Twenty years after an abduction, a homeless man wins $2 billion and finds his family.
#229 on NetShort · Hottest English Short Drama Series
The Magicless Boy Is the First Mage
Mocked for having no magic, a dying boy suddenly fights with the power of history's greatest mage.
NetShort · 50 episodes · about 3.5 h
FreeEp 1–9on NetShort
Locked41of 50 episodes
CheckedOct 18app's site
Story
Evan, a dying ten-year-old who is mocked for lacking magic, becomes the unlikely host for a legend. Alaric, the most powerful mage ever known, awakens inside his body. Using primal magic he created himself, he crushes foes that no one else can defeat. Yet his hidden self and the real Evan's fate put the only family he has ever had at risk.
Fantasy & magicFamily & ethicsbody swapunderdog glow-up
Who will like it: viewers who liked a legendary mage hiding inside a mocked kid's body.
Main characters
- Alaric: the greatest mage, awakened inside Evan
- Evan: boy who is dying and lacks magic
Premise rewritten by ShortDramaDesk from NetShort's description, read Oct 18, 2026.
Episodes
Mint ticks: 9 free. Grey: 41 locked. About 3.5 hours in all (episode 1's length × episodes, an estimate).
Where to watch
NetShort
- Episodes
- 50
- Free
- 9
- Locked
- 41
- Checked
- Oct 18, 2026
| App | Episodes | Free | Locked | Cost to finish | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NetShort | 50 | 9 | 41 | — | 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
- 50 episodes is longer than 80% of the 489 NetShort dramas on our list (typical: 36).
- Free episodes
- 9 free episodes is more than the typical NetShort drama (8). That is 18% 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
- Chinese (Traditional), English, French, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, ar_AE
- App tags
- Body Swap, Karma Payback, Underdog Rise
- NetShort
- 2.8K likes, 6.1K followers
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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.