The Boy Next World - Season 1

First aired: 1/5/2025 10 episodes

A stranger claims to be Phu’s lover from another universe. It sounds crazy—until Phu’s heart starts to believe him.

Episodes

1. Do You Believe in Parallel Worlds?

Aired: 1/5/2025

After a terrible day of bad luck, Phugun has a late night visitor, Cirrus, who claims he is from an alternate universe where the two of them have been dating since high school.

2. The Identity of the Stranger

Aired: 1/12/2025

Cirrus continues to find ways to show Phu how much he knows about him to prove his claim he is from another universe. Phu begins taking some responsibility for Cirrus' care after accompanying him to the hospital to remove his stitches.

3. The Beginning of the Substitute

Aired: 1/19/2025

Cirrus begins having vivid dreams of his life with Phu that he once knew. Struggling to be without his partner, Phu offers to be his replacement until Cirrus can return home.

4. Closing the Distance

Aired: 1/26/2025

Phu falls ill while Cirrus receives an unexpected invitation from his mother.

5. Truth and Memory

Aired: 2/2/2025

Cirrus helps Phukan recover from his fever and opens up about his soured relationship between him and his mother.

6. The Meaning of Family

Aired: 2/9/2025

Cirrus and Ozone recall their past with their mother and the harm she caused.

7. The Third Cirrus

Aired: 2/16/2025

Phu and Cirrus remember Phu's deceased father on his birthday.

8. Cirrus’s Time Dimension

Aired: 2/23/2025

Cirrus finds himself trapped in-between dimensions, while Phu struggles with a Cirrus that cannot remember him and his meddling mother.

9. Truth from the Parallel World

Aired: 3/2/2025

Finally, the same P' Cir has returned to reunite with Phukan once more. This time, Phukan swears not to let anyone take P' Cir away, no matter how many Phukans come from other worlds. Phukan isn’t backing down, either. They are so sweet that their friends turn away in embarrassment. But as everything unfolds, Wim, who has been anxious all along, seems to be softening towards Jin more and more. However, Jin decides to reveal the truth. At the same time, Phukan discovers the secret that P' Cir has been hiding. What will Phukan and Wim do next?

10. The Convergence of Time

Aired: 3/9/2025

Finally, the entire story reaches its ultimate conclusion as Phukan discovers that what Cirrus said was a lie. His guardian doesn’t exist, and the lucky color doesn’t work. Everything was caused by an ordinary man named Cirrus. This is the first time Phukan has ever felt this angry. Why didn’t Cirrus tell the truth? Why didn’t he face things directly? Why lie? At the same time, Cirrus decides to confront his mother one last time, just as Wim chooses to face Jin. Will Phukan give Cirrus another chance?