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Well, the character designer the novel chose is #Kantoku, whose specialty is drawing lolis and supermodel-level girls. His characters certainly lack diversity, but it does appeal to his target audience (male Japanese teenagers to adults). As for if that's a good thing...
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If you're looking for animanga that celebrates body diversity, you'd probably want to look at the works by #DeliciousInDungeon artist Kui Ryoko (九井 諒子). Someone did a great video about her works here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0Hr2_uX73o
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