Behind Your Touch (힙하게, translated as Hipage) is a 2023 mystery/comedy Korean Drama. It also premiered on Creator/Netflix.
Bong Ye-bun works as a veterinarian in the small town of Mujin when she suddenly gains the power to read memories by touching someone's behind. After some rather tense encounters with Moon Jang-yeol, a transferred hot blooded detective and her new neighbor, the two team up to solve cases. However, they might find themselves in over their heads when a serial killer strikes the town...
Tropes
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Jeong-bae, the harmless fake shaman turns out to be the serial killer.
- Blessed with Suck: While Ye-bun's powers are useful, the fact they only work by touching someone's butt is a real drawback. She can get away with it on animals, but humans? You can easily draw attention and get called a groper.
- Chased Off into the Sunset: The series ends with Ye-bun and Jang-yeol being chased by female criminals.
- Magic Meteor: Ye-bun and Gwang-sik got their powers when they were hit by one during a meteor shower.
- Mundane Utility: Besides mystery solving, Ye-bun uses her powers for treating pets since she can now fully understand what they're thinking and figure out what's wrong.
- Not What It Looks Like: In the early episodes, Jang-yeol initially thinks Ye-bun is a pervert when she's trying to get the hang of her powers.
- Power at a Price: Played for Laughs. After talking with Gwang-sik, Ye-bun learns using their powers results in hair loss, to her horror.
- Psychometry: Ye-Bun's powers work by touching someone's rear end, while Gwang-Sik does the same with someone's leg. This happened due to them touching those parts of a cow when the meteor hit them.
- Reassigned to Antarctica: Jang-yeol used to be a hotshot detective in Seoul's violent crimes division until he botched a narcotics investigation and got transferred to Mujin as a result. He hopes that by working with Ye-bun on cases he can get promoted back.
- Secret-Keeper: Besides Jang-yeol and Gwang-sik, Ye-bun also tells her best friend Ok-hui about her powers.
- Shout-Out: After realizing she has psychics powers, Ye-bun wishes she could shoot webs from her fingers instead.
- Small Town Boredom: After moving to Mujin, Jang-yeol is instantly turned off by how crime free the town is.
