MDL Watch Challenge 2025

1.2 - Drama with 10 episodes or less 

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1.3 - Drama with 25 episodes or more  

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1.5 - Drama with 2 seasons or more (watch any season, you must watch the whole season)  

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2.3 - Special  

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2.4 - TV show  

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2.5 - Anthology

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3.1 - # of Watchers: Less than 1000

• 10 as of 02/01

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3.2 - MDL Rating: 6 or less (⚠︎) District: The Abandoned District - Watch a title you previously dropped or put on hold (exception from the must watch the whole Address in 2025 rule). 

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3.5 - Top 100 popularity for its country: Japan

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4.1 - Never been reviewed (write the date) 

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4.2 - More than 100 reviews  

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4.3 - Mentioned in an article/editorial (include link)  

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4.4 - Mentioned in a game (include link)  

• Game

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4.5 - Main cast member has a fanguide on MDL 

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5.1 - City in the name of the title 

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5.3 - City views in the intro 

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6.3 - Cop/Detective

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6.5 - Maintenance Worker/Park Attendant/Traffic Director

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7.2 - Night Market/Convenience Store Worker

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7.3 - Court Official/Office Worker 

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7.5 - Lawyer/Advisor/Politician  

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8.1 - Architect

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8.2 - Construction Worker

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8.3 - Bank Attendant  

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8.4 - Truck Driver

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8.5 - Real Estate Agent

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9.1 - Group of delinquents/Gang members

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9.2 - Person sitting alone

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9.4 - Group of people exercising/dancing together in a park  

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9.5 - Students in uniform

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10.2 - Person hiding from the law/debt collectors

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10.3 - Main character playing hide and seek  

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10.4 - Main or Supporting character burying  something in the ground (time capsule/ treasure/ evidence/ body)

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11.1 - Attending a prayer ritual

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11.2 - Trying new food 

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11.3 - Seeing scenery from a moving vehicle

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11.4 - Stargazing

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11.5 - On a rooftop

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12.1 - Wedding

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12.2 - Festival/Faire 

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12.3 - Graduation/Inauguration  

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12.5 - Date

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13.1 - Food in a Bag 

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13.3 - Dine-In Restaurant

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13.4 - Rice dish -or- noodle dish

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13.5 - Traditional Food

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14.1 - Intercountry Romance or Interracial Relationship

• 14.1, 11.3, 16.5, 17.4, 18.3, 20.5, 25.5, 

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14.2 - Long Distance

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14.4 - Family

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14.5 - Heterosexual Relationship or Same-Sex relationship

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15.1 - Street/Public Music Performance

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15.2 - Athletic Competition

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15.3 - Club/Saloon/Bar 

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15.4 - Traditional Performance

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15.5 - Shopping

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16.1-5 - Globe/Map, Postcard/Letter, Souvenier, Photograph/Picture, & Suitcase/Trunk

• Blockbuster

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17.1 - Cityscape/Skyline

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17.2 - Historical Monument

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17.3 - Signage

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17.4 - Other dialect / language spoken

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17.5 - City Lights (Neon lights, lanterns, etc.)

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18.1 - Goes on a trip out of town 

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18.2 - Has an item of passage (Plane ticket, letter of introduction, badge)

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18.3 - Is seen taking public transportation

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18.4 - Is seen getting directions/getting lost 

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18.5 - Has a goodbye scene before trip

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19.1 - Flight Attendant

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19.2 - Tourist Guide (⚠︎) District: The New District - Released in 2025

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19.3 - Taxi driver, Rickshaw runner  Tuktuk driver  etc… 

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19.5 - (⚠︎) District: The New District - Spot: Birth

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20.1 - Village

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20.2 - Beach

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20.3 - Mountain/Desert

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20.5 - Out at sea

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21.2 - Crosswalk / Plaza / Public Square / Business Street

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21.3 - Bridge

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21.4 - Central station (⚠︎) District: The Red Light District (18+) - Nudity/sexual content: one of the following Nudity | Prolonged Nudity | Sexual Content | Extreme Sexual Content 

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22.3 - Theater (movie opera/play) 

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22.4 - Shopping Mall

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23.1 - Multi-family living (apartment, condo, penthouse, barracks, etc)

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23.3 - Slums

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23.5 - Nursing Home 

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24.1 - City Hall (⚠︎) District: The Red Light District (18+) - Rape or incest

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24.2 - Police Station / Prison/ Courthouse 

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24.3 - Hospital

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24.4 - School 

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24.5 - Waste Plant

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25.1 - Bomb shelter/ Bomb dropped

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25.3 - Military zone 

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25.5 - Field

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26.1 - China

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26.3 - Japan 

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26.5 - South Korea

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26.7 - Thailand

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