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The HIStory series are Taiwanese, featuring canon M/M couples. Each year they've released two short run series and we're now up to HIStory4. But enough of this completely inadequate explanation. :D

I'm here to talk about HIStory3: Trapped (2019), which centres around two couples, both cop/mobster. ( The description from MyDramaList is under here )

I love that this show isn't just about the relationships, much as I love them but that it actually fleshes out the other characters and the background story which can't all be tied up in a nice little bow. It's surprisingly funny at times, sweet, violent, flirtatious and complex, featuring all different kinds of love, including friendship and found family. I really cared about what happened to a bunch of characters in this show, not just the main couples.

While the show doesn't have great production values so it's a little creaky at times, the relationships between Meng Shaofei/Tang Yi and Jack/Zhao Lian are compelling and oddly believable given where they all start out from. They don't manipulate the characterization, in that all of them remain the men they are to begin with it's just that they find ways to make it work between them!

Also, y'know, the manhandling, wall slamming (well lots of uses of walls *g*) and partner worry just enhances the whole thing!

Let me tempt you with a few gifs:
( Two more under here )

I also love the secondary couple:
( Two more under here )


The 10 episodes with English subtitles can be watched for free here on Viki


One of the other HIStory series has been given a sequel so I have everything crossed that we might get one for Trapped as well. :D

MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS: ( I'm also going to tuck a couple of fanvids under here, because I can! :D )