Catch These Hands!
{{short description|Japanese manga series}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
|image = Catch These Hands volume 1 cover.png
|caption = Cover of the English release of the first volume
|ja_kanji = 私の拳をうけとめて
|ja_romaji = Watashi no Kobushi wo Uketomete
|genre = {{ubl|Yuri{{Cite book |title=Catch These Hands!, Vol. 1 (Catch These Hands!, 1) |isbn=978-1975340056 |author1=Murata |year=2022 |publisher=Yen Press }}}}
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
|type = manga
|author = Murata
|publisher = Kadokawa Shoten
|publisher_en = {{English manga publisher|NA= Yen Press}}
|demographic = Seinen
|imprint =
|magazine = Young Ace Up
|first = January 2, 2018
|last = October 13, 2020
|volumes = 4
|volume_list = #Volume list
}}
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{{Nihongo|Catch These Hands!|私の拳をうけとめて|Watashi no Kobushi wo Uketomete|lead=yes}} 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 {{ill|Young Ace Up|ja|ヤングエースUP}} from January 2, 2018,{{Cite tweet|number=948067507222409217|user=youngace_up|title=【新連載】かつての仲間達がリア充に変化し、危機感を覚えたヤンキー女子・武部は「脱ヤン」を決意。だが、脱ヤンの為に訪れたショップでヤンキー時代の因縁のライバルに出会い…！？元ヤン女子２人の真拳交際を描く「私の拳をうけとめて！」が本日より連載開始！|date=January 2, 2018|language=ja|location=Japan}} to October 13, 2020,{{Cite tweet|number=1315850244735692800|user=youngace_up|title=【私の拳をうけとめて！】最終話 二人の日常はこれからも続いてゆく──。|date=October 13, 2020|language=ja|location=Japan}} and was published in a total of four tankōbon volumes.{{Cite web |title=「私の拳をうけとめて！」｜ヤングエースUP - 無料で漫画が読めるWebコミックサイト |url=https://web-ace.jp/youngaceup/contents/1000075/ |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=ヤングエースUP |language=ja}}
In August 2021, Yen Press announced that they had licensed the manga for publication in English, under the localized title Catch These Hands!.{{Cite web |date=2021-08-20 |title=Yen Press Reveals 13 New Acquisitions To Release In February 2022 |url=https://noisypixel.net/yen-press-13-releases-february-2022/,%20https://noisypixel.net/yen-press-13-releases-february-2022/ |access-date=2023-01-05 |language=en-US }}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Cite web |title=Yen Press Licenses 8 Manga, 4 Novels for February 2022 |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-08-20/yen-press-licenses-8-manga-4-novels-for-february-2022/.176483 |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=Anime News Network |language=en}} The first volume was released in March 2022.{{Cite web |title=North American Anime, Manga Releases, March 20-26 |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-03-23/north-american-anime-manga-releases-march-20-26/.183885 |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=Anime News Network |language=en}}
= Volume list =
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|Language = Japanese
|SecondLanguage = English
|Width = 70%
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{{Graphic novel list
|VolumeNumber = 1
|RelDate = September 4, 2018{{Cite web |last=CORPORATION |first=KADOKAWA |title=私の拳をうけとめて！ （１） |url=https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/321803001404/ |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=KADOKAWAオフィシャルサイト}}
|ISBN = 9784041071533
|LicensedRelDate = March 22, 2022{{Cite web |title=Catch These Hands!, Vol. 1 {{!}} Yen Press |url=https://yenpress.com/9781975340056/catch-these-hands-vol-1 |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=Yen Press WP |language=en-US}}
|LicensedISBN = 9781975340056
|ChapterList =
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{{Graphic novel list
|VolumeNumber = 2
|RelDate = February 4, 2019{{Cite web |last=CORPORATION |first=KADOKAWA |title=私の拳をうけとめて！ （２） |url=https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/321809000552/ |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=KADOKAWAオフィシャルサイト}}
|ISBN = 9784041078310
|LicensedRelDate = June 28, 2022{{Cite web |title=Catch These Hands!, Vol. 2 {{!}} Yen Press |url=https://yenpress.com/9781975340155/catch-these-hands-vol-2 |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=Yen Press WP |language=en-US}}
|LicensedISBN = 9781975340155
|ChapterList =
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{{Graphic novel list
|VolumeNumber = 3
|RelDate = December 28, 2019{{Cite web |last=CORPORATION |first=KADOKAWA |title=私の拳をうけとめて！ （３） |url=https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/321903000951/ |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=KADOKAWAオフィシャルサイト}}
|ISBN = 9784041084939
|LicensedRelDate = November 22, 2022{{Cite web |title=Catch These Hands!, Vol. 3 {{!}} Yen Press |url=https://yenpress.com/9781975340179/catch-these-hands-vol-3 |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=Yen Press WP |language=en-US}}
|LicensedISBN = 9781975340179
|ChapterList =
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{{Graphic novel list
|VolumeNumber = 4
|RelDate = December 4, 2020{{Cite web |last=CORPORATION |first=KADOKAWA |title=私の拳をうけとめて！ （4） |url=https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/322008000385/ |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=KADOKAWAオフィシャルサイト}}
|ISBN = 9784041109250
|LicensedRelDate = April 18, 2023{{Cite web |title=Catch These Hands!, Vol. 4 {{!}} Yen Press |url=https://yenpress.com/9781975340193/catch-these-hands-vol-4 |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=Yen Press WP |language=en-US}}
|LicensedISBN = 9781975340193
|ChapterList =
}}
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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.{{Cite web |title=Catch These Hands! GN 1 |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/catch-these-hands/gn-1/.184331 |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=Anime News Network |language=en}} 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".{{Cite web |date=2022-04-12 |title=Catch These Hands! Volume 1 Review • Anime UK News |url=https://animeuknews.net/2022/04/catch-these-hands-volume-1-review/ |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=Anime UK News |language=en-GB}} Erica Friedman of Okazu praised the translation and lettering of the English release,{{Cite web |last=Friedman |first=Erica |date=2022-03-25 |title=Catch These Hands, Volume 1 |url=https://okazu.yuricon.com/2022/03/25/catch-these-hands-volume-1/ |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=Okazu}} and the character development of later volumes.{{Cite web |last=Friedman |first=Erica |date=2022-07-08 |title=Catch These Hands!, Volume 2 |url=https://okazu.yuricon.com/2022/07/08/catch-these-hands-volume-2/ |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=Okazu}}