Twittering Birds Never Fly vol.4

囀る鳥は羽ばたかない [Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai] #4

by Kou Yoneda

Despite his reputation as a lecherous man-chaser, Yashiro, young leader of the Shinseikai, was determined to avoid relationships with his subordinates. However, after an attempt on his life, his relationship with his attendant and bodyguard, Doumeki, has grown into something he never could have imagined.
Meanwhile, Doumeki, awakening to his own feelings, has resolved himself to protect Yashiro, even if it puts his own life in peril.
One being protected, and one protecting...
The feelings Doumeki and Yashiro have for each other are surprising, to say the least.
It was at this point that Yashiro realizes...

Genres: Manga, Yaoi, Romance, Comics, Boys Love, LGBT, Queer

209 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 30, 2016

About the author

Yoneda Kou (ヨネダコウ) made her manga debut in 2009 with Doushitemo Furetakunai (No Touching at All), which became an instant critical and commercial success. She followed up with Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai (Twittering Birds Never Fly) and has also published doujinshi (independent comics) under the circle names "Raw" and "NITRO Koutetsu". A Capricorn with an A blood type, she likes sushi, inexpensive chocolate, and foreign drama series.

Reviews

[Mizuki · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm glad to see there is a breakthrough between the main couple! (e.g. Blood licking and kiss! Damn! The sexual tension has been building for long enough!) Although the entire love confession scene is totally messed up, and a lot of things are still totally messed up, but who cares!

*fangirl's screaming*

Review for vol. 1: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Review for vol. 2: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Review for vol. 3: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Review for vol. 5: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[L A i N E Y (will be back) · Rating 5 out of 5]

BL/ yaoi at its finest.

Layered story, complex and damaged characters, violent world. With incredible art to boot.

What more could you want?

Perfect.

[Sophie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This has the most horrible cliffhanger ever.

A stellar piece of work as always, and the bonus short story is wonderful.

[Atalántē · Rating 4 out of 5]

4⭐

[D. Fox · Rating 5 out of 5]

I certainly have a difficulty expressing how i feel about a story I adore.

I have followed the series from the beginning and I 've walked a long way with the characters and their emotions.
A lot has been said about Saezuru, so I will only add- it is so raw and painfully honest, that it makes me think of it when it's 4 am and I am smoking on my small balcony, staring at the outlines of the city.

[Marureviere · Rating 5 out of 5]

No one truly does it like Yoneda Kou

[S a n d r a · Rating 5 out of 5]

Solo puedo decir ¡al fin! He tardado un poco en hacerme con él... Pero con todo lo que nos hicieron esperar para publicar el cuarto tomo, casi nada. Por suerte el quinto sale este mes, dentro de nada. Y menos mal, porque para la gente que sólo lo sigue en los tomos publicados en español, el punto en el que se queda la historia es tremendamente horrible jajaja Yo como siempre lo sigo por los scans, no tengo problema, y por suerte con el siguiente tomo ha llegamos al punto de publicación japonés (aunque claro, ahí sufriremos la espera en su máximo exponente XD)

[Pimplop · Rating 5 out of 5]

Me volví a leer todo Saezuru para estar al día, porque hace años no lo pescaba y no puedo creerlo, pero esta historia se pone mejor y mejor.

Este es el único mafia au que me apasiona y me da vida.

[Fenriz Angelo · Rating 5 out of 5]

This just only gets better and better.

[frau.meln · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mit jedem weiteren Band, mag ich diese Reihe mehr!

Kou Yoneda schafft es einfach eine düstere, angespannte und mitreißende Atmosphäre zu schaffen, die mich immer und immer neugieriger auf die weiteren Entwicklungen werden lässt.

Was ich an Geschichten, wie diesen immer spannend finde, sind die Machtkämpfe und Verstrickungen innerhalb der Yakuza und was diese so besonders macht, ist die sich parallel entwickelnde Beziehung zwischen Doumeki und Yashiro. Diese ist zwar durchaus sexueller Natur, führt aber bei beiden zu Gefühlen, denen sie sich noch stellen müssen.

Ich bin schon so gespannt, wir sich das noch entwickelt. Aber ich mag es sehr, wie alles ineinander übergeht und wie gemächlich und dennoch konstant sich die Charaktere entwickeln.

Der einzige Kritikpunkt, den ich nach wie vor habe, ist, dass die Mimik der Charaktere mir manchmal nicht genug Emotionen überträgt und ich nach wie vor Distanz zur Erzählung verspüre.

[Knigoqdec · Rating 5 out of 5]

Бележка към мен: #2200 в прочетени според сайта, йеей~

Доста добре изградени мафиотски драми, поне от гледна точка на мен, масовата публика, впечатляващо. Нанахара изненадва, Доумеки се преборва (горе-долу) за възможност да се прояви, без да е само "Йес, бос" :D

[Victoria Delgado - Libros para Buddy · Rating 5 out of 5]

¡Y ahora a buscar el quinto volumen!

[yengyeng · Rating 5 out of 5]

This story gets better and better! Love the bonus booklet documenting the very first meeting as cop and mafia.

[rowenalovelace · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sensei.is.killing.me.softly.

[Liss · Rating 5 out of 5]

Das war bis jetzt mit Abstand der BESTE Band! Der Spannungsbogen schoss hier ins unermessliche und hat mich echt an den Manga gefesselt! Zum ersten Mal hatte ich bei dieser Reihe Angst, dass jemand den Löffel abgibt. Neben den actiongeladenen Seiten gab es auch noch die Geschichte eines Nebencharakters, wie dieser zur Yakuza gekommen ist, die mir auch sehr gefallen hat. Außerdem wurden einige Rätsel aufgelöst und ich habe die Befürchtung, dass nicht alle Charaktere lebend aus den Verstrickungen herauskommen. Ich muss mir auf jeden Fall die weiteren Bände holen!

[Vika · Rating 5 out of 5]

oh ryuuzaki you poor bastard you never had a chance

[Molin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Doumeki 😢🥺🥺

[Katie · Rating 5 out of 5]

i shall simply never recover from the car scene

😌😱🗡️💨🚐🚗💨😳🫦🩸😏🍆🔥❌🙂‍↔️

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un 3,5 en realidad
Cada vez hay más intrigas políticas y traiciones que escenas entre los personajes. No puedo decir que me disguste porque lo estoy disfrutando un montón pero es verdad que me gustaría ver más interacciones entre ellos. ¡Que ganas del siguiente!

[Hot Mess Sommelière ~ Caro · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely brilliant! I'm totally in love with this series and I'm still hoping for 30 more installments :)

[Alba GtB · Rating 5 out of 5]

5⭐². Me ha gustado especialmente

[duniamimpigie Anggi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bagus. Bagus. Bagus banget. Uuuh... Bagus pokoknya! Suka!
Akhirnya si Gie bisa ngomong dengan jelas kalau si Gie suka sama seri ini!

Terutama sama Doumeki. Karakter favorit terfavorit-favoritnya si Gie di seri ini deh. Bodyguard seme yang super loyal dan penuh pendambaan kepada Yashiro. Totalitas banget si abang ini, bahkan untuk soal percintaan.
Gak sabar pengen baca kelanjutannya. Suka banget sama perkembangan hubungan Doumeki x Yashiro di jilid ini. Di satu sisi mereka menahan diri supaya hubungannya gak melewati batas, tapi di sisi lain interaksi yang intens dan kondisi kelompok yang memanas memaksa mereka untuk semakin dekat.

Saya suka Yashiro yang tetep keras kepala, takut untuk percaya kepada orang lain, dan trauma untuk jatuh cinta lagi. Juga suka Doumeki yang sekuat tenaga menghambakan diri pada Yashiro, namun sekuat tenaga pula menyembunyikan ketertarikannya.

Daaaannn... jilid 5-nya kutinggal di rumah Tangerang!! Uwoooo~~~ harus berapa lamakah kutunda rasa penasaran ini???

[katzuyas · Rating 5 out of 5]

from the moment yashiro got shot everything got so messy with the scheming and figuring out who did it and why, but I love how everyone seems to be involved in everything and has something to hide and pin on others just to save their own asses - it’s such a manipulative and dangerous environment that I’m swallowing page after page and still craving for more 🙌🙌

and I’m officially stanning nanahara ❤️🙏

but I really have to wonder what hirata is thinking… he has a good position in his current organization, but in gouda he’d be treated like a newcomer at best, a coward and betrayer at worst, so what’s the point of forsaking everything he worked for to start all over again? what’s the point of making so many enemies? wouldn’t it be better to cook up a plan to take over doushinkai? I don’t understand his logic

also fuck but ryuuzaki is so painfully in love with yashiro and all this mess must be hurting so badly… WHY CANT ANYONE BE HAPPY HERE (jk I love this angsty mess omg 👌👌)

there isn’t much surprise in me giving this volume 5 ⭐️ again

[jude ✨ · Rating 5 out of 5]

OOF THAT ENDING. My heart sank omg.

So many other reviewers don’t seem to like the yakuza plot, but I love it!! It really makes their world more real and I’m interested to see how it’s all going to play out. I also feel like that plot aspect impacts the main characters’s relationship so it never really feels like too much to me.

This volume is so good!!! I’m so glad Nanahara is safe, lmao I didn’t realize how much I cared fine him until he got taken.

I still love the relationship development between Yoshiro and Doumeki. It’s so tender and intense, it makes for such a gripping read. I want them to be together so badly, but I know that it will take a while until the ~happily ever after~ (hopefully this series has one for them, it would suck if it didn’t) but I also LOVE THE SLOW BURN. It’s amazing.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA that extra of them meeting before the first volume AHHHHHHHHHHHH YESSSSSSSSS I love that trope 🥰 and Doumeki’s little BLUSH???? 🥰🥰🥰

[Marianna Rainolter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yashiro continua a cercare Nanahara e Ryuzaki per capire la verità: chi gli ha sparato e perché? Una ricerca appassionante e che coinvolge molti personaggi. Ma in questi momenti vediamo anche la forza del rapporto tra Domeki e Yashiro, come la fedele guardia del corpo sia attratta dall’uomo e vuole dimostrarglielo con il suo corpo. Che emozione ragazzi! Davvero tanto! Proprio perché si avverte la tensione e la forza del personaggio di Domeki e la sua risoluzione. Lui è un personaggio che mi piace tanto perché è molto complesso e si esprime poco a parole. Lo adoro e poi quella domanda finale... aaaahhhh! Per non parlare del breve capitolo extra su come Domeki entra per la prima volta in contatto con Yashiro: nella sua brevità mostra ancora una volta la loro reciproca attrazione e interesse ancor prima che si conoscessero in maniera più approfondita e lavorassero insieme.

[fero · Rating 4 out of 5]

I actually just discovered this through browsing the list of new BL anime. It was really interesting! This kind of reminds me of Banana Fish. I was pissed off about Yoshiro for leaving Doumeki but I guess he has his reason—I mean, the first time they did it, the gentleness was so alien to him that it confused/hurt him (I don’t want to judge him for that!)

It hurt me to read about his past! Also every time he was treated so cruelly by those people even though he “like” it and he’s a “masochist”... I just can’t. And there’s Doumeki wanting to cherish and take good care of him! Anyway, as I was saying, he has his reason. Some things are so complicated, or too hard to fathom, so I hope Yoshiro can get an epiphany and take his wall down for Doumeki.

This is still on going, by the way!

[L Ann · Rating 5 out of 5]

This story has really grown on me. I'm actually upset about Hirata's betrayal and worried about what's going to happen to Ryuuzaki. I was relieved that Nanahara wasn't killed and now I'm concerned about Yashiro's future within the organization. I would NEVER have thought that possible when I started. In fact, all of that actually turned me off. Now look at me!

Yashiro and Doumeki are FINALLY acknowledging their feelings for one another and things seem to be escalating pretty fast. Yashiro keeps tempting Doumeki and Doumeki doesn't have the willpower to resist. He's so fuckin hot with his quietly suffering stoic self! Jesus! when he walked out that shower! 😆

The story ends, as usual, at a cliffhanger and thank God volume 5 is available because I'd go crazy wondering what happens next.

[Julie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’m trying to stop myself from skimming through all the succession/betrayal/Yakuza stuff. Like it’s interesting and all, but I just want to get to all the Doumeki x Yashiro content and boy, was I fed!!! I could look up volume 5 and read the next chapters, but I’m going to be a masochist and wait for the physical copy to come out, but ahhhh I need it so bad. I love them so much. DOUMEKIIII in this volume, holy shit. What a tall, handsome, emotionless man. I also really like Nanahara! I’m glad he’s okay lol. As soon as I was thinking that I liked him, dude got whacked over the head.

God, I love this series.

[Jessica Walsh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Doumeki has a problem: he’s in love with his boss, Yashiro. His boss who happens to also be in the Yakuza and in the middle of a power war with another member. All manner of backstabbings, shootings, murder, stealing and other crimes are happening around them and all Doumeki can think of is protecting this man who he’s, unfortunately, fallen in love with. To make matters worse if Yashiro were to ever find out about these feelings then he’d dismiss him immediately, because love is the last thing he wants.

Read the rest of my review of volumes 4, 5 and 6 here:

https://wellarethey.blogspot.com/2023...

[autumn wind · Rating 5 out of 5]

𝟮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱- I reread this because I forgot the timeline and I wanted to continue the story. I'm glad that I did because now I know where I stand with my emotions. Yashiro, Doumeki, Ryuzaki, Nanahara, all these characters all slowly growing into me.

"𝙁𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙄 𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙖 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙖 𝙩𝙤 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙. 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙜𝙤. 𝙄 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙜𝙤. 𝙄 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙤 𝙘𝙪𝙩𝙚. 𝙔𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙤 𝙘𝙪𝙩𝙚.. 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙚. 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙤 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙮 𝙨𝙖𝙠𝙚, 𝙄 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙙𝙞𝙚 𝙨𝙤 𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙚. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙬𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙚. 𝙄'𝙢 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖𝙛𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙄'𝙢 𝙖𝙛𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙤 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙛 𝙄 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪."