you can’t be too surprised that the comic goes in a slightly different direction than the novel... that literally happens all the time with an adaption of another work
True, but that doesn't mean that I can't have expectation and feel disappointed if my expectation is not fulfilled, right?
I read the webtoon first and then the novel. After revisiting the webtoon, i somewhat feel the same way. In the novel, Lucia isn't really described as plain. More like pretty but not beautiful. What made others consider her beautiful was her serene and elegant demeanor and bright smile. So yes, her personality made her very charming and even attracted quite a number of men and added to her already attractive appearance. So i agree, i see glimpses of it in the webtoon and I wish we saw more of it :/ but i wouldn't say she's plain.. many men liked her pale and smooth complexion although she wasn't a great beauty like her half-sister. And yes, she definitely was not voluptuous. In fact, she was described having small breasts and had a very slim body. She was viewed as even more beautiful when the dressmaker started styling her. I definitely wish the artist stuck to this description more :/ it adds to Lucia's depth as a character because it was through her good nature and charm that she became popular in society.
Exactly my point! I wish the artist would quit over beautifying(?) the characters;;; istg Lucia and Hugo's appearances sometimes give me chills and cringe;;;
I have not yet read the novel. But I do agree on the inconsistencies of the drawing. The way the artist draw both Lead at the earliest chapters was already good and quite matching what the novel describes(heard from comments).
But as new chapters came, the drawing of them keep changing.
That voluptuous Lucia totally threw me off. The duke keep getting bigger and bigger and his eyes.... I don’t know man, feels weirder and weirder.....
But well, I stay for the story.
Me too!!! I only keep reading this manhwa because of the story;;; I had finished novel some time ago, so now I just wanna see how the story looks like in drawing...but as you can see, it's not as great as I expected it to be;; Nevertheless, I still keep reading in hope to see the drawing gets better as the story goes on.
I don’t know if it will become better or not....
I just wish the drawing went back to the earliest chapter’s drawing where them both still looks good & normal.
Right...that alone would've made me feel grateful enough lol;;
I feel you bout the doctor, boy that let down was on another level. Like the fuck.... that seriously the best you could do..... a dark cloud covering JUST his face?????? He's supposed to be shabby so why he look better off than Lucia????? I was also looking forward to how Lucia would look because the story described her as being well along in age by the time she meets the doctor, but here she looks exactly as she does right now with Hue.
LOL IKR?! Seeing the supposed to be "shabby doctor" wears such neat shirt, lives in a spacious house, and only has his face censored by dark matter(?) makes me wonder if the artist really understands what the word "shabby" means. It really is such a shame;;
If the artist is trying to hide the doctor’s identity by drawing only black cloud to cover his face, that just so stupid when the rest of him is totally gave out his identity....
If readers would know who he is anyway, why don’t do better job by drawing him exactly how the novel said?
Maybe drawn him wearing some worn-out brown hooded cloak, messy long hair with messy long beard, a more smaller house with old style interior, eyes that shown wisdom but has lost the purpose of his life.... something like that....
And, if it’s after so many years, why the heck Lucia’s appearances did not changes at all except for her hair?? Is she immortal with the ability to stay young? Is she vampire?
Which is why I said the artist seems to like to over beautifying(?) things lolol yet there are still some people who say they love the artist's style of drawing despite the fact of how inconsistent it is and how that inconsistency might give us readers chills/goosebumps cuz of how creepy the drawing could be lol
Ah btw your suggestion of how the shabby doctor should have been drawn is EXACTLY HOW I HOPED IT TO BE! But daaamn I can only see that kind of set in my imagination now;;;; what a shame what a shame;;;;
I'm kind of disappointed to see how the doctor in Lucia's dream was drawn. In the novel, the doctor was described to be shabby poor old man who was wandering from town to town. Even the Lucia in this manhwa also described him as "shabby man", but look at the drawing! He is NOT SHABBY AT ALL! If anything, the neat white shirt is making him look like, well, a neat man. And the house! What's with the huge house! He's not supposed to be drawn as a well off man like that;; Based on the novel, I was honestly expecting to see Lucia's first meeting with that doctor (in her dream) occured around the side of the road somewhere with him sitting down like a beggar or hopeless man...but looks like the artist of this manhwa really likes to beautify(?) things a bit too much huh? Just like how Lucia is drawn..and Hugo in these recent chapters;;; Like, I admit the drawing of Lucia's breast and thighs while she was sitting on Hugo's laps are so on point BUT Lucia DOES NOT HAVE VOLUPTUOUS BODY! She is a character who has quite plain physic but amazing personality. That's how Lucia is supposed to be drawn...yet this;;;; I just find it funny and awkward to see how inconsistent the drawings are. Sometimes Lucia looks thin and small, sometimes voluptuous, sometimes badass, and sometimes horrifying;; And Hugo also sometimes looks like a fucking hot daddy, but sometimes looks like a supposed to be hot gay guy in a comedy/yaoi manhwa;;; Like seriously, can't you choose how to describe these characters in this amazing story and stick to it till the end? I'm sorry if this sounds harsh, but I'm only trying to analyze things objectively here.