Coffee Prince Ep. 5&6

This week on Coffee Prince, I noticed that there seems to be a theme with all of the women characters with the exception of Eun Chan. That theme is using men for their own selfish reasons. You can see this in both Eun Chan's mother and sister and Han Yoo Joo. As a matter of fact, Han Yoo Joo seems to be playing with both Han Kyul and his cousin, Han Seong. She knows that Han Kyul likes her and she is constantly bringing him around when his cousin, who is supposed to be her boyfriend, is not around. What is admirable about Han Kyul in these situations is the fact that he always asks Han Yoo Joo where Han Seong is or tells her that he expected him to come with her. One of the most obvious examples of the way Han Yoo Joo toys with Han Kyul is when she is sick. He comes over her house, makes her soup and takes care of her. She flirts with him and before things can go any further she tells him to leave. You can tell that she has no attraction to him. Another example of this can be seen when she decides to go see a movie with just him. This entire time, you can tell that she is well aware of what she is doing and feels no shame. Han Yoo Joo seems like she constantly needs attention and keeps Han Kyul around when Han Seong cannot be with her. She rarely spends time with both of them together. I doubt that Han Seong knows how much time she spends with his cousin. However, as previously stated, she is not the only woman like this in the show.

Another female character that has seems to enjoy using men for their own selfish reasons is Eun Chan's sister, Eun Sae. She is very cruel to Min Yeop. She knows that he would do anything for her and she keeps using him by contacting him only when she needs something. Other than that, she treats him like he is not nearly good enough to date. She even goes so far as to list him in her phone as "dumb" so it shows up on the caller ID when he calls. She enjoys being able to walk all over him. An example of just how much he likes her is seen when Eun Chan promises him that if he helps her, she will get Eun Sae to call him. He practically jumps up and down at the thought of her merely calling him. In this week's episodes, you can see who Eun Sae gets her views on how to treat men from.

Which brings me to Eun Chan and Eun Sae's mother. This week you got to see her play around with the owner of the butcher shop. It is completely obvious how much he likes her and she knows it. Of course it is also obvious just how much she is not attracted to him. She seems to use him as just a way to get to out of the house and go see a movie while he thinks of it as more of a date. Similar to the way Han Yoo Joo uses Han Kyul, Eun Chan's mother seems to use this man as a way to get attention. You can see just how cold she is when he attempts to ask her out again and tell her his feelings at the end of the date. She does not want to hear it and simply sends him on his way as she is done playing with him for the moment. All of this, of course makes Eun Chan look like a better woman personality wise.