Every Genre Challenge
The challenge is:
- Watch 1 drama from every genre on MDL's search menu. Optional: Watch a movie and short dramas from every genre too. I will be doing all.
- No time limit and no re-watches or dramas from before the starting date are to be included.
- Genres that have been turned into tags (like zombies) are still watched. If any of them can't be found I'll probably go for something similar to the genre (for example, a historical with a gun-wielding lead, like Gunman In Joseon, could replace a Western as it has somewhat similar elements) but, if I really can't find anything, I'll just ignore the category.
- No purposefully small dramas (excluding jdramas, which are naturally smaller) or movies for each genre unless it's specifically for the short section.
- Short dramas must be anything under 35-30mins per episode or be a similar length to a web series (4h, or something like that). Think Love Cells, The Miracle or 30-sai made Dotei Da to Mahotsukai ni Nareru rashii length.
Start date: 21st November 2021
End date:
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1. Nanba MG5
Japanese Drama - 2022, 10 episodes
Action (main dude is a delinquent who often gets into fights)
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2. Blade Master
Japanese Drama - 2022, 9 episodes
Action *short (main dude is a blade wielder and seals evil black ash via fighting them)
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3. Longmen Town Inn
Chinese Movie - 2021
Action (main dude learns martial arts and swordsmanship)
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4. Eagles and Youngster
Chinese Drama - 2018, 40 episodes
Adventure (main dude travels to various places to find an antidote to a poison)
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5. Tabikurage Tantei Nikki
Japanese Drama - 2022, 4 episodes
Adventure *short (main dudes are campers and solving cases while traveling)
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6. TANG Tongue
Japanese Movie - 2022
Adventure (???)
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7. Neko Zamurai
Japanese Drama - 2013, 12 episodes
Animal (main dude is a samurai who begins to raise a cat)
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8. My Woofy Poofy Love
Korean Drama - 2018, 8 episodes
Animal *short (main dude is a shapeshifter that turns into a dog)
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9. Cat Property
Japanese Movie - 2022
Animal (???)
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10. Chief Kim
Korean Drama - 2017, 20 episodes
Business (main dude is an accountant trying to embezzle money from a big company)
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11. Female CEO Fall in Love with Me
Chinese Drama - 2022, 12 episodes
Business *short (main lady is the CEO of a company)
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12. Good Job
Korean Drama - 2022, 12 episodes
Comedy (main dude often wears silly and unbelievable disguises whilst solving crimes)
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13. Kekkondekinai Niwa Wake ga Aru
Japanese Drama - 2021, 10 episodes
Comedy *short (has a silly plot where the main dude is in love with his doll)
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14. The Dude In Me
Korean Movie - 2019
Comedy (has a silly plot in which a gangster and bullied teen swap bodies)
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15. Ima kara Anata wo Kyouhaku Shimasu
Japanese Drama - 2017, 9 episodes
Crime (main dude blackmails the main lady to help him solve crimes illegally)
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16. Boys Flight
Korean Drama - 2022, 10 episodes
Crime *short (main lady is heavily involved in crime as she is a drug dealer)
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17. Tokyo Revengers
Japanese Movie - 2021
Crime (main dude is trying to prevent a crime (murder) via time travel)
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18. Remote
Japanese Drama - 2002, 10 episodes
Detective (main dude is a detective helped by a traffic cop)
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19. Devil Inspector 2
Korean Drama - 2018, 18 episodes
Detective *short (main lady is a detective assisted by highschoolers)
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20. Meikenchiku de hirumeshi wo
Japanese Drama - 2020, 10 episodes
Documentary
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21. Când Înflorește Camelia
Korean Drama - 2019, 40 episodes
Drama (lead lady is a hardworking single mother who may be the target of a serial killer)
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22. Legally, Dad
Korean Drama - 2020, 6 episodes
Drama *short (main lady is an orphan, poor, being thrown out of her house and raising her sister)
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23. Life Senjou no Bokura: Director's Cut
Japanese Movie - 2020
Drama (main dudes are closeted and secretly dating)
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24. The Gentlemen of Wolgyesu Tailor Shop
Korean Drama - 2016, 54 episodes
Family (about a family-owned tailor shop and the family politics surrounding it)
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25. Bokura no Shokutaku
Japanese Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
Family *short (main dude meets and bonds with two brothers that are many years apart in age)
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26. Bento Harassment
Japanese Movie - 2019
Family (main lady is a mother trying to connect with her rebellious daughter)
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27. Sparkling Watermelon
Korean Drama - 2023, 16 episodes
Fantasy (main dude is a son who time travels and meets his parent's younger selves)
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28. Pop Out Boy!
Korean Drama - 2020, 10 episodes
Fantasy *short (main dude is a comic book character who has come to life)
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29. She's From Another Planet
Chinese Movie - 2016
Fantasy (main lady is a mermaid who snuck into the human world)
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30. Little Kitchen
Korean Drama - 2021, 9 episodes
Food *short (lead man is a chef and lead lady loves eating food)
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31. Want More 19
Korean Drama - 2018, 7 episodes
Friendship *short (show various relationships between 5 highschool friends)
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32. Wu Xin: The Monster Killer
Chinese Drama - 2015, 20 episodes
Historical (leads are in the Chinese Republican Era)
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33. Tinted With You
Korean Drama - 2021, 8 episodes
Historical *short (main dude is transported into the Joseon era)
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34. Midnight Museum
Thai Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
Horror (main dude begins working at a museum and horror scenarios begin to happen)
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35. Alive
Korean Drama - 2019, 8 episodes
Horror *short (main dude works at a customer call centre where horror scenarios happen)
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36. Hitsuji to Okami no Koi to Satsujin
Japanese Movie - 2019
Horror (main dude begins dating a murderer which leads to horror elements)
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37. Shaman Girl Ga Doo Shim
Korean Drama - 2021, 12 episodes
Investigation *short (leads are investigating supernatural based suicide cases)
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38. Signal: The Movie
Japanese Movie - 2021
Investigation (leads are detectives who investigate cold cases)
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39. Romance Special Law
Korean Drama - 2017, 6 episodes
Law *short (main dude is a judge)
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40. Fight Song
Japanese Drama - 2022, 10 episodes
Life (both leads are trying to figure out what to do with their lives)
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41. Tokyo Noodle Factory
Japanese Drama - 2021, 6 episodes
Life *short (follows the lives of 5 restaurant workers)
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42. Setoutsumi
Japanese Movie - 2016
Life (follows the lives of 2 highschoolers and their conversations)
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43. Juhan Shuttai!
Japanese Drama - 2016, 10 episodes
Manga (adapted from a manga and leads work for a weekly manga magazine)
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44. Takane to Hana
Japanese Drama - 2019, 8 episodes
Manga *short (adapted from a manga)
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45. One Week Friends
Japanese Movie - 2017
Manga (adapted from a manga, plus the main dude likes manga and is in a manga club)
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46. Fights Break Sphere: Season 1
Chinese Drama - 2018, 45 episodes
Martial Arts (mains fight using martial arts)
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47. Judo Boys
Korean Drama - 2022, 5 episodes
Martial Arts *short (main dudes are high schoolers who are skilled in judo)
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48. Asahinagu
Japanese Movie - 2017
Martial Arts (main ladies are in a naginata (Japanese blade) club)
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49. Romance Bofu-iki
Japanese Drama - 2022, 5 episodes
Mature *short (main dude falls in love with a love hotel employee)
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50. Radiation House
Japanese Drama - 2019, 11 episodes
Medical (leads are radiologists and work in a hospital)
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51. My Fairy Doctor
Chinese Drama - 2022, 34 episodes
Medical *short (main lady's family are in the medical field and the main dude is a doctor)
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52. Inubu!
Japanese Movie - 2021
Medical (leads are students in the veterinary department)
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53. En of Love: Love Mechanics
Thai Drama - 2020, 4 episodes
Melodrama *short (follows various dramatic romances - one-sided love, affairs, break-ups, etc.)
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54. Teppachi!
Japanese Drama - 2022, 11 episodes
Military (mains are all soldiers in Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force)
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55. You and I on the G-String
Japanese Drama - 2019, 10 episodes
Music (all main leads play the violin)
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56. Do Dream
Korean Drama - 2018, 5 episodes
Music *short (leads are highschoolers who form a band to compete in a competition)
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57. Transfer Resignation Is a Music Corps!
Japanese Movie - 2022
Music (leads are in a police musical band)
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58. Manner of Death
Thai Drama - 2020, 14 episodes
Mystery (main dudes are unravelling a suspicious suicide and disappearance case)
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59. Detective ☆ Hoshikamo
Japanese Drama - 2021, 10 episodes
Mystery *short (leads work as private detectives solving cases in an episodic format)
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60. The Only Girl You Haven't Seen Season 1
Chinese Drama - 2022, 18 episodes
Political *short (main lady is the daughter of the prime minister)
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61. Revenge Girl
Japanese Movie - 2017
Political (main lady is trying to become a politician)
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62. Sachiiro no One Room
Japanese Drama - 2018, 10 episodes
Psychological *short (about the relationship between a kidnapper and the person they kidnapped)
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63. Kakegurui The Movie
Japanese Movie - 2019
Psychological (main lady uses psychological mind games whilst gambling)
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64. Hajimete Koi wo Shita Hi ni Yomu Hanashi
Japanese Drama - 2019, 10 episodes
Romance (main lady is pursued romantically by a student, cousin and an old classmate)
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65. Himitsu no Ai-chan
Japanese Drama - 2021, 10 episodes
Romance *short (tomboy lead lady tricks her rival in a girly appearance which leads to romance)
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66. Liar x Liar
Japanese Movie - 2021
Romance (main lady lies about her identity to her step sibling which leads to romance)
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67. 35 sai no Koukousei
Japanese Drama - 2013, 11 episodes
School (main lady is an adult high school dropout currently attending high school)
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68. Pumpkin Time
Korean Drama - 2021, 10 episodes
School *short (leads are elementary school friends who reunite in high school)
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69. Honey Lemon Soda
Japanese Movie - 2021
School (main lady was bullied in elementary and now is attending high school)
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70. Kairos
Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
Sci-Fi (leads are altering time to prevent the kidnapping and death of a child)
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71. Delivery
Korean Drama - 2021, 8 episodes
Sci-Fi *short (leads are delivery people who find aliens)
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72. Almost Human
Chinese Movie - 2020
Sci-Fi (lead lady is a humanoid robot with a conciousness)
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73. I'm Tee, Me Too
Thai Drama - 2020, 8 episodes
Sitcom (6 dudes with the same name getting into shenanigans thanks to phobias)
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74. Melo Not Solo
Korean Drama - 2020, 8 episodes
Sitcom *short (5 people live in the same house and shenanigans happen)
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75. Extreme Job
Korean Movie - 2019
Sitcom (???)
MDL doesn't use the sitcom tag for movies so the next best was a comedy with multiple mains.
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76. Hikaru no Go
Chinese Drama - 2020, 36 episodes
Sports (all the leads are go players)
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77. Bukatsu, Suki Janakya Dame Desu Ka?
Japanese Drama - 2018, 10 episodes
Sports *short (main dudes are highschoolers in a football club)
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78. Bushido Sixteen
Japanese Movie - 2010
Sports (main ladies are rivals who compete using kendo)
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79. Missing: The Other Side
Korean Drama - 2020, 12 episodes
Supernatural (main dudes can see ghosts)
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80. Handmade Love
Korean Special - 2020, 8 episodes
Supernatural *short (main dude is a cursed God who lives on Earth)
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81. Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!: The Movie
Japanese Movie - 2022
Supernatural (main dude can read minds)
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82. xxxHolic
Japanese Drama - 2013, 8 episodes
Suspense *short (main dude has mysterious paranormal events happening around him)
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83. Blue Birthday
Korean Drama - 2021, 16 episodes
Thriller *short (thriller elements happen as the main lady tries to prevent a suicide)
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84. M.W.
Japanese Movie - 2009
Thriller (main dude lives a thrilling double life of a banker and serial killer)
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85. Kamen Rider OOO
Japanese Drama - 2010, 48 episodes
Tokusatsu (main dude is a superhero that fights CGI monsters)
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86. ZERO: Black Blood
Japanese Drama - 2014, 6 episodes
Tokusatsu *short (???)
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87. Amanza
Korean Drama - 2020, 10 episodes
Tragedy *short (main dude has stomach cancer)
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88. I Give My First Love to You
Japanese Movie - 2009
Tragedy (main dude is told he'll die of an a illness before his 20's)
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89. Koishite Akuma
Japanese Drama - 2009, 10 episodes
Vampire (main dude is a trying to become a fully-fledged and matured vampire)
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90. I Wanna Bite It
Korean Drama - 2022, 8 episodes
Vampire *short (main dude is a vampire who is about to die)
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91. Vampire Cleanup Department
Hong Kong Movie - 2017
Vampire (main dude has an immunity to vampires)
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92. Accidentally Fall in Love with The General
Chinese Drama - 2022, 31 episodes
War *short (main lady is a spy of a rebellion group tasked to take a defense map)
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93. Galcir
Japanese Drama - 2006, 11 episodes
Western (main dude is a cowboy from USA)
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94. Gattan Gattan Soredemo Go
Japanese Special - 2015, 1 episode
Western *short (main dude wants to go to America and become a cowboy)
This is a special, not a web series or short-length series, but I made an exception as I found it hella difficult to find anything Western-related that was also web series/short-length series size.
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95. The Good, The Bad, The Weird
Korean Movie - 2008
Western (plot parodies common Western movie tropes)
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96. Cang Lan Jue
Chinese Drama - 2022, 36 episodes
Wuxia (mains are a devil and a fairy in a world of immortals)
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97. Legend of Yunze
Chinese Drama - 2021, 12 episodes
Wuxia *short (lead ladies are cultivators who can use fantasy powers)
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98. Kimi ni Todoke
Japanese Drama - 2023, 12 episodes
Youth (all the mains are high school students)
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99. Semantic Error
Korean Drama - 2022, 8 episodes
Youth *short (lead dudes are both university students)
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100. Princess Jellyfish
Japanese Movie - 2014
Youth (lead lady is young adult who is jobless and obsessed with jellyfish)