This s a story of lost love that was forbidden and a romance beginning anew.
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“HIStory3: Make Our Days Count” Series Review (Ep.1 to 20)
“If you missed the train I’m on, you will know that I am gone. You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles. A hundred miles, a hundred miles. A hundred miles. You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.”
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“Innocent” Series Review (Ep.1 to 4)
Apologies to the readers for bringing my indecisiveness into this review.
“Red Balloon” Series Review (Ep.1 to 8)
If you were to judge Red Balloon based on its summary alone, you’d think that it was one of those cliched first-love-coming-of-age high school stories. You would be right, but also wrong.
“See You After Quarantine” Series Review (Ep.1 to 10)
Taiwan’s reckoning answer to the hugely popular Pinoy BL “Gameboys The Series”, this bilingual miniseries is a simplistic flair with bustling romance.
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“Dark Blue and Moonlight” Series Review (Ep.1 to 12)
I really liked the previews for this BL, but not the series. The actors were good, but the show was slow paced and I did not feel the chemistry between the main couple. Su Hai Qing and Chen Pin Jun had more chemistry than Yan Fei and Su Hai Qing did. I adored watching the elderly grandfather though. He was sweet and cute.
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“HIStory2 Crossing the Line” Series Review (Ep.1 to 8)
This show focuses on Qiu Zi Xuan (Zach Lu), a very smart, athletic superstar and Xia Yu Hao (Fandy Fan) a rough, tough, poor student and how they became a couple. Honestly, this was not one of my favorites. Sorry, you can draw your own conclusion. I loved all the dramas in the HIStory franchise, just not this one.
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“Because Of You” Series Review (Ep.1 to 10)
“Because of You” focuses on the lives of the Yuan brothers, who belong to a very wealthy family. Their absentee Father only takes care of their financial needs and they have no emotional attachment with each other.
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“Craving You” Series Review (Ep.1 to 10)
A renowned pastry chef Sung Yi Fan (David Chiu) and an internet celebrity singer Kyan (Cheng Chang Fan) work on a collaboration arranged by their respective managers Cora (Yuan Kuo) and Ray (Yan Yong Lie). Can music and desserts become one? Let me take you on a journey of pain, uncertainness, and LOVE. In ten short episodes, the storyline surmises everything!
“HIStory 2 Right or Wrong” Series Review (Ep.1 to 8)
This is a really heartwarming story about Shi Yi Je (Steven Jiang), a single father who is working as a Professor in the Department of Anthropology and is raising his 8-year-old daughter Yo Yo alone. Fei Sheng Zhe (Hang Zhang) is a college student whom Yi Je meets under some unusual circumstances. The story is about how eventually become a family, while overcoming various obstacles along the way.
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