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#70 on NetShort · Hottest English Short Drama Series
My Merman Is the Sea King
Disabled An Nuo swaps his scornful merman for a discounted one, unaware of who the newcomer really is.
NetShort · 25 episodes · about 0.9 h
FreeEp 1–7on NetShort
Locked18of 25 episodes
CheckedOct 18app's site
Story
An Nuo keeps a merman named Luoxing, who openly mocks his disability every day. At a deep-sea pavilion, An Nuo buys a bargain merman, Han Che, who asks to be taken home. He gives up Luoxing for ten gold coins, unaware that his new mate is a Sea King he once helped.
Fantasy & magicHidden identityredemption arcslow-burn fate
Who will like it: viewers who liked a cruel owner who learns too late that the creature he mistreated is a king.
Main characters
- An Nuo: disabled owner who buys a new merman
- Luoxing: scornful merman traded for ten gold coins
- Han Che: damaged merman who asks to go home
Premise rewritten by ShortDramaDesk from NetShort's description, read Oct 18, 2026.
Episodes
Mint ticks: 7 free. Grey: 18 locked. About 0.9 hours in all (episode 1's length × episodes, an estimate).
Where to watch
NetShort
- Episodes
- 25
- Free
- 7
- Locked
- 18
- Checked
- Oct 18, 2026
| App | Episodes | Free | Locked | Cost to finish | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NetShort | 25 | 7 | 18 | — | Oct 18, 2026read from the app's site |
Cost to finish
Passes for NetShort on the App Store: $5.99 to $29.99 (checked Oct 18, 2026). The App Store does not list how long each pass lasts.
How it compares on NetShort
- Length
- 25 episodes is longer than 1% of the 489 NetShort dramas on our list (typical: 36).
- Free episodes
- 7 free episodes is fewer than the typical NetShort drama (8). That is 28% of the story before the paywall.
“Typical” is the median drama from this app on our list, adult titles left out.
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Details the apps publish
- Languages
- English
- App tags
- All-Too-Late, Multiple Identities, Redemption
- NetShort
- 2.5K likes, 4.8K followers
The apps' own counts, shown as printed, never folded into the reader rating.
Source: NetShort (public chart and episode page), checked Oct 18, 2026. Poster: NetShort, from its official page, read Oct 18, 2026; it belongs to the app.