140 EPfinish for$19.98
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Trope · 34 series
Return Of The King Short Dramas
Twenty-one series built on the same reveal: the person everyone wrote off turns out to outrank all of them. Median 45 episodes. The label is the platform’s own, and it is unusually literal about what the payoff will be.
- Series
- 34
- Median to finish
- $29.97
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Filter them allWhere to start
Ranked by our editor score; ties broken by cost to finish, then by whether the series is complete. Every figure comes from the same database that powers the cost calculator.
245 EPfinish for$19.98
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18 Years Stolen
315 EPfinish for$9.99
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The Fallen Mecha King’s Secret Bride
446 EPfinish for$29.97
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The Western Godfather: Rise of the Moonblood
517 EPfinish for$9.99
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The Hidden Lord
- 01THE MANALESS SUPREMEstill releasing — 40 episodes so far, $19.98 to catch up
- 0218 Years Stolenstill releasing — 45 episodes so far, $19.98 to catch up
- 03The Fallen Mecha King’s Secret Bridecheapest complete run here at $9.99
- 04The Western Godfather: Rise of the Moonbloodstill releasing — 46 episodes so far, $29.97 to catch up
- 05The Hidden Lordcheapest complete run here at $9.99
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The extremes
| Series | Platform | Episodes | Runtime | To finish | |
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| Cheapest to finish | After Reunion, I Take My Parents to the Top | NetShort | 14 | — | $9.99 |
| Most expensive | Return Of The Ultimate Survivor S2 | NetShort | 114 | — | $69.93 |
| Shortest | After Reunion, I Take My Parents to the Top | NetShort | 14 | — | $9.99 |
| Longest | Return Of The Ultimate Survivor S2 | NetShort | 114 | — | $69.93 |
| Most free episodes | 18 Years Stolen | NetShort | 45 | — | $19.98 |
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Adjust the assumptionsWhat it costs to watch all of it
$924.09to finish all 34
—total viewing
46average episodes
Median series here costs $29.97 and runs —. We do not hold a completed-or-ongoing status for these, so treat the totals as what is published today.Estimates assume no free coins and the cheapest coin-pack combination on each platform.
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Where to find them
34 of the 34 are on NetShort.
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Open in the finderAll 34
45 EPfinish for$19.98
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18 Years Stolen
63 EPfinish for$39.96
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A Wasted Life, A Brand New Dream
14 EPfinish for$9.99
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After Reunion, I Take My Parents to the Top
48 EPfinish for$29.97
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Blades Storm: The War God's Unsealing
40 EPfinish for$29.97
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Body in the Koenigsegg
50 EPfinish for$29.97
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Code D.E.A.D: The General's Counterattack.
26 EPfinish for$14.99
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Dishwasher? I'm the King of the Kitchen!
30 EPfinish for$19.98
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Her Fake Husband Is a Billionaire
41 EPfinish for$19.98
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King Of Mars：From Red Dust He Rises
59 EPfinish for$29.97
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Marshal of Star Thunder
71 EPfinish for$39.96
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My Ancestor Is Here to Destroy My Enemies
60 EPfinish for$29.97
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Return Of The Ultimate Survivor S1
114 EPfinish for$69.93
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Return Of The Ultimate Survivor S2
52 EPfinish for$29.97
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REVENGE：The Legendary Alchemist Returns
34 EPfinish for$19.98
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She Left Me For Nothing
17 EPfinish for$9.99
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Silvermoon Bride and the Last Watchman
100 EPfinish for$59.94
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Slaying The Island Gods
61 EPfinish for$39.96
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SSS-Rank: The Slum-Born Thunder God
40 EPfinish for$29.97
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The Count of Monte Cristo: Ultimate Revenge Comeback
30 EPfinish for$19.98
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The Fake Husband of Rose Trading House Is a God of War
15 EPfinish for$9.99
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The Fallen Mecha King’s Secret Bride
35 EPfinish for$14.99
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The Forgotten Gunslinger
17 EPfinish for$9.99
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The Hidden Lord
40 EPfinish for$19.98
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THE MANALESS SUPREME
51 EPfinish for$29.97
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The Supreme Father Returns
58 EPfinish for$29.97
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The Sword God's Rage
15 EPfinish for$9.99
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The Veteran Saved the Boss's Wife from the Furnace
66 EPfinish for$39.96
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The Warlock Bodyguard
46 EPfinish for$29.97
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The Western Godfather: Rise of the Moonblood
45 EPfinish for$29.97
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Tombstone
40 EPfinish for$29.97
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Trapped In Enemy Capital, I Fight Back
50 EPfinish for$29.97
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Watch Out: I'm Not Just the Mecha King
30 EPfinish for$14.99
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When the Firewall Falls
50 EPfinish for$29.97
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With My Pet Owl, I Rewrite the Kingdom's Fate
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How this page was built
The 34 series on this page carry Return Of The King as a trope label in the catalogue of the platform that publishes them. We do not tag series ourselves, which means this page is exactly as complete, and as inconsistent, as the platforms' own labelling. Episode counts and runtimes are read from each platform's listing for that specific series; coin prices come from the in-app purchase tiers Apple publishes for each app. We hold complete pricing for all 34. Nothing on this page is a paid placement, and we do not rank by anything we were given for free.