I'm Not a Robot

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***I'm Not a Robot*** (로봇이 아니야; *Robosi Aniya*) is a South Korean television series starring Yoo Seung Ho, Y/N, and Um Ki Joon. It is written by Kim Sun Mi and directed by Jung Dae Yoon. Producing the series for MBC is May Queen Pictures. It aired on MBC from December 6, 2017 to January 25, 2018 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 KST for 32 episodes.

## Synopsis

Inevitably, everybody gets hurt at some point in their lives. There are different remedies for different types of wounds, and as time elapses, these remedies start to become less effective.

This is a story about a man who created a shield for his broken heart. Since the day his heart broke, he has been living inside a shell. To make it worse, he suffers from a specific type of allergy. Whenever he comes into contact with a human, he develops rashes all over his body and has trouble breathing. Because of this, he is forced to become a hermit and even start hating people.

One day, he encounters Jo Ji A, a being unlike any other. At first, Ji A pretends to be a robot and tries to win Min Kyu's trust. Little does she know, she starts to fall in love with him. In addition, by interacting with her, Min Kyu slowly learns how to break out of his shell, love, and trust.

## Cast

* Main Characters
* Supporting Characters
* Guest Roles

* Yoo Seung Ho as Kim Min Kyu (28 years old)
	+ Gil Jung Woo as young Kim Min Kyu

The largest shareholder of the country's largest financial company with an IQ of 159 but is a "human allergy" patient who cannot be in contact with people. Through his company, he owns Aji 3, an android robot which gets sent to him to be tested. When the robot is damaged in an accident, Ji Ah is used to replace Aji 3. He develops feelings for Ji Ah as the robot and falls in love with her.
* Y/N as Jo Ji Ah (28 years old) / Aji 3
	+ Choi Yoo Ri as young Jo Ji Ah (Ep.4)

**Jo Ji Ah:** A passionate young entrepreneur with a high emotional intelligence and an imaginative inventor who was inspired by her father while spending time with him in his car repair shop. She is recruited by the Santa Maria robot team to pretend to be Aji 3. She has an IQ of 94.
**Aji 3:** The world's most advanced humanoid robot among the artificial intelligence models released.
* Um Ki Joon as Hong Baek Kyun (34 years old)

Ji Ah's ex-boyfriend who is a world-renowned genius robotics professor who creates the android named Aji 3 and bases her appearance on Ji Ah.

* Park Se Wan as Pi, Baek Gyun's colleague
* Song Jae Ryong as Hoktal, Baek Gyun's colleague
* Go Geon Han as Ssanip, Baek Gyun's colleague
* Seo Dong Won as Jo Jin Bae, Ji Ah's brother
* Lee Min Ji as Hwang Sun Hye, Ji Ah's best friend
* Kang Ki Young as Hwang Yoo Chul, Min Kyu's friend
	+ Ko Woo Rim as young Hwang Yoo Chul (Ep.7, 17, 31)
* Hwang Seung Eon as Ye Ri El, Min Kyu's childhood friend
* Yoon So Mi as Hong Joo, Jin Bae's wife
* Lee Han Seo as Jo Dong Yeon, Jin Bae's daughter
* Uhm Hyo Sub as Doctor Oh
* Kim Ha Kyun as Butler Sung, Min Kyu's butler
* Son Byung Ho as Hwang Do Won, Yoo Chul's father
* Lee Hae Young as Executive Director Yoon
* Lee Byung Joon as Ye Sung Tae, Ri El's father
* Kim Ki Doo as Miami, a hired thief
* Choi Dong Goo as Alps, a hired thief
* John D. Michaels as Martin Bold, the chairman of Bold Group

- Ahn Se Ha as a doctor (Ep.1)

- Lee Si Eon as the man cutting in line (Ep.1)

- Jung Sang Hyun as the hot dog kid (Ep.1)

- Ri Min as Ji Ah's boss (Ep.2-4)

- Yoon Gyung Ho as the security team leader (Ep.2+28-30)

- Kim Seung Jun as Baek Gyun's college classmate (Ep.3, 8, 16)

- Ok Joo Ri as a passerby (Ep.4)

- Shin Dong Hoon as Kim Myung Hoon, Min Kyu's father (Ep.7)

- Park Young Soo as the café gardener] (Ep.9)

- Lee Kyung Hoon as the boy at the restaurant (Ep.21)

- Kim Dae Kook as a detective (Ep.29)

- Park Noh Shik as a homeless person (Ep.29)

- Yoon Jung Hyuk as Secretary Jang

- Park Choong Seon as Ji Ah's father

- Kim Hyun Tae

- Kim Soo Yeon

- Myung Seok Geun

## Episodes

In this table, **the blue numbers** represent the lowest ratings and **the red numbers** represent the highest ratings. **NR** denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date.

The series was a commercial failure only averaging 3.22% in audience share, and received the lowest viewership ratings in its time-slot throughout its run. However, it has gained positive reviews since airing and is the 11th all-time most popular Korean drama on Viki as of October 2019.

### International broadcast

* In the Philippines, the drama was aired on ABS-CBN from March 5 to April 20, 2018. Under the title *I am Not a Robot*, it was dubbed in Filipino. The drama also had its re-runs on Asianovela Channel and Kapamilya Channel.
* In Singapore and Thailand, the drama can be watched online on Viu.
* In Europe, Netflix distributes the series.
* In India, it is available dubbed in Hindi on Korean Drama Active and also on MX Player

## Production

Dong Ha and Bang Min Ah were first offered the lead roles but ultimately declined. The first script reading was held on September 27, 2017 at MBC Station in Sangam-dong.

## Trivia

* This drama took over the timeslot previously occupied by *Hospital Ship* and was followed by *Hold Me Tight* on March 21, 2018.