Before reaching for the paper fragment Mac is wearing gloves. He reaches and picks up the the fragment barehanded. In the next cut he is wearing gloves again.
The Japanese comic (manga) is shown being read left-to-right. Japanese is read right-to-left. Some manga have been translated into English, with the art "mirrored" to read left-to-right, but there's no indication of any English text in the books shown.