Catch These Hands!

Catch These Hands! is a yuri manga series by murata. It was serialized in Young Ace Up from January 2018 to October 2020, and is licensed and published in English by Yen Press.

Plot

Ayako Takebe, a young woman in her early twenties, intends to leave behind her history as a delinquent leader in high school and reform her image. By chance she encounters her high-school rival, Kirara Soramori. Soramori reveals that she has had a long-standing crush on Takebe, and challenges her to a fight, on the condition that if she wins, she and Takebe will begin dating.

Publication

In Japan, Watashi no Kobushi wo Uketomete was serialized in from January 2, 2018, to October 13, 2020, and was published in a total of four tankōbon volumes.
In August 2021, Yen Press announced that they had licensed the manga for publication in English, under the localized title Catch These Hands!. The first volume was released in March 2022.

Volume list

Reception

Writing for Anime News Network, Christopher Farris gave the manga's first volume a positive review, praising the art, story, and humor in contrasting the plot element of the characters' delinquent past with the romantic comedy genre. Ian Wolf of Anime UK News, by contrast, gave a mixed review, praising the "slapstick" fight scenes and the comedy in Takebe and Soramori's "social misunderstandings," but overall deemed the first volume "not that gripping". Erica Friedman of Okazu praised the translation and lettering of the English release, and the character development of later volumes.