
The ending feels rushed to me. It could have ended the same way but a little more satisfying, with a little more story telling. I mean in 28 pages it manages to jump like 5+ years into the future. The author could've written at least e few more chapters making the storytelling better and giving it more detail making the ending more satisfying.
Hahahah "are you a man or a woman", damn Shino, does it matter? Rude. Also it's more politely to ask "how do you identify?"
Keep in mind she's very young, prrrrrooooobably has a crush on Nozomi, and was worried Heidi might be a potential lover. So she just blurted out the first relevant question that came to mind.
Jealousy has a way of suppressing manners, especially among the young.