ALisAnimeLover's manga / #Npc(2)

Well, this is interesting. A character is aware that he's an npc

I'm getting the feeling... that this one shot was meant to be a pilot but didn't get serialized. Because the ending was perfectly cut off to have enough story for a one shot but enough space to continue. Makes me wonder if square enix has the same system as shonen jump (SJ system is to have mangakas submit a storyboard. If it passes, they have to submit a one shot pilot which will be compiled and be published then voted on by readers. If it wins (I think top 5 or smth?), then it gets serialized. And there's a cyclic voting if the manga is still popular enough to continue getting published. If it isn't, the mangaka is given a few chapters left to wrap up their story - aka axed. Idk if SJ still uses the same system though.)