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 of the first volume of the manga series
囀る鳥は羽ばたかない
(Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai)
GenreYaoi, tragedy, romance, slice of life
Manga
Written byKou Yoneda
Published byTaiyoh Tosho
English publisherJuné (Digital Manga)
Magazine
  • HertZ
  • 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
Licensed by
ReleasedFebruary 15, 2020 (2020-02-15)
Runtime85 minutes
Original animation DVD
Don't Stay Gold
Directed byKaori Makita
Written byHiroshi Seiko
Music byH ZETTRIO
StudioGrizzly
ReleasedMarch 1, 2021
Anime film
Twittering Birds Never Fly – The Storm Breaks
StudioGrizzly
Anime film
Untitled film

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 pursues 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 by his uncle. He has difficulty in maintaining close personal relationships with others.
Chikara Doumeki (百目鬼 力, Doumeki 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.
Eishin Kuga (久我 瑛心, Kuga Eishin)
Voiced by: Yūki Ono (audio drama, film)[1]
A juvenile delinquent.
Takahito Misumi (三角 隆仁, Misumi Takahito)
Voiced by: Tōru Ōkawa (audio drama, film)[1]
Yashiro's boss, mentor, and former lover.
Atsushi Ryuuzaki (竜崎 篤士, Ryuuzaki 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]
Yuusuke Nanahara (七原 祐輔, Nanahara Yuusuke)
Voiced by: Kazuyuki Okitsu (audio drama, film)[1]
Yashiro's subordinate.
Shizuma Amou (天羽 静真, Amou 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 volumes published by Taiyoh Tosho as of May 2019. An English-language translation of the first three volumes of the series was published by Juné, the yaoi imprint of Digital Manga.[3] The fourth volume is slated for release in December 2020.[4][5]

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 January 30, 2013[6]978-4813030133October 7, 2014[7]978-1569703274
2 November 1, 2013[8]978-4813030348July 21, 2015[9]978-8861695429
3 June 1, 2015[10]978-4813030805March 21, 2017[11]978-1569703625
4 September 30, 2016[12]978-4813031277December 2020[5]—
5 November 30, 2017[13]978-4813031680–—
6 May 1, 2019[14]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[15]
Twittering Birds Never Fly Volume 2 September 24, 2014[16]
Twittering Birds Never Fly Volume 3 January 27, 2016[17]
Twittering Birds Never Fly Volume 4 February 8, 2017[18]
Twittering Birds Never Fly Volume 5 February 28, 2018[19]

Anime films

An anime film adaptation, Twittering Birds Never Fly – 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.[20][21] 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][22] A sequel film, Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai – The Storm Breaks, was announced on February 15, 2020.[23] An as-of-yet untitled third Twittering Birds Never Fly film has also been announced.[24]

The three films were licensed by Sentai Filmworks for home video, theater booking and virtual screening.[25]

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 on March 1, 2021.[23][26]

Reception

Over 1.5 million copies of Twittering Birds Never Fly are in print as of February 2020.[27]

In 2014, Twittering Birds Never Fly was listed as a top recommended yaoi title in a national survey of Japanese bookstore employees.[28] The manga was shortlisted for the Sugoi Japan Award 2016.[29]

References
  1. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (26 December 2019). "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 (25 April 2019). "Kou Yoneda's Twittering Birds Never Fly Boys-Love Manga Gets Anime Film". Anime News Network. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  3. Loo, Egan (16 August 2013). "Digital Manga Licenses Kou Yoneda's Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai". Anime News Network. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  4. Juné Manga [@junemanga] (1 August 2020). "It wouldn't be a proper 801 Day without some sort of announcement, right? Twittering Birds Never Fly vol.4 - Coming December 2020 AND bundled with the first print run, will be a little something extra* for everyone! *limited edition, not sold separately, 1st print run only" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 1 August 2020 – via Twitter.
  5. Hazra, Adriana (31 August 2020). "DMP's Juné Imprint to Release Volume 4 of Twittering Birds Never Fly Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  6. 囀る鳥は羽ばたかない 1. Amazon JP. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  7. "Twittering Birds Never Fly Vol. 1". Juné. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  8. 囀る鳥は羽ばたかない 2. Amazon JP. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
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  10. 囀る鳥は羽ばたかない 3. Amazon JP. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  11. "Twittering Birds Never Fly Vol. 3". Juné. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  12. 囀る鳥は羽ばたかない 4. Amazon JP. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  13. 囀る鳥は羽ばたかない 5. Amazon JP. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  14. 囀る鳥は羽ばたかない 6. Amazon JP. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  15. ドラマＣＤ「囀る鳥は羽ばたかない」. Frontier Works (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-04-27.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. Loo, Egan (26 October 2019). "Twittering Birds Never Fly Boys-Love Film's Promo Video Unveils Cast, February Release". Anime News Network. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  21. Sherman, Jennifer (6 December 2019). "Twittering Birds Never Fly Boys-Love Anime Film Reveals Visual, February 15 Opening". Anime News Network. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  22. 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.
  23. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (15 February 2020). "Twittering Birds Never Fly Anime Film Gets Sequel Film, OAD". Anime News Network. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  24. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (16 February 2020). "Twittering Birds Never Fly Anime Listed With 3 60-Minute Installments". Anime News Network. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  25. "Sentai Acquires "Twittering Birds Never Fly" Feature Length Trilogy". Sentai Filmworks Press Release. August 26, 2020. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  26. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (27 September 2020). "Twittering Birds Never Fly Original Anime Disc Slated for March 21". Anime News Network. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  27. 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.
  28. Pineda, Rafael Antonio (6 March 2014). "Japan's Bookstore Employees Rank Top Boys-Love Manga of 2014". Anime News Network. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  29. 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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