
HIStory 3: Make Our Days Count is about the turbulent romance between a high school student and his bully. Although the two characters begin the series with lots of hostility, their relationship improves as they understand each other more. This BL drama also features a saucy romance with a sizable age difference, as one of the teens develops a crush on an older man.
Admittedly, HIStory 3: Make Our Days Count comes with a lot of red flags, which include poor writing, unlikable characters, and unhealthy relationship dynamics. Nonetheless, there are some compelling moments in this series, capable of stirring up intense emotions with its nonstop drama.
HIStory 3: Make Our Days Count Summary
HIStory 3: ้ฃไธๅคฉ
Taiwan
2019
Around 7 hours
School romance
Spicy & romantic
20 episodes
Around 22 minutes
Plot

Hao Ting and Xi Gu are both senior high school students, but their personalities couldn't be more different. Hao Ting is outgoing, lively, and known for being a rowdy troublemaker on school campus. He is the stark opposite from Xi Gu, the quiet, intelligent, and hardworking student who's acing all his classes. In fact, Xi Gu is the number one student in his grade with a promising academic future ahead of him.
Xi Gu is an orphan who lives by himself with no family or friends. After school, he has to work a part-time job to pay rent and save up on tuition costs. Sometimes, he barely has enough money to afford regular meals for himself. Fortunately, his boss Zhi Gang is a very generous man, and he tries to look after Xi Ghu by giving him extra food or money.
Recently, Hao Ting's needy girlfriend has developed an interest in Xi Gu. Although he rebuffs her advances, she insists on spending time with the ace student. Their closeness attracts the ire of Hao Ting and his friends, who grow hostile towards Xi Gu. As tensions rise, Hao Ting's clique begins to bully Xi Gu, threatening him with pranks and violence.
However, one of the pranks ends up having severe and unintended consequences. It causes Hao Ting to feel bad about the way he has been treating Xi Gu. As he is overtaken by guilt, Hao Ting starts paying more attention to Xi Gu, eventually developing feelings for the guy he used to bully. However, these feelings are not reciprocated and Xi Gu still views him as the enemy, no matter how much Hao Ting tries to improve his reputation.
Meanwhile, Hao Ting's classmate and best friend Bo Xiang is working part-time at his cousin's gym. Bo Xiang has a massive crush on one of the regulars, who just happens to be Xi Gu's boss Zhi Gang. Although Bo Xiang is smitten with Zhi Gang, there's a sizable age difference between the two of them. While Zhi Gang believes Bo Xiang is too young for him, his rejections do not seem to deter Bo Xiang, who only becomes more fixated on winning over the older man.
HIStory 3: Make Our Days Count Cast
Characters
Hao Ting Wayne Song (ๅฎ็ทฏๆฉ) Wayne Song Instagram

Hao Ting is an outgoing high school student with a rebellious streak. He is doted on by his mother, but clashes with his more conservative father. He also has a younger sister, and the two of them have a good relationship when they aren't teasing each other. Hao Ting is close with his circle of friends, which includes Bo Xiang, Xiao Chun, and the twins Xia De and Xia En.
Xi Gu Huang Chun Chih (้ป้ๆบ) Huang Chun Chih Instagram

Xi Gu is the ace student at his high school with top academic marks. As an orphan, he used to live with his aunt, but moved out on his own to not burden her new family. Although the teachers are impressed with Xi Gu, he is quiet and serious with no friends at school. He often stays behind at school to study and do homework until it closes late at night.
Zhi Gang Thomas Chang (ๅผต็ๅ ) Thomas Chang Instagram

Zhi Gang owns the cafe where Xi Gu works part-time. A kind and altruistic man, he tries to help out Xi Gu with food, finances, and social occasions. Zhi Gang exercises at the gym where Bo Xiang works at, but doesn't seem to reciprocate the young man's advances towards him. He is currently single with three failed relationships under his belt.
Bo Xiang Wilson Liu (ๅ้่พฐ) Wilson Lau Instagram

Bo Xiang is a high school student and one of Hao Ting's good friends. He is loyal and devoted, but has an immature and impulsive personality. He works part-time at a gym, which is owned by his cousin Wen Jie. Bo Xiang develops a massive crush on Zhi Gang, who is a lot older than him.
Supporting Cast

Yong Xing
Cai Mu Fei (่ก็ง้)

Hao Ting's mom
Sara Yu (ไบๅญ่ฒ)

Hao Ting's dad
Spark Chen (้ณๅฆๅฑฑ)

Xia De
Xia De (ๅคๅพ)

Xia En
Xia En (ๅคๆฉ)

Xiao Chun
Shih Cheng Hao (็ณๆฟ้ฌ)

Si Yu
Wang Chen Lin (็็็ณ)

Mei Fang
Cindy Chi (็ดๆฌฃไผถ)

Ting An
He Yu Xian (ไฝ็ฆน่ณข)

Wen Jie
Brent Hsu (่จฑๆๆฐ)

John
Trent Chen (้ณ็ฆๅซ)

Cheng Ching
Duke Wu (ๅณ็้ฝ)
Cast highlights
- Xiao Chun's actor (Shih Cheng Hao) starred in the 2022 Taiwanese BL drama Plus & Minus. It's a sweet love story between two childhood friends. The leads (Wayne Song and Huang Chun Chih) from HIStory 3: Make Our Days Count appeared in that series with guest cameos in the final episode.
- Surprisingly, the leads also appeared in a BL series from another country! They showed up for a few seconds in the 2020 Japanese drama Life~Love on the Line, albeit their roles were very minor.
- Spark Chen, who plays Hao Ting's dad, starred in the 2018 Taiwanese LGBT film, Dear Ex. He played the gay love interest in this movie.
- Duke Wu, who plays Cheng Ching, was the lead actor in HIStory 1: Stay Away From Me.
- Also, Cindy Chi reprises her role of Mei Fang in HIStory 4: Close to You, along with cameo appearances from most of the cast.
HIStory 3: Make Our Days Count Review
Review
Drama Review Score: 6.6

I struggled to enjoy the first half of HIStory 3: Make Our Days Count. Both Hao Ting and Bo Xiang were such obnoxious characters, whose scenes left me with immense second-hand embarrassment. Everything they did irritated me. When they weren't behaving like reckless idiots, they were being unpleasant bullies who harassed Xi Gu for no good reason. At some point, my annoyance turned into rage, and just seeing the two of them filled me with visceral hatred.
I wasn't convinced by Hao Ting's sudden transition from bullying Xi Gu to developing romantic feelings for him. It didn't make sense how his character could go from one extreme ("I HATE YOU! ๐ก") to another ("NO, I ACTUALLY LOVE YOU! ๐") so fast. He was way too over-the-top in his pursuit of Xi Gu, who clearly wanted nothing to do with his bully. Their romance was poorly written, terribly paced, and marred by unrealistic characterization.
The other romance felt as annoying as it was problematic. Bo Xiang was so self-centered, turning a schoolboy crush into an unhealthy and uncomfortable obsession. His juvenile behaviour highlighted the sizable age difference between him and Zhi Gang. One of them was a mature adult, while the other was still a high school student who behaved like a kid. These two characters were in completely different stages of their lives and they weren't a good match for each other.
The second half of this drama did feel more coherent. Not that there was a significant improvement in the writing quality, but at least the plots moved forward once the couples got together. We explored deeper into Hao Tingโs family dynamics, which opened up new storylines. Both Hao Ting and Bo Xiang also got less annoying once they settled down in their relationships, so I guess that's considered character development?
HIStory 3: Make Our Days Count has a controversial ending that made a lot of fans upset. However, I'm actually not that offended by the way it ended. Maybe it's because my expectations were already so low, and I couldnโt be disappointed any further. Overall, this wasnโt the strongest or the weakest installment in the HIStory franchise. I find the series very mediocre as a whole.
HIStory 3: Make Our Days Count Episodes
Episode Guide
This drama has a total of 20 episodes. Each episode is around 22 minutes long. The last episode is around 33 minutes long. This is a long BL drama, and you can finish the entire series in approximately 7 hours.
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I don't feel that XI Gu had any romantic feelings for Hao Ting. Perhaps, he was straight, I don't know. However, he should not have led Hao on if he had no romantic feelings toward him. They never had a sexual relationship which Hao Ting wanted. I guess towards the end Hao Ting finally gave up because Xi Gu rejected him and pushed him away. He seemed deeply hurt. I felt badly for Hao Ting because it seemed as though he truly loved XI Gu. However, in the end, it didn't matter anyway because of the accident. All in all, I did like the drama. Perhaps because of Wayne Song. He is an awesome actor and very good looking.
Not satisfied by this review, itโs one of the best acted series with a great story . They all did amazing job!
It is a brilliant and stellar work of cinematic beauty that I shall remember for a long time. It is a profoundly moving and deeply spiritual series, along with being one of the best acted BL series in a very long time.
I quite liked it though I share your sentiments about the quick change of heart, felt the love story wasn't developed enough. The ending bored me to hell though, I actually spoilered myself cos I searched the series on tiktok before I finished it so it was even worse cos I knew it was coming.
It confused me how Xi Gu developed feelings for Hao Ting that fast. It was a littlebit lackluster writing but overall I enjoyed the story. It was actually also realistic that they didn't acted overly romantic all the time because of their personalities. Xi Gu was more reserved and introvert that Hao Ting who was sometimes over the top. The acting was actually good. The second couple bothered me more because of the age gap. Why would a grown adult start a relationship with a minor high school student? I am not a fan of age gaps in general. The ending was also not far from reality because a lot of people have sad stories and that was theirs. All in all your rating was ok.