Just when I was thinking this one was yet another empty sea, I spot a yuri island in the horizon.

Hope it'll keep going that way and further.

No! Don't follow that island! You'll be hooked!

The bait is real
Watch next chapter be completely unrelated.

You know that's how this series rolls.

This must be YURI :v

The boob grab seemed the least bit yuri imho. Keiko was almost crushing on her the entire time lol. Good stuff.

Double Post

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I don't see it as a "bad" thing with them staying close friends, but i gotta admit that i really want a Yuri end to this. Like...REALLY WANT intense close-up stare. http://postimg.org/image/p8u7pidkf/

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Didn't see any yuri in the "boob grab" that just completely looks like general teasing between girls.
Regardless, I don't really care about yuri any longer, this manga has already been very enjoyable so far.

Ugh I just want Ran and Kaeko to end up together. That's why I continue this manga, errgh.

Yeah, Show needs to make this yuri asap so we can get lewd stretching/kissing/groping scenes between these two. I didn't realize how much I wanted this.

But Big Comic Spirits (who publish the website Stretch is on) is a seinen magazine. I also found a funny interview with Shou where they asked him for advice on what stretching a woman who wears high heels regularly should do, and where he got his pseudonym 作者/アキリ from. It's from a science fiction book by Greg Egan, not sure which one as Google Translate punted on it. They did not ask him about his previous works like Japanese Preteen Suite.

do you have the link to the interview?

also, I wouldn't be surprised if after this series wraps up, Shou-san released one or two after stories/epilogues where the Yuri is more concrete. this would be an affirmative nod to his Yuri fans, would allow it to be published in Big Comic Spirits without causing any problems, and would win him the adoration of both his Yuri and non-yuri fans (not to mention put a cap on repairing his reputations after the Prism debacle). at least, that's what I'd do if I were him.

Hahaha wow. I guess this really is a story about positive female friendship after all.

Ran in a santa suit was really cute. Is the first chapter with both stretchings and important story development (not foreshadowing)?

Ran brought herself as a present for the two. Even though she didn't knew.

Anyway I like Show's stories, since he is always able to put in some pseudo-intellectual BS that gives his characers some depth and they are able to step out of usual clichés.

I don't want to praise Show. but the fact that a scandalous porn artist is able to fabricate a more engrossing story than most mangaka out there is quite sad.

Anyway I like Show's stories, since he is always able to put in some pseudo-intellectual BS that gives his characers some depth and they are able to step out of usual clichés.

What's pseudointellectual about it? I like the characters from Prism & Stretch because they seem like regular teenagers/young adults. They don't have one defining character trait like 'tsundere' or the Ojou-sama thing going on. They tease eachother, put up with school/workplace shit, basically go through life together. They seem a lot more relatable than your average yuri characters.

I guess "pesudointellectual" is a term people use to make themselves look smarter. All I'm seeing is pretty straightforward character development, like any good writer does.

Is it over? Or is this going to be updated? I got really confused by the end

I'm curious about the present, that Saeki received at work. It's from the same guy, right? I sense drama approaching from that direction. And I'm afraid that "The End" marks the end of the peaceful, cheerful, yuri-teasing events, and the comeback of the main storyline in the next episode. May be I'm wrong though.

I guess "pesudointellectual" is a term people use to make themselves look smarter. All I'm seeing is pretty straightforward character development, like any good writer does.

True. But hate to admit that it is still a breath of fresh air in the industry. His characters are very realistic, which makes it easier to relate to them. Ran reminds me of one girl so much that sometimes I feel like Saeki was written from her.

Wonder why Keiko never wears skirts at work.

Is it over? Or is this going to be updated? I got really confused by the end

it's not over, next chapter is on 25th of September

last edited at Sep 7, 2014 1:23PM

finally, an update! ; A ;

So is this past them talking about how much they want to have sex with their boyfriends yet?

I'm curious about the present, that Saeki received at work. It's from the same guy, right?

I assumed it was the Santa costume and if there's drama coming it will be from Keiko. Ran doesn't have the slightest interest in men.

I assumed it was the Santa costume and if there's drama coming it will be from Keiko. Ran doesn't have the slightest interest in men.

Yeah, I also thought the costume was a reasonable option, but somehow still doubted.

And when Keiko finds out Ran's got a present at work, she might become jealous/possessive. So now that Ran "knows" about Keiko's past again from the guys at work, this might as well somehow trigger a painful conversation between the two. You see, it's three sides (Ran, Keiko, guys at the bar) getting connected with each other twice (christmas present, Keiko's recent past). Makes you think something can blurt out of that. But this is pure speculation of course.

The drama might as well come from Ran's past (http://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/stretch_ch08#7) - someone close to her family likely died there. Probably due-to the 2011 Touhoku Earthquake.

And I also keep thinking that what Saki really meant in this last chapter was that Keiko needs Ran to care for instead of her lost baby. She wanted it so badly after all. So it's like they both care for each other because they both have lost something dear and precious recently. Not because they love each other romantically. Ugh, so complicated... but that's why I really like this manga.

watching this reminds me of them https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxfYg50GEws

well, the point is simple, even if u had a fuking sad past, just walk forward and live a funny life to make it up, give up on making yoself enjoy life just because of some fuking (old) scars was totally not fuking worthy...
hehehe

Lol right, totally agree. I think it's just cool af that they're living together now and are as cute as they are like...awwww ^_^ life is cool, yall making it through together <3

ugh, no chapter tomorrow - the new release date is 10/02/2014

last edited at Sep 24, 2014 3:08PM

ugh, no chapter tomorrow - the new release date is 10/02/2014

http://asset-2.soup.io/asset/5162/5504_2c23.jpeg
I can't keep going if I don't learn new stretch's techniques... That's totally why I read this manga

ugh, no chapter tomorrow - the new release date is 10/02/2014

I'm not getting excited! I'm not getting excited!

OK, I'm getting excited!!!

I can't keep going if I don't learn new stretch's techniques... That's totally why I read this manga

hehehehee, well, whatever gets you moving, and I am totally digging the stretches as well, especially the ones I don't know.

oh happy happy, stretch stretch :-)

last edited at Sep 24, 2014 11:30PM

Ch 26 delayed a week to 10/2/14 =(

How long it's going to be yuri???