Thanks for review and comments. I concur with most of what you've said.
I liked the show a lot, the production was fantastic and I also got the trekkie vibes at some point. As @pakalanapikake said in another post, the premise of an hologram who learns and evolves reminded me of The Doctor in Voyager. Holo also reminded me of Jane (the AI in the Ender saga by O.C. Card), as he takes decisions and wants to help people (like when hacking whatever should be hacked to help NanDo and SoYeon).
I have to say I had never watched anything by Yoon Hyun-Min and I liked him a lot. He makes Holo and NanDo different individuals who deeply care for each other and also for SoYeon. Also his chemistry with Ko SunHee no-matter-what-the-role is amazing.
And even if the drama has all the tropes a drama can have (face blindness, childhood trauma, childhood connection, an evil CEO, the orphan adopted and raised abroad, etc) it perfectly suits the story.

It was quite the enjoyable ride,watched all episodes in one go and liked it quite a lot i might say...

Personally I liked it, some people said it was too cheesy for their liking but I enjoyed how everything tied together, trope or otherwise. It was a pleasant ride, nothing that would cheese me off when I'm not usually a fan of romance (but tried it because the writer's works is something I've followed awhile) and it just...felt good?

It’s one of the netflix series I genuinely enjoyed but it started to feel a little draggy with the angst and the male lead dipping into noble idiocy territory every now and then which made me roll my eyes a bunch because I really came here for the cute. The cast was amazing and the chemistry was also good. I definitely rediscovered Go Sung Hee in this and very much enjoyed her acting and the pain she brought to her character. A good series overall

You summed it up very well, @missvictrix. I felt the drama was best when it was focusing on the elements you mentioned. As for the car chases, kidnappings, threats, and other villainy, Chansung's character should have broken that cane a long time ago.

Thanks for the review Missvictrix! You've given it a lot of positive comments. Whoa you are so right about the way they've shown the changes with Holo's presence and absence!
I am still only three episodes in and I thought episode 3 was full of problematic aspects raised by other Beanies as well like the creator moving in next door and the AI accessing too much information. Also all the tropes are out in the open now and its hilarious how the show has incorporated so many of them. I still keep feeling like watching it though and yes its because of the leads' performances as well as the camerawork and special effects.
And also I just want to understand how the hologram can be so attached/fall in love with a human, and it seems it is answered so I'm fine with the show as long as thats explained.

Personaly, I liked the beginning and the end. But in the middle, when the FL is in love with the AI, I was pretty frustrated. I think I'm a little tired by FL who fall in love with a AI because he's perfect. I want the FL to be more realistic once! It was why I liked the end, human-human relationship won!

The production was good. I really liked how they did all the Holo parts. I think it's why the usual tropes didn't bother me so much, except for the face blindness. I think it's always treated more dramatic than it really is.

The casting was nice. I liked to watch their video on The Swoon's Youtube channel.

I absolutely loved and adored this drama. it was so well done on technical aspect of keeping the Machine Learning and AI as real as possible and adding 3rd dimension of Hologram was so new to see how these 3 can change the human life around. And best part of this drama was they kept proving that no matter how technology progress it can never be on same emotional level as humans. Which i loved the most.
SYs dilema that she is in love with a holo while holo not even once doubted what his priority is. He always wanted his owner (SY) and Creator (ND) to be happy. Not even once he thought his affection towards was Human Love... which is why i never cringe at this trope.

SY and ND love story.. i am a fan of childhood connection and how they are used later in life to develop the romantic connection. This drama did that pretty well. And 12 episode kept everything so fast, gripping, interesting that not once i had to doubt myself for falling for this drama.

and the chemistry between the leads was absolute treat. I watched all 12 episode in straight 24 hours sacrificing my sleep and i have no regrets.

Acting wise YHM did fab job. the way his vo9ce tone changes everytime he is HOLO and not Nan do is so convincing that i never had to look at screen twice to figure out who he is acting as. hope i get to see him in more lead roles.

lastly.. this ia going to be my second fav technology/AI drama after are you human too. as it keeps the balance between human n AI so well that by the end of the episode i had to look at my phone and laptop with doubt that no matter how much i love my technical extension a real human connection is what all we crave for the most. Everytime i saw HSY yearning for more from her love with HOLO it was foreshadowing how we will all be in future if by any chance we start to depend on our beloved device more what we currently are.

in short I love this drama sooooooooooooo much.

Thanks @missvictrix for your quick insightful review!
Holo starts out feeling fresh and even the tropeyness is fun and deftly handed - it feels like Show knows what viewers expect from a kdrama and delivers cuteness and tropes in spades.

Shame that the middle part of the drama gets a little draggy, with all the noble idiocy and evil headman's shenanigans, but I really enjoyed the show's ideas on AI and how much technology permeates our lives and easens solitude for so many people. Soyon's interactions with Holo feel natural and it's totally believable how she turns more and more reliant on him.

Also really enjoyed how the show framed childhood trauma, a trope that gets super cringy in other dramas but here was nicely handled. The metaphor of a hidden part of the AI still being "stuck" in the past (and how they became aware of it due to a recent traumatic experience) - and how they solved it - felt cute, original, accurate and healing... Usually Dramagods don't know how the human brain works, but I find that they nailed it in that scene in the park. Then, of course, Drama had to overstretch and present the FL's trauma interwoven with the ML's story... But again, at least it was tight and who's asking realism of a sci-fi romcom drama?
Anyway, I found this drama cute and totally recomendable. Probably not going to remember it for a long time, but it's an overall enjoyable ride!

Is it just me, or was Holo's commercial version hilarious? Loved how he was discreetly pushing for her bank details and how he was repeating their sweet moments with other users, so corporatively soulless!

Thank you for the great recap, @missvictrix 😘😘 I always find myself enjoying your writing, no matter if it’s a recap, as such, or an expository piece 👌🏻👌🏻

Onwards:
I had no idea this came from the writer of “Liar Game”— no wonder that despite it being trope-fill, it was written & acted well and didn’t bug me at all 🙌🏻 I definitely appreciate the low episode count, at the same time, despite said lower episode count, I’m surprised that the drama was able to grab my attention, and keep it, in such a short amount of time: Right from the get-go in Episode 1, I was already feeling for the characters and laughing when they laughed and felt gutted after something would happen to So Yeon that made her push herself further away from people. And by episode 2, I was in it hook, line, and sinker.
Kudos to Yoon Hyun Min, yes for his character of Nan Do, but more so for his portrayal of Holo— there’s definitely a difference felt in both the characters, as we are supposed, but the thing that I admired most of the portrayal of Holo was in the eyes. Yes, there was always a brightness and a warmth attached to Holo, but during the more quiet moments when the camera goes to Holo straight on, there would be a feeling of emptiness and hollowness (‘scuse the pun, if you get it) in his eyes that only Nan Do would be able to fulfill for me.
Finally, if I absolutely HAD TO choose and nitpick at something about this drama was the “childhood friend” trope and all the company/conglomerate shenanigans.... At the same time, I understand why there was a childhood friend trope— it’s to tie in Nan Do’s childhood being the son of the main AI’s son, and also to tie in the origin Sand root cause of So Yeon’s prosopagnosia— and also why there was emphasis in the conglomerate stuff— which was to actually highlight the greed of humankind (as @missvictrix mentioned) but that it didn’t always have to be like that (reflected in the last minute change of heart decisions made by Chan Sung for the betterment of all involved).

All in all, a solid drama that was actually able to keep me entertained from beginning to end (although, Episode 7 was a bit difficult to keep with because at that point, the drama was FOR SURE getting a bit draggy in the “When will he tell her the truth?” aspect of things dammit!! Lol) 🤗🤗🤗

Thank you for your series review of MY HOLO LOVE, @missvictrix. I agree with your observations, and have enjoyed watching the show. I've already commented at length in the threads below, so will avoid rehashing.

One thing I especially appreciated: that twist at the end that reminded me of Vernor Vinge's sci-fi novella from 1981, "True Names" (contained in the short story collection True Names... and Other Dangers. I like the idea of Holo flitting around the interwebs a la Max Headroom. The thought that at least one of his iterations could still be at large somewhere in cyberspace took some of the sting out of his fate.

http://www.dramabeans.com/2020/02/premiere-watch-my-holo-love/

http://www.dramabeans.com/2019/02/yoon-hyun-min-go-sung-hee-cast-in-new-netflix-original/

I came here to say I suffered through this for God knows why because it stopped being fun to make fun of post ep 5/6....but I made it....

There needs to be a conversation about the regressive awful ideas of romance these last some months have brought to us. When will dramaland take stalking, tapping, invasion of privacy seriously?

This didn't try to be anything good, but I'm still mad they tried to pass it off as romance.

Your writing has more depth than the show ever did.
It wasn't just vague in its AI concept, it left a lot of things blank. Like how does holo turn the rooftop into a party? If the wearer looks sideways from the glasses does their illusion end?
What kind of infrastructure does the holo need to function on a normal scale?

I had similar problems with Love Alarm that never told me how the app calculates the like. Heart rate? Smart watch? Phone? Wrist/armband? Fitbit? Tracking eyes/iris?
Just like Love Alarm, Holo doesn't tell us how far Holo can project, what it's range is, what support ecosystem it needs, devices, material etc

This drama was such a fun watch. I think its strength lies in its length at 12 episodes with less than an hour each, enough time to feel for the characters' journey while not being too draggy with important plot points. The definition of short-and-sweet!
Even though I have seen Yoon Hyun-min in a few dramas before and liked his acting, I thought he really delivered the two roles wonderfully here and is now climbing up my long list of favorite Korean drama actors. Go Sung-hee was also a delight to watch. Again, I've seen her in other dramas (her most memorable role for me being her role in Mother), but she was such a charming lead actress in this.
Props to the side characters as well! Choi Yeo-jin as Go Yoo-jin is the big sister I wish I had (no offense to my real big sis lol). Chansung was a nice surprise because I haven't seen any of his previous dramas and thought he delivered well for the heightened emotional points of his character.

I hope Netflix can continue delivering great Korean dramas~ (and I literally cannot wait for season 2 of Kingdom haha)

Oh will have to check on this then, thank you for your review! 😘

I say, i loved I AM NOT A ROBOT and I thought that was about it. But HOLO delivered more than I expected. I enjoyed it so much. I never thought I'd ever enjoy a NETFLIX produced Kdrama ( since, you know "ARTHDAL" or "Vagabond")

I like the characters, I like that it's a short series, but I find the plot hard to follow. It could be that I'm just too old for this kind of high tech subject.

I completed it and thought it was just terrible. When it turned into an action thriller, all the run chases and fighting scenes were hilarious. The only fun parts for me were when Holo did cool things like hacking and tricking people with his appearance. I liked Holo as a character so much though that I was sad that he had to be deleted. But I found the entire show to be a load of nonsense and I was also watching it to just make fun of it. Some of the dialogues were also so cringey- they were trying to be serious but they just made me laugh.
I really liked how fast-paced it was though, there wasn't ever a dull moment. And they did show a glimpse of what would happen if we all had our very own AI hologram and how the crimes committed by an AI should be dealt with so that was good.
The leads really did work hard and put some solid performances so I hope they pick better projects in the future.

Thank you @missvictrix for this insightful review.

Once again, I almost let this drama slip just because the synopsis reminds me too much of "Absolute Boyfriend" (Japanese version tho, I never watched the Korean one). But Holo turns out to be different in every possible way. He is a great friend one could ever ask for. His love for So-Yeon is adorable but his love for Nan-Do is priceless. They are really brothers. I love the Go sibling too, their bickering is very family-like.

Yoon Hyun-Min acting is superb. He portrays, only god knows how many, 4-5(?) characters in this one short-12-ep drama and nailes every single one of them. Especially, when he becomes the Holo controlled by Magic Mirror who sells hard and pretty cunning, oh, chills run up and down my spine.

Love is a very complicated emotion but if an AI can learn what it is, we as human beings who can do it by instinct, should do it more properly, shouldn't we?

I find the dubbing cringeworthy.