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As warm and cozy as a cup of coffee
I’m not sure if I know what to write about Coffee Prince, especially considering it is one of my favourite series. I guess that what I love the most about this k-drama is the character development and the relationship between the four main characters. I guess I also like the fact that I am always a sucker for the ‘I love this person no matter what’ trope and Coffee Prince has this element aplenty.
Favourite things:
#1 | Eun Chan & Han Gyul. Not only the acting and the chemistry between the actors is very good but you learn to care for the characters since the very beginning, especially Eun Chan that we love since episode one – when she is struggling to make ends meet. Han Gyul grows in our hearts as the drama continues and he has to face professional responsibilities, family demands and new feelings. Their relationship is odd at first (how could it not be with the series starting point?), but it gines us a fuzzy, fluffy feeling in our hearts to see they become friends and then the relationship that spirals out of that. Their character development is attached and permeates their relationship.
#2 |Han Sung & Yoo Joo. The two second leads and their side story also grasps our attention and get us invested in their storyline. A mature romantic subplot, about people that love each other but have history to overcome.
#3 | Rest of the cast. The café crew and Han Gyul’s fierce grandmother and Eun Cha’s childish sister add flavour, warmth and laughs in every scene their in.
#4 | Noh Sun Gi’s random subplot. Yeah, like me, you may end up falling in love with Noh Sun Gi with no apparent reason (ok… maybe his looks). And the subplot he gets midway through the series is unexpected and delightful.
#5 | Interactions. What really makes Coffee Prince works is how the characters interacts amongst themselves. Eun Chan’s family life, he friendship with Han Sung and Sweeper, Gae Shik and the rest of the coffee prince crew as well as Han Gyul’s relationship with his grandmother, the fragile interactions with his father and his care for his employees add a new layer and more colours to the story.
To conclude, I really do not anything ‘bad’ to say about Coffee Prince. Not that it does not have faults but they are elements that you forget after you watch and all that is left is a sweet and magical taste in your mouth.
Favourite things:
#1 | Eun Chan & Han Gyul. Not only the acting and the chemistry between the actors is very good but you learn to care for the characters since the very beginning, especially Eun Chan that we love since episode one – when she is struggling to make ends meet. Han Gyul grows in our hearts as the drama continues and he has to face professional responsibilities, family demands and new feelings. Their relationship is odd at first (how could it not be with the series starting point?), but it gines us a fuzzy, fluffy feeling in our hearts to see they become friends and then the relationship that spirals out of that. Their character development is attached and permeates their relationship.
#2 |Han Sung & Yoo Joo. The two second leads and their side story also grasps our attention and get us invested in their storyline. A mature romantic subplot, about people that love each other but have history to overcome.
#3 | Rest of the cast. The café crew and Han Gyul’s fierce grandmother and Eun Cha’s childish sister add flavour, warmth and laughs in every scene their in.
#4 | Noh Sun Gi’s random subplot. Yeah, like me, you may end up falling in love with Noh Sun Gi with no apparent reason (ok… maybe his looks). And the subplot he gets midway through the series is unexpected and delightful.
#5 | Interactions. What really makes Coffee Prince works is how the characters interacts amongst themselves. Eun Chan’s family life, he friendship with Han Sung and Sweeper, Gae Shik and the rest of the coffee prince crew as well as Han Gyul’s relationship with his grandmother, the fragile interactions with his father and his care for his employees add a new layer and more colours to the story.
To conclude, I really do not anything ‘bad’ to say about Coffee Prince. Not that it does not have faults but they are elements that you forget after you watch and all that is left is a sweet and magical taste in your mouth.
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