MDL Countries Challenge

Jan 2, 2025 10:04 pm

I initially had made this challenge for myself in a list because I have 0 self restrain and want to expand to more countries but my friend @fazola convinced me to make it into a public challenge so everyone can participate too!

How it works is fairly straightforward. Watch a drama, miniseries/short length series, TV show, movie, short film, and special for each country currently available in MDL.

If you really want to, you can skip some of the types per coutry (e.g. you don't watch TV shows, so you can skip that one and instead of 6, watch 5 titles per country). Note: I couldn't find any subbed Hong Kong TV shows so feel free to skip that one if you can't find any either. The challenge will still count as completed ^^

Similar challenges: Mandarin Drama Challenge (Chinese and Taiwanese dramas), Japanese Watch Challenge (New), Thai Watch Challenge (2025 version), Hong Kong Dramas Challenge (New), & Hong Kong Cinema Challenge (New).

Handy Lists (not by me): Asian Short Films (with links) & TinkerBell Size Tales...Under an Hour

RULES:

1. 6 titles per country (1... Drama, miniseries/short length series, TV show, movie, short film, and special.)

2. No countries skipped

3. No end date

4. You can’t use titles you already watched unless you rewatch them.

5. Only post once in this thread and edit that initial post with progress. (You can edit the form to your liking!)

6. You can use the titles used in this challenge in any other challenge!

7. Have fun!

MINIGAME: (not mandatory, just for fun) I thought it would be fun for those who want to compare their favorite titles and check which country is their favorite (based on the titles watched for this list).

How it works:

Version 1.

If you do this, you earn a special Fun badge! ^-^

Version 2.

• State what your favorite country is (in terms of media produced) at this moment (before starting the challenge).
• Watch titles and either as you go along or at the end, select favourites. You can mark them in the form and/or add them to the extra section at the bottom of the challenge form.
• There are 3 rounds. 8 for the first, 4 for the second, and 2 for the last.
• Select 8 favourite titles and pit them against each other using the minigame section. From those 8 titles, select 1 favourite from each "vs" category which will make it to the next round.
• Repeat this until you are left with your two most favourite!
• You are free to conclude it here and have two favorites OR you can select a favorite from the two and nominate it as your challenge favorite!

If you do this, you earn a special Competitor badge! ^-^ Note: You can do both bonus challenges and earn both badges

BADGES:

If you want to volunteer some, please dm me and I'll add your badges!

By Rien There are way more badges and also colour variants in Rien's page so please check them out HERE! Thank you so much Rien for taking the time to make them! 💗

By me
China
South Korea
Japan
Thailand
Taiwan
Hong Kong
Philippines
Mixed
Long Badges
		Hong Kong

Arclei

Jan 2, 2025 10:06 pm

MDL Countries Challenge

Start date: xx/xx/xx
End date: xx/xx/xx

Goal: 00/42

Bonus Challenge Results:
1. Country won:
2. Title won:

China		0/6
Prompt	Title	Notes
Drama
Miniseries/short length series
TV Show
Movie
Short Film
Special

South Korea		0/6
Prompt	Title	Notes
Drama
Miniseries/short length series
TV Show
Movie
Short Film
Special

Japan		0/6
Prompt	Title	Notes
Drama
Miniseries/short length series
TV Show
Movie
Short Film
Special

Thailand		0/6
Prompt	Title	Notes
Drama
Miniseries/short length series
TV Show
Movie
Short Film
Special

Taiwan		0/6
Prompt	Title	Notes
Drama
Miniseries/s hort length series
TV Show
Movie
Short Film
Special

Hong Kong		0/6
Prompt	Title	Notes
Drama
Miniseries/short length series
TV Show
Movie
Short Film
Special

Philippines		0/6
Prompt	Title	Notes
Drama
Miniseries/short length series
TV Show
Movie
Short Film
Special

Minigame

[title]

[winner title]

[title]

[winner title]

[title]

[winner title]

WINNER!

[winner title]

[title]

Simple format

MDL Countries Challenge

Start date: xx/xx/xx
End date: xx/xx/xx

Goal: 00/42

Bonus Challenge Results:
1. Country won:
2. Title won:

MDL Countries Challenge

Summary
Started: 02/01/2025 Finished: xx/xx/202x Countries: 0/7 Goal: 15/42 Last Updated: 18/03/25	Minigame Results: 1. Country won: 2. Title won: Fav country b4 start: China
Currently Watching:	🇭🇰4/8	🇹🇭 4/12	🇨🇳 22/38

Country	Drama	TV Show	Movie	Special	Total
China Korea Japan Thailand Taiwan Hong Kong Philippines	0 2 1 0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0 0 0 0	1 2 2 0 0 2 0	0 1 1 1 0 1 1	1 5 4 1 0 3 1
Total	3	0	7	5	15

【✓】= Completed | 【✗】= Not Started | 【...】= Ongoing

China \| 🇨🇳					2/6
Drama	Miniseries	TV Show	Movie	Short Film	Special

【CW】 x.x/10	【✗】 x.x/10	【✗】 x.x/10	【✓】 7.5/10	【✓】 8.0/10	【✗】 x.x/10

South Korea \| 🇰🇷			♥ ♥		5/6
Drama	Miniseries	TV Show	Movie	Short Film	Special

【✓】 9.0/10 ♥	【✓】 8.5/10	【✗】 x.x/10	【✓ 】 9.0/10	【✓】 8.0/10	【✓】 7.5/10 ♥

Japan \| 🇯🇵			♥ ♥ ♥		4/6
Drama	Miniseries	TV Show	Movie	Short Film	Special

【✗】 x.x/10	【✓】 8.0/10 ♥	【✗】 x.x/10	【✓】 8.5/10 ♥	【✓】 7.5/10	【✓】 7.5/10 ♥

Thailand \| 🇹🇭					1/6
Drama	Miniseries	TV Show	Movie	Short Film	Special

【✗】 x.x/10	【✗】 x.x/10	【CW】 x.x/10	【✗】 x.x/10	【✗】 x.x/10	【✓】 6.0/10

Taiwan \| 🇹🇼					0/6
Drama	Miniseries	TV Show	Movie	Short Film	Special

【✗】 x.x/10	【✗】 x.x/10	【✗】 x.x/10	【✗】 x.x/10	【✗】 x.x/10	【✗】 x.x/10

Hong Kong \| 🇭🇰					3/6
Drama	Miniseries	TV Show	Movie	Short Film	Special

【✗】 x.x/10	【CW】 x.x/10	【✗】 x.x/10	【✓】 7.0/10	【✓】 9.0/10	【✓】 6.0/10

Philippines \| 🇵🇭					1/6
Drama	Miniseries	TV Show	Movie	Short Film	Special

【✗】 x.x/10	【✗】 x.x/10	【✗】 x.x/10	【✗】 x.x/10	【✗】 x.x/10	【✓】 1.5/10

Minigame

[title]

[winner]

[title]

[winner]

[title]

[winner]

WINNER!

[winner]

[title]

fazola VIP

Jan 2, 2025 10:50 pm

Fazola's MDL Countries Challenge

Started: 04/01/2025

Finished: X/X/2025

Goal: 05/42

Last Updated: 18/02/25

Not Started: ✘ | Ongoing: ❀ | Completed: ✔ | ☠ Dropped

	KR	JP	CH	HK	TH	TW	PH	Total
Drama
Miniseries	1							1
Movie	1				1			2
Short Film	1							1
TV Show	1							1
Special
Total	4				1			5

South Korea	Drama	Miniseries	TV Show
South Korea	Run On (2020) ❀	Love Scout (2025) ✔	Single’s Inferno Season 4 ✔
Movie	Short Film	Special	4/6
Love and Leashes ✔	A Day ✔	AORB ✘	4/6

China	Drama	Miniseries	TV Show
China	The Legend of Zhuohua (2023) ✘	Ye Mu ✘	WayV Dream Pla (2019) ✘
Movie	Short Film	Special	0/6
Lighting Up the Stars ☠	AI ✘	Buying Ears ✘	0/6

Japan	Drama	Miniseries	TV Show
Japan	Mystery to Iunakare ✘	Fuujinshi ✘	UNB in Japan: OND ✘
Movie	Short Film	Special	0/6
Monster ✘	B-Class Cultural Heritage ✘	Boku ga Kimi no Mimi ni Naru ✘	0/6

Thailand	Drama	Miniseries	TV Show
Thailand	Bad Guys ✘	Intern in My Heart ✘	Safe House ✘
Movie	Short Film	Special	1/6
Bad Genius ✔	Beautiful Run ✘	My Dad's Story ✘	1/6

Taiwan	Drama	Miniseries	TV Show
Taiwan	The Leaking Bookstore ✘	Not a Murder Story ✘	Atom Boyz ✘
Movie	Short Film	Special	0/6
A Sun ✘	Mentalese Express ✘	Someday or One Day Extra Scene ✘	0/6

Hong Kong	Drama	Miniseries	TV Show
Hong Kong	The Hippocratic Crush ✘	i.SWIM ✘	Be on Game ✘
Movie	Short Film	Special	0/6
Still Human ✘	The Police Box ✘	My Mom, My Ping Pong ✘	0/6

Philippines	Drama	Miniseries	TV Show
Philippines	Safe Skies, Archer ✘	The Rain in Espana ✘	Top Class: Rise to P-Pop Stardom ✘
Movie	Short Film	Special	0/6
As If It's True ✘	After Class ✘	Date ✘	0/6

kxllerwong

Jan 13, 2025 10:46 am

Started: 13.01.25
Finished: xx.xx.xx
Progress: x5/42
Last Updated: 07.02.25

MDL

Countries

Challenge

Not Started:✘
Watching: ʚɞ
Completed: ✔

currently watching: to the wonder

CHINA
Drama	Miniseries	TV Show
Escape from the Trilateral Slopes	To the Wonder
✘	ʚɞ	✘
	Movie	Short Film	Special
	House of Flying Daggers	Wuliang
	✘	✘	✘
x/6

SOUTH KOREA
Drama	Miniseries	TV Show
Connection	The Glory
✘	✔	✘
	Movie	Short Film	Special
	Train to Busan
	✘	✘	✘
1/6

JAPAN
Drama	Miniseries	TV Show
MIU 404	Boku no Itoshii Youkai Girlfriend
✘	✔	✘
	Movie	Short Film	Special
	My Blood & Bones in a Flowing Galaxy
	✘	✘	✘
1/6

THAILAND
Drama	Miniseries	TV Show
Manner of Death
✔	✘	✘
	Movie	Short Film	Special

	✘	✘	✘
1/6

Taiwan \| 0/6
✘	✘
Drama	Miniseries	TV Show	Movie	Short Film	Special

Hong Kong \| 2/6
ʚɞ			✔	✔
Drama	Miniseries	TV Show	Movie	Short Film	Special

Philippines \| 0/6
	✘
Drama	Miniseries	TV Show	Movie	Short Film	Special

Benizakura VIP

Jan 13, 2025 02:54 pm

MDL Countries Challenge

Start date: Jan 13, 2025

End date: ???

Goal: 0/42

Las update: Jan 13, 2025

Finished [✓] CW [⊛] PTW [✗]

Bonus challenge results:

1. Country won:

2. Title Won

My favorite country is South Korea

China

Drama	Miniseries	TV show	Movie	Short Film	Special

[⊛]

0/6

South Korea

Drama	Miniseries	TV show	Movie	Short Film	Special

[✓] 10/10			[✓] 9/10

0/6

Japan

Drama	Miniseries	TV show	Movie	Short Film	Special

	[✓] 10/10		[✓] 9/10

0/6

Thailand

Drama	Miniseries	TV show	Movie	Short Film	Special

[⊛]

0/6

Taiwan

Drama	Miniseries	TV show	Movie	Short Film	Special

0/6

Hong Kong

Drama	Miniseries	TV show	Movie	Short Film	Special

0/6

Philippines

Drama	Miniseries	TV show	Movie	Short Film	Special

0/6

Minigame

[title]

[winner title]

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[winner title]

[title]

[winner title]

WINNER!

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[title]

NargizMammadli

Jan 24, 2025 06:58 pm

MDL Countries Challenge

Started: 24/01/2025
Finished:

Progress:

China		2/6
Prompt	Title	Notes
Drama
Miniseries
TV show
Movie
Short Film
Special

South Korea		3/6
Prompt	Title	Notes
Drama
Miniseries	Nevertheless
TV show
Movie
Short Film
Special	Drama Special Season 15: The Road in Between (2024)
Japan		0/6
Prompt	Title	Notes
Drama
Miniseries
TV show
Movie
Short Film
Special
Thailand		0/6
Prompt	Title	Notes
Drama
Miniseries
TV show
Movie
Short Film
Special
Taiwan		0/6
Prompt	Title	Notes
Drama
Miniseries
TV show
Movie
Short Film
Special
Hong Kong		0/6
Prompt	Title	Notes
Drama
Miniseries
TV show
Movie
Short Film
Special
Philippines		0/6
Prompt	Title	Notes
Drama
Miniseries
TV show
Movie
Short Film
Special

Minigame

[title]

[winner title]

[winner

title]

[title]

[winner

title]

[winner

title]

[title]

[winner title]

WINNER!

[winner

title]

[title]

ZhouYanRan

Jan 26, 2025 11:54 am

MDL Countries Challenge

Start date: 01/01/25
End date: ??/??/??

Goal: 11/42
Favourite country: Japan/South Korea
Bonus Challenge Results:
1. Country won:
2. Title won:

CHINA		Progress: 0/6
Prompt	Title	Completed
Drama
Miniseries
TV show	Dad is Back	CW
Film
Short film
Special

HONG KONG		Progress: 1/6
Prompt	Title	Completed
Drama
Miniseries
TV show	My Dream Trip	29/01
Film
Short film
Special

JAPAN		Progress: 5/6
Prompt	Title	Completed
Drama	Neko Zamurai	25/01
Miniseries	Love in the Air	15/01
TV show	The Boyfriend	25/01
Film	Shin Ultraman	06/01
Short film
Special	Love in the Air	15/01

PHILIPPINES		Progress: 2/6
Prompt	Title	Completed
Drama
Miniseries	Haunted Hearts	03/01
TV show	Sparks Camp	29/01
Film
Short film
Special

SOUTH KOREA		Progress: 2/6
Prompt	Title	Completed
Drama
Miniseries
TV show	His Man 2	26/01
Film	Peppermint Candy	11/01
Short film
Special

TAIWAN		Progress: 1/6
Prompt	Title	Completed
Drama	See Your Love	19/01
Miniseries
TV show	Boys Like Boys	CW
Film
Short film
Special

THAILAND		Progress: 2/6
Prompt	Title	Completed
Drama	Fourever You	25/01
Miniseries	Caged Again	02/01
TV show	Daddy's Superman	CW
Film
Short film
Special

Minigame
[title]						[title]
VS	[winner title]				[winner title]	VS
[title]	VS	[winner title]	VS	[winner title]	VS	[title]
[title]	VS	[winner title]	VS	[winner title]	VS	[title]
VS	[winner title]	WINNER!			[winner title]	VS
[title]		WINNER!				[title]

movietourist313

Jan 27, 2025 09:56 am

MDL Countries Challenge
Start date: 27/01/2025 End date: xx/xx/xxxx Last updated: 7/4/2025 Goal: 18/42 Finished countries: 0/7 Finished: ✔ Favorite: ♥		Bonus Challenge Results: 1. Country won: 2. Title won: Favorite country: Both South Korea and China
China				4/6
Drama	Miniseries/Short Length Series	TV Show	Movie	Short Film	Special
		Great Escape			New Generation: Because I Have a Home/ Le Vrai Où/The Imperial Coroner Special
♥	♥♥	PTW	♥♥♥	♥♥♥	PTW
South Korea				4/6
Drama	Miniseries/Short Length Series	TV Show	Movie	Short Film	Special
		Suchwita/Rented in Finland/Express Delivery: Mongolia Edition		One Last Order/Love Buzz
♥	♥♥	PTW	♥	PTW	♥
Japan				4/6
Drama	Miniseries/Short Length Series	TV Show	Movie	Short Film	Special
		The Future Diary		You and Me/By the Time the Flowers Bloom, We
♥♥	♥♥	PTW	♥♥	PTW	✔
Thailand				0/6
Drama	Miniseries/Short Length Series	TV Show	Movie	Short Film	Special
Praemook/The Crown Princess	Moonlight Chicken	Fully Booked	How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies	Retrospect/Nice to Meet You/Me Before We	Midnight Series Special Exclusive
PTW	PTW	PTW	PTW	PTW	PTW
Taiwan				3/6
Drama	Miniseries/Short Length Series	TV Show	Movie	Short Film	Special
Attention, Love!/Lesson in Love		Top Dog Home		Guo Mie/The Double/The Skywalk is Gone
PTW	✔	PTW	✔	PTW	✔
Hong Kong				2/6
Drama	Miniseries/Short Length Series	TV Show	Movie	Short Film	Special

PTW	PTW	PTW	♥♥♥	♥	PTW
Philippines				1/6
Drama	Miniseries/Short Length Series	TV Show	Movie	Short Film	Special
				The Slums
PTW	PTW	PTW	✔	PTW	PTW

Minigame

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WINNER!

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[title]

Berd VIP

Jan 28, 2025 07:24 pm

MDL Countries Challenge

Korea [4/6]

drama ✔

mini

show ✔

movie ✔

short

special ✔

China [1/6]

drama

mini

show

movie ✔

short

special

Japan [1/6]

drama

mini

show

movie ✔

short

special

Taiwan [1/6]

drama

mini

show

movie ✔

short

special

Philippines [--/6]

drama

mini

show

movie

short

special

Hong Kong [--/6]

drama

mini

show

movie

short

special

Thailand [--/6]

drama

mini

show

movie

short

special

enhyx

Jan 29, 2025 07:50 pm

𝑀𝐷𝐿 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑒

Start date: 11 feb 2025
End date: xx/xx/xx

Goal: 01/84

watching two titles per section

China				0/12
Drama	Miniseries/Short Length Series	TV Show	Movie	Short Film	Special


South Korea				1/12
Drama	Miniseries/Short Length Series	TV Show	Movie	Short Film	Special3
			a taxi driver

Japan				0/6
Drama	Miniseries/Short Length Series	TV Show	Movie	Short Film	Special


Thailand				0/12
Drama	Miniseries/Short Length Series	TV Show	Movie	Short Film	Special


Taiwan				0/12
Drama	Miniseries/Short Length Series	TV Show	Movie	Short Film	Special


Hong Kong				0/12
Drama	Miniseries/Short Length Series	TV Show	Movie	Short Film	Special


Philippines				0/12
Drama	Miniseries/Short Length Series	TV Show	Movie	Short Film	Special

China				0/12
Drama	Miniseries/Short Length Series	TV Show	Movie	Short Film	Special


South Korea				1/12
Drama	Miniseries/Short Length Series	TV Show	Movie	Short Film	Special3


Japan				0/12
Drama	Miniseries/Short Length Series	TV Show	Movie	Short Film	Special


Thailand				0/12
Drama	Miniseries/Short Length Series	TV Show	Movie	Short Film	Special


Taiwan				0/12
Drama	Miniseries/Short Length Series	TV Show	Movie	Short Film	Special


Hong Kong				0/12
Drama	Miniseries/Short Length Series	TV Show	Movie	Short Film	Special


Philippines				0/12
Drama	Miniseries/Short Length Series	TV Show	Movie	Short Film	Special

V4iva

Feb 3, 2025 06:56 am

MDL Countries Challenge

Start date: 2025 Jan. 1
End date: xx/xx/xx

Goal: 00/42

Bonus Challenge Results:
1. Country won:
2. Title won:

China

Progress: --/6

Drama	Miniseries	TV Show	Movie	Short Film	Special

South Korea

Progress: --/6

Drama	Miniseries	TV Show	Movie	Short Film	Special

Japan

Progress: --/6

Drama	Miniseries	TV Show	Movie	Short Film	Special

Thailand

Progress: --/6

Drama	Miniseries	TV Show	Movie	Short Film	Special

Taiwan

Progress: --/6

Drama	Miniseries	TV Show	Movie	Short Film	Special

Hong Kong

Progress: --/6

Drama	Miniseries	TV Show	Movie	Short Film	Special

Philippines

Progress: --/6

Drama	Miniseries	TV Show	Movie	Short Film	Special

JulyMoon

Feb 14, 2025 05:04 am

MDL Countries Challenge

Start date: 13/02/2025
End date: xx/xx/xx

Goal: 07/42

Bonus Challenge Results:
1. Country won:
2. Title won:

CHINA		2/6
Prompt	Title	Notes
Drama		Drama: The Top Speed Episodes: 30 Completed: 28. February 2025
Miniseries/short length series
TV Show
Movie
Short Film		Movie: The Female Doctor and Rabbit Spirit Runtime: 9 minutes Completed: 01. March 2025
Special

SOUTH KOREA		2/6
Prompt	Title	Notes
Drama		Drama: The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call Episodes: 8 Completed: 26. February 2025
Miniseries/short length series
TV Show
Movie
Short Film		Short Film: AORB Completed: 06. April 2025
Special

JAPAN		3/6
Prompt	Title	Notes
Drama		Drama: Nagatan to Aoto Episodes: 10 Completed: 18. February 2025
Miniseries/short length series
TV Show		TV Show: Takeshi's Castle Episodes: 8 Completed: 25. February 2025
Movie		Movie: Nana and Kaoru Completed: 28. February 2025
Short Film
Special