KDC 2025

#1 -  A drama featuring a sweater worthy of The Heirs.

Ep 9 features a Kim Tan worthy sweater by FL.

#2 - A drama featuring a scene where kimchi is made (kimjang).

(Ep 9 features a Kimchi-making scene).

#3 -  A drama where a character watches a news broadcast on television.

Ep 2/4/6/9/11 features a scene where a news broadcast is watched on TV.

#5. -  A drama with a main character whose surname is Kim.

No: 222's name was Kim Jun Hui.

#10 - A drama featuring a mentor-mentee relationship.

Ms. Lee mentors the whole study group.

#7 - A drama that was originally broadcast on one of Korea's terrestrial Big 3 stations.

KBS2

#9 - A drama where a character makes a wish.

Ep 8 features writing a wish on a lantern.

#11 - A drama where a character has a pet.

ML owns a flying squirrel.

#12 - A drama where changes in time are visible.

Time travelling.

#14 - A drama with a character who moves or has previously lived abroad.

#15 - A drama starring a beloved grandma and grandpa of Kdramaland.

Stars Jang Gwang, who plays the King's eunuch.

#16 - A drama where a character wears a nondescript black cap for no particular reason.

Ep 16 FL wears a nondescript black cap.

#18 - A drama starring a lead actor who goes by a stage name.

Choo Ja Hyun, playing the role of Yeom Hwan, is Choo Eun Joo.

#19 - A drama with an OST by a K-pop group member.

Close To You - Jin (BTS)

Somewhere In This Universe - Seungkwan (SEVENTEEN)

#20 -A drama where one of the main characters is a celebrity.

ML is a famous idol.

#21 - A drama which features a sibling relationship.

Mi Ji and Mi Rae are twins.

#22 - A drama where a main character has a part-time job.

FL part-times in a cafe in Ep 3.

#24 - A drama that features location/tourism product placement.

Sponsored by Jeollabuk-do, Cheongju City.

#25 - A drama featuring a scene where characters are at a traditional market.

Multiple scenes feature a traditional market.

#27 - A drama that fills a wheel of chance option from previous drama challenges you wish you got.

Fills the criteria for KDC 2023 -  Challenge #4.b: A drama chosen by the Wheel of Chance: Food - Tteokbokki (Spicy rice cakes) 

#28 - A drama that is listed in last year’s Drama Database

#29 - A drama previously covered by r/KDRAMA's The Weekly Binge.

Save Me was covered in the 2019 Round 30.

#30 - A drama with a character that is a part of the LGBTQ+ community.

#33 - A drama from the sageuk genre.

#34 - A single-episode drama.

#36 - A drama featuring a Truck of Doom™.

Ep 8 features a Truck of Doom.