Both are Gender-Benders. Girl fights for acceptance and falls in love. Coffee Prince has common life theme, while You're Beautiful has a idol romance theme.
its plain awesome...beautifully done. The girl pretends to be a guy and so many complications follow but its all very sweet and cute...the story line is very interesting...and the way every character is developed episode after episode is simply amazing!!!
Choi Han Gyul is the grandson of chairwoman Bang of Dong-in Foods, a company that has a thriving coffee business. He has never had a job and does not care for responsibility. Han Gyul is hung up on his first love, Han Yoo Joo, who only sees him as a friend.
Go Eun Chan is a 24-year-old tomboy who is often mistaken for a guy. Her father died when she was 16 years old and since then she has taken over as the breadwinner in her family.
When Han Gyul and Eun Chan meet, he, not knowing that she is a girl, decides to hire her to pretend to be his gay lover so that he can escape the blind dates arranged by his grandmother. After getting an ultimatum from his grandmother, Han Gyul takes over a rundown old coffee shop, later renamed "Coffee Prince," to prove that he's capable, to both his grandmother and Yoo Joo. In order to attract female customers, he only hires good-looking male employees. Eun Chan, desperate for money, continues to hide her gender to get a job at the Coffee Prince.
Go Eun Chan is a 24-year-old tomboy who is often mistaken for a guy. Her father died when she was 16 years old and since then she has taken over as the breadwinner in her family.
When Han Gyul and Eun Chan meet, he, not knowing that she is a girl, decides to hire her to pretend to be his gay lover so that he can escape the blind dates arranged by his grandmother. After getting an ultimatum from his grandmother, Han Gyul takes over a rundown old coffee shop, later renamed "Coffee Prince," to prove that he's capable, to both his grandmother and Yoo Joo. In order to attract female customers, he only hires good-looking male employees. Eun Chan, desperate for money, continues to hide her gender to get a job at the Coffee Prince.
Both have a female pretending to be a male. The main difference is the reason why she is disguising herself. There is a love connection, super confused guy trying to figure out if and how he could be attracted to another guy when he thought he was straight and working his way through that. This drama also has a bit more adult humor and romantic scenes so it's almost like Hana Kimi is the kids version (an awesome kids version might I add) and Coffee Prince is the teenage version.
This is a Japanese gender bender series that takes humor to a different level, If you're looking for a GREAT DEAL of laughter and cute high School themed romance, this is the show for you. You'll definitely love the musical scores as well. :)
although the genre and the main story feels completely different, the feel of both the shows are very very similar. A boss and a worker love, the whole working group as a gang and friends concept, there's so much comedy in both yet si much cuteness too. Both are refreshingly swoon worthy and both shows are a visual treat to the eyes in terms of the cast!!
I personally enjoyed To The Beautiful You more, buttttt the gender-bender is present in both dramas. Settings are different, but the atmospheres are very similar. Both dramas also have comedy and romance surrounding said gender-bender. Both main female MC's behave similarly.
Secret Garden is about a stuck up rich guy meeting a poor girl who is not very girly and inexplicably falling for her. Coffee Prince brings the same feeling of funny and romance with an easier going hot hot hot male lead and an easier going girl who looks like a guy. In Secret Garden they switch bodies but in Coffee prince there is a gender mix but it is ENCHANTING!!!
Female lead cross dressing.
Rich man and poor woman.
Main leads hated each other at first then slowly romance grows
Rich man and poor woman.
Main leads hated each other at first then slowly romance grows
In Coffee Prince, the male lead helplessly falls in love with the female lead despite thinking she's a guy. Conflicting feelings ensue and it makes us love him even more. In I'm not a robot, the male lead helplessly falls in love with the female lead despite knowing her as a robot and faces a similar dilemma.
While Sam Soon doesn't involve a girl pretending to be guy, they both share a down to earth feel and a similar tone in story telling. Perhaps it's because they are both older dramas. Also, both series have an amazing cast of actors.
