Let the cute promos continue! MBC has released more stills and posters for its upcoming robo-rom-com I’m Not a Robot, starring Yoo Seung-ho (Ruler—Master of the Mask), Chae Soo-bin (Strongest Deliveryman), and Eom Ki-joon (Defendant). I really like the adorable and modern feel of the two posters—the first has Instagram hashtags that say things like “Welcome, it’s your first fidgety rom-com, isn’t it?” and “Can we do this?” and the second poster incorporates robotic circuitry layout.
Yoo Seung-ho plays an ultra-desirable man who literally has everything, from money to power to good looks. But after a particularly heartbreaking incident, he developed a “human allergy” condition that makes it hard for him for him to physically face people. As a result, he’s been living in seclusion ever since, and whenever he has to go out, he shields himself with gloves, masks, and canes to keep the people away.
When he meets Aji-3, a world-class female android, he begins falling for it—but unbeknownst to him, she’s been human all along. Chae Soo-bin plays both the robot Aji-3 and Jo Ji-ah, a human woman whose features were the model for Aji-3 because her ex-boyfriend, played by Eom Ki-joon, created it in her likeness.
In former character descriptions, Jo Ji-ah was described as a warm entrepreneur with an extraordinarily high ability to empathize with others, whereas Aji-3 was described as a premier AI machine with a strong curiosity about humans programmed into it. Eom Ki-joon plays an engineering genius professor who is extremely book smart, but completely out of his element when it comes to relationships and romance. Due to an unavoidable circumstance, Jo Ji-ah ends up impersonating Aji-3 as a part-time job.
I’ve become very excited for the cuteness to come. MBC drama I’m Not a Robot will begin airing next week Wednesday-Thursday, starting December 6.
