Let me say this, before anything else: this is, hands down, the best bl drama I've ever seen- and I've seen a few. I have rated bl dramas 10/10 stars before because, even if their quality wasn't great, FOR A BL it simply made me want to give it a 10. In this case, I gave it 9/10. Why is that? Didn't I just say it was my favorite BL of all time? Well, the thing is: I rated History 3:Trapped as I would rate a non-bl drama. As I would rate a high-budget Korean drama. Yes, my ratings differ when it comes to BL because I know the budget is often lower and the acting isn't as good (not always!!!!!) but I end up feeling all the feels and give it a high score. In this case, if I were to rate this as I would rate other BL shows, I would give this one 11/10, which isn't possible. So yeah, 9 stars to me is very high.

This was the first time I watched any of the History series and I'm so grateful that it was such a good start. The best point of the show is the plot, which is SO rare, specially in BL land. I was intrigued, everything made sense (although still very fictional), I was at the edge of my seat. every. single. episode. It had the right amount of drama, action, romance and comedy. Very well done indeed.

The character development was great as well. I enjoyed every little story besides the main couple. The pairings.. I just really liked them! The acting, I must admit, didn't always convince me for some of the characters. My favorites were Tang Yi (Chris Wu) and Chen Wen Hao (Chia Kuei Chen). Their chemistry whenever they acted together was really good as well. I cried quite a lot at the end. To me, Jake's facial and body expressions weren't great. I know Shao Fei's character is like that but... I felt like something was lacking. Thankfully, by the end of the series, I warmed up to him. Jack and Li An didn't have he best performances. But their story was so cute and their characters so fluffy... hopefully we will see them grow from now on. Another actor that didn't sell it for me was the police chief. Weird expressions, weird acting... I don't know. But I really enjoyed his scene with his daughter. I felt true emotion rather than just.............. weird facial expressions.
The chemistry between the couples was amazing. Specially our main couple. So so so cute. Hot scenes everywhere and I'm certainly not complaining.

The music was really good, actually. I really enjoyed the opening theme.

I already know the plot so rewatching it could be a bit boring but it's also short so why not? Maybe when I run out of things to watch and nostalgie hits.

In conclusion, watch it. That's all I can say. I'm quite skeptical though because I dont think ill ever watch a bl as good as this one in the near future. Honestly, I'm so happy I decided to watch it. I don't even remember why I did but I'm really thankful. The BL world just gained a beautiful gem.