I feel like the people saying Illum got screwed out of character development/being saved are kind of ignoring the page where he learns that Makoto is a psycopath.
I think the scene where the other three girls and childhood friend go out to see fireworks while she stays with gyaru dude doesn't leave much room for interpretation: he smashed.
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