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55:15 Never Too Late thai drama review
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55:15 Never Too Late
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by Komentator isenk
Mar 22, 2025
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 9.0
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 8.0
This review may contain spoilers

March 2025 recommendations challenge

Watch this for my March 2025 recommendations challenge by Jelena Petrovic. Interesting drama, I’m really happy I got to watch this.

Story about 5 adults who had regret in their life & giving 2nd chance by universe. Not to redo their past by going back to their youth, but more a chance for redemption of their regrets or you can said atone their sin.

Seksan, Songpol, Jaya, Jarunee and Amonthep all at age 55 years old. One day, after series of events in each of their lives, they all woke up with their face becoming youth again, to be exact, back to their 15 years old face & body. Hence the title 55:15.

Shocked by the fact but can’t do anything about it, one by one they decided to enroll in school again, each for their own reason. In that school, by coincidence they meet & start befriends each other.

In this youthful body, each of them learn how to live as teenagers & the modern world. They also learn more about themselves, their family & friends & also about their own regrets. So, will they be able to transform back to their original body…? What will they learn with this journey…?

Below I’ll try to tell you a little story of their life & the reason for them to enroll in school again without giving too many spoilers.

1st story. Seksan (san).
Seksan is a voice actor, who had been fighting with his parents and running away from home since his youth. He lived his life full of spree with 1 regret. His first and true love, Prim.

After Seksan changed into his youth’s body, he saw Prim drop a girl to a school. With that, Seksan with the help of his friend decided to enroll into the school, as San, with the hope of meeting Prim there.

Soon, San finds the girl that Prim drops & befriends her & finally he can reunite with Prim. And then San learns that Prim is having marital issues, where her husband is abusive toward her, but doesn't want to let her go. So, how San will react to this & what will he learn from this experience…?

2nd. Songpol (Pol/Paul).
Pol is a son of a traditional & conservative Chinese family, who has been hiding the fact that he’s gay. Once his mother died, Pol with the help of his niece, Noinae, decided to find a date. But deep down, Pol actually had been in love for a long time with Mathee, a pianist in his restaurant. On the day he got young, he’s in shock & upset, because Mathee was planning for another marriage.

With the help of his family (his brother & niece), Pol also enrolled in the school as Paul. There, he meets Pipu (Mathee’s son) and becomes his friend. But soon, it turns out Pipu not only wants to be his friend, Pipu wants something more with him. So, how will Paul handle his feelings for Mathee & Pipu at the same time…? Will Paul be able to release his feeling for Mathee in the end…?

3rd. Jaya Janiya (Yaya)
Jaya is a singer, she was once very popular at her time, but now she's old, yet has diva behaviors while her popularity is not like it used to be. Before she gets back to her youth’s self, she's having problems because of her behaviors & her career is doomed.

So, now she enrolled in the school, with the name Yaya, to come at her rival, Grayta. Grayta became the thorn in the flesh for Jaya because her company decided to use part of Jaya's song for Grayta’s new song but they don’t give Jaya credit for it.

But through Grayta's insult, Yaya decided to give another chance to raise her name to the top again. She’s determined to fix her mistake as Jaya & as Yaya to have a shot to become a singer again. But soon,Yaya learned to become a singer these days not as easy as it used to, being pretty is not enough anymore. So, will Yaya be successful to be a singer again…?

4th. Jarunee (Jenny)
Jarunee is a strict teacher that every student doesn't like. Before she gets back to her youth’s self, she's having problems at school with her students and also receiving bad news about her health. She got cancer.

Now she is entering the school again, with the name Jenny, because she’s worried about 3 girls that have problems with her. In the school, she successfully be a little closer to 3 of them. But Jenny is still as stiff as Jarunee, so at first it’s a little hard to be closer to them, they like to mock her a lot.

Luckily after some time, she comes to the conclusion, while she needs to live in this body, why doesn’t she embrace it & live her life a little bit freely. So, Jenny lists 10 things she wants to do before her death. And little by little she managed to fulfill it…

Now the question is, what happened to her cancer…? Because when she’s as Jenny, the cancer seems to be gone, but she still experiences all the symptoms. Will the cancer be gone when she’s back to her old self or the cancer is actually still there but it just undetected…?

5th. Amonthep (Thep)
Amonthep was a talented boxer, but due to ill intentions by his opponent, they broke his leg & ended his career. Now as an adult, he's drowning in debt to guard his boxing arena. Why…? Cause the arena not only represents his youth but also the heritage from his adopted father.

When they're wondering how to get the money for the arena, Amonthep got the idea to win the championship. The only problem is they don't have a champion. At first Amonthep turned into his son, Pangpond (Pond), only to get strong opposition from Pond. So when Amonthep turned into his youth’s self, he enrolled in the school, with the name Thep, to search for a champion.

But, the search is no fail & the date for the championship is getting closer each day. Suddenly, Thep realizes his leg is not so hurt anymore, he goes back to his youth body & so his leg. So, rather than keep waiting for a champion, Thep starts to train his body to be ready for the championship himself. Now, with the support of his wife & son, Thep aimed for the championship.

But after learning from Jenny’s case, my question is… Is Thep leg really healed, or is it just hidden behind the youth body…? So will Thep successfully win the championship & save his arena…?

That's pretty much the story without giving any more spoilers. Now what I like and don't.

What I like:
+ Interesting intact regarding reincarnation. Usually we got someone back to their life a few years / decade ago & that’s for them to redeem their own mistake. But this one, they got back to their youth’s self but the timeline is not swifting, it is still running normally.
+ How they really learn to redeem themselves
+ They have true family & friends on their side. Although their story seems so absurd, their family & friends believe them & support them all the way.

What I don’t like:
- Quite bored with the song. Haha… Jenny really only sings 1 song the whole time.

Overall this really one interesting story about redemption & reflecting your life.
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