5 Reasons To Watch Magical Mystery Taiwanese BL “Connecting To You”

Hailing from Taiwan, new BL “Connecting to You” tells the story of Lin Chia Kai ( Chiu Yi Tai ), an average guy except for the fact that he has the supernatural ability to see relationship threads between people. Trying to solve the mystery behind his powers, he ends up working as a psychic police consultant for a skeptical (but very cute) cop, Wu Da Wei ( Liu Yu Ren ).

Though Chia Kai has never quite understood why he has these strange abilities, the biggest mystery is why he’s never once had a single thread form with anyone. That’s where the plot thickens: his very first thread suddenly appears not days after meeting Da Wei.

Alongside his troublemaking best friend and a cop who suspects him, Chia Kai’s on a mission to figure out what his first thread means while using his abilities to find the truth in relationships.

If you haven’t already pressed play, these are five reasons to start watching “Connecting to You”:

University student and jack-of-all-trades part-timer Chia Kai can see the color-coded relationship threads between the people around him. The origins of his power are a mystery, but it’s a seriously cool icebreaker. The premise feels adjacent to the classic K-drama “ The Girl Who Sees Smells ” or the more recent Japanese BL “ Cherry Magic! “

Now grab your pen and paper, because the threads have their own lore: red represents love, green represents family, yellow represents friendship, and blue represents hostility. There are also meanings behind how thick or thin a line is. Every thread has its own meaning, and when it comes to love and relationships, every color is a clue.

Thanks to his abilities, Chia Kai is able to pick up on lies, suspicious behaviors, love (or the lack thereof), and so much more. He’s basically psychic with an expertise in relationships. Currently studying in the psychology department, his mysterious abilities seem perfectly suited for his career choice.

However, it’s not all rainbows and butterflies for Chia Kai. His abilities and his innate desire to help others often get him into difficult situations. One such situation is where the story takes off.

Trying to help a woman named Xiao Yu, he gets into a misunderstanding and is mistaken for the culprit. This leads to a rather non-ideal meet-cute with police officer Da Wei. Maybe it’s all fate, but Chia Kai definitely has a rough night for the sake of it.

Da Wei is a rational, by-the-book cop who doesn’t believe in fortune telling nor the supernatural. Da Wei thinks Chia Kai’s abilities are a scam and makes it his mission to investigate him and find out the truth.

The real surprise comes soon after their first meeting. Out of nowhere, Chia Kai forms his first connection with none other than the cop who does not believe him. However, the thread is a silvery grey color that he’s never seen before. What could it mean?

Chia Kai’s abilities aren’t just for spontaneously helping a bystander in distress.