The Girl from Nowhere is a Thai-Language television anthology series, directed by Jatuphong Rungrueangdechaphat. The first season released on August 8, 2018 on GMM 25 but due to its growing popularity, the second season was released internationally on Netflix on May 7, 2021.
Summary of the plot
A mysterious girl called Nanno transfers to numerous schools, exposing the hidden and dark secrets of students and its faculties.
Review
The first season of this series consist of 13 episodes, telling 13 different stories, inspired by 13 true incidents. The series take the reverse approach where the victims became the victors, taking revenge on those people who got away with their crime in real life.
The mysterious girl and the only constant character in the series, Nanno has some paranormal powers, allowing her to manipulate and maintain the mysterious aura. The girl transfers different school and unmasked the individuals responsible of different crimes. I think, the reason behind the satisfaction one can get from watching this series is because of the underlying justification. The satisfaction of watching the abusers suffering the same or worse traumatizing experience they bestow upon their victims. Some will prefer forgiving over revenge but in these 13 true incidents most of the school victims didn’t survive, so for them forgiving is not an option. Also, it’s more fun to watch the revenges.
Favorite Episode
For me, the best episode of this series was episode one. It’s based on a school teacher who sexually abused and impregnated a school girl and get away with it by the support of the school authority. The revenge game played by Nanno in this episode was just flawless. The revenge plot felt more realistic and without any use of paranormal powers, making it one of the best episodes.
Conclusion
I don’t usually watch tv series because of my impatient personality trait. I refuse to invest more than 3/4 hours in knowing a full story which most of the time restrain me from watching great shows. But this series with its unique ways of telling stories, created an opportunity for me to watch a show without getting impatient.
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