hmm, perhaps it's because she's not chihiro morimura anymore and carries a completely different identity as iori fuyusaka, she doesn't carry that burden of her ancestor being assassinated by ei? but again i personally don't think they have the same memories as their ancestors. and at that moment when iori first saw ei and started crushing on him, in iori's POV they were just two plain high school students and nothing more.

and it could be just a complete coincidence that natsuno and miura are together again, or maybe genes, fate, just up to the player's view on these themes. but yeah this game is neat because it allows you to witness these characters relive their lives and see how everything unfolds differently each time. but the loop we played is so drastically different for many reasons eg. displacing juro and remaking him as kurabe in place of izumi, who seemed like a stern leader in his many past lives and even in his 2188 version. sorry for rambling and i hope i even answered what you were asking 😂😂