Hokuto

both are quite different in terms of story, but they both have very similar atmospheres. they're both extremely dark and gritty with a focus on bullying and violence. i'd also say they both make you feel quite heartbroken and empty by the end.

both psychological dramas and tells the story of people going through trials
both are very dark, good stories

Both have main characters who have been dealt a crappy hand in life. These two dramas are very hard to watch in a sense that you will get emotional and just wonder at how can the world be like this. The sense of injustice is prevalent in both and it will have you questioning how one respond in these situations.

Both are about murderers and their lawyers who fight against the death sentence.

The World Between Us is about the murderer´s family and the victims family and Hokyto is about how a child turn murderer.

Sympathetic look on a man who lived his whole life in suffering only for it to accumulate to him committing irreversible, unforgivable crime that put them in a death row/about to be given death sentence.

Zhang Jing Yi is the FL in both. The chemistry is natural. The relationship had depth. However, BEITD does not have a satisfactory ending.