The first season was released on August 8, 2018, on GMM 25. A second season was released globally on Netflix on May 7, 2021, which exposed the show to international fame. It has hit number one on the currently most watched Netflix shows in Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines, while also ranking in the top 10 in countries around the world such as Brazil.[1][2][3][4] The show has been critically acclaimed for the usage of unconventional storytelling and takes on modern high school society.[5][6]
Premise
The plot revolves around Nanno, an enigmatic girl who transfers to different private schools in Thailand and exposes the students and faculty's stories of lies, secrets, and hypocrisy. Nanno on occasion lies to provoke others. She is revealed to be a mischievous immortal entity, punishing wrongdoers for their crimes and misdeeds. In Season 2, Nanno meets her match in newfound rival Yuri, who has a different, more revenge-focused ideology and wants to take over Nanno's duties.
Cast
Chicha Amatayakul as Nanno, a mysterious girl with supernatural powers and an enigmatic origin. Nanno serves as both guide and punisher to humans who hide secrets, perform harmful acts to others, and have selfish desires. Nanno is revealed to be an immortal entity that has the power to expose the lies and misdeeds of everyone she meets serving them the appropriate punishment no matter how big or small. Nanno is neither good nor evil in her crusade as she judges everyone equally, and while she feels no regret towards hurting people she only hurts those who have harmed others. She will however help those who are not inherently bad but are lost or trying to do better for themselves. Nanno prefers taking her time and planning how to deal with her marks before ending her mind games with satisfactory results. Nanno's outfit consists of her short medium-length, bowl-cut/bob hairstyle with bangs, female school uniform, and her inhuman-like cackle. She has similarities to the Junji Ito manga character Tomie Kawakami which was credited as an inspiration for the role, according to Amatayakul.
Chanya McClory (season 2)[7] as Yuri, Nanno's rival. Yuri was originally a victim Nanno attempted to help after she was mistreated by two rich girls who blackmailed students, including Yuri, with sex tapes of her and others being raped. However, Yuri had already planned for revenge on the girls since her assault, and instead of listening to Nanno's advice she used Nanno as a sacrifice for her plan, hiring two men to assault and film the girls, in the same way Yuri was. Yuri's plan backfires however when the men also kill Yuri to hide their crime, drowning her in a bathtub that a bleeding Nanno was later placed in. Nanno's blood revived Yuri, giving her the same powers and immortality as her. Unlike Nanno though Yuri prefers to spread chaos and get Nanno’s marks killed by others using lies and manipulation. Yuri shows signs of being sociopathic and has no remorse for her actions. Yuri's outfit is also a traditional female school uniform, with her hair tied in a ponytail using a red ribbon.
Each episode consists of individual stories and the appearance of Nanno at different schools.
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"The Ugly Truth"
Pairach Khumwan
August 8, 2018 (2018-08-08)
Nanno transfers to a school with the title "Purest School of the Year", but soon encounters a teacher who preys on students and a classmate with a secret.
Other students who have discovered the mysterious wall start using it to get their revenge. Some regret what they've done, but it might be too late to go back.
A group of students turn on one another while hiding from an escaped murderer in their school. In this episode, Nanno is shown to be a liar in an effort to instigate and escalate the situation.
In a school that ranks its students in order of beauty, Ying is mortified when Nanno outranks her, and goes to extreme lengths to reclaim her position.
Minnie is a queen bee at her school, seemingly untouchable. Her outrageous behavior including drunk driving causes the death of four of her schoolmates, but her parents shield her from the consequences. However, later on when she is riding with her parents, the brakes stop working and they crash. Minnie finds herself brutally injured and killed multiple times by her schoolmates, victim's parents, and even her own parents; one for each death she has caused. For the fourth time around, she still refuses to apologize and ends up jumping off the balcony to her death.
Jane, a famous live streamer known as JennyX, finds herself getting tired of her online persona and her parents, who seem to only care about her fame. Nanno befriends her, ensuring her that there is a way for her to live like a normal person. Together, they stage Jane's death during a live stream. Jane reinvents herself to enjoy her newfound freedom, but soon realizes that she wants her old life back. Yuri releases an anonymous tip to the press that Jane could have faked her death and leads Jane to believe that Nanno gave the tip. She tells Jane that the only way to get her life back is by killing Nanno. Nanno, knowing Yuri's involvement in the situation, forces Jane to kill her (Nanno). Jane then goes live and pretends that Nanno had kidnapped and tortured her, but she discovers that Nanno had stolen her life and is now JennyX. With no one believing her, she runs away. Meanwhile, Yuri points out that Nanno's wounds are not healing and that she is becoming mortal.
Junko is a student who suffers from hemophilia and moves around the school using a wheelchair. Teacher Waan, her mother who works in the school's infirmary, always takes care of her whenever she gets wounded. Nanno discovers that Teacher Waan gets monetary donations for Junko's illness and notices several students and teachers missing in the school. When she sneaks into their house, she sees one of the missing students buried in a box that Teacher Waan uses to store soil. Nanno confronts Teacher Waan about this and reveals that she knows the medicine being given to Junko is meant to keep Junko from feeling better. Teacher Waan confesses that Junko was the one who killed everyone who has been missing to get revenge for the years of bullying she had endured in the school. Fearing for Junko's future, she buried the bodies and began using disabling medicine onto Junko to keep her from killing more people. This leads Nanno to question whether punishing Teacher Waan is the right thing to do. It is then revealed that Yuri has been swapping out Junko's medicine and that Junko can walk by herself. Junko, furious at her mother, attempts to stab Teacher Waan before being stopped by Nanno. Teacher Waan then stabs Nanno continuously in a fit of rage before she is killed by Junko. With Nanno being dead, Yuri bids her goodbye and gives Junko her blood to make her immortal. As Yuri and Junko leave, a student, presumably Nanno, looks down on them from the rooftop.
The storylines in the episodes are inspired by actual real news reports where schoolgirls were victimized, but with the intent of showing how the victims will ultimately become the victor.[9] For instance, "Minnie and the Four Bodies" was based on an incident where a student had crashed her car into a university van killing four people, and had avoided the consequences because of her family's wealthy connections.[10]
"SOTUS" was also based on an incident where a senior punishes a junior for failing to follow the hazing rules, resulting in homicide.[11]
Days before auditioning for the role of Yuri, Chanya McClory had just started recovery for having an operation for removing a brain tumor. Her determination to get the role won over the casting crew and inspired her to empower her character.[14]
