Moonlight

My new favorite. 12 out of 10.

Things I adored

1 The ML. I feel like his role was written for him. I can't imagine anyone else play that complex character with so much charm and talent. First time I anticipated an episode just to watch the ML. Don't get wrong there are some actors I truly love but here the ML is so fun, so charming, so playful that there's no comparison. It's like he enjoys every scene and he manages to never overdo it. I want to hug him, slap him some sense, but mostly he makes me laugh and swoon and that's what I'm looking for when I spend my time watching a drama.

2 The premise. I'm an author so anything that ahs to do with books is my absolute favorite, and here they delivered. Do I agree that an editor can make or break a book? Not really, unless the author has no idea where he's going and gives carte blanche to an editor. I hope no author does that. But do I agree that you have to find the right editor for you? Absolutely. That's when magic happens and it worked here.

3 The 2 ML. What a wonderful character. I adored everything about it and while at fist I thought I wouldn't like the actor, I fell in love with him after a few smiles and some actions that showed how good a friend, a partner and an author is.

4 The friendship between he two male leads. It's rare to see an actor play so well with another male actor, but here they did a fabulous job. What a treat. I dare say I adore more their friendship than heir love relationships. The writer did a wonderful job, so much so that I anticipated any scene between them. The humor shined, the camaraderie felt real, the whole relationship felt genuine, moving and again it was so funny. I doubt I'll find another drama with such a relationship.

5 The FL. I know she ahs her detractors and I couldn't watch her in the drivel Speed and Love, but she was great in Moonlight. I want her to succeed so much form the very first moment. She plays the genuine, smart, kindhearted girl who chases after her dream to perfection. Her best role amongst those of her dramas I've seen.

6 The chemistry between the leads. They are so fun and fit together. I admit, i find the FL has chemistry with lots of her partners but here particularly I felt like it was the best.

7 Mr. Xia. What a wonderful, adorable character. I loved every scene he appeared. I loved his character more than anything else in this series and the actor did a phenomenal job.

8 I loved A Xiang. A great friend and a remarkable character. I wish they had developed more her character.

9 The humor. I don't find often C or K dramas that make me laugh. I laugh easily but usually there are only a few scenes even in comedy that make me laugh. Here I laughed the most I've ever laughed watching a series. It was the ML and his great acting. Whether it was with the 2ML or the FL or any other character he interacted he always delivered humor wise.

10 The writing. Did it have some weak plots? Yes, absolutely. But at the end of the day, the exchanges were witty, deep, real and made me wanting more. I love the screenwriters and it's a pity they don't have many other dramas to watch.

Things I loved

1 The relationship between the ML and his father. It made me anticipated what would happen and it didn't disappoint. You could feel the love between them despite the problems. The actor who played the father did a great job.

2 The ML mother. She doesn't have a big role, but I loved her character.

3 The ML father. He wasn't without his flaws but the actor did a great job to convey the feelings of a father and a fellow author and I loved every minute of him acting.

4 The kisses. When they kissed it was great. The problem is that there weren't enough kisses.

Things I liked

1 The 2FL. A beautiful actress I was expecting to love more, but for some reason she never crossed from "liked" to "loved". I'm not sure of it was her character or the acting, but she rubbed me the wrong way quite a few times, although I wanted her to be happy. I didn't dislike her and I loved her even in some instances. I just didn't click with her as much as with the other characters.

2 The Chief Editor. I think she was great at her work, but I did feel something was missing regarding her performance as a mom. I'm on no way with her husband and I do feel she did well to keep her job, but I found her performance weak when she was with her child. She didn't make me feel anything. I also didn't like her interactions with the female author. Again her acting seemed a bit stiff compared to when she interacted with other people at her job.

3 Gu Yun Fei. I liked him enough, but never really cared what happened to him. He just was there to create conflict between the second couple.

Things I disliked

1 Suo Heng. The actress didn't appeal to me at all. Her character was okay, but the actress didn't deliver all the feelings I was expecting. Also, to some extent, her character also was disappointing. She didn't stand up for herself and I hate that. No matter who the other person is, if you feel mistreated you should speak up. She was an author, it's her job to speak with her words. I did wish for her to succeed though, so not a total disliking.

2 The other young editor. She redeemed herself, but I never warmed to her. She sided with evil and I can't forget that. She wasn't a mean and evil character per se but she wasn't a compelling character either.

3 The living together and be in love for so much time and still behaving, especially the FL, as if they were 15. I know that it's common in Cdramas, but here with such a plot it wasn't believable. it's a pity because this could be for me the most perfect rom-com. I loved that the other couple had a more mature and believable love life.

Things I hated

1 The editor Miao. What an idiotic and evil character. How on earth he ended up at this position is my question. I was happy he lost everything, and I was mad he still hadn't learned his lesson until the very end. I admit, it was entertaining to wait for his demise, but other than that, he was worse than evil, he was stupid.

2 The president Young. He appeared few times but enough to say I hate the actor and the character.

3 The relationship between the chief editor and Suo Heng. Something was amiss in this relationship. Not many things made sense. Are we supposed to believe they had feelings for each other? It felt like the writers didn't know what direction to go.

4 The main villain in my book, circulation director Liang. I hated him more and more with every episode. Much more than the editor Miao. He was a real villain and what infuriates me most is that he never paid any price. Why the hell? Condescending, rotten to the core and a puppet master. Every time he appeared I cringed and wanted him to burn in hell.

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I highly recommend giving it a shot!

Moonlight is a romantic comedy with a charming couple, heartwarming romance, and hilarious moments. Although the drama has some common clichés, it was used in a unique and adorable way that made it thoroughly enjoyable. At first, I thought it would be a light and easy watch, where you could simply ignore logic. However, the drama turned out to be well-crafted and also very inspiring. Moonlight offers a closer look at the publishing industry, particularly the editor behind a successful author. The actors were well-cast too; Yu Shuxin played Chu Li perfectly, and although I was hesitant about Ding Yuxi's character at first, he eventually grew on me! The drama is one of the better romantic comedies made in recent years, so you should definitely give it a try!

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Feeling disappointed with the plot and characters

I started watching "Moonlight" after finishing Esther Yu and Ding Yuxi's LGIEF. I loved their chemistry in LGEIF so I was eager to see more of it in this c-drama.

The first few episodes were intriguing and I liked how we were given tidbits about the publishing industry and what being an editor entails. The ML and FL's online friendship was also one aspect of the story that I loved. Plus the ML and his best friend's bromance of course.

The ML blushing and acting like a schoolgirl with a crush made me giggle and swing my legs too lol.

However, since I expected the ML to cut down on the cold rude love interest persona I was left annoyed and rolling my eyes at his behaviour. I thought he would cut down on it and show more tender vulnerable parts of himself to Chu Li (FL) after she moves into his house. But he doesn't. Instead he keeps demanding her time and attention, acts immature and petty when he doesn't get his way and is pretty one dimensional as far as episode 13.

Scenes where the ML showed more sides to his personality than the whole tsundere thing were far and far between. I can't see what the FL sees in him to be honest. Most well written dramas with cold and jerk MLs start to the 'thaw the ice' (generally speaking) after the ML and FL sort of become friends or tolerate each other's presence in some cases lol. This maintains the intrigue and keeps the watchers invested in the story.

I think the only time I felt invested or even mildly interested in the ML was to see how things will play out between his father and him. Both father and son have a superiority complex although the father's also a raging asshole to his son and has an even bigger superiority complex than ML. As the ML's exasperated mother rightly pointed out, both of them are like dictators. Poor woman is tired of their bullshit.

Another issue with the drama was that there were no ups or downs even by episode 13.

The good looks of the cast and their acting skills were the only things which kept me watching the show and spending 13 hours of my life on it.

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Sweet Story, tears and laughter and Love

Came here after LGIEF and was not at all disappointed.

I love Yu Shu Xin as an actress she never fails to make me giggle, cry and cheer for her character.
Chu li is smart sassy and victorious, I love that she experiences success and spreads that to others.
Zhou chuan is adorable, although childish at first we see him grow into a selfless and loving partner with a bit of a cheeky youthful streak!

The chemistry was fantastic, very convincingfrom emenies, friends to lovers, their fierce protection of each other and desire for each other success, their love and banter was great to watch.

the brotherly love between male leads was funny and realistic, no hate just genuine brothers.
2nd leads were really very sweet, I am glad it went their way.

The parental/mentors Love was very touching and I was glad to see how they really cared for their children

The character development was done well everyone had grown into maturity by the end discovering themselves with chi li as an anchor for the group her resolve and attitude were infectious.

The ending was so sweet and well written and acted it flowed naturally and did not feel rushed.... I will certainly miss this cast as they were all really good, even the villains, I am not ready to say Goodbye.

Er gou was a star, I loved his hairstyles, so cute.

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Full of fluff overrated drama

This drama is about people in writing and publishing business. ML is an author who is young and popular and female lead is an editor and slowly climbing the corporate ladder started as an intern. i am surprised that this drama is 8.4 rating. The story is total cliché full of fluff. 1st ML and FL Ryan Ding and Ether Wu does not have chemistry on screen. Ether Wu's role was very confusing, she comes across timid but she acts brave and is outspoken sometimes, sometimes she behaves like a crazy women with no sense, sometimes she when she is none of above she is talking like a child. She is ambitious but relying on all three leads for her success. Ryan Ding portrays typical author who is aloof and cold and minds his own business but in reality he is kind and often misunderstood. His acting and character he played was at least consistent. 2nd ML and FL leads have good chemistry and mature roles. I liked them both. Most annoying thing for me was the background music, which was so loud and plays all the the time even when there is a dialogue going on in front back ground music is not subtle and completely unnecessary. If you have time to kill, watch it, otherwise you can pass this one.

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Such a cute and comfort drama ( MUST WATCH )

This drama is such comforting every time there is nothing to watch I always rewatch this drama! I gotta say Chu Li is such a good editor she will always fight for the author of what they deserve and wants the best for them and never give up on them and help them bring them to the fullest. Zhuo Chuan is a hardworking author like on one of the episodes when Chu Li is tired he puts a blanket on her and finish editing the script. But at first they knew each other online as Monkey ( Chu Li ) and Mr Fox ( Zhuo Chuan ) so it was a online friends ( crushing ) then Chu Li joined her dream job of the Yuan Yue Publishing House and Chu Li had to sign Zhuo Chuan and Zhuo Chuan find out that Chu Li was his Online best friend and he signed the contract without her knowing that he is Mr Fox and after that Chu Li became his editor and they slowly getting closer with all the bickering and they slowly grew affection for each other. Also I liked how Zhuo Chaun only had eyes for Chu Li and not for other girls. Overall This is one of my favourite dramas and this is a must watch!!

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The love between Writer & Editor!

Delightful light romance C-drama that captures the essence of modern relationships! The story revolves around an online friendship that blossoms into a beautiful romance as the male lead (ML), a typical cold, proud, and talented guy, navigates his feelings for the female lead (FL). She’s the complete opposite—bubbly, cute, and full of energy, bringing a refreshing dynamic to their interactions.

The chemistry between the leads is simply adorable, making their journey from partner (Writer & Editor) to a couple feel natural and heartwarming. The simplicity of the plot works in its favor, allowing the characters' growth and relationship development to shine.

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Cute story

I'm enjoying this drama so far. I like Esther Yu and enjoyed watching her in Love Between Fairy and Devil and Find Yourself. She plays the innocent girl with a good heart, but you know there's someone who's not completely clueless and quickly grows up at some point, really well. I always enjoy watching her character development and how she matures from the beginning to the end. And so far, her character in this drama seems to be similar. Some people find her voice annoying, but I think it works for the roles that she plays. And the ML with being kind of opposite of her works. I enjoyed the humor throughout the early episodes so far. If you're looking for a light Rom Com with a slow pace and easy viewing, this is for you. My only minor complaint is sometimes when the background music with lyrics is playing, if you're dependent on subtitles like me, the subtitles for the lyrics kind of interferes with the subtitles for the dialogue. So it's hard to follow as they are both posted at the same time.

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A perfect and strong female lead

Chu Li is amazing and Esther Yu did a wonderful job acting this character. I thought this drama would drag but I feel like everything happened accordingly and never bored me. What I enjoy the most is the good variety of female actors this cast has and it's the same amount or even more of male casts. Which feels good specially in a editors company, their are no female VS female in the job but more like older guys trying to do things their way but Chu Li never stops her goals and goes for what she desires. It potrays Chu Li passion for books and how she expresses her like of authors and how they should be represented. She doesn't hesitate for her dreams and you always see how she grows from a young rookie to a professional which is amazing, she never stopped her goals for anyone and I feel like drama is more centered on her. I think both male and female lead got to grow and specially the male lead to stop being immature which was annoying at the beginning but around middle to end you can see how well he treats Chu Li and his decisions become more mature and thinks before he acts. This drama is very sweet and well done. It has a part for everything and I believe it was so well done in representation of having a big female cast as working woman with their struggles and their hopes of growing and earning a spot in their work place. I would highly recommend this drama.

The only con I would give is the second couple, honestly I could careless about them. If their characters didn't exist I wouldn't mind hahaha I did like the second male lead a bit more and I enjoyed the female lead too but I just didn't feel intrigued in their love life I actually liked their character seperate but once together felt meh to me

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Childish and controlling ml

This should be enough reason to reject this drama I can't believe they're ending their breakfup part so easily
Ml hides the fact he is her online friend and doesn't tell even after dating keeps texting her from 2 account one online friend other like her coworker, landlord now when she finally finds out instead of apologizing he keeps getting angry on her instead, drags her back to his home and tell her she can't live on any other place ? seriously? i was still okay they're getting back together already? he is literally a scammer liar ? Ml character is wrost I'm dropping this drama I was watching because of Esther can't watch it because of ml


first of y'all don't know how long CDRAMA takes to match kdrama level, before I didn't like the actors or the story now actors are good story still bad ? why 1.FML chooses trash company to work ? literally no one helps her there and they're poor on top of that ? that short hair 2nd FML company was better than her's and now that she decided to work in trash place both ml agree everything she says and agree for low pay? seriously? i know that the 2nd FML company had abandoned the 2nd ml still they didn't do something like coming in his way and ruining the work ?
2. 2nd FML is too boring the 2nd couple or side character whenever they talk I skip, and watch only the 2nd ml interaction with main leads
3. ml is too childish her forces her ,scams her,lies to her ,hides things from her
4. his personality is not that good but FML is in bad situation living alone no money and parents don't give her if someone is helping her even if he is deceiving her it's up to her if she's okay with that if she's trying to survive then you have to get help from anyone and he doesn't ask for money or makes her do work other than cooking
5. from 1-5 and till 19 the eps and interaction, etc is same nothing new she keeps asking him like she did in the start for work
6.comedy is good
7. ml is her online friend,crush, landlord, boss ect ml hides the fact he is her online friend,and he knows she is the online friend and keep texting her from other account everytime she ignore him, I wanted the truth to come out before dating so they make it completely dissatisfying by making reveal after dating and now they breakup,I really disliked ml for hiding this ,she should avoid him atleast 2 week a month but this will be short , i didn't expected it too be that short

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