Catch These Hands! | |
私の拳をうけとめて (Watashi no Kobushi wo Uketomete) | |
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Genre | |
Manga | |
Written by | Murata |
Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Young Ace Up! |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | January 2, 2018 – October 13, 2020 |
Volumes | 4 |
Catch These Hands! ( Japanese: 私の拳をうけとめて, Hepburn: Watashi no Kobushi wo Uketomete) is a yuri manga series by murata. It was serialized in Young Ace Up! from January 2018 to October 2020, and is licensed and published in English by Yen Press.
Ayako Takebe, a young woman in her early twenties, intends to leave behind her history as a delinquent leader in high school and reform her image. By chance she encounters her high-school rival, Kirara Soramori. Soramori reveals that she has had a long-standing crush on Takebe, and challenges her to a fight, on the condition that if she wins, she and Takebe will begin dating.
In Japan, Watashi no Kobushi wo Uketomete was serialized in Young Ace Up! from January 2, 2018, [2] to October 13, 2020, [3] and was published in a total of 4 tankōbon volumes. [4]
In August 2021, Yen Press announced that they had licensed the manga for publication in English, under the localized title Catch These Hands. [5] [6] The first volume was released in March 2022. [7]
No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
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1 | September 04, 2018 [8] | 9784041071533 | March 22, 2022 [9] | 9781975340056 |
2 | February 04, 2019 [10] | 9784041078310 | June 28, 2022 [11] | 9781975340155 |
3 | December 28, 2019 [12] | 9784041084939 | November 22, 2022 [13] | 9781975340179 |
4 | December 4, 2020 [14] | 9784041109250 | April 18, 2023 [15] | 9781975340193 |
Writing for Anime News Network, Christopher Farris gave the manga's first volume a positive review, praising the art, story, and humor in contrasting the plot element of the characters' delinquent past with the romantic comedy genre. [16] Azario Lopez, writing for Noisy Pixel, similarly praised the art and story, and the humor drawn from the interactions of its leads, and expressed eagerness for further volumes. [17] Ian Wolf of Anime UK News, by contrast, gave a mixed review, praising the "slapstick" fight scenes and the comedy in Takebe and Soramori's "social misunderstandings," but overall deemed the first volume "not that gripping". [18] Erica Friedman of Okazu praised the translation and lettering of the English release, [19] and the character development of later volumes. [20]