Moonlight Drawn By Clouds Ends Successful Run with Ratings in the Twenties

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• Loved this drama despite its flaws. Even its flaws were forgivable given all its other attributes, especially the great cast. I didn't notice Park Bogum before when I watched I Remember You but with this role, he became someone I will ardently support and follow. And Kim Yoo Jung... what can I say about this girl? She's so young but her future looks blindingly bright.

• The ending was a little disappointing for me. The biggest charms of this drama came in the sweet, happy interactions between characters and the last few episodes were just so political and depressing.

  That being said, I think this definitely deserved the praise and high ratings. OST was awesome and the characters were great :) I wish Kim Yoo Jung's character had had more opportunities to shine beyond the vast majority of the time when she stared at someone and teared up.

  On the other hand, Park Bo Gum is going to be everywhere for the next few months - he took the Crown Prince role and rocked it. Doesn't hurt that he's so freaking adorable. Blossom Entertainment is having a good year.

  • I love this drama to pieces. I agree the 2nd half of the drama is a little disappointing. I love the 1st half with the funny interactions, bromance. I wish instead of political issues in royal family, they would show more like solving cases together. the PM issues got dragged too long.
    Park Bo Gum.. what can I say.. I'm in luvvvv. This drama deserves high ratings for the chemistry, and the team is doing such great jobs.

• Why was everyone okay with a 17 year old being romantically paired with a 23 year old ?

  • Uhh...what's wrong with the age-gap? It's only 6 years?

    That aside, it was such a waste that the comedy from the first few episodes disapeared after she got to know his identity. That was the true gem of this drama.

    Yoo Jung nailed her role except for the big wide eyed expression in every sad dramatic scene. This is something she has to work on.

    Park Bo Gum? No words, he is just the BEST out of the Best.

    • Yeah it's okay if yoojung 20 yo and bogum 26 yo.
      yoojung still under age doing lovey dovey and ppl just calm about it lol.

    • 17 is underage

  • because they're acting, and not actually romantically paired in real life? And there seems to have been an effort made to keep things relatively chaste out of respect for her age.

    As far as acting goes though, I find 16-year-old Kim So-hyun being paired with 27-year-old Taecyeon far more repugnant, because he is and looks so much older than her.

    • How can you find one repugnant and not the other ?

      i find both iffy

    • so it is okay if a 10 year old is paired with an 18 year old as long as they are acting right?

      because that is the logic you are using

  • 17 being underrage is an arbitrary number based on nothing more than government whim. I was in college at 17. I had done lots of dating and was very mature. Plus this is just acting! Not real.

    • as long as you aware that some sexually transmitted infections can also be transmitted via saliva, then good for you

    • (#Mai)

      Yes people are aware of that, but what has that got to do with being 17?

    • This is still underage by law. No matter the philosophy

• So spiteful. No wonder nobody wants to comment on your posts. It doesn't pay to be so mean spirited.

  • Compete against Moon Lover so understand her she might not feel too good about it too.
    For this drama here I think I liked the second female character more than the lead one. PBG stole the show

• The character Ra On was 18 years old and given that it was a historical drama (albeit loosely) the age is very appropriate for a relationship and marriage. The characters only kissed as far as I could tell.

  I think most 17 year olds (around the world) have locked lips a few times.

  It was a sweet drama and I enjoyed the OTP's chemistry.

• All fans of this drama are okay for an underage teenage girl to be kissing an adult man in a drama??? What's next for kdramas. A bed scene? This is sending bad signals. Let's hope this is not going to be the new trend.

  • lets hope. I couldn't finish this drama because that irked me

    • Since the mortality rate was so young back in ancient times, people got together, married, whatever you want to call it much earlier than what we do these days. Ever hear of child brides? Girls were having sex and babies in their early teens. They could also be married off to someone older than their fathers.

      Sorry to sound rude but, I will never understand this mindset. This is a drama, not real life.

    • I don't care about history of child brides. I know it happens. It still happens in some countries. But a big TV network such as MBC should be more responsible then broadcast a 17 year old girl kiss a grown adult man. There are many things teenagers do nowadays but does that mean it should be on prime-time TV???

    • @Abc. it's KBS, not MBC.

  • Yes. I am OK with it. It is a drama. They are actors. It is a job.

    • maybe they should pair a 9 year old with a 30 year old since it is just a drama and that was what occurred back in the day

    • I keep thinking the PD etc are bordering on paedophiles

  • Yes, apologies it's KBS which makes it worse because they have a wider broadcast audience worldwide.

• why? because it turns you on so much? rofls

• Just my opinion . I let it go after ep 12. Not because of actors but i lost interest. I 'm happy for PGB that i loved in Remember you last year. As kyj she is a good actress but she doesn't have the looks that allows her to play a male . Ella Chen, Yoon eun Hye still being models in this area. I 'm not mean , i'm just saying Beauty can be sometimes a flaw for a type of roles.

  • I think for KYJ role it was a little different than other coz even though her character is dressing up and living as a guy but from the web novel she supposed to look beautiful even as a guy

    • agree with you @jenny. it's just that KYJ said that she took YEH as a model for working in her role as a woman dressing up as a guy.

• While I get the argument that she's underage and he's a legal adult, the reason I don't care in this case is because 1) it's a drama and 2) practically, their age difference isn't a big deal.

  She's 17. She's not 10 and she's not 12. She's on the brink of adulthood.
  He's 23. He's not 35 and he's not 40. He's also very much a young adult.

  This is very much a believable relationship and age gap, especially in the context of age differences in historical relationships. If you're that bothered by the fact that she's not technically an adult because the system arbitrarily decided that 18 was the official age of adulthood, then I'm not sure what to say.

  Also, again: this is a drama.

  • "this is a drama"

    is a very flawed arguement because the kiss scenes were real and shower scene was real.

    • I beg your pardon, but a 9 yr. old and 30 yr. old? This is a stretch. A big stretch.
      Come on now.

  • she is still underage people!. its really surprised me how many of you are able to accept this. If you have daughter you probably will understand better.even-though it is acting but like clinton said its real and show to the world it's okay to get smooching at 17 and the girl in the drama does not look like she is 17, more like 14 or 15 to me..... I have seen many teenagers got pregnant at young age because they have seen so much bad example on TV. I am sure they started of with kissing then later sexual intercourse. I've treated one pregnant teenager who tried to abort the baby at 3 months of pregnancy ended up with massive bleeding and almost died and I blamed that due to too much exposure on TV and internet nowadays. sigh

    • People need to calm down.

      Teens have always been getting pregnant because there is a conflict between their biological development and societal norms for when people are ready for a relationship. Nothing to do with TV and Internet.

      Though K-dramas may be creating unrealistic expectations of romance in adult women if some comments are to be believed:)

      Anyway a good number of 15-17 year olds are intelligent and are hardly like to rush out after watching MDBC and kiss a guy and then somehow progress to pregnancy. Plus a drama sends out all kinds of messages - for many teens it may well be how much KYJ has achieved at her age.

      Lastly if commenters are American, that culture seems to have dramas where kids and high schoolers kiss. And these commenters often seem to impose their own cultural norms, be it the kind of age gap they want to see or the lack of proper kisses in K-dramas. There is no pleasing them to the point you wonder why they even bother to watch these dramas.

• Forgot to add, I can't change history. No one can. It happened and it's still happening today in some areas of the world. It's only a drama.

  • u said you cannot change a history. no one can- yes you cannot change history I agree but when you said no one can it happened and still happening then you are wrong. if you/broadcast can avoid showing a kissing scene on teenager or at least give us an idea that's it is not a good idea to kiss when you are an underage and this act has prevented 1 teenage pregnancy died of complication, it worth a try. of course u can't change the world because at least you can always start with a small step. probably in western condom and pills are easily accessible but in asia where I live, we do not have all these contraception nearby and we dont even sex education to teach teenagers.many of you will argue it is just a kiss not sex but think again how it can lead you to. I have just visited soompi forum it's already had KYJ and PBG couple forum so much for ITS ONLY A DRAMA .

    • sorry for some typo error

    • Who follows what TV shows is stupid, especially a historical drama. 17 is college age!! Not a child.