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#154 on NetShort · Hottest English Short Drama Series
My Professor Is My Online Puppy
Her online puppy is her icy thesis advisor, and Ivy must hide that to graduate.
NetShort · 26 episodes · about 0.6 h
FreeEp 1–8on NetShort
Locked18of 26 episodes
CheckedOct 18app's site
Story
Ivy is stuck in thesis hell, and her cold thesis advisor is also her online 'puppy'. Hiding that secret is what she must do to graduate. As the work drags on, he starts turning kind. Then a blind date sets off his jealousy, and the line between their online and real lives starts to blur.
Campus & coming-of-ageSweet romanceplayful secretslow-warming
Who will like it: viewers who liked cold authority figures who soften into secret online sweethearts.
Main characters
- Ivy: graduate student hiding who her online 'puppy' really is
Premise rewritten by ShortDramaDesk from NetShort's description, read Oct 18, 2026.
Episodes
Mint ticks: 8 free. Grey: 18 locked. About 0.6 hours in all (episode 1's length × episodes, an estimate).
Where to watch
NetShort
- Episodes
- 26
- Free
- 8
- Locked
- 18
- Checked
- Oct 18, 2026
| App | Episodes | Free | Locked | Cost to finish | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NetShort | 26 | 8 | 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
- 26 episodes is longer than 4% of the 489 NetShort dramas on our list (typical: 36).
- Free episodes
- 8 free episodes is the same as the typical NetShort drama (8). That is 31% 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, Japanese, Korean, ar_AE
- App tags
- Karma Payback, Plot Twist, Sweet Romance
- NetShort
- 2.3K likes, 4.6K 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.