In Hand

In Hand
	First volume cover
インハンド; (In Hando)
Genre	Medical; Suspense;
Manga
Nemesis no Tsue
Written by	Ao Akato [ja]
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	Evening
Original run	October 23, 2018 – November 24, 2020
Volumes	5
Television drama
Directed by	Shunichi Hirano
Produced by	Atsuya Asano (TBS Sparkle); Sato Atsushi (TBS Sparkle);
Written by	Yasuhiro Yoshida; Teppei Fukuda;
Music by	Masahiro Tokuda
Studio	TBS Sparkle; TBS;
Original network	JNN (TBS)
Original run	April 12, 2019 – June 21, 2019
Episodes	11
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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 [ja]. 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 and its affiliates from April to June 2019.

Plot

Media

Manga

Before creating In Hand, Ao Akato [ja] 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

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

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]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c 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.
^ 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.
^ アフタヌーン 2013年8月号. Monthly Afternoon. Kodansha. Archived from the original on June 3, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
^ ネメシスの杖 (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on November 21, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
^ 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.
^ アフタヌーン 2016年5月号. Monthly Afternoon. Kodansha. Archived from the original on June 3, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
^ アフタヌーン 2016年7月号. Monthly Afternoon. Kodansha. Archived from the original on June 3, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ イブニング 2018年22号. Evening (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on June 3, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b インハンド（１） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on November 25, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
^ ^a ^b インハンド（５） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on May 14, 2021. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
^ インハンド（２） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on November 21, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
^ インハンド（３） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on November 25, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
^ インハンド（４） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on September 26, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
^ 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.
^ 第1話 (in Japanese). TBS. Archived from the original on November 26, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
第11話 (in Japanese). TBS. Archived from the original on November 25, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.

External links

Manga official website at Evening (in Japanese)
Drama official website at TBS (in Japanese)
In Hand (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

[live-actionTV-1] 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 June 3, 2019. 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 June 3, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2020.

[7] アフタヌーン 2016年7月号. Monthly Afternoon. Kodansha. Archived from the original on June 3, 2019. 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 June 3, 2019. 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.

[vol1-12] インハンド（１） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on November 25, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.

[vol5-13] インハンド（５） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on May 14, 2021. Retrieved May 1, 2021.

[vol2-14] インハンド（２） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on November 21, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.

[vol3-15] インハンド（３） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on November 25, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.

[vol4-16] 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 26, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
第11話 (in Japanese). TBS. Archived from the original on November 25, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.

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