Something is off with the dialogue. I don't know if that's a translation issue or just the author's issue. It just reads awkwardly. The random panels of color bothered me too. Seems interesting. I'll be keeping up with it.
and as for the "ugly" issue. In most of the manga I've read where chracters say they are ugly, it is only themselves that think so. They're typically fine, maybe even attractive, but their personal perception of themselves is skewed to think that they aren't as attractive as they actually are. A lot of people are like this. They're insecure. Of course there's all sorts of other possibilities. The author might just not want to draw an ugly character. shrugs
*just re-read it. part of the awkwardness in the dialogue might just be due to the situation of meeting some random person and then accidentally "forcing" them to stop smoking.
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