HIStory3: Make Our Days Count

Story:
Ok so in the beginning, the story was actually good with the two main characters developing their relationship. At the start they are strangers but soon become close and it becomes more interesting. I thought this story was going to be a light hearted soft story on the main couple but oh boy was I WRONG

They had the most healthy relationship in the drama and all bl dramas in existence. However, the second couple's story was questionable as in the beginning it was a very strange and a creepy story. One of the guys was too in love with the other guy which made him pushy and annoying. At one point I thought he was going to be a psycho because he once forced a kiss on him. But somehow they had a happy ending. I am not saying they shouldn't deserved one, but it was better if both of them had a happy ending.

So what was the most annoying part of the drama is the ending. The ending was absolutely trash. Yu Xi Gu ends up dying which makes no sense at all. He suffered the most where he struggled with money, work and studies. After all this time he worked so hard and eventually found his love of his life and a reason for him to be happy but NOOO. Instead it fasts forward into the future and the second couple are getting married but Xiang Hao Ting lives in misery.

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Cut But Kinda Cringey Then It Become Dull...

Cute, but a bit cringey in its first half. Unfortunately, I was so bored and uninterested in its second half.

Xia Hao fell for Yu Xi a bit too fast in my opinion. His attraction was kinda out-of-nowhere too. One minute, he hated him. The next, he likes him, putting in so much effort to chase him. And his personality did like a complete 180, pass the point of believability. It's so awkward and cringey seeing him act all cute, love-dovey and over-the-top because he is 'in love' with Yu Xi. Sun Bo Xiang and Lu Zhi Gang's relationship was also too quick in my opinion and I didn't care for them. Both relationships quickly get dull and stale as there is no conflict or tension. Nothing to build towards.

And of course, there's the standard "I don't like guy. I just like _____" which is plentiful in BL series unfortunately.

Lu Zhi Gang has good intentions as he probably sees Yu Xi as a little brother, but what he did by telling Xia Hao off is selfish. Ultimately, it should be Yu Xi who decides whether or not he wants love in his life, not some outsider. And Yu Xi still studies hard and he will no doubt he able to continue to achieve high marks. Maybe with love in his life, he will feel even more motivated to do well in school. And he's happy. Happier than he was when he was alone. That must count for something.

It's so stupid for Xia Hao and Yu Xi to make out on the couch in the living room with the possibility of Xia's family coming in anytime. It's just so dumb and unrealistic.

I thought that being gay was legal in Taiwan. Why did Yu Xi get in trouble at school for going to a gay bar? And why didn't Xia Hao blame the person who the photo was from? Especially since that person is friends with his ex-girlfriend.

The infamous ending. I was initially expecting that Xia Hao wasn't going to get into a top 5 university to be honest, but when he did, I knew that one of the main characters probably died. To be honest, I enjoyed the ending. It was interesting and brought something new and different to the series, especially since I was quite bored during the second half. Not sure what the purpose of the inclusion of a Yu Xi doppelganger was though. And Xia Hao became straight with a possible female love interest. Ugh. And he reaffirmed that he didn't like guys, only Yu Xi. Ugh.

On a side note, Wayne Song (Xiang Hao Ting) is absolutely beautiful though! Probably the best-looking BL actor I've seen thus far! His hair! His cheekbones! His jawline! Stunning!

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Your sometimes friendly BL watcher. (Who is extremely fucking emotional atm and silently throwing a tantrum)
I honestly love this HIStory series as it makes me happy for some weird reason. (Mostly Trapped, Boundary Crossing)
I've seen some gay dramas with happy ending and explainable sad endings. So what the actual fuck was that. The series was going so good until the last episode. I was prepared for them to at least say homeboy got memory loss or some shit but he literally goes *POOF*. You could've killed off one of the friends or even the dada idk Like what the friggin hell.
While sitting on my computer chair crying into my popcorn, I'm trying to piece together that last episode.
First of all yall had the story going great everyone happy and all that jazz. I understand that there wasn't a major conflict in the plot and you wanted to add an accident. That is understandable. You could've added cheating. That would be understandable. BUT HOW COULD YOU KILL OFF EVERYONES SMOL BOY LIKE WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK. I honestly hope that Boundary Crossing 2 isn't like this.

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SAD ENDING... WTF!!!

HIStory 3: MODC was one of the series I looked forward to watching every time it aired. Now I have to say goodbye and I feel like I am torn between being happy and sad.

The storyline was I'd say was quite splendid up to the point that it was addictive to watch and see how the characters evolved, how they determined their feelings and make their own decisions whether be it against the view of society or not. Their only mission was to love and be happy because at the end of the day it is your happiness not the happiness of others that matters.

The ending gave us a reality check, that not every time we have a happy ending and most of the time we are met with tragedy and sorrow. The episode gave us an example of how a tragedy can impact everyone around and especially those who love you. It gave us a view of how people cope and pass through those tragedies and sorrows, to continue living and to be the person that we oath to be. To be honest, I wanted a Happy Ending where Yu Shi Gu did not die but only suffered amnesia and reverted to his younger years, the years he did not experience therefore creating a new persona. A playful and energetic kid that unconsciously going close to A-Hao. And as A-Hao finally accepts the reality that Yu Shi Gu has lost all his memories, gives him one last kiss triggering him to remember all of his memories. The end! But I guess It will just be in my fantasy.

A Storyline for P-II

Yu Shi Gu seems to have not died but only lost his memories and was hidden by his aunt. At the start of part 2, we see that Yu Shi Gu continued his studies after recovering and finally graduates while A-Hao is in the US. A few years after, Yu Shi Gu begins to create a name for himself without remembering A-Hao and without A-Hao knowing. He now goes by a different name. He is then invited to Stanford to exhort for a seminar or something. A-Hao sees him and thinks that he is only hallucinating. He asked around who that was and found out more about him. After the seminar, Yu Shi Gu then travels back to Taiwan. A-Hao then follows back and a new discovery of their love occurs... The story continues!

But that is just me.

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If I need to compliment something, it'll be the cast. They did their best with the material they were given, and Wayne pulled out everything he had for that final episode. Though realistically, Wayne was the only one that had a character with any sort of depth. Xi Gu does little beyond be bullied/harassed by Hao Ting, eventually fall in love with Hao Ting after his persistent nagging and attention, and then die when the writer tries to push a last minute lesson. The second pairing, Bo Xiang and Zhi Gang, essentially serve as sexy fan service. Zhi Gang is given a few notable conflicts and plot threads which could've been interesting to follow, but they're all lazily concluded off-screen in the finale so they're not worth mentioning in any detail or really being paid any attention to. They exist to showcase one or two hot sex scenes. The supporting cast are there to be pretty, and they do that well.

The first 9 episodes present a fluffy romance with bits of sexual tension and few notable or gripping conflicts. Ignoring that the beginnings of the main relationship don't really make any sense, the couple itself is pretty cute to watch. They've got chemistry, and Wayne manages to be charming and endearing despite his character being childish and pushy. Most of these 9 episodes, after the initial bullying stunt, are spent watching Hao Ting go through a series of cliché issues. He fusses over Xi Gu until they're in a relationship, then he fusses with his parents until they accept that he's romantically involved with a boy. Following that, the finale tries to push a "tragic" ending after psyching the viewer out for half an episode with a doppelganger. Given the title, "Make Our Days Count", I'd assume the goal here is to present the importance of living your life to the fullest. But where was this the last 9 episodes? Why do I even have to assume what the writer is going for? Xi Gu's entire character setup, as a poor student that lost his family and spent every day studying, could've been a perfect lead in to this kind moral. Had the drama actually spent time enforcing the theme of living life while you have it, the ending could've been logical and impactful. But the drama spends more time focusing on irrelevant and easily-passed conflicts and the standard BL drama fare than it does actually pushing that narrative, which makes the ending feel entirely out of place and absurd. There is no foreshadowing or introspection that would logically lead to the conclusion. You can write towards an ending like this one while still keeping it a surprise if you're adamant on needing shock factor. And worse, the ending itself was poorly executed. I found myself laughing at the revelation of Xi Gu's death rather than at all emotionally affected by it because it was ridiculously masked and hidden for 20 or 30 minutes.

All in all, this really isn't worth a watch. Was the main couple cute together? Sure. But lots of BL couples are cute together while having more compelling stories, and there's no pay off at the end here to make the "journey" (if I can even call it that) worth the time spent. But again, kudos to Wayne for throwing his heart into all of his scenes. I could've written in depth about this drama's countless other issues, like Hao Ting revolving his life around his boyfriend which was never addressed, but I don't feel it deserves even half the time I already spent writing this.

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Sad Boi Hours

This was so emotionally torturing. I haven't felt so defeated by a BL EVER. Not even UWMA could break me down, but damn, this series was IT. It drew you in, it made you fall in love with these characters, it made you care for them with every ounce of your being, and then they go and crush your soul.

Let's Dive In.

I haven't seen any type of chemistry before Xiang Hao Ting and Yu Xi Gu. The way we felt about these characters, in the beginning, is so different from what we feel for them in the end. I hated Xiang Hao Ting. He had a player-type personality and treated Yu Xi Gu terribly. But, these characters grow with one another and throughout the story that it's so hard to continue to have that same hatred by the end. The way these dudes completely body slammed these roles is far beyond my imagination. They had the best acting I have ever seen, period. I would wonder at times if whether they were acting, or if they were for real having a breaking moment. It was so raw, it was so real, and I loved it with all my heart. While I wasn't too keen on Xiang touching Yu Xi Gu inappropriately (who cares if he was sick or out of it, it was wrong), I do like how they both took their time in deciding when the right time to have sex was. I feel like a lot of BLS skip this big moment and just kind of ignore the curiosity and the worry that surrounds sex, and just hops right into it. I loved that this series does that. A beautiful love story that leads to a sort of tragic ending.

The side couple wasn't my entire favorite, but I did enjoy them. Sun Bo Xiang was sometimes too overzealous, and a bit too prideful, but he did add that very much needed comedic relief to the series. Lu Zhi Gang is my favorite character. I loved his sternness and the way he carried himself. I think they're a perfect example of opposites do attract, and I really liked the way they built each other upon their weaknesses. Sun Bo Xiang lost my interest after he tried to force himself onto Lu Zhi Gang. It was inappropriate, and so not needed. Their sex scene is the most explicit thing that I have EVER seen in a BL ever before. I watched on Viki, so I had the pleasured opportunity to see other people's comments, and it had me laughing my ass off.

The ending, while it was tragic, was also left very ambiguous. So Yu Xi Gu died in a car accident, but then who was Xiang Hao Ting hanging with the entire time afterward??? Was that a guy that looked like him? Was that him imagining that he was still there?? Did the dude not actually die, and instead just lost all of his memories?? There are so many unanswered questions that lead the audience to not knowing, and I loved that. You can interpret how you want, and no answer is wrong.

Overall, this was an impressive series. Because of the really tragic ending, it's not my favorite HIStory, but it's definitely up there in my top 25. I heard they are coming out with a HIStory 4 that will have the same cast. I don't know if it's a continuation or a different story, but I'm excited to see them on screen again.

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Unnecessary Death

With the exception of the completely unnecessary final 2 episodes, a great series overall. Pretty good acting, especially Shiang. Honestly, the main couple is conventionally unattractive. But they're supposed to be the most handsome guys at school? However, I really like both of their characterizations. Yu is a broke, malnourished nerd who broods all day, is extremely stubborn and self-reliant. Honestly his guardian (aunt) should be in jail for neglecting him. He doesn't even eat 3 meals a day. He's under 18! The actor is actually pretty well cast if we ignore how he's supposed to be good looking because the actor is short and extremely thin. He looks fine in the title photo because his face is overexposed, which gave the illusion that he's not malnourished. Shiang is a spoiled brat, brash and uncontrollable but has a heart of gold (unless he thought he had a reason to take revenge). Sun and his bf are gay but Shiang is probably pansexual because he was never interested in guys before. They have great crying scenes. All the young guys are great at crying, much better than Trapped.

This show ends at episode 18. The last 2 I will pretend never existed. Fucking hell. What the fuck does Yu's death bring to the table?! This is the end of a series: there's no extra plot, no loose ends to tie, no character development, no destinies to fulfill. All we see is a forever-changed, forever-depressed Shiang. But props to the actor who played Shiang. His crying scenes are phenomenal. The ending is simply pure bullshit.

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I had very high expectations for this series considering how much I fell in love with 'Trapped' earlier in the year. However, while comparing four series from HIStory2 & HIStory3, Make Our Days Count has undeniably been the weakest in terms of plot development.

The production value was pretty good and seemed to be on par with Trapped. There were some awkward scenes nonetheless and I really disliked how they would sometimes zoom in on Xigu's face to show Haoting's perspective. It was awkward, unrealistic and cringe-worthy as hell.

The acting was pretty good. Honestly impressed considering the cast contained quite a lot of newbies (Juan Zhi, Xia De, Xia En, Wilson, Cheng Hao, etc.) Wayne's acting was incredible, especially during Episode 19 & 20. He expressed Haoting's emotions so well.

However, the main flaw of this entire series was the goddamn plot. For the most part, it was cute and I enjoyed it. But it was too simple. There was so little development despite the show having 20 episodes. There wasn't enough expansion. Even Crossing The Line & Right or Wrong had more substance and they only had 8 episodes. Felt as though they had too little ideas and that they could've done a lot more.

Another issue I had with this show (as well as Trapped) was that they lack detail as to how the main couple starts developing feelings for one another. It was too sudden. Developing feelings for a person just through observation (in the case of Haoting and Boxiang), is just unrealistic and immature. The way Haoting randomly decided to start courting Xigu was too quick and it felt like there was nothing to justify why he decided to do it.

I did not like the ending as well. If you're gonna give us a tragic ending, at least make it interesting and worth watching. Episode 19 & 20 honestly ruined the whole series for me because while I was an emotional wreck, I was also skipping through so many boring scenes.

To conclude, this show is worth watching, especially if you're a BL fan running out of shows to watch. Not the best, but enjoyable to say the least. Would I watch this all over again? Yes. But only from Episode 1 to 18.

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Very disappointing development. It started out as a rather serious and dramatic series despite the humor. In the first 3 episodes the plot focused on bullying and our two main characters were involved. At the end of ep 3 YXG was kneeling in front of XHT and begging him to spare his life. At this point there was a very concerning power difference between those two characters and I was HOOKED. I wanted to see how this turns out. How they can ever trust each other and being in a balanced relationship. This was such an interesting concept. I expected XHT to feel remorse, guilt and later on to understand YXG better, to respect and admire him and finally falling in love with him. In fact he felt in love so suddenly that I'm still not over it. Apparently he developed feelings in ep 3, but I didn't get it back then, because it just didn't cross my mind at all that he could fall in love so out of the blue. But I was willing to overlook the bad writing and the missed opportunities to make this a great psychological work. The relationship developed rather slowly which I guess wasn't a bad choice. But how "being in love" was portrayed was just crazy. XHT behaved like a teenage girl. It was very exaggerated. The humor was also too much. And later on the series became so incredible cheesy that I didn't enjoy it anymore. In this show everything was too much. I prefer serious, deep and smart written stories with good humor. But this was just very simple and exaggerated in every possible way which resulted in a portrayal of emotions that lacked any real depth. They just were in love for what ever reason and then it was so serious they wanted to move in and spend their whole life together. I just didn't feel the connection between the two main leads at all. I constantly asked myself "Why are they together?" The actors have much more chemistry in real life than they had in the series. I enjoyed the second leads more, but I was surprised by the rather explicit sex scenes they showed us. It was back then such a strange contrast to the rather innocent love between the main characters, even though those two showed us also more intimacy later on. It was funny seeing how people liked this, but when it became very cheesy and explicit suddenly everyone was over the moon. Honestly speaking, if this would be my very first Asian BL I can imagine liking it too. It was cute and sexy after all with some typical BL cliches. My first BL was Addicted/Heroin and I went crazy even though the story was completely messed up. But if you're looking for something deeper, that's better written, then this HIStory is not for you. The writing was a mess like in Trapped, the last HIStory series. They just mix up everything and have some serious issues balancing out the mood of a story. Maybe because they are desperately trying to please the audience? No idea. The result is just not good. If people want to give this a 10: go ahead. But this is no 10, sorry. Ah, the end, I almost forgot. The end was an odd choice too, but looking back it made sense, I guess. But it proves again that there is no balance. Everything is just too much. In this case it was too dramatic.

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I wasn't sure if I wanted to watch this series because of the reviews but I am glad I gave this a shot and watched it all the way through. Some may say it is not good because of what happens at the end but I think the way this was put was very nice. I wasn't a fan of the side relationship but the main couple was great and I wish they didn't end the series the way they did but besides that I love everything about it and how everything plays out as well. I would suggest to not watch the last episode because it hurts like really bad but every other episode I love and enjoyed very much.

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BEST BL EVER!!!!

Make Our Days Count has definitely become one of my fave BLs of all time, I love me some angsty scenes and cute fluffy love stories.
The chemistry between the actors was brilliant, I could feel how comfortable they were acting together. Both couples felt real to me and didn't felt rushed whatsoever. There's usually something lacking in bl shows whether the actors acting, the plot line or the production quality, but with this one, everything was so good. The plot and characters development were really well made, plus the actors being really talented, every emotion felt real.
The only complain I would have is that the ending broke my heart into lil pieces but other than that, this is really worth giving a try!

Kudos to the actors, the director and writer of this show!

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