MDL's 2026 Watch Challenge

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Start a title while at least one of the episodes has not been released yet 

Released before you were born

1. Armour of God 1 
2. Armour of God 2: Operation Condor

Short film of 10 min or less 

1. Summerdaze 
2. Pure Vanilla (2023)

Movie of 90 min or more

1. The Wild Blade of Strangers 
2. Still Walking

Drama or TV show 50 episodes or more (of at least 30 min each)

1. For Eagle Brothers 
2. Our Golden Days (2025)

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Top 100 popularity for its country: 

China, Hong Kong, Japan, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan or Thailand (Links sorted by popularity)

1. Go Ahead 
2. Eternal Butler 

Actor/actress in top 100 of the Stars Leaderboard

1. Glory 
2. The Unclouded Soul 

Award winning title (any award, add link) 

1. No Other Choice 
2. 
   

Award winning actor/actress (any award will do, add link)

Has a rating of 7 or more 

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Cover: Dark Colors

1. An Arrow through the Heart 
2. A Normal Family 

Tag: Death

1. A Balloon's Landing 
2. Creation of the Gods Ⅰ: Kingdom of Storms

Tag: Black Magic 

1. Enigma Black Stage 
2. Goddess Bless You from Death 

Tag: Dark Fiction 

1. Love on the Turquoise Land 
2. Justifiable Defense 

Tag: Black Comedy 

1. The Fiery Priest Season 2 
2. Miss Shampoo 

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Spot: Stargazing

Spot: A trip to Space

1. Someday or One Day: The Movie 
2. The Great Flood 

Tag: Star-Crossed Lovers

1. Meet You at the Blossom 
2. Sword and Beloved 

Title: Includes Heavenly/Celestial Bodies

1. Rabbit on the Moon (2025)
2. 
   

Cover: Stars (the type you see in the sky) (Add a photo) 

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Spot: A Main or Support Character Dreaming (Day/Night) 

1. There Is No Rain This Summer (2025)
2. 
   

Title: Includes the word “Dream” 

1. The Dreamwalker 
2. Gorgeous Dream (2025)

Spot: Main character Looking at the moon / mentioning the moon in some way 

1. Yan Zhi Kou Jun Xin (2025)
2. 
   

Title: Includes the word “Moon” 

1. Moonlit Order 
2. 
   

Tag: Second Chance 

1. Summit of Our Youth 
2. Love Conspiracy 

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Genre: Mystery

1. Regeneration 
2. Nine Puzzles 

Tag: Detective Female/Male Lead 

1. Villains 
2. Revelations

Spot: Someone finding something or someone 

1. Honey on the Edge of a Knife (2025)
2. 
   

Spot: Snake (any snake: picture, tattoo, alive, fake, someone with the nickname Snake)

Spot: A Figurine 

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Tag: Precognition, Psychic Female/Male lead 

1. Cashero
2. Leap Day 

Tags: Trauma + Happy Ending (must have both tags)

1. Kidnap 
2. The Wicked Game 

Spot: Someone looking in a mirror 

Spot: Someone being poisoned (or assumed to be poisoned)

Spot: Beauty product product placement (PPL) 

1. Real:Time:Love 
2. 
   

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Genre: Fantasy

Cover: Lilac (add picture)

1. Queen of Darkness 
2. My One Night Rule 

Spot: Ghost

1. Unreachable 
2. 
   

Tag(s): Shaman Male/Female Lead, Shamanism, Shaman Supporting Character

Tag: Body swap 

1. Ci Jin Que (2025)
2. Hong Xian Hun Jie Suo (2025)

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Tag: University, Researcher Female/Male Lead 

1. The Love Never Sets 
2. Crushology 101 

Spot: Member of noble family

1. Hou Men Po Mu Meng Ru Hu, Dai Fei San Ge Er Xi (2025)
2. Gong Zhu Jue Se, Ying Wei Ri Ri Yi Xia Fan Shang (2025)

Spot: Religious Leader

1. Hellbound Season 2 
2. We Are Brothers

Tag: Writer Female/Male lead 

1. Forbidden Fairytale 
2. A Writer's Odyssey 2 

Tag: Journalist Female/Male Lead 

1. Melody of Secrets 
2. Nice to Not Meet You 

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Genre: Medical

1. Hyper Knife 
2. You Ta Shi Kong (2025)

Tag: Illness 

1. My Cherie Amour 
2. Whispers of Fate 

Tag: Traditional medicine, (traditional medicine doctor male lead, female lead, supporting character) 

1. Snowy Night Timeless Love 
2. Treasure at Dawn 

Spot: Survival (any kind)

1. Last Samurai Standing 
2. Zomvivor 

Spot: Veins (any type)

1. 10Dance 
2. The Sealer 

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Genre: Action

1. Hitman 2 
2. Yadang: The Snitch 

Tag: Blood or Minimal Blood

1. Punks Triangle (2025)
2. Match Play 

Spot: Strategy meeting (military, corporate, sports)

Title: Includes the word “Blood”

1. Blood River 
2. Blood Free 

Spot: Someone spitting out blood

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Mentioned in an Article or Editorial

Spot: Gold 

1. Xiao Ye Fu Ren Ta Lai Zi Nong Cun (2025)
2. My Stepbrother in the Prince’s Mansion Treated Me like a Treasure but My Own Brother Regretted It (2025)

Tag: Character development

1. Life Against the Light: The White Moonlight Awakening Project (2025)
2. When Life Gives You Tangerines 

Tag: Martial arts

1. Moonlit Reunion 
2. Hero Is Back 

Spot: Tiger (alive, in a picture, on a coin… the word)

1. I'm the Most Beautiful Count 
2. 
   

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Genre: Business

1. Typhoon Family 
2. Dear My Secretary 

Tag: Ambitious Female/Male Lead

1. Kill My Sins 
2. Made in Korea 

Main character is in some type of leadership position (CEO, King, Religious leader, team captain, class representative, political leader)

Cover: Blue (Add a photo) 

1. Depth of Field 
2. Turn to me Mukai-kun 

Spot: The words Good Luck (or any words in any language meaning ”good luck”)

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Tag: Artist Male/Female Lead (or if you can find a Jeweler Lead)

1. I'll Turn Back This Time 
2. Tide of Love (2025)

Spot: Art Installation/Art Gallery/Jewelry Store 

Spot: Stage performance 

1. Idol I 
2. 
   

Spot: Pictures of a main character on a wall 

1. Oshi ga Joshi ni Narimashite: Full Throttle (2025)
2. 
   

Spot: Someone overcoming fear 

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Genre: Sports

Tag: Athlete Male/Female Lead (Athlete)

Tag: Any tag that includes the word that includes the word “Strong”

Spot: Red Lighting 

1. Ai Zai Yue Liang Qing Chan Shi (2025)
2. 
   

Spot: Wax seal or signet ring 

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Tag: Countryside Setting

1. My Magic Prophecy 
2. My Sweetheart Jom 

Tag: Slowburn story 

Tag: Calm Male/Female lead

Spot: Main character visiting a spa/sauna

Spot: Main character visiting a temple or shrine

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Lead Cast or Crew born in January 

1. Strange Tales of Jiang Cheng 
2. Sweet Moratorium 

1.  Xia Zhi Guang
2.  Suzuka Ouji

Genre: Romance

Tag: Any tag that includes the word “Sexual” 

Tag: Infidelity

Spot: Lead without a shirt on

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Lead Cast or Crew born in February 

1. Spring Rewritten 
2. Substitute for Love (2025)

1.  Bian Tian Yang
2.  Zheng Chu Chen

Spot: Someone taking on the role of a black rose/knight (taking a drink instead of someone else) 

May also be used for someone taking the place of someone else to protect them.

Spot: Hangover drink/remedy/soup

Spot: Someone recovering from an addiction (any type will do)

Tag: Insomnia 

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Lead Cast or Crew born in March

1. The Empress Dowager on a Second Spring 
2. Return of the Queen 

1.  Zhang Yue Nan
2.  Zhang Yi Shang

Cover: Water (add a picture)

1. The Gift of Your Heart 
2. My Stubborn Special Episode (2025)

Tag: Seaside Setting

Spot: Fish (food, alive, in a picture..)

1. Stay Mum 
2. Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie

Spot: Main character in Water 

1. Where My Light Resides (2025)
2. 
   

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Lead Cast or Crew born in April

1. A Love Story of Assassin 
2. Akuma to Love Song 

1.  Xu Hai Qiao
2. Asakawa Nana

Spot: Main receiving a diamond

1. Marry Him in Her Place
2. 
   

Spot: Main wearing at least one diamond earring (or what looks like could be a diamond earring)

Spot: Diamond pattern

Spot: Diamond card (game or credit)

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Lead Cast or Crew born in May

1. The Blade of Romance 
2. Tei Taion Danshi ni Natsukaremashita. 

1.  Aaron Deng
2.  Sono Shunta

Tag: Reincarnation

1. Mismatch Mistress (2025)
2. The Expect Love 

Tag: Immortality, Immortal Female /Male Lead

1. Flying up without Disturb 
2. Ferry of Souls 

Spot: Fertility (any kind of use of the word) 

Spot: Pregnancy  or Birth (animal, mythical, human)

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Lead Cast or Crew born in September 

1. Otonari Complex 
2. Dangerous Love 

1.  Araki Towa
2.  Gao Ming Chen

Genre: Law

1. Ensemble (2025)
2. Pro Bono 

Tag: Scientist Male/Female Lead

1. Three-Body 
2. The Love Equations

Tag: Royalty 

1. Love and Crown 
2. The Queen Who Crowns 

Tag: Loyal Male/Female Lead

1. Dong Lan Xue 
2. Love at First Sight (2025)

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Lead Cast or Crew Born in October

1. Call Me by No-Name 
2. Connect (2025)

1.  Kudo Mio
2.  Jung Myeong Cheol

Cover: Rainbow

1. Xia Ri Qing Shu 
2. Match Play: Re-edited Version (2025)

Tag: LGBTQ+

Released in October (any year)

1. The Spring Avenger 
2. 
   

1. Aired: Oct 15, 2025
2. 
   

Spot: Rainbow 

1. Fly to Your Heart (2025)
2. Love between Lines

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Lead Cast or Crew born in November

1. My Secret Vampire (2025)
2. Blend Feelings 

1.  Yu Sin
2.  He Chang Xi

Spot: Someone winning something (lottery, plushie in a machine, raffle, a game, a championship)

Tag: Based on a true story

1. The Match 
2. Rebound
3. Watergate Bridge 

Tag: Honest Female/Male Lead

1. When Life Gives You Tangerines
2. My Ordinary Love Story

Spot: An act of forgiveness 

1. The Love Never Sets
2. Qi Yue Bang Ding Hei Yue Guang (2025)

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Lead Cast or Crew born in December

1. A Forbidden Marriage 
2. Damn! I'm Tempted 

1.  Mao Zi Jun
2.  Sheng Yi Jie

Tag: Exorcism

1. Handsome Guys 
2. Onmyoji 0 

Tag: Return to hometown 

1. Loving the Lie 
2. To My Star 2 (Movie) 

Spot: Main Character in the Woods

1. Aligned Reverence 
2. 
   

Spot: Someone being purified (taking antioxidents is ok)

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China

Hong Kong

Japan

Philippines

1. What If (2023)
2. Nocebo 

South Korea

Taiwan

Thailand

Singapore

1. Kill to Love 
2. The Sparkle in Your Eye (2025)

Watch 25 Titles from each MDL country to receive that country’s gem:

China: Green Jade 

Hong Kong: Iridescent Pearl

Japan: Green Jadeite 

Philippines: Silver South 

Sea Pearl

South Korea: Purple Amethyst 

Singapore: Gold Sandstone 

Taiwan: Red Coral 

Thailand: Yellow Sapphire 

Imitation Stones (Bonuses) , Each one of these can be used to switch out a properties for another. Each one can only be used once per round. 

Counterfeiter - Watch the pilot trailer/teaser for a title that has not been released yet. May only be used once per round 

Thief - Steal a title from one of the other participants and use it to fulfill one of the main challenge prompts.

(May only be used once, the other participant cannot use the same title)

Artificial Lab-Made, make your own prompt (up to 5 per round) 

The Origins 

Spot: a jeweler’s loupe (or any kind of magnifing instrument)

 Spot: Gem industry

Spot: Mine or quarry

Jewelry 

Spot: Jade pendant

1. A Happy Life
2. 
   

Spot: Jade bracelet

1. Sweet Love Song (2025)
2. Hong Luan Yin (2025)

Spot: Necklace with a gem

1. I'm a Rich and Arrogant Lady (2025)
2. The Tyrant’s Bride-To-Be (2025)

Spot: Gem earrings

Spot: Gem Cufflinks

Explicit Stones 

Nudity/sexual content: one of the following Nudity | Prolonged Nudity | Sexual Content | Extreme Sexual Content

1. Love in the Big City 
2. Memoir of Rati 

Graphic violance or suicide: one of the following tags: Suicide | Graphic Violence | Torture | Psychological Abuse | Domestic Violence

1. Justice in the Dark 
2. Bitch X Rich Season 2 

Substance abuse: Drug Addiction | Alcoholism

1. Mandate (2025)
2. Romantics Anonymous 

Rape or Incest 

1. Steal Her 
2. Takumi-kun Series: Drama (2025)

Gore 

1. The Manipulated 
2. Gannibal Season 2