Signs of Affection (ゆびさきと恋々, Yubisaki to Renren), is a manga series written and illustrated by Suu Morishita, published in Dessert magazine. The first chapter was published on July 24, 2019. The manga was nominated for Best Manga in the Annual Manga Awards in 2021, 2022, and 2023. [1]
Synopsis[]
The life of Yuki, a college student with deafness as her disability, is going to turn upside down when the young Itsuomi crosses her path, a boy who, despite speaking several languages, doesn't know Japanese Sign Language. Itsuomi is immediately interested in Yuki and wants to learn sign language and, above all, enter her world. Signs of Affection is a love story about the need for communication, about learning differences, and about empathy.
List of volumes and chapters[]
| Date in Japan | Date in US | |
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| December 13, 2019 | March 31, 2020 | |
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Kodansha (Japan) |
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| Yuki is a typical college student, whose world revolves around her friends, social media, and the latest sales. But when a chance encounter on a train leads to her meeting friend-of-a-friend and fellow student Itsuomi-san, her world starts to widen. But even though Itsuomi-kun can speak three languages, sign language isn't one of them. Can the two learn to communicate the budding feelings between them?
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| Date in Japan | Date in US | |
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| May 13, 2020 | July 7, 2020 | |
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Kodansha (Japan) |
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| Why must the time we spend together always be so short? Yuki's a hearing-impaired college student whose path crosses with Itsuomi, an upperclassman from her school. Against all expectations, Itsuomi doesn't bat an eye at her condition, treating her more normally than she's ever felt in her life, and she begins to fall in love with him. Resolving to be strong and face that love head-on, Yuki hopes to get to know him better... but that's easier said than done! | ||
| Date in Japan | Date in US | |
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| October 13, 2020 | December 29, 2020 | |
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Kodansha (Japan) |
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| Does he really see me as a girl? Yuki's a Deaf college student who is at first enchanted by and soon falls in love with an upperclassman in her school named Itsuomi who doesn't care about her lack of hearing but treats her like anyone else. Yuki resolves to face that love head-on and really pursue it proactively. Soon Itsuomi, who was once a riddle for Yuki, starts to really open up to her and express his truest feelings. | ||
| Date in Japan | Date in US | |
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| March 12, 2021 | August 31, 2021 | |
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Kodansha (Japan) |
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| I want Itsuomi to take me with him into his world. Yuki is a Deaf college student who is captivated by and eventually falls for an upperclassman in her college, Itsuomi, who interacts with her naturally without paying any mind to her inability to hear. After making up her mind to face this love head on, Itsuomi asks her to go out with him, and the two become a couple. Yuki's taken one step into a whole new world, but where will it eventually lead to? | ||
| Date in Japan | Date in US | |
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| September 13, 2021 | December 14, 2021 | |
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Kodansha (Japan) Kodansha USA |
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| "I wonder if all these extraordinary things will gradually become my everyday."
Yuki is a Deaf college student who is attracted to and then falls for an upperclassman at her school, Itsuomi, who treats her naturally, unfazed by her inability to hear. After she resolves to face her love head-on, Itsuomi asks her out and the two become a couple. He wastes no time introducing her to his best friend and Yuki feels all the more keenly just how much he cares about her. | ||
| Date in Japan | Date in US | |
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| March 11, 2022 | July 5, 2022 | |
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Kodansha (Japan) |
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| Will he answer anything I ask him now?
Yuki's a college student who admires and then falls in love with an upperclassman at her school, Itsuomi, who treats her naturally despite her being Deaf. After she resolves to pursue this love in earnest, and Itsuomi asks her to go out, the two become a couple. On their first date alone, Yuki asks Itsuomi about something she's been wondering for a while, but how will he respond? | ||
| Date in Japan | Date in US | |
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| September 13, 2022 | November 14, 2023 | |
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Kodansha (Japan) |
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| "I'm falling all over again for this new side of him…"
Emma ambushed Itsuomi at school and dragged him to the arcade, where he was brutally honest about his lack of romantic interest in her. What Itsuomi didn't realize is that Oushi happened to see them go in together. He also doesn't know that Oushi confronted Yuki, giving her an embrace that spoke louder than his words ever have, and that left Yuki feeling a sinking guilt. This haze of unrequited feelings seems to threaten Yuki and Itsuomi's still-tender bond of trust, until Itsuomi makes an astonishing suggestion... | ||
| Date in Japan | Date in US | |
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| February 13, 2023 | April 23, 2024 | |
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Kodansha (Japan) |
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| "There are still parts of me-words, faces-that I’ve never shown you..."
Emma's relentless pursuit of Itsuomi has hit a wall, and Shin is left to pick up the pieces, if Emma will let him. Meanwhile, Oushi-kun's sudden confession makes Yuki anxious about Itsuomi's feelings. Just as the two seem to have their respective third wheels under control, Itsuomi makes a stunning suggestion: Will Yuki come and live with him? It takes courage for Yuki to admit why she's hesitant. But the clock is ticking down to Itsuomi's graduation, and his trip abroad. Yuki decides to overcome her fears of being a burden and accept. What new tensions will this bring into their relationship? | ||
| Date in Japan | Date in US | |
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| July 13, 2023 | July 23, 2024 | |
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Kodansha (Japan) |
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| "I want to stay with you, just a little longer…”
Since the moment they met, Yuki—a college student who’s never had a boyfriend and was born deaf—has always felt like being near her boyfriend Itsuomi was the most natural thing in the world. It’s something she has trouble explaining even to herself. When Itsuomi asks her if she wants to live with him, she says yes right away, but they’re sailing into totally uncharted waters. Itsuomi has successfully charmed Yuki’s mom and dad, and now a million practical questions loom, not least among them how Yuki will hand | ||
| Date in Japan | Date in US | |
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| December 13, 2023 | October 22, 2024 | |
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Kodansha (Japan) |
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| "Now our life together can finally begin…”
Since they started going out, the handsome and confident Itsuomi has been nothing but kind and caring toward Yuki, his deaf classmate and now girlfriend. The two have knocked down one challenge after another: staying in touch while Itsuomi is overseas, dealing with friends with unrequited crushes, and finally securing permission from Yuki’s parents to move in together. Now the big day is finally here, and they’ve just finished bringing the last box into their new home. But now that all that work is done, the most nerve-wracking part begins: everyday life! | ||
| Date in Japan | Date in US | |
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| July 11, 2024 | June 3, 2025 | |
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Kodansha (Japan) |
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| Date in Japan | Date in US | |
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| Not Released yet | Not Released yet | |
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Kodansha (Japan) |
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