short drama nation
all the short dramas I remember completing - ranked
includes everything with episode runtime <c. 25 minutes, so these are not all traditional toxic trope minidramas but check the tags first because there are plenty of serious dramas but also gratuitous violence, stepsiblings, and gratuitous violence between stepsiblings here
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![Cases between Us]()
1. Cases between Us
Chinese Drama - 2026, 36 episodes
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![A Familiar Stranger]()
2. A Familiar Stranger
Chinese Drama - 2022, 18 episodes
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![Dominion and Devotion]()
3. Dominion and Devotion
Chinese Drama - 2025, 24 episodes
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![Gemini]()
4. Gemini
Chinese Drama - 2025, 28 episodes
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![Midnight Diner Season 2]()
5. Midnight Diner Season 2
Japanese Drama - 2011, 10 episodes
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![Midnight Diner]()
6. Midnight Diner
Japanese Drama - 2009, 10 episodes
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![Midnight Diner Season 3]()
7. Midnight Diner Season 3
Japanese Drama - 2014, 10 episodes
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![Semantic Error]()
8. Semantic Error
Korean Drama - 2022, 8 episodes
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![Cinderella Closet]()
9. Cinderella Closet
Japanese Drama - 2025, 12 episodes
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![Secrets Happened on the Litchi Island]()
10. Secrets Happened on the Litchi Island
Chinese Drama - 2025, 7 episodes
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![Threads of Destiny]()
11. Threads of Destiny
Chinese Drama - 2025, 26 episodes
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![The Novelist]()
12. The Novelist
Japanese Drama - 2018, 6 episodes
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![Affinity]()
13. Affinity
Chinese Drama - 2026, 40 episodes
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![The Tower of Whispers]()
14. The Tower of Whispers
Chinese Drama - 2025, 24 episodes
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![Supervisor Husband]()
15. Supervisor Husband
Chinese Drama - 2023, 22 episodes
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![Love Is a Poison]()
16. Love Is a Poison
Japanese Drama - 2024, 12 episodes
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![Bound by Sin]()
17. Bound by Sin
Chinese Drama - 2025, 20 episodes
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![The Maid]()
18. The Maid
Chinese Drama - 2025, 26 episodes
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![Dawn Is Breaking]()
19. Dawn Is Breaking
Chinese Drama - 2024, 30 episodes
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![Weeds Are Thriving Unchecked]()
20. Weeds Are Thriving Unchecked
Chinese Drama - 2025, 71 episodes
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![Spring over Phoenix Pond]()
21. Spring over Phoenix Pond
Chinese Drama - 2026, 21 episodes
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![Secrets of the Shadow Sect]()
22. Secrets of the Shadow Sect
Chinese Drama - 2024, 24 episodes
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![Maid's Revenge]()
23. Maid's Revenge
Chinese Drama - 2022, 30 episodes
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![I Cannot Reach You]()
24. I Cannot Reach You
Japanese Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
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![My Secret Vampire]()
25. My Secret Vampire
Korean Drama - 2025, 8 episodes
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![Within the Grip]()
26. Within the Grip
Chinese Drama - 2026, 24 episodes
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![Minato's Laundromat]()
27. Minato's Laundromat
Japanese Drama - 2022, 12 episodes
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![My Lady General]()
28. My Lady General
Chinese Drama - 2023, 23 episodes
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![A Love Journal]()
29. A Love Journal
Chinese Drama - 2022, 25 episodes
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![Echoes of the Self]()
30. Echoes of the Self
Chinese Drama - 2025, 22 episodes
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![Gray Shelter]()
31. Gray Shelter
Korean Drama - 2024, 5 episodes
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![Jian Hun]()
32. Jian Hun
Chinese Drama - 2025, 25 episodes
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![Wish You: Your Melody From My Heart]()
33. Wish You: Your Melody From My Heart
Korean Drama - 2020, 8 episodes
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![Jun & Jun]()
34. Jun & Jun
Korean Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
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![Mistaken Love]()
35. Mistaken Love
Chinese Drama - 2024, 24 episodes
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![The Snow Moon]()
36. The Snow Moon
Chinese Drama - 2023, 24 episodes
