You bring up a lot of really great points against the route from a narrative perspective in that it makes absolutely no fucking sense 
But I think where this route shines is more on the emotional aspect of it all. I think that the most valuable part of this route was not trying to build a connection between Riki and Kurugaya, but trying to figure out how Kurugaya, who supposedly had a hard time feeling emotions, was able to gain a sprouting love towards Riki. In addition to that, it gains even more value after Refrain and becoming aware that this whole thing was temporary; that, in hindsight, it makes it all the more painful realizing how much she struggled to make this world repeat just so she didn’t have to give up that fleeting emotion that she sought out so much. This is because she knew exactly that once this world disappeared, so, too, would the emotional connection between her and Riki.
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