Coffee Prince: Twelfth Cup

262 August 7, 2007January 24, 2016

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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[First off, credit where it’s due — thanks for the compliments on the new Coffee Prince-themed banner. You might have to force-reload (control + F5) to see it. All credit goes to Luv, who’s been wonderful in designing all but one of my headers. Thanks a zillion, Luv!]

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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51 Amyable

August 7, 2007 at 9:35 PM

A post on soompi was a Korean news article which stated that Coffee Prince was extended to 17 episodes and that the 18th episode will be "making of CP" or something like that.

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52 manja

August 7, 2007 at 9:36 PM

I'm so in love with coffee prince now........

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53 coffee lover

August 7, 2007 at 9:42 PM

Eun Chan jumps around her room, yelling, “He says he loves me! He loves me!”
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Everyone else, yells, "We love you, Javabeans!"

hehehe... :)

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54 Arriane

August 7, 2007 at 9:43 PM

I think sooner or later, Han Gyul will find out that his cousin kissed Go Eun Chan. LOL. I can't imagine what'll be his reaction. Wonder what will happen in the next few episodes. And I hope Sun Ki will find "his woman" soon. Anyways, thanks so much, Javabeans! Oh, and I also do love you Coffee Prince banner. Love it! I already can't wait 'till next week!!

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55 Acey

August 7, 2007 at 9:43 PM

Thanks for this, I've been waiting eagerly for it!
Sigh I can't believe they've done it again - resolved a messy situation believably (I'm talking about Han Gyul and Eun Chan's situation - I skimmed over the Han Sung-Yu Ju part, not only because err there were more important things at hand but also because it wasn't very engaging, somehow? Also, on a more shallow note - DK really cannot stand up to comparison to Han Sung. Sure, he's just a minor character, but I think he'd be more believable in performing his function if we were shown what exactly drew her to him in the first place. Then even if he were not hot [as it is] maybe we'd be able to sympathise better with him)

Anyway I really love the brusqueness with which Han Gyul still treats Eun Chan. Because of the girly-girlness of K-drama girls, I was so afraid that even if they did end up together, they'd lose the brotherliness of their relationship because she'd be treated as a girl. But here it works so well because Eun Chan never started out pretending she was a girl, that's just the way it is - so he doesn't treat her any different. In fact, I think that if he hadn't found out she was a girl, and we continue in a parallel universe from his 'let's take it as far as it'll go', he'd still be treating her like this, except without the giddy exuberance of knowing he can hold her hand openly, and telling others she's a girl. I remember in an episode long ago when she nearly got into an accident in front of the store his reaction was to chastise her lack of caution by thwacking the visor down on her helmet - I don't think they've lost this sense of comfortableness with each other because of any unnecessary overprotectiveness on his part. He's still yelling at her, all is good.

Aaaaah how can there be enough words to express how much I like this show? Everything feels like yeah that's the way it should be - of course Han Gyul feels hurt and betrayed but I love how they show that nothing is absolute, nothing is in black and white - his feelings of love are still mixed up in the anger, they don't make him flip-flop from one side to another - at first he's so angry at her, then the first realisation of his lingering feelings makes him angrier, then he slowly realises how unconstructive he's being and forgives her, NOT as if nothing had happened but over the course of over half an episode, much advice and many tears and explanations.

And the chestnuts scene, which just epitomises naturalness. How to count the ways of its perfection? 1) It came after both had shown themselves willing to give in by being in each other's respective turfs 2) It occurred in neutral territory 3) It has a donghwa-like quality, like Hansel and Gretel and yet 4) It was completely unplanned. Neither of them set up an elaborate trail to lure the other, nor did the coffee princes set them up at either end of the trap. I mean ohgod how many times have we seen the laying-trail-of-roses scenes in kdramas? This is like the sweetest remake of it - neither starts out with expectations of what would meet them at the end (or in the middle, as it were) when they first started picking them up for different reasons. Chestnuts are probably about as far from romance as you get, and yet that's what Coffee Prince does - create romance out of nowhere.

Like Eun Chan's admission of love which 1) didn't feature a cliched balladed tears and rain scene 2) wasn't initiated by a) the guy or b) a particularly romantic situation. It just occurred so naturally and exuberantly - I mean she it's not even face-to-face, she yells it out, out of a mix of exasperation and an I-just-can't-contain-it anymore kind of feeling. I love that after the mess seems to have cleared, she hasn't forgotten everything she's been through - she makes good on what she says to Eun Sae - I have to tell him I love him, even if I never see him again.

And Han Gyul's reaction? I could watch it a million times. In fact I probably have. I love the way he slinks sideways into the sofa, as though he'd just died (and gone to heaven). I love how his knees physically weaken, how he clutches his sofa for support, and this doesn't seem over-the-top. He yells at her again (I seem to be equating shouting for love, don't mind me) And his shy, brusque loveyouMORE.Bye. Conventional reason states that important admissions should be made face-to-face and yet I think this shows us how it could be better over the phone - unhampered by the close scrutiny of the significant other, it's the viewer who gets to see the most immediate, honest, unguarded responses. And can anyone not smile back at that grin?

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56 kelso311

August 7, 2007 at 9:43 PM

Oh mwy gohd! Very nice! Now I understand what you mean that chestnut scene was fabulouso. Thank you!

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57 kriss

August 7, 2007 at 9:44 PM

still can't read your wonderful summary and commentary because i need to see the episode (subbed) first. what's the point of the summary then? oh idk. i just need to watch it first. geez.
but i did read the first part.
i would marry coffee prince whether man or woman (lol, just like in the show)! i'm not sure where that's legal, but i would find the place, damnit.
but then again.. you called dibs first. hmm.. mistress number 1 i could settle for as well..

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58 g35733

August 7, 2007 at 9:48 PM

http://download.yousendit.com/CEEAC2985F604A11

Cloud Cuckoo Land - Coffee Is...

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59 noemi

August 7, 2007 at 9:51 PM

another emotional rollercoaster ride from coffe prince..
we have both sentiments about the acting wise on Yuju and Han sung ... it's like the issue between them was forced... although in the story the have the more history, i felt the way the two characters were presented and played , they were more apart..
but i still like Han Sung.. he's a great guy... he desereves happiness to you know..

my fav scene in the episode... of course the last part.. everything came so natural... as if it was bound to happen but with a twist of surprise...

but my fave line in the episode... HanGyul saying to strangers:
"yoja, yoja,,, girl , girl"

kudos to Gong Yoo... amazing acting, adding to the fact he's a majot hottie.. he knows how to be playful...without being overacting...

YEH's consistency in portraying Eun chan is A+ for me too...

like what javabeans said...
i also wished i was a part of the series..even i am the dog ...

see you guys nest week

javabeans....you rock...

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60 weeeeeeee

August 7, 2007 at 9:52 PM

omgggggg that was soooo cute im reading the summery and grining like a retard!!!

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61 Kor

August 7, 2007 at 9:54 PM

Dear Coffee Prince televiewers.

If you click the link, you will be see the Ep.12 video clip.

[ Enchan & Hankeol in a playground ]
http://img2.dcinside.com/data2/gallery/dci_etc/2007/08/07/2040138628_b9b0eb0f_nori.wmv

[ Pick up the chestnut ]
http://img2.dcinside.com/data2/gallery/dci_etc/2007/08/07/2040138628_876d31d7_0003.wmv

[ cellphone message "Thank you ♥" ]
http://img2.dcinside.com/data2/gallery/dci_etc/2007/08/08/2040138628_9e9aa721_thankyou.wmv

[ Enchan & Hankeol ]
http://img2.dcinside.com/data2/gallery/dci_etc/2007/08/08/2040138628_db8926fc_sadist.wmv

[ Hankeol say that I love you ]
http://img2.dcinside.com/data2/gallery/dci_etc/2007/08/08/2077648650_af046b1a_EC9DB4EBBB90.wmv

[ Enchan cry hers eyes out ]
http://img2.dcinside.com/data2/gallery/dci_etc/2007/08/08/2040138628_342e50e4_cry.wmv

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62 Bunde

August 7, 2007 at 9:55 PM

I liked the fact that Eun Hye, the lead actress, kept consistent in playing a guyish character throughout. Even in this episode after her sex was revealed, she acted like a guy in her demeanor to be consistent with the character. Even Han Gyul jokes around with her as she's a guy. My guess is for next few episodes is that parents are going to step in and ask why she is like a guy and they will object. She will start to act more like a woman, though it may not be what the couple wants.

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63 Ima

August 7, 2007 at 9:57 PM

aww...the eppy's ending is just so saccharine sweet. but if 12th cup is an upper, are we bound to have a doomed 13th? (murphy's law is working overtime on Coffee Prince). this kdrama is definitely a rollercoaster ride.
quick comment on #49 by javabeans: "Anon 46, but what about our beautiful, music-loving BABIES?!?!"
let's all do a brangelina and adopt musically-savvy kids from around the world. just kidding!

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64 melanie

August 7, 2007 at 10:01 PM

I am completely in love with this series and its actors. And I couldn't agree more Acey, how could anyone not smile back at that grin. lol it's funny, I look forward to your response to javabeans almost as much as I look forward to javabeans summaries because you just bring up so many of the points I love. So, thanks Acey :) and thank you, thank you Javabeans! You are truly completely awesome! I do wonder what they're gonna do though for the next four episodes since they extended it. I was looking around for previews of episode 13 and found out that they apparently didn't air it which makes me worried because I feel like that means they're reshooting and extending scenes, which well, I really like how this entire series has been paced and it would be a complete shame if the last four were just completely dragged out just to extend its air time. However, the writers have been soooo good so far, so I hope they'll make the finale as good or even better than this series was. :)

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65 Kel

August 7, 2007 at 10:03 PM

omg i get sooo giddy watching the last scene.

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66 ghol88

August 7, 2007 at 10:04 PM

OMG! I Love it!!! They're so sweet...can't help falling in love in this series...Every episode makes you excited that you can't wait for the next episode to come out. Thanks Javabeans!!!

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67 anonymous64

August 7, 2007 at 10:06 PM

You'll find the rest of the ep here:
http://vid-master.com/tag/coffee+prince+12

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68 JT

August 7, 2007 at 10:08 PM

oh my goodness. i understood what was going on when i watched this ep and i was grinning like a maniac. my face muscles were hurting. now reading it, it makes me grin the exact same way...oh my poor face muscles. this series can sure put a smile on a person's face =^__^=

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69 Yopoyop

August 7, 2007 at 10:09 PM

OMG OMG this ep is so cute !
I can't stop smilling in front of my computer !! my boss will definetly thinks that i'm crazy but I can't control my smile and .. even if work is so boring .. i keep my smile in the middle of my face just because à HG and EC .. Ah .... :):) thanks so much

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70 Sinthia

August 7, 2007 at 10:10 PM

*sniff *sniff...they really know how to make a person emotional....and i rarerly get emo....wow >.

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71 keira

August 7, 2007 at 10:16 PM

i couldn't stop smiling after watching the 12th cup raw and i hadn't stop smiling after reading your summary javabeans! thank u!
i had this thought that coffee prince should end now when everything is going smooth and happy and i don't care about the other parts or characters anymore as long as Han Gyul and Eun Chan are together and happy! hehehe. But still i'm curious of what Yu Ju and Han Seung's going to be i hope she clears her mind already and decide what she really wants. And i hope there would be no more misunderstnding and fighting between HG and EC they should just help the other characters with their lives since they settled theirs....haha
If i get the chance to see or meet every character of coffee prince i'd probably go to Eun Chan first and hug her! haha then Han Gyul next! they should change the name in the end to "Coffee Princess" for future daughter of HG and EC!!!
thanks again javabeans!

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72 Berz

August 7, 2007 at 10:19 PM

Omg the best of the best ep!!!! Says he loves her!!! Woooahhh... thats soo hawt! Omgar can't wait, can't wait! My heart's gonna burst for anticipation!!!! Thank you sooo much javabeans!!!

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73 blue4u

August 7, 2007 at 10:29 PM

Indeed it was a beautiful turnout!!! You can call me sentimental/ romantic fool but I really really love happy endings...it makes my day complete after reading/seeing movies or dramas with good endings. That's why, Javabeans, many many thanks for your excellent summary/translation, just by reading your works, i sometimes skipped seeing the drama itself.

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74 Auntiemame

August 7, 2007 at 10:30 PM

Oh yes!! You are so right about the writers deserving a raise for that sequence of scenes with the chestnuts. Using a Hansel & Gretel breadcrumb scene as a way for them to meet was absolutely brilliant! As soon as I realized the purpose of the trail of chestnuts, I was literally laughing and jumping for joy. Truly lovely.
(I also had another thought while watching the scene. They walked, crouched down, to pick up the chestnuts. Their movements reminded me of a religious pilgrim doing penance and asking for enlightenment and/or forgiveness ... another stupid thought from my brain that I can't turn off.)
As for YJ, I think she has commitment issues. She certainly didn't want to take her mother's call, when her mother said she didn't have to attend her mother's wedding. I think there is much that we don't know about her.
I do hope that they'll wrap up each Prince's story by the end of the series.
Looking forward to the rest of the show...

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75 asian-buzz.com

August 7, 2007 at 10:44 PM

THANK YOU SO MUCH! I was watching part by part of the video then flipping back your summary at the same time. It's a great way to watch and understand even w/o subs. :)
The writer does a very good job! I'm happy now...in fact, I'm okay if the story ended here! *chuckles* But of course, I don't mind seeing more sweet moments of Eun Chan and Han Kyul!

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76 len

August 7, 2007 at 10:44 PM

it is worth the wait! can not control the smiles on my while watching the " chestnut part" simple approach but sweet impact to the story. bravo to the writers!!

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77 secret admirer

August 7, 2007 at 10:47 PM

Boy, those K-drama writers really know their stuffs! I'll just join in the love fest here: That was just so cute (Awww). Yay, they're finally together. No more angst (at least for this week).

I think there was a stark contrast between Han Gyul/Eun Chan and Han Sung/Yu Ju's relationships in today's episode. One couple is giddily basking in their newfound love whereas the other is desperately trying to salvage theirs. Trust and forgiveness were the issues among all four. Yet, we see how determined Han Gyul and Eun Chan were to fight for their love. No matter how hard he tried, Han Sung was not able to convince Yu Ju to let go of her insecurities. I love how much more matured Han Gyul is now compared to the earlier episodes. His decision to forgive Eun Chan is no less significant or hard-earned than his previous admission of love to her. Those lines that he said today .... sigh!

Ha ha, javabeans.. you are officially in love with this series! That's a sign of a serious infatuation when family is mentioned in the same line as love (LOL). BTW, that title screen cap of Han Gyul waiting in the car is like the most perfect shot ever!

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78 tingau

August 7, 2007 at 10:57 PM

Javabeans you're the besttttt!! Thanks for the 12th Cup..its getting better and better :)

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79 Mics

August 7, 2007 at 10:58 PM

THanks for this!! Wait wait wait it's still the 12th episode and they're already this happy @__@ Argh that's scary! I feel like something bad will still happen to them there's still 6 more episodes to go right??

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80 babyelephant

August 7, 2007 at 11:02 PM

if this episode is the last episode..i think it would be just nice....but then, how are they going to go from here??? i mean for the next 6 episodes when all the excitement/secret has been revealed...i hope it won't end up draggy...

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81 dee

August 7, 2007 at 11:02 PM

Thank you so much!! Ahhh! I'm so happy!! :D

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82 tooizzy

August 7, 2007 at 11:03 PM

MY GOODNESS!! I'm SOO happy! :-) My sister and I were giggling and squealing at the same time in happiness. JAVABEANS Thank you SO much for your translation/summaries. We read them first then watch the RAW and with the actors facial expressions we can follow the story very nicely.

I just love how HG even still angry can't deny his feelings for EC and though they are happy being able to be open with each other. This is practically their FIRST real relationship. Now will come the matter of HG allowing EC to fully comfort him when problems arise in the future episodes. I loved how all the princes made sure HG never forget how it felt to have EC around. And the chestnut scenes was beautiful because it was the first time that HG had something to smile about. He is so willing to put himself out there. I applaud EC for being frank about her feelings about him regardless of how he would reject her but at least she would not have anything to be regretful for later because she gave it her best.

Some times, we ourselves, keep things from others by being afraid to be hurt. But it's much worse to keep that little knife slowly turning in our hearts when we could just simply say what is in our hearts and even if things don't work out we've made a clean cut and are able to move on.

HS, my heart goes out to him, I really want to smack YJ though she runs away from everything. I really had hoped that he wouldn't beg her I wanted him to keep something for himself therefore it looked a little over done his scene.

What are they going to do for the rest of the episodes?
1.HG's Grandma still has incurable cancer.
2.That MR. Lee guy (HG's real father) is still a potential problem otherwise they would not have introduced him.
3.YS's dissapearance from the map.
4.Sun Ki's search for his ex.
5. Ha Rim's family problems.
6.AND the kiss between HS and EC which could only be revealed by either En SAe or Yu Ju. Pheww!!

I really hope the writers don't lose the momentum and not lose focus in trying to extend by diluting the last of the episodes.

That's my 2 cents. hehe
I'm off to watch another drama 2:00am east

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83 beng

August 7, 2007 at 11:03 PM

Gosh, i bawled my eyes out and i'm in the office... they might think i'm crazy coz towards the end, i'm smiling and giggling already, hahahahah. I'm so "kilig"... thanks Sarah

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84 Sylvia

August 7, 2007 at 11:04 PM

Hi Javabeans,

Just checking if you happened to know/have the song that's in the Episode 12's chestnut-picking scene? R also enquired about this song early in this discussion thread.

Love that song! Hope you'll know, thanks! :)

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85 lime9

August 7, 2007 at 11:07 PM

there's always adoptions~

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86 deedee

August 7, 2007 at 11:09 PM

ohhh man this episode was soooo adorable...I love HG's playful love declarations! Ya same with some viewers here...I just skim through HS and Yu Ju's story because it is too dramatic for what it really is (which is Yu Ju overreacting and being selfish.) I hope the last 4-6 episodes won't drag,but even if it does...I'm sure I'll still read and watch it! I've been trying desperately to get my friends to start watching this but she likes Bad Couple Better?! It's kinda sad that I want her to enjoy this as much as me but oh wells...she's missing out!!

Anyways, as always, thank you so much Sarah!! Can't wait til next week even though these last 2 episodes have been like rollercoasters alrready, I still want these same giddy heart-wrenching scenes til the end!!!

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87 absynthefairy99

August 7, 2007 at 11:10 PM

mwaah! thank you! i cant think of any words to say. im speechless....

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88 gailt

August 7, 2007 at 11:10 PM

ahhh.... this one made up for the heartsickness and craziness of the past few episodes. ahhhhh...

"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."
heehee. you're a real writer then. ;P

i am extremely grateful to you, javabeans.

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89 littledraci

August 7, 2007 at 11:20 PM

god...I'm going to die....^-^ Reading these summaries makes me almost feel like watching the episodes with playing the added songs, javabeans ^-^
Can't wait for my weekend and the subs! Haha, and I'm happy to see, that I'm not the only one who's so crazy about Coffee Prince, since my friends aren't into drama ----
You're great, javabeans!!!

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90 teokong

August 7, 2007 at 11:30 PM

Thank you for this sweet and lovely twelve cup summary. I'm so in love with this drama that my husband thought that I'm having an internet love affair with a guy name Javabeans. The happy feeling that I've now just won't go away......Thank you...thank you...Javabeans.

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91 tooizzy

August 7, 2007 at 11:34 PM

Dear JavaBeans. If there is a demand...Would you mind if I translated your summaries in Spanish of course giving credit were it's due??

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92 shel

August 7, 2007 at 11:40 PM

I am soooo glad the writer didnt drag the storyline. This is one of the reasons why i love this series. It's not boring and it's very addicting....just like coffee! Hmmm...I'm gonna watch ep12 again while drinking my coffee. Thank you for the recap javabeans!!!!

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93 Acey

August 7, 2007 at 11:41 PM

Thank you, melanie! I think there's something particular about Javabeans' writing that encourages you to think deeper. Without so many likeminded people here on this blog, I doubt so many people would be compelled to savour this drama slowly, layer by layer :)

There are so many things this drama does cleverly that you are less likely to see something in it as a random serendipitous coincidence that happens to work well, rather than a planned, thought out component. I just noticed, when Eun Chan was crying at home, after she sat on the toilet and was surrounded by torn tissue papers - when she was sitting in front of the tv, the screen showed a man in drag. I mean, wow.

Unrelatedly, does anyone else see Han Sung as the music director for this drama itself? My brain makes narrow connections. Heh

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94 gailt

August 7, 2007 at 11:48 PM

acey, i thought the same way too about Han Sung. You said, "Unrelatedly, does anyone else see Han Sung as the music director for this drama itself? My brain makes narrow connections. Heh" LOL. I don't think that was a narrow connection. :)

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95 charetski

August 7, 2007 at 11:49 PM

wow. thanks for keeping me so in love!

i love your summaries!

you are heaven sent javabeans!

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96 LUVMeLIFE

August 8, 2007 at 12:02 AM

i really love CP but gosh, what a perfect ending! WE have 6 more eps to go...What else can happen? What does the writer have in store for us? I just hope that it's not going to be anything cheesy.

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97 Carol

August 8, 2007 at 12:17 AM

Millions thaaaanxxx to you ^^
you're soo fast in uploading, i keep on refreshing your page. hehe. wow, the storyline is getting better and better...it's kinda different from other movie i've seen tho. it's better :)
i think the next problem is how they fight to get together? hehehe...i can't wait to see the next episodessss >.