I think there won't be yuri in last chapter. It's just trolling.

Mmmmh... I'm starting to think that Ran might be gay....

But, seriously, this manga is gonna kill me!!! Mark my words!!!

Shoujo ai? what is that?

OMG Thiaguinho-sama`s avatar picture! Does anyone knows what manga is it from? she looks so cool

Shoujo ai? what is that?

OMG Thiaguinho-sama`s avatar picture! Does anyone knows what manga is it from? she looks so cool

It is from some other manga by author of Lily Love that she is working on. There should be link somewhere to it but I can't find it.

Exactly

Well that was delightful, to all the people saying Ran isn't gay for Keiko there you have it. Keiko though doesn't seem to have much of a romantic attraction. We'll see though :]

I can kill someone for a yuri at this point.

I reallllllly don't mean to look to far into things unnecessarily, buuuuuuutttttt some things have been shown to mean a helluva lot more than they seem at first glance. If Shou takes time to give any amount of proper respect toward even a minute detail, it has been proven to very frequently mean something far greater.

Now direct our attention to the kind of flowers Keiko got...I won't go through and describe them because, well, you can go back and read for yourself. I can find them as a microcosmic symbol for any sort of romantic relationship between the two. Which can be good, bad, or both:

-The flowers are meant to be preserved for a long time, which means Keiko wants their relationship to continue 'blooming' for a long time.
-However there "Is no need to water them"...this might be a language idiom barrier, but that could suggest that maybe Keiko is warning against developing the relationship any further; or it could mean that since the flowers are already going strong and at their peak, there isn't a need to bother putting much effort since the relationship is already at its best point.
-The first doesn't particularly make sense in the case of 'not bringing it into the sunlight'.

Add onto the fact that this is Ran's birthday, Keiko was very excited-nervous to give it to Ran, and the way we purposely didn't get Ran's immediate reaction to anything substantial from Ran (which Shou almost always gives us), I would use to suggest that maybe Keiko is alluding to either the fact they share mutual feelings for each other (perhaps she herself is not aware of the fact?), or maybe their relationship as friends is just really important to her. Or maybe the theory we joked about in passing a few months ago about them having already been in a romantic relationship for a while is actually true.

Or maybe I'm dissecting why the curtain was colored blue when Shou is like "It's because I decided to make it fucking blue".

Or maybe I'm dissecting why the curtain was colored blue when Shou is like "It's because I decided to make it fucking blue".

This.

Is this yuri?? Will this be yuri?? SHOU WTF!!

Please don't use BDSM metaphors. Just don't.

Sir, yes sir, how high do you want me to jump sir

I think there won't be yuri in last chapter. It's just trolling.

Is there word on how many chapters this will have in all?

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Or maybe I'm dissecting why the curtain was colored blue when Shou is like "It's because I decided to make it fucking blue".

This.

What colour was the dress again?

MOM!! Shou is teasing us again!! >_<;;

What colour was the dress again?

White and gold.

What colour was the dress again?

White and gold.

I'm pretty sure it was black and blue.

What colour was the dress again?

White and gold.

I'm pretty sure it was black and blue.

Either way, its orientation isn't in question.

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Shou is always so give and take. And I'm pretty sure the "take" part is arriving in a chapter...

I was quite surprised by Ran's reaction to her dream. Why did she look so concerned? Was that still about accepting her gayness? I thought she's way beyond that point already. Was she instead afraid that she might look weird during such a dream? Or was it a typical "WTF did I just watch" as if simply being stunned at how strong her gayness really is, like "how can I be so gay for her!"

I also liked so much the slightly more feminine Keiko of Ran's dream than the real one. The heels, the top, the nails, even the capris - Keiko's image is so much cuter. TBH the fact that there's a difference between the Keiko Ran's dreaming about and the real Keiko makes me kinda sad. It sorta points to the coming drama in their relationship. Or may be I'm too negative like always. Ran, why don't you go buy your senpai some clothes?

ColonalCat,
nice analysis btw. I can't help but recall the died flower of Keiko's from chapter 14. And your thoughts made me think that the eaten flower was actually a metaphor for the broken relationship with her ex rather than a miscarriage. The miscarriage was the monster. And that monster destroyed the relationship. If this really is the case, then you're absolutely right, with this present Keiko kinda subconsciously shows to Ran, how blooming their relationship is and how Keiko enjoys it. While on the other hand how unwilling she still is to spend effort into making the relationship real. Only the minimum effort of avoiding direct sunlight. She really wants to keep their relationship in shadow, and close[te]d, protected from the outsiders. It kinda concerns me especially that despite passionately blooming, the flowers are almost as good as fake. On the positive side, if the flowers happened to be lilies, that could also mean that Keiko simply doesn't see the lesbian relationship as something natural but rather artificial. But I guess she's less concerned about it being yuri as long as the rest of the world doesn't know about it and she doesn't have to fight but simply enjoy the relationship.

Kinda nice how Shou's into numerology and symbolism: chapter 14 and 41 both start with a dream and both use a flower as a symbol of a relationship.

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Masterfully trolled Shou. Good job.

Shoujo ai? what is that?

OMG Thiaguinho-sama`s avatar picture! Does anyone knows what manga is it from? she looks so cool

It is from some other manga by author of Lily Love that she is working on. There should be link somewhere to it but I can't find it.

Sorry the late reply RoxFlO, It's basically what Nevri said, it's a one shot Ratana is making, here the original version if you want it.

Please don't use BDSM metaphors. Just don't.

Sir, yes sir, how high do you want me to jump sir

Is three meters something you're capable of?

Subtext is a bit of an understatement maybe, what about One-sided Yuri

Whatever. I fear Shou doesn't love Ran and Keiko as much as we do. So sad.

ColonalCat

-The first doesn't particularly make sense in the case of 'not bringing it into the sunlight'.

'not in the sunlight' = Not openly gay?
Those flowers reminded me of of the kind of junk you'd find in the attic of an old lady, cleaning up after she died. Remnants of a forgotten love.

takachi

I was quite surprised by Ran's reaction to her dream. Why did she look so concerned? Was that still about accepting her gayness? I thought she's way beyond that point already.

That's exactly what I mean, that was so disappointing after the chocolate story and all those other little hints. We are supposed to know Ran is gay for her senpai, and then the whole charade starts again. Shou could write the perfect Yuri, but he doesn't care. There can be no progression as long as he can milk the story as it is. He could be a great writer if he only gave a shit.

Weird thing is I can't stop reading it.

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Please don't use BDSM metaphors. Just don't.

Sir, yes sir, how high do you want me to jump sir

I think there's a misunderstanding here.

The question isn't how high. You keep going until they tell you to stop.

I was quite surprised by Ran's reaction to her dream. Why did she look so concerned? Was that still about accepting her gayness? I thought she's way beyond that point already. Was she instead afraid that she might look weird during such a dream? Or was it a typical "WTF did I just watch" as if simply being stunned at how strong her gayness really is, like "how can I be so gay for her!"

sure she was slightly confused, but she wasnt concerned about her dream. she was having a dream about the birthday she wanted to have, and was sad when she woke up and looked at the calendar because she was all alone. she most likely thought that them eating out that day was payment for the sacrifice at the water park and that keiko forgot about her birthday.

Masterfully trolled Shou. Good job.

Pretty much this.

Sigh...

Now direct our attention to the kind of flowers Keiko got...I won't go through and describe them because, well, you can go back and read for yourself. I can find them as a microcosmic symbol for any sort of romantic relationship between the two. Which can be good, bad, or both:

-The flowers are meant to be preserved for a long time, which means Keiko wants their relationship to continue 'blooming' for a long time.
-However there "Is no need to water them"...this might be a language idiom barrier, but that could suggest that maybe Keiko is warning against developing the relationship any further; or it could mean that since the flowers are already going strong and at their peak, there isn't a need to bother putting much effort since the relationship is already at its best point.
-The first doesn't particularly make sense in the case of 'not bringing it into the sunlight'.

I did actually also wonder about whether the flowers were a metaphor for their relationship but kinda dismissed my thought because I thought I was stretching (pun intended) it. But since someone has brought it up...

I actually interpreted "there is no need to water them" in a more positive way - that their relationship would develop naturally (i.e. "bloom") without the need for Ran or Keiko to pay any special attention to growing it ("water them"), which I feel is what we've seen of their relationship so far.

As for keeping them away from sunlight and heat, I guess it could mean the external pressures that could affect their relationship? Like Keiko's ex, for example.

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