I don't understand what's going on anymore...

WWWWWHHHHHHYYYYYYyyyyyyyyy? ;~;

All that comes to mind is....Keiko smokes?

I'm sure Shou is enjoying himself immensely by teasing his readers like this, it kinda feels like we're in a H-doujin lol

Shou-sensei, p-please stop teasing us already, we can't take much more!!
Ohoho, what's this? You want it that badly? You're this desperate for some yuri, huh? What am I gonna do with you...

shows prism with a blank yet terrifying stare.

All that comes to mind is....Keiko smokes?

You forgot? I would've thought that Ran trying out her smokes would've stuck in your head, since I think you pointed out her desire to understand why would Keiko smoke. Could be wrong of course.

http://k009.tumblr.com/
Mine is just a variation, it became too popular

Thanks Serenata.

Do we have any idea where Keiko mother lives? Maybe this trip is to visit her and stay some weeks with her family or something like that, Ran stayed away for some time and it showed how Keiko life is not the same without her, now it's time to show how Ran life is not the same without Keiko, I doubt it's going to end any time soon, I bet Shou is going to continue stretching the story for a long time.

Excuse me, good people, I just will bang my head against the desk for a while.

Dammit Shou, give us info!! What's really happening here!?

Scratch that... Dammit Shou, give us yuri!!!

Yeah, that's much better.

http://k009.tumblr.com/
Mine is just a variation, it became too popular

Thanks Serenata.

Do we have any idea where Keiko mother lives? Maybe this trip is to visit her and stay some weeks with her family or something like that, Ran stayed away for some time and it showed how Keiko life is not the same without her, now it's time to show how Ran life is not the same without Keiko, I doubt it's going to end any time soon, I bet Shou is going to continue stretching the story for a long time.

Stretching the story...I like what ya did there.

I really hope it's just a short trip and they are being over dramatic for the amount of time Keiko will be gone. ::prays::

It was fun... After all this is the last chapter we can read together like this...

SENPAI!

I bet Shou is going to continue stretching the story for a long time.

All along there could have been double meaning in the title with him intentionally planning to stretch out the story. The title could have a triple or quadruple meaning for that matter if he intentionally and initially planned to stretch out the plot, and the moment the true yuri would take place. Given the title those theories might not be too big of a stretch.

I really hope it's just a short trip and they are being over dramatic for the amount of time Keiko will be gone. ::prays::

Given how many boxes were packed in the previous chapter (and the empty bookshelves) it does give the impression of something longer than two weeks, and something possibly permanent.. :(

Boxes and bookshelf from previous chapter:
http://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/stretch_ch42#4

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The idea that this is a long visit to deal with the mother issue has potential, given it's been an outstanding issue for quite a while now.

Gotta say though, this chapter is the first one that really doesn't work for me. It's disjointed, like part of the narrative got skipped or something.

Shou. What a troll.

Shou. What a troll.

+1 seriously... -.-

I don't understand what's going on anymore...

seems Keiko is going to have a bussiness trip to Kansai
I hope to see them like this:
http://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/sasameki_koto_ch12#1

So, the packing boxes last time, the gift that lasts a long time, they were indications that Keiko was leaving. I assume it is work related. I hope they end up together again. Maybe a time skip to after Ran is done with school and happens to get a job at a hospital near where Keiko lives? I wouldn't put it past Ran to chase after what she wants after getting a taste of it.

I guess Keiko decided not to take Ran with her to visit her mother.

I, I just cannot read this manga anymore...it started with high hopes, and the Yuri was just in front...but Shou just keeps trolling the readers, laughing at our suffering. The latest chapter is such a blatant mockery at all the Yuri fans, with "lovebirds", and all the flirting, so close yet so far!
I'm not a masochist, it's time to stop reading it! Goodbye, Stretch!

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...

Did I do the over-dramatic farewell right?

Kidding of course, the chapter was so good!

Did it so well ^_^ hehehehe

It's dead Jim.

seems Keiko is going to have a bussiness trip to Kansai
I hope to see them like this:
http://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/sasameki_koto_ch12#1

not so sure it's for business, but it definitely sounds like a trip of some sort. As to Nezchan and Thiaguinho-sama's suggestion above about her going home to deal with her mother, it makes sense, especially since the last time Keiko's mother is mentioned was back in ch 22. Before that it was in ch 11.

actually, has it been mentioned what Keiko does? from what i've read she's some kind of OL. did i miss something?

edit: ok, forgive this long bit of blather, but i wonder if ch 42 really left an impression on Keiko and Ran. i say this because of the 6 following points:

suggests that Keiko is leaving --- moving out?
1. http://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/stretch_ch43#2 - panel 4
2. http://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/stretch_ch43#8 - panel 3
3. http://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/stretch_ch43#9 - panel 3

Keiko moving out makes no sense since she's the apartment's original occupant. Ran is a student and it's very unlikely that she can afford the apartment by herself. Plus i would think that if Keiko were moving out, it would be mentioned that either a new roommate/flatmate were moving in or Saki-senpai were moving in.

suggests that Keiko is leaving temporarily --- a business or family related trip?
4. http://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/stretch_ch43#5

since Saki and Ran muse if Keiko will return with a Kansai dialect, it sounds like the trip is short term. plus it's only a 2.5 hour trip.

suggests that points 1-3 are all a part of the farewell game
5. http://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/stretch_ch43#4 - panel 1
6. http://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/stretch_ch43#9 - panel 1

while Saki asks if they are still playing the game, the expression on Ran's face suggests something different. also, Ran's reply and Keiko's mocking laugh to Saki sounds more like an after thought. All of these points make me wonder if the idea of seperation is starting to weigh on those two; or if as Keiko is leaving, it slips out that Ran (or Keiko) is in love with the other?

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Error 404 yuri hasn't been found yet.

So Keiko get back together with her EX?

So Keiko get back together with her EX?

That would be a twist now wouldn't it?

@ciego the one point you've made that Keiko is the original occupant makes sense, although it's very common for a person to still pay for the apartment after they've left. Kind of like a grace period for the person who stayed to find someone new to share it with.

It very well could be temporary but I don't think so. The previous chapter they packed quite a lot. Also I'd like to think if she was going to go to her mother's she'd go with Ran, cause if you remember Keiko didn't want to go alone, and when Ran offered she agreed to do so. Could be they decided not to of course, but considering the relationship between Keiko and her mom, I doubt it would be her going home. It's a possibility that they talked it out, but I seriously doubt Shou wouldn't show it.

this page suggest Keiko did get back with the ex..
http://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/stretch_ch42#5