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(Nanon) and

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(Ohm). Based from the novel ''Behind The Scenes'' by Afterday and -West-, it tells the story of two boys who came from warring, neighboring families and found themselves competing for almost everything, but developed romantic feelings for each other along the way. Directed by Noppharnach Chaiwimol (Aof) and produced by GMMTV, this series is one of 16 television series of GMMTV for 2021 during their "GMMTV 2021: The New Decade Begins" event on 3 December 2020. It premiered on

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on 29 October 2021, airing on every Friday at 20:30

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Synopsis

The rivalry of Pat (

), a cheeky and impulsive guy, and Pran (

), a neat and tidy perfectionist has been passed down from a previous generation. They are destined to be enemies to each other even before they were born. Their family runs a hardware business side by side, and their parents hate one another to the core. For this reason, both of them have become rivals in any kind of competition. When an incident happens at the age of 12, their hatred begins to dissolve: Pat's little sister, Pa (Pattranite Limpatiyakorn), starts drowning in a pond. While Pat is still in a state of shock and fear, Pran immediately rushes into the water and saves Pa from drowning. Their relationship has changed since then. On the surface, they still appear to be enemies, but they no longer truly detest each other. In the tenth grade, they are assigned to be in the same music band and become closer. Pran's family finds out, and he is sent away to a boarding school. Two years later, they are brought together once again. Pat is chosen to be the freshman class president of the Faculty of Engineering while Pran is the class president of the Faculty of Architecture, two faculties that has a historic rivalry as well. Pa quickly finds out and asks Pat not to do Pran any harm because he was the one who saved her life. Pat and Pran's friends have a series of physical fights, and are told they will suffer consequences if they fight again. Pat and Pran, the leaders of their friend groups, decide to coordinate to keep their friends from running into each other. As they coordinate, they become closer, and eventually fall in love. They begin dating, hiding it from all of their friends and family until they are caught and must deal with the consequences.

Cast and characters

Main

(Nanon) as Pran *

(Ohm) as Pat

Supporting

Pattranite Limpatiyakorn Pattranite Limpatiyakorn ( th, ภัทรานิษฐ์ ลิ้มปติยากร; ; ; born 23 May 2000), nicknamed Love ( th, เลิฟ), is a Thai actress. Pattranite became an actress under GMMTV after passing an audition in ...

(Love) as Pa * Pansa Vosbein (Milk) as Ink * Jitaraphol Potiwihok (Jimmy) as Wai * Sattabut Laedeke (Drake) as Korn * Pahun Jiyacharoen (Marc) as Louis * Theepakon Kwanboon (Prom) as Mo * Thakorn Promsatitkul (Lotte) as Safe * Pakin Kuna-anuvit (Mark) as Chang * Puttipong Sriwat (Leo Putt) as Ming (Pat's father) * Pattamawan Kaomulkadee (Yui) as Pat's mother * Passin Ruangvuth (A) as Pran's father * Paradee Vongsawad (Ple) as Dissaya (Pran's mother) * Thanavate Siriwattanakul (Gap) as Chai *

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(Kome) as Tong

Guest

* Natachai Boonprasert (Dunk) Pat & Pran's school bandmate * Passatorn Koolkang (Captain) Pat & Pran's school classmate * Kittipop Sereevichayasawat (Satang) as Pat & Pran's school bandmate * Napat Patcharachavalit (Aun) as Pat & Pran's school classmate * Norawit Titicharoenrak (Gemini) as Pat & Pran's school junior * Arun Asawasuebsakul (Ford) as Pat & Pran's school junior * Nattawat Jirochtikul (Fourth) as Pat & Pran's school junior * Achita Panyamang (Kim) as Young Pat * Tanapatch Chanthasorn (Zen) as Young Pran * Nichamon Ladapornpipat (Nene) as Young Pa * Chertsak Pratumsrisakhon (Chert) as Professor Pichai * Suphasawatt Purnaveja (Watt) as Professor of Architecture * Yaowalak Mekkulwiroj as Professor/Lecturer * Kusuma Teppharak (Pong) as Ms. Payao * Chayanee Chaladthanyakij (Meen) as Ms. Sunee * Thitisan Goodburn (Kim) as Ham * Passakorn Chaithep (Cnine) as Junior * Amata Piyavanich (Jum) as Junior's mother * Pradit Prasartthong (Tou) as Yod * Thanadon Meewongtham (Au) * Kornprom Niyomsil (Au) as Toto * Wisit Chantaraparb (Plug) as Chart * Poom Kaewfacharoen as Architecture stageplay actor (as Kwan)

Reception

Thailand television ratings

*In the table below, represents the lowest ratings and represents the highest ratings. : Based on the average audience share per episode.

Online ratings

As of 15 November 2021, the series has become the No. 1 position on WeTV Thailand's most popular BL series rankings. It further become the most-streamed Thai television series and drama on 23 November 2021 and the most-watched title on the platform on 13 December 2021 after the release of Episode 7. Likewise, the series also made it to the Weekly Top 10 Most Watched Series of iWantTFC despite its exclusive availability in the Philippines. On the first rank release on 3 November 2021, the series' English-subtitled version reached Top 9. It consistently remained in the Top 10 throughout the weeks and as of 14 December 2021, few days after the release of Episode 7, the English-subtitled version reached Top 8 and the Filipino-dubbed version achieved Top 9.

Soundtracks

Awards and nominations

International broadcast

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, which had a different versions in Taiwan,

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, which was aired before on ABS-CBN) was acquired by ABS-CBN Corporation, after its successful acquisition of eight previous series under GMMTV. It was announced by Dreamscape Entertainment on 28 June 2021. All episodes with English subtitles was made available for streaming via iWantTFC starting on 29 October 2021, simulcast with its Thailand broadcast. The platform likewise released the series as dubbed in Filipino starting with the first episode on 4 November 2021. *

– The series is acquired by TV Asahi and au to be released in Japan for the first time on the streaming platform Telasa. The first episode premiered with Japanese subtitles on 11 November 2021 and the succeeding episodes has been available sequentially every Thursday.

Spin-off

Stories about Ink and Pa, a ''

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'' couple in the series, have been made into an episode called "Zero Photography" of the miniseries ''Magic of Zero'', released on 11 August 2022, with Pansa Vosbein and Pattranite Limpatiyakorn reprising their roles of Ink and Pa.