I saw both series back-to-back and I'm surprised they aren't recommended more often. Both series not only has the female lead cross-dressing as a male but it also beautifully portrays the complicated thoughts a straight guy goes through when he develops feelings for what he assumes is another guy. (Serious Kudos to the acting and direction in both series)!
[Personally for me, there's something oddly satisfying about what was always forbidden until 10 years ago was actually a common feeling that people experienced for the same sex]
[Personally for me, there's something oddly satisfying about what was always forbidden until 10 years ago was actually a common feeling that people experienced for the same sex]
Even though both dramas are made in completely different setting and style they have a very similar romantic plot. Not only the story is the same - poor girl dresses as a boy for the work/study opportunity that will allow her to support her family where she gets very close with the rich ML and they fall in love, both love stories give a similar feeling, of angst and back and forth between the leads while they go through an emotional roller coaster while exploring somewhat breifly homosexuality.
They even have lots of similar scenes and plot devices.
The bromance between the rest of the gang os also cute in both dramas.
They even have lots of similar scenes and plot devices.
The bromance between the rest of the gang os also cute in both dramas.
It touches the heart and makes you just laugh and cry with them. It reminds me of the very good old dramas! and It is absolutely the funniest drama I have watched so far.
The main character is the same. They tried to give her the same hairstyle, the same clothing. You also have the rich boss in love with a beautiful girl who is also in a relationship with the boss' sweet best friend who knows the secret of the main girl. The same drama...but VERY different.
There is the same funny spin on what happens when someone dresses up as the opposite sex. The boys pretend to be girls, and though it isn't a secret that they aren't boys their difficulties in adjusting to acting feminine are funny. Its not as mature of a comedy as Coffee Prince, though funny still.
Both of them start with a poor girl dressing as a boy to get a job and support her family, and she works with a guy she hates at first. But Coffee Prince's plot is all about the genderbender, and Tiamo Chocolate uses more plots as the story goes on.
These two series have lot of parallels.
Gender-bender, straight guy falls for a girl he thinks is a guy, coffee, sworn-brothers, love triangle.
Gender-bender, straight guy falls for a girl he thinks is a guy, coffee, sworn-brothers, love triangle.
looks like a remake to me the same story of a rich guy going on his own and opining a shop and a tomboy who pretends to be a boy to get a job at the shop. and they fall in love but the guy doesn't realize she is a girl.
It's a gender-bender story. They are both light-hearted stories but there are some dramatic scenes in both.
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.
They both have a similar vibe even if the only similarity is that the FLs. Both are poor, hard working, loyal and considered not feminine. The secondary LMs also have a similar relationship with the FL, in love with someone else but drawn to the essence of the FL while being best mates with the LM.
