Art issues

Louder!

the art was perfectly fine during the first season. and Luan not being bulky like most bl tops are is fine too. the issue is that there is a blatant difference in size between season 1 and I would still say season 1 end Yul. if the author had simply softened the features to make them look more beautiful, most people wouldn’t be saying he looks like a child. And while in most chapters, there isn’t a notable difference in size between Yul and Luan, there is a VAST size difference emphasized in the panels related to sex (note chapter 49: Luan and Yul are having sex in a chair and perspective wise Luan shouldn’t be the size he is if “not that big”). not only this but when other characters refer to Yul regarding his body they use the word “tiny.” not skinny, not light, not small, it’s tiny (again note ch. 49 youre so tiny, i feel as if you will break).

you talk about “if you want bulky men read XYZ” but that’s a flawed argument as the bottoms in the manhwas you mention only had there features softened. If you compare Kim Dan (Jinx) chapter 1 to Kim Dan in the last chapter, his face was softened to give him the young (not childlike young) look. Brothers Without a Tomorrow too went through the loss of bulk to make Merry look young but not childlike.

Bishonen means young beautiful boy borderline androgynous typically referring to teenagers. Because again “boy.” Yul is what in his early twenties? since the characters from Jazz for Two make an appearance and they were high schoolers in their manhwa most likely graduated from it but Yul is still older than both of them. Meaning Yul doesn’t really fit the bishonen narrative but the art style for Yul would fit it as the “big eyes” are practically an identifier. But even if he was the bishonen style as you say, that’s an issue. this art style is meant to make him look borderline androgynous, not have the readers question if Luan is getting with a child in the cover art.

I am sorry if I sound like a bitch but your argument is simply saying that the art style is what makes him look the way he does. yes people are allowed to not read if the art is such a bother but people are also entitled to point out the art style choice for a particular character is questionable especially since making BL bottoms be young (in age) is such a common trope and people are being more vocal about how wrong that is. so to make the decision to have Yul look the way he does has readers stating what’s obvious: it’s weird and he looks like he did when he was a teen, which is still a child.