This is totally my opinion and preference as a drama watcher
I gave this drama two chances and I still have a hard time finishing the drama for some reason. For the first time that I jumped to this drama, I couldn't bear FL's acting, thus I dropped it as I reached episode 3. Maybe some people enjoyed her acting, but not for me - it's just a personal preference I guess. However, the second time that I tried watching the drama, the story too is just unbearable to watch. I tried, I really tried to hold in and watch the drama. I usually gave up early once I found out that the drama is not to my liking, but since Moonlight has relatively high ratings, I thought maybe I should give it a try and hopefully the drama will progress. But after watching half of the drama, I couldn't bear it anymore.Firstly, the ML is somewhat "okay". His beginnings are pretty annoying in many ways. I don't like how he take the FL's job for granted. Although I am not a writer, I work as a graphic designer specializes in publishing, so I can empathize how writers carefully selected their editors to publish their work, especially if the writer is well-known in the industry - the pressure might double than the less-known/beginners. However, it doesn't excuse his behaviour of slaving the FL doing housework and stuff just so the FL can edit his work. FL had no choice but to comply - as her job depends on it. After progressing from his "unacceptable" behaviours, he kind of had a slight character development, but that's just as far as he went. Before reaching episode 20, he obviously fell for the FL, and the writers chose to went with the "one-sided love by bullying the female target" - which obviously get very old and overused in every drama.
Now, let's jump to the FL, which I think is one of the biggest reasons why I dropped the drama. This is just totally my preference and my taste as a viewer, but I prefer Female Leads that are eloquent and mature in terms of how they speak. They don't have to be a girl crush or savage, but I would appreciate Female Leads that acts their age. Moreover, I find it kind of creepy for a mid-20s grown-women or older who do baby talks, or acts like a 5 year old girl having an episode in front of grown men. I don't see any good purpose of women doing that nor do I see any bright side from those actions.
Now, you might be wondering, it's just Yu Shu Xin's natural voice, what can she do about it? and the answer is, no, she intentionally made it like that in this drama. I've seen her other work, "A Romance of the Little Forest", where she got serious and confront the bullies, and I live for her doing that.
Now the baby-like actions that annoyed and cringed the heck out of me so much that I can't get it out of my head - is the scene where FL and ML doing what seem like editing ML's new book in ML's office, and ML somehow got annoyed at FL, so FL got scared and immediately faced towards a wall and acts like a 5 year old girl who wants to buy a barbie doll but rejected by her mom. --> if you're still confused to what scene this is, it's the scene where FL walked barefoot accidentally in the house, and ML reached her sandals and gave it to her.
I've seen the ending, since I wanted to see the ending before completely dropping the drama. The ending honestly seems rather great. I think FL got a huge character development, and so does the ML. I love that both FL and ML got the happy ending, I think the viewers who watched all episodes deserve that. In conclusion, I think the drama's original plot seems interesting, but it's just how the actress/director/writer portray the FL, which honestly irks me. Too bad that I dropped this drama, I really want to like it.
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A meaningful and bubbly love story
This drama will not only show you a cute and sweet romance, but will also make you appreciate the effort poured by authors, illustrators, and editors into their work. It teaches us the art of writing, the fruit of hardwork, and the beauty of helping people in making their dreams come true.Moonlight opens our eyes to the writing and publishing industry as a heartfelt love story forms between the main leads who works as an author and an editor. They gave us a couple with a wonderdul chemistry that brought as butterflies and laughter.
Watching this drama is really inspiring and pleasing. The main lead's acting was spectactular, he managaed to portray an arrogant yet kind and charming guy that caprures the heart of viewers. His childishness and stubborness is my favorite aspect of him becuse depsite of his imperfections, these personality is the one that made him lovable and stay true to himself even when faced with criticisms. The female lead was also like a ray of sunshine filled with compassion and perseverance. Her bright character makes this show interesting and enjoying.
The storyline of this drama was simple yet captivating. Despite not having plenty of twist and turns, it managed to keep me watching and stay tuned on each episode espicially with the wonderfust cast, OST, and production.
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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!Was this review helpful to you?
Once you start you will not stop
Esther Yu surprised me with her acting, I started following her singing career un Chuang 2020 and I didn't expect such a good series. The plot is not that common to see and I like that the chemistry between characters is not forced, is a bit more mature and not so cheesy as other series where Esther is in the main couple.Is a good serie to watch with friends or alone, easy to understand and very beautiful in general. I will recommend this serie to everyone, I've seen three times and I will watch it again for sure
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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.Was this review helpful to you?
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.Was this review helpful to you?
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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Surpreendente
Gostei bastante desse dorama, por ser uma história que, apesar de ter conflitos, não eram conflitos infantilizados ou daqueles mirabolantes, até mesmo com o conflito em relação a Song Yi, tinha uma camada por trás que era plausível.Adorei que a protagonista (Chu Li t) era bem determinada e corajosa, apesar de inexperiente em sua profissão no início do dorama. Dei bastante risada com as maluquices Zhou Chuan e sua interação com o Jing eram hilárias.
Eu adoro acompanhar doramas que envolvam o dia a dia de editoras, designers e todo esse mundo.
Mas o último episódio eu senti que deixou a desejar em relação aos protagonistas e principalmente em relação a carreira da Chu Li t, mas é aquele felizes para sempre que todo mundo implora nos doramas.
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Comedia romántica sobre escritores y editores.
Comedia romántica que pude ver en Amazon Prime, que ahora tienen un montón de series asiáticas.Como todavía no le he encontrado el gusto a los dramas históricos chinos me suelo inclinar por las series actuales, o por películas, algunas de las cuales son muy buenas.
Luz de luna, o Moonlight es la historia de Zhou Chuan, un escritor de fantasía de unos veintisiete años, que se encuentra con Chu Li, una recién licenciada que desea ser editora, y que debe rondar los veinte dos años.
Chu Li acude a la editorial de sus sueños y después de demostrar su desparpajo es contratada. Ya sabes que para tener el trabajo que deseas solo tienes que ir a esa empresa y decir que quieres trabajar para ellos, porque es tu sueño... En fin, que Chu Li es contratrada pero debe mostrar su valía y para eso le imponen la tarea de conseguir que Zhoy Chuan, uno de los escritores jóvenes más valiosos del país, firme un contrato con ellos. O sea, llega una joven a la oficina, les dice que quiere trabajar para ellos, porque es su sueño, consigue el trabajo y su primera tarea es conseguir a la gran estrella literaria del momento. Es importante porque es lo que define toda la serie, lo que Chu Li quiere conseguir lo consigue, no hay frustaciones, pesares, odios, o nada malicioso alrededor de ella, salvo un jefe editor que no la quiere mucho. El resto es un baño de rosas para la protagonista.
En cuanto a Zhou Chuan, lo mismo, un protagonista que no tienen ningún pesar salvo una visión de la literatura distinta a la de su padre. Él escribe fantasía y su padre literatura clásica china, con lo cual hay una ruptura generacional que nunca llega a ser un gran conflicto abierto. No grandes dramas, la madre de Zhou Chuan actúa de conciliador en todo momento.
Como pareja no dan para mucho. Su relación desde el primer episodio hasta el último no varía, es la misma. Lo más curioso de todos es que puedes verlos como novios, o marido y mujer, porque son tal para cual.
La pareja secundaria, la del escritor Jiang Yo Cheng, y la de la editoiral, Gu Bai Zhi, es un poco mas compleja porque fueron amantes antes, y ahora no quieren verse, pese a que se aprecia desde el principio que ambos aún se quieren. Esta relación es mucho más madura, y hace que la de Zhou y Chu Li parezca el noviazgo de dos niños de secundaria.
A lo largo de los treinta y tantos episodios no hay nada interesante que decir, y siendo sincera si quitara todas las escenas que son copias de otras escenas, o copias modificadas de otras escenas, nos quedaría una serie de dos episodios de una hora cada uno. Y soy generosa.
Le debo añadir que casi todos los secundarios son adorables -salvo claro ciertos compañeros de trabajo trepas- pero en términos generales es una serie llena de buenos personajes. La mejor amiga de Chu LI, es una diseñadora de pelo rizo y grandes gafas que parece tener la personalidad de un pez. Luego otra editora que también es adorable. Su jefa, que ronda la perfección. Su jefe mayor, otro dechado de virtudes. Los padres de ella, adorables a pesar de que su madre tiene un gran cáracter. En el caso de los padres de él, es al revés, el padre es rígido en sus pensamientos y la madre es la adorable.
¿Recomendaría esta serie? Yo la he visto hasta el capítulo 30 y luego he saltado al 35 y al 36. Estos últimos de modo rápido, y la razón es simple. Me gustaba la relación de Zhou y Chu LI cuando no estaban juntos porque él podría llegar a ser bastante simpático cuando estaba celoso, lo que le llevaba a ver a su amigo Cheng para quejarse y pedir consejo. Ella en su modo de lerda, al no enterarse de nada, daba ese toque infantil dulce que no resultaba empalagoso en exceso. Que sean capítulos de cuarenta minutos ayuda mucho. Pero una vez que son pareja, ya no hay ese tira y afloja, y los elementos inocentes que provocaban una sonrisa cuando no eran pareja y no sabían aún definir sus sentimientos, se vuelven estúpidos. Puede que sea porque mi visión occidental sea más explícita pero el pudor excesivo de Chu Li me resultaba muchas veces irritante.
Como nota final algunas consideraciones. Zhou Chuan, o el actor que lo interpreta, Ding Yu Xi, me pareció excesivamente delgado. Muy delgado. Hay planos en los que la delgadez que muestra, sobre todo en la cara, es impresionante. Sé que es un hombre delgado, pero aún así dan ganas de plantarle un bocadillo de chorizo en todo los morros.
En cuanto a Chu Li, o Yy Shu Xin, también es delgada, pero tiene la cara redondada y se la ve más sana. Que su novio de diga que está gorda o que tiene la cara grande no es algo que me haya gustado mucho. Por cierto, tiene una voz de pito -no sé si lo hace ella o no- que se vuelve más irritante a media que pasan los capítulos.
Ma Yin Yin, me parece una mujer muy bella y hace una buena pareja con Yang Shi Ze.
Resumiendo.
La historia es excesivamente larga, si ves los dos primeros episodios y los dos últimos estás servido.
Producción, excelente, Se nota que hay dinero detrás. Los decorados están muy bien, y los actores tienen un guardaropa que es mayor que la ropa que tiene el Corte Inglés en cualquiera de sus centros comerciales.
Interpretación. Es correcta rozando al notable. Para un guión tan pobre creo que lo han resulto bastante bien, aunque hay momentos en que los actores están un poco acartonados, pero puede que sea más problema de direción artística que de talento. Eso sí, no creo que tengan grandes recursos en las escenas dramáticas, aunque si en las de comedia.
Música. Muy bien. Me ha gustado mucho, aunque no hayan sido muchas canciones. Muy escasa la banda sonora, supongo que gastaron todo el dinero en ropa.
Sigo sin entender porque los actores se doblan a si mismos. Hay momentos en los que parece que no hay doblaje, en otros sí. Raro.
En general no ha sido una mala serie, es de esas series románticas amables que están destinadas a ser puro entretenimiento sin ofrencer grandes dramas al espectador. ¿La volvería a ver? No, con una vez es suficiente.
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Protagonista surpreendente
O que mais me atrai ao longo do drama foi que a Chu Li, mesmo sendo muito fofa ainda sim demostra características fortes e não tem aquela enrolação de terminar relacionamento por besteira ou por opiniões de gente aleatória, ela vai coloca sua opinião em jogo e vai atras do que quer principalmente no trabalho. A relação de Zhou Chuan com o amigo/irmão é excelente. O desenrolar e crescimento do casal secundário também foi de uma forma muito satisfatória . Além disso, a relação de pai e filho voltando a ser de família e não mais como "rivais" e desentendimentos. Eu realmente curto dramas que mesmo que seja bem no finalzinho mostrem um pouco mais do futuro e como ficou após os desfechos principais.Was this review helpful to you?
Bon mix de romance & business avec 2 romances très cute
Le contexte du drama est intéressant : la vie d'une maison d'édition. L'histoire est servie par d'excellents acteurs (tous, mais particulièrement Ding Yu Xi et Yang Shi Ze dont j'aime beaucoup la bromance), talentueux, qui nous accrochent à l'écran dès le 1er épisode.Le schéma est assez classique : hate-love entre une éditrice (FL novice, enthousiaste, chaleureuse - mais souvent très puérile) et un auteur à succès irascible.
MAIS :
- ce contexte va nous permettre de découvrir le monde des auteurs et de l'édition. Toutes les difficultés, les obstacles possibles arrivent dans ce drama (scandale sur le net, récompenses, rivalités, problèmes économiques, accusation d'utiliser un nègre, etc.). On n'échappe juste au syndrome de la page blanche.
- Deux romances très mignonnes agrémentent l'histoire. Le CL est drôle et mignon et développe rapidement une grande alchimie. Le CL2 est plus mature, plus touchant et plus réaliste aussi, je pense.
- La réalisation rythmée (sans longueur), et surtout histoire bien écrite et bien documentée.
- Les parents sont crédibles (pas les clichés habituels d'opposition à la relation), avec leurs doutes, leurs sermons, leur soutien.
Les OST sont bien adaptées mais pas mémorables.
En bref, pas "le drama du siècle" mais une série sympa, agréable et instructive.
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