K MANGA adds latest chapters after manga was dropped from other services earlier this year
© Suu Morishita, Kodansha
Kodansha’s K Manga service announced on Tuesday that it has added Suu Morishita’s A Sign of Affection (Yubisaki to Renren) manga as a simulpub. The service also added the latest chapters.
Publisher Kodansha USA previously released the manga as a simulpub on other services, but they removed the series from those services earlier this year.
Morishita launched the manga in Kodansha’s Dessert Magazine in July 2019. Kodansha published the manga’s ninth compiled book volume on July 13.
Publisher Kodansha USA licensed and released the manga digitally in 2020. Kodansha USA published the first volume in print in February 2021 and will release the seventh volume on October 24. Kodansha USA describes the manga’s story:
Yuki is a typical college student, her world revolving around friends, social media, and the latest sales. But when a chance encounter on the train leads to the meeting of Itsuomi-san, a friend of a friend, her world begins to expand. But even though Itsuomi-kun can speak three languages, sign language is not one of them. Can the two learn to communicate their budding feelings?
The manga has been nominated for Best Shōjo Manga in the annual Kodansha Manga Awards in 2021, 2022, and 2023.
The manga has also inspired a stage play adaptation in 2021.
The manga will get a TV anime adaptation in January 2024.
Source: K Manga’s Twitter account