10 Episodes

Main Cast: Perth Tanapon Sukumpantanasan, Santa Pongsapak Udompoch

Love You Teacher is one of my favorite shows of 2026, so I was sad that it didn’t get a lot of attention when it aired. The show tackles a very difficult subject in a mature way, while showing a new side of PerthSanta. This is hardly Perth or Santa’s first go-around, but it is their third show as a CP and their first in main roles (in a non-ensemble show). To explain the premise of the show, Pobmek (Perth) and Solar (Santa) are teachers at an elementary school who have been in a long-term relationship since their university days. Pobmek became a teacher after falling in love with Solar and wanting to follow him past university, already unsure of what his path in life should be. The show starts as a comedy, with Pobmek, who is not particularly passionate about his job and more focused on his favorite coworker (Solar), unable to control his students. Solar, on the other hand, has a great relationship with his students and their classroom is fun and engaging. They are joined by the acting principal Sodchuen (played by Sammy Samantha Melanie Coates), who is standing in while the principal is on a wellness retreat. This fact is important to the story. Sodchuen knows why Pobmek chose to be a teacher, but encourages him to improve and grow a passion for teaching in order to be better for his students. She then introduces Jee (played by Kay Lertsittichai), the new PE teacher and Pobmek’s old neighbor. Pobmek is initially wary of Jee because of their childhood “competition” created by Pobmek’s mother. Later, the school day ends and Pobmek and Solar go home. Their happiness is short lived when Pobmek gets a call the next morning from the hospital, saying Solar got in a minor accident (grazed by a car and fell down) on his way to school.

Solar wakes up as “Sun”, a version of himself regressed to the age of 6. He thinks Pobmek is a kidnapper, and takes a while to warm up to him and adjust to his new surroundings, as does Pobmek to this new version of Solar. Pobmek gets a visit from Sodchuen and Jee, who heard Solar was in the hospital, and sends them away so they don’t learn about Sun. Pobmek gets Sun to calm down, and the scene fades away to a flashback from their past, when Pobmek and Solar had just met as new college roommates. Pobmek initially kept to himself and ignored Solar’s attempts at friendship due to his own personal worries, but he warmed up to Solar and they began their friendship. It then cuts back to the next morning in the present, where Pobmek wakes up and Sun is gone. Worried he escaped, Pobmek runs to go find Sun, and stumbles upon a confused Solar. Pobmek hugs Solar, thinking the worst is over, but their problems have only just begun!

Okay! Now that I’ve explained the plot and the characters, I can talk more about why I liked this show. Age regression isn’t something often talked about in shows, and it certainly isn’t something we tend to see in romance, but I think for the difficulty of navigating something like this it was handled extremely well. One thing I haven’t seen mentioned that I think was important was the direct vocalization of Solar saying they agreed to no intimacy until he was fully cured. The fact that this is a romance probably turned off a lot of people from tuning into this show, but both the director and the actors made sure that the story was not done in an inappropriate way. I actually liked that the majority of the romance in the story was done through flashbacks to their university days, and to those questioning if they included intimacy at all there was a way to include it appropriately while staying authentic to the storyline.

I wasn’t expecting as much character development as there was, especially for Pobmek. Over the course of the show, Solar’s character obviously takes a bigger role, but not to diminish the story and character of Pobmek. Both had to tackle issues of family, their roles at the school, and this new situation in their lives. Initially, Pobmek didn’t want to tell anyone about Sun; he didn’t want to bring anyone into their problems and risk Solar’s job. However, over time, Pobmek learned he had to open up and share the burden of his problems with his friends, and eventually the entire community at the school. The kids were also great in being a part of Sun’s friends during his time at the school, while still maintaining respect for Solar as their teacher. Pobmek was able to work with Sodchuen and Jee in order to help Solar find a cure to his mental state, while also taking care of Sun (it’s fiction, don’t question why they didn’t just go back to the hospital!). I appreciated Perth’s ability to show how being a caretaker, even for a loved one or family member, can be incredibly draining. Even though Pobmek loved Solar, it didn’t make it any easier to carry the burden of taking care of a 6-year-old while also trying to manage their jobs and the constant switching between Solar and Sun. He also didn’t want to make Solar’s life any more difficult as they worked to cure him. Of course, Santa’s acting in Love You Teacher can’t be forgotten. He did a brilliant job acting as both Solar and Sun, to the point where viewers could tell the difference between the two even when Pobmek couldn’t. They had very distinct expressions and Santa did an amazing job of portraying both characters. Even in incredibly emotional scenes, it was hard not to feel for both Solar and Sun as Santa showed how draining having both characters splitting one mind had been. I can’t imagine anyone else as PobmekSolar but PerthSanta, because they were able to explore so many different parts of these characters while maintaining an authentic and beautiful story. I enjoyed both Sodchuen and Jee’s characters as well, and the growing friendship between Pobmek and Jee as Pobmek grew to rely on them for support. They helped to bring in a lighter tone amidst all the emotional scenes.

Without spoiling anything from the end of the show, it was undoubtedly a great culmination of their journey to learn more about Solar’s past (something he couldn’t remember much from) and to let go of Sun. I cried a lot in the last few episodes, because it was hard to watch something so difficult but also so heartwarming unfold by the end. Pobmek and Solar went through a lot of growth and changes over the course of 10 episodes, but came out better in the end. Pobmek found a passion for teaching and grew confidence in the profession he chose for himself. Solar was able to continue what he loved while knowing no matter who he was he had the support of the school community. I definitely see myself rewatching this in the next couple months now knowing the full story, and enjoying it just the same. I highly recommend this to people who want more than just a rom-com, because there is so much more to Love You Teacher than the romance. It highlights struggles with mental health, complicated families, and how to keep going during the hardest times in life.

First-Watch Experience	9.5
Rewatchability	9
Characters	9.75
Plot	9.5
Overall	9.4