First Season is Well Worth It
The first season was mixed, but what saves it is that when it's good it's very very good, e.g. ep 2 in season 1, but there are other episodes that make the show worth the time. So the nine rating is for the first season.
The actress playing the main character, Nanno, is Kitty Chicha Amatayakul. She reprises the role in a season 2 return while another actress, Becky Armstrong takes up the role in a recent third season called the Girl From Nowhere the Reset.
Kitty summed the up the character Nanno in an interview - she called Nanno the daughter of the Devil/Satan. The basic premise is that Nanno shows up as a transferee to a new school, she tempts someone(s) who is misbehaving, and delivers punishment with a supernatural angle.
The series works best in the first season, somewhat less so in the second when a second Nanno like girl shows up, and falters in the third, the Reset, with Becky playing Nanno.
In general the Devil varies widely by culture. At one extreme he (or his representatives) just commit evil acts against people indiscriminately, e.g. the movie The Exorcist. At the other extreme the Devil is a being who cannot harm humans but he can make deals and or tempt them leaving them to bear the consequences, e.g. Netflix's Lucifer.
Nanno is at her best and most interesting the farther she leans toward the latter temptress option. Unfortunately the individual episodes vary widely muddling the formula. I suspect this is because there are too many people with their own visions involved in the producing / directing / writing roles. It's not always clear that the punishments are deserved.
The series needs some creative control to keep things focused. The first season is great and worth the time, and the second is less satisfying, but you'll probably watch it because of the first season. The Reset is muddled and amateurish. Becky is a capable actress and under proper creative control would work just fine as the new Nanno.
The actress playing the main character, Nanno, is Kitty Chicha Amatayakul. She reprises the role in a season 2 return while another actress, Becky Armstrong takes up the role in a recent third season called the Girl From Nowhere the Reset.
Kitty summed the up the character Nanno in an interview - she called Nanno the daughter of the Devil/Satan. The basic premise is that Nanno shows up as a transferee to a new school, she tempts someone(s) who is misbehaving, and delivers punishment with a supernatural angle.
The series works best in the first season, somewhat less so in the second when a second Nanno like girl shows up, and falters in the third, the Reset, with Becky playing Nanno.
In general the Devil varies widely by culture. At one extreme he (or his representatives) just commit evil acts against people indiscriminately, e.g. the movie The Exorcist. At the other extreme the Devil is a being who cannot harm humans but he can make deals and or tempt them leaving them to bear the consequences, e.g. Netflix's Lucifer.
Nanno is at her best and most interesting the farther she leans toward the latter temptress option. Unfortunately the individual episodes vary widely muddling the formula. I suspect this is because there are too many people with their own visions involved in the producing / directing / writing roles. It's not always clear that the punishments are deserved.
The series needs some creative control to keep things focused. The first season is great and worth the time, and the second is less satisfying, but you'll probably watch it because of the first season. The Reset is muddled and amateurish. Becky is a capable actress and under proper creative control would work just fine as the new Nanno.
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