Twittering Birds Never Fly

Twittering Birds Never Fly (Japanese: 囀る鳥は羽ばたかない, Hepburn: Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai) is a Japanese yaoi manga series written and illustrated by Kou Yoneda. A sequel to Yoneda's previous one shot stories Don't Stay Gold and Tadayoedo Shizumazu, Saredo Naki mo Sezu, it has been serialized in the manga magazines HertZ and ihr HertZ since March 2008. The manga was adapted into an anime film trilogy produced by Blue Lynx and animated by Grizzly beginning in 2020.

Twittering Birds Never Fly
Cover to the first volume of the manga series.
囀る鳥は羽ばたかない
(Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai)
GenreYaoi
Manga
Written byKou Yoneda
Published byTaiyoh Tosho
English publisherJuné (Digital Manga)
MagazineHertZ
ihr HertZ
DemographicJosei
Original runMarch 2008 – present
Volumes6
Audio drama
StudioFrontier Works
Original runOctober 2013 – present
Anime film
Twittering Birds Never Fly – The Clouds Gather
Directed byKaori Makita
Produced byBlue Lynx
Written byHiroshi Seiko
Music byH ZETTRIO
StudioGRIZZLY
ReleasedFebruary 15, 2020 (2020-02-15)
Original animation DVD
Don't Stay Gold
Directed byKaori Makita
Written byHiroshi Seiko
Music byH ZETTRIO
StudioGRIZZLY
ReleasedTBA
Anime film
Twittering Birds Never Fly – The Storm Breaks
StudioGRIZZLY
ReleasedTBA
Anime film
Untitled film
ReleasedTBA

Synopsis

The series follows Yashiro, a young high-ranking yakuza boss and president of a front corporation. He is assigned a new bodyguard, Chikara Dōmeki, who discovers that his employer is a hypersexual masochist. Yashiro develops an attraction to Dōmeki, who rejects his advances. Yashiro later discovers that Dōmeki is impotent, and begins to pursue a sadomasochistic relationship with him.

Characters
Yashiro (矢代)
Voiced by: Tarusuke Shingaki (audio drama, film)[1]
A high-ranking yakuza boss. While outwardly demanding but cheerful, he is secretly a sadomasochist who was sexually abused as a child. He has difficulty in maintaining close personal relationships with others.
Chikara Dōmeki (百目鬼力, Dōmeki Chikara)
Voiced by: Wataru Hatano (audio drama, film)[1]
Yashiro's personal bodyguard. Formerly a police officer, he was forced to leave after going to prison. He became Yashiro’s bodyguard to earn more money. He is handsome and stoic, but suffers from sexual impotence.
Kanji Kageyama (影山莞爾, Kageyama Kanji)
Voiced by: Hiroki Yasumoto (audio drama, film)[1]
Yashiro's childhood friend. A doctor, he runs his clinic as a legitimate business during the day, and as a hospital for wounded yakuza at night.
Akira Kuga (久我瑛心, Kuga Akira)
Voiced by: Yūki Ono (audio drama, film)[1]
A juvenile delinquent.
Misumi (ミスミ, Misumi)
Voiced by: Tōru Ōkawa (audio drama, film)[1]
Yashiro's boss, mentor, and lover.
Atsushi Ryūzaki (竜崎篤士, Ryūzaki Atsushi)
Voiced by: Kenta Miyake (audio drama, film)[1]
The boss of the Matsubara yakuza.
Kazuaki Hirata (平田和明, Hirata Kazuaki)
Voiced by: Akimitsu Takase (film)[1]
Yūsuke Nanahara (七原祐輔, Nanahara Yūsuke)
Voiced by: Kazuyuki Okitsu (audio drama, film)[1]
Yashiro's subordinate.
Shizuma Ageya (天羽静真, Ageya Shizuma)
Voiced by: Takuya Satō (film)[1]
Hayato Sugimoto (杉本隼人, Sugimoto Hayato)
Voiced by: Takahiro Miyake (film)[1]

Media

Manga

Twittering Birds Never Fly has been serialized in HertZ and ihr HertZ since March 2008.[2] The series has been collected into six tankōbon published by Taiyoh Tosho. An English-language translation of the first three volumes of the series was published by Juné, the yaoi imprint of Digital Manga.[3]

No.Japanese release dateJapanese ISBNEnglish release dateEnglish ISBN
1 January 30, 2013[4]978-4813030133October 7, 2014[5]978-1569703274
2 November 1, 2013[6]978-4813030348July 21, 2015[7]978-8861695429
3 June 1, 2015[8]978-4813030805March 21, 2017[9]978-1569703625
4 September 30, 2016[10]978-4813031277–—
5 November 30, 2017[11]978-4813031680–—
6 May 1, 2019[12]978-4813032205–—

Audio drama

An audio drama adaptation of Twittering Birds Never Fly has been produced by Frontier Works, featuring Tarusuke Shingaki as the voice of Yashiro and Wataru Hatano as the voice of Chikara.[2]

Title Release date
Twittering Birds Never Fly October 10, 2013[13]
Twittering Birds Never Fly Volume 2 September 24, 2014[14]
Twittering Birds Never Fly Volume 3 January 27, 2016[15]
Twittering Birds Never Fly Volume 4 February 8, 2017[16]
Twittering Birds Never Fly Volume 5 February 28, 2018[17]

Anime film

An anime film adaptation, Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai – The Clouds Gather, was announced on April 26, 2019 and released on February 15, 2020. The film is animated by GRIZZLY and produced by Blue Lynx.[18][19] The film's primary production staff includes Kaori Makita as director and Hiroshi Seko as scriptwriter; the film's score is composed by H ZETTRIO.[2][20] A sequel film, Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai – The Storm Breaks, was announced on February 15, 2020.[21] An as-of-yet untitled third Twittering Birds Never Fly film has also been announced.[22]

Original anime DVD

An original anime DVD (OAD) adapting Don't Stay Gold was announced on February 15, 2020. The DVD will be packaged with a special edition of the seventh volume of the manga series.[21]

Reception

Over 1.5 million copies of Twittering Birds Never Fly are in print as of February 2020.[23]

In 2014, Twittering Birds Never Fly was listed as a top recommended yaoi title in a national survey of Japanese bookstore employees.[24] The manga was shortlisted for the Sugoi Japan Award 2016.[25]

References
  1. Hodgkins, Crystalyn. "Twittering Birds Never Fly Boys-Love Anime Film's New Trailer Reveals 8 More Cast Members". Anime News Network. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  2. Pineda, Rafael Antonio. "Kou Yoneda's Twittering Birds Never Fly Boys-Love Manga Gets Anime Film". Anime News Network. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  3. "Digital Manga Licenses Kou Yoneda's Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai". Anime News Network. 16 August 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
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  12. "囀る鳥は羽ばたかない 6". Amazon JP. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  13. "ドラマＣＤ「囀る鳥は羽ばたかない」". Frontier Works (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-04-27.
  14. "ドラマＣＤ「囀る鳥は羽ばたかない」第２巻". Frontier Works (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-04-27.
  15. "ドラマCD「囀る鳥は羽ばたかない」第3巻". Frontier Works (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-04-27.
  16. "ドラマCD「囀る鳥は羽ばたかない」第４巻". Frontier Works (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-04-27.
  17. "ドラマCD「囀る鳥は羽ばたかない」第5巻". Frontier Works (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-04-27.
  18. Loo, Egan. "Twittering Birds Never Fly Boys-Love Film's Promo Video Unveils Cast, February Release". Anime News Network. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  19. Sherman, Jennifer. "Twittering Birds Never Fly Boys-Love Anime Film Reveals Visual, February 15 Opening". Anime News Network. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  20. "ヨネダコウ「囀る鳥は羽ばたかない」劇場アニメ化！フジテレビの新BLレーベルより". Comic Natalie. April 25, 2019. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  21. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (15 February 2020). "Twittering Birds Never Fly Anime Film Gets Sequel Film, OAD". Anime News Network. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  22. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (16 February 2020). "Twittering Birds Never Fly Anime Listed With 3 60-Minute Installments". Anime News Network. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  23. "BLアニメが避けて通れない「性描写」と「年齢制限」。フジテレビアニメ開発部の挑戦". Livedoor (in Japanese). 15 February 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  24. Pineda, Rafael Antonio (6 March 2014). "Japan's Bookstore Employees Rank Top Boys-Love Manga of 2014". Anime News Network. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  25. Miller, KK (30 March 2016). "Sugoi Japan Award 2016 winners: The manga, anime, novels Japan thinks you should binge on". Sora News 24. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
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