Post by antistatic on Oct 12, 2023 20:11:56 GMT -5
This fantasy detective series has not been labelled as a BL by its maker VIU, although the main protagonist, Dan, is a conflicted gay schoolboy, who the show's director Tung Panich, has stated "will discover both love and friendship amidst a backdrop of the supernatural and psychological" over the course of the story. It stars Fluke Natouch ('UWMA') as Nai, Singto Prachaya ('SOTUS') as Dan, Fiat Phatchata ('My Gear Your Gown') as Trin, Poon Mitphakdee ('Our Days') as George, Top Pathamaphob (aka as rapper LazyLoxy) as Anan, Yaimai Chinaradee ('Oh! My Sunshine Night') as Cha-em, Utt Uttsada ('Past-senger') as Brother Anurak and Pete Pol as Joe. It will be released as a VIU Original Production.
Synopsis: "In 1999, Dan is an eleventh year grader when he transfers to Saint Lawrence's, an all-boys catholic school. His father is being treated at a nearby hospital for end-stage brain cancer; while his mother died when he was only seven. Dan becomes close to Brother Anurak, the school’s dean and a psychologist, who tries to cure him of his sleep paralysis. In his nightmares, Dan is constantly tormented by a shadow that suffocates him, and it only gets worse after he transfers. Brother Anurak searching for a meaning in the dreams, believes Dan has some sort of guilt complex pertaining to his father.
Things start off badly on Dan's first day when he causes a panic by choosing to sit at the desk of Trin, a senior who mysteriously vanished at the lake behind the school the previous year. Since then, no one has dared to sit at that desk, and none of the faculty have dared to throw it away. He is befriended by bullied classmate Nai and gets to know his roommate George as well as Cha-em, a student from Saint Mary’s who comes to perform in the annual play. As the four of them grow closer, they begin to examine Trin's disappearance, while at the same time helping Dan to evade the shadow that continues to plague him."
Here's the MyDramaList page
Teaser (no subs):
There are fourteen episodes, the first seven of which will become available domestically on VIU on Halloween night. There has been no confirmation as to whether the same arrangement will also be in place for the international release which will be worldwide via GagaOOLala except for Japan and Taiwan.
