Love in the Palm of His Hand Series

Through sign language and acting, two young men seeking their places in the world discover a connection that transcends the spoken word.

“It doesn’t matter if you don’t know the right sign or if you mess up. You don’t need to use words with me. I can read everything about you.”

Fujinaga finally lands a lead role in a stage play, and Keito makes it his mission to see it with his own eyes. The world finally recognizes Fujinaga’s unique talent, and Keito is here to witness this life-changing moment. When the play concludes its run, Keito receives a message from Fujinaga: “I want to see you.”

After so much time apart, both are wrestling with possessive desires and an overwhelming yearning to communicate the feelings deep in their hearts, an act that may not require any words at all.

Through sign language and acting, two young men seeking their places in the world discover a connection that transcends the spoken word.

“I could only return to acting because there’s someone who believes in me.”

Fujinaga is determined to give acting one last try as he performs in a stage play adaptation of a manga series, but his nerves get the better of him when he realizes that Keito will be there in the audience. While Fujinaga’s talent is finally garnering him some public recognition, his worries and loneliness begin to eat him up from the inside. Can the special language he and Keito share form a bridge between them and help him resolve his frustrations?

For Keito and Fujinaga, sign language will light the way along their journey of self-discovery and bind them together as nothing else can.

Through sign language and acting, two young men seeking their places in the world discover a connection that transcends the spoken word.

“To think that just what I’ve always wanted to hear would come from someone I just met.”

Fujinaga is a university student who dreams of becoming an actor so he can do what he loves best—conveying emotion and story through physical expression. But after failing multiple auditions, his hopes are dashed and his confidence crushed. When he meets Keito, a fellow student with congenital hearing loss, Fujinaga is suddenly introduced to the world of sign language. Although clumsy at first, Fujinaga quickly picks up signing and surprises Keito with his astonishing talent of expressing emotions through action.

Is it that only in a place beyond all verbal limitations can two people, both yearning to be understood, forge a bond they never expected?