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.
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.
Fang Jia Hua is the successor of a business. His dream is to open a chocolate store and be an expert in chocolate. He ends up leaving his business and his family to fulfill his dream. Hong Xi En is someone who spent her days slogging and taking up part time work. One day, she ends up working for him and above all, she has to dress herself as a man for the job.
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]
