I’m Not a Robot (2017)

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This were my second drama I watched with 유승호 오빠 as a ML. I rewatched this many times.
Story: Really interesting plot. A psychological disorder refering inability to touch a human' body because of trauma. He trusts robots. But develops feelings for "robot" FL. This is the plot twist I like haha.
Acting /Cast: I adore all members of "I'm not a robot" cast. SeungHo acts very well. Noone's acting nor character annoyed me.
Music: For me OST is the most crucial thing because it can take us bad to the thrills, story of drama. Light songs. I love it. I have noticed that Stella Jang sang also in MY STRANGE WAY HERO OST.
Rewatch value: not too many not too little. Just
Overall. Chemistry between FLl and ML is thr cutest.

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This drama is an unexpected, wholesome gem and deserves all the love it receives. I'm not good with words, but this drama left me with so many positive feelings that I felt compelled to try writing a review--I hope that these words, alongside the other great reviews, may help convince someone to give this a try.

Since many have emphasized what a pleasant surprise this drama was, I'd like to reach out to those who are still skeptical. This is for the reviewers who have faced disappointment in even the most popular romcoms, or even their favorite ones, because I am the same. I'm here to tell you that you can let go of your doubts.

I recently began watching dramas again a month ago and kept seeing this title pop up on the front page, but I'd skip on it. The saccharine-sweetness, the cliches, the lackluster humor or the abundance of plot-related letdowns that I had experienced so many times over--no, I had sworn to myself I would not fall for that again. ...And I didn't.

After watching through the first episodes of other dramas and giving my complete attention to them, hoping that one would keep me going, my will started dwindling. I decided to give I'm Not A Robot a shot. Once in a while you'll find a diamond in the rough. This is that diamond.

WHAT TO EXPECT
It's one of the most well-balanced romcoms I've ever watched, which is an odd way to describe one, but you know what I mean--there's a pattern in dramas you find after watching a couple dozen dramas, that leaves you with less hope and lower standards when you're picking out your next watch. Maybe the 15th episode or 16th episode contradicts the past 14 episodes--14 hours!--you've invested into it. Perhaps some of the unaddressed conflicts leaves you feeling irritated. Perhaps your interest begins dwindling after the leads get together, which is something that you can't help of course. Perhaps you've grown to love the secondary characters, and feel a tinge of regret because they don't receive enough screentime. Or perhaps you're tired of the melodrama consuming the entirety of the episodes.

You will not find these issues in I'm Not A Robot. Yes, I was amazed and beyond impressed! How could such a little-known drama, with such a seemingly basic premise, do so much right, when my other beloved dramas haven't been able to do it?

In this drama, you'll find an oddly impressive chemistry between the leads. You'll find a phenomenal delivery of acting and emotions by our leads, supported by a strong secondary cast. You'll grow a fondness for that extended cast of characters. You'll find yourself not feeling concerned about the questionable plot because everything around it works in symbiosis to make you feel comfortable. You won't find a beyond-the-top makeover scene that's supposed to impress you, because this drama is so good that it doesn't rely on it or the other common, tacky romcom plot devices. You won't find an edgy, over-the-top, poignant statement so obscure that everyone will point it out and dissect it. This drama is straight and direct, genuinely warm and cozy, and pulls no punches to play with the logic you've grown used to in dramaland.

Most importantly, you won't feel a tinge of regret or sadness after completing 32/32 episodes--you'll just want to watch it again.

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I am not yet done watching the drama, but I am already wondering as early as now as to why this didn't get enough attention in Korea. The drama is actually one of the best I have watched this year. I actually enjoyed this drama and its structure is really similar to Strong Woman:

1.) Very unusual plot (Except the plot here is a lot better and unique as compared to Strong Woman)
2.) Solid cast chemistry
3.) Laugh-generating show
4.) No real plot twist (So the rewatch value does not suffer)
5.) Feel-Good-Turned-Tear-Jerking-RomCom

Strong Woman gained so much attention and love from both Korea and internationally, so I was wondering why this show wasn't well received in Korea (cause it is adored by many internationally). I honestly thought that Yo Seung ho - Chae Soo Bin would look bad, and never had I been more wrong. Their chemistry was so good that I actually want them to date in real life now.

A lot could have been still improved in this drama, mainly the OST and the plot. But overall, it's a show that has been greatly underappreciated by many

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Está aqui um Kdrama que logo nos primeiros episódios conquistou meu coração pela sensação light e animada que tive enquanto assistia. O ar descontraído e divertido aqui é realmente muito bom, os protagonistas eram muito fofos juntos e me apaixonei totalmente por aquele sorriso maravilhoso que só o Yoo Seung-Ho tem.

Este foi o primeiro drama que vi com essa vibe futurística de robôs e, embora tenha ficado com um pé atrás antes de começar porque me imaginei shipando algo impossível de acontecer, isto é, um humano e um robô, logo me dei conta que era uma humana que iria se passar por um robô, então a dificuldade do relacionamento deles nem seria essa, mas se o Min-Kyu seria capaz de superar a sua alergia a humanos no decorrer da história ou não.

Além das interações superfofas e doces desse casal, uma das coisas que mais gostei aqui foi da protagonista: Jo Ji-A (ChaeSoo-Bin), porque a forma bem humorada que ela lida com as constantes críticas das pessoas sobre suas invenções supercriativas, mas infelizmente pouco valorizadas, foi algo que me interessava cada vez mais ao longo da história.

Não posso falar sobre I'm Not a Robot (2017, MBC, 32), sem dizer que esse drama tem a cena de guarda-chuva mais bonita que já vi até hoje e a propósito meu clichê favorito nos romances é justamente esse tipo de cena.

Acho super-romântico ver o casal dividindo um guarda-chuvas em um dia chuvoso, até parece que isso aconteceria no nosso cotidiano né? Mas quando estamos viajando na maionese através dos romances idealizados do universo doramático, ver um Oppa lindo, rico e maravilhoso, chegando perto de uma mulher com um guarda-chuva, logo que a chuva começa a cair é algo simplesmente mágico.

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I am glad that out of all these good reviews about this drama a few reviews matches what i experienced. I don't know what went wrong with this one but i just didn't feel their chemistry and it felt too predictable after she stopped acting to be a robot. The side characters story wasn't that engaging , i just couldn't care less what they did. The story was stretched in the 2nd half. It started to feel a little dumb after sometime. And it was so predictable. I know everyone finds this cute and fluffy but it just felt like a chore to finish this one. So i wouldn't recommend it if someone likes to watch dramas with good plot and interesting characters.

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IT TOUCHED MY HEART IN A WAY THAT NO ONE COULD HAVE IMAGINED

I should say,"I am not a robot" is my favorite drama series ever i watched.I love it,it makes me so happy & i addict on it.this drama is amazing it makes me laugh and cry at the same time.Yoo Seung Ho and Chae Soo Bin have done extremely well throughout the entire series.what I love about Yoo Seung Ho,when he's acting he's not Yoo Seung Ho,he's the character he's portraying.You'll laugh with him,you'll cry with him,you'll feel what he's feeling.He nailed the reset scene.Watch this series and you'll know what I mean.Chae soo bin is such a perfect actress.she stolen my heart.what I love about her,she is so cute and sensitive.I love her role as "Aji 3"I'm seriously telling this,her acting is the main reason to highlight the whole drama.I'm still watching this drama series for 1st time.I can't express my feelings for "I am not a robot" properly, you might feel I've done it in this review,but it's not enough for me.That's why I highly rated(10.0)❤️ this show.

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Yo Seung Ho acting here is absolutely incredible: he is capable to transform a superficial story to a real human tragedy. And somehow, although, the story seems an absurd, you can feel every main character's emotional impulse. It's really something when a guy who has to play a rich man with an unique allergy to the people and an affection to a robot girl, makes you feel it as a real thing. Only because of his acting it was worth to watch it and even to rewatch it. So, the story is more than ridiculous but the Yo Seung Ho's acting lifts it to a much higher level, even to an existential drama. But what can I say about the drama itself? Well, it's aesthetically beautiful and emotionally pleasant but other details are really superficial. However, the acting... ;D

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Silly But Fun

This drama was my first time seeing Yoo Seung Ho and Chae Soo Bin in any drama so I had nothing to gauge their performances against, but I really loved both of them.

The premise is wild but it's unique and fun, albeit a little creepy. lol Getting to see her go from very robotic "robot" to realistic "robot" was really fun. The situations she got herself into were very sitcom-like but they pulled them off well.

I also really liked seeing the progression of Kim Min Kyu (Yoo Seung Ho) from anal, uptight, weirdo introvert to a more relaxed version of himself that can entertain guests without absolutely losing it.

The romance is cute too. It's sort of a unique twist on the enemies to lovers trope that we see so often, but it really works well.

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THE CUTEST, HEARTWARMING AND ADDICTING KDRAMA I KNOW

For the 4th time around this year I watched this drama again and the same feeling I felt after almost 5 years ago when I watched it the first time, I remember back then that I watched this 3 times in a row last 2019 and this is the first ever Kdrama I become addicted into, this Kdrama is the door for me in the kdrama world and being a kdrama addict.
I so love the idea of the story of this Kdrama, a Chaebol that has a human allergy and a hardworking or desperate inventor who pretended to be a robot and then fell in love, if we will be looking through this kdrama, there was really nothing that makes sense with the story but for a person who loves fictions, fantasy like me, that has an imaginations and dreams always going around, this is the kdrama for us , I am so obsessed with how the made every moments and scenes of this kdrama , every moments hit my heart big time and this kdrama made me like I am able to enter to JI A and MIn Kyu's world !
When Ji A pretended to be Aji 3 it was so so funny and fluttering , like when Sta Maria Team came up with the Chingu Modeu, it was so funny like all I ever wished is that Min Kyu will notice Ji A right away as I watch it instead of Ri El , Also it was so funny that MIn Kyu was so full of himself that Ji A always ended up being embarrassed thinking that MIn Kyu might done things for her, and I so like it when Min KYu was so cute as he smiles, he is literally my first crushes on Krama for real.
The reset part was the part that I cried so much about ! I dont know why that even I watched this for the 4th time around, they were so great at it that I felt it so much ! it was so sad , like I can relate so much with MIn kyu because I am also a person who always have a hard time letting go of people or things, and when MIn Kyu saw Ji a again after the reset and followed her it was so beautiful and sad and i had a mixed emotions .
About MIn Kyu's Human allergy, I think if this is not a fiction, that allergy might be like related psychologically, that the person whom that allergy has, must have someone who can earn their trust that the allergy will be healed , so anyways this is just my thoughts.
I so love the character progress here , the cousin of Min Kyu, and also those who 2 guys in black that was on the blue small van they were so funny and so love them too, also the main characters progress , also of Pai and Hong Baksa.
About MIn Kyu and Jo JI A's confrontation , It broke my heart like It was so sad and happy too that they had a chance to talk about it to each other, I really understand MIn Kyu, I was actually surprised that for some time he accepted JI A fast, well maybe because he loves her anyways , and I cried on that scene too !
There are so many things that I like about this drama, but I can' t tell it all here , I just wanna say that this kdrama is a legend for me and I believe , it is not only for me but also to the Kdrama world , I can never for get this drama, this is a top of my top lists everything was so cute, so heartfelt, so funny and fluttering and so love the story, love every cast definitely a 10 out of 10 for me !

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Took me a while to actually start watching this drama, but it had a nice setting and Seungho and Soobin were cute so I might as well. At first, I had to admit that the initial plot of having Minkyu have an allergy to human contact was a bit farfetched. But then I ended up looking up the internet for the possibility of allergies to have connection with mental illness, and surprisingly, there were some studies that imply the likelihood for something like that to happen!

Because of that, I had a renewed interest in this drama. Since it is an interesting scenario where someone could have developed such illness due to some extreme conditions and how one could try to heal someone from it. In that sense, it was actually logical to think that having an android that looked like a real person could help someone who could easily die from a simple touch. It's also an interesting scenario on how AI and robotics could be use to help people in need of help.

I really love Yoo Seungho in this drama. It really felt like he's a perfect fit to play Minkyu and it's hard to imagine someone else who could do this better. And Seungho was really good at playing socially awkward characters to the point of fondness. You just can't help being drawn to his character and sympathising at the kind of lonely life he had endured. And I like how his progress in getting better was written in a way that it was believable and wasn't sudden. I also love how it was depicted like a modern fairy tale on how love helps in healing an illness that was influenced by the mind.

Chae Soobin was really great in this drama, playing the human Ji-A, alongside the android Aji-3. Like you can really tell the difference when she was playing a person and when she's playing a robot. Uhm Kijoon was great as the scientist who created Aji-3, Dr Hong. Since he tend to end up playing villain roles a lot more times than he plays good characters, I really appreciate him not being a villain in this drama lol.

Have to say that as much as the corporate plot was secondary compared to the main romance plot, the former didn't feel like pasted on as some irrelevant background setting. Both of the story plot was pretty balanced and enjoyable.

For those who love the science fiction theme on how robots and AI would want to learn more about humans, this drama was a fascinating watch. As much as the android Aji-3 didn't really do much in the drama, the android was still shown to still be able to learn through the input given by Ji-a, who pretended to be Aji-3. It was interesting to see how all of the accumulated data that Aji-3 then leads to it deciding by herself to choose to return to its rightful home instead of allowing itself to be taken by bad businessman who seek to use her technology for military purposes.

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