✌️ MY MILESTONES IN ASIAN DRAMALAND

♡ FIFTH MDL ANNIVERSARY SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

♡ Special Note: Also 1000 COMPLETED DRAMAS (September 1, 2024)

♡ FOURTH MDL ANNIVERSARY AUGUST 30, 2023

♡ THIRD MDL ANNIVERSARY AUGUST 28, 2022

♡ 12,000 COMPLETED EPISODES (August 28, 2022)

♡ SECOND MDL ANNIVERSARY AUGUST 26, 2021

♡ Predicting switches to: mature romance (no fluffy), romance mixed darker genres (crime, horror, mystery, suspense, thriller), love-it-or-hate-it romance, raw versions, Thai/Japanese

♡ Completed:  454 dramas, 100 movies, 2 shows

♡ Countries: Chinese 191, Korean 161, Japanese 96, Thai 80, Taiwanese 23, HK 4, Philippines 1

♡ Historical/period (full, time travel, parallel world, flashback, previous life): Chinese dynasties 72; Chinese Repulican 4, Korean WW2 2; Korean Sageuk 20, Thai 5, Japanese 8

♡ Other stats (Dramas/Moves): PTW  274/46 (292 from 2020 PTW); On Hold 7/2; Dropped 201/0; Not Interested 99/10; Waiting for Sub 16 total

♡ Drama not yet explored (breakdown: PTW/On Hold/Waiting for sub): Chinese 100/2/6, Korean 88/2/0, Thai 87/4/2, Japanese 33/1/7, Taiwanese 11/0/1, HK 1/0/0

♡ Other: articles published (up till August 26): 38

♡ FIRST MDL ANNIVERSARY AUGUST 26, 2020

♡ Predicting switches to: genres outside romance (with slight or non romance) and Thai dramas

♡ Completed: 221 dramas and 43 movies

♡ Countries: Chinese (85), Korean (78), Japanese (44), Thai (38), Taiwanese (18), HK (1)

♡ Historical/period (full, time travel, parallel world, flashback, previous life): Chinese dynasties (39) Chinese Repulican era (3), Korean Sageuk (15), Thai 1900's (1), Japanese parallel world(1)

♡ Other stats: PTW 375 (77 titles are from 2019 PTW), On Hold (10), Dropped (106: 100 Dramas 6 Movies), Not Interested (3), Waiting for Sub (18)

♡ Drama not yet explored (breakdown: PTW/On Hold/Waiting for sub): Chinese (122/7/6), Korean (125/2/2), Thai (87/1/0), Japanese (27/0/6), Taiwanese (13/0/2), HK (1/0/0)

♡ 900 COMPLETED DRAMAS (April 5, 2024)

♡ SPECIAL NOTE: 1000 COMPLETED DRAMAS ARE YOU THE ONE, also in FIFTH MDL ANNIVERSARY SEPTEMBER 1, 2024. So it's not displayed above.

♡ 800 COMPLETED DRAMAS (September 20, 2023)

♡ 700 COMPLETED DRAMAS (January 12, 2023)

♡ 600 COMPLETED DRAMAS (July 5, 2022)

♡ 500 COMPLETED DRAMAS (Dec 3, 2021)

♡ 400 COMPLETED DRAMAS (May 20, 2021)

♡ 300 COMPLETED DRAMAS (January 6, 2021)

♡ 200 COMPLETED DRAMAS (August 3, 2020)

♡ 100 COMPLETED DRAMAS (March 11, 2020)

♡ 100 COMPLETED MOVIES (August 20, 2021)

♡ 600 DAYS OF WATCHING COMPLETED DRAMAS (April 5, 2023)

♡ 500 DAYS OF WATCHING COMPLETED DRAMAS (April 23, 2023)

♡ 400 DAYS OF WATCHING COMPLETED DRAMAS (≈ June 27, 2022)

♡ 300 DAYS OF WATCHING COMPLETED DRAMAS (August 13, 2021)

♡ Also changed the way I write recap articles

♡ 200 DAYS OF WATCHING COMPLETED DRAMAS (December 22, 2020)

♡ 100 DAYS OF WATCHING COMPLETED DRAMAS (May 16, 2020)

♡ 22,000 COMPLETED EPISODES (January 4, 2025)

♡ 21,000 COMPLETED EPISODES (October 15, 2024)

♡ 20,000 COMPLETED EPISODES (July 19, 2024)

♡ 19,000 COMPLETED EPISODES (June 7, 2024 and rewatched on June 11, 2024 to clarify the time-and-space alternation)

♡ 18,000 COMPLETED EPISODES (April 28, 2024)

♡ 17,000 COMPLETED EPISODES (February 16, 2024)

♡ 16,000 COMPLETED EPISODES (October 25, 2023)

♡ 15,000 COMPLETED EPISODES (July 14, 2023)

♡ 14,000 COMPLETED EPISODES (March 20, 2023)

♡ 13,000 COMPLETED EPISODES (November 20, 2022)

♡ SPECIAL NOTE: THE 12,000 COMPLETED EPISODES is ALCHEMY OF SOUL, that was also in THREE-YEAR MDL ANNIVERSARY AUGUST 28, 2022. So it's not displayed below.

♡ 11,000 COMPLETED EPISODES (April 18, 2022)

♡ SPECIAL NOTE: THE 10,000 COMPLETED EPISODES is PARTY A WHO LIVES BESIDE ME, that was also THE FIRST DRAMA WATCHED IN 2021. So it's not displayed below.

♡ SPECIAL NOTE: THE 12,000 COMPLETED EPISODES is ALCHEMY OF SOUL, that was also in THREE-YEAR MDL ANNIVERSARY AUGUST 28, 2022. So it's not displayed above.

♡ 9000 COMPLETED EPISODES (September 3, 2021)

♡ SPECIAL NOTE: THE 10,000 COMPLETED EPISODES is PARTY A WHO LIVES BESIDE ME, that was also THE FIRST DRAMA WATCHED IN 2021. So it's not displayed above.

♡ 8000 COMPLETED EPISODES (May 31, 2021)

♡ 7000 COMPLETED EPISODES (March 30, 2021)

♡ SPECIAL NOTE: THE 6000 COMPLETED EPISODES is THE WOLF, that was also THE FIRST DRAMA WATCHED IN 2021. So it's not displayed below.

♡ 5000 COMPLETED EPISODES (October 22, 2020)

♡ SPECIAL NOTE: THE 6000 COMPLETED EPISODES is THE WOLF, that was also THE FIRST DRAMA WATCHED IN 2021. So it's not displayed above.

♡ 4000 COMPLETED EPISODES (July 26, 2020)

♡ 3000 COMPLETED EPISODES (May 25, 2020)

♡ Starting this counting, I make sure that the episode milestone falls on great dramas that are worth remembering.

♡ 2000 COMPLETED EPISODES (March 6, 2020)

♡ 1000 COMPLETED EPISODES (Autumn 2019)

♡ Joined MDL to review this drama (August 26, 2019)

♡ LAST DRAMA TO COMPLETE IN 2023

♡ LAST OLDER DRAMA TO COMPLETE FROM PTW LIST 2020

♡ HALLOWEEN 2023 DRAMA (October 31, 2023)

♡ BIRTHDAY SHOW (April 2023)

♡ VALENTINE'S DAY 2023 DRAMA (February 14-15, 2023)

♡ Best second-chance drama

♡ NEW YEAR'S DAY 2023 DRAMA (January 1, 2023)

♡ Going Dark Mode for 2023

♡ NEW YEAR'S EVE DRAMA 2022. Finished December 31, 2022

♡ Going Dark Mode for 2023

♡ In 2022 I completed:

• Total Dramas Completed in 2022 =  167 (84 of 2022 releases)
• Total Drama specials =  7 (3 of 2022 releases)
• Total TV shows =  3 (all of 2022 releases)
• Total Movies Watched in 2022 = 45 (8 of 2022 releases)

♡ HALLOWEEN 2022 DRAMA (10-30 to 10-31, 2022)

♡ BIRTHDAY DRAMA (April 2022)

♡  VALENTINE'S DAY 2022 (2-12 to 2-15)

♡ NEW YEARS  DAY (Started January 1, 2022)

♡ 10,000 COMPLETED EPISODES (January 2, 2022)

♡ NEW YEARS EVE (Finished December 31, 2021)

♡ In 2021 I completed 

• Total Dramas completed in 2021 = 209 (108 of 2021 releases)
• Total Drama specials = 7 (2 of 2021 releases)
• Total TV shows = 2 (2 of 2021 releases)
• Total Movies watched in 2021 = 77 (29 of 2021 releases)

♡ HALLOWEEN 2021 DRAMA (10-31 to 11-1, 2021)

♡ BIRTHDAY DRAMA (April 2021)

♡ VALENTINE DAY (Feb 13 to 17, 2021)

♡ NEW YEARS DAY (1/1/21 to 1/6/21)

♡ Also 6000 COMPLETED EPISODES (January 6, 2021)

♡ The most Chinese historical makjang of 2020

♡ NEW YEARS EVE (Finished December 31, 2020)

♡ In 2020 I completed 

• Total Dramas Completed in 2020 = 213 (129 of 2020 releases)
• Total Drama specials = 12 (9 of 2020 releases)
• Total Movies Watched in 2020 = 42 (12 of 2020 releases)

♡ CHRISTMAS 2020 DRAMA (Finished December 25, 2020)

♡ HALLOWEEN 2020 DRAMA (Finished October 31, 2020)

♡ BIRTHDAY DRAMA (April 2020)

♡ NEW YEARS EVE (Finished December 31, 2019)

♡ In 2019 I completed 71 dramas and 12 movies

♡ FIRST FILIPINO SHOW (August 4, 2021)

♡ FIRST DRAMA WATCHED RAW (November 4, 2020)

♡ Tips watching raw:

• First of all, there must be a main draw to keep watching despite not knowing what they're talking about. Here is the OTP looking adorable together
• The genre/subgenre must be familiar so can guess the plot (for this one youth/school romance is predictable)
• Know the story line (from reviews and comments)
• Use Google translate for key issues. Knowing little words here and there from frequent watch is helpful

♡ FIRST HISTORICAL 1900/JAPANESE OCCUPATION KDRAMA

♡ Never interested in watching this drama before, nothing catchy on the title, cover image, synopsis, or the setting which is Japanese occupation in Korea. I felt I have to watch it since I used stills of the 1930's Yoo Ah In typing/writing/reading for articles' cover images.

♡ FIRST GAMING  DRAMA (September 2, 2020)

♡ FIRST DRAMA I WROTE AN ARTICLE ABOUT

♡ FIRST THAI  DRAMA WITH EXTREME SLAP AND KISS THEME (August 21, 2020)

♡ Tags related to the OTP relationship: Abusive Male Lead,   Slap And Kiss,   Rape,   Revenge,   Possessive Male Lead,   Kidnapping, Obsession

♡ Important to note that this lakorn is adaptation to a novel published in 1970, thus depicting society view on women generally and rape specifically. The novelist, producer, director, and screenwriter are all females.

♡ I have read many interesting synopsis of lakorns to be put into my PTW, only to be stopped by the trigger warning tags above. So I decided to watch the lakorn that was coined as the most extreme for this category. It's like eating the hottest and spiciest Thai dish (Gaeng Tai Pla?) on the hottest summer day. 

♡ FIRST HISTORICAL THAI  DRAMA (1900 PERIOD) (August 16, 2020)

♡ FIRST HONGKONG DRAMA (March 16, 2020)

♡ FIRST HISTORICAL REPUBLICAN CHINESE  DRAMA (Winter 2019)

♡ FIRST THAI DRAMA (Fall 2019)

♡ FIRST TAIWANESE DRAMA (Fall 2019)

♡ FIRST JAPANESE DRAMA (Summer 2019)

♡ Actually the FIRST EVER JAPANESE SHOW is drama special Watashi ni Unmei no Koi Nante Arienaitte Omotteta that only 1 episode

♡ FIRST MODERN CHINESE DRAMA (Summer 2019)

♡ FIRST EVER CHINESE DRAMA (Summer 2019)

♡ FIRST HISTORICAL CHINESE  DRAMA. This one is not long, therefore did not require character list, episode guidance, or recap.

♡ FIRST EVER ASIAN DRAMA WATCHED (Summer 2019)

♡ FIRST KOREAN SAGEUK

♡ FIRST CRUSH: Kim Soo Hyun

♡ FIRST DRAMA COUPLE: The young Crown Prince Lee Hwon (Kim Yoo Jung) and the young Lady Heo Yeon Woo (Yeo Jin Goo). Would love to see them paired again in the future as adults.

♡ My MDL user name Cho Na is adaptation from the Korean word "jeonha" meaning "Your Majesty" (in Hangul  전하), the first foreign word ever I heard a lot from an Asian drama when Yeon Woo and the eunuch Hyeon Soon call the Emperor.

♡ FIRST ASIAN MOVIE (Summer 2019)

♡ I watched some Asian movies before but this was the first in my journey in Asian dramaland