Hi there, No the character sprite isn't shown, well there's one CG I'm struggling with but I'm trying very hard to make sure there isn't any pov limps or anything seen in any scenes cause then I would want to go through the option of customization.
I had a cool idea in the past where I was thinking maybe I could get the game to ask the player to upload a picture of themselves and that would become their side sprite that shows when pov is talking. but I thought the real life images might contrast too highly against the 2D art. I also thought that might freak some people out to be asked for something so personal as well. So I decided against it.
Either way my goal is to make sure that the illusion that pov is the player remains unbroken.