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Max 8 episodes would have sufficed. Lacked story.

Emi Bonnie deserved better. So does Film and this should have been max 8 episodes.

Emi Bonnie fan here but this show was disappointing. There was practically no world building in it, the side characters were basically non existent except for Film’s Jay. None of the characters had real depth and a lot of the show was just the same “story” on loop, making it boring.

Emi did well as Chan and Sun but Chan as a character was so 2D, she had no real character development throughout the show, making her not an interesting character to be leading a show.
Bonnie portrayed Key very well, one of her best performances. But Key’s trauma was dealt with so quickly it made no sense. Key deserved more actual character development too.
Film’s Jay was the most interesting character and portrayal in this show. The character basically seemed to have only one thought (like what?) but Film was so captivating, it made Jay interesting despite being very poorly written. Film is truly a fantastic actress for giving depth to (yet another) 2D character like Jay.

Many characters were unexplored. Emi’s Sun, Jamie as Key’s sister and even Chan’s best friend Phu. Namtan’s cameo got more story line than any of these characters.

What makes Moonshadow fall is because the side characters were practically missing, there was no world building and sadly even the main characters’ storylines fell flat. It failed to explore the relationship dynamic of Chan and Key, it insinuated the closeness but failed to show it and thereby failed to make the audiences root for them.

Apart from the OST, not much worked. And it was too drawn out. There’s only story for 6-8 episodes at max, and 10 episodes feels painfully long.
Truly hope their next project will be much better, so that they can shine like they are meant to.

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