I have read manga when the heroine changed due to external meddling but that was due to cash on the unexpected popularity of a character. Doesn't seem the case with Yotsuba, unless we want to assume that Negi's editor simply forced his ship on him.
I'm still on the opinion that Negi pushed too hard on the "Fuutarou is stoic and doesn't give away his feelings " and "I'm keeping the winner a mystery until the very end" and that resulted in the heroine winning out of nowhere even if she was the destined one from the beginning.
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