本当の身分を明かさないまま静かに姿を消し、お雪が待ち続ける哀切な余韻とノスタルジーを残した

In the story's sad conclusion, Taku Oe quietly vanished from the streets of Tamanoi without ever revealing his true name or identity to Oyuki, never to appear before her again. Accompanied by the sorrowful resonance of Oyuki waiting for him endlessly in the alleyways, and hinting at the fate of Tamanoi to be completely turned to ashes by wartime air raids, it is a conclusion filled with the highest nostalgia and sorrow in the history of Japanese literature.