it's in the vacinity, but easily dismissed since Keiko was trying to keep Ran from falling. based on that panel, you could equally ask if Ran was touching Keiko's crotch. btw, good eye! Ran's blushing does give the impression that her boob may have been touched, but most likely it's embarrassment from nearly falling.
The hatsumoude thing is actually pretty romantic... They're living together anyway but New Year's together seems really "couple-ish". This struck me as more yuri than the last chapter. It's like they're standing on the brink.
I am not sure where this is going, but I sure hope it goes somewhere with this.
@Adamatari, agreed. that and the "pop one of your cherries" comment hints at coupledom, but this is Higashiyama-san/Akili-san we're talking about, so overt Yuri is still probably a ways off.
ugh, in my head I pictured it more like :
Ran trips thus 'accidentally" pushing her sempai down....LOL, I'm sure it'll happen next chapter tho...right??! Lol, here's hoping anyway :P ^_^
SO MUCH SUBTEXT going on just make this kiss already!! (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻
The reason I keep coming back to this manga is the subtext, the casual flirting
- they actually bring to mind the way me and my girlfriend acted around eachother before we started dating. ;) I'm starting to wonder if we will be taunted forever or given that all telling chapter that we're yearning for... I'm actually ok with both XD