Short, overweight, and unattractive, he is used to being bullied by his classmates and constantly discriminated against for his looks. Park Hyung Suk has spent all 17 years of his life at the bottom of the food chain. Line Manga also serializes the manhwa in Japanese, with Kadokawa publishing it in print format. LINE Webtoon began releasing the title in English in June 2017. Park launched the action drama manhwa on the Naver Webtoon (now Line Webtoon) webcomic portal in November 2014.
The anime series, produced by Studio Mir, will stream worldwide on Netflix under the title Gaiken Shijou Shugi on November 4. The Netflix TUDUM Japan event announced an anime adaptation of Tae-Jun Park's Lookism manhwa on Sunday, revealing a teaser visual (pictured above) and teaser promotional video.