Shou is always so give and take. And I'm pretty sure the "take" part is arriving in a chapter...
I was quite surprised by Ran's reaction to her dream. Why did she look so concerned? Was that still about accepting her gayness? I thought she's way beyond that point already. Was she instead afraid that she might look weird during such a dream? Or was it a typical "WTF did I just watch" as if simply being stunned at how strong her gayness really is, like "how can I be so gay for her!"
I also liked so much the slightly more feminine Keiko of Ran's dream than the real one. The heels, the top, the nails, even the capris - Keiko's image is so much cuter. TBH the fact that there's a difference between the Keiko Ran's dreaming about and the real Keiko makes me kinda sad. It sorta points to the coming drama in their relationship. Or may be I'm too negative like always. Ran, why don't you go buy your senpai some clothes?
ColonalCat,
nice analysis btw. I can't help but recall the died flower of Keiko's from chapter 14. And your thoughts made me think that the eaten flower was actually a metaphor for the broken relationship with her ex rather than a miscarriage. The miscarriage was the monster. And that monster destroyed the relationship. If this really is the case, then you're absolutely right, with this present Keiko kinda subconsciously shows to Ran, how blooming their relationship is and how Keiko enjoys it. While on the other hand how unwilling she still is to spend effort into making the relationship real. Only the minimum effort of avoiding direct sunlight. She really wants to keep their relationship in shadow, and close[te]d, protected from the outsiders. It kinda concerns me especially that despite passionately blooming, the flowers are almost as good as fake. On the positive side, if the flowers happened to be lilies, that could also mean that Keiko simply doesn't see the lesbian relationship as something natural but rather artificial. But I guess she's less concerned about it being yuri as long as the rest of the world doesn't know about it and she doesn't have to fight but simply enjoy the relationship.
Kinda nice how Shou's into numerology and symbolism: chapter 14 and 41 both start with a dream and both use a flower as a symbol of a relationship.
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