I thought of it as this as well!! When Yuri appeared in the True love ep, I was wandering "what does Karma love?" Justice came to mind but in the last ep they wete both "judges"...which leads me to think of them as the Fates. They are 3 now
Nanno is stated to be "the devil's daughter or the snake in the garden of Eden." She never originally died, she was never mortal. Nanno learns sympathy, empathy and even love. She changes and grows as she experiences humanity and mortality.
16:44 Nanno has often stated that she hates flowers for no reason in particular. So i find it interesting that she "died" in a flower field--surrounded by the things she despises.
@@patricia071 I don't think so, because she began saying that she hates flowers during episode 2 of season 1, I believe. One of the guys leaves a flower on Nanno's desk and she tells one other girl to take it since she doesn't want it. She doesn't give any explanation other than "I just hate flowers". I don't think her hatred for flowers is ever explained.
I'm late to this, but who cares. I personally interpreted it as not being a hatred of flowers per say, but rather a hatred of her fate. We learn from the outset that Nanno is immortal and, as the daughter of Mara (demon king of karma in Buddhism), she also has some special abilities. One of these is being omniscient, all-knowing and able to see into past, present and future events even when she's not around for them. There are some moments where this is questioned, such as her surprise when falling in love with Tk as she clearly didn't expect it or see it coming. However, the fact that she "dies" in flowers might be foreshadowing of her death at the end, which influenced her reaction to them. She must've been aware of her supposed demise at the end and this is where she grew to dislike flowers, as she knew all along that Yuri would leave her in them. Also, an interesting fact, but as she's the daughter of Mara, it might be that she hates flowers because when Mara tried to stop Buddha from attaining enlightenment, he and his army shot arrows at him. These arrows turned into flowers before the Buddha, who didn't stop meditating. Her hatred of flowers could stem from the fact that Mara himself was essentially taken down by his own arrows turning into flowers!
@@valerielorelie This comment was very insightful! Although, I have to say that I don't think she didn't see it coming when she fell in love with TK. The plan was to make him get attached to her in order to punish him once she left. The whole goal was to make him lose the one thing he truly wanted. Then again, maybe her *actually* falling in love took her by surprise.
@@serena841 I'm so glad it was insightful for you :)) Yes, I think she knew what her own intentions were and she was aware of how HE would get attached considering how well-educated she is in human emotion. But I think it took her by surprise how she actually fell in love and got too invested. She knew how people would typically feel in this situation and that she'd have to form an intimate bond with him in order to deliver karma, but that look of longing when she glances at Tk at the end of the episode just proves that not only was she not anticipating that kind of reaction from herself, but also that she wasn't expecting to get so DEEP into the role that she actually caught feelings.
I think the show is in a high school setting because that usually the age when people gain enough agency and awareness to do true evil. A child can't truly be considered evil, as most of the wrong they can do is farily limited and unvolutary, almost always caused by emotional disregulation or in response to neglect and not by actual malice. However teen years are a turning point when people gain enough consciousness to decide if they want to align their behavior with a moral system or not.
That's a good perspective on it. Just to add my own 2cents, it might also be because at that point in time, even if they don't have much life experience, most teenagers know enough about the world to distinguish right and wrong. A lot of the situations Nanno is in aren't very nuanced; they're pretty black and white. Which I think adds up to the mentality of growing adolescents. They tend to see things in a black and white pov, until they experience life more (of course, this isn't counting teens who are mature for their age group, whether naturally by personality or experiencing a lot more at a younger age). Another thing is when we see *court trials of minors, their punishments usually aren't heavy. Not unless they commit a crime bad enough that they'll get *trialed as an adult. Which I don't think happens that often, so they try to prosecute them with the highest punishment possible. But I'm talking about the country I live in. It's different in other countries. Idk about Thailand, but when the spotlight was on South Korean and their school bullying cases that were borderline-criminal if not straight-up-criminal. There was a concerning amount of these cases relative to their population size. A lot of those cases were swept under the rug and the perpetrators were let off with a slap on the wrist, merely because they were minors. *Despite the severity of what had transpired. The show's stated before that the episodes are based on real life cases (*not all of them). So maybe Nanno is the karma that we yearn for when we see horrible ppl getting away with stuff just because they're "young and don't know better." Edits: *
It's in a high school setting because the audience is primarily young, people who know little of the world. Secondly the setting is in high school because people that age don't work and spend plenty of time together.
We saw in the colourless school episode that all versions of Nanno exist at the same time. The version that dyed her hair purple, the version that got impaled, the version wearing green ribbons. So nanno doesn't die, I think. She spawns, she multiples. She isn't ever dead cuz another clone with her memories and abilities comes up but the version before her definitely goes through the brutal pain. That version is still very much alive. I hope that explains why even in the last episode, nanno died in the garden and was alive later. Yuri said "it doesn't heal, huh?" But in the school episode, it was clear that it heals just to the point that the signs of injury stay it doesn't become as if it never happened. It never healed anyway. Nanno cannot become a mortal.
I always thought she was the embodiment of karma but her last line really threw me off wondering..."the people seem to make their own justice - will I be needed anymore?"
I think it's because of yuri.yuri act's as those people who believe that there's no karma that's why they should be the karma and give justice on their own.it's like you hold the justice on your hand instead of letting the police or perhaps the karma do their job. It also symbolizes that yuri wanting to replace nanno's position
So about the flashback episode, Nanno is presumed to be able to choose how she appears, thus why she had wounds when she showed up to class. She plays the long game, in this case pulling everyone to act that way then to reap on their actions at the reunion
People keep referring to Nanno as Karma and Yuri as Vengeance which makes me assume the new girl is Hatred, I just have a sneaky suspicion that it was all apart the characters plan (Nanno) but I guess we have to wait and see
Yeah, also how Nanno is tempting makes it seem like maybe she tempted Yuri somehow to take her place as if Yuri is vengeance why would she take revenge on nanno?
@@lucidx8778 I felt like Yuri was made by accident. Nanno "dying" I believe was Nanno's plan coz Yuri had been messing up her Karma lessons and dying was probably a way to cut the tie between them as Yuri did keep turning up. Yuri wanted people to die or kill, while Nanno didn't, though there are times I'm not sure like with the episode with the school teacher killing everyone in the end.
I think there’s something quite off in the statement “Nanno is there to get revenge”. As we notice, and as you stated, every single one of the people getting punished in this series have wronged Nanno in one way or another. She gets people what they deserve, and that’s karma, not revenge: the very few, (mainly) good people she has befriended and haven’t wronged her or other people got out of the episodes’ situations unharmed and even happy, look at the girl she befriended during “Liberation”: she doesn’t appear much, but she explicitly is let out of the school along with Nanno because she had a clean conscience the whole time. This pattern of healthy friendship between Nanno and another student almost never occurs, but it’s something that proves that Nanno doesn’t take revenge, otherwise she would try to actively make people in the wrong (making her side of the story wrong as a consequence), she’s just doing her job as a “judge”, as how you called her.
I agree! Nano doesn't force or manipulate anyone to do anything. They all choose to do something terrible of their own free will. She merely provides the temptation. If any one of them would have done the right thing they would have never been punished but because they all chose to make a terrible decision. They suffer the consequences for it. Nano is obviously much older than she appears, and I assume she can probably sense people's intentions and sense when someone is a bad person.
@cherrychaeryeong2461 I mean I'm not sure if the teacher's daughter dying was because of Nanno, but it doesn't make sense in both cases. On JennyX's behalf though, she was still pushed over the edge by Yuri. Although she's not entirely at fault, she's still the one who committed murder. Nanno also does this sometimes, like in episode two season one when she commented on that girl's weight to make her angry
Agree and disagree, she seemed to have "punished the little girl who was the teachers daughter at the end of the school killer episode. That girl didn't wrong nanno, unless I'm mistaken and haven't seen the show in awhile.
@@Tracy_B24 the little girl hadn't done anything, but that's still part of the punishment she set up for the teacher. he cared about his daughter, surprisingly enough, and nanno got rid of her merely because it hurt him since he held no regard for the other people around him. unfortunately, she was a means to an end. he hurt many girls, so the only girl he cared about got hurt. that said, i do not like the girl getting killed, either. in fact, i believe it could have been handled better by the writers because it makes nanno feel more like a villain than the anti-hero she is.
nah, Nanno isn't good nor evil, she simply put mirror on someone which basically karma, if they did evil then it shows evil, but if its good then it shows good. Yuri is embodiment of pure evil, everything is about revenge
I never noticed this until now but Yuri’s hair is in a pony tail symbolising her controlled chaos method. I wouldn’t point this out if her hair wasn’t tied up with a red ribbon alluding to her vengeful ways. Whereas Nanno’s hair is down symbolising her natural chaos method. The saying let your hair down comes to mind meaning relax and enjoy/enjoy the chaos that Nanno let fall into place.
Nanno is not the antagonist she's the PROTAGONIST, the protagonist is the main character of the story, the antagonist is the person who opposes the protagonist. A character being evil makes then a villain, but not an antagonist.
A good way to put this is like this: "A protagonist is who we follow, a villain is against the world, and an antagonist is against the one we follow, but not always the world."
Nanno’s real name is revealed in episode 3 at the plaque her real name is I think a Buddhist demon that had 3 daughters also this demon was male possibly explaining how she got that guy pregnant in 2x01. One of these demons daughters was the embodiment of revenge while the other I think something relating to Junko I can’t remember. One thing in 1x02 Nanno says to those girls she hates flowers the Buddhist demon also hates flowers in it’s lore something about war? 😭 Nanno died in a feild of flowers- Ah, I have it now so the demons name is Mara Amaratayakul, Māra meaning demon, this demon has 3 daughters Trsnā, Rati, and Rāga (Thirst, Desire, and Delight) Yuri: Delight Junko: Thirst Nannai’s daughter: Desire All theories though. 🤷
For whatever reason I thought that the three daughters of Māra were Nanno’s older sisters since her actress (Chicha) said that Nanno is the devil’s daughter. I’m assuming since this comes from south Asian/Buddhist mythology the word “devil” and demon are interchangeable so that’s what Chicha meant. If her sisters are thirst, desire, and delight, then Nanno is consequence or Judgement since those names seem to imply temptation/indulgence which the devil famously does to sinners so they can be taken to hell to be punished
Bruhhh Nanno was the one who listens to Juan's story. She is the one who knew both sides of the story. Yuri still helped Junko. Even though she knew that Junko is the evil one.
Yuri appeared in other episodes before the titled ep « YURI » She appeared from behind and had a red bow in her hair in previous episodes we never see her face though.
@@ray_girl01 Yes Yuri was shown in the background at the start of season 2 but in a couple season 1 eps as well. We just got shown the character from behind and her red bow, (which makes sense it’s a part of her character); but never her face since she’s supposed to be a « mysterious figure mystery character » in season 1. The « Yuri » episode actually is from season 2 ep 4 It doesn’t take place before season 2 it is a season 2 ep.
Nanno is pure karma. She brings everyone's actions back to them. Some of her targets had good endings when she taught them what is important as they weren't bad people (as few as they were). Yuri is wrathful, vengeful and always out to kill someone.
I went to go watch your video after watching the series just to thank you for introducing me to it but saw it got taken down. I'm thrilled you re-uploaded it so I could do so properly. The season one episode on money and greed was absolutely thrilling and might be my favorite episode so far. I just finished Wonderwall pt.2 and can NOT wait to see more of Nanno doing Nanno things.
yuri unfortunately ruined the show for me. it was so much more interesting with only nanno and the mystery behind her, and bringing in yuri just made me yell at the screen every time she showed up
YUPPP, I was waiting to see if someone would bring it up. 100% agree. TBH I stopped after Yuri tells Nanno that she was basically gonna take over. Hated it. Did not like that weird competition of Nanno vs Yuri. The recipe was perfectly fine until *Yuri*
I think Nanno is playing a game with Yuri and she will eventually have her downfall. It will be interesting to see what they will do in season 3 having two girls with Nannos abilities.
"Main antagonist" Girlie I know this is a year ago but she is the main PROTAGONIST* of the show, not the antagonist. Just cause antagonist has been use a lot to villain characters but that's not the meaning of it, a villain is just a type of antagonist.
Actually in this case it’s both. A protagonist is the main character of a story. An antagonist is the main rival/enemy of the main character(s). Since Nanno is the throughline for the anthology stories in Girl From Nowhere and the one the narrative revolves around, she is the protagonist of the overall series. But since the narrative revolves around her _because she’s escalating conflict on purpose_ and presents herself to the other main characters of each individual story as their enemy, she is also their antagonist. She does this on a constant enough basis that even if there are different additional enemies each episode, she is the *main* antagonist, even if she changes later on. For the majority of the story she is the enemy, even if her character is more complex than a simple villain. The creator is right, at most you could argue they should’ve also said protagonist but that’s kind of pedantic.
Her name meaning Karma. She is there to help people and hurt people. And the fact that episodes are based on true events. I strongly believe she is made to be Karma to the events that actually happened
She only help people who repent from their mistakes and want to better themselves or people who needed help and people who take accountability for their actions.She only hurt and hex people who didn't better themselves,people who don't learn from their mistakes and people who don't take responsibilty for their deeds and people who are narcissists
i believe it is best to acknowledge we are, each of us, capable of committing horrible things and must therefore always check ourselves, than to believe we are 'pure'.
"Every school has a different way of dealing with students" over the footage of the headmaster revealling a shotgun 😭😭! But honestly, great video!! I found Girl from Nowhere a few years ago was absolutely transfixed... This covers a lot of my feelings very well!! I hope to see more video essays from this channel in future!
I think what I really liked about Girl from Nowhere is how Nanno was a judge rather than a traditional vengeful spirit. A lot of times while watching I remember I'd go "why is she letting it go this far? Why doesn't she just terrorise them sooner?" And then I think it was the episode with the plagiarist student and the gay teacher that made go 'Oh... she isn't a vengeful entity, she's a judge. Karma.' It made me think what the point of those episodes once since they didn't provide the 'bad people getting what they deserve' catharsis, and then I realised they don't provide catharsis, they provide empathy and hope. I was mistaken in thinking that Nanno was going easy on these two; when I re-watch it, I realise that no, she's actually treating them the same as she treats everyone else. It's just that they refused to cross a line, and as such, they saved themselves from a tragic ending. The high achiever could've easily become a standard episode- she cheats to get ahead, her lie catches up with her, she does horrible things to other people for selfish gains, Karma. The reason it didn't isn't because Nanno was being lenient; it's because the student refused to become that person. That really cemented in my mind that Nanno isn't just a revenge seeking ghost, and I think the highschool reunion emphasised that even more. Why does she wait so long? If you're cynical, you could say it's a petty move to make it hurt more, but I believe it's because Nanno believes the punishment comes from the evildoer, not an omniscient 3rd party. Yeah, she could've just tortured and killed her assailants- but why do that when they're going to ruin their own lives anyway? They weren't being haunted by a vengeful Nanno, and they still ended up miserable because of their own decisions. Knowing that you're the reason you're miserable is so much worse than knowing a demon is ruining your life. That's why Nanno so often pulls the "comes back the next day alive and acts as if nothing bad happened". It's 'The telltale heart'- why brutalise an evildoer when their own guilty mind will undo themselves for you? And that's why I think the gay teacher episode hit so hard.... like, she was an authority figure abusing her power on her students due to personal reasons. It seems like she's perfect to go the traditional Nanno route. But she doesn't. When I first watched it, I had thought that Nanno had saved the day, but upon rewatching it, Nanno gave her the same treatment everyone else got. The teacher saved herself by realising the anger she had inside came from a place of grief and pain, and was able to accept herself and change her treatment of her students. ... Idk man!! Girl from Nowhere started off as a revenge fantasy show where bad people got their comeuppance but I really love that they adapted the show into "people decide their own punishments, and vice versa, their own reward".......... empathy forms the best horror.
Ok i have a theory what if nanno had already planned in last secound ep that she was loosing imortality but she was not and she planned all of it till yuri kills her and maybe she is planning something even darker because nanno was always smart and can maniululate someone in thinking something that aint real
I was in middle school and a police officer was addressing us for some reason (I wasn't paying attention) but he said "Did you know, this school has a spotless record? No student has ever killed themselves here." I immediately spoke out. What about that student who literally just killed himself a month ago???? "Well, he dropped out just before he did it, so he technically wasn't a student." I was sickened to my core. I hated that school.
19:00 i think nanno stays in high schools bc thats when she died. Shes mentally forever a highschooler, even though she may gain experience from her immortality. She died from highschool brutality so she wants to take revenge on highschool evilness 20:20 oke u had the same thoughts
I had this video saved for later and I wondered where it went. I'm glad it's back up now and I'll watch it right away. I love how Nanno is truly like a devil on your shoulder where she tempts you to so bad things but since she's Thai Karma she won't only punish you, but gives you what you deserve. So obviously it's usually bad Karma but that stealing guy got good Karma because he didn't try to blame her at the end. That's also why I don't really think she was a human before? Because I'm almost certain any human with her kind of power would turn out like Yuri. Because humans can't help falling revenge. And yes, sometimes her punishments feel out of pocket but as I already said, she also deals good Karma🤔 But then again.... Yuri got her power only after dying so like idek. I do not believe that Nanno died at the end of s2 (because yeah, I don't think she was human to begin with) but who knows. It's definitely very fascinating. S3 is gonna be chaotic af.
Reminds me of a British prison seminar group that uses interaction among the hardest cold blooded criminals to discuss their crimes and question each other’s morality As most smart criminals can easily lie or manipulate their psychologists and counselors, this program relies on criminals to do the therapy work, because you can’t con another con
@@biancamariavalenti8050 it's a Manga by junji ito. It has been around for a long time now. I've never heard of someone NOT knowing what Tomie is. That's insane. His best work is Usumaki tho.
@@evecates2232 I don’t read much manga unfortunately. I can never seem to find any in Italy. I do enjoy manga though and reading they’re fun. Well that’s interesting Thank you for the useful information. Good day.
i feel like nannos reason to be in this world isn't just giving karma, she's also studying and learning from people behavior and i also think that the ending will lead nanno into becoming a normal being and finally live her life as a mortal with tk
I like Nano, she is kinda like a girl version of "The Laughing Salesman" - if you know, you know.. : ) Your comparison with Tomie may be better, but I never read Tomie. You might want to look into "The Laughing Salesman" tho, it's so dark with the Salesman tempting / testing his victims, and they always f up and meet terrible fates... ^^;
ive come to terms that the last scene of the last episode was really just in case the writers wanted continue the story sometime in the future and not because they actually planned a 3rd season😭😭
Stopped watching girl from nowhere when it came out after 6 episodes, but started to watch your video and paused it so I can watch the show completely first before finishing your video. Your video motivated me to finish the show and I was sad when I couldn't find it here on youtube :< Glad it's back!
What an epic character and brilliant analysis. That Junko plot twist is a great shame, though. But that 66666 on her uniform in the opening seems like it may be a strong reference to demons wow... Nanno so strongly reminds me of the tales of ancient demons that simply tip the balance that draws people into temptation, observing and judging their true nature from very subtle hints. WShe also reminds me of angels who punish people by exposing their evil.
i dont know any thing about buddhisim but some one pay attention to nano real name in one of season 1 episodes since thailand people have long names and give to thier children a nick name but as i said someone mention that buddha was cultivating and a demon send his 3 daughters to seduce him , the first daughter which represent karma has the same name as nanno and the second represent yuri ,maybe they will do season 3 and show the third daugther
Yeah, I was pretty much a bully and a bullied victim. I was bullied because I have autism and had all sorts of crap that went down within my family. Pecking orders are pretty harsh and unforgiveable. I wonder if any of the people that Nano and Yuri cast judgement on, could they ever redeem themselves? I cannot forgive my mom for how she stayed with my stepdad for most of my childhood and I cannot forgive my stepdad for how he and his family belittled and just saw me as nothing more than a playmate and later a babysitter for my cousins. There is a lot more including how my mom was basically a monster that didn't know or at least mostly kept all of our dysfunctionality under wraps because she didn't want the authorities or CPS to get involve or us being homeless because had she left my stepdad, that would have likely happened.
8:02 That’s definitely not the 90s because that is not a phone from the 90s lol 😅 I was there. I remember. Phones like that didn’t show up until like early-mid 2000s
Ep03 was the first to show Nanno as a delusional hypocrite psycho The girl in the story needed to be pushed so hard into doing something wrong because of how resistant and hesitant she was. She was eventually practically forced into plagiarising art and then got her social life and image dilapidated for it. Like if a bit of jealousy is all it takes to want to ruin a teenagers life, then that is already way beyond wanting to prove humans are the worst. That is framing them as such then torturing them for it. She basically wanted to see someone in pain with bogus reasoning as an excuse. Nanno was a hateable character in that episode
Your comment is proving you did not understand the show whatsoever. In that episode the girl was pushed by her own accord because she was jealous that her friend got an award and was being praised. Even going so far to frame her friend for “breaking her arm”. She plagiarized so many artists artwork and got off with no repercussions from the school. The one thing Nanno did was make her realize that her jealousy and envy would cause her to lose people close to her. She lost her friend because of her own selfishness. Nanno literally told her to “copy and paste” she didn’t actually push her into doing anything. So explain to me again how Nanno was the “psychopath that got off to people being hurt.”
The first couple episodes start off strong with each of them following a theme. That episode was based around envy and what people would do to get attention. It was so blatantly obvious that I’m quite confused that you watched the episode and thought Nanno had a “bogus reason” when she didn’t even punish her harshly she just made her regret her decisions for being a shitty person. Her job is to judge those who are morally corrupt. She didn’t really push them to anything since some of them were already guilty of these actions. And we have a few episodes with her actually helping people.
Your comment is proving you didnt understand the show nor my comment whatsoever. In that episode a teen was jealous of a friend in a highly competitive education system (jealousy justified). That was all it took for her to be a target, after which she was made to believe the "secret" to success is "inspiration" and everyone is doing it. Her believing the lies went with it, and even then was hesitant to submit her work, which nanno had to do for her, leading her to a really shitty situation. After that people wanted more, and to keep the lie going more plagiarism was required. Later she broke her own arm to avoid going on stage and "country wide" embarrassment which nanno set her up for. I get that pinning it on a friend, she was jealous of, was stupid, but given the context; the stupidity of a teenager, the fear of public judgement /stages at that age, it makes sense. There was just too much intervention here to jump from justified jealousy to public humiliation and a hurt social image in such a competitive environment. There is even potential for further damage to her growth as a person. Friends argue and get back together, that is very common and could have very much been the case here if not for all the involvement. Now compare that to nannos previous targets which were cold-blooded killers or r****ts, and it is clear how black and white her outlook on humans is. Its just that this is the first episode where this was evident. Which was the point of the show given the last episodes. It wasn't psychopathy gotta backtrack there, but definetly a display of delusion, hyporacy, and oblivion.
@@dark6.6E-34 I stopped reading after I saw the “jealousy was justified.” So it was justified for her to frame her friend for breaking her arm and even gaslighting her??? And you’re bringing up Nanno only going after “cold blooded killers” which is so funny to me bc like you clearly stopped watching after like three episodes. She went after different types of morally corrupt people. We have episodes with peoples greed and pride being their downfall, their desires, their personality and the way they treat people etc. there were so many different episodes and different people being judged. We have a few episodes where she goes to schools to help some people instead of punishing anyone. Her outlook isn’t “black and white” because there wasn’t even an episode where she unjustly punished somebody. You’re trying so hard to use s1e ep3 as a justification for why Nanno was a “psychopath,” when she clearly targeted somebody’s who’s own insecurities, pride, and jealousy set them up the entire episode. The girl wasn’t even harshly punished that episode and this is how I know you’re lying bc you said she got “defamed and humiliated” when at the end of the episode people were still cheering for her and ignoring the artists calling her out for stealing their art work. The worst she got that episode was losing her friend and realizing that her jealousy would cost her more than that in the future. But she was too self absorbed that she didn’t see that.
@@dark6.6E-34 She chose to blackmail her friend and tried to take credit for work that wasn't hers, copyright infringement. She also kept denying the fact that she plagerised and was a scumbag. She got punished by being humiliated in front of everyone because she lied to everyone. She didn't die or lose anyone, her family was still there. She just lives with the guilt that she is a fraud. She doesn't deserve death, but she deserves to know that cheating is not how you get better
I love this video- and your interpretation of the show! Im not sure i fully buy her being the daughter of the devil or whatever. While her role in the seroies is definitely to enable peoples worst instincts, i like the idea that she was once human. Mostly because i feel like it gives more context to her regret later in the series
When it comes to the devil, a good metaphysical twist would be to involve the audience. The audience may believe that the protagonist is changing, maybe becoming empathetic or regretful at times. But as the devil is the father of lies, we should know that that too can be part of a good story which captures the essence of the devil. Nothing good can ever come from the devil. Only lies.
I think many of us would infer that Nanno represented the concept of Karma. It seemed to me that many are focused more toward personification(which is fair because that's what the "showing" side of the show used to communicate to us watchers) rather than the embodiment of the concept. At the same time I think, what if the creator really did intended to make Nanno represent entity that is seen as more of an agent(Mara, in popular context of buddhism, comes of as a thinking, talking agent) than a nature(dharma) in buddhism. Suddenly "Mara"(which was made her name) which gets translated into English as "Devil", makes sense and in my opinion became rather apt description already but that's where the problem lies. Nanno is a Mara. However "Devil" in concept of 'western' religion is very different from "Mara". If I were to look at this through a lens of buddhism(as far as I personally understood) which is the main idea(/religion) that shape the philosophy in Thai culture(though 'buddhism' of many people in Thailand is kind of 'different'), the question of pure of impure(good or evil?) is irrelevant. There is this concept in buddhism that goes "sabbe dhammā anattā" meaning "myriad(all) dhammā(nature) is without a (permanent)self". There is no such a thing as a "pure/good" or "impure/bad" person; beings act upon the conditioning of their mind--It is possible to bring out any kind of conduct from anyone who is stuck in their own (impermanent)nature. Karma is not "the Judge", it would seem like one if we were to give Karma a "self". I'm going to assign a "self" to Karma here for the sake of explanation because I'm hitting the boundary of language. Karma in more popular sense refers to both the action and its consequences(The word is a bit nuanced, I'm not touching that here) or to put it other words Karma represents the idea of "Actions have consequences". Because in nature there was no "right" and "wrong", one does not necessarily get punished doing "wrongs", neither does one necessarily get rewarded commiting "rights". That being said, action still have consequences and people do put labels on consequences as "punishment" or "reward". These consequences then go back to the agent(the one who commit the action) as the conditioning, forming a cycle of Karma. Mara is used in buddhism as a metaphor for conditioned existence, a 'demon' that people crafted for themselves. I think framing Nanno as a "Judge" makes it sound a bit weird. I don't think they were there to pass judgement but rather to accelerate and emphasise the consequence of actions, just like how Mara motivated/tempted beings and make them trap themselves in a ceaseless suffering of Karmic Cycle. I think the illustration of Nanno learning (nature of)humanity and later showing mortality is an allegory of escaping the Karmic Cycle; Obeserving and comprehending cause and effect leads to awakening from the temptation of conditions(extinguishing the Mara), thus releasing her from the perpetual cycle of suffering. Edit: added info
The link and similarities to Tomie are clear for sure. Not sure how many of the Tomie stories youve read, thought, but if you read all of the Tomie stories you will realize that Tomie is actually an awful person. She downright convinces people to commit murder. (Multiple times) she is a social, and literal parasite, that has the ability to enchant and cloud the minds of most the men she meets. During the entirety of the Tomie saga there has only been one male character who was completely unaffected with her ability to control his mind, and that caused her to become completely obsessed with him. She is well aware of the powers that she has, and she wields them intentionally and cruelly, at one time even using her ability to groom an 8 year old boy.
Wait I just thought of something what happens if the last episode is actually the start and the first episode is the last because she gets killed on the last episode and the episode before Yuri's they remember eachother! It's hard to explain but what if in the last episode where she dies makes her immortal idk it hard to explain but I know what I mean
This is weird. But I had a conversation with a friend about karma before continuing this show and he introduced me to the idea of QUANTUM Karma....in quantum, the future as we know it, actuallt affects the past I was actually planning on searching about it but seeing this comment blows my mind, it does make sense in a way!
And the whole idea of "quantum karma" is that in the quantum field, everything that CAN happen, already happened. So the consequences would not be the result but the cause. Your reaction to the result is your karma. " your karma is how you react"
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She's the embodiment of karma, and yuri is the embodiment of revenge.
I thought of it as this as well!! When Yuri appeared in the True love ep, I was wandering "what does Karma love?" Justice came to mind but in the last ep they wete both "judges"...which leads me to think of them as the Fates. They are 3 now
Junko is def chaos
That's what I've always thought. Karma and revenge just feel so fitting
Thank You!!! You nailed it on the head.
Goddess Karma known as Nanno.
She appears to those who happen to have
Been taken over by their egos.
Nanno is stated to be "the devil's daughter or the snake in the garden of Eden." She never originally died, she was never mortal. Nanno learns sympathy, empathy and even love. She changes and grows as she experiences humanity and mortality.
No one knows her, because her presence is Nannoscopic
@@youngmasterzhi Thats why her name is nanno!?
@@ZeBattieoohh maybe
I thought that was a fan theory?
@@ragerteenager968 No, Kitty herself states what she is.
16:44 Nanno has often stated that she hates flowers for no reason in particular.
So i find it interesting that she "died" in a flower field--surrounded by the things she despises.
It might be due to the flowers received from Tap (or Tan I think)
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I don't think so, because she began saying that she hates flowers during episode 2 of season 1, I believe. One of the guys leaves a flower on Nanno's desk and she tells one other girl to take it since she doesn't want it. She doesn't give any explanation other than "I just hate flowers".
I don't think her hatred for flowers is ever explained.
I'm late to this, but who cares. I personally interpreted it as not being a hatred of flowers per say, but rather a hatred of her fate. We learn from the outset that Nanno is immortal and, as the daughter of Mara (demon king of karma in Buddhism), she also has some special abilities. One of these is being omniscient, all-knowing and able to see into past, present and future events even when she's not around for them. There are some moments where this is questioned, such as her surprise when falling in love with Tk as she clearly didn't expect it or see it coming. However, the fact that she "dies" in flowers might be foreshadowing of her death at the end, which influenced her reaction to them. She must've been aware of her supposed demise at the end and this is where she grew to dislike flowers, as she knew all along that Yuri would leave her in them.
Also, an interesting fact, but as she's the daughter of Mara, it might be that she hates flowers because when Mara tried to stop Buddha from attaining enlightenment, he and his army shot arrows at him. These arrows turned into flowers before the Buddha, who didn't stop meditating. Her hatred of flowers could stem from the fact that Mara himself was essentially taken down by his own arrows turning into flowers!
@@valerielorelie
This comment was very insightful!
Although, I have to say that I don't think she didn't see it coming when she fell in love with TK.
The plan was to make him get attached to her in order to punish him once she left. The whole goal was to make him lose the one thing he truly wanted.
Then again, maybe her *actually* falling in love took her by surprise.
@@serena841 I'm so glad it was insightful for you :))
Yes, I think she knew what her own intentions were and she was aware of how HE would get attached considering how well-educated she is in human emotion. But I think it took her by surprise how she actually fell in love and got too invested. She knew how people would typically feel in this situation and that she'd have to form an intimate bond with him in order to deliver karma, but that look of longing when she glances at Tk at the end of the episode just proves that not only was she not anticipating that kind of reaction from herself, but also that she wasn't expecting to get so DEEP into the role that she actually caught feelings.
I think the show is in a high school setting because that usually the age when people gain enough agency and awareness to do true evil. A child can't truly be considered evil, as most of the wrong they can do is farily limited and unvolutary, almost always caused by emotional disregulation or in response to neglect and not by actual malice. However teen years are a turning point when people gain enough consciousness to decide if they want to align their behavior with a moral system or not.
That's a good perspective on it. Just to add my own 2cents, it might also be because at that point in time, even if they don't have much life experience, most teenagers know enough about the world to distinguish right and wrong. A lot of the situations Nanno is in aren't very nuanced; they're pretty black and white. Which I think adds up to the mentality of growing adolescents. They tend to see things in a black and white pov, until they experience life more (of course, this isn't counting teens who are mature for their age group, whether naturally by personality or experiencing a lot more at a younger age).
Another thing is when we see *court trials of minors, their punishments usually aren't heavy. Not unless they commit a crime bad enough that they'll get *trialed as an adult. Which I don't think happens that often, so they try to prosecute them with the highest punishment possible. But I'm talking about the country I live in. It's different in other countries.
Idk about Thailand, but when the spotlight was on South Korean and their school bullying cases that were borderline-criminal if not straight-up-criminal. There was a concerning amount of these cases relative to their population size. A lot of those cases were swept under the rug and the perpetrators were let off with a slap on the wrist, merely because they were minors. *Despite the severity of what had transpired.
The show's stated before that the episodes are based on real life cases (*not all of them). So maybe Nanno is the karma that we yearn for when we see horrible ppl getting away with stuff just because they're "young and don't know better."
Edits: *
It's in a high school setting because the audience is primarily young, people who know little of the world. Secondly the setting is in high school because people that age don't work and spend plenty of time together.
We saw in the colourless school episode that all versions of Nanno exist at the same time. The version that dyed her hair purple, the version that got impaled, the version wearing green ribbons. So nanno doesn't die, I think. She spawns, she multiples. She isn't ever dead cuz another clone with her memories and abilities comes up but the version before her definitely goes through the brutal pain. That version is still very much alive. I hope that explains why even in the last episode, nanno died in the garden and was alive later. Yuri said "it doesn't heal, huh?" But in the school episode, it was clear that it heals just to the point that the signs of injury stay it doesn't become as if it never happened. It never healed anyway. Nanno cannot become a mortal.
and in season 1 episode 2, clones of her kept showing up and the others thought they were her twins.
like tomie.
Nanno is based on Tomie so that episode was basically based on Tomies abilities.
17:33 Nanno was shown to be alive after Junko and Yuri went their separate ways, watching the two from afar off the top of a building.
I always thought she was the embodiment of karma but her last line really threw me off wondering..."the people seem to make their own justice - will I be needed anymore?"
I think it's because of yuri.yuri act's as those people who believe that there's no karma that's why they should be the karma and give justice on their own.it's like you hold the justice on your hand instead of letting the police or perhaps the karma do their job.
It also symbolizes that yuri wanting to replace nanno's position
So about the flashback episode, Nanno is presumed to be able to choose how she appears, thus why she had wounds when she showed up to class. She plays the long game, in this case pulling everyone to act that way then to reap on their actions at the reunion
People keep referring to Nanno as Karma and Yuri as Vengeance which makes me assume the new girl is Hatred, I just have a sneaky suspicion that it was all apart the characters plan (Nanno) but I guess we have to wait and see
Yeah, also how Nanno is tempting makes it seem like maybe she tempted Yuri somehow to take her place as if Yuri is vengeance why would she take revenge on nanno?
seems like something for a sequel? or a new spinoff series maybe? 👀
@@lucidx8778 I felt like Yuri was made by accident. Nanno "dying" I believe was Nanno's plan coz Yuri had been messing up her Karma lessons and dying was probably a way to cut the tie between them as Yuri did keep turning up. Yuri wanted people to die or kill, while Nanno didn't, though there are times I'm not sure like with the episode with the school teacher killing everyone in the end.
I think there’s something quite off in the statement “Nanno is there to get revenge”. As we notice, and as you stated, every single one of the people getting punished in this series have wronged Nanno in one way or another. She gets people what they deserve, and that’s karma, not revenge: the very few, (mainly) good people she has befriended and haven’t wronged her or other people got out of the episodes’ situations unharmed and even happy, look at the girl she befriended during “Liberation”: she doesn’t appear much, but she explicitly is let out of the school along with Nanno because she had a clean conscience the whole time.
This pattern of healthy friendship between Nanno and another student almost never occurs, but it’s something that proves that Nanno doesn’t take revenge, otherwise she would try to actively make people in the wrong (making her side of the story wrong as a consequence), she’s just doing her job as a “judge”, as how you called her.
I agree! Nano doesn't force or manipulate anyone to do anything. They all choose to do something terrible of their own free will. She merely provides the temptation. If any one of them would have done the right thing they would have never been punished but because they all chose to make a terrible decision. They suffer the consequences for it. Nano is obviously much older than she appears, and I assume she can probably sense people's intentions and sense when someone is a bad person.
@cherrychaeryeong2461 I mean I'm not sure if the teacher's daughter dying was because of Nanno, but it doesn't make sense in both cases. On JennyX's behalf though, she was still pushed over the edge by Yuri. Although she's not entirely at fault, she's still the one who committed murder.
Nanno also does this sometimes, like in episode two season one when she commented on that girl's weight to make her angry
Agree and disagree, she seemed to have "punished the little girl who was the teachers daughter at the end of the school killer episode. That girl didn't wrong nanno, unless I'm mistaken and haven't seen the show in awhile.
@@Tracy_B24 the little girl hadn't done anything, but that's still part of the punishment she set up for the teacher. he cared about his daughter, surprisingly enough, and nanno got rid of her merely because it hurt him since he held no regard for the other people around him. unfortunately, she was a means to an end. he hurt many girls, so the only girl he cared about got hurt.
that said, i do not like the girl getting killed, either. in fact, i believe it could have been handled better by the writers because it makes nanno feel more like a villain than the anti-hero she is.
nah, Nanno isn't good nor evil, she simply put mirror on someone which basically karma, if they did evil then it shows evil, but if its good then it shows good. Yuri is embodiment of pure evil, everything is about revenge
I never noticed this until now but Yuri’s hair is in a pony tail symbolising her controlled chaos method. I wouldn’t point this out if her hair wasn’t tied up with a red ribbon alluding to her vengeful ways. Whereas Nanno’s hair is down symbolising her natural chaos method. The saying let your hair down comes to mind meaning relax and enjoy/enjoy the chaos that Nanno let fall into place.
I’m surprised that TK wasn’t mentioned, since he was one of the only few people Nanno felt remorse for
Edit: wow that’s a lot of likes
Yeah, that's an episode where she leaves him with a frown instead of the usual smile.
right? i feel like tk was the start of her feeling remorse and empathy for her victims
Nanno is not the antagonist she's the PROTAGONIST, the protagonist is the main character of the story, the antagonist is the person who opposes the protagonist. A character being evil makes then a villain, but not an antagonist.
A good way to put this is like this: "A protagonist is who we follow, a villain is against the world, and an antagonist is against the one we follow, but not always the world."
I already watched this but I’m tempted to watch it again it was so good
Nanno’s real name is revealed in episode 3 at the plaque her real name is I think a Buddhist demon that had 3 daughters also this demon was male possibly explaining how she got that guy pregnant in 2x01. One of these demons daughters was the embodiment of revenge while the other I think something relating to Junko I can’t remember.
One thing in 1x02 Nanno says to those girls she hates flowers the Buddhist demon also hates flowers in it’s lore something about war? 😭 Nanno died in a feild of flowers-
Ah, I have it now so the demons name is Mara Amaratayakul, Māra meaning demon, this demon has 3 daughters Trsnā, Rati, and Rāga (Thirst, Desire, and Delight)
Yuri: Delight
Junko: Thirst
Nannai’s daughter: Desire
All theories though. 🤷
this is awesome!!
For whatever reason I thought that the three daughters of Māra were Nanno’s older sisters since her actress (Chicha) said that Nanno is the devil’s daughter. I’m assuming since this comes from south Asian/Buddhist mythology the word “devil” and demon are interchangeable so that’s what Chicha meant. If her sisters are thirst, desire, and delight, then Nanno is consequence or Judgement since those names seem to imply temptation/indulgence which the devil famously does to sinners so they can be taken to hell to be punished
So she's male? 😭 no wonder she got that guy preggo
Bruhhh Nanno was the one who listens to Juan's story. She is the one who knew both sides of the story. Yuri still helped Junko. Even though she knew that Junko is the evil one.
Yuri appeared in other episodes before the titled ep « YURI »
She appeared from behind and had a red bow in her hair in previous episodes we never see her face though.
i think the yuri episode takes place before s2 and it just showed her in the background to lead up to the yuri episode when she was fully revealed.
@@ray_girl01 Yes Yuri was shown in the background at the start of season 2 but in a couple season 1 eps as well.
We just got shown the character from behind and her red bow, (which makes sense it’s a part of her character); but never her face since she’s supposed to be a « mysterious figure mystery character » in season 1. The « Yuri » episode actually is from season 2 ep 4
It doesn’t take place before season 2 it is a season 2 ep.
Nanno is pure karma. She brings everyone's actions back to them. Some of her targets had good endings when she taught them what is important as they weren't bad people (as few as they were). Yuri is wrathful, vengeful and always out to kill someone.
I went to go watch your video after watching the series just to thank you for introducing me to it but saw it got taken down. I'm thrilled you re-uploaded it so I could do so properly. The season one episode on money and greed was absolutely thrilling and might be my favorite episode so far. I just finished Wonderwall pt.2 and can NOT wait to see more of Nanno doing Nanno things.
Wonder wall is the most goated story in the series. So good it had to be a 2 parter
yuri unfortunately ruined the show for me. it was so much more interesting with only nanno and the mystery behind her, and bringing in yuri just made me yell at the screen every time she showed up
FRR
YUPPP, I was waiting to see if someone would bring it up. 100% agree. TBH I stopped after Yuri tells Nanno that she was basically gonna take over. Hated it. Did not like that weird competition of Nanno vs Yuri. The recipe was perfectly fine until *Yuri*
I think Nanno is playing a game with Yuri and she will eventually have her downfall. It will be interesting to see what they will do in season 3 having two girls with Nannos abilities.
"Main antagonist" Girlie I know this is a year ago but she is the main PROTAGONIST* of the show, not the antagonist. Just cause antagonist has been use a lot to villain characters but that's not the meaning of it, a villain is just a type of antagonist.
Actually in this case it’s both. A protagonist is the main character of a story. An antagonist is the main rival/enemy of the main character(s). Since Nanno is the throughline for the anthology stories in Girl From Nowhere and the one the narrative revolves around, she is the protagonist of the overall series. But since the narrative revolves around her _because she’s escalating conflict on purpose_ and presents herself to the other main characters of each individual story as their enemy, she is also their antagonist. She does this on a constant enough basis that even if there are different additional enemies each episode, she is the *main* antagonist, even if she changes later on. For the majority of the story she is the enemy, even if her character is more complex than a simple villain. The creator is right, at most you could argue they should’ve also said protagonist but that’s kind of pedantic.
Her name meaning Karma. She is there to help people and hurt people. And the fact that episodes are based on true events. I strongly believe she is made to be Karma to the events that actually happened
She only help people who repent from their mistakes and want to better themselves or people who needed help and people who take accountability for their actions.She only hurt and hex people who didn't better themselves,people who don't learn from their mistakes and people who don't take responsibilty for their deeds and people who are narcissists
i believe it is best to acknowledge we are, each of us, capable of committing horrible things and must therefore always check ourselves, than to believe we are 'pure'.
"Every school has a different way of dealing with students" over the footage of the headmaster revealling a shotgun 😭😭!
But honestly, great video!! I found Girl from Nowhere a few years ago was absolutely transfixed... This covers a lot of my feelings very well!! I hope to see more video essays from this channel in future!
I think what I really liked about Girl from Nowhere is how Nanno was a judge rather than a traditional vengeful spirit. A lot of times while watching I remember I'd go "why is she letting it go this far? Why doesn't she just terrorise them sooner?" And then I think it was the episode with the plagiarist student and the gay teacher that made go 'Oh... she isn't a vengeful entity, she's a judge. Karma.' It made me think what the point of those episodes once since they didn't provide the 'bad people getting what they deserve' catharsis, and then I realised they don't provide catharsis, they provide empathy and hope. I was mistaken in thinking that Nanno was going easy on these two; when I re-watch it, I realise that no, she's actually treating them the same as she treats everyone else. It's just that they refused to cross a line, and as such, they saved themselves from a tragic ending.
The high achiever could've easily become a standard episode- she cheats to get ahead, her lie catches up with her, she does horrible things to other people for selfish gains, Karma. The reason it didn't isn't because Nanno was being lenient; it's because the student refused to become that person.
That really cemented in my mind that Nanno isn't just a revenge seeking ghost, and I think the highschool reunion emphasised that even more. Why does she wait so long? If you're cynical, you could say it's a petty move to make it hurt more, but I believe it's because Nanno believes the punishment comes from the evildoer, not an omniscient 3rd party. Yeah, she could've just tortured and killed her assailants- but why do that when they're going to ruin their own lives anyway? They weren't being haunted by a vengeful Nanno, and they still ended up miserable because of their own decisions. Knowing that you're the reason you're miserable is so much worse than knowing a demon is ruining your life.
That's why Nanno so often pulls the "comes back the next day alive and acts as if nothing bad happened". It's 'The telltale heart'- why brutalise an evildoer when their own guilty mind will undo themselves for you?
And that's why I think the gay teacher episode hit so hard.... like, she was an authority figure abusing her power on her students due to personal reasons. It seems like she's perfect to go the traditional Nanno route.
But she doesn't. When I first watched it, I had thought that Nanno had saved the day, but upon rewatching it, Nanno gave her the same treatment everyone else got. The teacher saved herself by realising the anger she had inside came from a place of grief and pain, and was able to accept herself and change her treatment of her students.
... Idk man!! Girl from Nowhere started off as a revenge fantasy show where bad people got their comeuppance but I really love that they adapted the show into "people decide their own punishments, and vice versa, their own reward".......... empathy forms the best horror.
Ok i have a theory what if nanno had already planned in last secound ep that she was loosing imortality but she was not and she planned all of it till yuri kills her and maybe she is planning something even darker because nanno was always smart and can maniululate someone in thinking something that aint real
I was in middle school and a police officer was addressing us for some reason (I wasn't paying attention) but he said "Did you know, this school has a spotless record? No student has ever killed themselves here." I immediately spoke out. What about that student who literally just killed himself a month ago???? "Well, he dropped out just before he did it, so he technically wasn't a student." I was sickened to my core. I hated that school.
I’m so glad you brought up Tomie because when you described this show I immediately thought of her!
19:00 i think nanno stays in high schools bc thats when she died. Shes mentally forever a highschooler, even though she may gain experience from her immortality. She died from highschool brutality so she wants to take revenge on highschool evilness
20:20 oke u had the same thoughts
I had this video saved for later and I wondered where it went. I'm glad it's back up now and I'll watch it right away. I love how Nanno is truly like a devil on your shoulder where she tempts you to so bad things but since she's Thai Karma she won't only punish you, but gives you what you deserve. So obviously it's usually bad Karma but that stealing guy got good Karma because he didn't try to blame her at the end.
That's also why I don't really think she was a human before? Because I'm almost certain any human with her kind of power would turn out like Yuri. Because humans can't help falling revenge. And yes, sometimes her punishments feel out of pocket but as I already said, she also deals good Karma🤔
But then again.... Yuri got her power only after dying so like idek.
I do not believe that Nanno died at the end of s2 (because yeah, I don't think she was human to begin with) but who knows.
It's definitely very fascinating.
S3 is gonna be chaotic af.
She is seen at the very end watching them from a far
@@cosmofate9960 I mean tbf we only saw her shape. Maybe they'll create a new Nanno with the same body?
This show was strange but it was actually well written. A good watch if you can handle it
I feel like Nanno protects another girl who might've gotten treated the way she did instead.
Reminds me of a British prison seminar group that uses interaction among the hardest cold blooded criminals to discuss their crimes and question each other’s morality
As most smart criminals can easily lie or manipulate their psychologists and counselors, this program relies on criminals to do the therapy work, because you can’t con another con
That's interesting, do you know the name it goes by?
This is a fantastic video essay. Can't wait to see more.
Nanno doesn't die for good. I really like her shared quote at the end!
Nanno’s immortal.
She’s stated to be a demon « daughter of Satan »
I’ve never seen nor heard of Tomie
This show is so cool by the way love it.
How do you not know Tomie???? You've been living under a rock.
@@evecates2232 I just don’t.
There’s no need to be rude.
Pretty bad with names plus I’ve been pretty busy to watch streaming shows recently.
@@biancamariavalenti8050 it's a Manga by junji ito. It has been around for a long time now. I've never heard of someone NOT knowing what Tomie is. That's insane. His best work is Usumaki tho.
@@evecates2232 I don’t read much manga unfortunately.
I can never seem to find any in Italy.
I do enjoy manga though and reading they’re fun.
Well that’s interesting
Thank you for the useful information.
Good day.
i feel like nannos reason to be in this world isn't just giving karma, she's also studying and learning from people behavior and i also think that the ending will lead nanno into becoming a normal being and finally live her life as a mortal with tk
I like Nano, she is kinda like a girl version of "The Laughing Salesman" - if you know, you know.. : )
Your comparison with Tomie may be better, but I never read Tomie.
You might want to look into "The Laughing Salesman" tho, it's so dark with the Salesman tempting / testing his victims, and they always f up and meet terrible fates... ^^;
Oh mna that anime i want to watch it but damn thats an old reference
Nanno is not dead she is seen watching them from a far she planned to retire
Chicha amatayakul stated on her insta that Nanno is satans daughter and because of that does what she does. Basicly, she is karma and Yuri is revenge.
One of the best shows tbh I think its even better thats its more on the episodic side vs. linear.
ive come to terms that the last scene of the last episode was really just in case the writers wanted continue the story sometime in the future and not because they actually planned a 3rd season😭😭
i just finished rewatching this show. i saved this video for later and was sad its gone. but im here to watch it now! :D
Great video! Went to rewatch but saw it was taken down. Glad I found it
I really loved watching Girl from Nowhere. I doubt there will be more but I would be thrilled to have another season!
Stopped watching girl from nowhere when it came out after 6 episodes, but started to watch your video and paused it so I can watch the show completely first before finishing your video. Your video motivated me to finish the show and I was sad when I couldn't find it here on youtube :< Glad it's back!
This feels very much like Junji Ito’s Tomie
edit: OH HOLY SHIT YOU MENTIONED IT.
I hope season 3 will happen
yes yes yes yes yessssssss
What an epic character and brilliant analysis. That Junko plot twist is a great shame, though. But that 66666 on her uniform in the opening seems like it may be a strong reference to demons
wow... Nanno so strongly reminds me of the tales of ancient demons that simply tip the balance that draws people into temptation, observing and judging their true nature from very subtle hints. WShe also reminds me of angels who punish people by exposing their evil.
It kinda reminds me of the anime Hell Girl. Very cool. 💜
Omg that’s the first thing I said when I saw it really cool
the school stuff is also inspired a lot by the thai “bad students” movement !!
i dont know any thing about buddhisim but some one pay attention to nano real name in one of season 1 episodes
since thailand people have long names and give to thier children a nick name but as i said someone mention that buddha was cultivating and a demon send his 3 daughters to seduce him , the first daughter which represent karma has the same name as nanno and the second represent yuri ,maybe they will do season 3 and show the third daugther
I thought I was the only person who ever watched this, nobody I know ever knows what I am talking about
Nanno translates to Karma.
Yeah, I was pretty much a bully and a bullied victim. I was bullied because I have autism and had all sorts of crap that went down within my family. Pecking orders are pretty harsh and unforgiveable. I wonder if any of the people that Nano and Yuri cast judgement on, could they ever redeem themselves?
I cannot forgive my mom for how she stayed with my stepdad for most of my childhood and I cannot forgive my stepdad for how he and his family belittled and just saw me as nothing more than a playmate and later a babysitter for my cousins.
There is a lot more including how my mom was basically a monster that didn't know or at least mostly kept all of our dysfunctionality under wraps because she didn't want the authorities or CPS to get involve or us being homeless because had she left my stepdad, that would have likely happened.
8:02 That’s definitely not the 90s because that is not a phone from the 90s lol 😅 I was there. I remember. Phones like that didn’t show up until like early-mid 2000s
True. I remember having a phone like that in 2007 and it was considered the new model
yeah that guess was so off, i was thinking 2006 at the earliest but plenty of ppl i knew had those phones until 2012 or so LOL
Great video! I watched it twicw before to get the complete experience and now I'm watching it again!
Keep up the great job! You deserve more subs!
I literally found and watched this show so I could watch this video
Ep03 was the first to show Nanno as a delusional hypocrite psycho
The girl in the story needed to be pushed so hard into doing something wrong because of how resistant and hesitant she was. She was eventually practically forced into plagiarising art and then got her social life and image dilapidated for it.
Like if a bit of jealousy is all it takes to want to ruin a teenagers life, then that is already way beyond wanting to prove humans are the worst. That is framing them as such then torturing them for it. She basically wanted to see someone in pain with bogus reasoning as an excuse.
Nanno was a hateable character in that episode
Your comment is proving you did not understand the show whatsoever. In that episode the girl was pushed by her own accord because she was jealous that her friend got an award and was being praised. Even going so far to frame her friend for “breaking her arm”. She plagiarized so many artists artwork and got off with no repercussions from the school.
The one thing Nanno did was make her realize that her jealousy and envy would cause her to lose people close to her. She lost her friend because of her own selfishness. Nanno literally told her to “copy and paste” she didn’t actually push her into doing anything. So explain to me again how Nanno was the “psychopath that got off to people being hurt.”
The first couple episodes start off strong with each of them following a theme. That episode was based around envy and what people would do to get attention. It was so blatantly obvious that I’m quite confused that you watched the episode and thought Nanno had a “bogus reason” when she didn’t even punish her harshly she just made her regret her decisions for being a shitty person. Her job is to judge those who are morally corrupt. She didn’t really push them to anything since some of them were already guilty of these actions. And we have a few episodes with her actually helping people.
Your comment is proving you didnt understand the show nor my comment whatsoever.
In that episode a teen was jealous of a friend in a highly competitive education system (jealousy justified). That was all it took for her to be a target, after which she was made to believe the "secret" to success is "inspiration" and everyone is doing it. Her believing the lies went with it, and even then was hesitant to submit her work, which nanno had to do for her, leading her to a really shitty situation.
After that people wanted more, and to keep the lie going more plagiarism was required. Later she broke her own arm to avoid going on stage and "country wide" embarrassment which nanno set her up for.
I get that pinning it on a friend, she was jealous of, was stupid, but given the context; the stupidity of a teenager, the fear of public judgement /stages at that age, it makes sense.
There was just too much intervention here to jump from justified jealousy to public humiliation and a hurt social image in such a competitive environment. There is even potential for further damage to her growth as a person.
Friends argue and get back together, that is very common and could have very much been the case here if not for all the involvement.
Now compare that to nannos previous targets which were cold-blooded killers or r****ts, and it is clear how black and white her outlook on humans is. Its just that this is the first episode where this was evident. Which was the point of the show given the last episodes.
It wasn't psychopathy gotta backtrack there, but definetly a display of delusion, hyporacy, and oblivion.
@@dark6.6E-34 I stopped reading after I saw the “jealousy was justified.” So it was justified for her to frame her friend for breaking her arm and even gaslighting her??? And you’re bringing up Nanno only going after “cold blooded killers” which is so funny to me bc like you clearly stopped watching after like three episodes. She went after different types of morally corrupt people. We have episodes with peoples greed and pride being their downfall, their desires, their personality and the way they treat people etc. there were so many different episodes and different people being judged. We have a few episodes where she goes to schools to help some people instead of punishing anyone.
Her outlook isn’t “black and white” because there wasn’t even an episode where she unjustly punished somebody. You’re trying so hard to use s1e ep3 as a justification for why Nanno was a “psychopath,” when she clearly targeted somebody’s who’s own insecurities, pride, and jealousy set them up the entire episode. The girl wasn’t even harshly punished that episode and this is how I know you’re lying bc you said she got “defamed and humiliated” when at the end of the episode people were still cheering for her and ignoring the artists calling her out for stealing their art work. The worst she got that episode was losing her friend and realizing that her jealousy would cost her more than that in the future. But she was too self absorbed that she didn’t see that.
@@dark6.6E-34 She chose to blackmail her friend and tried to take credit for work that wasn't hers, copyright infringement. She also kept denying the fact that she plagerised and was a scumbag. She got punished by being humiliated in front of everyone because she lied to everyone. She didn't die or lose anyone, her family was still there. She just lives with the guilt that she is a fraud. She doesn't deserve death, but she deserves to know that cheating is not how you get better
She is essentially the thai Tomie
You are wrong! In the last episode of season 2, it's not Yuri who shows the other side. it is still Nanno.
I just love this show😭❤️
reminds me of Tomie
EDIT: omg you legit discussed it in the video!
Season 3 is coming though 😭
Enjoyed this show. Now I want to watch it again.😢
Let us not forget Nanno and TK tho 😭 I literally cried at the last moments of that episode 😭
Lore of (REUPLOAD) Exposing Evil Using Evil // An Analysis Of 'GIRL FROM NOWHERE' momentum 100
I love this video, thank you for this review :3
This is reminding me of Tome by Junji Ito.
I just found the video yesterday night and only watched half of it, I was wondering where it went lol
Fear not my dear. I made the video much better for the audience :)
I love this video- and your interpretation of the show! Im not sure i fully buy her being the daughter of the devil or whatever. While her role in the seroies is definitely to enable peoples worst instincts, i like the idea that she was once human. Mostly because i feel like it gives more context to her regret later in the series
She is the devils daughter and the definition of karma
I could have sworn I saw that Girl From Nowhere got a season 3
When it comes to the devil, a good metaphysical twist would be to involve the audience. The audience may believe that the protagonist is changing, maybe becoming empathetic or regretful at times. But as the devil is the father of lies, we should know that that too can be part of a good story which captures the essence of the devil. Nothing good can ever come from the devil. Only lies.
I also see some similarity between this show and Hell Girl.
I absolutely love this show so much
Here I was waiting for you to talk about Tomie hahaha
I think many of us would infer that Nanno represented the concept of Karma. It seemed to me that many are focused more toward personification(which is fair because that's what the "showing" side of the show used to communicate to us watchers) rather than the embodiment of the concept.
At the same time I think, what if the creator really did intended to make Nanno represent entity that is seen as more of an agent(Mara, in popular context of buddhism, comes of as a thinking, talking agent) than a nature(dharma) in buddhism. Suddenly "Mara"(which was made her name) which gets translated into English as "Devil", makes sense and in my opinion became rather apt description already but that's where the problem lies. Nanno is a Mara. However "Devil" in concept of 'western' religion is very different from "Mara".
If I were to look at this through a lens of buddhism(as far as I personally understood) which is the main idea(/religion) that shape the philosophy in Thai culture(though 'buddhism' of many people in Thailand is kind of 'different'), the question of pure of impure(good or evil?) is irrelevant. There is this concept in buddhism that goes "sabbe dhammā anattā" meaning "myriad(all) dhammā(nature) is without a (permanent)self". There is no such a thing as a "pure/good" or "impure/bad" person; beings act upon the conditioning of their mind--It is possible to bring out any kind of conduct from anyone who is stuck in their own (impermanent)nature.
Karma is not "the Judge", it would seem like one if we were to give Karma a "self". I'm going to assign a "self" to Karma here for the sake of explanation because I'm hitting the boundary of language. Karma in more popular sense refers to both the action and its consequences(The word is a bit nuanced, I'm not touching that here) or to put it other words Karma represents the idea of "Actions have consequences".
Because in nature there was no "right" and "wrong", one does not necessarily get punished doing "wrongs", neither does one necessarily get rewarded commiting "rights". That being said, action still have consequences and people do put labels on consequences as "punishment" or "reward". These consequences then go back to the agent(the one who commit the action) as the conditioning, forming a cycle of Karma.
Mara is used in buddhism as a metaphor for conditioned existence, a 'demon' that people crafted for themselves.
I think framing Nanno as a "Judge" makes it sound a bit weird. I don't think they were there to pass judgement but rather to accelerate and emphasise the consequence of actions, just like how Mara motivated/tempted beings and make them trap themselves in a ceaseless suffering of Karmic Cycle.
I think the illustration of Nanno learning (nature of)humanity and later showing mortality is an allegory of escaping the Karmic Cycle; Obeserving and comprehending cause and effect leads to awakening from the temptation of conditions(extinguishing the Mara), thus releasing her from the perpetual cycle of suffering.
Edit: added info
The link and similarities to Tomie are clear for sure. Not sure how many of the Tomie stories youve read, thought, but if you read all of the Tomie stories you will realize that Tomie is actually an awful person. She downright convinces people to commit murder. (Multiple times) she is a social, and literal parasite, that has the ability to enchant and cloud the minds of most the men she meets. During the entirety of the Tomie saga there has only been one male character who was completely unaffected with her ability to control his mind, and that caused her to become completely obsessed with him. She is well aware of the powers that she has, and she wields them intentionally and cruelly, at one time even using her ability to groom an 8 year old boy.
Nanno= karma
Yuri= revenge
I would recommend what I seen of girl from nowhere but def not for the first thriller as it too intense and not dip your toes into the water 1:56
Love the video. 💓💓 Writing this comment to drive engagement ☺️
I love nanno!!
Another influene is Hell Girl/ Jigoku Shoujo.
Wait I just thought of something what happens if the last episode is actually the start and the first episode is the last because she gets killed on the last episode and the episode before Yuri's they remember eachother! It's hard to explain but what if in the last episode where she dies makes her immortal idk it hard to explain but I know what I mean
This is weird. But I had a conversation with a friend about karma before continuing this show and he introduced me to the idea of QUANTUM Karma....in quantum, the future as we know it, actuallt affects the past
I was actually planning on searching about it but seeing this comment blows my mind, it does make sense in a way!
And the whole idea of "quantum karma" is that in the quantum field, everything that CAN happen, already happened. So the consequences would not be the result but the cause. Your reaction to the result is your karma. " your karma is how you react"
@@patricia071 woahhh this makes so much sense thank you!
What happen to the previous video? Was watching halfway and it was privated.
Copyright problems and sound issues that needed attending to
Nanno represents karma
Yes There Is More Than One Nanno That's Why It Was Called The "globemaster" The Mere Idea That China's Got One of Those Is Terrifying
Tomie isnt actually a ghost
"Yuri"... Isn't that what is called of Japanese Vengeful ghosts? Yurie...
I’ll be honest I don’t know, but the connection(?) wouldn’t make sense considering the show takes place in Thailand
this kinds feels like Junji Ito's Tomie
I was about to say the same thing
I love when narcissists analyze my characters…
this is more of a retrospective rather than an in-depth analysis tbh
good analysis
oh shit she's like Tomie
Question where do you live that you've been in lockdown for 2 years?!?? We were in lockdown for 3 months in 2020 then everything went back to normal! I hope you're okay
Where is the link to the Tomie video?
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this is pog
Thank you so much this brought a tear to my eye
@@loopsiedaisie This is so Pog thank you bro
you got me on the first half. the second season sounds like it sucks ass
It decreased in tone the first while in season 2 but it picks up after a few episodes imo
So she’s like Tomie?
Omg I just got to the part you mentioned it lol