I Am Not a Robot (Season 1)

I Am Not a Robot (로봇이 아니야, 2017) is a Korean romantic comedy you can watch online on iFILM. Directed by Jung Dae-yoon, the show pairs a man who is literally allergic to other human beings with a woman who agrees to impersonate a robot — and then things get complicated.

Kim Min-gyu, played by Yoo Seung-ho, has money and a large house and zero human contact. Any physical proximity to people triggers a medical reaction, so he lives alone and communicates through screens. His lifeline is supposed to be Aji-3, a prototype companion robot built by a tech genius. When the creator asks his ex-girlfriend Jo Ji-ah (Chae Soo-bin) to stand in for the robot during a buyer demonstration, she says yes. Min-gyu has no idea he's talking to a person.

The series ran for 32 episodes on MBC and found a loyal following for mixing broad comedy with a surprisingly earnest look at what isolation actually costs. Stream I Am Not a Robot (2017) online on iFILM — full series available.