A Sign of Affection Manga

**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.

## 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, He 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

 December 13, 2019
 Chapters
 * 1. The World of Yuki
* 2. Toward affection
* 3. Unseen
* 4. More
(From Kodansha US}

 May 13, 2020
 Chapters
 * 5. Someone is thinking of someone
* 6. Voices & Wavelengths
* 7. Want to show her & Want him to see me
* 8. The Answer

 October 13, 2020
 Chapters
 * 9.  I Always Want to be Watching Her
* 10. February 21st
* 11. Far & Near
* 12. Coming Home

 March 12, 2021
 Chapters
 * 13. Let me introduce you to my girlfriend
* 14. Sign Language Training Trip
* 15. I Don't Want to Go Home
* 16. Precious

 September 13, 2021
 Chapters
 * 17. Oushi's World
* 18. A Shift
* 19. The Night I Want to See You
* 20. A Destination Together
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.

 March 11, 2022
 Chapters
 * 21. Resolution
* 22. Cloudy Followed By
* 23. Childhood Friends and Friends
* 24. Sweet Night
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?

 September 13, 2022
 Chapters
 * 25. The proposal
* 26. Yawns & Sighs
* 27. The curtain rises on Mitoki Theater
* 28. Can I tell you how I feel?
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...

 February 13, 2023
 Chapters
 * 29. Intimate Tears
* 30. He Rings the Doorbell with Gusto
* 31. Public Bath and Hot Spring
* 32. I Want Us To Be Together
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?

1. ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-12-11/a-sign-of-affection-tv-anime-2nd-promo-video-previews-novelbright-opening-theme/.205368