it's a shame they just kinda forgot all that, but that's how it goes, dreams.
and it ended as soon as the gal reciprocated his feelings, like all those school love dramas, disappointing but forgivable.
2nd re-read and its still a fulfilling story that managed to tell everything in less than 50 chapters even. i love it for that, short and sweet, though some past lives could have been extended a little more.(the Tokugawa era stuff literally cut short by them dying at the same time)
now i'm back to yearning for good all around stories like this.