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“Yakuza Yashiro and impotent bodyguard Doumeki's transformative relationship explores love and rebirth amid darkness.”
Twittering Birds Never Fly
囀る鳥は羽ばたかない
8.45
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Synopsis
Yakuza Yashiro and impotent bodyguard Doumeki's transformative relationship explores love and rebirth amid darkness.
Yakuza Yashiro, who only ever loved Kageyama, meets a new bodyguard, Doumeki Chikara. Unfortunately, the latter is impotent. The masochistic, lewd and beautiful yakuza Yashiro and his silent, clumsy, impotent subordinate, Doumeki. This is the story of a man who has never known happiness and of a man who is reborn by getting to know him. (Source: MU) Included one-shots: Volume 1: Don't Stay Gold, Tadayoedo Shizumazu, Saredo Naki mo sezu.
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Community consensus
Derived from 20 sampled reviews
9.6
/10
What 20 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 10
mode 10
σ 0.59
Agreement
Strong agreement
σ 0.59 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 0.55
Running avg · Mar 2011 → Oct 2024
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “I've read a few yaoi/romance series's before, and this one isn't really a romance, but it definitely has the "feel" in it. The story's one of the best I've read, and it's not even finished yet. I...”
- 9 “This 44 pages long oneshot has more characterization, more depth and more psychological insight than most multi-volume mangas. The story of this manga centers on the psychology of the main...”
- 9 “Best Yaoi Manga. The story, the plot twist, the phsycological depth, the art, the characters, everything about it is great. I'm obsessed with this manga, and can't wait to see how the story will...”
Verbosity
Short · 35%
Medium · 45%
Long · 20%
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A Manga Publication
- Published Aug 2011 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M16758 catalog