Poster for the Thai BL series Until We Meet Again showing the two leads face to face in white shirts above four castmates

Until We Meet Again

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What happens

Ever had the feeling you were waiting for someone before you even met them? Pharm has carried that feeling his whole life. Until We Meet Again (ด้ายแดง) begins three decades earlier, with Korn and Intouch, two university students in Bangkok whose love their families refused to accept. Their story closes in heartbreak, and the series lets that sadness sit quietly in the background while the present day takes over.

In the present, Pharm (Fluke Natouch Siripongthon) is a cheerful freshman who loves to cook, and Dean (Ohm Thitiwat Ritprasert) is the swimming club president who keeps searching for a face he cannot place. Coincidence after coincidence pushes them together, until they finally stand face to face and something in both of them clicks. Pharm suspects Dean is the man from his dreams. Dean starts to remember In. Uff, the goosebumps.

Fate ties the two couples together. Dean and Pharm slowly piece together who Korn and In were, meet the people who loved them, and discover how closely their own families connect to that old story. Earth Katsamonnat Namwirote and Kao Noppakao Dechaphatthanakun play In and Korn in the past timeline, so you get two pairs of leads carrying one love story across two eras.

Around the leads there is a whole friend group with sparks of its own. Team (Prem Warut Chawalitrujiwong), Pharm's best friend, keeps getting teased by Win (Boun Noppanut Guntachai), Dean's best friend from the swimming club, and the teasing slowly turns into something sweeter. Manow (Samantha Melanie Coates) completes Pharm's circle, while Dean's younger siblings Del and Don bring the family warmth at home. My tip: keep tissues and snacks within reach, because this one swings from sunny campus comedy to big emotions inside a single episode.

CONTENT DETAILS

Native Title
ด้ายแดง
Original Title
Until We Meet Again
Also Known As
ด้ายแดง, Red Thread, UWMA
Adaptation
Novel ด้ายแดง (Red Thread) by LazySheep, published by Hermit Books in 2018.
Themes
Key Themes
ReincarnationRed Thread of FateSecond ChancesFamily AcceptanceForgivenessUniversity LifeSwimming Club
Country
Language
Thai
Seasons
1
Episodes
17
Duration
About 45 to 60 minutes, with a longer finale
Aired Start
Aired End
Release Year
Production Co

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Before You Watch

  • 17 episodes, released weekly from 9 November 2019 to 1 March 2020, with LINE TV as the streaming home.
  • Studio Wabi Sabi production, directed by New Siwaj Sawatmaneekul, who is also credited for the screenplay.
  • Based on a novel: ด้ายแดง by LazySheep, published by Hermit Books in 2018.
  • Opening theme: I Found You by Dome Jaruwat.
  • Bonus content: an official Special Episode followed the main run on the Studio Wabi Sabi channel.

Reviewed by Renkaze

Some love stories end. This one waits thirty years and tries again. Until We Meet Again takes the old legend of the red thread, the invisible string tying two people together, and turns it into a campus romance with a past life humming underneath. I came for the reincarnation hook and stayed for the lunchboxes.

A Swap Hidden in the Family Tree

Here is the detail I love most. The series does more than bring Korn and In back. Dean, who carries Korn's soul, is born into In's family, and Pharm, who carries In's, is born into Korn's. So the two families that once stood against the couple are now the families raising them. Every dinner table in the present quietly answers the past. That mirror is the smartest choice in the whole script, and it pays off in the finale, when everyone finally sits in the same room and chooses forgiveness.

Food as a Love Language

Pharm cooks. Lunchboxes for Dean in episode three, sandwiches for his friends, a dumpling lesson for Manow and Dean's sister Del, a cooking afternoon at Dean's house. Count the meals and you can track the relationship. Fluke Natouch Siripongthon plays Pharm with an open, sunny warmth, and Ohm Thitiwat Ritprasert gives Dean a protective steadiness that softens every time a lunchbox appears. Uff, the way he eats those lunches.

Win and Team Steal Scenes

Boun Noppanut Guntachai and Prem Warut Chawalitrujiwong turn a side couple into a reason to press play. Win's teasing and Team's flustered comebacks carry the comedy, and in episode thirteen both couples take their next step in the same hour. Their story kept going, too: in May 2020 director New Siwaj Sawatmaneekul and author LazySheep confirmed a series built around the two of them.

Handled With Care

The past timeline holds real sadness, and the direction keeps it gentle. The flashbacks give you Korn and In's love first, their warmth and their stolen meetings, so by the time the old story closes you understand exactly what the present couple is trying to set right. The present never forgets it, yet it never drowns in it either. Dean and Pharm visit the old apartment, listen to the elders who remember, and then go back to being two students falling in love.

The Sound of the Red Thread

Dome Jaruwat sings the opening theme, I Found You, and Boy Sompob sings the title song in Thai and in English. Boun recorded his own track, Or We Have Met, and the two leads close the soundtrack with a duet. Build the playlist before episode one; you will want it by episode five.

My tip: watch the first flashback once, then let it go and enjoy the campus fun. The past comes back exactly when the story needs it, and the final episode, the longest of the run, ties every thread together.

Final Score: 8/10

LEAD & SIDE COUPLES

Portrait of Thai actor Boun Noppanut Guntachai
Portrait of Thai actor Prem Warut Chawalitrujiwong
Boun Noppanut GuntachaiBounPremPrem Warut Chawalitrujiwong
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Best Scenes

Spoilers ahead. Episode numbers and outcomes are named, so come back after watching if you want to keep it fresh.

Episode 2 (spoilers): Face to face. After a string of near misses, Pharm and Dean finally meet, and Pharm wonders if this is the man from his dreams. The whole series waits for that look.

Episode 3 (spoilers): The lunchboxes. Pharm hands out lunchboxes, with one made especially for Dean. Small gesture, huge signal.

Episode 6 (spoilers): The slip. To fend off an admirer, Pharm blurts out that he and Dean are together, and Dean answers with some flirting of his own. Uff, the grin on his face.

Episode 9 (spoilers): The confession. Dean and Pharm finally say how they feel, just as Dean learns how his own story links to In's.

Episode 17 (spoilers): The apartment. Both families gather in Korn and In's old apartment, make peace, and let the two of them look forward. My tip: let the credits roll before you reach for the next show.

Themes and Messages

This is a story about second chances. Korn and In never got to live their love openly, so the series hands that love to Dean and Pharm and asks whether the present can finish what the past could not. The answer is built from small, ordinary things: lunches, swimming practice, a walk home.

Acceptance across generations is the other big thread. The elders who once said no are the same people who now have to meet the new couple, and the story gives them room to change their minds. Forgiveness, for yourself and for the people who hurt you, is how the red thread finally loosens into something kind.

Did You Know?

  • The song Luckiest Boy exists in a version sung by the whole cast, plus Thai and English versions by Boy Sompob.
  • Samantha Melanie Coates, who plays Manow, also sings I Want To Tell You on the soundtrack.
  • Mean Phiravich Attachitsataporn appears as Alex, the president of the drama club.
  • Perth Tanapon Sukumpantanasan has a guest part across three episodes.

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OFFICIAL OST

Episode guide: Until We Meet Again

17 / 17 episodes aired · Completed
EP 1
09 Nov 2019
Aired
EP 2
16 Nov 2019
Aired
EP 3
23 Nov 2019
Aired
EP 4
30 Nov 2019
Aired
EP 5
07 Dec 2019
Aired
EP 6
14 Dec 2019
Aired
EP 7
21 Dec 2019
Aired
EP 8
28 Dec 2019
Aired
EP 9
04 Jan 2020
Aired
EP 10
11 Jan 2020
Aired
EP 11
18 Jan 2020
Aired
EP 12
25 Jan 2020
Aired
EP 13
01 Feb 2020
Aired
EP 14
08 Feb 2020
Aired
EP 15
15 Feb 2020
Aired
EP 16
22 Feb 2020
Aired
EP 17
01 Mar 2020
Aired

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What does the Thai title mean?

ด้ายแดง means "red thread", after the legend of an invisible thread that ties two destined people together.

Where can I watch Until We Meet Again officially?

The full episodes are on the official Studio Wabi Sabi YouTube channel, uploaded in parts, and the series was also made available on Rakuten Viki.

Did Win and Team get their own series?

Yes. Their side story became its own series, Between Us, from the same studio and the same author.

How long are the episodes?

Most run between 45 and 60 minutes, and the finale runs well over an hour.

Do Fluke and Ohm sing on the soundtrack?

Yes. The two leads recorded the duet We'll Always Meet Again for the series.

Was it released on DVD?

Yes. A Thai DVD boxset came out in November 2020.

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