Reborn on the day wolf demons destroy her sect, a daughter must make her father listen.
#242 on NetShort · Hottest English Short Drama Series
Zero Mech: Rise of the Janitor Ace
Scorned as a criminal's son and a cleaner, Zeke unexpectedly pilots a mech sealed for thirty years.
NetShort · 53 episodes · about 2 h
FreeEp 1–10on NetShort
Locked43of 53 episodes
CheckedOct 18app's site
Story
Zeke, a low-level cleaner at an elite armor base, carries the infamy of being a criminal's son. Then he finds himself at the controls of a first-generation mech that was locked away for thirty years. Using tsunami spiritual power, he sets out to become a legend and begin a comeback from the bottom.
Action & martial artsBusiness / rags-to-richesunderdog mechshame to glory
Who will like it: viewers who liked a scorned cleaner who finds a sealed legendary machine.
Main characters
- Zeke: low-level cleaner and son of a criminal
Premise rewritten by ShortDramaDesk from NetShort's description, read Oct 18, 2026.
Episodes
Mint ticks: 10 free. Grey: 43 locked. About 2 hours in all (episode 1's length × episodes, an estimate).
Where to watch
NetShort
- Episodes
- 53
- Free
- 10
- Locked
- 43
- Checked
- Oct 18, 2026
| App | Episodes | Free | Locked | Cost to finish | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NetShort | 53 | 10 | 43 | — | 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
- 53 episodes is longer than 85% of the 489 NetShort dramas on our list (typical: 36).
- Free episodes
- 10 free episodes is more than the typical NetShort drama (8). That is 19% 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, German, Turkish
- App tags
- Fantasy, Karma Payback
- NetShort
- 5.6K likes, 26.4K 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.