportswear
- Love to Hate You: Under Armour
- Other Possibilities
- King the Land: Thom Browne Sweatsuits
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7. Bumped Into You
Korean Drama - 2023, 16 episodes
#7: A drama chosen by the Wheel of Chance: Locations, Bridge
- My Perfect Stranger: Yanghwa Bridge
- Other Possibilities
- Bo Ra! Deborah: Wonhyo Bridge
- My Perfect Stranger: Yanghwa Bridge
- Moment at Eighteen: Jun Woo rides his bike on it, episode 1, Yangjaecheon
- Strangers Again: Dongjak Bridge & Kintex OneCity
- Doctor Cha: Seogang Bridge
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8. Hello, My Twenties
Korean Drama - 2016, 12 episodes
#8: A drama with a main lead that started off as a child actor
- Park Eun Bin: Debuted in 1998 at age 5-6
- Other possibilities
- Kim Hyang Gi in Moment at Eighteen: Debuted in 2007 at age 6-7
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9. My Dearest Part 2
Korean Drama - 2023, 11 episodes
#9: A drama starring a well known supporting actor
My Dearest- Ahn Eun Jin: Hospital Playlist
- Possibilities:
- Crash Course in Romance: Lee Bong Ryun, Oh Eui Shik, Shin Jae Ha, Jang Young Nam, Kim Sun Young, Hwang Bo Ra, Heo Jung Do
- Moment at Eighteen: Kang Ki Young
- The Heavenly Idol: Kim Min Gyu & Go Bo Gyeol, main leads
- Strangers Again: Kil Hae Yeon
- Bo Ra! Deborah: Park So Jin?
- Doctor Cha: Kim Byung Chul, Main role as Husband of FL
- See You In My 19th Life: Ahn Dong Goo (OBS, the law café, snowdrop, sweet home, etc.)
- Heartbeat: Go Gyul Pil & Yoon Byung Hee; main roles as vampires -
10. Island
Korean Drama - 2022, 6 episodes
#11: A drama starring an actor who has previously won the Baeksang best new actor or actress award
- Island: Kim Nam Gil (Queen Seondeok, 2012)
- Other Possibilities
- Empress Ki: Ha Ji Won (Secret, 2001)
- Bo Ra! Deborah: Im Yoo Na (Secret Garden, 2011) -
11. Namnam
Korean Drama - 2023, 12 episodes
#12: A drama starring an actor who is a member of a Kpop group
- Not Others- Sooyoung (Girl's Generation)
Other Possibilities
- Island: Cha Eun Woo (Astro <3)
- Oh! Youngsim: Lee Dong Hae (Super Junior)
- King the Land: Junho (2PM) & Yoona (Girl's Generation)
- Heartbeat: Taecyeon (2PM)
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12. The Uncanny Counter Season 2: Counter Punch
Korean Drama - 2023, 12 episodes
#13: Drama where two of the main or support cast have been co-stars on multiple occasions
- The Uncanny Counter: Counter Punch: Season 2 of the show; Yoo In Soo and Yoo Joon Sang in Alchemy of Souls (uncle and nephew)
Other Possibilities:
- Moment at Eighteen: Pil Sang and Hwi Young in Alchemy of Souls
- Crash Course in Romance: Jung Kyung Ho & Oh Eui Shik- When the Devil Calls Your Name, Oh Eui Shik & Shin Jae Ha- My Unfamiliar Family
- See You In My 19th Life: Shin Hye Sun & Cha Chung Hua; Mr Queen
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13. Tell Me It's Love
Korean Drama - 2023, 16 episodes
#14: A drama with an OST by an artist who has been nominated for or won a MAMA Award for best OST
- Call it love: Wonstein, The Secret Garden; Your Existence 25 21, Choi Yu Ree Love Without Pain; Wish on Hometown Cha, Roy Kim, Flower, No Longer Mine on Familiar Wife
Other Possibilities
- Crash Course in Romance: Lee Juck, The Opposite Side; Don't Worry on Reply 1988
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14. Doctor Cha
Korean Drama - 2023, 16 episodes
#15: A drama with a multigenerational main cast
- Doctor Cha; children, parents, grandparents
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15. D.P. Season 2
Korean Drama - 2023, 6 episodes
#16: A drama where one of the main cast shares your zodiac sign
- D.P. S2: Jung Hae In (Aries)
- Other Possibilities
- Island Part 1: Cha Eun Woo (Aries)
- Bo Ra! Deborah: Yoon Hyun Min (Aries)
- Doctor Cha: Myung Se Bin (Aries)
- The Secret Romantic Guesthouse- Kang Hoon (Goat)
- Love to Hate You: Yeo Teo (Aries)
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16. Moment at Eighteen
Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
#17: A drama where the college alma mater of a character was a plot point
- Moment at Eighteen- FL's mom went to a "no name" college and it causes issues for her socially. She wants her daughter to go to Seoul National University
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17. Lovers
Korean Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
#18: A drama with a dream interpretation
- Gil Chae has a reoccurring dream of her future husband
- Other Possibilities
- Bo Ra! Deborah: Bo Ra has a dream in ep 1? that she will be proposed to but it has to do with her boyfriend's business instead
- My Perfect Stranger: Grandad's dream
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18. D.P
Korean Drama - 2021, 6 episodes
#19: A drama with minimal or no romance
Other possibilities:
- Island
- My Perfect Stranger
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19. The High Priest Rembrary
Korean Drama - 2023, 12 episodes
#21: A drama featuring disguises or false identities
- The Heavenly Idol: ML pretends to be Woo Yeon Woo and vice versa
Other Possibilities
- Empress Ki: FL pretending to be a man
- The Secret Romantic Guesthouse: All the MLs
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20. Flower Scholars Love Story
Korean Drama - 2023, 18 episodes
#22: A drama which features a character seeking revenge
- Seeking revenge for family, etc.
Other Possibilities:
- Empress Ki: Seeking revenge for parents
- Oh! Youngshim?: ML to FL
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21. My Heart Beats
Korean Drama - 2023, 16 episodes
#23: A drama with at least one animal pet
- Heartbeat: A cat/human
Other Possibilities:
- The Secret Romantic Guesthouse- a dog
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22. Useless Lies
Korean Drama - 2023, 16 episodes
#25: A drama whose poster you liked at first sight
- My Lovely Liar
Possibilities:
- Strangers Again
- The Heavenly Idol
- Call It Love
- Bo Ra! Deborah
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23. One Shot Scandal
Korean Drama - 2023, 16 episodes
# 26: A drama from a screenwriter or director whose works you have previously enjoyed
- Crash Course in Romance (Screenwriter Yang Hee Seung, Familiar Wife and Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo)
Other possibilities:
- Call it love (screenwriter of The Secret Life of My Secretary)
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24. Twinkling Watermelon
Korean Drama - 2023, 16 episodes
#27: A drama found by searching existing recommendations
Possibilities
- Love to Hate You?
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25. Goong
Korean Drama - 2006, 24 episodes
#30: A drama whose title is a direct translation of the Korean title
Other Possibilities
- Empress Ki
- Island
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26. I'm Serious About Dating
Korean Drama - 2023, 14 episodes
#31: A drama with an episode which received less than 2% overall viewership rate from Nielson
Other possibilities
- Bo Ra! Deborah
- Strangers Again
- Oh! Youngshim
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27. Drama Special Season 8: If We Were A Season
Korean Special - 2017, 1 episode
#32: A single episode drama
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28. Empress Ki
Korean Drama - 2013, 51 episodes
#33: A long form drama
- 51 episodes, 60 mins
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29. Salty Idol
Korean Drama - 2022, 10 episodes
#34: A drama with less than 500 watchers on MDL
- Completed Watcher #488
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30. Queen In Hyun's Man
Korean Drama - 2012, 16 episodes
#35: A drama that is at least 10 years old
Possibilities
- Princess Hours/Goong
- Stairway to Heaven
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31. Luo Yao Knew What He Meant
Chinese Drama - 2023, 24 episodes
#36: A drama which fits a challenge from previous KDC years
- 2021 #26 Bonus Challenge: A drama that is not Korean