Cause teenagers usually have sex for well thought out reasons.

At least they used protection. Which makes me wonder how (if at all) she got pregnant, I'm assuming this was the start of some pretty self destructive behavior from her.

Well we did see a glimpse of her attitude / actions during high school. She acted like a lot of teenagers who don't have enough affection from parents, they seek it from their peers. She probably kept this up for some time.

At the same time, her fiancé is quite recent. It's possible she wasn't that "hardcore" anymore. Since she's a working adult and all. Still it was a shotgun marriage, so... it remains to be seen if she changed from her younger days. It could of been a fluke, or she was still the same way after all this time.

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Damn dude.... just... damn.

Cause teenagers usually have sex for well thought out reasons.

At least they used protection. Which makes me wonder how (if at all) she got pregnant, I'm assuming this was the start of some pretty self destructive behavior from her.

Uh. This occurred when she was a teenager, it is implied, while to my understanding, she was pregnant while engaged to her ex-fiance. I fail to see how this chapter caused you to doubt her pregnancy.

it is implied, while to my understanding, she was pregnant while engaged to her ex-fiance.

Is it? I throughly think the fiance came after the pregnancy

it is implied, while to my understanding, she was pregnant while engaged to her ex-fiance.

Is it? I throughly think the fiance came after the pregnancy

As I recall, the phrase "shotgun wedding" was used. So that pretty much outright says she was pregnant while with him.

So...she had sex with that light haired guy that was hitting on her, and this is leading up to her getting pregnant from Nakamura? I'm guessing Nakamura (the short-black-haired guy that was shown in this chapter) is the same as the guy at the bar in the last chapter.

While the chance for yuri end seems high now, it's possible Nakamura and Keiko could end up together again, with Ran's intervention. Just my expert predictions.

So...she had sex with that light haired guy that was hitting on her, and this is leading up to her getting pregnant from Nakamura? I'm guessing Nakamura (the short-black-haired guy that was shown in this chapter) is the same as the guy at the bar in the last chapter.

While the chance for yuri end seems high now, it's possible Nakamura and Keiko could end up together again, with Ran's intervention. Just my expert predictions.

I like your predictions.

Pretty good chapter considering the lead up to it. I also get the feeling Keiko tends to go with the flow a lot, "Birds of a feather, etc. etc." solidifies that thought for me about her. I think we'll have another 8-10 chapters before another Keiko flashback. In the meantime it'll go back to contemporary time and we might get something on Ran's background... Or instead her flashback will be in 8-10 chapters. Who knows. Either way I really enjoy the progress of the story. I have so far felt that no stretch, look, or word has been wasted.

What is the fuck chap 22 doing ᕙ(｀皿´)╯

Guess my thoughts on the latest chapter and whether forced drama has a purpose other than shedding the tears of insecure man children.
I'm not mad at all.
Bad writing ahoy, I wonder what'll be next?
Tragedy or misunderstandings perhaps?

This chapter is not really forcing drama upon us. Just flashbacks showing what happened in the past. I don't see it shoving tears and QQ faces up my ass while screaming "FEEL EMOTIONS, FEEL THE ANGST".

I feel that the atmosphere of the series has changed. If this is going to be a long running series then the author will undoubtedly resort to further dramafication (tasteful or not), in order to keep the series interesting.

From what I've found, it's more common for the series extended with the use of drama to hold back after bombs like the one dropped last chapter (Ch. 21) and stuff in filler before putting in more drama. We've been waiting so long for more information, I think it's actually less annoying that we're getting the flashbacks now. And since, as many people have pointed out earlier, the drama was hardly suddenly introduced - it's been foreshadowed for ages.

While the chance for yuri end seems high now, it's possible Nakamura and Keiko could end up together again, with Ran's intervention.

Agreed on both counts. Ran seems to be the only person Keiko actually has a constructive relationship with so far, and it's definitely building up so some kind of resolution will be needed. However, the fact that it's running in a josei (?) (web) publication means that a het ending is more likely. And I can totally imagine that sort of thing being in a TV series - woman with a somewhat wild, unhappy past finally finding a "happy end" in the form of the shotgun-engagement guy from years back. Even though it's completely stupid since "Stretch" is about Ran and Keiko rather than Keiko and Nakamura, it would be completely typical for that aspect to be ignored... I just pray that Keiko will get together with Ran.

Also, stepping back a bit, does anybody find it hilarious how this series' audience (on Dynasty, at least) are all just reading this stretching manga in the hope that there will be yuri?

Also, stepping back a bit, does anybody find it hilarious how this series' audience (on Dynasty, at least) are all just reading this stretching manga in the hope that there will be yuri?

Man it's dynasty, if it's a series is not tagged het from the beginning, everyone is going to hope for yuri stuff to happen.

But it's not only in dynasty considering that the artist previously did another Yuri work and the 2 main characters almost exclusively interact with only each other, there's bound to be people wanting the yuri end.

As for myself, I don't really read it for the yuri. The sex of the two protags isn't really that much of a big deal with me. What I really enjoy is the cohabitation. Comfy SoL cohabitation is always something I enjoy. There's more drama than I would like in my SoL but it's not like I haven't seen worse. I mean we're on the internet over here...

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What is the fuck chap 22 doing ᕙ(｀皿´)╯

meh ikr. .just like what i felt after wasting my few minutes reading it

As for myself, I don't really read it for the yuri. The sex of the two protags isn't really that much of a big deal with me. What I really enjoy is the cohabitation. Comfy SoL cohabitation is always something I enjoy.

I totally agree.. although i do hope there is yuri but even if there isnt I still enjoy it with all the drama and comedy.

Furthermore, (just my thoughts) I think there is need to have some drama between Keiko and Ran; maybe that way "yuri" will stand out more.

Damn, that's sad. Does Keiko maybe not know how to say no?

No stretchings, biggest disappointment of the year. I guess the editor wants to wrap this up?

Still, Ran is a freaking cutie.

Too much plot!

Don't really care if this gets to be yuri or not. I am reading it cuz its one of the very few mangas I find interesting enough to read for it's story... Even if it has a lot about stretching.

So it wasn't just a fling and an incredibly fast shotgun marriage, It was actually a relationship that started in Uni.

As we've all suspected, she pushed him back. Going as far as throwing objects at him. Still, I feel like he's a bit dumb for saying "I don't know what changed" when he already knew of the miscarriage. I understand that someone that was all love-love now becomes this person full of hate and anger can be startling, but come on man. Could of dropped a call to a doctor or researched online "Why is my girlfriend acting this way?".

I understand why she feels like shit though. She continued working while pregnant ( over here in the west women do that almost till birth, or if there's health complication ) but in Japan you'll almost never see a women with any semblance of baby bump working. They all quit, temporarily or permanently, when they get pregnant as to "safe-guard" the live that's inside them. She must feel like it is all her fault and that phone call with her mother must of been "you whore bitch, that's what you get, etc..." Which probably didn't help.

She says it herself near the end before meeting her current roommate, "I haven't changed".

Also, the "But did I really consider that... just now" probably means she considered train suicide ( which is a common and pretty successful way of committing suicide ).

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No stretchings, biggest disappointment of the year. I guess the editor wants to wrap this up?

Still, Ran is a freaking cutie.

What are you talking about? The continent was stretching in the last few pages

On the plus side, we've actually got some straightforward yuri elements. Thinking Ran is cute, being inspired by her, thinking about how she liked her even when they hadn't seen each other for ages, and finally that reunion. It might not be a lot, but it's many times more than we've had to date.

On the plus side, we've actually got some straightforward yuri elements. Thinking Ran is cute, being inspired by her, thinking about how she liked her even when they hadn't seen each other for ages, and finally that reunion. It might not be a lot, but it's many times more than we've had to date.

Totally agree!

Yeah, this actually puts Keiko as either repressed or bi. She's totally into Ran.

Also, the "But did I really consider that... just now" probably means she considered train suicide ( which is a common and pretty successful way of committing suicide ).

nah she might be thinking there're casualty by the quake and delighted by the tought.
probably other get miscarriaged.
(i assumed her mother probably if she lived in touhoku....
she smirked after heard that!)

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Call me hater or whatever but I quit this thw moment it became het...I'm a lesbian but keiko isn't doing anything more but disappointing the hell out of me...I'm sorry I've seen too mess up.shiz in my life and don't want to ger depress with this...drop.

I'm hooked on a porn artist's manga because of the story. Either I have gone more insane than ever, or he's doing something right.

I'll assume the latter. I don't even care if it's not yuri anymore.