I'm Not a Robot (2017)

A good series, with great actors, if we accept the insane plot ＼_(^◇^)_／

I saw this series several years ago and I didn't remember it very well. So I decided to give it a 2nd chance (ｏ・_・)

The plot is obviously insane, not credible at all:
The ML, a very rich CEO, is totally isolated because he suffers from a severe allergy to human contact. He tests a humanoid robot with AI, before investing in the laboratory that created it. The robot breaks down, and, in order not to lose the funding, the principal researcher asks his ex-girlfriend (the FL, who had served as a model for the robot) to take the robot's place.
The ML will gradually come out of his shell, cure his allergy, fall in love with the FL, fight against the villains within his social circle, etc.

The beginning is quite slow. Some characters are annoying.
But little by little, the viewers let themselves be hooked by the story, thanks to the talent of the actors.

PROS:
+ The CL is very very cute and shows great chemistry.
The 2 leads played difficult roles very well: a sick man and almost hermit during 15 years for the ML, and a humanoid robot & a young inventor for the FL.
+ Team Santa Maria is endearing.
+ the 2dary characters are well developed.
+ Good balance of emotion, romance, humor.

CONS:
- Implausible and very “dramaland” storyline

=> A good series, only for entertainment, for the performance of two great actors.
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J'avais vu cette série il y a plusieurs années et je n'en gardais pas un souvenir extraordinaire. J'ai donc décidé de lui donner une 2nde chance (ｏ・_・)

Le plot est évident insensé, pas crédible du tout :
Un ML, CEO très riche mais très isolé car il souffre d'une sévère allergie au contact humain, teste un robot humanoïde avec IA, avant d'investir dans le financement du laboratoire qui l'a créé. Le robot tombe en panne, et, pour ne pas perdre le financement, le chercheur principal demande à son ex petite amie (la FL, qui avait servi de modèle) de prendre la place du robot.
Le ML va peu à peu sortir de sa coquille, guérir de son allergie, tomber amoureux de la FL, lutter contre les villains au sein de son entourage, etc.

Le début est assez lent. Certains personnages sont agaçants.
Mais peu à peu, on se laisse accrocher par l'histoire, le talent des acteurs.

PROS:
+ Le CL est très très cute et montre une belle alchimie.
Les 2 leads ont très bien incarné des rôles difficiles : un homme malade et quasi ermite depuis 15 ans pour le ML, et un robot humanoïde & une jeune inventrice pour la FL.
+ Team Santa Maria attachante.
+ les personnages 2daires sont bien développés.
+ Bon équilibre d'émotion, de romance, d'humour.

CONS:
- Storyline invraisemblable et très "dramaland"

=> Une bonne série, avec de great actors, si on accepte le plot insensé ＼_(^◇^)_／

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I would definitely recommend it to those who doubt about the crazy plot. The plot may sound weird to some, but when you watch it, you will feel butterflies on your stomach and you can’t contain the excitement, also, you will feel mixed emotions. (Unless if light, fluffy, romantic drama is not your cup of tea)

When you look at the title, you seem to know already the main plot of the drama where you pretend to be a robot and then one day, it will be discovered soon and then there will be trust issues, yada yada yada. Since I watched these kinds of dramas, I already know that, but I loved the execution of the story line and the acting. I like how the plot is simple yet interesting. Started simple, ended simple. Some people think that simple is boring, but in this drama, I don’t think so. I smiled, cried, and laughed while watching this. Though the drama still had unexplained things, it ended well, the pacing is good, and I like it.

The cast. Oh my gosh. I love the cast and their characters. Jo Ji A and Kim Min Kyu are great characters and their relationship is so beautiful. The characters and the romance make the drama more interesting to watch. Everyone did an amazing job.

Music is great, of course. I'm replaying the OST LOL! I’m not basically a re-watcher unless if the drama is really, really memorable but I would re-watch the comedy and romantic scenes.
Overall, decent drama. Not memorable for me but I would, again, really recommend it to those who haven’t watched yet.

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Don't miss it out, Bae!! <3

After so long, watching a drama, I feel so empty in my heart. Literally, it’s the best kdrama I have watched so far! A mixed emotion engulfed me while watching it. I was very upset imagining Min Kyu's situation that how could a person live without anyone? His and Ji Ah first two meeting was hilarious! Their kiss in the rain, kitchen counter gave me butterflies. Again, when Min Kyu got to know that she is President Jo, that scene made my heart twisted in a painful way. Oh yeah - the best part of the drama, this is when we kiss! The ending was just purr-fect! I'm not into giving reviews but this is really worth watching. Go for it!!

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Before you read my review I would like you to know that I actually took a while to complete this drama. But the reason is mainly that I am way too busy and NOT because the drama is boring or I wanted to drop it. Due to my busy schedule, 30 minutes per episode was SUCH a big help compared to 1 hour per episode as I still am able to watch 1 episode here and there in between when I have my free time.

Ok, now back to the drama review!
Just a few words to describe the entire drama:
- Cute
- Easy
- Soft
- Light-hearted
If any of those words match the kind of drama you are looking for then you can give this drama a green light and give it a try.

What made me so attached to this drama is the loyalty of the characters. Even after going thru bad times their friendship is still there and it even made their friendship stronger. When there is a good time, they celebrate it together. Even though there are corporations scenes but nothing heavy or boring as it's still watchable and bearable.

TBH, I think some part of the drama, the storyline kinda run out of track but not too far away. Overall the drama is still worth a watch since it's a happy ending and everyone found their other half.

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Its very soft and chilling

This is the best written show I have watched with focus on every single character. The writers have done exceptional job in writing the story and at times goosebumps inducing scenarios which relate to one another in complete unexpected way.
One more best part in the story was that the seriousness and dark mode never lasted long and when it did, it faded away with the best climax I have watched. The ending of the story is beautifully and leisurely written which just warms your heart.
Each and every actor and their characters are awesome as they are done justice on till the end.
And how could I not appreciate the lead female, AJI 3(robot), or Jo Ji A, is beautiful both as human and as the Robot from the start.
It's a heart warming series from start till the end which will make you laugh and cry.

Authors are genius to have written such an amazing series. No! It's not the plot that is fascinating.
It's the little details. Every show I watch, I wish I could see a character's reaction for a certain moment. And this one Korean series fulfilled my wishes.

This series has goosebumps inducing authors, amazing directors and the most beautiful actors.

Minor spoiler - The Climax with meteor shower would be the most beautiful part, which I loved as an author and as an audience. It's genius and beautiful.
End of spoiler.

Thank you for this show, and especially, I would like to thank and suggest every director to direct such shows with such ending where we are left with one or two episodes with heart warming smiles and laughter.

And to the people who wrote positive reviews here, thank you. And to those who are reading, just please do watch this show and have a beautiful life.

Do not miss an opportunity to love, and I hope you all find people who would heal your heart.

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The eyebrow gods have intervened!

The front end of this drama is pretty funny, lots of easy laughs and funny interactions. The back end makes you feel like a bit of an asshole for laughing at some of the things that happened in the first half. The latter probably 10 episodes have far less comedy and far more drama, which is pretty common I've noticed in K-Drama comedies. Sometimes they bring you back to high comedy at the end, this one kind of brings you back to this sort of fragile mild comedy, which sort of mirrors the kind of fragile new beginnings state of all the character's lives toward the end.

The script itself wasn't mind blowingly impressive, but it did the job well enough. The acting was pretty solid from most characters, though some of the side characters had pretty weak story arcs to work with. OMG the American/English speaking acting was horrible. Like ok....toward the end there's this one scene with this big sort of grey haired, stocky, Richard Branson looking bad guy and he opens the crate to see the robot isn't in it and he screams "WHAT THE HELL" and throws his body backward in shock....but his dead eyes stay 100% dead no expression or emotion....not like in a cool way but in sort of a "braindead but my body is moving" way. It was the hardest scene to watch and the MFers play that thing TWICE....so much cringe. The English speaking (non-Korean) actors were all pretty much like that. It ends up really highlighting how Koreans in dramas act with their eyes masterfully. Even the tiniest Korean part in a Kdrama has such huge emotion poured into it....but not in an over-acted sort of way, more like in a way that's multi-dimensional and feels relevant to real life.

The two lead actors are super cute and fun to watch together. The lead male actor impressively has his eyebrows under control in this drama. He seems to have extreme OMFG THERES A HAMSTER ON YOUR FACE level eyebrows in a lot of the dramas he's in. So it was nice to be able to focus more on his beautiful eyes and less on the bushy caterpillars dancing around his forehead. The lead female actress is super pretty and does well with emotions and comedy even though they've written her part like every boring K-drama female trope...she definitely did a lot with what they gave her to work with.

Overall, there's no reason to rewatch this drama, it was definitely worth an initial watch though. I skipped over it several times cause it sounded so boring, but it ended up being plenty entertaining and I never felt like "omg another 10 episodes to go".

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I was reluctant to watch this drama at first because I knew from the story that it was bound to get complicated. It kind of felt like the film "Her" mixed with Kill Me, Heal Me, and Big Hero 6, but glad it was different. Nice to see decent character progression. This show had several hilarious scenes and ones that rip your heart out from the betrayal on both sides. I was really annoyed by the medical information, especially in the first few minutes... smh. There were also some just coincidental ridiculous scenes which I understand were supposed to be funny and put pressure on the characters, but I felt like they should have changed those to something a bit more believable or simply less gross. One final thing that always annoys me is Korean people speaking English, or English-speakers not talking normally/too slowly. I usually just skip those parts if I can help it, but they often ruin dramas for me. The only actor who executed this well was Kim Min-Kyu, and to be honest he was probably the actor I kept watching for throughout. Overall, I thought this show was pretty good from start to finish.

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Usually I'm not into completely romantic dramas, where the only story and action sorrounds the two main leads and there's nothing else apart from this, but I have to confess that I liked this one. It's cutteness in action! There is a great chemistry between the main actors. I know a lot of you will wonder, who is going to believe that she is a robot? but ok, Kim Min Kyou had been alone all his life, so I really believe he was such in need of people that he could believe anything in the world.
Acting: they are amazing. Funny and sad scenes, you can feel them through the actors.
Music: I like the three or four songs. They were fine with the drama.
If you have some time to watch it, do it! it worths the time.

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I'm not a robot

First of all I do not know if some things will count as a spoiler. Second it is probably first time when I will mention a lot of cast in review, so let's go:
Yoo Seung Ho - he was the reason why I chose this drama cause I really liked him in My strange hero, he has such a cute smile (that make me want to see him act with Park Bo Young), he played really good, his sad, puppy eyes, also chemistry was cute
Chae Soo Bin - it turned out I already watch something with her (Sweet&Sour), she was much more memorable here, she played really cute and adorable character, chemistry was good, even with her character's ex
Uhm Ki Joon - I did not expect that I would like his character, in the end his story and romance with Pi were one of my favourite plots
Park Se Wan - she played really fun character, I already watched her in So not worth it and as far as I liked her there, here she literally stole the show, also when she straighten her hair she reminded me of Jo Bo Ah in My strange hero and now I need her as main lead with Yoo Seung Ho
Lee Min Ji, Seo Dong Won and Go Geon Han - were so easy to like, also Go Geon Han's english was so nice
Kang Ki Young - It is always nice to see some actor in drama when you do not expect him, I am so happy that in the end he turned out as a good person, also chemistry Hwang Seung Eon was so good - she played really nice character - need them as main leads
Also nice to see Choi Dong Goo after The judge from hell - his character was a little like mischievous puppy.
If you survive praising the cast then I move on to the plot - it was something new and at the same time nothing original, but was so easy to watch, I do not even know how fast I moved through it. It is worth watching, especially when you want to watch something light.

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Yes! This one had a ML and FL who were a good match and who were equals in intelligence, aptitude and personality! Granted, FL (AG-3/Ji Ah), who has an empathetic and kind nature but is spunky, had to deal with some psychological oddities of Kim Min Kyu at the beginning, and she, of course, duped him as a robot for quite a while but this was simply adorable!!!! So many laugh out loud moments! When he opened the box to see AG-3 and she jumped back and yelled—that was so funny! Couldn’t believe how I loved this and had to rewatch the last 4 episodes just because I was so happy they were together.

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