Hand's: Research Notes

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Title: HAND’S 『HAND'S -ハンズ-』

•  The apostrophe does not appear to serve any purpose

Author

• Itakura, Yuuichi 板倉 雄一（いたくら ゆういち）

  • Ee-tah-kɯ-rah, Yɯɯ-ee-ch[ee]

  • Due to the whispered vowel effect, the “ichi” at the end of their given name would usually be pronounced more like the English word “each”

Characters

• Tachibana, Daigo 橘 大吾（たちばな だいご）

  • Tah-chee-bah-nah, Dye-go

  • The way “Daigo” is written may suggest “big ego” or “big personality”

• Tachibana, Juuzou 橘 十蔵（たちばな じゅうぞう）

  • Tah-chee-bah-nah, Jɯɯ-zo

• Nishioka, Mizuki (西岡 ミズキ（にしおか-）

  • Nee-shee-oh-kah, Mee-zɯ-kee

• Nishioka, Sei’ichirou 西岡 誠一郎（にしおか せいいちろう）

  • Nee-shee-oh-kah, Say-ee-chee-row

• Igarashi, Ka’oru 五十嵐 カオル（いがらし-）

  • Ee-gah-rah-shee, Kah-oh-rɯ

  • Personal name has three syllables! Please do not say “cow”!

• Ono, Chikako 小野 チカコ（おの-）

  • Oh-no, Chee-kah-ko

• Kusano, Soushi 草野 宗司（くさの そうし）

  • Kɯ-sah-no, Sew-shee

• Shirosaki, Shou 白崎 翔（しろさき しょう）

  • Shee-ro-sah-kee, Show

• Mishima, Keigo 三島 圭吾（みしま けいご）

  • Mee-shee-mah, Kay-go

• Shiina, Jin 椎名 仁（しいな じん）

  • Shee-nah, Jean

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Manga Details

• Yuichi Itakura

  • Notable people they were an assistant for

    • Masashi Kishimoto (of Naruto and Samurai 8 fame)

      • on Naruto (confirmed in many volumes)

    • Yusuke Murata (of Eyeshield 21 and One-Punch Man fame)

      • on Eyeshield 21 (confirmed in volume 31)

  • Notable people they had as assistants

    • None known

  • Other works

    • Like literally one other one-shot that I can’t find enough reliable information on. Don’t worry about it. 

• Publishing

  • Run Dates: 

    • October 2nd, 2006 to December 4th, 2006

  • Series it replaced

• Nazo no Murasame-kun by Mikio Itou (3 vols, flop)

• Series that replaced it

  • Jyuki Ningen Jumbor by Hiroyuki Takei (of Shaman King and Butsu Zone fame) (1 volume, 10 chapter MEGA FLOP)

• Series that started at the same time as it

  • P2! ~let’s play pingpong~ by Tatsuma Ejiri (7 vols, did okay)

• Chapters/Volumes: 

  • 10 chapters/1 volume

Manga Itself / Misc thoughts

• HAND’S represents a minor shift in Weekly Shonen Jump. It had been almost three years since the last ten chapter cancellation (Haruto Umezawa’s LIVE!), and normally you’d get about two years between each cancellation that brutal. ANYWAY, following Hand’s 10-chapter death, we got TWO MORE within a matter of weeks! A bloodlust was awoken in Shonen Jump editorial that we could probably use again nowadays. 

• Author Yuichi Itakura appears to have left the manga industry altogether, and now works for Dragon Entertainment, helping make TV shows. 

• Volume extras include:

  • NOTHING AT ALL.