It's refreshing to read a series where the samurai preach and act on samurai ideals and virtues rather than just letting the archetype serve as simple background character information
Even if she didn't care at all about her own image, no doubt it would've been severely damaging to Legosi's development if the public had associated him with a parent who looks like a freakshow. He's already been isolated enough just by being a carnivore. Although she didn't need to go out of...
The fact that she has no recollection of drawing some of these is pretty inspiring. I guess that's just how much effort you need to put in to reach this point.