In honour of @linglyum making Viricidal and it coming out tomorrow I wanted to give my two cents on what the implications of Owen and Jane showing their faces meant to the story in Loving Decays.
The MC of the story is an embalmer and mortician, they see dead people often. It's like looking at strangers on the street, or just another client. What they both have in common is that they're forgettable. You may take in their features in that moment, but from that point forward it's nothing memorable. What makes it memorable is the route where you're falling for Chaoxiang and realise that he has something to do with the death of Jane. To know how she dies, you need to see the rash, to really look. From that point on, Jane isn't just another dead body, she means something. Jane is a pivotal character, she's the driving point of the visual novel and why it happens. So, I think showing her in this exact moment when you check for the rash was intentional. I think this is further proven, as later in the game, you don't see the fiance with the blue tie’s dead face, you don't remember it.
Owen is stated as a distant friend of the MC, unlike your good friend at work who you do see. He's stoic and doesn't outwardly show his emotions much (as far as the MC is shown). The route where you defile a grave, then turn to the said deceased’s son and tell him to forget about his own mother's murder, his rage. That's what stays with you. You don't see his face when you become selfish, you see his face at the worst point of his life. His anger to the point it takes over and he attempts to kill you.
The moments that stay with the MC, the moments they won't forget. That is when they will remember the faces.
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