Moonshadow

It's not bad but I expected more

I really love EmiBonnie, so when they announced the pilot of this series, I honestly couldn’t wait to watch it. It was the series I was looking forward to the most!

I have to say that, during the first part, I even thought it was going to be the best gl series of the year, but then something changed… At a certain point, I started feeling like everything was becoming repetitive and the story wasn’t really going anywhere.

Despite that, I still really loved so many things about it! First of all, the music choices were absolutely spot-on for every scene. Honestly, one of the best soundtracks! I also found Jay’s character really interesting. Secondary characters are often pushed aside in other series, but here, everything about her made sense. She was honestly the best character in the entire series.

And then we had NamtanFilm, who were an absolute delight! Even though we didn’t get to see much of them, I really loved their presence in the series! 🥹❤️

As for the ending, it was cute, but I was expecting a little more. :(

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ne vous arrêtez pas au premier épisode

Dans l'ensemble, la série est sympathique et très bien tournée.

l'OST de Bonnie (Red Kiss) est incroyable.

Il est vrai que le début de la série peut rendre sceptique vis-à-vis de l'histoire mais dans son intégralité elle reste bien à regarder.

Bien sûr, même si c'est le même univers que my only sunshine, elle est tournée d'un ''multivers'' différent, et c'est assez cool de voir un côté différent.

les OST sont une pépite, les personnages sont approfondis mais j'aurais préféré plus aux côtés de Key et peut-être sa soeur Peach.

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What Happened to the Plot?

From the mock trailer of this, I was SUPER excited to see GMM try out a sugar baby romance with EmiBonnie. Unfortunately, this one really missed the mark. While Emi and Bonnie did great in the roles, it felt like they never committed to the sugar baby plot in the first place, and fully abandoned it very quickly. From that point, it felt like every conflict was pointless, or had been done in a million other shows.

Chan (Emi) is a rich hotel owner, and Key (Bonnie) got a job performing in the hotel restaurant. Key is determined to get close to Chan after their one night stand. Since it seems Chan isn't looking for a girlfriend, Key decides to pursue her as her sugar baby, despite being in no need of money.

If you're going to give me a sugar baby plot, it NEEDS to be a real one. What was the point if Key wasn't in need of money? This show would have only made sense if Key was purposely pursuing Chan because she needed the money, and then falls in love with her later, giving us the conflict of "oh does she love me or my money" etc etc. Instead, they came up with a plot that makes so little sense it's baffling. Then, I was excited about the whole ex girlfriend coming back into the picture, but that felt half baked too! I don't know what happened here with the writing, but I hope EmiBonnie get a show with a better thought out plot next time...

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Disappointment but not surprising

Disappointing, but that's not a surprise given how I am disappointed with almost all of the gmmtv releases.

These people are writing shows with the pairs in mind and make the characters do stuff that will please the fans/keep the pair together rather than actually writing a story and have the actors adapt to the character. Like this is lowkey very mockery atp. Would this story have gone this way if it was not a beloved pair acting in it?

The premise was lowkey interesting and the show had a little spark the first few episodes. A bratty singer being a serious CEO's sugar baby. Their dynamics were fun, especially their first night when it felt like Key had the upper hand. The no kiss rule and all were very good. But we ruin it all by having Chan automatically fall in love with Key by episode 5. Does gmmtv know that they don't have to have the pairs get together and have lovey dovey episodes to have a good show? They should have taken time to explore Chan and Key's chemistry, have Chan resist for long have a long awaited kiss.

The Jay-Chan-Key dynamic was supposed to do a lot but it was a nothing burger. Key and Jay's convos during the first few episodes were interesting. They could have built on that but we extinguish that fire way early.

Jay as a character did not do much. Many seem to think that she was a better developed character but I don't see anything from her. Her reason for ghosting Chan was so weak. Like its 2026, you could have told her your situation instead of disappearing. She did not have any actual plan to get Chan back.
When I saw it was Film who was playing this role I was so excited, I thought gmmtv was actually trying something new. One of my problems with this fixed pairing is that I feel like it limits the actors to only having work with their partner and only doing romance heavy shows. Film is one my faves way before pluto so I was excited to see her. But alas, it was a disappointment. Them bringing in Namtan was the laziest decision ever. It's like they didn't know what to do with Jay after Chan rejects her so they were like 'Hey!, let's bring the partner of the actress, people will eat it up'...and quite frankly many ppl did eat it up. Ellie as a character would not have been pushed so much if it wasn't played by Namtan (I love Namtan as an actress btw). It all comes back to my first point of them writing characters to please the ship.

Back to ChanKey, their past connection was so unnecessary. They tried to shed some light on mental illness with Key's trauma but ultimately they can't make a proper story out of that in 10 eps. This show could have done without it.

Both Chan and Key's personality changed completely once they got together (just like every other gl). They both just became lovey dovey.
The mother plotline was dragged for so long but the resolution of their conflict wasn't even shown, it was just a mention. Why bother introducing plotlines if you don't know how to finish them?

The acting was amazing but I don't even have to mention that.

Its such a loss for me cause I love Fon's aesthetics, music and physical stylization of the characters (which a lot of other directors miss) but her scripts are so horrible and repetitive.

(honestly im surprised that the audience hated this show. the things they hate abt this show is the same things i hate abt many beloved gls, like US for example. The issues in this show are present in almost every gl. in US too, the story is repetitive and there isn't much of a plot. The initial conflict of her character having a crush on her brother's gf is solved quickly and the rest of the series has basically nothing. i wonder why ppl hate this and girl rules specifically. maybe its cause there is moments where the leads explore beyond their pairs?)

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Read This Before Starting The Series!

Well everything's perfect especially the visuals aishhhhhh but it's just that the order of the events that takes place in the first episode makes it a bit confusing at first like atleast for me coz I felt like "Wait is this a flashback or something?" also the pace like the speed of the events like the plot is moving at a rather fast speed than usual — I saw the preview of Episode 2 and thought about it I mean I don't mind it but I believe it could have been a bit slower like the for the first few episodes yah other than this I loved it and would absolutely recommend to EmiBonnie fans or GL-Drama lovers <3

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I don't know how to rate this

Let me start by saying that I like EmiBonnie. I think they did a fine job in US, but in this series, they had no chemistry at all. Not only did I never root for the main characters to end up together, but at times I didn't even find them believable as characters. Chan was particularly bland, and I'm sorry, but I struggled to connect with Key in the traumatic moments.

Now, here's why I'm struggling to rate this series: I absolutely loved Film in it. I thought she acted wonderfully. I sympathized with Jay and understood her story. She kept me entertained and made me feel something every time she appeared on screen. I cried, I laughed, and, through Jay, I even found myself reflecting on the importance of asking for help.

I actually spent the first half of the series shipping her with Key, and the second half absolutely delighted by the chemistry between Jay and Elle and laughing at their interactions.

So, I don't know. The main storyline gets a 2.5/10 from me, while Jay's storyline gets an 8.5/10. Considering Jay appeared in roughly a quarter of the series, my final rating would be:

(0.25 × 8.5) + (0.75 × 2.5) = 4/10
And giving acting an 8 cause of Film, cant rate hers lowers but if I averaged it it should be lower.

100% rooting for the antagonist.

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It's So Freakin' Complicated!

I'm still processing my reaction to Moonshadow Ep 1.... I still can't get over Key's declaration that Chan's her 1st love. But Chan can't remember anything about Key! 🤔🫨🤯😵‍💫

And now, I watched Episode 2 .... Still, I can't wrap my brain about what's going on haha haha 😂😆 What da frick did Jay do to Chan?!! Chan seems drowning in so much pain and yearning, but rejects Jay who wants to come back into her life. And Sun's blood boils about Jay's existence. Why?!!?

Meanwhile, Key has so many dark skeletons from her past and many more mysterious intentions and motivations now.

Even Simba seems as stressed as I am about this show hahaha 🤣😂 But it's a good stress, like the mind-fu** I got from watching Christopher Nolan's "Memento"!

Watching MOONSHADOW feels like one exceptionally long - and good! - f**eplay session....

I am agog! I am absolutely speechless about how good MOONSHADOW ep 3 is! "It's complicated." And mysterious. And beautiful. And painful. And simply wonderful!

And that ep 4 preview, "If I tell you, will you get out of her life?" Too yummy, I could hardly breathe, waiting for next Wednesday! MOONSHADOW is turning out to be soooooooooo dang good!!

Moonshadow episode 4 - My goodness. I've watched GL series, after series, after series.... And NOTHING - ABSOLUTELY NO GL SERIES kept getting better and better and better with each episode, until MOONSHADOW came along! Its story is unfolding in such a beautifully nuanced style, that it's absolutely impossible not to fall deeply into the Chan-Key-J rabbit hole! EmiBonnie have that unmatched chemistry that just ignites the screen! And Film as the villainess you'd love to hate but you simply couldn't because she's perfect? Well, she's perfect! Everything and everyone in MOONSHADOW is so addictive. It's like every episode leads the viewer into a new level of an intriguing, delicious, high.... If this trend keeps up until the Finale, MOONSHADOW would turn out to be one of the very best GL series that came out of 🇹🇭! Keep up the irresistible work that you're churning out, Moonshadow! Great job.

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Si poteva osare di più.

Nel senso che credo fermamente che la storia avesse un suo perché (anche se, con tutta la mia seincera onestà, l'ultimo episodio non è che mi è piaciuto tantissimo), secondo me potevano osare un po' di più sia con le premesse della storia sia con il personaggio di Film, che per quanto unhinged sia all'inizio della storia, alla fine una volta trovato il nuovo amore (ovviamente identificato nel personaggio di Namtan) mi diventa un po' troppo basic. Io capisco che nella serie volevano rendere il suo personaggio capace di crescere e di cambiare, ma ogni tanto i cattivi sono belli anche perché sono solo, beh cattivi. Nonostante ciò, forse uno dei migliori personaggi interpretato da Film (che si solidifica come una delle migliori attrici sicuramente della GMMTV, se non in generale della piazza Thai).
La storia di EmiBonnie, mi è piaciuta, anche se anche questa, ve lo devo dire, poteva osare un po' di più. Però sono contanta di come abbiano sviluppato la questione e mi è piaciuto molto che nella storia Charn non è che nel giro di cinque minuti come per magia di dimentica del personaggio di Film, ma ha bisogno di tempo, mentre molto spesso nelle serie c'è un personaggio che sembra abbia votato la propria esistenza ad un altro, incontra il suo vero interesse amoroso e nel giro di due giorni lavorativi ecco che si scorda di tutto il resto. In questo caso invece ne passa del tempo prima che Charn, non tanto accetti di non amare più il personaggio di Film, ma più che altro decida di lasciarla andare (girl, però bastava cambiare il PIN della porta di ingresso dopo la prima volta che questa ti è entrata in casa, diciamo). Per il personaggio di Bonnie, invece sarò sincera mi ha stupito per la complessità e i layers che aveva: non era solo una ragazzina con mire alte, ma un donna tormentata da un passato tragico e da una paura profonda.
Ultima cosa su cui avrebbero potuto osare di? Lo dico, perché lo dico: Kay e AJ. Io sto aspettando il momento in cui mi daranno questa coppia (anche se devo dire che forse meglio così, se no sono convinta al 100% che la storia per i fan si sarebbe trasformata nella loro storia e non in un GL, però io aspetto lo stesso).

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