Tuesday, 30 June 2020

What could’ve been: the Tida Wanorn manga project

Tida Wanorn, a highly popular Thai Lakorn (read: drama) created in 2008, is getting a duo of manga books and two international anime coproductions. 

While the live action 3-season original and its reimagining remain stuck in Thailand, the 2 manga books (which act as the screenplay for the anime shows) and both animated tv series, which are all aimed at the Shojo demographic, will deliberately be exported to many international countries. 

The live action incarnations have one annoyingly and melancholically catchy tearjerker of a theme song. Despite the upbeat tune, its lyrics are basically about a lost child anyway. 

On the day I got hurt, I had tears and I was tired.
I Want someone to help comfort me.
I Want to go back to see my mum, who cares about me.
I'll Return to warm love someday.

* Is there anything else? As much as mother's love.
Will there be somebody to help?
I Care about It. I Will Wipe away the tears that flow.
You Console and hold me for a long time.

** But embracing anyone is unlike caring for my mother, who cares.
I'm Warm, safe, and embrace my 'mother' only when I need to.
When you hugged me, I didn't know what it was for.
I can't touch my heart. 

I replace the original lyrics with funny, kid friendly standup rants acting as lyrics for what I call Terk’s House Party Song In Kaniel the Mad Scientist. 

On the day that We first met that Boy, We laughed and Ranted a lot.
We Want Him to stay with us, even when he’s hurt.
We Want to go back home, when he’s not there.
I’d Return to find him someday.

* Is there anything else? As much as friendship.
Will there be someone to help?
I Care about It. I Would meet him again.
He loves to party all the way down the hill. 

** But a friendship breakup is unlike caring for a friend.
I'm Warm, safe, and embrace my best friends when I need to. 
When you hugged me, I didn't know what it was for.
I can't touch my back. 













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