Though her ex seems to be living in the same town and its implied in that chapter that she's going to kansai. So unless the ex goes there as well for some reason...

Well, we don't have much information about what's actually going on, the story just goes from "all is well" to "moving out time !" in a heartbeat. -.-

Though her ex seems to be living in the same town and its implied in that chapter that she's going to kansai. So unless the ex goes there as well for some reason...

Well, we don't have much information about what's actually going on, the story just goes from "all is well" to "moving out time !" in a heartbeat. -.-

introduce him to the mother?
to show the mother she's changed?

I just can't follow what is happening, am I that much dumb?

stretch ending soon?

The idea is maybe "absence makes the heart grow fonder".

So maybe Keiko is away in Kansai for a while and will miss Ran a lot ?

No drama or angst so it's probably not a definitive separation.

No drama or angst so it's probably not a definitive separation.

That's exactly what Shou wants you to believe!!! (Insert Shou's evil laugh)

What I take from this is that she will probably really come back with a kansai accent

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

If anything would suggest it, it would be the next page, not that one. But I seriously doubt it, again, Shou would've most certainly showed if they were together again. That's the whole plot of the manga besides the stretching, I seriously doubt he wouldn't show it before they decided she'd move somewhere, and as someone else pointed out, he's in the same town as them and she's moving to another county/region.

introduce him to the mother?
to show the mother she's changed?

Why introduce him? She must already know him. After all they seemed to be on good-ish terms before the abruptness of Keiko's condition.

last edited at Sep 10, 2015 7:07AM

wasn't all of this just a game to, i don't know, maybe ease themselves to the idea keiko's going away for awhile? its actually genius and therapeutic if you have problem with goodbyes, doing it bit by bit. I didn't get the vibes she's back with her ex at all.

also this could be very good, some time apart. at this point their dynamics are way too domestic in a way that is so hard to step out of the platonic. if this is the direction the author really wants to take the story, it's a good one.

and oh my god they're such dorks i can't

last edited at Sep 10, 2015 7:53AM

Page 7 chapter 42... what was Keiko trying to tell Ran?

I read the last few chapters again, I think she may be leaving for good. Ran says something like "you will find happiness.. if you actually try that is". That has me thinking it's moving for good. :/ I guess we will see in the next chapter. I love watching these two dorks interact even of it isn't yuri.

Shou loves to have last-volume chapters as flashbacks. The characters' past has been well covered, so there's practically nothing else to flashback to anymore. Therefore Shou "fixed" it in this chapter. We'll find out everything in the next chapter. Love the development!

last edited at Sep 10, 2015 10:43AM

ciega

also, Ran's reply and Keiko's mocking laugh to Saki sounds more like an after thought.

I think Ran's reply is more of avoiding answering the question.

"I'm sick of watching you lovebirds flirt with each other"

Me too! Do the thing already, girls!

Is everyone here playing the farewell game, or did the confused people just skip that part entirely?

You know, you could almost read the new chapter as the two of them already being a couple. Keiko saying "she's mine" and so forth. There's obviously stuff Shou skipped telling the reader about (it's almost like there are missing chapters) so who knows? Maybe it's that.

You know... reading these forum responses are giving me a good sense of the feelings I got reading the NaruSaku forums a few chapters before the end of the manga (The final pairings of that manga are sh#t)... Now I'm not sure whether I wanted Keiko and Ran to become a couple or not, mostly because I wasn't sure of their relationship despite the many posts on this forum that prided their romantic interest in each other, but I must say I do get a slight enjoyment out of seeing the comments go from certainty to nervous doubt for some reason. I wonder why...?

yuri twist: manga ends with Saki x Saeki as a couple

yuri twist: manga ends with Saki x Saeki as a couple

Still better than her going back to her ex xD
... Man, I am royally confused by this manga.

last edited at Sep 10, 2015 7:32PM

Screw the no kiss scenes. I'm off to read what does the Fox say now what's a real good Yuri manga xD

Screw the no kiss scenes. I'm off to read what does the Fox say now what's a real good Yuri manga xD

There's more to yuri than kisses
Like holding hands
Which i'm not even sure if it's in Stretch

comparing Stretch to WDTFS is like comparing Evangelion to K-On. I'm exaggerating, of course, but you get the idea.

Screw the no kiss scenes. I'm off to read what does the Fox say now what's a real good Yuri manga xD

There's more to yuri than kisses
Like holding hands
Which i'm not even sure if it's in Stretch

There's boobs groping in Stretch.

Shou is the source of all my trust issues.

Shou is the source of all my trust issues.

This. This resonates.
So many confused feelings.

What in the actual living fuck was up with the last couple panels. I am so confused now.