Usually, telepathy is just portrayed as a cool superpower. In Eye Love You, it’s useful for Motomiya to secure her CEO position, but it also means an imbalance in every interaction she has with other people… At least, until she meets Korean student Yoon Tae-oh. This, of course, becomes the basis for their relationship, which, while starting from a pretty novel idea, plays out in the cheesy, romantic ways we’re used to seeing in both Japanese and Korean dramas. With Yoon Tae-oh better characterized, it's lovely to see Chae Jong Hyeop to charm in both languages, but it's disappointing to see how cliché the protagonist is depicted, how her main desire isn't personal but in relation to another man (her father), when the show comes primarily through her perspective. Still, Eye Love You’s unique power leads to the unique idea that differences can mean connection– and having them allows us to truly appreciate each other, as long as we’re open enough to get to know them.

Mixing in a language barrier with Motomiya’s telepathy is intriguing from a storytelling perspective. For one, it’s just rarely depicted, with telepaths either interacting only with speakers of the same language, or this barrier just conveniently sidelined for the sake of the plot. However, because of this, Eye Love You gets to explore how this ability would rightly affect connecting with other people, as Motomiya only gains curiosity and appreciation for another person the moment she meets someone whose thoughts she can’t read. In doing so, it also explores the way love doesn’t necessarily mean complete understanding, and the way we can appreciate differences between people from other cultures.