Coffee Prince: Twelfth Cup
by javabeans
I wish Coffee Prince were a man, so I could marry it. We’d be happy together making beautiful latte art and raising lots of musically inclined children.
Unless……
……*gasp*……
……Coffee Prince is a GIRL?!?!
SONG OF THE DAY
Linus’ Blanket (라이너스의 담요) – “Labor in Vain” [ zShare download ]
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EPISODE 12 SUMMARY
Eun Chan still comes to work despite being told to quit. She approaches the still-angry Han Gyul, who gives her three minutes to talk. After that, she’d better leave because she’s fired.
Eun Chan: “In the beginning, I never thought you’d like someone like me. It seemed like you liked Yu Ju. She’s so beautiful that I can’t compare with her, so I thought I was better off being seen as a man. When I asked how you would feel if I were a woman, you said you weren’t going to date around anymore, that you’d marry a nice woman from a nice background, someone your grandmother and mother approved of. I’m not womanly or pretty, but if we were sworn brothers, I could be with you all the time. When we goofed around, and you treated me so well… I liked it so much I couldn’t tell you the truth.”
Han Gyul: “I really hate this. Why am I always betrayed by loved ones? Why didn’t my father tell me about my birth mother? Why couldn’t you tell me the truth? I thought about it so much my head felt like it would burst — it was because you couldn’t trust me. My father and you both. And I loved you so much. But you couldn’t trust me.”
Eun Chan: “It’s not that I couldn’t trust you, I couldn’t trust myself.”
Han Gyul: “When I said I liked you even as a man, I didn’t care what the world would think of me, disregarding my friends, family. I went through a lot of pain getting to the point where I decided those things didn’t matter. Go Eun Chan, I need someone who trusts me. Even if everyone else curses at me for being useless, I needed someone who’d believe: ‘Choi Han Gyul just didn’t have the opportunity to show himself. He’s a guy who does what he puts his mind to. He’s just someone who hasn’t yet found what he wants to do in life, but he truly can accomplish what he sets out to do.’ I needed someone to have that kind of faith in me. Not like you, who deceived me even in love, worrying over being found out.”
Eun Chan: “I didn’t have the confidence. I didn’t want that to happen… I wanted to tell you, but I was afraid you’d wouldn’t see me anymore. But the reason I’m telling you this now… is because I want you to see me as a woman. If you hate me, I can’t do anything about it, but I’m so sorry, and I know I was so wrong… But I like you. I love you. If you tell me to quit, I will. If you don’t want to see me… couldn’t you still see me anyway?”
Han Gyul: “I don’t have the confidence to continue. I don’t know who you are. The Go Eun Chan I knew was always honest with me, who trusted and liked everyone, facing the world just as he was. I wanted to be like him. But you… You aren’t the Go Eun Chan I know. Let’s not meet again.”
Phew, way to reduce me to a sniveling mess in the first five minutes.
Han Gyul tells Mr. Hong that Eun Chan will be leaving, and Mr. Hong scolds him for his behavior. Yes, he gets that Han Gyul went through a harder time than Eun Chan, but why is he so angry? She’s a girl, and they like each other — that’s a cause for celebration. Mr. Hong can’t stand working there like this, so he leaves. Ha Rim tries to convince him to stay, and Han Gyul tells him he’ll be gone in a month anyway. Mr. Hong says, “Fine, then I guess I’ll be back in a month,” and walks out.
Eun Chan packs her things and leaves. Han Gyul watches her go.
Han Gyul has no desire to talk to his cousin, but Han Sung calls and says all he has to do is listen. He explains that he first met Eun Chan when she delivered milk to his house, and yes, she was the girl he took to Yu Ju’s exhibit.
Han Sung: “That day, she was really beautiful. But by the time I started to see her in that way, she already had feelings for you. She cried as she told me how much she liked you.”
Han Gyul: “This is annoying. How long do I have to listen to you?”
Han Sung: “She wanted to tell you, but she had no confidence in herself, because she felt like she wasn’t a woman or a man. She sobbed her heart out. I’ll be honest with you. I was swayed toward her. But since she liked you, I decided to just be friends. I’m not even sure why I wavered. That’s really all there was. The fact that Eun Chan told you the truth even at this late point is because she has faith in you.”
Yu Ju apologizes for not telling Han Gyul about Eun Chan, and explains that she’s leaving. Han Gyul asks if it’s because of Eun Chan. Was the relationship between Han Sung and Eun Chan serious enough to drive Yu Ju away? Yu Ju explains: “Their relationship wasn’t a matter of how far they went. It’s just that Han Sung’s feelings swayed toward her, and even then it was just a short while. So forgive Eun Chan.”
Han Gyul asks why she’s leaving, and she answers they’ve got a lot of issues between them. Yu Ju was always the one depending on Han Sung, and he was the one to comfort and accept her. She’d thought his anger was something exclusive to her (born of love): “But I realized that’s not true. I know I’m not being mature about this, and I can’t be cool either. I’m really horrible, I know. But my feelings don’t listen.”
Han Gyul wonders how Han Sung felt, knowing how he liked Yu Ju all this while, and concludes that Han Sung didn’t worry about losing Yu Ju to his cousin because he trusted her — so much that he waited for her even after she left for another man. Yu Ju: “Then you don’t have faith in Eun Chan.”
Han Gyul says he’d always felt that Yu Ju and Han Sung were so rock-solid that he never had a shot of squeezing himself in between them. For Han Sung’s sake, he asks her not to go: “If you do, I think I’d hate you.”
Eun Chan and Han Gyul spend the next several days moping. Han Gyul recalls Eun Chan’s words from the first scene, and also thinks of Mr. Hong’s words: “Ask yourself carefully if you can live without Go Eun Chan.”
Han Sung drives Yu Ju to the airport, and tries to convince her one last time not to go. Their argument spills over onto the sidewalk when Yu Ju tells him to pull over. Han Sung yells: “You strayed too. Why is it okay for you, but not for me?!” He put up with so much — he knew she was lying about DK even before they broke up — but he forgave her.
Yu Ju counters — if he’d been so accepting all this time, why is it now that he faltered? She watched him lie to her face when he said Eun Chan was merely a cute little kid. Han Sung admits that he made a mistake, but it wasn’t love. Yu Ju can’t tell the difference.
As she turns and walks off, Han Sung begs her not to leave, shouting after her, “Don’t go. Don’t go!”
[Side note: The scene was okaaay, but felt a little… acted. Usually this series does amazing things with letting scenes breathe (like in Episode 7 when Yu Ju waited all day in Han Sung’s house, and Han Gyul dealt with the aftermath of his fight with Eun Chan), but this felt suffocated. The emotions seemed prepared, not in-the-moment (which is what I loved about their fights in Episode 11). And perhaps a little overacted. Okay, criticism over.]
At the airport, Yu Ju finds DK waiting for her — but stays at a distance. They have a wordless exchange — and, realizing Yu Ju’s not leaving, DK goes alone with a rueful wave. Han Sung races to the airport to find her, but he’s too late, and thinks that she’s already gone.
Now jobless, Eun Chan keeps herself occupied peeling chestnuts and sewing doll eyes. Taking a break to go to the convenience store, she runs into Han Sung, who can tell she hasn’t been doing so well.
Han Sung: “It’s because he likes you so much. That’s why he’s so angry. Although he doesn’t look like it, he’s someone with deep affections, and once he gives you his heart, he gives it all. So just wait a little.”
Han Sung assures her Han Gyul will understand, but tells her not to tell Han Gyul about their kiss — because he’s found that when you tell someone something to ease your own guilty conscience, sometimes it only brings the other person pain. She thanks him and tells him again that he’s like Santa, and Han Sung responds,
“I’m the one who should be thankful, for being able to be Santa to you. So even if it’s difficult, be strong. Han Gyul has really fallen for you.”
At the cafe, Han Gyul is confronted on all sides with appeals to forgive Eun Chan. No matter how mean Ha Rim was to Eun Chan, when talking to Han Gyul, he plays the part of pacifier, asking to hire her back. Min Yub has heard from Eun Sae how poorly Eun Chan is doing these days, eating badly, not sleeping well. Sun Ki tells him, “The way I see it, it was really hard on her too. She’s young. And don’t you think she was afraid things would end up like this?”
Han Gyul goes to see his cousin. At first, the mood is strained, as Han Sung asks Han Gyul to forgive him for having feelings for Eun Chan: “If you really don’t want me to see her anymore, I won’t. I’ll do my best so that we don’t even happen to meet by chance.”
Han Gyul apologizes for hitting him, for overreacting to learning the truth about Eun Chan, and also for passing off his feelings for Yu Ju as mere friendship. He invites Han Sung to hit him if it’ll make him feel better.
Han Sung informs him of Yu Ju’s departure: “But don’t worry too much about us. Yu Ju and I have ten years of history. There’s something between us that you wouldn’t even be able to imagine. We won’t just end like this.”
Han Gyul: “Yu Ju really loves you. She’ll come back to you. It was a really good thing it was you that she loved. If it were anyone else, I’d have stolen her away. I held back because it was you. I like you a whole lot more than you think I do, you know.”
(Aww for brotherly love! These cockles, they are warmed.)
(Somebody needs to give the writer a raise, because I love this next sequence like you wouldn’t believe. I love it so much it makes me sad I didn’t write it.)
That night, Han Gyul goes to Eun Chan’s home, looking up at her window. After staying there for a while, he drives away.
At the same time, Eun Chan waits outside Han Gyul’s apartment. It’s getting late, so she starts wheeling her bicycle away, unaware that her burlap sack is leaking chestnuts.
When Han Gyul arrives home, he finds the chesnuts on the ground, leading him like a trail of breadcrumbs. He follows the trail, and starts to pick them up, just as Eun Chan discovers the torn bag and starts collecting the chestnuts from her end.
And thus they meet in the middle.
Sitting side by side on a park bench, they remain silent for a while as they try to decide how to handle this. But Han Gyul’s anger has been slowly subsiding over the course of the episode, and he tells her to come to work tomorrow.
“I’m still angry, I still feel resentful and I can’t completely understand… And so, I asked myself if I could live without Go Eun Chan. Could I separate from her like this? And it turns out I can’t.”
He sees her tearing up and chides her for crying so much: “From now on, you’d better only cry in front of me. Don’t you dare cry like this in front of other men, or you’re dead.” He reaches over and wipes the tears from her eyes.
Eun Chan apologizes again:
“When we played around, when I acted as your dongsaeng, that must’ve been so awful for you. I only tried to keep myself from being hurt, and looked for a place to run away. I didn’t understand how you felt when you made me those toys, how much you were hurting. When you said let’s go as far as we could, I was just happy, and didn’t even think of your struggles. I’m sorry.”
Han Gyul apologizes too:
“When I kissed you at the cafe and said it meant nothing, I did that to hurt you. It was because I was angry — but I absolutely didn’t mean it. I’m immature for not thinking of how hard it was on you. I’m sorry. I apologize. Forgive me.”
Eun Chan tells him it was her mistake from the start, so it’s okay.
Han Gyul rests his head on her shoulder, saying:
“Go Eun Chan… I’m glad you’re a girl.”
Eun Chan quickly turns her head to kiss him, and they stay like that, together in silence.
The next day, Eun Chan’s back at the cafe, and Ha Rim, for all his bluster and aggravation, is genuinely happy to see her back. When Han Gyul arrives, they all watch with bated breath, not quite sure of the situation.
Han Gyul pretends to ignore Eun Chan, although he steals looks at her while the others are too busy speculating over the status of the relationship. They ask Eun Chan if something happened the night before to cause the change, and with a shy smile, she nods. The Princes whoop in glee.
They accost her for details, and Ha Rim jokes that they should use her phone to send Han Gyul lovey-dovey text messages. Ha Rim says they don’t even need her phone since they can send it with his, and starts typing a message. Eun Chan stops them — and hands over her phone: “Send it with mine.”
The Princes watch Han Gyul receive the message, which reads: “Thank you ♥.” He smiles (and the Princes are thrilled).
After going on their coffee bean deliveries, Han Gyul and Eun Chan enjoy a walk through the park, and Han Gyul is adorably playful. As he walks hand in hand with Eun Chan down the street, he excitedly turns to strangers to tell them, “She’s a girl. She’s a girl. A girl!”
Han Gyul: “See, you should’ve told the truth from the start, so we could’ve held hands like this.”
Eun Chan: “I really didn’t know you liked me.”
Han Gyul: “Are you kidding me? I even went to the hospital because of you. Are you a dummy?”
Eun Chan: “Hospital? I thought you just saw me as a cute younger brother. And I had nothing to assure me you’d like a girl like me.”
She tells him when she first saw him, she thought he was incredibly good-looking. He’s pleased to hear it, until she clarifies that their first meeting wasn’t at the purse-snatching, but when she delivered food to his apartment. Han Gyul exhibits a belated sense of modesty.
Han Sung finds out about Yu Ju not going to New York from DK: “I thought work was the most important thing to her, but it seems there’s something you have that’s more important.”
Worried, Han Sung tells Han Gyul that he hasn’t been able to locate her. Far from being angry, Han Sung realizes he didn’t know as much about her as he should have: “I don’t know where her mother’s house is, or have phone numbers of her close friends.”
Later that night, Eun Chan and Han Gyul talk on the phone, and he wonders why she’s so interested in Han Sung’s business. He tells her Han Sung had liked her — and she, remembering Han Sung’s caution, pretends not to know: “No, that can’t be.” He asks if she’d had feelings for him, and she admits that at first, she did like Han Sung, but then she started liking Han Gyul more.
Han Gyul pretends to be miffed, asking why she picked him over his cousin, who’s nicer and warmer: “Be honest. You like both of us, right?” Eun Chan takes his teasing for real and insists, “Han Sung is just a nice ajusshi, and you — I don’t really know the reason, but I just… like you.”
Han Gyul enjoys her reaction while carrying on his mock indignation, telling her he’s still upset: “My anger just won’t go away.” Left with nothing else to say, Eun Chan says, almost defiantly: “I love you. I love you! I really love you!”
That catches Han Gyul totally off guard, and in an instant, he goes from playfully happy to completely stunned. His legs give out and he sinks down on the couch, catching his breath. (The song is “Coffee Is” by Cloud Cuckoo Land”.)
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He covers, accusing her (in bluster) of playing with words and being a smooth talker:
“Hey, you jerk! You could’ve said so openly, comfortably, and we could’ve been insanely happy together. Why didn’t you tell me, and put me through all that suffering? Bad Go Eun Chan! You punk!”
Eun Chan smiles in relief, and then he tells her sternly, gruffly:
“Listen to me carefully. I love you more.”
Both are stunned at their mutual admissions — you can almost feel their visceral reactions to their words — and then, overcome with giddy happiness. Eun Chan jumps around her room, yelling, “He says he loves me! He loves me!”
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151 ktv
August 8, 2007 at 12:34 PM
Ha ha. This episode is actually hilarious. The writer was so good though. Hey there are sth I don't get. What did Sun Ki and Ha Rim talk about in the bathroom????? Did they mention anything about Eun Chan and Han Gyul's relationship? ;P Thanks for your recap. I really enjoy it....... Love u. Keep up your good job.
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152 c
August 8, 2007 at 1:21 PM
wow your writing is sooooooo goooooood. i had tears in my eyes just from reading your translations. the writers of this drama are really gooooooood also. this drama, "Jewel of the Palace", and "Goong" are my favorite korean dramas so far. also you are right that when their is good acting no need for music or styles camera angles to keep peoples' attention on the drama. one scene that i found funny was when Han Sung was looking for Yu Ju and he was like he didn't know much about her, not even, where he mother lives or knowing her closest friends numbers. i was like you know someone for 10 years and you don't even know where her family lives.lol what did he learn about here all that time.....he is a crazy man, but i thought it was beautiful that he was so worried about her not knowing where she was. i can't wait for your next translation summary,but i will and thank you for all that hard work. it is really amazing how you can captor the moment of each scene so well. thanks again :D
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153 kadouger
August 8, 2007 at 3:27 PM
awwww....the chestnuts scene was cute!!! very creative!!
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154 jiwonee
August 8, 2007 at 4:00 PM
omgg. where did you get to see this episode? the site i usually go to didnt upload it yet and i'm dying to see what happens, and especially after reading this summary makes me want to watch it moreee. thankyouuu soo much for the summaries you write. you're so laudable :]
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155
August 8, 2007 at 4:44 PM
I am a pile of goo from reading this. AAAAAHHH!!! (*squeals like asinine fangirl, flaps hands around goofily by shoulders accordingly*)
Gong Yoo makes me melt as well. just so we all know. He does angry/on the verge of tears/in heartrending agony over love very well, and I've seen it in other dramas he's done, so I can totally picture exactly how 11 and 12 played out.
:)
I heart you so for these synopsies and for your amicable wit, and clear understanding of that dialogue. woohoo for dual mastery of languages.
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156 Mimi
August 8, 2007 at 5:34 PM
I really enjoy the recap but also all the small comments you make throughout the recap!! Fighting!!There's 2 more weeks left!^-^
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157 sphy
August 8, 2007 at 6:18 PM
you spoil all of us xD xD xD
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158 lani
August 8, 2007 at 7:03 PM
I agree with you! The chestnut scene was a stroke of genius. I just can't get enough of it and have repeatedly watched it since it was posted on youtube. The power of the creative mind truly makes us laud writers who can think of infinite possibilities. You're one of them. Thanks a bunch for the summaries. Also, the incredible chemistry between the leads and their fantastic acting have made me a Coffee Prince addict. Like many, I'm apprehensive about the succeeding episodes. I don't know how much more my heart can take.
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159 Vivianna
August 8, 2007 at 7:12 PM
Javabeans, your blog is the flagship company of Coffee Prince No.1 Store.
I love your summaries as well as all the comments that poured in from different part of the world. Hurray to the internet invention! You all are great writers. I check this site daily after reading the summary, just to capture all the happiness in the comments.
I cannot agree more to Acey's in-depth review of this episode. That chestnut picking scene is so romantic. Yes, the writer should get a raise.
The dialogues throughout the series is very hilarious and lively. I enjoyed how the princes fighting to put a SMS on the phone. MinYun suggested to put two hearts and HaNim said the SMS costs money so one heart is enough. Ha ha. Then EC tugged her phone over and asked them to do it on hers. So cute. Just reminds me how the boys having fun in their highschool's recess period. This drama series is full of refreshing scenes that rarely found in the Kdramas.
I love your new header. I love coffee, I love tea. I love java java, javabeans !!!
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160 R
August 8, 2007 at 7:42 PM
This is the song on Chestnut Picking scene.. I got the WMA version from Soompi but can anyone give me the mp3 version? The song named is May by Belle Epoque
http://www.zshare.net/download/3037796491c675/
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161 icechocolate
August 8, 2007 at 7:58 PM
Winnie27 : although it makes me wonder, if they’re this happy now, what’s going to happen in the next 5 episodes - i get the strangest feeling that we will be shedding more tears before this drama is through
Omg, I think that too. Just like Dalja Spring, when they're together another obstacle comes. I don't know, maybe one of them is about 'know or not know Han Sung feeling and kissing stuff', because Han Gyul actually still has a problem with believing. And after knowing that Eun Chan already know Han Sung's feeling, it's a betrayal for him even just a litle. :) Just a thought.
But thanks God, the producer gives us wondervel 'ending' so it leaves us a good mood until the next week.
Thank you javabeans. A lot.
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162 marie
August 8, 2007 at 8:54 PM
AHA I absolutely adore your introduction to the Twelfth Cup there! I am absolutely in LOVE with the drama Coffee Prince; it's amazing. Gong Yoo and Yoon Eun Hye's acting makes the audience want more...the music selection's brilliant...not the typical Super Junior boy band style...but really relaxing and able to suit the summer feel very well! I must say, this turned out to be wayyyyyyy better than I thought it would be =D...brilliant.
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163 1st Coffee Prince(KOR)
August 8, 2007 at 8:54 PM
Did you have seen Coffee Prince Intro movie on TV?
[ost] lalala, It`s love - The melody (랄랄라, It's love - The Melody (더 멜로디)
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164 marie
August 8, 2007 at 8:55 PM
And of course, thanks for your summaries =) It's a nice touch after watching the drama!
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165 mightyafrodity
August 8, 2007 at 9:33 PM
Reading the summaries and those really great analytical comments, i can't help it but think about British Author, which is a class that i had to take during my senior year of high school. what it is is basically taking sections for a particular book or scene and, really, just dissecting it from word to word, like finding symbolism, motif, metaphors, etc, etc. oddly, those were the most happiest days of my life and just reading what Acey and tooizzy (lol) got from those scene makes me think of those British Author days. Thanks for the effort and the constantly great summaries Javabean.
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166 jindarae
August 8, 2007 at 9:59 PM
i love this episode, thanks!
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167 Acey
August 8, 2007 at 10:20 PM
ktv @ 151 (I got this from the c-subs - I hope the meaning doesn't stray very far but I think the gist of it is there):
Harim was talking about how if he'd known earlier that Eun Chan was a girl, he'd've tried to woo her first - he'd naturally found her attractive anyway. Sunki's relieved that the tension, that'd been weighing the air in the cafe down lately, has finally dissipated. Harim's like, you actually felt worried? (since he's such a cool guy. more on this later) Harim then talks about their cute awkward bickering as they go out on delivery. Sunki says he's seeing Han Gyul in a new light - he didn't look like the passionate type before, can't believe he'd capable of liking Eun Chan that much, despite thinking she was a guy.
Harim: yeah, that's the way hyung is, once he's got his eye on someone he remains devoted. But I still can't believe Eun Chan is a girl - what great acting skills she has! Wraaa watch me peeee! -.-;;
Sunki: She's seen mine too... hey. Which of ours do you think she likes best?
Harim: Whose what?
Sunki gives Harim a meaningful look.. down there.
Harim: What the...!
Hahahaa oh man these guys are nuts. This conversation is continued while the guys are cleaning up later.
Min Yub: Are you worried about that? I even kissed her!
Harim: Shh!! Aren't you embarrassed, doing such a thing to our future sister in law?
Sunki: It's been so long, she won't even remember
Harim: ...I even showed Eun Chan the tattoo on my butt, for memory. Madness! She never asked to see it, but I excitedly, voluntarily, pulled my own pants down, begged her come on, look at it, look at it, so pretty!
Eun Chan (comes in suddenly): What on earth are you going on about?
Harim: !!! [runs away]
Oh man. I love Sunki so much. Of the people Eun Chan calls hyung, he's the one who treats her most as a younger sister. He really cares about her - when Eun Chan admits that yeah, something happened (with Han Gyul) last night Sunki looks genuinely pleased when he smiles and says heyy. You didn't just come back on a whim, did you. While everyone is preoccupied with teasing them (goodnaturedly) he just stands back but his approval is palpable. He even lets down his 'cool' mask to check out Han Gyul's reaction! (Meanwhile Harim reacts just like MC Yoo on X-Man haha)
I love this episode even more after getting the c-subs. I keep rewatching the beginning and the end... Their acting is so real you just get carried away. In that painful scene in the beginning their breaths get caught, as though it hurt to breathe, and yours gets caught along with them. When Eun Chan says even if you don't want to see me... then she pauses as if to contemplate the consequences of this, then on a sob she continues... couldn't we still see each other, even so? This unwillingness to commit herself to empty promises reminds me of Yu Ju's words to Han Sung, when she says she's never known him to take his words lightly, but in the last few days she's heard so many empty words (빈말) fall from his mouth - I don't love Eun Chan, I've forgotten her - she doesn't know what to think anymore. They're opening themselves up completely to each other - when Han Gyul describes the 'old' Eun Chan he 'knew', the little tagalong that brought so much cheer he wanted to be just like him I wanted to cry. You can really really see how much Han Gyul loves the 'real' Eun Chan (the one he fell for in the first place, guy or girl or alien) - when he tips the drink can into her face just to provoke a reaction from her - when she yells at him what the hell do you think you're trying to do?! It's all gone into my nose!!! He looks really pleased - yep, there's the real Eun Chan, he says happily. (Clearly like me he equates yelling to love heh)
"Phew, way to reduce me to a sniveling mess in the first five minutes." - You're so absolutely right, Javabeans. Now I'm madly trying (to no avail) to find the original script for this section [what is tagalong in Korean?] as well as the entire last phone conversation, so that I can hug their words to sleep instead of have the scenes replay in my head with the translation as a background narration. Sigh! No matter how the drama ends up from now, at least I know I'll always have these episodes.
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168 sqeet
August 8, 2007 at 10:24 PM
I am from Malaysia and only understand bits and pieces of Korean after watching endless number of them but seems like I can understand Coffee Prince much more even without the subtitles just by reading summaries here and there. Such a beautiful story.. so natural and we all can relate to.. heeeeee...I'm giddyyyyyyyyyy.. But I have to say your summary is the best of them all that I've seen. It is definitely beautiful writing.. thank you for making my day much more brighter.. :)
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169 Marzy
August 8, 2007 at 10:29 PM
i love love love this ep? can i say how i love it. i nearly forgot to comment. hahaha omg! the chesnut scene i swear is on my top3 romantic moments for kdramas ever. hahaha i get so giddy, i keep watching this ep. what to say everyones said so much already. i just love it. the transistion from the bitter HG to one so sweet guy is just too cute, plus EC is so smooth from the guy-ish way to the more feminine one. one thing i wanted to skip about this ep was the airport scene of YJ and HS. yes, i feel bad for HS. but that didnt go down that smoothly and how it went about was a tad too messy. annoys me in a way.
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170 babyelephant
August 8, 2007 at 11:11 PM
thanks acey @ 167.. i was wondering what they said too!!!
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171 suzie
August 8, 2007 at 11:15 PM
Gosh, this is soo good :) Thanks!
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172 babyelephant
August 8, 2007 at 11:16 PM
can anyone transplant what EC and HG were saying during the chestnut scene from the moment HG stepped on the chestnut until they met in the middle??? please...please... hehehehehe
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173 Nadine
August 8, 2007 at 11:45 PM
Be still my heart!!!!! Coffee Prince and Javabeans, rock!
Thanks Javabeans!
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174 catinmyfridge
August 9, 2007 at 3:37 AM
This is when the girl finds out she has cancer. :)
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175 Gramps
August 9, 2007 at 4:28 AM
"when the girl finds out she has cancer"
Or remembers that she'd forgotten she had cancer, memory loss being a side effect of the miracle laser treatment that apparently cured her, paid for by her (of course also forgotten) first love who indentured himself for life to a band of Korean gangsters in Alaska to raise the cash. But no. The script writers of CP couldn't do that to us. They've gone a quite long way from the novel plot, but they couldn't surely go that far, even if for some reason they decided that javabeans-ism was a dangerous movement that they had to crush by revealing that CP had been secretly planned to end up as a load of rubbish all along. (Though, having said that, I have to admit that I nearly cracked a rib laughing at the totally insane variant on the memory-loss cliche that the writers of the Hour of Dog and Wolf tried to foist on viewers in yesterday's episode). I nearly called it an "old chesnut", but no true lover of CP will ever use "chesnut" as a term of abuse again.
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176 Smile
August 9, 2007 at 4:41 AM
its just incredible...... totally enjoy it........... millions thanks for your hardwork!!!!!!!!!!!
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177 formosa
August 9, 2007 at 6:46 AM
Javabeans,
I'm a fans of Yoon Eun hye and Coffee prince 1 store .
It's lucky for me to find such a wonderful blog~~U are really doing a god job !!
I've read the novel you translated.it's so good that i read it all lastnight~Thank you javabeans!!
Java means coffee,its'nt it?*^_^*
希望能尽快在国内看到的中文版,期待ing~
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178
August 9, 2007 at 7:32 AM
Thank you so much your perfect summary make me happy
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179 Sevenses
August 9, 2007 at 7:33 AM
Am de-lurking... omg, such a weird feeling.
First off, thanks to Javabeans for being so awesome with the blog! I am amazed at your ability to dedicate so much of your time and energy - not that I'm complaining, mind. ^^
I do wonder what they're going to do now, with 4 episodes left to go and a 1 hour special coming up. Hopefully the show won't take a sudden nose-dive.
Formosa, if you have access to high-speed internet, you can go to a number of hosting sites (that are in Chinese) like tudou.com to watch Coffee Prince with Chinese subs.
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180 caramel
August 9, 2007 at 7:46 AM
you are doing an awesome job thank you soooo much. i think i am in love with this drama. once again thanks and keep up the good work.
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181 formosa
August 9, 2007 at 8:15 AM
Finish reading the recap all the comments~happy and sweety,lol^_^,though a little tired~
BTW,Sevenses are from China too?I often go those websites to watch videos,esp tudou.com~3Q!!but I prefer to watch the downloaded Coffee Prince,it's more clear otherwise!!
ps:just find the web is in America.its 23:14pm by my watch!!^_^time for bed now~
Many thanks to javabeans again!!
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182
August 9, 2007 at 8:18 AM
thank you this is so relieving since i cant understand korean... you just made my day!!!!
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183 maganda 73
August 9, 2007 at 8:19 AM
thanks for your hardwork this is so nice knowing i cant undestand korean...good job ur a good historian...i salute you
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184 Sevenses
August 9, 2007 at 8:48 AM
Formosa - no, I'm in Canada... >.
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185 alyss
August 9, 2007 at 10:18 AM
i remember one episode when Eun Chan tells Han Gyul on how he could easily change in one night (that's after the scene in the beach and they just became sworn borthers) and telling her to leave and all. Han Gyul's character he could be funny- with how he makes fun of Eun Chan and enjoying his time with her; sad- when he was confused and doesn't know what he really feels about EC; angry- when he found out that EC is a girl and she lied to him though he give his love eventhough he thought she was a guy; and happy- when he realized that he couldn't live without EC and forgives her and continue their love. Like every episode the plot could turn from a funny set up to a sad one, next everyone's angry then happy again- Han Gyul's character portrays the episodes, it's like everyone's waiting on how he would cope up with the new revelation, like in this episode it turns out to be a sad to a happy one...but then again we all know that Han Gyul 'could easily change in one night' so i won't be surprise that the next episode would be a different kind of his other character again.
Let's just go with the flow.... Thanks a million Javabeans!
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186 nok
August 9, 2007 at 11:16 AM
I have been reading all your 'summaries'. No wait. I have been devouring all your summaries with much relish and thought it's about time I give you some mad props for your writing and analysis.
The summary tides me till the subs come out. While I keep telling myself not to spoil myself, I really can't help it.
TwoP's got nothing on you man!
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187 Korean Sweetheart
August 9, 2007 at 11:32 AM
I ABSOLUTLEY LOVE COFFEE PRINCE!
THANXS A BUNCH FOR UPLOADING THE INFO..**
CAN'T WAIT FOR EPISODE 13 AND 14!!!!
I HOPE EUN CHAN AND HAN GYUL START DATING AND MARRY!
WIPPEDD!
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188 illustriousdreamer
August 9, 2007 at 2:08 PM
i love you. i was so nervous of what's gonna happen lol. and a bit depressed. thank you dramabeans :D
ne, i never realized the songs being played in the background of the dramas until you posted them up. really enjoyed them XD
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189 ktv
August 9, 2007 at 4:23 PM
Acey @ 167: Thanks for your translation. It's so funny though. I could not believe that those guys could actually talk about it like that. OMG!!!!!!! I love this Dramas. Compare to others, this one is not only funny but actually somewhat meaningful too. Ha ha. I can't wait to the next episode. Oh yeah, there's one thing I one to ask. I found that the producer extended Coffee Prince for two more episodes. Is it true????
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190 tooizzy
August 9, 2007 at 5:00 PM
ktv- yes it is true so up till ep 17 and one extra hour of specials
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191 nhetski
August 9, 2007 at 5:37 PM
apparently YEH has been having severe headaches but doesn't show it on set (she uses her free time to go to the doctors) so MBC is no longer sure if they can finish the series let alone extend it (check CP soompi thread).
so sad, i really hope YEH gets well soon! as much as i love CP, her health comes first!
AJA! FIGHTING!
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192 tooizzy
August 9, 2007 at 6:22 PM
Is this true she is having sever headaches? Is it on the news?
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193 Auntiemame
August 9, 2007 at 11:23 PM
To 174catinmyfridge & 175Gramps: You had me rolling on the floor, with the cancer and memory bits! Of course, you forgot to include that EC and HG may be .... (drumroll, please) half-siblings, which she also couldn't remember because the laser treatment for her cancer wiped out her memory, hee, hee.
Whoa...JavaBean's latest post is that there are reports that YEH, in real life, is having severe headaches. I hope it's not serious. But, I think HG better stop slapping her upside on the head.
Have a nice weekend to all!
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194 Ima
August 10, 2007 at 12:58 AM
Cancer? Memory lost? I'll be slamming my own head on the wall if any of the cancer thing or amnesia scenario ever happens just for the sake of extending eppies... yikes! hope everything's a-ok with CP's casts and crews. specially YEH.
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195 jn
August 10, 2007 at 1:38 AM
thank you so much for this one. OMG. I'm so giddy reading this one. A lot of happy scenes~
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196 Cartman
August 10, 2007 at 5:27 AM
woah..If you think about it..Go Eun Chan has seen a lot of male's youknowwhat..hahaha XD..after reading java bean's summaries over and over again and after watching it for several times already..I thought about that just now ..haha lol XD
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197 lefla
August 10, 2007 at 5:35 AM
tnks for the summary....its a relief...i can pigure out now what's happening...it cute...
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198 lefla
August 10, 2007 at 6:45 AM
im sorry "figure"
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199 Gramps
August 10, 2007 at 6:45 AM
Auntie Mame "Whoa…JavaBean’s latest post is that there are reports that YEH, in real life, is having severe headaches."
Yes, and reading that later post by javabeans made me feel queasy, because my earlier jokiness re the possible fate of YEH's character seemed suddenly in very bad taste. I suppose one of the questionable things about KDrama being so ready to invoke life-threatening illnesses in young people in the interests of tear-jerking and plot mechanics is that it tends to make us assume they aren't going to happen in real life. Not that whatever is wrong with YEH need be life-threatening, but persistent severe headaches bad enough to make a true professional like her consider suspending a series that half of Korea and now a fair portion of the rest of the world are hanging on to doesn't sound at all like somethng that can or should be shrugged off. Oh dear.
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200 tooizzy
August 10, 2007 at 7:14 AM
I read somewhere that after episode 11 to expect some more teary and sad episodes. ARGH!!! AND that 8 peaks only wanted her to work their own dramas. Seems she worked for the vineyard man and coffee prince against their wishes?
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