True!!! I don't think it's bad storytelling, I really do think it'd be censorship of certain topics and trying to work around it. My Chinese teacher back in high school would tell me how certain movies would be changed so that people could watch them, or how some movies would be completely banned and it wouldn't be anything bad. The author of Mo Dao Zu Shi (the untamed) risked imprisonment for her books, some say she was detained then released others say it was just the risk of being imprisoned nobody knows 100%. But other authors face the same risks writing comics/books/shows depicting queer relationships. That's why I think because they have to work around trying not to get in trouble with the law, sometimes the storytelling is all over the place.
This art is *chef's kiss* honestly the anatomy, expressions,, coloring EVERYTHING is on point! Chinese manhua tend to be a little choppy with the storytelling, idk if it's bc of all the laws and them trying to figure out how to tell what they want and finagling around shit, this is cute despite it all.