Hokkaido getting animated without doing Jinchu is plausible because Hokkaido doesn't really need knowing about the events of Jinchu to be understandable IIRC. Technically all you need is Kyoto Arc.
That said, I'm also one of those who thinks the Hokkaido arc wasn't really needed, in a sense. Jinchu was a proper ending to Himura's story that allowed him some degree of closure to one of the last remaining threads tying him to his past life.
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