Both shows focus on family and friendship; both have a similar melancholic/bittersweet vibe.
Both MLs are orphans that run small shops in place of their grandparents; meet a FL that works in food industry.
Both are about a young man move to countryside due to the harsh life in the city, now they are experiencing the warm and loving people in the countryside
Both are about a young man leaving city life and experiencing village life. It took a little bit of shock, adjustment and adaptation. The end up loving and being love by the pure and sincerity of the simple vilages
Living the busy harsh lifestyle in the city. Pour your heart to the small town. It wasn’t easy at the beginning, but the village has its own life, charm, simplicity, struggle and love. They became part of the villages at the edn
A young man struggle and had bad experience in the city, he went to the village, have to struggle there as well. The villagers embrace him, transformed him, he felt enlighten. He felt belonging, he felt like reborn and have sense of meaning
Both series follow protagonists as they move from Taipei to their hometowns to be with a sick family member. But from there, they face different challenges while learning about who they are, what they left behind, what their hometowns offer them, and what family means.
In both dramas the protagonists returns to the countryside/hometown. Each story is wrapped in a strong sense of community and the protagonists find a way to a "better self" in the warm environment the community brings.
Both main leads left the city life and start anew back to their village. Reconnecting to the people and childhood friends can be seen on both dramas. How the main leads will remember the simple life in countryside.
Both are set in a small village with a focus on several characters who reside in the village. Slice of life with little angst (maybe from 1 or 2 characters).
A girl dis-illussioned by her life in Seoul returns back to her home village, just like the male lead in Yong Jiu Grocery store. The movie is a heart-warming story of life in a village with her new farmer friend who also left his job in a big company.
