Everyone figured out that she's moving away when she said she's moving away. What's not certain is why she's moving, nor when the decision to move was made. Maybe you missed all the messages going "WTF!? Why is she moving away? Why didn't we get any more indication than the bit about sorting clothes?" The fact that she's moving for work is still just speculation, three chapters later, and no idea if it's temporary or permanent since "coming back" could easily mean "coming back for a visit".
Yeah, I understand that we the readers are uncertain about some things. That's not equivalent with the author communicating poorly in his work. The minor details are irrelevant to the message he is communicating.
Why should we have gotten any more indication than the packing clothes? The style of storytelling in this manga isn't like a Hollywood movie, where exposition is laid out in a long paragraph for the reader to digest with their dinner mint. The characters aren't talking to the reader. If Shou had dedicated a whole chapter to some sappy "I'm moving away" conversation, it would have been a jarring departure from the style he's been using this whole time.
No idea if it's temporary or permanent? So we're in the same boat as Ran, then. We're not entitled to more information than her.
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