HiStory 1: Obsessed is my favourite episode of the HiStory 1 series.

Obviously, it's super toxic love (and irl relationships like this are big yikes), but what I think a lot of people misunderstand is that the obsessive, possessive love flows both ways from Jiang Jin Teng & Shao Yi Chen; Jiang Jin Teng is just more overt with his possessiveness behaviour. Shao Yi Chen actively stalks JJT and pays such close attention to JJT that he notices his minute shoulder movements when playing basketball.

There is nothing wrong or bad about you if you enjoy this type of storyline, because more likely than not; you 100% do not condone these in irl relationships.

Enjoying problematic themes does not equal YOU being problematic.

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Unexpected Ending

I went into this movie fully preparing to be sobbing by the end of it, as my past experience with Chinese BLs has lead to either death & despair, or death & the tiniest glimmer of hope.

This one technically has the death of one half of the main CP, but there is a twist that pleasantly surprised me, and had me smiling through my tears.

I always love a good reincarnation trope in a BL, and it was wonderful to see it here.

I've seen other reviewers talk about how the romance is rushed (which is a valid critique), but 1) the film is little.more than one hour long (so not much time to build a solid foundation), and 2) the "rushedness" can be hand waved away by the implementation of the "soulmates throughout all of time" trope, so I can personally excuse the 0-100 in 2 seconds romance because of that.

This won't be a frequent rewatch, but it definitely WILL be watched again because it's not too emotionally taxing, and the little bits of lore surrounding the different species (humans, mermaids, and dragons) was intriguing

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Sweet

HiStory 1: My Hero is very sweet. I both liked & disliked the girlfriend character. I'm sympathetic to her struggles after she "dies," but as it was revealed near the end of the episode; she was self-obsessed and inconsiderate of Mai Ying Xiong's thoughts & feelings. I'm glad she found peace, though, because despite all that, she didn't deserve to have her life cut short. The love storyline between Mai Ying Xiong & Gu Si Ren is very sweet. I'm glad it was established that there were feelings on both sides BEFORE the accident, because that I read that to mean that Mai Ying Xiong fell in live with Gu Si Ren's real personality; not Lan Xi in Gu Si Ren's body, and Mai Ying Xiong can write off that week as a blip.

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Love on a loop

I've watched this multiple times, and I've enjoyed it. Every. Single. Time.

The falling in love part of the overall storyline is so soft and beautifully executed. It's not a slow build-up, but it also makes sense that "yeah, these two are obviously in love." There's no questioning it.

The last time I watched it, I actually watched it twice; from start to finish.

The ending is gut-wrenching and impossibly sad, and you wish that Ji Hoon could have been a little bit more selfish; but his actions are totally logical because he dies to protect the child version of the man he is love with.

The ending is absolutely gut-wrenching and impossibly sad.

There IS a glimmer of hope to be had in the ending, though, because of the time-loop aspect.

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