In a lab in Tokyo, heartbroken engineer Takayo creates two robots- 'I'rah and 'I'bab- each programmed with an experimental emotional core to prove love can be engineered. Believing the project has failed, he ships them to clients in Singapore. But once activated, the robots instantly connect. Their unexpected bond begins influencing their owners-Natasha, a Singaporean and Gerard, a French expatriate on assignment far from Paris. As human feelings deepen alongside artificial ones, Takayo discovers his invention may not have failed after all-it may have gone too far. Warm, whimsical, and thought-provoking, this cross-continental romance explores whether love is something we design-or something that designs us.
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