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Devoid of logic garbage
Okay, so… I finally finished Are You Human Too? and honestly? This show is just garbage. We’re talking logic? Absolutely none. Zero. It started off intriguing, and then just slowly descended into absurdity, plot holes, and inconsistent nonsense.
Let’s start with the real Nam Shin, because I will defend that man forever. Everyone in this show treated him like the villain, but I couldn’t hate him even if I tried. He was abandoned by his mom as a kid, raised by an emotionally distant CEO grandpa, wakes up from a coma to find out a robot is literally living his life — and people are mad at him for being angry? Of course he was messed up. Of course he was lashing out. Honestly, I felt for him so much. His self-worth was in the gutter and no one — no one — was willing to see things from his side… except Younghoon. Bless Young hoon. The one character with a brain and some empathy.
And then there’s Kang So-Bong. I genuinely tried, but I couldn’t stand her. She’s out here calling the real Nam Shin “evil” like she has the moral high ground? No girl, sit down. You fell for a robot. You judged the real human who’s been through hell. I couldn’t buy into their whole romance thing either — it just felt off the whole time. Like… weirdly one-sided and forced?
The robot himself? Don’t even get me started. He was smart when it suited the plot and dumb when they needed drama. One moment he’s giving live medical diagnostics by touching someone’s hand, and the next moment he’s staring at his dying creator saying “She’s not breathing…” like a confused toddler. Sir, what happened to all those medical sensors? You can’t revive her? You can’t even try? Come on.
And don’t even get me started on the mother’s death. The same mother who created this robot genius gets reduced to a background worrywart, only to die saving the robot from getting destroyed. Like… what?? That scene was so stupid I nearly screamed. And THEN the robot sheds a tear in the final scene when he’s reunited with Kang So-Bong. A literal tear. Like… not an oil leak, not a malfunction. Just a classic, poetic, emotionally triggered hydraulic leak. I can’t.
Also, the whole “there’s no way to destroy the robot except for the kill switch” thing? Complete BS. In the end they just shot him. That’s it. They could’ve done that 20 episodes ago. Turns out he’s not some indestructible marvel. Just… unplug him or hit him with a car or something, I don’t know.
The real Nam Shin did get an ending, and I guess it was okay, but after everyone treated him like trash for the entire series? This show is still a total flop. I don’t care how many dramatic piano pieces you throw under the robot crying.
Final verdict: some iconic moments, mostly unintentional. Completely illogical. Weird character priorities. But hey, at least I’ll never forget that emotionally triggered hydraulic leak
Let’s start with the real Nam Shin, because I will defend that man forever. Everyone in this show treated him like the villain, but I couldn’t hate him even if I tried. He was abandoned by his mom as a kid, raised by an emotionally distant CEO grandpa, wakes up from a coma to find out a robot is literally living his life — and people are mad at him for being angry? Of course he was messed up. Of course he was lashing out. Honestly, I felt for him so much. His self-worth was in the gutter and no one — no one — was willing to see things from his side… except Younghoon. Bless Young hoon. The one character with a brain and some empathy.
And then there’s Kang So-Bong. I genuinely tried, but I couldn’t stand her. She’s out here calling the real Nam Shin “evil” like she has the moral high ground? No girl, sit down. You fell for a robot. You judged the real human who’s been through hell. I couldn’t buy into their whole romance thing either — it just felt off the whole time. Like… weirdly one-sided and forced?
The robot himself? Don’t even get me started. He was smart when it suited the plot and dumb when they needed drama. One moment he’s giving live medical diagnostics by touching someone’s hand, and the next moment he’s staring at his dying creator saying “She’s not breathing…” like a confused toddler. Sir, what happened to all those medical sensors? You can’t revive her? You can’t even try? Come on.
And don’t even get me started on the mother’s death. The same mother who created this robot genius gets reduced to a background worrywart, only to die saving the robot from getting destroyed. Like… what?? That scene was so stupid I nearly screamed. And THEN the robot sheds a tear in the final scene when he’s reunited with Kang So-Bong. A literal tear. Like… not an oil leak, not a malfunction. Just a classic, poetic, emotionally triggered hydraulic leak. I can’t.
Also, the whole “there’s no way to destroy the robot except for the kill switch” thing? Complete BS. In the end they just shot him. That’s it. They could’ve done that 20 episodes ago. Turns out he’s not some indestructible marvel. Just… unplug him or hit him with a car or something, I don’t know.
The real Nam Shin did get an ending, and I guess it was okay, but after everyone treated him like trash for the entire series? This show is still a total flop. I don’t care how many dramatic piano pieces you throw under the robot crying.
Final verdict: some iconic moments, mostly unintentional. Completely illogical. Weird character priorities. But hey, at least I’ll never forget that emotionally triggered hydraulic leak
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