I understand the art part though it's not really a problem for me. But in the small part can't agree with you. He is supposed to be really small more small than normal for a man and that is exactly what he was and he still looked like a he, only a little more femenine not because he was small but because in yaoi the tend (not all the time) to draw uke's that way.
It was a bit on the shota side for me...
i didnt like it. first the art: bluck second was the uke: he can be small but at some point theres a limit to how small you can go while still trying to keep a masculine figure. clothes were too baggy.