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カメレオンはてのひらに恋をする 。[Chameleon wa Tenohira ni Koi wo Suru] #1
Sag's mit den Händen, Band 1
Mit dem Herzen hört man besser
Die Schauspielerei bedeutet Fujinaga die Welt. Doch Absage um Absage haben sein Selbstvertrauen völlig zerstört. Als er Keito kennenlernt, der von Geburt an gehörlos ist, fällt es Fujinaga aber plötzlich ganz leicht, ihm seine Gedanken und Gefühle zu vermitteln. Und obwohl er Mühe hat, sich mit Händen und Füßen in Gebärdensprache zu verständigen, ist Keito von seiner Ausdruckskraft beeindruckt. Hat er also doch Talent, oder warum sonst scheint mit Keito alles so natürlich und einfach?
Die Schauspielerei bedeutet Fujinaga die Welt. Doch Absage um Absage haben sein Selbstvertrauen völlig zerstört. Als er Keito kennenlernt, der von Geburt an gehörlos ist, fällt es Fujinaga aber plötzlich ganz leicht, ihm seine Gedanken und Gefühle zu vermitteln. Und obwohl er Mühe hat, sich mit Händen und Füßen in Gebärdensprache zu verständigen, ist Keito von seiner Ausdruckskraft beeindruckt. Hat er also doch Talent, oder warum sonst scheint mit Keito alles so natürlich und einfach?
250 pages, Paperback
First published May 20, 2025
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June 24, 2026
Absolutely amazing. Breathtaking. Loved it.
January 2, 2025
the art is GORGEOUS. && i love how they really wanted to communicate with each other and they took effort in making their conversation work. if this ain't love, i wonder what is.
June 26, 2026
This review is for the three volumes that are out right now. I got to read this one through Manga Up app. I'm taking advantage of their free points program (which I recommend checking if you don't know about it) and I already have some interesting titles in my library. I got lured to this one through the art at first but the moment I read the blurb (which I rarely do) I was absolutely sold.
I loved how the story between these two develops, and how the author address how similar they both are despite their huge differences. How both crave to be understood and listened to, and how both fear to be misinterpreted.
I was curious to know how the author was going to give the reader a sense of how JSL works in static panels, but it was well done in my opinion. I'm not familiar with JSL, but I am with SSL and I think it was well conveyed.
I also liked how perfect both characters were for each other. Keito and Fujinaga help each other to realise things about themselves and move towards a better future for them. I also liked how the author managed the miscommunications they have. Neither of them makes drama, , instead they simply try to communicate with each other and move on.
So, I'm a bit further than the three volumes that are currently published because there's some more chapters in the app, I left the story in a good place (not the best, mind you), and I'm looking forward to reading what happens next.
I loved how the story between these two develops, and how the author address how similar they both are despite their huge differences. How both crave to be understood and listened to, and how both fear to be misinterpreted.
I was curious to know how the author was going to give the reader a sense of how JSL works in static panels, but it was well done in my opinion. I'm not familiar with JSL, but I am with SSL and I think it was well conveyed.
I also liked how perfect both characters were for each other. Keito and Fujinaga help each other to realise things about themselves and move towards a better future for them. I also liked how the author managed the miscommunications they have. Neither of them makes drama, , instead they simply try to communicate with each other and move on.
So, I'm a bit further than the three volumes that are currently published because there's some more chapters in the app, I left the story in a good place (not the best, mind you), and I'm looking forward to reading what happens next.
September 7, 2025
3.5 stars
July 3, 2024
"Love in the Palm of His Hand" is one of my favourite BL reads this year. It follows Fujinaga, a struggling third-year actor, and Keito, a deaf freshman as they connect through sign language.
The art really brings their emotions to life. It's so expressive and dynamic.
I particularly love how Rinteku illustrates hand movements since they manage to capture the nuances and subtleties of sign language so well. Also a fan of how the characters' facial expressions are carefully drawn to complement their signing.
Honestly this series is a must-read.
The art really brings their emotions to life. It's so expressive and dynamic.
I particularly love how Rinteku illustrates hand movements since they manage to capture the nuances and subtleties of sign language so well. Also a fan of how the characters' facial expressions are carefully drawn to complement their signing.
Honestly this series is a must-read.
March 6, 2026
Keito Maejima, the man you are
August 18, 2025
This series is off to a wonky start. First of all, the premise is ridiculous. I have a hard time believing that Fujinaga picks up sign language effortlessly just because he's a good actor. On top of that, the mangaka tries so hard to connect Fujinaga's struggles as an actor with Keito's as a deaf person, in that they both have a hard time communicating with others, but that's a stretch. Even so, the leads have good chemistry together and I enjoy seeing their romance develop.
July 8, 2025
this😭was😭so😭beautiful😭
October 28, 2025
So tender and beautiful.
July 18, 2024
rep - deaf mc with hearing aid, sign language, mlm
oh. wow. that was beautiful. i love how they naturally understood each other at the begining without necesserally speaking sign language at firt.
their relationship has a pretty solid (and beautiful) base. i can"t wait for their future !!
oh. wow. that was beautiful. i love how they naturally understood each other at the begining without necesserally speaking sign language at firt.
their relationship has a pretty solid (and beautiful) base. i can"t wait for their future !!
June 27, 2024
If you want to read something like "A Sign of Affection" in BL, read this. Highly recommended!
July 31, 2025
El verdadero PEAK del romance. Necesito leer YA MISMO los otros.
October 18, 2025
Le fait que ça soit ENFIN publié en France ?!?!??(!!(!
AMEN.
LISEZ PAR PITIÉ, c’est si doux, vraiment mon coup de cœur depuis un looooooooong moment (☆_☆)
AMEN.
LISEZ PAR PITIÉ, c’est si doux, vraiment mon coup de cœur depuis un looooooooong moment (☆_☆)
July 11, 2026
They're adorable I love them so much, there's only 16 chapters so far I need more...
December 28, 2025
อยากจะใช้คำว่าสวยงามกับเล่มนี้ได้ป่ะคะ อ่านแล้วมันอิ่มใจไปหมดโดยเฉพาะกับความสัมพันธ์ของคนทั้งคู่
August 26, 2025
4⭐️
This was so cute!! I love how different it is❤️
This was so cute!! I love how different it is❤️
May 26, 2026
cute
May 26, 2026
"To think that just what I've always wanted to hear would come from someone I just met."
Love in the Palm of His Hand is a charming BL manga, about the growing relationship between Keito, a deaf freshman student, and Fujinaga, a struggling 3rd year actor, and the journey how they connect trough sign language (I've read 3 volumes, and the 4th one will be out next year).
The biggest plus in this manga is the expressive artwork showing different forms of communication. Even ''overexpression'' has its own perks. For example, in this story, Keito appreciates Fujinaga’s expressive personality, helping him see value in the dramatic acting style others criticize him for, while Fujinaga’s eagerness to learn sign language makes Keito feel understood and cared for. The first volume was alright. Nothing crazy - just a normal start for wholesome and tad dramatic series.
Love in the Palm of His Hand is a charming BL manga, about the growing relationship between Keito, a deaf freshman student, and Fujinaga, a struggling 3rd year actor, and the journey how they connect trough sign language (I've read 3 volumes, and the 4th one will be out next year).
The biggest plus in this manga is the expressive artwork showing different forms of communication. Even ''overexpression'' has its own perks. For example, in this story, Keito appreciates Fujinaga’s expressive personality, helping him see value in the dramatic acting style others criticize him for, while Fujinaga’s eagerness to learn sign language makes Keito feel understood and cared for. The first volume was alright. Nothing crazy - just a normal start for wholesome and tad dramatic series.
May 21, 2025
this was so cute!! I feel like it moved a little fast. Like one second they're meeting and the next they're dating lol. There's a heavy focus on sign language and understanding each other, which I liked. It was really sweet and I liked their relationship dynamic a lot. I'm looking forward to the next book.
June 15, 2025
Son tan tiernos 😭💗
Read
September 2, 2025I don't usually read romance but this one is pretty smooth with tiny relational hiccups quickly resolved. much of that quick resolution comes from keito being high touch, and honestly, touch often reduces awkwardness because it is a per-verbal channel for signaling acceptance, co-regulating, and stabilizing before words catch up.
Keito is a high touch person like me, which makes me wonder was my interest in sign language, despite no incentive or feedback loop to learn, partly connected to being high-touch? Perhaps somatic bonding makes more sense to me. I can sign easily 'nice to meet you,' but hate to say it. Ironically, i used to think i only wanted high abstraction bonding. I also wonder if people with strong kinetic abilities are more likely to be high touch? Theatre/acting ppl are evidently skewed high touch.
That brings me to the other half of the pairing, Aoi. he's always been a theater kid and is actively acting, but his high touch only shows up in the bonus content. In the main story, he’s mostly passive and resistant. that push-pull dynamic mirrors the chasing/chased, predator/prey, cat/mouse romantic scripts we keep reproducing, consuming, encouraging, even participating; and insist on producing when there's not even consistency to speak of such as in this story. People don’t seem to want equity; instead, we glamorize and repackage power asymmetry as romance.
from May 2024 to August 2025, I discovered I can speak much better if I don’t look at people’s faces or try to manipulate my own into expressions. sign language requires requires direct eye contact while reading signs through peripheral vision (wtf). With my growing competence (or just a trade off?) in both the speaking and signing world, i feel like i belong to neither.
I might take up JSL one day if i ever reach fluency in ASL. i'm very interested in embodied/visual iconography, such as mudras, kabuki, etc. Japanese culture seems unusually disciplined in embodied/visual expression, so I’m curious how that influences and translates into JSL.
the way this book explains classifiers is a little confusing, if not misleading, or it's just bad translation:
i haven't come across name signs irl, it seems deaf/hoh folks don't introduce themselves with them, even to each other. (a name sign is typically given by members of the Deaf community, reflecting either a personal feature or a trait.)
visual book 14 (manga) of 2025
Keito is a high touch person like me, which makes me wonder was my interest in sign language, despite no incentive or feedback loop to learn, partly connected to being high-touch? Perhaps somatic bonding makes more sense to me. I can sign easily 'nice to meet you,' but hate to say it. Ironically, i used to think i only wanted high abstraction bonding. I also wonder if people with strong kinetic abilities are more likely to be high touch? Theatre/acting ppl are evidently skewed high touch.
That brings me to the other half of the pairing, Aoi. he's always been a theater kid and is actively acting, but his high touch only shows up in the bonus content. In the main story, he’s mostly passive and resistant. that push-pull dynamic mirrors the chasing/chased, predator/prey, cat/mouse romantic scripts we keep reproducing, consuming, encouraging, even participating; and insist on producing when there's not even consistency to speak of such as in this story. People don’t seem to want equity; instead, we glamorize and repackage power asymmetry as romance.
from May 2024 to August 2025, I discovered I can speak much better if I don’t look at people’s faces or try to manipulate my own into expressions. sign language requires requires direct eye contact while reading signs through peripheral vision (wtf). With my growing competence (or just a trade off?) in both the speaking and signing world, i feel like i belong to neither.
I might take up JSL one day if i ever reach fluency in ASL. i'm very interested in embodied/visual iconography, such as mudras, kabuki, etc. Japanese culture seems unusually disciplined in embodied/visual expression, so I’m curious how that influences and translates into JSL.
the way this book explains classifiers is a little confusing, if not misleading, or it's just bad translation:
"THEY'RE SIGNS USED TO CONVEY UNIQUE THINGS OR EXPRESSIONS THAT DESCRIBE OBJECTS OR SITUATIONS. THAT'S WHY IT'S DIFFERENT FOR EVERY PERSON."classifiers are conventionalized handshapes that stand for categories of objects, which can then be moved around in signing space to show action, position, or interaction. Some scholars even prefer to call them depicting constructions rather than classifiers, because they’re halfway between language and pantomime.
i haven't come across name signs irl, it seems deaf/hoh folks don't introduce themselves with them, even to each other. (a name sign is typically given by members of the Deaf community, reflecting either a personal feature or a trait.)
visual book 14 (manga) of 2025
May 9, 2026
J'adore, je suis faible pour ce genre de romance.
La façon dont ils essayent toujours de communiquer quoi qu'il arrive ? C'est trop beau, ils sont choux. Vraiment, je manque sûrement d'objectivité et tant pis 💅🏾
C'est doux et ça fait du bien au moral, si on a bien aimé 'A sign of affection' franchement il faut le tenter !
La façon dont ils essayent toujours de communiquer quoi qu'il arrive ? C'est trop beau, ils sont choux. Vraiment, je manque sûrement d'objectivité et tant pis 💅🏾
C'est doux et ça fait du bien au moral, si on a bien aimé 'A sign of affection' franchement il faut le tenter !
August 10, 2025
4.25 ⭐
July 19, 2024
Ahhh so amazing!! I've got sooo many butterflies each chapter, omg. They're so cute and they're chemistry is just... damn!! <333
But also: the hands! The sign language!
The artist really went all out. Not to mention how hard hands are to draw, but even more difficult when it's the focus and you're using them to communicate. The attention to detail is amazing. Huge props to them. Hope they got a raise for that.
The author has a tendency to make things overly dramatic, which makes it quite fast-paced and also a bit unrealistic. Overall, it is very slice of life, but then you have those random near-death moments/scenarios, that no person experiences in just one week.
Unless you're a character from a play, maybe. (Wait... maybe that was the point?)
But apart from that, they are very cute!
The beginning was quite funny, with Aoi thinking Keito is Napalese! XDD
But it's cool how ready he was to learn JSL for Keito and as well how fast he picked up on it.
Their inner monologues do get quite emotional; some of the quotes were both inspiring and tear-wrenching. It's good they found each other, they really are each other's rock. But they still need to learn to properly communicate, not just because of the language barrier, but also cause they can be very stubborn.
Overall, very good rep! There are other signing people too, who are either deaf too or can hear normally, but sign whenever Keito is present. I also learned something new about sign language: CL! Very interesting.
And also: no homophobia or heteronormativity at all! <3
Can't wait until Volume 2 is translated, ahhh I wish it was already TwT
-18.07.2024
But also: the hands! The sign language!
The artist really went all out. Not to mention how hard hands are to draw, but even more difficult when it's the focus and you're using them to communicate. The attention to detail is amazing. Huge props to them. Hope they got a raise for that.
The author has a tendency to make things overly dramatic, which makes it quite fast-paced and also a bit unrealistic. Overall, it is very slice of life, but then you have those random near-death moments/scenarios, that no person experiences in just one week.
Unless you're a character from a play, maybe. (Wait... maybe that was the point?)
But apart from that, they are very cute!
The beginning was quite funny, with Aoi thinking Keito is Napalese! XDD
But it's cool how ready he was to learn JSL for Keito and as well how fast he picked up on it.
Their inner monologues do get quite emotional; some of the quotes were both inspiring and tear-wrenching. It's good they found each other, they really are each other's rock. But they still need to learn to properly communicate, not just because of the language barrier, but also cause they can be very stubborn.
Overall, very good rep! There are other signing people too, who are either deaf too or can hear normally, but sign whenever Keito is present. I also learned something new about sign language: CL! Very interesting.
And also: no homophobia or heteronormativity at all! <3
Can't wait until Volume 2 is translated, ahhh I wish it was already TwT
-18.07.2024
May 23, 2025
Loved, loved, loved! Not only is the artwork beautiful but the story and characters are so well done. The chemistry is natural and so sweet, I screamed during the train scene.
Need the second volume immediately!
Need the second volume immediately!
June 13, 2025
truly adorable story! the deaf representation is wonderful to see. watching them grow together and learn to understand each other is beautiful. the art is stunning as well.
a beautiful feel good story. can't wait for vol 2
a beautiful feel good story. can't wait for vol 2
June 27, 2025
Absolutely gorgeous book!
December 29, 2025
Beautiful story. Beautiful artwork. Perfection.
July 18, 2025
Ich brauchte ein klein wenig Abstand zum ersten Hype bevor ich jetzt nun endlich diesen Band gelesen habe, und ich bin verliebt. Beim Lesen habe ich so viele verschiedene Emotionen durchlebt und die beiden sowie ihre Geschichte haben mich zutiefst berührt. Es ist nicht der erste Manga mit Gebärdensprache und einem gehörlosen/gehörbeeinträchtigten Charakter für mich, aber ich würde behaupten, der, der diese Thematik am besten umsetzt, ohne sie einem aufzudrängen und wo trotzdem noch genug andere Story drumherum ist. Keito und Fujinaga sind mir sehr ans Herz gewachsen, ihre Verbindung, ihre Freude, aber auch ihre Probleme und Unsicherheiten, haben die beiden wie lebendig gemacht. Ich freue mich schon extrem auf den zweiten Band und würde diese Reihe wirklich jedem empfehlen, egal ob man normalerweise BL liest oder nicht. Das wird höchstwahrscheinlich einer meiner neuen liebsten Reihen werden.
June 13, 2025
This was a much anticipated one for me. I know it was licensed digitally first and was planning to read it then I heard it was getting a physical so I figured I’d wait and I am happy I bought it as soon as it hit the shelves of my bookstore because I LOVED it.
Is this one a tie with I hear the sunspot series? Quite possibly. I’m really looking forward to the next volume to see their relationship evolve.
I love that the hearing MC (Fujinaga) is a stage actor that is very expressive and gets a lot of criticism for it whenever he auditions for tv/movies and all he really wants is to be understood then he meets the deaf MC (Keito) who sees his expressive style as a desirable talent and appreciates it 💕💕 also love that the Keito feels like he’s found someone that wants to understand him 😘👌
Is this one a tie with I hear the sunspot series? Quite possibly. I’m really looking forward to the next volume to see their relationship evolve.
I love that the hearing MC (Fujinaga) is a stage actor that is very expressive and gets a lot of criticism for it whenever he auditions for tv/movies and all he really wants is to be understood then he meets the deaf MC (Keito) who sees his expressive style as a desirable talent and appreciates it 💕💕 also love that the Keito feels like he’s found someone that wants to understand him 😘👌
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