I believe the author made a right decision to let it go. There is not much story if there is no time loop. Thus, there is consistency from 14 to 15. The ending was nicely done.
It’s “consistent” in that there is a coherent factual narrative from Chap. 14 to 15, yes.
But 14 ends with the two main characters together in the aftermath of the entire story’s climactic emotional crisis, one that ended with them bonding emotionally, and they are physically together in what is obviously a temporary safe haven. The chapter explicitly articulates the main question: what happens next?
Then Chap. 15 picks up, and whatever was going to happen next has already happened, and we’re told about it in an expository caption. Chapter 14 ends with them being as close as they’ve ever been, while 15 picks up with them them separated and on the most “official” terms that we’ve ever seen them.
We didn’t need to see every phone call, parent-teacher conference, discussion of Madarame’s travel plans, etc. that obviously must have happened in between the two chapters. But given the way the rest of the story unfolded and the kinds of two-person emotion-heavy scenes that the storytelling emphasized throughout, it’s obvious that the last chapter is a patch job that’s designed to just get the story to where it needs to go (that last reunion scene).
That’s a very nice scene, but rather flat in terms of the overall story because of the last-minute rush required to get there.
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