A life-size sex doll lives in a modest apartment in Tokyo, she can't speak nor move and she's the only companion of her master, a middle-aged man. He speaks to her, bathes and then make love every day when he returns from work.
The daily routine is broken when fantasy becomes reality. All of a sudden she comes to life and realizes she has a heart. She's unable to comprehend what is around her, however she knows there is a world waiting to be explored beyond the walls of the small floor and her selfish master. Eventually she dares to go outside world and meets people of all kinds, but no one is able to explain her what it means "to be alive".
A similar plot about ML a lonely man with FL an A.I woman a robot look like a person & can get married in the future live. A bit weird story but funny too.
SIMILARITIES:
Both are 2020 Japanese stories that explore marriage
Both examine romantic human relationships with non-humans
DIFFERENCES:
PAtKSH = artificial intelligence/robot RD = inanimate object that only receives
PAtKSH = focuses more on human-AI relationships RD = focuses more on human to human relationships
PAtKSH = examines others' relationships with AI RD = mostly focuses on ML and FL
SIMILARITIES:
Both explore how AI might replace human relationships/roles
Both examine ethics of AI that appears identical to actual human
DIFFERENCES:
PAtKSH = female AI AYHT = male AI
PAtKSH = AI is new character in ML life AYHT = AI is replacement for already existing character
PAtKSH = Japanese eight episodes AYHT = Korean thirty-six episodes
SIMILARITIES:
Both Japanese dramas explore how AI - human romantic relationships might occur
Both examine ethics of AI that appears identical to actual human
Both consider AI as new friend (not replacement or replica)
Both show AI as super human and functioning beyond programmed parameters
DIFFERENCES:
PAtKSH = female AI ZK = male AI
PAtKSH = 2020 Japanese 8 episodes ZK = 2008 Japanese 11 episodes
Similar shows. Both have FL that are "robots" and the male leads that grow fond of them. both robots fall in love with the human in some manner resulting in a similar ending for the robot.