the original designs were made by a doujin manga artist and some 4channers got his approval before making it, so yeah it took after his art style. but it's good because it's good, not the art style. there's no cynicism towards the medium, it's just made by a bunch of random strangers on the internet who really loved visual novels
https://imgur.com/LabbRyN
raytan
and Kana are on opposite ends of the Awesome Spectrum.