Moonshadow (เงาใต้พระจันทร์) 2026 Thai GL series poster from GMMTV featuring Emi Thasorn and Bonnie Pattraphus
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Moonshadow (Thai: เงาใต้พระจันทร์, RTGS: Ngao Tai Phra Chan) is a 2026 Thai GL (Girls' Love) romantic drama produced by GMMTV and adapted from the novel "Moon Shadow" by Flower of Memory. Directed by Fon Kanittha Kwunyoo, the 10-episode series airs Wednesdays on GMM 25 and streams on oneD, and marks the second on-screen pairing of Emi Thasorn Klinnium and Bonnie Pattraphus Borattasuwan after Us (2025).

The story begins with an arrangement neither woman expects to matter. What follows a chance encounter between Chan, also known as Sun (Emi Thasorn Klinnium), and Key (Bonnie Pattraphus Borattasuwan) settles into something unconventional and then, without either of them planning it, into genuine love. The relationship holds until Key's first love returns without warning, and the past neither woman has fully accounted for arrives in the middle of a present they had only just built. Around them, Jay (Film Rachanun Mahawan), Peach (Jamie Juthapich Indrajundra), Phu (Kay Lertsittichai) and Game (AJ Chayapol Jutamas) carry the surrounding storylines, with Pete Thongchua as Phasin, Sarocha Watittapan as Phin, Apasiri Nitibhon as Janya and Duangta Toongkamanee as Monruedee among the wider cast.

The screenplay is by Lalil Kittitanaphan and Naphat Chitveerapat. Moonshadow premiered on 12 August 2026 and runs weekly through 14 October 2026; the first two episodes ran 64 and 59 minutes respectively. In February 2026 the two leads had already debuted together as the vocal duo EMIBONNIE under Riser Music, and the same name is used for their on-screen partnership.

CONTENT DETAILS

Native Title
เงาใต้พระจันทร์
Original Title
Moonshadow
Also Known As
เงาใต้พระจันทร์, A Shadow Underneath the Moon, Moon Shadow, Ngao Tai Phrachan, Ngao Tai Phrajan
Adaptation
Adapted from the Thai novel "Moon Shadow" (เงาใต้พระจันทร์) by Flower of Memory. The novelist is credited on TMDB under the Writing department for the series.
Themes
Key Themes
First LoveSecond ChancesUnconventional RelationshipReturn of the ExNovel AdaptationForbidden Love
Country
Language
Thai
Original Author
Flower of Memory
Networks
Seasons
1
Episodes
10
Duration
59 to 64 min
Aired Start
Aired End
Release Year
Content Rating
13+
Production Co

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Before You Watch

  • Moonshadow (เงาใต้พระจันทร์) is a 2026 Thai GL drama from GMMTV, 10 episodes, directed by Fon Kanittha Kwunyoo, airing Wednesdays on GMM 25 and streaming on oneD.
  • The leads are EMIBONNIE: Emi Thasorn Klinnium plays Chan (Sun) and Bonnie Pattraphus Borattasuwan plays Key. It is their second series together after Us (2025), and they debuted as a vocal duo under Riser Music on 24 February 2026.
  • Adapted from a novel: the source is the Thai novel “Moon Shadow” by Flower of Memory, who is credited on the series.
  • The premise: a chance encounter becomes an unconventional arrangement, then real love, until Key’s first love comes back.
  • Full schedule: premiered 12 August 2026, one episode every Wednesday, finale 14 October 2026; the first two episodes ran 64 and 59 minutes.
  • Where to watch Moonshadow: GMM 25 in Thailand and oneD for streaming. Regional availability varies.

Reviewed by Renkaze

Moonshadow is a Thai GL drama from GMMTV, adapted from a novel, with ten hour-long episodes going out each Wednesday on GMM 25.

The premise starts where most romances end up

The story begins with a chance encounter and an arrangement and works towards feeling, instead of building from proximity and friendship. That gives the series a structural problem to solve: if the closeness is settled in episode one, the drama has to come from something else. Here it comes from the returning first love, a familiar device that works when the show has already established what there is to lose.

EmiBonnie arrive with a history

Emi Thasorn Klinnium and Bonnie Pattraphus Borattasuwan are not a new pairing. They played opposite each other in Us (2025), were nominated for Best Couple at the Howe Awards that year, and debuted as a music duo under Riser Music in February 2026.

The author of the source novel is credited on the series itself.

Flower of Memory, who wrote the Thai novel เงาใต้พระจันทร์ (Moon Shadow), is listed in the writing department of the series.

The book has its own page as Moon Shadow (Novel), so the source and the adaptation can be read side by side.

The title and the lead's names share a hidden pattern. Chan is the Thai word for moon, and the same character also answers to Sun, so her pair of names holds both halves of the moon-and-sun relationship the title suggests. The soundtrack picks up the wordplay: one of its five songs, "Moonkey", joins the two characters' names into a single word, and all five songs are performed by the two leads, together or apart.

GMMTV presented the series at its lineup event on 25 November 2025, about nine months before broadcast, with Kanittha Kwunyoo directing and also credited as a producer. She directed GMMTV's first Girls' Love series, 23.5 the Series, in twelve episodes of 52 minutes; Moonshadow runs ten episodes of 59 to 64 minutes, fewer episodes at greater length. It suits viewers who like grown-up romances with a returning-first-love complication and who enjoy watching a pairing settle into its second series together.

Themes

The Thai title, เงาใต้พระจันทร์, means a shadow beneath the moon, and the word for moon sits inside one of the two names the series gives its lead. Chan is Thai for moon. The same woman also answers to Sun, and the pair of names holds both halves of a single optical relationship: the moon carries no light of its own and shines with light borrowed from the sun.

A shadow cast by moonlight is faint by definition, because the light making it is secondhand. That is a fair description of how the central relationship begins. An arrangement is not a courtship, and what the two women have at the start is a borrowed shape, taking on substance only as they stop treating it as a stand-in for something else.

The returning first love then works as the second body in the diagram. Something that was there before moves back into the light, and the present the two of them assembled acquires an outline it did not previously have.

Interesting facts

  • The soundtrack runs to five songs and every one of them is performed by the two leads, together or apart: "Red Kiss" and "Moonkey" as duets, "Glitch" (เพลงรักที่ยังไม่ลืม) by Emi Thasorn, "Your One" (จะรักให้จำ) by Bonnie Pattraphus, and "Chua Khrao Rue Khang Khuen Talot Pai" (ชั่วคราวหรือค้างคืนตลอดไป) as a third shared track.
  • "Moonkey" puts the two character names into one word. Its Thai title, กุญแจพระจันทร์, reads literally as moon key, which is Chan and Key joined together.
  • Pure Kanin and Jeaniich wrote three of the five tracks: "Red Kiss", "Glitch" and "Moonkey". "Chua Khrao Rue Khang Khuen Talot Pai" is credited to Narongvit Techathanawat.

How it was made

GMMTV presented the series at its GMMTV 2026: Magic Vibes Maximized lineup event on 25 November 2025, roughly nine months ahead of broadcast. Sataporn Panichraksapong and Darapa Choeysanguan are credited as executive producers, with Sita Vosbein, Noppharnach Chaiyahwimhon and Kanittha Kwunyoo producing. Kwunyoo therefore carries both the directing and a producing credit on the same title. Cinematography is shared between Tanai Nimcharoenpong, Theerapan Boossabong and Weeranuch Laometakone, a three-name camera credit for a ten-episode run.

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Emi Thasorn Klinnium, GMMTV actress and lead of the 2026 Thai GL series Moonshadow
Bonnie Pattraphus Borattasuwan, GMMTV actress and lead of the 2026 Thai GL series Moonshadow
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Episode guide: Moonshadow

10 / 10 episodes aired · Completed
EP 1
12 Aug 2026
Aired
EP 2
19 Aug 2026
Aired
EP 3
26 Aug 2026
Aired
EP 4
02 Sep 2026
Aired
EP 5
09 Sep 2026
Aired
EP 6
16 Sep 2026
Aired
EP 7
23 Sep 2026
Aired
EP 8
30 Sep 2026
Aired
EP 9
07 Oct 2026
Aired
EP 10
14 Oct 2026
Aired

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Who plays Chan and Key?

Emi Thasorn Klinnium plays Chan, also called Sun, and Bonnie Pattraphus Borattasuwan plays Key. Rachanun Mahawan appears as Jay, Juthapich Indrajundra as Peach and Chayapol Jutamas as Game.

When do the episodes go out?

Ten episodes on Wednesdays at 20:30 ICT on GMM25, from 12 August to 14 October 2026, streaming on oneD. Running times sit between 59 and 64 minutes.

Which book is it taken from?

The Thai novel Moon Shadow (เงาใต้พระจันทร์) by Flower of Memory. Lalil Kittitanaphan and Naphat Chitveerapat wrote the screenplay.

Who directed it?

Fon Kanittha Kwunyoo directs for GMMTV.

Have Emi and Bonnie worked together before?

Yes. They first paired on screen in Us in 2025, which makes Moonshadow their second series together, and in February 2026 they debuted as the vocal duo EMIBONNIE.

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