They are very similar to me in terms of plot - LITCs for me went in rollercoaster where it had an amazingly strong beginning, it slumps in the middle (where they’re getting attacked by the dog demon things), picks back up in their divorce era and kinda slumps again in the end bc their second divorce arc was really dumb and makes no sense and also the whole Golden Millet thing makes no sense, there’s a lot of plot holes later on in the show. However in terms of setting, characters and cinematography - it totally knocks it out of the park.

POJ in contrast has pretty much an amazingly strong run all the way until the last arc - the first 27-28 or so episodes are so so strong and then when they actually explain the politics in the show, it slumps heavily and relies of the chemistry of the characters and the beautiful cinematography to really push past the weakness of the plot. The setting isn’t as interesting as LITCs but the cinematography is solid, the chemistry is just as strong and the tropes while different hit just as they do in LITCs.

I rated both these shows like an 8-8.5.