The first two episodes of Coffee Prince was overall a really nice setup. Normally, the first episode can come off as very boring, but Coffee Prince was interesting to start off with, maybe because of the "queerness" of it. Right away, you can see the cliche-ness of Coffee Prince. The cliches include things such as a rich male lead, a poor female lead, lead male is a playboy type of character, lead female works hard and has multiple jobs, the two leads have a misunderstanding in the beginning when he thinks she is a robber (and that he thinks she is a he), and of course the whole "pretend to be my lover" segment. Despte all the cliches, it is still a refreshing drama because of certain element such as "gender bending," non-existence of evil second leads, the characters are just really likeable, and the whole think seems really funny.
The main female lead, Eun Chan, has a naive, innocent charm to her. This is really apparent for me during the car ride with the main male lead, Han Kyul. She is messing around in his car, but this charm gets to him and you see him smile. It is also apparent when he kisses her for real and she overreacts, claiming it to be her first kiss. Eun Chan is very likeable, so the pairing of the two main leads is very interesting and funny so far. On the other hand, the second lead couple isn't interesting at all so far, it just seems really sappy. Overall, it was really funny. Parts that I found funny was when Han Kyul was on a blind date and the girl had a harry armpit, or when Eun Chan goes toe the woman's locker room at the sauna to deliver food and they all thought she was a boy.
Things I noticed about Korea is that they have a ID number and the number it ends with depends if you're a boy or a girl. Also, with their names, I noticed, the two cousins both have Han in their names and the sisters both have Eun in their names. That caught my attention because some Chinese families do that with their children's name as well.
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