When Does I Am Not a Robot Season 2 Come Out? Is It Renewed?

What is I Am Not a Robot about?

Kim Min-gyu is a billionaire who cannot stand to be touched by another human being. His solution is to live alone in a penthouse with robot assistants, a reasonable accommodation for someone with his money and his problem. Then Jo Ji-a enters his life pretending to be one of his robots, and the whole premise falls apart in the best possible way. This is a South Korean rom-com that takes its absurd central conceit seriously enough to make it work, and smartly enough to mine genuine comedy from the collision between Min-gyu's isolation and Ji-a's desperate improvisation.

The show's real strength is how it sustains the robot disguise as something more than a one-off gag. Ji-a has to maintain the act in front of Min-gyu's household staff, his business associates, and eventually the man himself, and the comedy comes from the small moments where the facade cracks. She forgets to move like a machine. She reacts too quickly to a joke. The setup creates natural opportunities for Yoo Seung-ho and Chae Soo-bin to play off each other, and they have enough chemistry to make Min-gyu's eventual softening feel earned rather than inevitable. The show also doesn't ignore the melodrama lurking beneath the premise: there are real stakes tied to why Ji-a needs to maintain this lie, and why Min-gyu built his walls so high in the first place.

Critics and audiences responded warmly to the series, drawn by its unusual hook and the easy charm of its leads. It became a solid hit for MBC and found a following internationally, particularly among viewers who prefer rom-coms with a little structural novelty. The show sits alongside other Korean dramas that blend comedy and emotion, though most of them don't bother with a robot disguise as their central plot engine. That specific detail, silly as it sounds, is what gives the series its particular flavor and makes it feel fresh enough to watch.

Is I Am Not a Robot renewed or cancelled?

Why did I Am Not a Robot end?

I Am Not a Robot concluded after a single 32-episode season that aired across just seven weeks in late 2017 and early 2018. The show was structured as a complete narrative arc from the start, with creator Lee Jae-kyoo designing it as a closed story rather than an open-ended series meant to continue indefinitely. The romantic comedy-drama about a woman with a seizure disorder triggered by human contact and the man who pretends to be a robot to help her worked through its central conflict and resolved its emotional core within that one season, which is a common format for Korean television productions that often plan their full story length in advance.

The show's strong critical reception (8.0 on IMDb) and the wraparound conclusion of its main plot meant there was no narrative pressure to extend it. Unlike shows that get cancelled mid-story or struggle with declining ratings, I Am Not a Robot simply finished what it set out to do. MBC aired it as a complete work, which allowed the network and production to move on to new projects rather than chase diminishing returns with a forced continuation. The format reflected a deliberate creative choice to tell one story well and end it cleanly, rather than a decision imposed by poor performance or network interference.

I Am Not a Robot Season 2 Release Date

Best & worst episodes

I Am Not a Robot seasons

I Am Not a Robot trailer

Where to watch I Am Not a Robot

Rakuten VikistreamOnDemandKoreastreamKocowa Amazon ChannelstreamKocowastream

I Am Not a Robot latest news