In the vast ocean of Thai television dramas (Lakorns), few have managed to capture the universal, butterflies-in-your-stomach feeling of adolescence quite like Because You Are My First Love . Airing on GMM 25 and streaming on Viu, this 2022 coming-of-age romance drama is not just another high school series. It is a culturally adapted remake of the mega-hit Taiwanese drama In Time With You (2011), which itself was inspired by the Korean drama The Time We Were Not in Love .
So, grab a blanket, a cup of Thai iced tea, and prepare to yell at your screen: "Just kiss him already, Chaba!" Because in the end, we are all just searching for our own P'Wu—the one who has loved us since the beginning, even when we were too blind to notice. because you are my first love thai drama
The instrumental score, mixing soft guitar with the sound of rain and old cassette tape hiss, creates a nostalgic haze that makes you miss a time you never lived through. Yes, with one caveat. In the vast ocean of Thai television dramas
But Pakorn is a masterclass in writing a realistic antagonist. He isn't evil. He is simply... wrong for Chaba. He loves the idea of her—her beauty, her social grace—but he doesn't know that she cries during sad movies, or that she hates cilantro, or that she talks in her sleep. P’Wu knows these things. Pakorn represents the glittering mirage, while P’Wu represents the water in the desert. Spoiler alert for the emotional core of the series. In Episode 15, Chaba is offered a dream job in New York. P’Wu drives her to Suvarnabhumi Airport. In the Taiwanese original, this scene is quiet. In the Thai version, it is a volcanic eruption of repressed emotion. So, grab a blanket, a cup of Thai
As Chaba walks toward the gate, P’Wu finally breaks. He doesn’t run after her screaming "I love you!" Instead, he sends a single line of text: "Because you are my first love... I have to let you go so you can find your last."
The camera holds on Chaba’s face as she reads it. She doesn’t cry. She just stops walking. And in that silence, every viewer knows: the job doesn't matter. The distance doesn't matter. Only one thing matters. It is a masterful subversion of the typical "run to the airport" trope. It is impossible to discuss this drama without acknowledging the real-life chemistry of its leads, Freen Sarocha and Kao Nontanun. By the time this drama aired, Freen and Kao had already established themselves as a beloved "couple" (or "ship") through their work in Secret Crush On You .