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.
Wako Machida is an editor for a manga magazine. She focuses on her work and she doesn't have time to think about making herself look beautiful. Meanwhile, Meguru Soma is good at adorning himself and he is surrounded by beautiful things. He works at a fashion shop and he also works as a model. These two people, who are quite different from each other, begin to date.
Kinue is a saleswoman in the futon section of a department store. One day, she suddenly gets transferred to the women's clothing department, even though she lacks in fashion sense. Her new boss, Miki, soon introduces Kinue to the tough reality of the fashion world. Through this job, Kinue learns about the meaning of life, love, and work.
Tokita Mayuko is a fabric otaku who was also majored in textile technology in college. She and her friend Kouno Yuri moved to Tokyo and each of them finally found a job in Ginza. Mayuko's dream is to develop new kinds of fabric, but due to a misunderstanding, she ends up working in a handmade luxury lingerie atelier called Emotion. Her boss Nanjo Mayumi, an icon in the Japanese lingerie industry, deems her tacky and not beautiful enough for the company image, forcing her to change. Mayuko resists the change at first, however, she slowly starts to fall in love with her job and the brand.
When brash, street-smart orphan Oh Dae San, who makes his living copying designer fashions, and the apathetic grandson of the fashion empire Lee Joon Hee meet by chance one day, the two men realize that they look exactly alike and in that, they see a chance to set each other free. Pressured by his stepbrother and stepmother to give up his rights to his grandmother's business, Joon Hee wants to investigate his family background in secret, so he decides to hire Dae San to distract attention for a day. Dae San, initially resistant to the idea, has become involved in the financial difficulties of the daughter of a recently-deceased friend and will do anything to help her. What starts out as a one-day deal turns into something deeper and more complicated, as secrets arise about the real connection between them
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.
Saito Haruomi is a young man who moves from his hometown to Tokyo to attend a university. He begins to live in a lodging place that charges the low price of 10,000 yen per month. On his first day there, he meets a beautiful girl named Kokono. While making conversation with her, Saito Haruomi’s face blushes. He suffers from erythromania, which causes him to blush often. Saito Haruomi is excited to live with a such beautiful girl, but he soon discovers that Kokono is actually a man.
Han Se Kyung is a young woman with a very positive character. Her motto is "effort will take me as far as I want to go". She wins many designing contests and finally joins a clothing company. But, at work, Han Se Kyung does errands and chores rather than design. Meanwhile, the wife of an upper management employment at the clothing company humiliates Han Se Kyung. The wife is actually a former high school classmate of Han Se Kyung who didn't do better than her in school. This makes Han Se Kyung look back on her life.
Set half a year after the first season of "First Class." Chinami Yoshinari (Erika Sawajiri) begins work as a fashion designer. In the high-end luxury field, big money is involved and Chinami Yoshinari is again trampled over by other women. She attempts to get through by using her wisdom and toughness that she gained from experience
The theme of redefining masculinity and getting rid of gender stereotypes and all its limiting parameters. Both explore the love between unlikely-looking couples, the males look and dress uniquely and embrace their feminine side.
-Crushing social norms that try to limit both males and females in certain roles that have margins like gender, age, and the "social curse" mentioned in BSL.
-Crushing social norms that try to limit both males and females in certain roles that have margins like gender, age, and the "social curse" mentioned in BSL.
The shows both talk about men who are not afraid to step out of societal norms. Fashion is something that everyone can make their own and shouldn't be confined by gender roles.
in term of tone it is quite different as ka ni doro wo nuru has a bit of a darker undertone with the ex while Colorful love is a lot more goofy, but when I started this show it immediately reminded me of colorful love.
in term of tone it is quite different as ka ni doro wo nuru has a bit of a darker undertone with the ex while Colorful love is a lot more goofy, but when I started this show it immediately reminded me of colorful love.
Great fashion has to start somewhere. And for aspiring designer Kang Young Gul, that somewhere is in a humble stall at the Dongdaemun Market, a crowded fashion district in Seoul known for its cheap clothing and wannabe designers. Young Gul is a little timid about pursuing his dreams to become a famous designer, until he meets Lee Ga Young, a confident young woman who shares his aspirations. Anna Choi, a brassy woman who will let nothing stand in the way of what she wants, and privileged hunk Jung Jae Hyuk create a double love triangle.
