➤ story
➤ characters
➤ art
➤ music - op/ed
➤ extra
➤ my rating
please keep in mind that the final rating might be solely based on my personal enjoyment!! the review itself is just me discussing all the factors mentioned above.
important: all the spoilers are tagged, and a warning is written before those. if there's no warning, then inside the spoiler tag are just some screenshots. long story short, you can read this review even without watching the show.
╰┈➤ story
well, the premise is not anything special; an ugly dude becomes handsome. i like the system of how it works tho, because it's not like his previous body just dissapears-
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at first it sounds like a wattpad story kind of thing, but it's not bad, really. some episodes end with cliffhangers and it's very binge-friendly (i watched the whole thing in a single day), but... undeniably, the story is really frustrating at times (especially in the 1st half of the show), for example dumb misunderstandings such as the one in ep4
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the plot of that episode was annoying in general, and it's not the only episode that was annoying in that way or another tbh- but somehow, it's still an interesting watch, in a way that i wouldn't be able to drop it... i was just curious what will happen next, and there were some episodes and moments that were really good, especially ep6 (that was one hell of a good episode, really moving). but, the story is undeniably not perfect, and the biggest flaw is obvious, at least for me: the fights. there was not a single episode when they weren't fighting. ik that they wanted to show how people get physically bullied just because they’re “ugly” but those fights were just boring to watch after some time-- maybe it's a culture difference (although i don't think that's the reason), but when kids in high school fight no one actually stops them?? and the other kids just start to record the fight?? really?? is there not a single decent human being out there?? and where tf are the teachers during breaks?? there was like only one time when a teacher actually stopped the fight... this isn't tokyo revengers for the love of god. with such a premise you don't need dumb, boring fights in every single episode. i'm not even going to mention that one of the fights was in a middle of a STREET and legit ADULTS just started recording it instead of trying to help the kid that was getting beaten up. like bro?? wtf--
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i get that the show wanted to like-- show how different life is depending on how you look-- and how people approach and treat you but-- some of the fights were really pointless, and they weren’t even intresting. well, maybe they would bE IF THEY DIDN'T FIGHT EVERY SINGLE EPISODE?? i'm sorry, but that's just so irritating.
╰┈➤ characters
the cast is, well... sometimes great, sometimes not that great. in the first half of the show almost all of the characters were annoying and just shit. later on it turned out that Basco is a big dum dum, Jae-Yeol Hong is adorable, Soo-Jung Choi is kinda cute, the protag's mom was sweet from the beginning, and the protag's friendship with those 2 guys in the 2nd half of the show was cute too.
oh and the bois hehe :>
but the 1st half of the show... welp, the flirty girl was unbearable, i really had enough of her. when it comes to other characters-- the worst thing about all the other guys is that most of them are really mean for no reason?? and it's not like only the secondary characters are shit!! even the background characters are assholes-- going back to what i said before,,
maybe it's a culture difference, but when kids in high school fight no one actually stops them?? and the other kids just start to record the fight?? really?? is there not a single decent human being out there??
yeah, i don't think i have to say anything more...
now, about the main character. he's okay, really. but sometimes- sometimes he makes choices that just make me want to throw my phone to the other side of the room. but that's alr, we're all human, we all make mistakes, and i guess i could understand at least some of his bad choices. none the less, he had some cute/cool moments, such as
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so he's not a bad protagonist i think, i've seen worse.
╰┈➤ art
not much to say here. it's not bad, but i'm not a huge fan of the artstyle either. animation is okay too.
╰┈➤ music
music is... existent. it's just the kind of opening/ending you would always skip, so nothing to say here.
╰┈➤ extra
want to watch something with cool fights?? just go watch tokyo revengers. it's not similar but somehow it's in the "recommended" section for lookism?? either way, it's a cool show, so go watch it if you haven't yet. also, don't get me wrong, i don't think lookism is a bad show - watch it if you want, but don't expect it to be a 10/10 masterpiece. as long as you're not very picky with anime you can give it a try, it's only 8 episodes long so why not? and it gets really good after ep5,,,
╰┈➤ my rating
a flawed show that is trying to make us acknowledge an issue that is very simple yet so important and somehow suceeds, but sometimes exxagerates things a bit and tries too hard - a 7/10 for me.
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