Genre · 22 series

Historical Romance Short Dramas

Twenty-two series where the costume drama and the love story are the same story. NetShort’s counterpart to ShortMax’s much larger Period Dramas, and it runs about twelve episodes shorter on average.

Series: 22
Median length: —

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Ranked by our editor score; ties broken by whether the series is complete, then by length. How often this setup gets published, and how the median title in it performs, is mapped in the trope explorer.

130 EP

NetShort

The King Insulted Me with One Copper Coin, Then Learned My Brother Saved His Life

30 episodes

236 EP

NetShort

The princess was forced to marry the enemy

36 episodes

336 EP

NetShort

Trapped in a Book, I Fell for the Villain

36 episodes

440 EP

NetShort

King Arthur: Sword of Destiny

40 episodes

540 EP

NetShort

Vanity Fair: Top Villainess Rules the Power Game

40 episodes

01The King Insulted Me with One Copper Coin, Then Learned My Brother Saved His Lifeshortest here at 30 episodes (—)
02The princess was forced to marry the enemystill releasing — 36 episodes so far
03Trapped in a Book, I Fell for the Villainstill releasing — 36 episodes so far
04King Arthur: Sword of Destinystill releasing — 40 episodes so far
05Vanity Fair: Top Villainess Rules the Power Gamestill releasing — 40 episodes so far

The extremes

	Series	Platform	Episodes	Runtime
Shortest run	The King Insulted Me with One Copper Coin, Then Learned My Brother Saved His Life	NetShort	30	—
Longest run	Oops! I Seduced Emperor!	NetShort	82	—
Shortest	The King Insulted Me with One Copper Coin, Then Learned My Brother Saved His Life	NetShort	30	—
Longest	Oops! I Seduced Emperor!	NetShort	82	—