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ladydewinter 's review for:
囀る鳥は羽ばたかない 1 [Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai 1]
by Kou Yoneda
Reading the summary as copied from mangaupdates made me laugh. It isn't wrong, actually, but what's missing is the bit where it mentions that this is one of the best BL manga ever written.
Yashiro is a yakuza boss who is also seriously masochistic. Domeki is his new bodyguard who is impotent and joined Yashiro's group mostly because he liked the way Yashiro looks.
While these are the basic facts, writing them down like this makes this manga sound nowhere near as good as it is. First of all, it shouldn't be dismissed - or taken - as a simple kink story. The way these two - both deeply screwed up - men interact is so different from 99.9% of all other stories I've read. Yashiro is an incredible fascinating character, and "Tadayoedo Shizumazu, Saredo Naki mo Sezu", one of this story's prequels that luckily is also included in this volume, never fails to floor me. (I actually really like that "Tadayoedo Shizumazu, Saredo Naki mo Sezu" and "Don't stay gold" frame the main story.) Since "Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai" isn't finish yet, I have to reserve a final judgment, but "Tadayoedo Shizumazu, Saredo Naki mo Sezu" is definitely one of the most powerful stories I've ever read in any medium.
This isn't the kind of story you just read and that's that. It's the kind of story that makes you think about people, how they become what they are, how difficult it is to let yourself love sometimes. It's really, really worth reading.
Edited on June 28, 2016: Rereading this and impressed by Yashiro all over again. He is one of the most fascinating characters I've ever read. This is a superb manga.
Yashiro is a yakuza boss who is also seriously masochistic. Domeki is his new bodyguard who is impotent and joined Yashiro's group mostly because he liked the way Yashiro looks.
While these are the basic facts, writing them down like this makes this manga sound nowhere near as good as it is. First of all, it shouldn't be dismissed - or taken - as a simple kink story. The way these two - both deeply screwed up - men interact is so different from 99.9% of all other stories I've read. Yashiro is an incredible fascinating character, and "Tadayoedo Shizumazu, Saredo Naki mo Sezu", one of this story's prequels that luckily is also included in this volume, never fails to floor me. (I actually really like that "Tadayoedo Shizumazu, Saredo Naki mo Sezu" and "Don't stay gold" frame the main story.) Since "Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai" isn't finish yet, I have to reserve a final judgment, but "Tadayoedo Shizumazu, Saredo Naki mo Sezu" is definitely one of the most powerful stories I've ever read in any medium.
This isn't the kind of story you just read and that's that. It's the kind of story that makes you think about people, how they become what they are, how difficult it is to let yourself love sometimes. It's really, really worth reading.
Edited on June 28, 2016: Rereading this and impressed by Yashiro all over again. He is one of the most fascinating characters I've ever read. This is a superb manga.