


subplot into a lighter romcom-esque storyline about one of Nam Sin’s guards, Kang So-bong ( Gong Seung-yeon), who gets fired from her job and publicly assaulted by Nam Sin after he catches her taking pictures of him secretly. The events leading up to this include an ongoing power struggle between Seo Jong-gil and Nam Sin for the top seat of the company, which leads to Seo jong-gil staging an attempted murder of Nam Sin.Įvery once in a while, the drama shifts from the serious tone of the chaebol drama and A.I. In a sequence of events, Namsin3 goes to Korea and temporarily masquerades as a comatose Nam Sin, in order to prevent disarray in Nam Gun-ho’s company. His real life model, Nam Sin (Seo Kang-joon), was kidnapped from his mother by his grandfather Nam Gun-ho ( Park Young-gyou ) and his lackey Seo Jong-gil ( Yu Oh-seong ), so that he could become the successor to his company. She develops a series of Namsin robots until she creates Namsin3 (Seo Kang-joon), her adult “son” capable of a full range of tasks. technology to the point where she can make an exact robot replica of her son, Nam Sin. Oh Ro-ra ( Kim Sung-ryoung), who was exiled from Korea to the Czech Republic, is able to perfect A.I. Was the huge budget a waste on a subpar effort? Or are people simply less inclined to watch sci-fi shows over rom-coms and criminal justice procedurals?įor some plot context, the drama starts in an alternate version of the 90’s.

However, the drama debuted to the slightly disappointing ratings of around 5.3%, placing it third in the competition between its other prime time competitors, Wok of Love and Investigation Couple. It has since improved, expectedly, with the overall nationwide ratings for the 8th episode at 6.3%. With a budget of about 10 billion won (about 931200.00 USD), a boatload of trailers hyping up its timely summer release, and the casting of charismatic Seo Kang-joon, of Cheese in the Trap and Entourage, as the male lead(s), there was more than sufficient reason to have high expectations for Are You Human Too?.
