Marco is very big, yes.
Jokes aside, this is an excellent story. It's sad at times (poor Bard) but there's some real warmth and meaning to it. Death, fishing, and vore, indeed. The VN gameplay feels good and the fishing minigame adds texture to the gameplay, so that's great.
Love the art style as well. Reminds me of a certain era of games around 2000, especially with the limited animation during normal gameplay vs. that one fully animated cutscene. Except your models actually look good, rather unlike early 3D.