Coffee Prince

This show was purely amazing. It has so many qualities that appeal to so many viewers. It has its hilarious comedy moments, yet its heartfelt. I know I cried many times. Its romantic, yet tough and shows her Eun-Chan's struggle. Its just so dramatic and thrilling!! The actors all play their part so well and its almost as if you truely know them. They are charming, and definately attractive!! The music sets the mood for every scene and just works so well!! I saw the first episode and I had to keep watching!!(: I'm even ordering the series on Amazon.com!!(:

The cross dressing theme is as old as Shakespeare, probably older, but Coffee Prince gives this ancient theme a unique twist that makes it fresh and endearing. In the usual cross dressing theme, the female character and the reason behind the cross dressing is sometimes shallow. Plus the guy falls in love with her while she is not dressed as a guy. In this story, however, Eun Chan is a real tomboy and her personality and her looks make people question her gender. She has being cross dressing since a young age and has taken the role due to her family's economical situation. The story deals with the issue of gender and how people define their relationships by it. All characters, including the secondary ones, are well developed and they all contribute to the question of how relationships should be between man-woman and man-man. The story dares to be different in that Han Gyul actually accepts his love for Eun Chan (believing she is he) inspite the fact that it goes against his own heterosexual tendencies. At the end the truth about Eun Chan's gender is known and what makes the story believable is the fact that the audience can see how they adapt to the facts and how some things have to change in the way they treat each other.

It is a lovable story, one where you can make a connection with the characters and how they deal with the different situations that shape the story plot.

If it wasn't for Alersi's review, I would never have watched this. I'm so glad that I did. Eun Chan is a tomboy who is also the bread winner of her house. Do to an accident, Eun Chan meets Han Gyul (the leading male) who thinks she's a man. Because he doesn't want to go on blind dates, he gets the brilliant idea to hire Eun Chan to help ruin the dates. Later, his Grandmother makes him take over a cafe to help him grow up. He decides to name it Coffee Prince and hire only handsome males and Eun Chan is his first hire. At first only the co owner knows she's a girl and Han Gyul grows confused the more he becomes attracted to her. The more she becomes attracted to him, the more she wants to tell him but when he says he likes him better as a boy and makes her his sworn brother, things start to get messy.

I loved this drama because it was cute and fun. I loved all the characters, who gave great performances.

This is the second best asian drama i have ever seen.
It was a really sweet and funny watch. The characters were great, the story line was pretty good, and it was hilarious.
It starts with Han Gyuls's grandmother bringing him back to korea for some unknown (to him) reason. When he gets there, his grandmother sets him up on a series of blind dates which he's completely objective about. One day he meets Eun-Chan and mistakes her for a boy. Eun is the person who takes care of her family after her father dies so she is strong so when Han Gyul offers her money to pretend to be his lover on his blind dates to chase off the girls his grandmother sets him up with, she accepts. After that, Han Gyul's grandmother forces him to open up a coffee shop which he then hires Eun as his first employee. As they start getting closer he develops feeling for her and because he thinks she's a guy he starts to believe that he is gay. He is joined by his long time crush Yoo Joo and his cousin, who also happens to be Yoo Joo's boyfriend, Han Sung in a series of hilarious, heartbreaking, surprising, and sweet events.
This drama appeals to all of of your emotions. You wil laugh, cry and be surprised. This is one of the must see asian dramas out there.

Honestly I think giving out spoilers suck so I'm only giving out my opinion and hope you as a viewer will understand where I'm coming from 1) Overall, one word (and not to sound cliche), but there isn't a good enough adjective to describe it because its that good enough to watch even after finishing it once.

2) The storyline isn't very common amongst other relationships, why? Because its not a matter of just falling for just a man or a woman, its in the means of who you love no matter the consequence and endearing the relentless repercussions that come along with it.

3) Music: here's a good adjective, superb (because each score matched with each scene and each emotion)

4) Characters, well done Directors and Script writers for they chose amazing actors to play these outrageously funny roles.

5) Acting: to the main characters, God you guys seriously sold me. Speaking retrospectively, I've felt like I can be each and every single one of these characters... Loving someone when I'm not supposed to but you can't help the way you feel because you're only human.. Now that's what I gathered from this Drama. Sorry if I'm being tacky now but love shouldn't have a boundary of who you are, or what you look like, or even your profession. You love because you just have to and you shouldn't hold back from that. If there's something to learn from this drama there isn't just one, but many good things that you can attain from each character.

I'm a super big fan of coffee prince,why? Because its not just another tacky love story that you can just predict but it will make you feel something at the end and even afterwards that you makes you want them to create a second season... I sure as hell know I want them to

THERE ARE GENERAL SPOILERS, READ WITH CAUTION!!! ^_^

"Coffee Prince" is arguably the best and most popular Korean drama of all, and all the hype it has received and will still receive, is well deserved. It follows the story of Eun Chaen, a tomboyish woman who is willing to make about anything in order to sustain her family. By accident she meets Choi Han Kyul, a late-20's playboy from a rich family, who recently moved back to Korea by his grandma's insistence. He thinks Eun Chan is a boy, and takes him as his employee, first as his "male lover" so he can get rid of all the blind dates his grandma has set up for him, and then as one of the "coffee princes" that works at the coffee shop his grandma has set up for him to work. Even though they are completely different, they start developing feelings for each other, to a point in which Han Kyul questions his own sexuality, and in the most touching point of the series, is willing to accept his feelings for another "man".

Along them are Han Kyul's cousin, Han Seung, a amicable and nice music producer who falls in love with Eun Chan while trying to sort things out with his longtime on-off girlfriend Han Joo Yoo, a beautiful artist who dumped him in order to follow her career. There are also the "Princes", a bunch of guys that end up working at the Coffee Prince shop: there's major douchebag Ha Rim, introverted Waffle Sun Ki(who has a rather interesting love story going in the series), the stupid yet caring Min Yup(who follows and stalks Eun Chan's egotistical sister), and Mr. Hong, the carefree co-manager.

Finding a flaw in "Coffee Prince" is quite hard. Acting is excellent by EVERYONE, but major props goes to Yoon Eun Hye, for she pretty much became Eun Chan. Gong Yoo was great too as Han Kyul, the character which in my opinion is the best developed, for we see him turning from an arrogant playboy to the sweetest, childish "fool in love". Even when they are complete opposites, their chemistry is beyond words. It has the right amounts of fun and drama without any overbearing the other. Music, animations and artistic enhancements are also excellent.

To some, "Coffee Prince" is only a mere series. To some of us, it's a magical experience. Whenever I watch it, I laugh and cry like the first time. It's a love story so powerful to ignore, and a comedy so charming to let it pass. This is the kind of story that has already gone beyond places, and it will surely go beyond time. This is more than recommended!!!

5/5 stars

I love this show because it was just so real and natural. there are so many characters that you will love. each character holds their own and keeps you attached to the show. First it starts off silly then it just becomes a real life drama with love and relationships and friendships. it breaks all taboo subjects in asia like pregnancy outside of marriage and homesexuality , rich , poor etc... this was truly a treat!

I have not been watching Korean Dramas a lot. But this Drama is really TO DIE FOR!!!
The characters are funny and lovable. Not only that but the storyline is put together quite well.
(But you will get grossed out in some parts of the Drama, and also at times you might want to punch
some of the characters for being so thickheaded) that's my only down side to this.

Overall its really a two thumbs up C: