Does anybody other than me think that Ran wasn't actually intending to confess to Keiko at first? I mean, she had the chocolates in a bag, which implies that it was going to be a bit more proper, but then she decides to serve them with a drink instead. That sort of concealing of intention implies that she was just going to give them to her "as a friend" to me... But then Keiko goes out of her way to eat the spilled chocolate, gives her some chocolate of her own, and they even end up sharing a futon - Ran probably just grabbed the opportunity. So the seeming suddenness of the confession would be completely understandable.
The thing about Ran's gayness before this chapter is that she had no interest in men and she was attached to Keiko, am i the only one that thinks this is not enough to say she wants a piece of that Keiko? She could very well not feel like committing to a relationship at all
I agree with Random Reader, Ran's been dropping hints here and there for some time now. The problem is that as fellow yuri fans, we are aware that it's not being marketed as a yuri series, and so write it all off as subtext: it's ironic, since we're the ones picking up the evidence, but rationally discard it as well to save our poor little hearts from being broken. (Well, I was still convinced that Ran was gay though.) And of course we don't know how the characters really feel - we never have, Shou has never had them talk about it or show how they feel about the matter. That ambiguity is natural for anybody of any gender or sexual orientation who's not prone to gushing over their crushes.
my main concern is about the future of the series considering how this chapter arrived "suddenly" as i've said myself and also how quickly the miscarriage meta-plot got dumped with a single chapter explaining everything that we needed to know after months of buildup, i just want Shou to not rush the development of their relationship in order to appease the yuri fans
Pretty darn sure that the miscarriage subplot didn't get dumped, but just placed on the back boiler. This whole thing - Ran's confession - is probably going to force Keiko to face her past and her feelings for Ran and her ex, and then there will have to be a confrontation of some sort. At least that's what I think. :/
I'm not looking foward to the ex at all...maybe they get back together and adopt ran....That's what I can expect from this author...nothing more.
What do you mean by that? There's nothing about Shou's reputation that suggests that's going to happen - he's famous for doing a series featuring a happy and explicitly lesbian couple, so I'd think it actually works the other way round... The ex seems like he'll serve as a point of conflict, but I doubt that it will be clear-cut he-shows-up-and-gets-back-together-with-Keiko situation. There would be absolutely no point to Ran's storyline then. No, they're gonna go for the drama, and lots of it. It makes more sense from both a storytelling and commercial point of view.
Edit: restored. Thanks, takachi!
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