To me this feels like it was meant to have 1-2 more volumes, just counting what was started. That's not counting any new characters or plot points the author may or may not have had planned, which seems possible since the author has some longer series.
Stuff that was hurriedly resolved:
We went very "Tell, don't show" in terms of Meguru valuing the sister relationship. It was implied earlier in Meguru's internal thoughts and Meguru was on friendly terms with Remu, but we mostly saw Meguru acting judgmental and isolating herself. Learning how to be a good sister like Meguru wanted could have been integral to Meguru's growth.
Speaking of that, someone many years into bitterly isolating themselves and being mean to people would normally take longer to change how they act. In Meguru, it's like a flip got switched. This can happen in a minority of real life cases, where someone has an epiphany and suddenly changes their behavior, but in a story you would normally set it up more to make it feel more satisfying.
Azuki like I said hasn't even been that nice to Remu. Azuki simultaneously being mean and needy led to Remu feeling like she needed to take responsibility for everything, despite Remu being the high schooler. Azuki having some self awareness about this, realizing how much she values Remu, and gradually changing her behavior to take more responsibility for herself would have been more satisfying.
Niji's backstory has been almost entirely subtext. We roughly two panels of Niji taking care of her mom, the class referring to Niji as their mom, and the class talking about Remu "leaving the nest" (implying she relies on Niji at school), but we haven't seen any of this. This has led to many readers having no idea why Remu would even like Niji or want to interact with her.
There's no way Niji's arc is going to be handled in a satisfying way now. The most we can get is another "Tell, don't show" conversation like with Meguru.
Remu's self acceptance arc never really happened either. Someone on mangadex pointed out that the dad would have known about the doll sucking, but Remu believes her new mom doesn't know. Either the dad must have kept is private or Remu is wrong and they both already know. There is so much family dynamic potential here that we never saw. Since Remu is keeping secrets from Azuki, it is not possible she could feel like Azuki completely accepts her either. If anything, she should feel vulnerable and be terrified of Azuki cutting her off, like with her original mom.
What this all feels like to me is that it's ending exactly as the author planned, but the author is having to speedrun all the character arcs. They will be resolved it by the characters describing themselves and then saying what they are going to do, rather than with a real narrative arc, the like of which the author has repeatedly shown themselves to be capable.
I will say it's possible this was a planned end. If I think about how many series this author had, it's possible they simply wanted to focus elsewhere for instance. Either way, I would have liked to see more.
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