In Hand (Japanese: インハンド, Hepburn: In Hando) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ao Akato. Akato launched two previous manga in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon; Nemesis no Tsue, published in 2013, and In Hand: Himokura Hakase to Majime na Migiude, published in 2016. In Hand was serialized in Kodansha's Evening from October 2018 to November 2020, with its chapters collected in five tankōbon volumes. An eleven-episode Japanese television drama adaptation was broadcast on TBS from April to June 2019.

In Hand
First volume cover
インハンド
(In Hando)
GenreMedical, suspense[1]
Manga
Nemesis no Tsue
Written byAo Akato
Published byKodansha
MagazineMonthly Afternoon
DemographicSeinen
Original runJanuary 25, 2013June 25, 2013
Volumes1
Manga
Himokura Hakase to Majime na Migiude
Written byAo Akato
Published byKodansha
MagazineMonthly Afternoon
DemographicSeinen
Original runMarch 25, 2016May 25, 2016
Volumes1
Manga
Written byAo Akato
Published byKodansha
MagazineEvening
DemographicSeinen
Original runOctober 23, 2018November 24, 2020
Volumes5
Television drama
Directed byShunichi Hirano
Written by
  • Yasuhiro Yoshida
  • Teppei Fukuda
Music byMasahiro Tokuda
Original networkTBS
Original run April 12, 2019 June 21, 2019
Episodes11

Media edit

Manga edit

Before creating In Hand, Ao Akato launched a short manga series, titled Nemesis no Tsue (ネメシスの杖), which ran in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon from January 25 to June 25, 2013,[2][3] and its chapters were collected in a single tankōbon volume, released on September 30, 2013.[4] A three-chapter prologue miniseries, titled In Hand: Himokura Hakase to Majime na Migiude (インハンド 紐倉博士とまじめな右腕, "In Hand: Dr. Himokura and His Serious Right Arm"), was serialized in Monthly Afternoon from March 25 to May 25, 2016.[5][6][7] and its chapters were collected in a single tankōbon volume, released on July 22, 2016.[8]

In Hand was serialized in Kodansha's Evening from October 23, 2018,[9][10] to November 24, 2020.[11] Kodansha collected its chapters in five tankōbon volumes, released from March 22, 2019,[12] to February 22, 2021.[13]

Volumes edit

No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 March 22, 2019[12]978-4-06-515055-9
2 September 19, 2019[14]978-4-06-516833-2
3 March 23, 2020[15]978-4-06-518914-6
4 July 20, 2020[16]978-4-06-520285-2
5 February 22, 2021[13]978-4-06-521731-3

Drama edit

In Hand was adapted into a 11-episode Japanese television drama, which was broadcast on TBS from April 12 to June 21, 2019.[1][17][18]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Pineda, Rafael Antonio (January 20, 2019). "In Hand Medical Manga Gets Live-Action TV Show". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on October 28, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  2. ^ アフタ次号から新作6本、尾崎かおりや「勇午」赤名修ら. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. January 25, 2013. Archived from the original on October 21, 2021. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  3. ^ アフタヌーン 2013年8月号. Monthly Afternoon. Kodansha. Archived from the original on November 17, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  4. ^ ネメシスの杖 (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on November 21, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  5. ^ 萩尾望都&造形作家・竹谷隆之が表現する「寄生獣」、アフタに登場. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. March 25, 2016. Archived from the original on June 25, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  6. ^ アフタヌーン 2016年5月号. Monthly Afternoon. Kodansha. Archived from the original on November 17, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  7. ^ アフタヌーン 2016年7月号. Monthly Afternoon. Kodansha. Archived from the original on November 17, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  8. ^ インハンド 紐倉博士とまじめな右腕 (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on November 23, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  9. ^ 天才学者・紐倉哲を描く医療サスペンス「インハンド」イブニングで連載開始. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. October 23, 2018. Archived from the original on November 25, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  10. ^ イブニング 2018年22号. Evening (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on November 17, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  11. ^ 朱戸アオ「インハンド」がイブニングで完結、義手の天才学者を描くミステリー. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. November 24, 2020. Archived from the original on October 23, 2021. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
  12. ^ a b インハンド(1) (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on November 25, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  13. ^ a b インハンド(5) (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on May 14, 2021. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
  14. ^ インハンド(2) (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on November 21, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  15. ^ インハンド(3) (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on November 25, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  16. ^ インハンド(4) (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on September 26, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  17. ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (February 7, 2019). "Live Action In Hand Series Casts Gaku Hamada, Nanao". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on November 7, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  18. ^ 第1話 (in Japanese). TBS. Archived from the original on November 17, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.

    第11話 (in Japanese). TBS. Archived from the original on November 17, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.

External links edit