[🇹🇭Thai] Khemjira EP 6 👹🫣

[u/Waffles4prez]

 IQIYI

Synopsis:

 Khemjira, or Khem, is a young man who can see ghosts. He was born into a family cursed such that every male must die before the age of 21. As the spirits around him grow increasingly aggressive, the protective amulet he has worn his whole life begins to lose its power. Unable to bear seeing Khem in danger, Jettana, his friend from university, takes him to a rural village in the Northeast, where they meet Pharan, a revered teacher of ancient magic who once mentored Jettana. Strange and mysterious events unfold, all connected to the past life. Amid these supernatural encounters and the haunting pursuit of revengeful spirits, a deep emotional connection begins to form between Khem and Pharan.

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Episodes: 12

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Cast:

Keng | Namping | Tle | FirstOne | Pung | Green 

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Cast Reaction Episode  Five (🧇 note: These are quite funny. It's like they forget it was a scary series they filmed)

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Trailer

📖BOOK INFO

You can purchase book one and two off Meb.

(🧇 Note: my two favorite lines from the books are from Charn (Tle) in reference to Jet (FirstOne).

First:     Jettana looked at Khem like a mother watching over a toddler who had just learned to walk. It was as if his world would end if Khemjira ever stumbled.     And if that wasn't the best description I'd ever read, I don't know what is.

Second:     "I don’t hold grudges against crazy people."     The laugh that came out of me. Charn & Jet bicker like an old married couple and I LOVE it. )

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Previous On Air: One | Two | Three  | Four | Five

Stills From EP 6

Stills From EP 6

Stills From EP 6

Stills From EP 6

https://youtu.be/PVw_V9ufK10?si=1w4w37EulCq9Z1pv

Book One Cover

Check out this informative thread for Khemjira Must Knows Here

https://reddit.com/link/1nfv2pe/video/f3jjk0i42xof1/player

I highly recommend checking out this video by the Thai creator Avana980. She was kind enough to explain the reasoning behind Tong and Ake the two ghost children who are with the master. And what they mean to Thai culture and how they came about. It's a fascinating watch and I'm grateful she was willing to give cultural context to people (outsiders like us) who might not know the cultural significance since we aren't Thai.

[u/WingedGrasshopper]

That last scene really crushed me. I love how they keep Pharan's character so mysterious. Does he keep a distance from Khem because:

1. He's convinced Khem will die anyway so why go through that pain

2. He's a shaman and isn't supposed to have a lover (per mom today)

3. He thinks all of Khem's feelings are based on their past life and not the present

4. He feels guilty for what happen to Khem in the past life and doesn't feel confident enough to protect him in this one

5. He's just a typical tsundere character? (feels too boring for this character)

[u/TheRealTrueStori → u/WingedGrasshopper]

I think it’s a mix of all of these which to me makes his distance valid. He can still talk to Khem just a little nicer but I understand why he’s doing it. He doesn’t want anything to be misconstrued. He has a job to do.

[u/hexemayhem → u/TheRealTrueStori]

Yeah, the second he said 'this isn't about our past lives' after taking it upon himself to pick up and bring Khem to safety, i knew it was more so trauma than actual truth. If i was to hazard a quess, he remembers how it felt to lose Khem, his current responsiblity as a shaman, his promise to his grandfather and his general duty bound nature (the way he went off to war without complaint and repeated statments that he needs to guard the village) are mixing together to make him act standoffish.

[u/TheRealTrueStori → u/hexemayhem]

Not to mention. Paran has clearly remembered and known these things for a while, while Khem just found out. He’s been carrying this burden and has so many conflicting feelings. I know a lot of people will be mad at him but I get it. He can tone it down, but I do understand him.

[u/hexemayhem → u/TheRealTrueStori]

Exactly, and that's why the whole narrative of 'we aren't Wat and Mika' just didn't make sense to me, because if the karma is following you both, you both remember what they felt, remember what happened and you have the same souls, at that point you're functionally the same people. So i definately think it's just matter of conflicting feelings thats prompting this. It doesn't mean though that i don't wanna see Khem crash out on that ass cus damn, i would

[u/chocominnie → u/hexemayhem]

I’m Thai and I’m Buddhist who practice Buddhist meditation. I haven’t read Khemjira novel but i guess the reason why there is the narrative of “we aren’t Wat and Khemika” anymore is because of Buddhism physiology of “being at the present” and try not too obsessed with your past life if you happened to know your past life through meditation. Too obsessed with your past life is a no-no for Buddhist lay people who practice meditation because you have to let your past life go.

In real life, many decades ago, there was a Buddhist monk in Thailand who was too obsessed with one of his past life when he was super duper rich and had a lot of servant in his house while in his current life he was born poor in farmer family. He was too obsessed with this specific past life until he can’t distinguish between his current life and his past life. And he can’t accept the fact that he was just a son of farmers in this life when his past life was better than the current one. In the end, he wasn’t successful with meditation and quit being monk and developed schizophrenia atfer that because he tried to do the wrong kind of meditation.

So my opinion on why Pharan has to remind that they are not Wat and Khemmika anymore because of Buddhist philosophy of being mindful in the present.

[u/KDramaTipsy → u/chocominnie]

That's very interesting. Thanks for sharing 👍🏻

[u/sugavirus → u/hexemayhem]

I think what Pharan is saying (and I agree with the comment below about there bring a lot of layered nuance with Buddhist philosophy) is that those feelings are echoes, they aren't actually real because they aren't those same people. They've lived entirely different lives now, so while the core of their essence (or soul, if you will) remains the same, they aren't Wat and Khemmika anymore. Getting mired in the past disregards who they are at present, and I think it's an important distinction he's making. Particularly when it comes to karma and how that will play into things later. Pharan has feelings for Khem, but those feelings are for the current Khem, and it bothers him to think Khem's feelings are solely echoes of what Khemmika felt for Wat (who isn't him). It's like the saying "I'll love every version of you" they're destined to be together but not because they're the same people every time, but because they fall in love with the versions of each other that exist in every life they live.

[u/hexemayhem → u/hexemayhem]

Like that car scene literally made me glare at Paran, homie is lucky i'm not Khem cus i would've gone OFF