Trope · 12 series

Contract Lovers Short Dramas

Twelve series that start with an agreement and end somewhere neither party planned. A narrow 30-to-67 episode band — the arrangement has a built-in expiry, which keeps the runs from stretching.

Series: 12
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

I Married My Scumbag Ex's Uncle

30 episodes

230 EP

NetShort

My Broke Husband Owns Everything

30 episodes

330 EP

NetShort

The Frenzied Dragon Is Mine

30 episodes

434 EP

NetShort

The day of my wedding, I ended up marrying the bridegroom’s dad

34 episodes

536 EP

NetShort

The Vampire Heir’s Bride

36 episodes

01I Married My Scumbag Ex's Uncleshortest here at 30 episodes (—)
02My Broke Husband Owns Everythingshortest here at 30 episodes (—)
03The Frenzied Dragon Is Mineshortest here at 30 episodes (—)
04The day of my wedding, I ended up marrying the bridegroom’s dadstill releasing — 34 episodes so far
05The Vampire Heir’s Bridestill releasing — 36 episodes so far

The extremes

	Series	Platform	Episodes	Runtime
Shortest run	I Married My Scumbag Ex's Uncle	NetShort	30	—
Longest run	Bound by a Djinn‘s Pact	NetShort	67	—
Shortest	I Married My Scumbag Ex's Uncle	NetShort	30	—
Longest	Bound by a Djinn‘s Pact	NetShort	67	—