This is yet another fun romantic drama, with a healthy dash of comedy and even a little action here and there.
The core of the story is Nam-shin III (Seo Kang-Joon) being replaced by his robot counterpart, who gradually learns human emotions and behaviours, as he falls for Kang So Bong (Gong Seung-Yeon). In the background, there's the usual mix of family drama and dastardly villains attempting to thwart the good guys.
Seo Kang-Joon is superb as both android and human Nam-shin. Through a few expressive facial movements and body language (aided by hairstyle), he creates such different characters between the two, that you're never in doubt as to which is which (except when the plot requires one to impersonate the other).
Likewise, Gong Seung-Yeon plays Kang So Bong in a way that maintains her likability even when her character motivations are initially blurred, and there is great chemistry between the two of them.
The main villain is suitably villainous, although I do wish there had been a more satisfying payoff at the end.
The negatives aren't major, but there are a handful. For starters, Kang So Bong is set up as a skilled fighter, but that never really pays off, and it would have been enjoyable to see her holding her own side-by-side with Android Nam-shin at some point.
Story-wise, it does get somewhat overly convoluted by the end. "Person A knows that person B knows, but person B knows that they know, but person A doesn't know that person B knows that they know... " Then magnify that a few times.
Also, toward the end it does drag things out a little longer than needed.
That said, the strength of the story is Nam-shins gradual discovery of his 'humanity' and his romance with So Bong, who herself has to come to terms with being in love with an android. Overall, it's a satisfying and enjoyable romance with a sci-fi twist that makes it all the more fun.
The core of the story is Nam-shin III (Seo Kang-Joon) being replaced by his robot counterpart, who gradually learns human emotions and behaviours, as he falls for Kang So Bong (Gong Seung-Yeon). In the background, there's the usual mix of family drama and dastardly villains attempting to thwart the good guys.
Seo Kang-Joon is superb as both android and human Nam-shin. Through a few expressive facial movements and body language (aided by hairstyle), he creates such different characters between the two, that you're never in doubt as to which is which (except when the plot requires one to impersonate the other).
Likewise, Gong Seung-Yeon plays Kang So Bong in a way that maintains her likability even when her character motivations are initially blurred, and there is great chemistry between the two of them.
The main villain is suitably villainous, although I do wish there had been a more satisfying payoff at the end.
The negatives aren't major, but there are a handful. For starters, Kang So Bong is set up as a skilled fighter, but that never really pays off, and it would have been enjoyable to see her holding her own side-by-side with Android Nam-shin at some point.
Story-wise, it does get somewhat overly convoluted by the end. "Person A knows that person B knows, but person B knows that they know, but person A doesn't know that person B knows that they know... " Then magnify that a few times.
Also, toward the end it does drag things out a little longer than needed.
That said, the strength of the story is Nam-shins gradual discovery of his 'humanity' and his romance with So Bong, who herself has to come to terms with being in love with an android. Overall, it's a satisfying and enjoyable romance with a sci-fi twist that makes it all the more fun.