Celebratory artwork was released by the director, character designer, and the original manga creator.
To put it simply, the anime tries to say that it may not be possible to control the perspective of people, but one should never let that be a cause of shame.
Not going to lie, his final moments gave me nightmares.
He starts off as a complete kuudere, like the artist never had to draw more than more facial expression kuudere… but even then he was likable.