Trope · 46 series

Rebirth Short Dramas

Forty-six series that begin at the end: she dies, wakes up years earlier, and this time she knows what is coming. The single most characteristic premise in Chinese short drama, and the reason the format can open on a cliffhanger in episode one.

Series: 46
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.

110 EP

NetShort

Reborn After My Husband Abandoned Me in Space

10 episodes

214 EP

NetShort

Reborn to Marry the Forest Lord

14 episodes

315 EP

NetShort

Midnight’s Edge: Her Vengeance

15 episodes

416 EP

NetShort

Granny, 18, Takes Over

16 episodes

517 EP

NetShort

My Bunker Survived the Nukes. My Ex Didn't

17 episodes

01Reborn After My Husband Abandoned Me in Spaceshortest here at 10 episodes (—)
02Reborn to Marry the Forest Lordstill releasing — 14 episodes so far
03Midnight’s Edge: Her Vengeancestill releasing — 15 episodes so far
04Granny, 18, Takes Overstill releasing — 16 episodes so far
05My Bunker Survived the Nukes. My Ex Didn'tstill releasing — 17 episodes so far

The extremes

	Series	Platform	Episodes	Runtime
Shortest run	Reborn After My Husband Abandoned Me in Space	NetShort	10	—
Longest run	Crown Prince's Second Chance	NetShort	70	—
Shortest	Reborn After My Husband Abandoned Me in Space	NetShort	10	—
Longest	Crown Prince's Second Chance	NetShort	70	—