>>2340508>True, but that does not make it the focus of the story. You have to look at how years of isolating herself, bullying, and having no family to fall back on affected her.Yes exactly, this is exactly what I'm saying. The scars are a visual key that she is abnormal.
>She does not want someone to help or coddle her.She said she "wants to disappear". This is an alternate way of saying " I need help"
>Is the car accident that took Emi's legs and her father the focus of her story due to it causing her to keep Hisao at bay in their relationship?Well, yeah.