Keen watcher of all types of dramas in whatever language but the majority that I have watched have been in Korean.  Looking forward to taking part in the KDrama Challenge for 2024. I am aiming to be a Chaebol.

Completed 36/36 challenges // Current status = Chaebol Watcher

Challenge 1 - A drama that shares a filming location with The Heirs - Completed Wonderful World (Ilsan Lake Park) / (July 2025)

Challenge 2 - A drama chosen by the wheel of chance: Tropes (Haircuts) - Completed My Sweet Mobster / (August 2024)

Challenge 3 - A drama chosen by the wheel of chance: Common Scenes (Bus/Bus station) - Completed The Impossible Heir / (April 2024)

Challenge 4 - A drama chosen by the wheel of chance: PPL (Location/Tourism) - Completed  Destined With You / (January 2024)

Challenge 5 - A drama chosen by the wheel of chance: Korean Culture Highlight (Jeju's Haenyeo) - Completed Welcome to Samdal-ri / (November 2024)

Challenge 6 - A drama chosen by the wheel of chance: Number of People in Drama Poster (5+) - Completed Flex X Cop / (March 2024)

Challenge 7 - A drama that started airing in your birth month (January) - Completed  Marry My Husband /  (February 2024)

Challenge 8 - A drama with a title that includes a character's name - Completed Death's Game / (January 2024)

Challenge 9 - A drama with a character who is an artist - Completed Cinderella at 2am / (September 2024)

Challenge 10 - A drama in which a game is played - Completed  The Glory S1 / (March 2024) & Completed The Glory Part 2 / (April 2024)

Challenge 11 - A drama where a character wears a sports team uniform or jersey and/or watches a sports game - Completed Like Flowers In Sand / (January 2024)

Challenge 12 - A drama that revolves around a group of friends and features their friendship as a key part of the drama - Completed Black Out / (October 2024)

Challenge 13 - A drama with an OST by a K-pop group member - Completed  The King's Affection / "No Goodbye in Love" by Rowoon from SF9 / (May 2024)

Challenge 14 - A drama featuring an actor or actress who debuted before 2000 - Completed Tomorrow (Kim Hae Sook) / (January 2024)

Challenge 15 - A drama with childhood flashback scenes - Completed Queen of Tears / (April 2024)

Challenge 16 - A drama with a character that is a part of the LGBTQ+ community - Completed Let Free the Curse of Taekwondo / (November 2024)

Challenge 17- A drama title that is not a direct translation of the Korean title - Completed Lovely Runner / (May 2024)

Challenge 18 - A drama in which characters celebrate a special day - Completed Unlock My Boss / (April 2024)

Challenge 19 - A drama in which characters take a trip - Completed Twinkling Watermelon / (June 2024)

Challenge 20 - A drama chosen at random from your plan to watch list -  Completed Kingdom S1 & Kingdom S2 / (July 2024)

Challenge 21 - A drama set in a rural/non-urban location - Completed Beyond Evil / (May 2025)

Challenge 22 - A drama with a character who is a chaebol - Completed Wedding Impossible / (April 2024)

Challenge 23 - A drama with a character who works for the government - Completed  Knight Flower (February 2024)

Challenge 24 - A drama with a meal scene featuring 3 or more banchan (side dishes) on the table - Completed Doctor Slump (March 2024)

Challenge 25 - A drama where a character wears a long wool coat - Completed Goblin / (June 2024)

Challenge 26 - A drama found by searching existing recommendations - Completed Behind Your Touch / (September 2024)

Challenge 27 - A drama with a main character that is over 40 - Completed Miss Night and Day / (August 2024)

Challenge 28 - A drama with a multigenerational main cast - Completed Under The Queen's Umbrella (June 2024)

Challenge 29 - A drama from the Sageuk genre - Completed Captivating The King (March 2024)

Challenge 30 - A drama with an episode which received more than 10% overall viewership ratings from Nielsen - Completed The Judge from Hell (November 2024)

Challenge 31 - A drama that has been reviewed in one of our past Spotlight On posts - Completed A Shop for Killers  / SPOTLIGHT ON THRILLER & SUSPENSE APRIL 2024 / Completed (July 2024) 

Challenge 32 - A single episode drama - Completed the 2023 KBS KDrama Special - Behind the Shadows / (January 2024)

Challenge 33 - A mid-long form drama - Completed Empress Ki / (April 2024)

Challenge 34 - A drama with less than 500 watchers on MDL - Completed Dreamers | 도피자들 [2018 KBS Drama Special/ENG/2018.11.30] (359 watchers) / (January 2024)

Challenge 35 - A drama that is at least 10 years old - Completed Coffee Prince (2007) / (July 2024)

Challenge 36 -  A drama featuring a Truck of Doom™ - Completed Vincenzo / (September 2024)

Additional Challenges / 그냥  / Just Because....(Completed 51/72 challenges)

Challenge 37 - Tropes  / A character crying while eating - Completed Serendipity’s Embrace (August 2024)

Challenge 38 - Tropes  / A drama featuring first snow - Completed Boys Be Brave (May 2024)

Challenge 39 - Tropes  / A drama where a character holds over/ shares an umbrella with another person - Completed Jazz for Two (March 2024)

Challenge 40 - Tropes  / Passing by an old person collecting cartons/newspapers (like with handcart) -Completed Crash (June 2024)

Challenge 41 - Tropes  / A character getting a driver after drinking -

Challenge 42 - Common Scenes / A character singing at the noraebang -

Challenge 43 - Common Scenes / A scene with lighthouse(s) - (Island)

Challenge 44 - Common Scenes / A scene showing an office being raided by prosecutors with blue boxes -

Challenge 45 - Common Scenes / A character riding the subway or at the subway station - Completed Doubt (November 2024)

Challenge 46 - Common Scenes  / A drama with an underwater scene - (Joseon Attorney)

Challenge 47 - Product Placement / Coffee Shop/Coffee Machine/Instant Coffee/Kopiko  - Completed No Gain No Love (October 2024)

Challenge 48 - Product Placement / Health Supplement (Tonics, Vitamins, Ginseng) -

Challenge 49 - Product Placement / Restaurant -

Challenge 50 - Product Placement / Jewellery  -

Challenge 51 - Product Placement / Makeup/Skincare -

Challenge 52 - Number of People in the Poster / 0 - 

Challenge 53 - Number of People in the Poster / 1 - 

Challenge 54 - Number of People in the Poster / 2 - Completed Gray Shelter (April 2024)

Challenge 55 - Number of People in the Poster / 3 - Completed Mr Plankton (November 2024)

Challenge 56 - Number of People in the Poster / 4 - Currently watching Gangnam B Side (November 2024)

Challenge 57 - Korean Culture Highlight / Scene where character hands in a resignation letter -

Challenge 58 - Korean Culture Highlight / Scene showing a jesa table  -

Challenge 59 - Korean Culture Highlight / Scene featuring a shaman either fortune-telling or performing a shamanistic ritual  - Completed Moon Embracing the Sun (November 2024)

Challenge 60 - Korean Culture Highlight / Scene where a character wears hanbok - Currently watching Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born / (November 2024)

Challenge 61 - Korean Culture Highlight / Scene where characters agree to drop honorifics -

Challenge 62 - A show that started airing in February - Completed Love For Love's Sake (February 2024)

Challenge 63 - A show that started airing in March - Completed Chicken Nugget (March 2024)

Challenge 64 - A show that started airing in April - Completed Love Is Like A Cat (August 2024)

Challenge 65 - A show that started airing in May - Currently watching The Atypical Family

Challenge 66 - A show that started airing in June -

Challenge 67 - A show that started airing in July - Completed Good Partner (November 2024)

Challenge 68 - A show that started airing in August - Currently watching Queen Woo

Challenge 69 - A show that started airing in September - Currently watching Gyeonseong Creature S2

Challenge 70 - A show that started airing in October - Completed ChocoMilkshake (February 2024)

Challenge 71 - A show that started airing in November -

Challenge 72 - A show that started airing in December - Completed Gyeongseong Creature S1 (February 2024)

Spotlight Posts

2024 BL Drama Challenge

Completed 28/30 challenges

 
 Challenge #1 / From before 2018 - Completed HIStory 1 (2017) (February 2024)

 Challenge #2 / That's set in the past - Completed the 2023 KBS KDrama Special - Behind the Shadows (January 2024)

Challenge #3 / Sponsored by Canon Printers - Completed My School President (January 2024)

Challenge #4 / GL - Currently watching Ayaka is in Love with Hiroko

 Challenge #5 / From GMMTV - Completed Star in My Mind (February 2024)

Challenge #6 / From Vietnam - Completed You Are Ma Boy (May 2024)

Challenge #7 / With a trans character - Completed City of Stars (April 2024) 

Challenge #8 / With a musician main character - Completed Kiseki in Tokyo Chapter 2 (April 2024)

Challenge #9 / With fantasy elements - Completed Love For Love's Sake (February 2024) & Memory in the Letter (May 2024)

Challenge #10 / A comedy - Completed Love Mate (February 2024)

Challenge #11 / That you had left halfway - Completed My Love Mix-Up (November 2024)

Challenge #12 / With a second season -  We Best Love S1 & S2 (February 2024) 

Challenge #13 / With a good OST - Completed I Told Sunset About You (& I Promised You The Moon) (January 2024)

Challenge #14 / That somebody recommended - Completed Not Me (January 2024)

Challenge #15 / From the Philippines - Completed Gaya Sa Pelikula (May 2024)

Challenge #16 / That you didn't like - 1000 Years Old / 

Challenge #17 / That you had already watched - Completed I Cannot Reach You (March 2024)

Challenge #18 / Western - Completed S1 of Heartstopper (UK) (May 2024) 

Challenge #19 / Dark themed - Completed Manner of Death (May 2024)

Challenge #20 / With a Z in the title - Completed Jazz for Two (March 2024)

Challenge #21 / 18+ - Completed Naughty Babe (April 2024)

Challenge #22 / Where an actor is an idol - Completed To Be Continued (April 2024)

Challenge #23 / Where the main character has a sister - Completed  Unknown (April 2024)

Challenge #24 / That has the Raikantopini - Completed Love Mechanics (January 2024)

Challenge #25 / With a red poster - Completed My Strawberry Film (April 2024)

Challenge #26 / Where the main character has long hair - Completed  Boys Be Brave (May 2024)

Challenge #27 / From a country with less than 10 - Completed Reason of Love (from Myanmar) (April 2024)

Challenge #28 / With a daddy - Completed Sunset X Vibes (August 2024)

Challenge #29 / With a scene in the hospital - Completed Jack O' Frost (February 2024)

Challenge #30 / With rookie actors - Completed Choco Milk Shake (February 2024) / Completed Let free the Curse of Taekwondo (November 2024)

My Personal Top 10 KDramas that I have watched in 2024 (They don't have to be from 2024):

1. Tomorrow

2. Lovely Runner

3.  Flex X Cop

4. Twinkling Watermelon

5, Mr Plankton

6, Let Free the Curse of Taekwondo

7, Kingdom S1 & S2

8, My Sweet Mobster

9, Moon Embracing the Sun (I loved your performance Song Jae Rim                                                                                      (I hope you know how many people loved your performances and wished nothing but the best for you).

10, Empress Ki

Honourable Mentions

11. Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born

12. Good Partner

13, Doctor Slump

14. The Judge from Hell

15. Under the Queen's Umbrella

16. Miss Night & Day

17. Destined With You

18. Black Out

19. Jazz for Two

20. Captivating the King