HIStory4: Close to You (2021)

NICE STORY AND SUPER NICE ACTING

I am surprised to find so many negative reviews of shocked people who are part of this BL world... It's like listening to religious fundamentalists ... Stepbrothers have nothing to do with their parents love life. One day, they move with their Mom/Dad to their step-dad/mom. They have nothing to do with this new step-family. There are no common genes ... so what's the fuss about that??? Obviously this is a new theme in the BL dramas (the wonderful Addicted, the so-so Brothers, etc ...). If I had been Fu Yong Jie I would have been at Ye Xing Si's feet. He is so damn cute!
All he actors are handsome and good, especially Charles Tu (Xiao Li Cheng): he is so lively, so funny and SO charming...
I have still some episodes to watch but so far this series is excellent.

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R*pe romanticization in 2021? Say it ain't so!

I decided to drop this show after episode 6, with the r*pe. I did check reviews and comments afterwards to see how the show handles it, and it's exactly the way I would not want to watch. I'm quite surprised because the previous History series have been pretty good. This, though--what the hell were they thinking? I think if there had ever been the possibility of a History series without a happy ending, this should have been it.

Having watched a ton of LGBT+ media (especially the older ones lol) and BL shows, I'm no stranger to darker themes. But the stories we tell and consume are evolving along with our society. This feels like a wasted opportunity, and a pity since I actually thought the main actors were well-cast with the exception of Yong Jie.

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Supposed to watch this awhile but keep turning off because of the reviews and keeping seeing he was raped so it turned me off but glad I actually finally did. This was really good. The first couple had me lolh they was just ridiculous but I loved them . Something about Xingsi just got to me from the starting. He was so calm and peaceful. Now the situation with his brother there was no Raped like everyone was saying. How his adopted brother went about it was wrong because he was intoxicated but they actually talk where he said I love u and he replied same. The way he went about it he was fireball wrong, and also in episode 19 when he said the other guy was going to sleep with the colleague for him had me side eyeing that fucker cause it wasn't so but I enjoy it. On to together with me. Last of my list

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Xiao Licheng & TengTeng relationship is relatable with me

I watch lot of BL, of course my fav so far is MDZS and Guardian.

Just want to write a review here because i kinda not satisfied with the comments. For me this series is not like all bad. Just want to clarify that the main CP here is TengTeng & Licheng. The other CP for me is bad too pfft,, but i will just ignore the second CP.

Things that I like on this series.
-Dialogue is hella funny (for me at least)
-TengTeng actor is so beautiful, skinny, handsome like a prince. oof-
-TengTeng & Licheng have a lot of awkward moments but the way they interact is make me feel weirdly funny LMAO
- Best dialogue for me is when TengTeng & Licheng confession scene, TengTeng said he dont want to be a mistress LMAO. He is the one who like really wants to be the TOP right.??
- I really like Licheng & TengTeng relationship development. Pretty relatable with me & my boyfriend UWAAA T-T
-When TengTeng & Licheng date scene, you know when Licheng wanna hug him in the public, then TengTeng resist because he feel insecure when people looking. Damn that feeling. Its kinda weird but, I really like that one. CUTE
- The smut scene (TengTeng & Licheng) is so satisfying ehem >//////<
- I really like Licheng personality yeah
-Music is really on point & also really good.

Things that I think need more improvement
-Maybe the series is kinda like suddenly happpen that, & suddenly happen that one uwu
-The scene when Yongjie punch TengTeng looks freaking weak but the impact HAHAHAH. yeah need to improve the punch scene. more realistic mannnn
-Yongjie looks like hacker at the beginning & suddenly become a psychotic crybaby & a mixologist & a medical student. huh....-,-
-Maybe the screentime for the second couple should be lessen because i actually thought that TengTeng & Licheng is the second CP at the beginning.
-Yongjie personality could be enhance. If he's psychotic, make him really psycho. Who willing to kidnapped a person, or tied his brother under the basement like yandere simulator LMAO because for me he's psycho like halfaway, & suddenly be a good boy. + he dont have any split personality disease, you know what i mean?
- The scene when TengTeng wants to frame the vice president is kinda cliffhanger, after Licheng come & take TengTeng, then what happen to the vice president? Like he's just lie down there????? HAHAHAH

Overall for me the series is not THAT BAD. It is suitable for the one who not expect too much. Or the one who just wanna chill & watch during freetime. If all BL have heavy plot, my brain gonna explode woo. so this one make me feel distress a little bit. Anyway, this is all from my preference. Peace no war. ^^v

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Not for the faint hearted

I discovered BL at a relatively late point in life (one of the reasons being probably that the genre did not even exist when I was younger). What fascinates me is that the stories generally revolve around emotions and not just the clichéd Hollywood coming-out stories, which I find boring. To my delight, in the past few years, the genre has evolved to not just puppy love, but also includes adults going through everyday life. Probably, herein lies the charm of all HIStory seasons. Additionally, being european, romantically involved with an Asian for many years now, I feel like I am gaining some more insight into how Asians feel and act (clearly over-romanticized, but still), which I obviously couldn't not understand (at least not to this extent).

Having said this, let me come to the actual review. As is typical for HIStory, two stories are being told in parallel, the one of two colleagues and one of two stepbrothers. I really enjoyed the one, in which two grown up men realize for the first time their feelings for each other, and, although confident about themselves, they have to deal with them in an unprecedented for them manner. It is not a coming-out story, it has nothing to do with opening up to parents - it is the struggle to categorize one's own feelings and decide what to do with them. The acting from both characters is very convincing, and as a viewer I was taken along their journey (even reminding me of some instants of my own past). So far so good, for this half I would easily give out a 9/10.

The second story, however, left me angry, dissatisfied, and worst of all, quite disturbed. I have watched stepbrother affairs, but usually, it is about youngsters, who when they become stepbrothers they start to fall for each other. This I can accept (although it is probably a very difficult situation). However, when two stepbrothers grow up together, they call the other's parent mom and dad, respectively, for years, the situation changes. Even thought they are not biologically related, they still have lived for years as a family, which in my eyes makes them real brothers, hence I see their affair as truly incestuous, which I admit disturbs me a lot. Furthermore, several details of their story becomes both unbelievable and weird (for instance how they interact with their parents, and how their affair is finally accepted, since this is the only way presumably for the couple to live together). Last but not least, I find their acting not en par with the first story (I may of course be biased by the story too).

So, mostly I watched only one part, fast-forwarding the other one. Perhaps due to my age, I am still to conservative for it.

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Not reccommend as there is trigger warning!

A roller coaster series! Indeed it is a history series. This kind of story might be cliche but I like this story.

This drama is disturbing but it is a great drama. It tells a story and lessons.

At first I don't like the story. Yongjie is so crazy and obssesive with his own brother. A brother will always be a brother. I know that they aren't blood related but still by law and papers they are brother. I do understand why the father had a hard time to accept it. It wasn't really easy. Understand the father/parent side. The crazy mother who tolerates his own son to be manipulative and rapist! What a trash! You let your son do that to your son! Are you really a mother? That was so disturbing and traumatic. Yongjie is a rapist. Rape is rape. It was not good that he did it. He does that to manipulate his own brother. That was not love. I don't know but I really don't like their story even Yongjie tells his reason why he love his own brother. There are two rapes happened here in the drama and both of that are not okay. Don't defend Yongjie for his trash attitude. He's a stalker too! Creepy man! Love shall not be forced. I know he really didn't force but he raped him. I do accept there relationship as love comes in different ways. Love is complicated. Even so there are other ways for you to be together. They started being together or having fling because of Yongjie raped him. What if it is not okay for Xing Si? Imagine how traumatic it will be! I like Yongjie character as he is brave and willing to do anything for love. But you know Yongjie are not the only man in this world who can fight his love for Xing Si. I feel like Xing Si deserve someone more.

I finished this drama because of Muren and Licheng. Muren had a hard time to accept it. I know it is bad to use someone's feeling. He is straight that suddenly like/love a boy ofcourse he will panic and want to prove it to himself that he is wrong. Accepting that you like the same sex with you isn't easy for everyone.

Licheng and Muren fighting who will be 1 and 0. Being in a Gay or Man to Man relationship is not always 1 and 0, it can be 1 and 1. I do hope that all of BL lovers out there will know the fact that BL are not like a heterosexual relationship that there should be a girl who are always the reciever and the boy who are the giver. BL/Gay/ Man to man relationship can be versatile.

HISTORY 3: MODC 2ND COUPLE HAD A CAMEO AND THEY GET MARRIED HERE!

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Face Hurts Now

Looking for sexual content? LOOK NO FURTHER! Looking for cute fluffiness? STOP HERE! Looking for everything that makes the HIStory series HIStory? WELCOME HOME!
For starters, WATCH MODC BEFORE COMING HERE! You can't truly appreciate this series until then(but you don't have too). Anyway, this isn't my favourite HIStory series but totally worth the watch! As a major BL fan it's no surprise I'm here and ecstatic about everything from beginning to ( definitely) the end. I gotta say I didn't think this was too cliché or tacky but obviously being a BL it's gonna give you some basic moments. Fortunately, not enough to over shadow the story. Visuals all around and I fan girl screamed so hard at so many parts my face hurts lol I wouldn't recommend to a BL newbie but make sure they have it on their plan to watch list.
Enjoy...

P.S. The only thing that could've made the ending better was ALL the MC's for HIStory...

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Disappointing...

I had a lot of problems with this drama and most of them were because of the story.
First, the development between TengTeng and Licheng was very poorly done. The friendship at the beginning was great but everything went downhill from there. Licheng fell in love and immediately began to act without giving TengTeng any time to think things through. I had major problems with how Licheng made major decisions without consulting his other half-like buying a house. TengTeng will also have to live in that house for the rest of his life but he never got a chance to choose and only got consulted after it had been bought and he had to help carry a 30-years mortgage. This isn't how a relationship should be.
Xingsi and Yongjie were a better couple in my books. Yongjie's personality is very excessive and the relationship didn't start well but the development was better than TengCheng. The stepmother was a gem and the father was a well-thought-out character.
The worst thing about the show was the rotten girls. Fangirling should be kept to fictional characters or stars but it shouldn't be done so excessively with regards to the people around you. After all, there is a difference between life and fiction. The drama failed to draw that line and treated the TengCheng relationship as too much of a joke.
Overall, I liked that the actors were quite good looking especially Teng Muren but the story was disappointing.

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Could be Much better - overall it wasn't bad.

4/10.

Negative

1. I dont liked Teng Mu Ren Facial expression. I wanted him different from his Behave. (Relaxed and little more manly)
2. That Teng Mu Ren ran away from his feelings and met with Xu Shao Fen. (instead of talking to Xiao Li Cheng) I didn't like that.
3. Too few love scenes. I wanted to see a little more wild love scenes of the Two couples.
4. Too few kisses
5. When some love scenes got exciting, the scene was suddenly changed. that really bothered me a lot.
6. Too much talk from episode 9-10 to 20. that could have been reduced.
7. Where Teng and Xu slept together but still had their underpants on. I was disappointed.
8. It was a pity that Xu Shao Fen didn't stay sexy and manly. That suited him best than the childlike behavior.

Positive

1. It was funny often. I loved it.
2. The Characters and Couples.
3. The Music

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Watched for the main couple

The main couple, mwah, i love then so much. I just really liked the progress of the relationship and even though it was a pretty much classic storyline, it was fun to watch and overall really cute.

The side couple.. what should I say… it was just a complete no. Honestly, it‘s kinda disgusting because his brother literally r@ped him but they still ended up in a relationship!? Also, they‘re step brothers… What I did like though was the relationship with the father. I could relate a lot to it and I think it was important for others too.

So overall, you can definetely watch this for the main couple, I liked them in general. Yes, the storyline is pretty cliché, again, but I remember liking it for the cuteness. Sometimes, it was like cringe, but there was room for some laughter. So if you‘re bored, it‘s definitely a show you won‘t completely regret.

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An Awesome Show!

I really enjoyed this show and will watch it again in the future.

I am a huge fan of BL Series, but not so much the high school or college ones where everything is a joke, the annoying characters who want to "ship" couples and run around taking photos for posting online, the evil or jealous girlfriend wannabe, etc. I like the ones like this one, a little more mature, still has funny, sweet, cute moments, but also has a more serious side too.

I also like the sensuality in the intimate scenes, which this series has in abundance. These are the moments when you feel a sense of real-life intimacy, love and intense emotion.

Was the show perfect? No! I haven't watched one yet that didn't have some little thing I could pick on. That's true with most series, bl or otherwise.

I'm reading the comments in these low ratings reviews and all I can think is the people watching this series really do not have an understanding of bl series. First of all, IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE REAL LIFE! I sincerely dislike reviews that put down these shows because they are "toxic" or portray things that "just aren't right." BL has always had problematic and toxic tropes, even if it's just guys ganging up on and beating the guy who they don't like!

SPOILER ALERT!

The not so charming scene is one where the younger boy gets his love interest drunk and takes advantage of him - however this was not r*pe! The low ratings and reviews that slam this show because of this scene are not understanding a few things. First, the younger guy made sure the older one knew who he was with - the guy was not so drunk as to not recognize him, he knew who it was and even carried on a short conversation with him. Second, someone so drunk that they do not know what is happening to them would never have responded the way he did. Truth be told he just wasn't willing to face the fact that he wanted him too. And again, not real life!

This show is very cute, sweet, hot, and will keep you interested.

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