Reverse 4 You, streaming on Netflix

March 25th, 2026

On a pink and blue background with a gold clockface design, two women in casual clothes sit not quite back to back. by Eric Potter, Guest Reviewer

In Reverse 4 You, 19-year-old Jattawa, or Wa for short, is studying to be a lawyer and working odd delivery jobs while living alone with her 15-year-old sister, Vivi. Rather than just being normal sisters supporting and looking out for each other, they also happen to have special powers. Wa can freeze time or even reverse it by as much as 10 minutes, which she often utilizes whenever an accident occurs or she made a mistake—but only once per day, and cannot use it to fix something major right after using it for something that was comparably minor. Vivi can see out-of-the-blue visions at out-of-the-blue times of the future, albeit mostly of Wa’s future—but has no personal control over the visions, with some being more vague than others. And she can never see her own future. This still comes in handy in its own way when it comes to knowing exactly when Wa will be home at the front door and what food she is bringing over.

Then one fateful day, Vivi declares to Wa that the Wa was going to meet her soulmate at the university. While Vivi only made out a silhouette of the mystery person, she otherwise relays a precise scenario that will take place so Wa could identify him. Both naturally assume they are talking about a guy at the start. Meanwhile, Wa misses a food delivery deadline by a couple minutes, and the receiving client—a delinquent-seeming, tough-talking no-nonsense type girl—rubs in her failure with zero empathy. Wa later finds out that this same girl, named Four, is known across campus for having an attitude and engaging in fights. And just when it started seeming to Wa that Vivi may have been wrong (despite it being established that she historically never is), all the pieces of her vision come together to the point where Wa finally realizes the only person it could be is, you’ve guessed it, Four.

Once revealed that the soulmate in question is another woman, both sisters interestingly skip past the usual routine of denial before coming around to the idea, and instead readily accept it and adjust their thinking accordingly. Vivi was driven to pair her sister with her destined boyfriend, but just as easily shifts her drive to pairing her with her destined girlfriend instead. And for Wa’s part, she is more awkward with Four being her soulmate given the non-best first impressions the two started with. But after Wa reverses time to save Four from an accident, they begin growing closer from that point forward. Four softens up, and Wa finds out how misunderstood Four is and that she is someone who just does not take crap from anyone, for herself as well as the people she cares about.

Much of the series just centers around Wa and Four’s relationship, with all the traditional high points, conflicts and your standard soapiness. Because Wa uses her power more sparingly by this point, it was almost easy to forget the story’s sci-fi angle, at least until it comes into major play in the third act. One of the real highlights of this series is Vivi herself, in which it simply cannot be denied what an adorable delight she is, which actress Natnicha Polsombat plays with such genuine naturalness. It succeeds in making viewers feel what they should once the story takes a dark turn toward the end, and Wa is forced to make a choice that will unearth eye-opening revelations that shed a whole new light on everything, and answer the riddle of whether or not love is a strong enough force to conquer fate.

There are really just two issues I have with this series, one far more major than the other. Starting with the bigger one, midway through Four drinks herself stupid due to a misunderstanding with Wa (of course), and Wa tries guiding her safely inside, and then Four engages getting intimate with Wa on the spot. To which Wa ultimately goes along with. All the way. I swear I remember a similar scene like this having happened in The Loyal Pin, and it makes me wonder a little—does Thailand have different standards on what constitutes a consensual state of mind, or is this considered “passable” due to it being a same-sex relationship and the assumption that viewers would give no thought to it? Either way, there was nothing “comfortable” about watching what was trying to pass off as a sweet moment, and it took me a while afterwards to get behind this series again as the story got back on track.

The more minor issue was the ending—not before the credits, where we receive a genuine payoff of a conclusion, but midway through said credits when we get a scene of an extra bit of character interaction (not between Wa and Four) that cemented bitterness. If that was supposed to be the final ending, it felt like capping the series off with an odd note from nowhere, which made me wonder if this was supposed to leave open for a season 2 that I find no information on.

Those problems aside, the eight-episode Reverse 4 You really turned out to be a pleasant surprise that made clever use of its sci-fi gimmicks in an otherwise traditional GL story that turned out more elaborate than one would have predicted. This was my first Thai live-action Yuri that did not star Freenbecky, and it really felt like a lucky find by chance on Netflix.

Ratings: 

Story—8 (would have been a 9 if not for that problematic middle, and your mileage may vary with the usual soapy drama)
Characters—9 (all the characters have their charm, but the score’s mostly for Vivi!
Service—2
Yuri—10

Overall—8 (same reason as the story grade)

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