New Girl) is a Thai mystery thriller anthology television series created by studio SOUR Bangkok and starring actress Chicha "Kitty" Amatayakul in the lead role.
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] 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.
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.
After opening a time capsule at a high school reunion, some ex-pupils recall an odd classmate they nicknamed "Psycho Nanno".
Her outrageous behavior including drunk driving causes the death of four of her schoolmates, but her parents shield her from the consequences.
Guest stars: Patricia Good (Minnie); Chanya McClory (Yuri); Sahajak Boonthanakit (Minnie's father); Adisak Treesirikasem (Ploen's father); Pijika Jittaputta (Ploen's mother) Nanno tries to help a poor student named Yuri get even with the rich classmates who treat her like a servant, but Nanno may have met her match.
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.
When she sneaks into their house, she sees one of the missing students buried in a box that Teacher Waan uses to store soil.
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.
[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] Lead actress Amatayakul used "Tomie", a Japanese horror manga featuring a succubus-like woman, as her reference for the series.
[12][13] Days before auditioning for the role of Yuri, Chanya McClory had just started recovery for having an operation for removing a brain tumor.