I unno, they just strike me as unfitting to the overall artistic style in a way that just rubs wrong. Im bad at describing. Sorry. They just seem weird
That's fair! Maybe it's unsettling that they're more realistic when the overall vibe of everything else is more stylized/cartoony.
I did reference some actual orca eyeballs for the design, which also have a bit of an uncanny valley humanlike quality to them. So, in that way I would say this is an intentional effect :)