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Compare this manga to previous one-shots by Fujimoto (Look Back, Nayuta of the Prophecy, ...) and and you'll find out it's the most developed one. I think a good story (in all mediums) needs to work on two things: cohesion and density.

Yuuta in the beginning of the story and Yuuta in the end of the story, Eri in the beginning of the story and Eri in the end of the story, both journeys make a full circle. They are the same characters we knew from the beginning but at the same time, they're brand new. You can say they are back where they started, but ... they've changed.

And in terms of density, how many one-shots have you read that have such rich characters? The way Fujimoto reveals characters using different methods (flashbacks, dialogues said by other characters, playing with the traditional panel structure, etc), makes them "alive" and easy to empathize with is elite. How many one-shots have you read where so many things are going on (and they are all connected and not random stuff that just happen to keep the reader interested)? How many mangas have read that the dialogues are not people just talking to each other, but there is an actual conversation (giving and receiving) going on? The words are picked so well that you can actually feel "weight" of the words". How many mangas have you read that have all the things I pointed out and connects them and in the end it feels whole?

200 page, but it's 2000 page worth of fiction.