Both characters are sent to a place that deals with animals that they aren't familiar with. Both leads end up liking farming and make good friendship along the way.
Pretty much the same concept of 'Guy doesn't know what to do in life and decides to take on a certain type of job because of a girl' and thus progression and development begins except in Wood Job, it's about forestry, not farming.
Both are about young city man has no purpose in life.
Lost soul wondered to village and eventually find meaning in life.
They learned the skill, in hard way, in awkward way
They grow and learned righteousness in life