Today the panelists discuss a heartwarming Boy's Love - Love In the Palm of His Hand. Join us for a discussion of the genre and elements of visual storytelling present in this manga!

• (00:00) - Love in the Palm of His Hand
• (01:09) - Further Reading
• (01:19) - Jillian: Witch Hat Atelier
• (02:22) - Robin: Blade Maidens
• (03:36) - Matt: Young Men in Love: New Romance
• (05:04) - Scout: Hirano to Kagiura
• (07:38) - Front Matter
• (08:53) - A brief intro to some terms
• (10:54) - Our BL experience
• (16:43) - Fujinaga & Keito
• (19:49) - Perspective shifts
• (22:09) - The depiction of sign
• (28:20) - The humor
• (31:22) - Non-diegetic artistic elements
• (34:02) - The importance of being understood
• (39:05) - Translation differences
• (47:49) - Layers of translation
• (50:40) - Scout on lettering
• (57:50) - Moments we loved
• (01:07:34) - Volume 2 coming soon
• (01:08:11) - “He’s like a chameleon”
• (01:11:39) - Back Matter

Further Reading:
A Sign of Affection by Suu Morishita

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Editing by Matt Horton and AJ Fillari.
Cover art by Scout Wilkinson.
Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.
Other music by shushubobo - cherry blossom kitkat.