Made for mobile
Every scene is framed in 9:16 vertical. No black bars, no cropping, full immersion on any smartphone.
The Counterattack of the Heroine’s Friend
A commoner girl must survive a magical academy.
Supernatural Romance
Magic
50 episodes
~90s per episode
9:16 vertical
- Studio
- Shortcat Studio
- Format
- Short vertical anime
- Genre
- Supernatural Romance · Magic
- Episodes
- 50
- Platform
- Shortcat, iOS & Android
- Episode length
- ~90 seconds
- Language
- English
- Status
- Now streaming
Synopsis
Once doomed as a side character, Mia is reborn and refuses to die quietly again. Returning to the moment she first met the “heroine,” Mia decides to flip the script and fight back against a story that was never written for her to win.
Why watch The Counterattack of the Heroine’s Friend on Shortcat?
Bingeable by design
90-second episodes end on a beat that makes the next one feel necessary.
Exclusive production
The Counterattack of the Heroine’s Friend is a Shortcat exclusive, produced in native vertical format by Shortcat Studio artists and writers.
Hand-drawn quality
Every key frame is drawn by human illustrators. Animation is produced with Shortcat Frames, Shortcat's proprietary AI-assisted tool.
Credits
Shortcat Studio / Seo Gwijo, black belt, 174hunter, 9song, Park manpy, tangerine tree, Bom
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About Shortcat
Shortcat is a mobile-first streaming app dedicated to exclusive short-form vertical anime. Every series on Shortcat is produced by Shortcat Studio artists for romance, fantasy, and supernatural fans who watch on their phones.