In Hand
Japanese manga series
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In Hand (Japanese: インハンド, Hepburn: In Hando) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ao Akato. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Evening from October 2018 to November 2020, and in the Comic Days website from December 2024 to February 2025. Its chapters were collected in six tankōbon volumes. An eleven-episode Japanese television drama adaptation was broadcast on TBS and its affiliates from April to June 2019.
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| In Hand | |
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Tetsu Himokura | |
| インハンド (In Hando) | |
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| Genre | |
| Manga | |
| Nemesis no Tsue | |
| Written by | Ao Akato |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Imprint | Afternoon KC |
| Magazine | Monthly Afternoon |
| Original run | January 25, 2013 – June 25, 2013 |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Manga | |
| Himokura Hakase to Majime na Migiude | |
| Written by | Ao Akato |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Imprint | Afternoon KC |
| Magazine | Monthly Afternoon |
| Original run | March 25, 2016 – May 25, 2016 |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Ao Akato |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Imprint | Evening KC |
| Magazine |
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| Original run | October 23, 2018 – February 13, 2025 |
| Volumes | 6 |
| Television drama | |
| Directed by | Shunichi Hirano |
| Produced by |
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| Written by |
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| Music by | Masahiro Tokuda |
| Studio |
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| Original network | JNN (TBS) |
| Original run | April 12, 2019 – June 21, 2019 |
| Episodes | 11 |
Akato launched two previous manga series in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon; Nemesis no Tsue, published in 2013, and In Hand: Himokura Hakase to Majime na Migiude, published in 2016.
Plot
Media
Manga
Before creating In Hand, Ao Akato launched a short manga series, titled Nemesis no Tsue (ネメシスの杖; 'Staff of Nemesis'), which ran in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon from January 25 to June 25, 2013.[2][3] 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] Its chapters were collected in a single tankōbon volume, released on July 22, 2016.[8] Both the miniseries and Nemesis no Tsue were republished in two volumes on February 22, 2019, under the title In Hand: Prologue (インハンド プロローグ, In Hando: Purorōgu).[9][10]
In Hand was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Evening from October 23, 2018,[11][12] to November 24, 2020.[13] It was later revived in Kodansha's Comic Days website on December 12, 2024, where it was serialized until February 13, 2025.[14][15] Kodansha collected its chapters in six tankōbon volumes, released from March 22, 2019,[16] to March 12, 2025.[17]
Volumes
| No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | March 22, 2019[16] | 978-4-06-515055-9 |
| 2 | September 19, 2019[18] | 978-4-06-516833-2 |
| 3 | March 23, 2020[19] | 978-4-06-518914-6 |
| 4 | July 20, 2020[20] | 978-4-06-520285-2 |
| 5 | February 22, 2021[21] | 978-4-06-521731-3 |
| 6 | March 12, 2025[17] | 978-4-06-538694-1 |
Drama
In Hand was adapted into a 11-episode Japanese television drama, which was broadcast on TBS from April 12 to June 21, 2019.[1][22][23] It stars Tomohisa Yamashita as protagonist Dr. Tetsu Himokura, Gaku Hamada as assistant Haruma Takaya, and Nanao as politician Tomoe Makino.[22]
See also
- Riū wo Machinagara, another manga series by the same author