This feels like the author very clearly declaring that one of these three are endgame.
Which I get, but I hope the other girls get something and unfortunately it looks like the author really had nothing more to do with Makoto.
It's so weird that this dude is gonna be Shin's final opponent after years of building Shin as a deuteragonist.
Sure, Gaku and Shin didn't have a connection but at least Gaku was the clear number 2
If Norio did a high school sequel she would have to pretty much switch genres because Kyo and Anna are going to completely different schools and the whole main group is separating.
The original Valentine's Day saga chapters would've been tough to top so I can't blame Norio for breezing over it
The manga doesn't get enough credit for its use of wordplay and callbacks for humor