My all time favorite kdrama is Coffee Prince. When I merely glimpse a meme from it on Pinterest, I get a major urge to watch all 17 hours all over again despite the fact that it's only been a month since the last marathon. It was only my second kdrama, but it will always be My #1 Kdrama Love! I truly believe that anyone who gives this drama a real shot will fall in love with it. As evidence of this fact, I recently was temporally living with one of our other best friends and her husband and I made them watch Coffee Prince as their first exposure to kdramas. We collectively got addicted to the point where one night we were out with a group of friends and her husband turned and whispered, "I just want to get home so we can watch Coffee Prince," so the three of us bailed! Main Plot Summary: A spunky, androgynous looking girl, who is the head of her family, has a run-in with an immature but attractive heir of a family company. He thinks that she is a boy, and she lets him believe that in order to be able to get a job at the coffee house his grandmother demands he take on. They gradually fall in love, but he is incredibly torn because he thinks she is a guy and he doesn't want to be gay, but he can't resist her. An emotional roller coaster ensues. Here is a list of reasons you should watch Coffee Prince immediately:
1.The Chemistry between the OTP
Come on, we all know this is the #1 deal maker or breaker for whether or not we truly love a kdrama! It doesnt' really matter whether the story line is that great, or if the clothes are things we would actually want to wear, or even if the characters have that great of hair (as we can see from all the weird bowl hair cuts so many kdrama female leads have). What we really want is for there to be so much sexual tension that we are seriously satisfied when they finally actually HUG. Coffee Prince delivers! I can't stand how freaking cute Han-kyul and Eun-chan are. I want to be them.
2. The Amazing Supporting Cast
All of the characters in this kdrama are pure gold. I have no complaints about the casting whatsoever. There is eye candy galore! And just plain adorableness everywhere. Coffee Prince has the perfect love square. Both male leads have amazing chemistry with both female leads and you don't actually hate the second female lead. And as a bonus, the side stories are for the most part fun and interesting. There is something about the characters that make them really relatable and slightly more believable than the average kdrama romantic comedy.
3. The Range of Emotions
Oh man, I have to admit to you guys that I am not a kdrama cryer. I'm sorry, but a lot of kdramas are a little over the top in the wailing department. However, there were some pretty intense emotional moments for me in Coffee Prince! Both on the deep despair side and the overflowing joy side. Our OTP goes through a lot, and I was right there the whole way, ups and downs and everything!
4.The Kiss Scenes
We can all admit that kdramas do not always have the best kissing scenes, (here's a survey of the best), but what they lack in style they often make up for in substance! Coffee Prince takes the cake on some of the most passionate kisses in the kdrama universe. None of this slow motion stuff! See exhibit A below.
5. It's a Classic!
Coffee Prince is one of the most popular kdramas throughout the world. It had incredible success in not only Korea, but also throughout Asia when it aired. I don't believe you can be a true kdrama aficionado if you have never seen Coffee Prince.
Bonus: 6. The Fantastic Soundtrack
We love kdrama soundtracks and the soundtrack to Coffee Prince is amazing! It's full of Korean Indie music that matches the emotions of the scenes perfectly. Here's an example of my favorite song that really just makes the sad scenes so powerfully tragic.
So I would think of more reasons you should watch Coffee Prince, but instead I am going to go start episode one because looking at all these pictures and listening to the music makes me miss the characters like they're old friends. Enjoy!
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