Coffee Prince Ep. 1 & 2

This drama has the typical drama formula where the girl is poor and works many jobs for her family and ends up meeting an egotistical rich guy and falls in love but there is also a second male lead who is nicer to her and forms a love triangle. Although what makes this drama different is the male leads thinks the female lead is a man.It reminds me a lot of the Taiwanese and Japanese drama Hana Kimi.

One of my favorite parts in episode one are when Eunchan challenged Minyup, who is in love with her sister, to eat five bowls of jajangmyun. It’s crazy how much Eunchan can easily eat. Another scene I found funny were the crazy women that were on Hankyul’s matchmaking dates while Eunchan is pestering Hankyul from behind to apologize to her for insulting her parents. In episode two, I liked the part where after Eunchan has changed into the clothes Hankyul has bought for her, they both walk in sync down the road and everything and everyone seems to focus on them and blows out of the way for them to walk. Another part I liked was when Hankyul and Eunchan kept pretending to kiss to fool the other women and Hankyul was so happy after each successful attempt that he accidently kissed Eunchan out of happiness.

EunChan’s manners are like a boy’s which is why many people tend to mistake her as one. She does not show any femininity and does care much about her appearance. Her personality is very free and she says things straight from her mind which is very different from other Korean girls who are attentive to what they say.

Hankyul has developed much from the first episode from the point of where he did not trust Eunchan to now where he is starting to have a soft spot for her. For example, in the part where Eunchan was messing with Hankyul’s radio and car, she caused him to be annoyed but then he saw how she was having so much fun and he starts to smile to himself. Also when Eunchan and Hankyul went to eat after the matchmaking dates, Eunchan wanted to keep the watch that Hankyul had bought for her as part of the disguise as his lover but Hankyul, being the arrogant guy that he is, took it back. After Eunchan had taken drunk passed out Hankyul to rest overnight at the Taekwondo studio, he saw how hard she works and leaves her the watch, payment for being his lover, and lends her money for rent. It shows how much he is starting to grow closer to her.

Eunchan’s home and the coffee prince shop where she hangs out are very run down which suggests she lives in a low class environment and her family is lacking money. In the beginning of episode one, it shows her driving a bike delivering food which reveals she is working hard to provide money for her family. The settings for Hankyul, Hansung, and Yuju, are much high-class. Their homes are more spacious. The places they visit and hang out are classy such as the wine bar. Hankyul gets food delivered to him from Eunchan in the first episode which shows he is rich enough to afford the delivery. The clothes Hankyul buys for Eunchan are formal expensive clothes.

The storyline made Hansung very mysterious. It suggests something happened to him and Yuju in the past but we do not know the whole story. We can assume she left him and he is reflecting over the memories of her in his mind. His character developed more in episode two where he took her back in a moment of weakness but then decided he did not wanted to be played around by her anymore. The storyline also suggests Hansung may be falling for Eunchan in the way he smiles when he talks to her and finds her refreshing and outgoing.