The DramaNext guide
What Familiar Bound by Contract is about
Chloe, a school girl with a blocked bloodline and a short life, completely breaks ties with her scheming apprentice Blair due to two contracts. She meets the ancient abyss python Ethan and enters into a life and death contract with him. Together, they break the bloodline curse, quell the shadow curse, and ultimately stay together.
It runs 20 short episodes on Shortmax and leans on contract relationship and campus tropes, with each episode ending on a hook.
Is it worth watching?
If you came for contract relationship, the payoff is the moment a deal stops being just a deal. On top of that: rivalries and first love in a school setting.
The whole series takes about 24–44 minutes, so it's an easy binge.
How to watch it
Start from episode 1 below; autoplay takes you to the next episode when one ends, and nothing needs a sign-up.
