52 WEEKS DRAMA CHALLENGE 2025
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Currently Watching:
Head 2 Head (D, TH 2025)
When Destiny Brings the Demon (D, CN 2025)
On Hold:
Lighter & Princess (D, CN 2022) 1st re-watch, @ep. 21
Love Between Fairy and Devil (D, CN 2022) 1st re-watch, @ep. 29
| January (9 - 1) | February (5 - 1) |
| CW1 01. Blue Canvas of Youthful Days (D, CN 2024) [2.1.] ⭐ 7.0 02. When the Phone Rings (D, SK 2024) [5.1.] ⭐ 8.5 03. Love Next Door (D, SK 2024) [5.1.] ⭐ 8.5 CW2 04. Love is Poison (D, JP 2024) [9.1.] ⭐ 7.0 05. See Your Love (D, TW 2024) [10.1.] ⭐ 8.0 06. Our Youth (D, JP 2024) [11.1.] ⭐ 9.0 07. Our Youth: After Story (S, JP 2025) [11.1.] ⭐9.0 CW3 08. See Your Love: Behind the Scene (S, TW 2024) [18.1.] ⭐8.0 CW4 09. Perfect Marriage Revenge (D, SK 2023) [20.1.] ⭐7.5 CW5~ - Dropped: 01. Fangs of Fortune (D, CN 2024) [5.1. @ep. 31] | ~CW5 10. Moonlight Mystique (D, CN 2025) [1.2.] ⭐ 9.5 11. What Comes after Love (D, SK 2024) [2.2.] ⭐ 8.0 CW6 12. Love Game in Eastern Fantasy (D, CN 2024) [9.2.] ⭐8.0 CW7 - CW8 13. Love Your Enemy (D, SK 2024) [23.2.] ⭐7.5 CW9~ 14. When It Rains, It Pours (D, JP 2025) [25.2.] ⭐8.0 Dropped: 02. The Heart Killers (D, TH 2024) [15.2. @ep. 10] |
| March (8 - 1) | April (5 - 6) |
| ~CW9 15. Heart Stain (D, SK 2025) [1.3.] ⭐7.0 CW10 16. Love Scout (D, SK 2025) [3.3.] ⭐7.5 17. Your Sky: Uncut (D, TH 2024) [4.3.] ⭐6.5 18. ThamePo Heart That Skips a Beat (D, TH 2024) [9.3.] ⭐9.5 CW11 19. Eternal Butler (D, TW 2024) [10.3.] ⭐6.0 20. Mickey 17 (M, SK 2025) [13.3.] ⭐6.5 CW12 21. Secret Relationships (D, SK 2025) [21.3.] ⭐8.0 CW13 22. ThamePo Heart That Skips a Beat: Behind the Scenes (S. TH 2024) [29.3.] ⭐8.0 CW14~ - Dropped: 03. The Origin of Eternity (D, CN 2022) [29.3. @ep. 8] | ~CW14 - CW15 23. My Dearest Nemesis (D, SK 2025) [7.4.] ⭐7.5 CW16 24. Hit the Spot (D, SK 2022) [15.4.] ⭐7.5 CW17 25. A Killer Paradox (D, SK 2024) [24.4.] ⭐7.0 26. Heesu in Class 2 (D, SK 2025) [26.4.] ⭐7.0 27. Weak Hero Class 1 (D, SK 2022) [27.4.] ⭐8.0 CW18~ - Dropped: 04. Blossom (D, CN 2024) [14.4. @ep. 29] 05. Gelboys (D, TH 2025) [14.4. @ep. 4] 06. 4Minutes (Sultrier Version) (D, TH 2024) [14.4. @ep. 6] 07. Spare Me Your Mercy (D, TH 2024) [14.4. @ep. 5] 08. Guardians of the Dafeng (D, CN 2024) [14.4. @ep. 6] 09. Weak Hero Class 2 (D, SK 2025) [30.4. @ep. 3] |
| May (7 - 1) | June (3 - 5) |
| ~CW18 28. Bullet Train Explosion (M, JP 2025) [1.5.] ⭐7.0 CW19 29. Business as Usual (D, SK 2025) [19.5.] ⭐7.0 30. Business as Usual Special (S, SK 2025) [15.5.] ⭐7.0 CW20 31. The Untamed (D, CN 2019) [2nd re-watch] [15.5.] CW21 32. Perfect 10 Liners (D, TH 2024) [watched ep. 1-2 and 9-24] [25.5.] ⭐9.0 CW22~ 33. Dominant Yakuza and Wimpy Corporate Slave (D, JP 2024) [29.5.] ⭐5.5 34. Top Form (D, TH 2025) [30.5.] ⭐7.5 Dropped: 10. The Story of Pearl Girl (D, CN 2024) [15.5. @ep. 17] | ~CW22 - CW23 - CW24 - CW25 - CW26 35. Feud (D, CN 2025) [25.6.] ⭐7.5 36. Ball Boy Tactics (D, SK 2025) [28.6.] ⭐7.0 37. The Sparkle in Your Eye (D, SP 2025) [29.6.] ⭐7.0 CW27~ - Dropped: 11. Sweet Tooth, Good Dentist (D, TH 2025) [1.6. @ep.10] 12. Sweet Tooth, Good Dentist: Behind the Scenes (S, TH 2025) [1.6. @ep. 5] 13. The Prisoner of Beauty (D, CN 2025) [20.6. @ep. 29] 14. The First Frost (D, CN 2025) [20.6. @ep. 22] 15. Dear Hongrang (D, SK 2025) [20.6. @ep. 9] |
| July (6 - 3) | August (5 - 0) |
| ~CW27 38. Cherry Magic (D, TH 2023) [3.7.] ⭐8.5 39. Boys in Love (D, TH 2025) [6.7.] ⭐7.5 CW28 40. My Stubborn (D, TH 2025) [9.7.] ⭐5.0 CW29 41. Wrong Number (D, SK 2025) [18.7.] ⭐6.5 42. Depth of Field (D, JP 2025) [20.7.} ⭐7.5 43. No Dating at Boarding School (D, SK 2025) ⭐6.5 CW30 - CW31~ - Dropped: 16. Knight Flower (D, SK 2024) [21.7. @ep. 8] 17. The Ex-Morning (D, TH 2025) [21.7. @ep. 8] 18. The Next Prince: Uncut (D, TH 2025) [21.7. @ep. 8] | ~CW31 44. Head over Heels (D, SK 2025) [2.8.] ⭐7.5 45. Marry My Husband: Japan (D, JP 2025) [3.8.] ⭐8.0 CW32 46. The Haunted Palace (D, SK 2025) [6.8.] ⭐8.0 CW33 - CW34 47. Revenged Love (D, CN 2025) [18.8.] ⭐8.0 48. Legend of the Female General (D, CN 2025) [21.8.] ⭐7.5 CW35 - Dropped: - |
| September (9 - 3) | October (8 - 3) |
| CW36 49. The Proper Way to Write Love (D, JP 2025) [1.9.] ⭐7.0 50. Memoir of Rati (D, TH 2025) [6.9.] ⭐8.0 CW37 51. Moonlit Reunion (D, CN 2025) [8.9.] ⭐8.0 52. A Little Romance (M, CN 2022) [8.9.] ⭐7.0 53. The Echoes of Survivors: Inside Korea’s Tragedies (T, SK 2025) [11.9.] ⭐8.0 CW38 54. Secret Lover (D, TW 2025) [20.9.] ⭐7.0 55. 10 Things I Want to Do Before I Turn 40 (D, JP 2025) [21.9.] ⭐7.5 CW39 56. My Bias Is Showing?! (D, SK 2025) [25.9.] ⭐7.0 57. Bon Appetit, Your Majesty (D, SK 2025) [28.9.] ⭐7.5 CW40~ - Dropped: 19. Returned Master (D, CN 2025) [4.9. @ep. 11] 20.Bright Moon of Spring Night (D, CN 2025) [6.9. @ep. 39] 21. Kill to Love (D, SP 2025) [20.9. @ep. 4] | ~CW40 58. My Magic Prophecy (D, TH 2025) [4.10.] ⭐7.5 59. Genie, Make a Wish (D, SK 2025) [L5.10.] ⭐7.5 CW41 60. As Long as We Both Shall Live (M, JP 2023) [7.10.] ⭐7.5 61. My Secret Vampire (D, SK 2025) [9.10.] ⭐8.0 62. ABO Desire (D, CN 2025) [12.10.] ⭐7.0 CW42 63. My Magic Prophecy Behind the Scenes (S, TH 2025) [16.10.] ⭐7.0 CW43 64. Romantics Anonymous (D, JP 2025) [20.10.] ⭐8.0 CW44~ 65. The Journey to Killing You (D, JP 2025) [29.10.] ⭐6.5 Dropped: 22. Stay by My Side after the Rain (D, JP 2025) [4.10. @ep. 7] 23. Reset (D, TH 2025) [13.10. @ep. 3] 24. Revamp the Undead Story (D, TH 2025) [18.10. @ep. 7] |
| November (4 - 1) | December (2 - 4) |
| ~CW44 66. Fated Hearts (D, CN 2025) [1.11.] ⭐8.5 CW45 67. Love in the Clouds (D, CN 2025) [9.11.] ⭐9.0 CW46 - CW47 68. Reborn (D, CN 2025) [18.11.] ⭐8.0 69. That Summer (D, TH 2025) [21.11.] ⭐8.0 CW48 - Dropped: 25. Love's Ambition (D, CN 2025) [14.11. @ep. 29] | CW49 - CW50 70. Khemjira (D, TH 2025) [8.12.] ⭐9.0 71. The Best Day of My Life (D, CN 2024) [14.12.] ⭐7.0 CW51 __. CW52 __. CW1~ __. Dropped: 26. The Wicked Game (D, TH 2025) [4.12. @ep. 7] 27. Tempest (D, SK 2025) [12.12. @ep. 6] 28. Love of the Divine Tree (D. CN 2025) [13.12. @ep. 30] 29. Time and Him Are Just Right (D, CN 2022) [13.12. @ep. 16] __. [] |
Ending in 2026:
| finished (dropped) | Dramas (D) | Movies (M) | Specials (S) | TV Shows (T) | total |
| South Korea (SK) | 23 (4) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 26 (4) |
| Thailand (TH) | 11 (10) | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 13 (11) |
| Japan (JP) | 10 (1) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 (1) |
| China (CN) | 13 (12) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 (12) |
| Taiwan (TW) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Philippines (PH) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hong Kong (HK) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Singapore (SP) | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) |
| total | 61 (28) | 5 | 4 (1) | 1 | 71 (29) |
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SUMMARY |
2025 in Summary Best Actor: Best Actress: Wang Ying Lu (Twelve Letters) Best Overall Drama: (Contender) When Destiny Brings the Demon // Twelve Letters Best Character: Xia Jing Yan (Fated Hearts) / Su Changhe (Blood River) Couple of the Year: When Destiny Brings the Demon (Sima Jiao x Liao Tingyan) // Twelve Letters (Tang Yixun x Ye Haitang) // Love in the Clouds (Ji Bozai x Ming Yi) Bromance of the Year: Su Muyu x Su Changhe [Blood River] Fave new discovery: Qin Tian Yu Lists: x 2025 - Completed  Milestones/Goals:
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BY THE NUMBERS |
| Country Japan S. Korea China Taiwan Thailand Total | No. Completed 8 13 29 51 | Type Drama Series Movie Webseries Special | No. Completed 47 4 |
| January | February |
1. Under the Skin S2 [1 Jan] (7.5/10) | 8. Moonlight Mystique [6 Feb] (7/10) 9. Perfect Match [12 Feb] (8/10) 10. Study Group [21 Feb] (8.5/10) 11. Melo Movie [26 Feb] (6.5/10) |
| March | April |
| 12. The First Frost [10 Mar] (8/10) 13. Filter [12 Mar] (8.5/10) 14. My Dearest Nemesis [26 Mar] (6.5/10) 15. When Life Gives you Tangerines [30 Mar] (9.5/10) | 16. Escape (movie) [3 Apr] (8/10) 17. Northward [6 Apr] (8/10) 18. The Glory (ch) [6 April] (7.5/10) 19. Faceless [21 Apr] (8/10) 20. Natsume Arata no Kekkon [22 Apr] (5/10) |
| May | June |
| 21. I Am Nobody S2 [11 May] (7/10) 22. Resident Playbook [24 May] (8/10) | 23. Yasuko, Songs of Days Past [17 Jun] (8/10) 24. Feud [22 Jun] (7/10) 25. Youthful Glory [26 Jun] (7/10) 26. Our Unwritten Seoul [29 Jun] (8/10) |
| July | August |
| 27. Oh My Ghost Clients [10 Jul] (7.5/10) 28. Reborn [12 Jul] (8/10) 29. The Princess' Gambit [13 Jul] (6/10) 30. Marry My Husband JP [24 Jul] (8/10) 31. Coroner's Diary [29 Jul] (8/10) 32. In the Name of Blossom [31 Jul] (7/10) 33. Head Over Heels [31 Jul] (7.5/10) | 34. The Wanted Detective [16 Aug] (8.5/10) 35. Legend of the Female General [20 Aug] (7/10) 36. Summit of Our Youth [24 Aug] (6/10) |
| September | October |
| 37. Laundering [1 Sept] (6.5/10) 38. When Destiny Brings the Demon [5 Sept] (9.5/10) ♥ 39. Moonlit Reunion [8 Sept] (5.5/10) 40. Shadow Love [8 Sept] (7.5/10) 41. Glass Heart [10 Sept] (7.5/10) 42. Twelve Letters [14 Sept] (10/10) ♥ ♥ 43. FOGDOG [24 Sept] (7/10) 44. Queen Mantis [29 Sept] (7/10) | 45. Tempest [9 Oct] (6.5/10) 46. Fated Hearts [19 Oct[ (9/10) ♥ 47. Love's Ambition [21 Oct] (7.5/10) 48. Love in the Clouds [28 Oct] (9/10) ♥ |
| November | December |
| 49. Blood River [11 Nov] (8.5/10) ♥ 50. Sword & Beloved [17 Nov] (5/10) | 51. Love on the Turquoise Land [14 Dec] (7/10) |
Key
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| Dramas | M=mini | Films | S=short | Specials/TV | |
| J a n u a r y | The Spirealm Cross Fire 11 Left (M) Playboyy Jack o'Frost Mi Wu You Xi Zhi Sheng Ju (M) The Zero Complaint Flight (M) The Cycle of Xia Yang (M) | Wuliang (S) Painted Skin (Guo Jingming) (S) Finding Mr. Destiny The Story of Yuan Tiangang | |||
8/4/0 | |||||
| F e b r u a r y | Small Town Stories My Dearest S1 Why R U? The Queen of Attack S1 (M) Bro and Me (M) The 1km Distance Between Us (M) Abyss Li Zong, Ni Zhao Cuo Fu Ren Le (M) There Are Always Bad People... (M) Kiss Goblin (M) A Night Deeply Drunk on the... (M) Twenty Years Old | Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno Wonderful Nightmare The Legend of the Demon Cat The Boy Foretold in the Stars Mentalese Express (S) Summer, Bus (S) Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend... The Killer: A Girl Who... The X (S) Rurouni Kenshin: The Final Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning By the Time the Flowers... (S) | - Kimi no Kioku wo Boku ni Kudasai - Black Jack - Cang Zai Ying Zi Li De Ni | ||
12/12/3 | |||||
M a r c h | Defendant Death Note Love You (M) The Brightest Star in the Sky Game Rai Game Rak Wen Rou Ye Gu (M) The Major's Private Sweetheart (M) Mystery to Iunakare Kuai Chuan: Wo Cheng Le... (M) Gannibal S1 The Gifted | Secrets In The Hot Spring The Virtuoso 1: The Flying... The Virtuoso 2: Onmyoji Love Life Light Don't Call It Mystery: The Movie | - The Future Diary S1 (TV) - The Future Diary S2 (TV) - Mystery to Iunakare Tokubetsu Hen | ||
11/5/3 | |||||
A p r i l | The Quirky and the Charming Forever Love (M) Northern King Blade (M) THE ONE (M) The Yearbook Gameboys S1 Naked Fireman Love in Time We Best Love: No. 1 For You We Best Love: Fighting Mr. 2nd Stay Still (M) When a Snail Falls in Love Have Babies (M) Rich Families Chasing My Pet (M) Be Reborn, Are You Still Dating? (M) The Killers Shopping List | The Adventurers The 100th Love with You Harbin AI (S) The Ying Yang Master: Dream... The Enchanting Phantom S Diary My Tutor Friend The Con Heartist The Zodiac Mystery Demon City Oni Goroshi The Night Beyond the Tricorner... A Man and a Woman Like a Dragon The Flu Late Autumn | - Yukiguni - We Best Love: No. 1 For You - Special - We Best Love: Fighting Mr. 2nd - Special - Stay Still Episode 0 | ||
16/16/4 | |||||
M a y | The Perfect Match The Victims' Game (100 titles) The Leaking Bookstore Mad For Each Other The New Employee (52) Love in a Dream (M) The Flowers Are Blooming Goedam The Ingenuity of the House... (M) Chong Hui Qi Ling Wo Neng... (M) 2BB (M) The Resilient Dr Ling (M) The Hymn of Death (M) The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call A Story About Love (M) Legend of Yunze (M) Fated to Sink (M) | The Old Woman Skin (S) The Man From Nowhere Gameboys: The Movie The Wild Blade of Strangers The Good the Bad and the Weird The Divine Fury Vengeance of an Assassin The Priests Officer Black Belt 3:01 AM (S) Hitman 2 Frequency (S) Bullet Train Explosion The Immeasurable (S) To My Star 2 - Movie (52) The Tin Mine The Rise of Hero What If (S) I, Butterfly (S) | - Gameboys: Out in the Open - HIStory : My Hero | ||
| 17/19/2 | |||||
| J u n e | Jian Hun (M) The Exorcist's Meter Spare Me Your Mercy Meet Me Outside GG Precinct Shiawase Kanako no Koroshiya... Hot Spot Trapped in Osaka (M) Gong Xin Wen Shang (M) The Masters Sun Imawa no Kuni no Alice | The Vampire Lives Next Door... (S) Condor Hero The Quiz Show Scandal The Hows of Us The Judge The Unseen Sister Love Story in London A Company Man Kung Fu Hustle Tanin wa Jigokuda A Better Youth (S) Dear Ex | - Splash Splash LOVE | ||
| 11/12/1 | |||||
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