I won't say much on the writing as too many romance comics do have the main character be a Mary Sue or a blank slate (at least in the shoujo-genre). It's part of the fantasy and I won't complain here because that's clearly what the writer is going for. But either way, it's still a badly written fantasy. It's one thing to make a powerful character. It's another to make an overpowered character so unlikable you can't get into the fantasy. It destroys itself so hard it's not even funny. How is anyone BUT the author suppose to relate to this?
The art is meh. I mean, I've seen worse. It's just there. The only really bad part is the eyes and the highlights of the characters. They're overly detailed and unnecessarily creepy. You can tell the artist has no sense of space or color. Everything they color exists in it's own space. There aren't any value changes and everything is highly saturated making it a pain on the eyes. There aren't any shadows to show where the setting is taking place. There is no shadow for the eyes or the characters clothes making them stand out even more. It's a mess. This comic should not be released in this state. It needs more time because all of the shortcomings show.
Also, the anatomy is awful. For all the talk about fat people being drawn terribly, NONE of these people can draw a proper fat person. Look at the posture and hands of the characters. They aren't even draw with thumbs! This is an amateur mistake. Something a beginner does when they can't draw a pose so they magically hide it behind the characters back so people won't notice. If you are making mistakes like this, you probably aren't ready to be making something as complex as a comic. I hope the artist improves because shit, the art is really mediocre.
The art might look that bad, but i checked the webtoons site and it's like 90% korean/taiwanese animesque artstyle, so Big Jo art looks extremely out of place and the uglyness sticks out like a FAT sore thumb.
And dude, even the "bitch rival who is the exgirlfriend of the main love interest" is jealous of Jo, you cant tell people to relate to the "fat struggle" when the girl is super popular for some reason.
But then Jo totally owns the bitch with her godlike acting skills (that are not conveyed well at all since the art sucks).
The worst thing about the art is that it randomly alternates between passable and awfully lazy every few panels. Like, i know manga can abuse simplistic chibi art but here it doesn't work cause the normal art isn't good so the simplified looks even worse.
Example, this is the main guy drawn "well", or at least clearly supposed to "look good"
There is no fucking shading whatsoever, why should you, just slap some rose tint on dem cheeks and fingers. Then it goes to this:
And it looks really weird and uncanny. btw panels are also spread all over the place, usually mostly outside the panel.
(OH no she needs to kiss TWO guys! #FatStruggle)
Why the fuck do they have these white outlines? Are they paper mario characters? Are they living stickers?
Why does her face have NO details? Why do they have PURPLE AURAS? Why is his* hand going over hers like that? Are these characters drawn separatedly then glued to a background? Are is his left hand broken? Why are her feet so small for how fat she is?
How can someone draw this and think it's okay?
