Official poster for Not Me, the 2021 Thai BL series from GMMTV

Not Me

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What happens

Two brothers, one face, and a pain that travels between them like a phone call nobody asked for. Not Me (เขา...ไม่ใช่ผม) is the 2021 GMMTV action drama in which Gun Atthaphan plays the twins Black and White, with Off Jumpol as Sean, the gang member who is first to notice that "Black" has changed.

The twins have always felt each other's injuries. When their parents separate, White leaves with their father, a retired diplomat, and grows up abroad as a student in Russia while the connection slowly fades. Years later he comes back to Thailand, and it returns at the dinner table: a sudden, crushing pain that the hospital cannot explain. Then his old friend Tod calls with the reason. Black has been attacked and lies in a coma.

White wants the attacker, so he becomes his brother. He walks into Black's circle, a gang of university friends who meet at Kumpha's garage and take on the powerful with stunts that are part protest and part sabotage. Sean, Gram and Yok all have reasons to dislike Black, and White learns quickly that his twin was hard to love. His patience and his habit of listening make Sean suspicious first, and then interested in a way Sean never planned.

The gang's target is Tawi, a businessman whose influence reaches the police and the factories. A fire at Tawi's forest house, a graffiti artist named Dan whom Yok pulls out of the smoke, a rally that grows each week and a raid on the garage push White deeper in. Meanwhile his own interview for a diplomatic post starts to look like a door into the very system his brother was fighting.

Fourteen episodes follow a borrowed identity, a romance with the one person who could see through it, and a protest movement that refuses to stay small.

CONTENT DETAILS

Native Title
เขา...ไม่ใช่ผม
Original Title
Not Me
Also Known As
เขา...ไม่ใช่ผม, Khao... Mai Chai Phom, He... Is Not Me
Themes
Key Themes
TwinsHidden identityPolitical activismCorruptionRevengeEnemies to lovers
Country
Language
Thai
Seasons
1
Episodes
14
Aired Start
Aired End
Release Year
Production Co

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Before You Watch

  • Fourteen episodes: aired on Sundays at 20:30 from 12 December 2021 to 20 March 2022.
  • Director: Anucha Boonyawatana, who also shares the screenplay credit with Rittikrai Kanjanawiphu and Sureechay Kaewses.
  • Genre: an action and political drama with a BL romance at its core.
  • Announcement: GMMTV presented the series at its GMMTV 2021: The New Decade Begins event on 3 December 2020.
  • Producers: Sataporn Panichraksapong as executive producer and Nuttapong Mongkolsawas as producer.

Reviewed by Renkaze

9/10

Uff, Not Me. GMMTV took its most famous pair, handed one of them two roles and a motorbike gang, and built a Sunday night romance around corruption, protest and a coma. It works, and the politics are the reason it works.

One actor, two brothers

Gun Atthaphan carries the whole premise. Black and White share a face, so the difference has to live in posture, voice and timing, and Gun makes White's politeness feel like a disguise that keeps slipping. The best trick of the script is that White has to pretend to be rude. Watching a gentle man practise being rude is funnier than any slapstick, and it gives the romance its engine: Sean falls for the version of Black that never existed.

Sean and the slow turn

Off Jumpol plays Sean as the gang's hothead with a conscience, and his suspicion is the clock of the story. The confession lands in episode twelve, after Sean works out the truth on his own, which is a refreshing choice. Nobody spends five episodes hiding a secret from the smartest person in the room. If you know the pair only from Theory of Love, this is the same chemistry with the comedy swapped for tension.

The gang

The ensemble earns its screen time. First Kanaphan gives Yok the softest heart in the garage, and his storyline with Gawin Caskey as Dan, the graffiti artist, grows into a second love story with its own payoff. Mond Tanutchai makes Gram the hardest member to read, Sing Harit plays Tod, the friend who drags White into all of this, and Papang Phromphiriya keeps the garage running as Kumpha.

Who made it

Anucha Boonyawatana directed every episode and co wrote the screenplay. The politics are not decoration. Rallies, raids and the final protest are staged with real weight, and the series asks what a decent person owes to a country that rewards cruelty. The romance never pauses the plot, and the plot never pretends the romance is a distraction.

Fair warning

This is an action drama first. Expect fights, fires and an abduction in the last hour, and expect the villain to be powerful enough to make the ending feel earned.

My tip: watch the first two episodes back to back, because the plan to swap identities only clicks once White nearly backs out of it.

Final Score: 9/10

LEAD & SIDE COUPLES

Gun Atthaphan Phunsawat official photo, Thai actor
Off Jumpol Adulkittiporn, the Thai actor who plays Thun in Mr.Kill (2026)
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Best Scenes

Spoilers ahead. Episode numbers and outcomes are named, so come back after watching if you want to keep it fresh.

Episode 1 (spoilers): The dinner table. Back in Thailand for the first time in years, White is struck by a pain that is not his own, and soon learns that Black is in hospital after a brutal attack.

Episode 2 (spoilers): The forest house. Black's friends carry out their plan to burn down Tawi's forest house, and a close call makes White doubt the whole idea of living as his brother.

Episode 7 (spoilers): The rally. Gram, White and Sean join a crowd that is starting to speak out against Tawi, while an officer turns up at Yok's university with questions.

Episode 12 (spoilers): The truth. Sean realises that the Black he has come to love is the twin brother White, and asks him to reveal himself to the rest of the gang.

Episode 14 (spoilers): Get out. Tawi's men abduct the gang outside the hospital, and protesters gather in the streets to demand their release.

Themes and Messages

Identity is the obvious theme, and Not Me uses it in two directions. White borrows his brother's life and slowly discovers his own politics inside it, while Black, once he wakes, has to face the man everyone preferred in his place. The second theme is complicity: White's planned career as a diplomat ties him to the same powerful circles the gang is fighting. Love arrives as a form of recognition, since Sean falls for the person underneath the costume.

Behind the Scenes

GMMTV produced Not Me, directed by Anucha Boonyawatana, with Sataporn Panichraksapong as executive producer and Nuttapong Mongkolsawas as producer. The screenplay is credited to Anucha Boonyawatana, Rittikrai Kanjanawiphu and Sureechay Kaewses, and Tanatat Chaiyaat composed the music.

Did You Know?

  • Teen Vogue included Not Me in its list of the best BL dramas of 2022.
  • Tanatat Chaiyaat is credited as the original music composer for the whole series, beyond writing the title song.
  • Veteran actor Chokchai Charoensuk appears in two episodes as Adul Pothiyakorn, the twins' father.
  • The lyrics of My Side are credited to KANGSOMKS together with Oabnithi Wiwattanawarang.

OFFICIAL TRAILER

OFFICIAL OST

Episode guide: Not Me

14 / 14 episodes aired · Completed
EP 1
12 Dec 2021
Aired
EP 2
19 Dec 2021
Aired
EP 3
27 Dec 2021
Aired
EP 4
03 Jan 2022
Aired
EP 5
11 Jan 2022
Aired
EP 6
18 Jan 2022
Aired
EP 7
26 Jan 2022
Aired
EP 8
02 Feb 2022
Aired
EP 9
10 Feb 2022
Aired
EP 10
17 Feb 2022
Aired
EP 11
25 Feb 2022
Aired
EP 12
04 Mar 2022
Aired
EP 13
12 Mar 2022
Aired
EP 14
20 Mar 2022
Aired

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Who plays the twins and Sean in Not Me?

Gun Atthaphan Phunsawat plays both twins, Black and White, and Off Jumpol Adulkittiporn plays Sean.

Where can I watch Not Me legally?

The series aired in Thailand on GMM25 and streamed on AIS Play at the same time. GMMTV OFFICIAL on YouTube hosts the official trailer and clips.

Is there an official trailer?

Yes. GMMTV released the official trailer on its YouTube channel on 29 November 2021.

Who sings the Not Me OST?

KANGSOMKS (Tanatat Chaiyaat) wrote and sings the title song NOT ME. Off and Gun sing the duet My Side (เข้าข้างตัวเอง), and Crane Technique sings Still In Love With You.

What does the Thai title mean?

เขา...ไม่ใช่ผม is read Khao... Mai Chai Phom and means "He... Is Not Me".

Where else do Off and Gun appear together?

They lead Theory of Love (2019) and are cast together in the upcoming Gunshot.

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