HIStory4: Perto de Ti (2021)

Controversial

I want to start by saying that every episode was filled with heavy BL clichés. Like, ok, it can be fun and jokes but after some time, it was a bit too much.
Xiao Li Cheng and Teng Mu Ren's love story was pretty soft, classic friends-to-lovers. It was cute though. About the other couple, the step brothers, I don't have much to say. Theirs could have been a pretty good story too, since for me there's no problem about their love (they aren't related by blood so I don't see the issue, even though I can understand how hard it could be for their parents).

If it wasn't for what Fu Yong Jie did to his drunk brother, I probably would have given a higher score. And not just that, the stalker, creepy attitude before and after that was also too much for me. It felt wrong in so many ways and I felt incredibly uncomfortable. That's not love, I'm sorry, that's obsession. The fact that the mother knew everything and did nothing was quite disturbing and totally wrong.

Anyway, overall, it was ok. I felt like with this they got a few steps back, the quality just wasn't the same for me and I felt sad about it. Also, the fujoshis were just embarassing. Goodness that was ridiculous. I like BL but seeing those girls made me realize how other people see and portray the category.

The wedding was the real highlight of the show! I loved Sun Bo Xiang in the previous series and that just melted my heart. And of course brought back heavy memories. It's nice to see these cameos.
I saw a lot of potential but they pretty wasted it..
This is just my personal opinion, maybe someone will enjoy it more.

Leia Mais

Enjoyed and saw the great things about it, even between the moral debate

The series was interesting overall, using the office setting, they gave us new plotlines and working issues. I think that the production changes affected, but i wouldn't go that far as to say that this is a bad series, for me is an step down from HIStory 3 (that could have happened either way because those 2 are top notch 9 & 9.5 series, very hard to improve) and neck to neck with HIStory 2.

The acting was good, not only from our main 4, but also the rest, specially the father of the non blood related brothers. The OST was quite good as well. Enjoyed the wardrobe, i think that the stylist did a great job portraying all their personalities through their fashion sense.

The story started low for me, specially the second couple, and later on they knew how to pick it up and elevate it.
The main couple is what triggers people the most, because the lived together as brothers for some years and some controversial stuff. Is not that i don't understand why it can feel off, specially some scenes are a bit (much) of a controversy, but i see it as art, art is there to explore things, it doesn't need to be an honest representation of what is right in society. We see in media all kinds of violence, gore, craziness... all the things that are wrong as well, so even if you would not agree with something like that in real life, you can watch it and understand the storyline withouth needing to be a perfect sunny portray of morals. I saw a movie where a dude was in love with a MALE GOAT, killed him while being jealous, and after 20 years was so not over that keept getting male prostitutes to dress like that damn goat and have sex with them so... yes, i don't see that as a right, morally correct and fluffly thing, but i totally cried while laughing and found it amusing LMAO
As for the second couple, their characters are vey charming, both of them, way more than the main couple, and that made me fall for them even stronger. I just didn't enjoy the childish start of their story, the shippers thing and all that... it felt like i was in an school GMMTV bl (upsie) but with adults. Later on, when all that passed, they made it a really sweet and nice love story, with some very interesting topics of conflict between gay couples such as their bed preferences. They also have boom as chemistry, and are long time friends in real life, so that was a plus indeed.
The cameos from HIStory MODC made it even more worth it ^^ My heart felt warmer at the end.

Overall, i enjoyed the series, and saw the great things about it, even between the moral debate, is not perfect, but is good.

Worth to watch? totally

Included in my top 10? No

I'll watch it again? Some scenes and plotlines, not in full lenght.

Leia Mais

--TABOO--

This show is entertaining and is filled with BL-candy.
BUT, it PROMOTES> Stalking, Sexual Harassment/Exploitation and INTIMATE-Relationship between siblings (with approval of at least 1 parent!) It's not simply fiction, it's a reference of the real world we live in today. Made me feel out of sorts and terribly afflicted.

I would strongly advise that ONLY well-informed adults watch this series.

Liked: The acting & sequence of events.

Disliked: Misinterpretation of taboo issues and blatant disregard/lack of awareness concerning mental health issues relative to topics portrayed in this series.

Leia Mais

I can't believe my eyes...

Whoa... Where should I start...

Never expected to find BL stories that more chaotic than tharntype. Haha... Everything that so messed up that you can think about materialized in here... Haha... Of course, I'm talking about Fu Yong Jie & Ye Xing Si story...

Trigger warning, this gonna be big SPOILER ALERT. Cause I gonna tell you what mean with 'everything that so messed up that you can think about materialized in here.'

Ok as usual save review first.

This drama basically tell story about 2 couple. 1st Xiao Li Cheng (LC) & Teng Mu Ren / "Teng Teng" (TT) and 2nd is Fu Yong Jie (YJ) & Ye Xing Si (XS).

The 1st couple LC & TT tell story about 2 best friend that with time & the right trigger in the end having more feeling with each other. Why right trigger...? Just don't judge me homophobic after reading my review.... But their feeling starts after one of their new colleagues, Liu Mei Fang, observation toward their behaviors with each other, start playing 'matchmaking'. And after so many influences LC & TT start to feel different toward each other, especially after one special night... That's why I said the right trigger. Because without the matchmaking game I don't think their feeling for each other will go anywhere & just stay friend & platonic.

But anyhow I kinda like LC & TT chemistry with each other. And I also really like the friendship & dynamic between LC, TT & XS. The mature & father figure of XS that help LC & TT with giving his ear for their problem. The cat & mouse relationship between TT & LC. And in the end they're really one true friend that gonna stay by each other side though thick & thin...

Overall this quite good drama with many many problem....

==================================================









Ok now the BIG SPOILER!!!!

Fu Yong Jie (YJ) & Ye Xing Si (XS) story is so messed up, it make me quite speechless...

The biggest problem!
How can until the end no one educate YJ for his fault & problem. Even until the end XS still said he can't be angry for everything that YJ did. OH... MY... GOD... (said it like Janice from FRIENDS. Haha...)

What YJ did wrong...?
1st he stalks his brother, his hidden love, even when he's sleeping.
2nd he rapes him, yup RAPE, made his brother drunk & f***ing rape him.
3rd he goes against his brother, now lover, wish & tell their dad about their relationship. Even with the knowledge that his dad can have heart attack when hearing this info...

And what his family do after all of that??? F***ing nothing. They just forgive & accepted him back to the family with no consequences at all. Not even a little bit punishment or wrath from the family...

Once more OH... MY... GOD... (said it like Janice from FRIENDS. Haha...

Leia Mais

Would’ve been higher without the step brother couple

The “primary” couple was wonderful from the most part. Besides the hiccups with chasing after the childhood crush, the rating would probably be a 8; however, the second couple.... There are very few times where I view step sibling relationships as ok (actually really no times) but this one was genuinely disgusting. From the r4pe to the age gap to the knowing the younger brother since he was an actual child, the whole thing made me feel icky watching it. So I didn’t. If not for the skip button, I would have dropped it. Could have just made them a regular couple but what is a bl without some scene or couple that makes everyone uncomfortable?

Leia Mais

HIStory 4: WAY TO FUCKING CLOSE

Yeah. That about sums it up. I don't even have to write the review because the headline basically wrote it for me. Let me average out the episodes and then explain my thoughts on the show, and then bam, but it's going to take a lot more words. The average was 8.25 stars out of 10, but I rounded it down to 8 stars out of 10, because I could, and the ending was shite. I am also not checking the grammar for this because I am lazy.

Let's unpack, shall we? On Viki, the episodes are smashed into one, and I didn't even know that until two episodes in, but that's beside the point. I said that the tall, skinny guy, Teng Mu Ren, in the streets has a thing for the other guy, Xiao Li Cheng. I was very confused because I didn't read the description, which I never do with shows. I was saying that the stalker ass guy, Fu Yong Jie, in the streets should have gone to jail if he got caught, and I still stand by that opinion with all the shit he pulled in this short ass show. We met the triple threat trio, and I really liked them. They complimented each other well and badly. The vibes were nice, and I was just overall enjoying it. I did have it out for Li Cheng, and I said that I hoped he came around, and he did. because he ended up being one of my favorite characters in this. Love him.

I'm glad Fu Youg Jie got his dumb ass kicked because fuck him and the shit he did too, Mu Ren. Don't ever hurt my baby like that crazy guy. Li Cheng was there to protect his man before he was even his man, and good for Li Cheng for doing that. That girl is Liu Mei Fang, I think. I am looking at the character list because I didn't get emotionally invested enough in this show to know their names, only Li Cheng's. Because I love him. She knew from the start that their relationship was more than friendship. And we stan overprotective Li Cheng. Fu Yong Jie's crush on Ye Xing Si came to light, and it was really fucking obvious to everyone but Ye Xing Si. It was so fucking obvious. Fu Yong Jie played his cards perfectly in most of these scenes. He's probably the smartest in this show. Good for him. Not really, because he was in love with his brother.

We had some foreshadowing for the sexual assault scene. Li Cheng and Mu Ren started to fall for each other around episode 3ish. I could tell. It did take them a while to get their sh*t together, and they barely had it together by the end of this goofy ass show. The trigger warning didn't even mentally prepare me for Fu Yong Jie raping his older brother. I did do some predicting about how he is going to try to kill himself to get his brother to forgive him. Their whole relationship was very much built on manipulation and low-key built on toxicity. Fu Yong Jie was very straightforward and really out there. If he had something to say, he would just say it. Good for him.

The bath tub scene had some really good acting and brought out a lot of sexuality and beauty. The way the camera and the actors presented it was just great. I need a man like Li Cheng in my life, bro. These two were now flat on their faces, in love with each other. Our brothers were just doing their weird ass shit, and my prediction was right.

We were making pretty good progress, which was good for Li Cheng and Mu Ren and more or less for our brothers. We had a lot of character development and more true colors in all of the characters. Fu Yong Jie and Li Cheng were the biggest menace duo, and I lowkey loved their dynamic of just being batshit crazy. These two in the same room were brewing disaster in the making. The actor who plays Li Cheng, Charles Tu, is so fucking handsome that I love him, and it fits his raging narcissistic personality in the show. Love him.

Okay, the other 5 episodes I watched in 16 hours, all back-to-back. Li Cheng came to terms with his feelings and all of the lying to himself. He stopped and told Mu Ren and his ass to shut down, but not straight up; instead, Mu Ren faked being with a girl so Li Cheng would back off. That's ghetto. Getting on my nerves with the shit And then he gets mad at Li Cheng for having a girl friend. Dawg, you are doing the same thing. You can't get mad at someone for doing the same stuff that you were doing. Fu Yong Jie smiling when he was playing fighting with Li Cheng was also very cute. Fu Yong Jie came to terms with the fact that his older brother doesn't like him, and he stepped back and was really mature about it. Good for them, besides the fact that they are brothers, but okay. Fu Yong Jie showed some character development, and good for him because of that.

Mu Ren and Li Cheng were being all cutesy. And Li Cheng is a fake until you fucking make it kind of guy because the way he hid his sadness behind his normal bubbly, happy personality was so good but also really obvious because of the sad look in his eyes. I was making predictions for who would do that to Li Cheng and blackmail him; they are out for his blood for no reason at all. Nothing really happened with our goofy brothers. Ye Xing Si was finally being accepted by his dad, but at the same time, Fu Yong Jie was being hated, as was his mom, for the same reason. Shit was not making any sense at all.

Why the fuck am I writing so much in these reviews? I am getting lazy. The guy who sexually assaulted Mu Ren is everyone's biggest op, and we hate him for ruining Li Cheng like that. I love these two, though. Li Cheng has so much rizz, and Mu Ren is just trying to take it all because he knows about the flirty personality but isn't used to being on the receiving end of it. I don't think we are going too far, but I hope we get more of that weird gay couple. There is nothing weird about them; they are just a weird place, but I really want to see more of them because they are helping Mu Ren and Li Cheng. Yeah our brothers got together in this that's lowkey it with them, i predicted that the brother was going to tell the dad before they all had time to sit down and i was right.

With Li Cheng and Mu Ren. The kisses are also becoming less awkward and more natural, which is good for them. The kiss to go to work, especially Very cute. I am glad they didn't fall apart on the second episode, but instead their world slowly fell apart. I love to see the occupation still going strong near the end of the show. I am glad the dad was supportive. I understand where she is coming from completely, but at the end of the day, they aren't blood related. I guess it's okay. Anyway. They were cute in this episode with all the family members they had. Very fun. I loved these two in this, if only they weren't brothers. Yeah, a lot happened with them, but at the same time, nothing. This show has a lot of sitting around and waiting, so in most episodes nothing really happens.

This ending was very much a blur because I just finished watching it and can't remember what even happened in this episode. They wrapped things up, and then they focused on that gay couple with a 12-year age gap. And all those people that I was probably supposed to recognize but didn't because this is the only history series I have watched They had an okay ending. I feel like it could have been more lovey-dovey and more focused on them and our other couple because it was not focused on them at all. I just expect more from it, that's all. They really put the second in second with all of their bullshit. Yeah. I wanted more for them too, and more for the ending in general. Their little kisses here and there and their random sex scene, which I saw in an edit, were the reason I started the show. I am glad I finally finished it, because it has been a while. Yeah. Good for our couples, I guess. I wish they did more with the ending, but what can you really do? A little copy and paste from my reviews because i am lazy and they captured my feelings really well. That's it. I wouldn't recomend it because of the brothers, but if you are watching for li cheng and mu ren go crazy. that's really it. Okay bye!

Leia Mais

Come at it with an open mind

This drama comes from the writer of the last 2 HIStory (trapped and make our days count), and here she has really evolved and push the envelope in what is the second couple, giving us Step siblings that grow up together and are entangled in a serial of questionable‘s situations. So put your open minded suit on and enjoy the ride. This show didn’t impress me the first time but has really surprised me the need that i feel to rewatch it several times a year. Right now i have just accepted that i was quick to judge the first time around and that didn’t allowed me understand the emotions and feelings of the character. This is a well thought drama that will need a calm, mature an open mind to understand. The real gold of this drama is the main couple, what a loving, understanding and trusting pair.

Leia Mais

Such a FALL from HIStory 3 masterpieces.....

With this title, I can say it's pretty likable to watch. For this series, the storyline is set aside from what I should be following. If it's not for An Ju Peng (Xingsi) and maybe Charles Tu (Xiao Li Cheng). As what I said, I got lost with the plot, it's all over the place. The thing like Li Cheng is pursuing her childhood or past love girl by putting himself in a BL world with Teng Teng which is kinda, uhmm, not much of a strategy to get the girl back. I really never seen at least one plot twist it's just that.

When it comes to Yong Jie, uhm man I hate him. He's like a stalker to his brother which threw me off. I don't really like that when he saw Teng Teng got close walking with Xingsi, he was attacked. Yong Jie is the least appealing in the show especially because of his situation and portrayal. I don't like the notion of him mistaken the TLC of his non-biological brother to him for love. He stalks him in the series and caused panic to LiCheng Ang Teng Teng for invading their home, attacking Teng Teng and raping Xing Si. That's just horrible to me. I like the pairing between XingSi and Yong Jie though but, damn, if the story between them is different from being non-biological brothers and him stalking XingSi it would have been better. Maybe Yong Jie can be an assistant to the company and they both fell in love, I would accept that. Li Cheng and Teng Teng, honestly did not care for them but I don't have problem with them. I was just not into them, even with sweet moments I didn't really care. My overall attention to the show was for Xing Si only. He is the most likable character in the series. He is genuine, caring, sweet, just anything nice you could think about him. He's also sincere to his feelings and how good looks also caters my admiration towards him. It's just like there's no fault around him in all aspects. My eyes were all glued to him when his screen time is there. Back to Yong Jie, one thing that saved him from disappointing me further is the fact that he matured a lot and towards the end he became caring to XingSi opposed to the scene where he made him drunk and raped him. I really like the way he look when his character changed.
The strategy of getting the girl by playing with her in her BL world is redundant for me. I wish it was like LiCheng just fall in love with Teng Teng ever since growing up. I'm just glad that Xing Si and Yong Jie's parents were not homophobic, at least for the father but the Yong Jie's mother got me like uhmm. There's one scene where she just talk about her son being like a thug instead of giving sympathy towards him which disgust me a little bit.

I also hate the Vice President of the company trying to rape Teng Teng and falsely accusing Li Cheng of embezzling the money of the company. He's such an opportunistic moron. Everything else fine okay not for me even the Yaowi girl Li Cheng was really into it feels like the plot needed her but when I look at it, I was like nah she's redundant too. This made the plot looked weak for me.

I love how Bo Xiang and Zhi gang and their friends made cameos. Kinda hoping characters from TRAPPED would make an appearance too but, I'm cool with it. It's just like a sequel for them although they're not the main characters no more but nothing's wrong with it.

Another downside of this series is like the sudden click between XingSi wanting a relationship with Yong Jie like I don't get it. If that weren't their situation I would understand it, but nah it's just, boom, "I love you" out of the blue "let's be boyfriends". It feels like he just wanted him to be his boyfriend because he feels pity towards Yong Jie than what I thought it should be.

The ending I'm cool with it, OSTs are good. That's that!

Leia Mais

Don't let other's opinion hinder you.

This is the type of series that you need to watch first before judging if it is your cup of tea or not.

How can you know if the series is good?
Look at the comments and reviews, you can see that people's thinking are being challenged because of varying opinions. Some are too affected to the point of being enraged to fictional characters, and some are appreciating the entertainment the show is offering.



if you want fluff and awkward acting, stick to thai bl.

if you like great acting, hot and passionate scenes from the couples, complex personalities from the four main leads and one of the most mature relationship on a bl (Li cheng and Mu Ren), then you must watch this.

This show has its flaws, just like every other series have, but you need to weigh all the reviews you are seeing and not just a part of it.

Leia Mais

Half good, half awful

I have mixed feelings about this show. One of the couples is super cute; the other one is super disturbing.

Even if I could somehow get over the (step) sibling stuff, there's still stalking, violence, and sexual assault... I couldn't really root for them. I mainly just skipped their parts. It was really angsty and downright disturbing at times.

The other couple has a somewhat ridiculous but still very enjoyable story arc, with all the cutesy rom-com tropes you can imagine: fake-dating, accidental aphrodisiac, pining, all the good stuff. Not to mention that the boys are super handsome.

So I'd say they worth a watch.

The other couple is a skip for me.

Leia Mais

I will be honest, I skipped every scene involving the step-brothers. It makes me uncomfortable how the younger one got XingSi drunk and forcibly slept with him. On top of that filmed the whole encounter. Yeah, that ended well when it was shown to the dad, right? What is even more fucked up is the mother being aware of everything and encouraging the younger brother? His reasoning is just bullshit to me. Who is he to decide that he's the best person for XingSi to be with? Someone who is so obsessed that they would r*** their step-brother in an attempt to be with him is messed up in the head and needs help. For me, he basically emotionally blackmailed XingSi to be with him. That is the one thing I hate about this series, is how they romanticized what happened to XingSi, made him forgive his younger brother, and jump into a relationship with him.

As for the main couple, it was both cute and heartbreaking to see their journey. I understand some people not understanding Licheng "I'm not interested in guys, just TingTing" but it's not hard to understand. It just means that LiCheng loves TingTing on an emotional level. For him, he fell for the person, not the gender and he at least, did not do any fucked up shit to be with TingTing. Instead, when TingTing rejected him, he backed off. I loved their pairing and they really sold their character and brought some redemption to the series.

Leia Mais