HIStory5: Love in the Future (2022)

would’ve been nice to have more consistency..

so I don’t normally review but after finishing this I felt compelled!! I have enjoyed the previous installments over the years but this however fell very flat for me.
my biggest issue being the plot. Time Travel has been done numerous times and has never fully be able to be written correctly and this was no exception .

He Bo traveling 22 years into the future to meet Hai Yi would’ve made for a more compelling story had the writer not decided to randomly throw in the body swapping element only for every one and I mean everyone to act like it didn’t exist. in reality wouldn’t He Bo be trying to figure out what happened to his body?? He traveled the same timeline there was no mention of this being a parallel universe yet somehow they just decided to treat it as one? MAKE IT MAKE SENSE.

the other downside for me was the lackluster acting for most of the series, if it wasn’t over the top, it was dry and I could chalk that up to poor screenwriting but damn not even the crying scenes were acted well. however the second couple was a pleasant refresher here. their storyline was direct & easy to follow (probably didn’t need to wait 20 episodes for Wynn to find out the truth but oh well) & I for the most part enjoyed every-time they shared the screen.

all in all it was just okay. I’ll probably be haunted for the rest of my life trying to figure out who the hell Johnny Dai is & why He Bo took over his body because SPOILER, they never tell us but that’s just the price you pay when you go into a series with expectations.

p.s if you want a good time travel story, I’d suggest the warp effect, while it’s not completely a BL it does have a BL second couple & shocker the time travel element is actually explained & used correctly. quite the palette cleanser if I’d say so myself.

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Quando vamos ter nossas boas sequências de HIStory?

Gosto da ideia de viagem no tempo, foi um ponto positivo.
O casal principal são uns queridos, agora aquele secundário da vergonha alheia de tão forçados. É decadente ver a forma que a qualidade dos HIStorys caiu. A história possui diversos furos no roteiro, temos muitos pontos que deixam a desejar. infelizmente a série não pode se sustentar apenas com um protagonista carismático. O fato dos principais terem se trombado a 22 dois anos atrás foi algo muito fofo e divertido.
No ano novo dos anos 2000 Bo-wei Ho desejou encontrar sua alma gêmea e foi mandado para 2022 e o Hai-yi sempre desejou e pedia para sua pulseira da sorte, encontrar o adolescente que o ajudou quando se perdeu de seu pai, adoro quando a série possui flertes com destino e almas destinadas a se encontrarem. E no caso dos principais, ainda temos um enemies to lovers.
Agora o casal secundário é a coisa mais sem sentido de todas, temos informações jogadas e mal executadas que os roteiristas tentam de mil formas nos fazer engolir, não consegui me conectar com eles nem por dó. De vez em quando eu tinha até medo do Jiang. O casal que foi convidado teve uma tentativa de nos fazer simpatizar pelos personagens, maior do que tentaram fazer nesse casal secundário.
Já que estamos falando deste casal "terciário", podemos falar o quão sem sentido foi colocar tanto tempo de tela e foco em dois personagens que aparecem por apenas minutos de dois eps, foi um tempo de dorama que eles poderiam ter usado para arrumar furos no roteiro e em todo o desenrolar do casal secundário.
Queria que tivessem aprofundado mais nas relações entre os parentes dos personagens principais, me toquei muito com a relação sincera que Bo-wei tinha com sua vózinha e sempre reforçaram o quão grato ele era por ela. Mas gostaria que tivessem explorado o olhar da vó, suas preocupações de ter seu neto deixando de viver sua vida, para conseguir a dar uma vida menos cansativa, não nos é mostrado como era a infância do protagonista, não sabemos muito a fundo a dor dele de perder os pais, passa tudo muito batido. Já no caso do Hai-yi, sua relação com o pai era MUITO vaga, o que da para compreender, já que ele era um viciado no trabalho. Mas depois de sua morte nos é apresentado que o pai do Hai-yi fazia cartas e arrumava presentes por todos os aniversários que eles não passou com ele em segredo. Mas só tiveram a decência de nos mostrar UMA carta, sua carta de quinze anos. Não teve aquele desenvolvimento do personagem, não mostraram os pensamentos do pai pelo filho, não mostraram o arrependimento do pai do Hai-yi por não passar os aniversários com o filho, não mostraram ele escrevendo as cartas, escolhendo os presentes. Não teve SENTIMENTO, não consegui me conectar com o Pai, com suas dores.
Tudo no dorama é MUITO vago.
Nota: Dó. Tentaram colocar 300 coisas dentro de um dorama só, viagem no tempo, destinos, espiões e etc. A equipe deveria ter focado toda a atenção no roteiro e se aprofundado nele, nos seus personagens, nas dores deles e desenvolvimento. Porque desde HIStory4 as pessoas estão desanimando de assistir as sequências ( eu inclusive não vi a parte quatro.).

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I love HIStory!

Loved the story. It’s different and so out of the usual; love from the future idea…lol. They really took a risk. I keep reading some comments and I understand the concerns about it and of course if you compared to other episodes, you will find things that you don’t like, but you really want to do that? I ask the readers and future viewers to keep an open mind. This is a left park idea that after the 1st episode, it really speeds up.

The actors really have great chemistry and I truly felt for Hai Yi (Linus Want) and Wynn (Jason Tauh). They are such incredible actors and yes, such hot guys that they made me wish I would find somebody like them (but mainly Hai Yi (that voice…baby jesus)).

There was no moment when I was crying and my heart just went straight (lol), to my stomach. I spent two days watching this show and I’m so happy that I was able to see it before I go back to work from my horrible vacation (this is the only thing that made my vacation worth).

I truly loved the story and the commitment of HIStory and I truly hope everyone keeps supporting them because compare to other countries, LGBTQ activities, art, movies, shows, its very difficult in or maybe, more difficult in Taiwan.

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Good.

-Neg:

1. I wanted more Lovescene of the maincouple. There wasn´t much.
2. More Kissing of the maincouple.
3. I wish the maincouple had slept together. Unfortunately, Tai Che N stopped the Lovescene. I just thought to myself: oHHH nooo....WHYYY ???? seriously? Come On. xD
4. More Kissing and Lovescene of Liang and Lin. There wasn't lovescenes of them. So sad. I was waiting for a Lovescene the whole time. :-O


+Pos:

1. The Lovescene of the maincouple was very sexy. It was very believable.
2. The Couples. Especially Hai Yi + Tai Che Ni. *-* They was my Favorite!!
3. Music
4. It was sometimes very funny lol.
5. The Beautiful, Sexy Look of the character Tai Che Ni with his long hairstyle. *-* It was the perfect Look for him.
6. The Story
7. The Acting of the Couples was Excellent.
8. I am very happy that it got a happy ending.

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Ok. Time for me to give the HIStory franchise a rest

Mmmm...nope. This was not it. SO many things were just not working for me in this series. It's a miracle that i was able to complete it as I have no idea how I watched this series from December 28, 2022, to March 01, 2023. This right here was pure torture! And I know why I always continued watching it- I foolishly thought that it would have gotten better. news flash- it doesn't. And I don't care what anyone says but the last good series with both couples they had was HIStory 3: MODC 9and yes even those last two episodes that people don't/ haven't watch was WAY better than this!). They have been downhill since then. (HISTory 4: CTY was okay with 1 couple. The next one, not so much).

Story-1.5 /10

It started off with Tai Che Ne, from the year 2000, being transported to the year 2022. He is so distraught and wants to return home to his grandmother in the year 2000 that he does anything in his power to achieve this...for like the first few episodes. He then begins to spend a lot of time with Hai Yi and their relationship developed. This relationship takes the forefront as we aren't really mentioned about his desire to return home to his grandmother until quite episode 14 (I think).

And then, let's not forget about the secondary couple -Liang Wen Hsen and Lin Huai En (a.k.a Wynn)- who really brought...nothing for me. Thier main concern with their relationship was the age-gap, which isn't really a concern for me. For them to know that it was okay they brought in a couple from HIStory 4: CTY- the secondary couple. Now, let me start off by saying- I have nothing against an age- gap relationship as well as stepbrothers being in a relationship. What I have an issue is HOW this relationship started. I still have an issue with this to date and seeing them again in this series just made me feel meh.

Out of all twenty episodes, I was only able to follow 3. Yes- you heard me. Only 3 episodes out of 20!!! And that's when Hai Yi's dad died, and he took over. Because I was hella confused from the get-go. I even felt that the synopsis was wrong only until these two episodes aired (it was either 11 and 12 or 13 and 14. I don't even know anymore). The third episode that I was finally to grasp what the heck was going on was episode 19. It finally cleared things up for me. But now it's a little too late as I have lost any care for whatever is going on in this series.

And the sad thing is, the concept sounded interesting. And I just don't know what went wrong. Because a lot went wrong. Due to all of this, I am giving the story a 1.5.

Acting/Cast: 1/10

Because of how the cast was not able to portray their characters in a way for me to enjoy this series, I am giving their acting a 1. I was just turned off from the get-go and tried really hard to like them. And I don't know why but I was not feeling either of the couples during their intimate scenes with each other. I actually just wanted it to be over. I guess as how I didn't feel any connection with their relationship being developed to that point- that when they reached that stag in their relationship, I just meh and wanted those intimate scenes to be over with.

Music- 8/10
The music was the only saving grace for this whole entire series. It was addictive and memorable. I know that I am going to miss it so much. As such, I give the music an 8.

Rewatch Valu-1/10

You guys will NEVER see me watching this series again. I am grateful that I did give it a watch, so I won't wonder be left wondering what happened with these characters.

Overall- 3.5/10

Overall, I give this series a 3.5. It is safe to say that the HIStory franchise is not what it used to be and maybe, just maybe, we need to give this franchise a long rest to see if we can get it back to the glory days that were HIStory 2: Crossing The Line, HIStory 3: Trapped and yes even HISTORY3: Make Our Days Count. If you still want to watch this series, you can go right ahead. But i just cannot and will not recommend this series to another individual.

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The first 2 episodes were promising but then the quality dropped.

The first two episodes were very promising, but suddenly in the following episodes, the theme of time travel was almost completely forgotten. This created gaps in the plot, because how the hell in one day he learned to embrace technology without any problem? The rest of the episodes were just boring to me. The acting is average too. I don't see any chemistry between the characters. For now, the relationship between Huai En and Wen Hsen looks a little better, but the whole thing is still weak.

[slight spoiler of 4 first episodes]
Tai Che Ni found Hai Yi's ex-girlfriend in one day. Hai Yi definitely could have done it himself, because considering what Che Ni was doing, it wasn't a matter of lockdown issues. Che Ni didn't mention a word about Hai Yi to her and was just trying to pretend he was hitting on her. This plot makes absolutely no sense to me.

The previous HIStory dramas I watched were engaging from the very beginning. Unfortunately, I won't be watching this drama for now.

Maybe if I see more positive feedback later, I'll come back to watch this.

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Good but not Perfect.

5/10

Negative

1. I wanted more Lovescene of the maincouple. There wasn´t much.
2. More Kissing of the maincouple.
3. I wish the maincouple had slept together. Unfortunately, Tai Che N stopped the Lovescene. I just thought to myself: oHHH nooo....WHYYY ???? seriously? Come On. xD
4. More Kissing and Lovescene of Liang and Lin. There was just 1 at the End.

Positive

1. The Lovescene of the maincouple was very sexy. It was very believable.
2. The Couples. Especially Hai Yi + Tai Che Ni. *-* They was my Favorite!!
3. Music
4. It was sometimes very funny lol.
5. The Beautiful, Sexy Look of the character Tai Che Ni with his long hairstyle. *-* It was the perfect Look for him. Modern and
stylish.
6. The Story
7. The Acting of the Couples was Excellent.
8. I am very happy that it got a happy ending.

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