What do you mean, "pointless feel-good padding?"
She's still a big fucking loser, it's just that now things are actually happening and she's forming relationships so the manga is vaguely interesting to read, instead of being "haha look at how much of a loner she is in this chapter, come back next chapter for more of an awkward loner."
Ending it at this point would be like ending an origin story movie right when the hero figures out he has powers. If you're looking for pure, unadulterated cringe instead of cringe her somehow getting to know people through it, you still have the first hundred chapters to re-read.