Can anyone explain the ending of "Koe no Katachi" one-shot? In Koe no Katachi (OOIMA Yoshitoki) (one-shot version), at the end of the story,


   the boy, Ishida Shouya, finally met up again with the deaf girl he bullied in the past, Nishimiya, Shouko.


My question is about the exchange in sign language between them in the last 3 pages of the story. What do the signs mean?


   Why did the boy blush and reply "That's so embarrassing! How can you even say that?!" in page second to last? And in the last page, when the girl grabbed his hand, why did he say  "That's not what I meant!"?


The relevant 4 pages. (negative page number, since I am counting from last)

Page -5


Page -3


Page -2


Page -1
It says "you-me-friend" in JSL. The pronouns appear to be the same as ASL, (finger pointing at the relevant person stands in for you/me/he/she/it) and clasped hands by context appears to mean friend. In ASL, it would be hooked index fingers &amp; clasped hands means "to congratulate".

I didn't see any other panels with likely sign in them.  On an unrelated side note, JSL is distinctive for it's usage of air-writing, where some signs like place names are the Kanji written in the air with your finger.