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There's a trope in yaoi manga of the character's having disproportionately
large hands, often at least as big as their face.

Example of Yaoi Hands:

[![Yaoi
hands](https://i.stack.imgur.com/oC5y1m.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/oC5y1m.png)

Where did this start? What was the first manga to do this?


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Where did the trope of yaoi hands start?


_This answer might be inconclusive due to lack of information on the topic._

According to [Know Your Meme](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/yaoi-hands), the
term "Yaoi Hands" was originated from MangaFox Otaku message board.

> **Origin**
>
> The earliest known mention of Yaoi hands appeared on the Otaku message board
> MangaFox on March 23rd, 2010, in reference to art featured in the manga
> _Junjou Romantica: Pure Romance_. While the image is no longer accessible,
> the description pointed out the oversized hands depicted on the characters
> Usami and Misaki.

So.. yes, the term was not originated from Japan. In fact, Japanese might not
have heard the term, as shown in [step55524's Togetter
(Japanese)](https://togetter.com/li/910205) consisting Japanese tweets by カラサワ
about an encounter to an image of "yaoi alpacas" to the revelation of 「やおいの手」
( _yaoi no te_ , yaoi hands).

* * *

According to anime-planet, [the earliest manga with "Yaoi Hand
Syndrome"](http://www.anime-planet.com/manga/tags/yaoi-hand-
syndrome?sort=year&order=asc) was _Touzandou Tentsui Ibun_ (1998), a shonen-ai
manga by [Shungiku Nakamura](http://www.anime-planet.com/people/shungiku-
nakamura).

She's also dominating the category with 4 other manga:

  1. _Mangetsu Monogatari_ (2001, shoujo ai)
  2. _Junjou Romantica_ (2002, shonen ai)
  3. _World's Greatest First Love: Ritsu Onodera's Affair_ (2008, shonen ai)
  4. _Junjou Mistake_ (2008, shonen ai)


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