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When a bratty trust fund baby, expected to run the family business, is attacked by armed assailants, he hires a caretaker with a hearing disability to look after him. Throw in some mafia elements, a fiancée, another side couple, and you get See Your Love – a familiar “rich employer falls for poor caretaker” tale (‘Last Twilight’/’Moonlight Chicken’) except this time, the caretaker is the one who is specially abled.
Directed by Chiang Ping Chen, Taiwanese series “See Your Love” spans 13 episodes and stars Raiden Lin as the wealthy reluctant heir Yang Zi Xiang, while the much taller Jin Yun plays Jiang Shao Peng, an ambitious young man who cannot hear, but is a certified caretaker looking for jobs. If you’re a fan of Chiang Ping Chen’s previous works (‘Be Loved in House’/‘Plus and Minus’), you’d most likely enjoy this romantic show too.
Like a lot of Asian shows, the strongest ingredient of “See Your Love” is the lead couple’s visuals, they both look great, their chemistry is cute, and they pull of their roles with the right amount of onscreen charm. However, Zi Xiang and Shao Peng’s ‘strangers to lovers’ story is surrounded with a lot of chaotic noise. For instance, Lin Chia Yo plays Cheng Feng Jie, Zi Xiang’s assistant, who handles almost all his work, gets a significant romantic side-story, which was boring and over the top. Although, to be fair, Lin Chai Yo is charming as the ‘work hard, party harder’ kind of secondary lead, a workaholic who is also a bit of a playboy.
As far as the romance is concerned, it’s hilarious and cringey how many times the leads accidentally fall or crash into each other. Thankfully, at least their falling for each other sort of makes sense. The rich Zi Xiang, who is treated terribly by his father, melts under the care and attention he receives from Shao Peng. Raiden Lee is playfully likable as Zi Xiang, who first comes across as an arrogant airhead, but reveals himself to be a considerate softie.
Shao Peng is easily the most compelling character in See Your Love, a confident young man who believes, “The deaf can do everything except hear,” and proves it by working twice as hard. The early episodes highlight his challenges as a person with a hearing disability, but he is uplifted by a loving family who supports him at every turn. With zero spoken dialogue, Jin Yung charmingly conveys Shao Peng’s emotions and depth through expressive facial cues and fluid hand gestures.
This is the kind of show that could’ve easily been wrapped up in eight episodes, but is weighed down by unnecessary side-plots. After firmly establishing itself as a light romantic-comedy (even though it’s not as funny) for most of its runtime, with some mafia like elements here and there, the climactic episodes just randomly ramp up the violence.
Overall, “See Your Love” is a bloated, formulaic show, which is redeemed by its good-looking leads.
Rating: 2.5 stars on 5. Watch it on iQIYI/Viki/WeTV/iflix
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