Lookism anime satirizes a very painful reality in Korea: discrimination of appearance. The anime explores the topic of human beauty in the 8-episode anime, giving the audience a clear understanding of the views and attitudes of Korean youth about appearance. Overall, the film is highly rated by fans, but is it worthy to be called a masterpiece?
Plot of Lookism anime
Lookism anime revolves around the character Park Hyeong Seok. He is a chubby person with an unattractive face, so he is often looked down upon and bullied by his friends. To avoid the school violence at his old school, Hyeong Seok asked his mother to transfer to another city. Here, where no one knows who he is, Hyeong Seok is determined to change and live a completely new life.
However, an unexpected incident happened before the night of school entrance. Hyeong Seok suddenly got a new “body”, tall, handsome and extremely muscular. He can use both appearances by transferring through sleep. From here, a life with different treatment came to him in Lookism anime.
Detailed review of Lookism anime
When it was released as a webtoon, the manhwa Lookism has achieved many remarkable achievements and has become a name that is constantly mentioned on many platforms. In particular, when Netflix released the official trailer, revealing details that delve into the importance of appearance in Korean society in particular and the world in general, along with the problem of school violence, Lookism anime has been more anticipated by fans than ever.
The beauty of the film is that the author created two identities for the same person. Thanks to that, viewers can clearly see the discrimination of the community based on beauty, even though that person's personality remains the same. From there, Lookism anime has exposed the worst side of people based on the standards they set themselves. In reality, this world always has people who give themselves power, giving themselves the right to despise and criticize the appearance of others. It is also because of the worship of beauty that people with inferior appearances have been deprived of many opportunities, even though they are truly capable.
Not stopping there, the film also describes the problem of school violence. The anime helps the audience understand that school violence will still be there, no matter how many propaganda and deterrent measures we use. Because human nature and human distortion are extremely unpredictable and uncontrollable, it is impossible to completely end the above situation.
Although it has quite a few advantages, Lookism anime also has some limitations that need to be overcome. Although the plot is new, the series still does not have climaxes and is truly memorable, sometimes there are some small bugs that make the work not really perfect. In addition, the "flaw" that must be mentioned is that the graphics and movements of the characters are still not really smooth and unique. For those who watch because they love manhwa, this factor really makes them disappointed.
In short, Lookism anime can only stop at the level of being worth watching when you are looking for a light but profound satire, but to be "on the same level" with a series of works that are considered top-notch is still not enough.
