Northward

1. Zhai Zi Lu in both drama
2. Family drama
3. Illness and disease
4. Heart Warming
5. Shows life and youth
6. Friendship and family
7. Happen in previous era Northward starts from 2000s but this is 90s

Both Drama Belongs to Family Genre Drama.
Both drama has rollercoaster journey of life which portray every stage of life in different light.

Both star Ou Hao and feature jumps in time.
Focuses on the high school days of 4 main characters and then on how their relationships change through adulthood.

Both dramas give u that nostalgic feeling when u watch, both drama hold the same feeling to them showing the passage of time and the importance of the relationships we create during our lives. Family plays an important role in both drama alongside with Friendship and neighbors in Northward. And you will probably cry while watching them, and u can learn many life lessons from both dramas if you watch them carefully and understand the deep meaning of their stories.

Both of the stories takes place in the past and it shows about the struggles faced by the people,in northward it's about five friends and their family hardships but in the life gives you tangerine it shows the struggles of a young couple who grew up together,the story is narrated by the female lead when she turns old,i also feel like the cinematography is similarr,some may like it and some may not,hope you enjoy

Almost the same time period in China. Although this is not about the canal life, it's still has that community theme. It's similar to Northward in many respect especially because its about family, neighbours, friendship & love. Their struggles in the fast developing challenges of China at the timdle.

The dramas Love Endures and Northward have similarities about friendship from childhood to adulthood. One friend becomes a key figure in their friendship, Ma Siyi (Northward) and Yi Fei (Love Endures). The characters are similar and their family relationships are close. Ma Siyi and Yi Fei who live with their grandmother. The closeness of friendship in Hangtian City (Love Endures) and Hua Street (Northward) and romance of Main Leads

A beautiful female character spins off the main characters arcs ..
a move from a small town to bigh cities,
building futures,
friendships suffer and
secrets are revealed

The CENTRAL ML holds things together in the face of adversity
A central FL supports the ML as well has her own arcs she makes

Ensembles.
First half focuses on the leads in their teen years.
Second half focuses on them further into their adult lives.
In the first half, the male lead likes the female lead's best friend. In the second half, he comes to realize his feelings/fall for the female lead.
Male lead's best friend also has feelings for female lead.
The second female lead disappears at the end of the first half.

Both dramas are centered around family and the children growing. Both dramas happen around the late 1990’s to early/mid 2000’s.

Both are slice of life and healing dramas,both explore what it means to be a family and explores sibling relationships, abandonment, and health issues..

Both belong to the slice of life and melodrama genre and both are realistic with wonderful and natural characters along with excellent story telling that grips you.

In both dramas all characters are close to each other like family and as growing up together they build feelings for achother.

In both dramas all characters are close to each other like family and as growing up together they build feelings for achother.

Both of the series have perfectly captured the essence of nostalgia, taking viewers back to a time when life was simpler and more intimate. The creators of these 2 dramas have gone to great lengths to ensure that every detail, from the fashion(hair style, cloths, not much make up), and technology are accurate to the time period, thereby providing the audience with an authentic trip down memory lane.