Starting Fresh with Three Gorgeous Girlfriends in a Savage World
Vertical short drama 2026 36 episodes · ~1–2 min each Short Drama
In a world where the legends of the gods have been lost, Arthur—the transmigrated Pendragon heir—is nearly killed by his rival Victor. Awakened to the gods' true names, he summons Ares, Poseidon, Athena, Zeus and more, c… — official synopsis, NetShort
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Origin & tropes
Remixes the Chinese tropes 打脸 (Face-Slap) + 重生 (Rebirth) + 末世/系统 (Apocalypse & Game Systems) + 总裁文 (CEO Romance).
Chinese tropes it remixes
- 打脸 dǎliǎn — Face-SlapThe hero is mocked, cheated or dumped, then returns with wealth, power or the truth and watches every tormentor eat their words. Chinese audiences call the satisfying moment 爽 (shuǎng, 'release'). Western verticals borrowed the structure wholesale.
- 重生 chóngshēng — RebirthDie betrayed, wake up years earlier with every memory intact, fix everything. The engine behind half of Chinese web fiction; the period-nostalgia version ('Back to 1985') is a genre of its own.
- 末世/系统 mòshì / xìtǒng — Apocalypse & Game SystemsSurvival after collapse, often with a video-game 'system' granting powers. Big in Chinese male-lead fiction, still rare in English verticals.
- 总裁文 zǒngcái wén — CEO Romance'President fiction': the cold, obscenely rich CEO and the ordinary woman who thaws him. The ur-genre of Chinese romance webnovels since the 2000s and the default setting of English verticals.
Platform tags
Underdog RiseTime TravelLife OL
Data: NetShort public catalog.
