Twittering Birds Never Fly, Vol.1
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- Update Date：2025-09-07
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- Author：Kou Yoneda
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Summary
Yashiro is the young leader of Shinseikai and the president of the Shinseikai Enterprise， but like so many powerful men， he leads a double life as a deviant and a masochist。 Chikara Doumeki comes to work as a bodyguard for him and， although Yashiro had decided that he would never lay a hand on his own men， he finds there's something about Doumeki that he can't resist。 Yashiro makes advances toward Doumeki， but Doumeki has mysterious reasons for denying。
Yashiro， who abuses his power just to abuse himself， and Doumeki， who faithfully obeys his every command， begin the tumultuous affair of two men with songs in their hearts and no wings to fly。
Yashiro， who abuses his power just to abuse himself， and Doumeki， who faithfully obeys his every command， begin the tumultuous affair of two men with songs in their hearts and no wings to fly。
Reviews
KarelyRh
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😯
Dani Blackbutterfly
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Pensé que me yabia equivocado al comprar los 5 tomos， pero a medida que iba avanzando la historia， supe que había sido lo correcto。
Victor
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YES。 I WANT MORE
Mosley Allen
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So the overall main idea of Mafia BL is kind of typical but there are some new unexplored topics I haven't seen in any other BL's yet。 So the overall main idea of Mafia BL is kind of typical but there are some new unexplored topics I haven't seen in any other BL's yet。 。。。more
R E
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The title intrigued me， so I got the manga， and， together with some of the chapter headings， discovered it reads like lost fragments of poetry。 I'm particularly taken with one heading:“Though they drift，They do not fly，But nor do they sing”That connector， “But，” does so much work， opens up so many possibilities for that phrase。Which doesn't say much about the manga itself， which is simultaneously strong and rough around the edges。 Yashiro is a young yakuza leader whose also a The title intrigued me， so I got the manga， and， together with some of the chapter headings， discovered it reads like lost fragments of poetry。 I'm particularly taken with one heading:“Though they drift，They do not fly，But nor do they sing”That connector， “But，” does so much work， opens up so many possibilities for that phrase。Which doesn't say much about the manga itself， which is simultaneously strong and rough around the edges。 Yashiro is a young yakuza leader whose also a sexual masochist， an openly passive male who publicly acknowledges wanting to be taken and taken rough。 That right there is an interesting plot twist。 The manga starts with an apparently different storyline from the one described on the back cover， but soon intricate threads are slowly woven together into a character driven plot that’s becomes a page-turner exploring Yashiro’s past and present; a pretty story it isn't。The art is rough around the edges， too， but Yoneda is an expert at developing mood， and the visual pacing is engrossing， again， pulling you from page to page。Uplifting， this isn't。 But I really want to see what happens in volume 2， which is already on my shelf。 。。。more
Liliana
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“Las personas están hechas de contradicciones。 Se sienten solas cuando quieren estar solas。 Se echan de menos， pero no quieren volver a verse”。La historia nos presenta a Yashiro， nuestro protagonista， un jefe de mediano rango en el interior de la Yakuza， nombre por el que se conoce a la mafia japonesa。 Yashiro es un personaje sumamente complejo e intrincado， repleto de astucia y dinero， pero al mismo tiempo， saturado hasta el tope con un montón de parafilias。 Nuestro protagonista tiene 46 años y “Las personas están hechas de contradicciones。 Se sienten solas cuando quieren estar solas。 Se echan de menos， pero no quieren volver a verse”。La historia nos presenta a Yashiro， nuestro protagonista， un jefe de mediano rango en el interior de la Yakuza， nombre por el que se conoce a la mafia japonesa。 Yashiro es un personaje sumamente complejo e intrincado， repleto de astucia y dinero， pero al mismo tiempo， saturado hasta el tope con un montón de parafilias。 Nuestro protagonista tiene 46 años y es masoquista， sádico， adicto al sexo， disfruta ser espectador de escenas sexuales， así como también disfruta ser observado en el acto， le gustan las orgías y provocar a los demás。 Es un personaje profundamente roto en todos los sentidos y sin embargo， dentro del oscuro mundo de la mafia， se nos presenta como una flor llena de intenciones blancas。 Todo comienza cuando un nuevo subordinado aparece en la oficina de Yashiro， llamado Chikara Dômeki de 25 años， quien， cumpliendo su labor como guardaespaldas， comienza a expresar una absoluta obediencia y lealtad a nuestro masoquista。Soy fan de esta historia y la recomiendo por sus dobles y triples lecturas pero no es apta para principiantes en el manga ni para personas susceptibles。 。。。more
Laura
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Actual rating: 2。5Ehhhhhh。 This is kinda confusing to follow and some of the characters are hard to differentiate。 Going to continue and hope it gets better…
Denisse
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Me costó leerlo。。。 Me gusta cuando hay temas sobre mafias， pero como este es mafia japonesa me cuesta entender la organiación de estas。
Thesongofwicked
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Que dire ？ La psychologie des personnages est juste tarée。 Ils sont brisés autant l’un que l’autre。 Im scared
Lydia
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At first I didn't really get the point and got a little tired of the manga， but closer to the end of volume 1 I kinda got attached to the characters and began to follow the story a little better。 At first I didn't really get the point and got a little tired of the manga， but closer to the end of volume 1 I kinda got attached to the characters and began to follow the story a little better。 。。。more
Julie
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*Reread 4/17/2021*I finally got my hands on the physical copies so I'm rereading so I can hopefully get a better understanding of what the heck is happening。 It can be a little confusing at times because of the way the speech bubbles are it's hard to tell who is talking and then with the weird online translations it just made everything so confusing。 But I'm so ready to read this again， it's already a little easier to understand。 I really do like this series。 I love Yashiro and Doumeki so much。 *Reread 4/17/2021*I finally got my hands on the physical copies so I'm rereading so I can hopefully get a better understanding of what the heck is happening。 It can be a little confusing at times because of the way the speech bubbles are it's hard to tell who is talking and then with the weird online translations it just made everything so confusing。 But I'm so ready to read this again， it's already a little easier to understand。 I really do like this series。 I love Yashiro and Doumeki so much。 It's a weird story， kind of fucked story and definitely not for everyone， but it's really good。 *Original Review 3/28/2021*I think these kind of weird， fucked up Yakuza stories are some of my favorites。 Kind of the same vibe as Jealousy， but different。 I think the writing is a little confusing sometimes， but I'm really enjoying this。 I want to see Doumeki and Yashiro's strange relationship develop。 。。。more
Elaine White
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This was an interesting start to a series I've always been meaning to read。 It's one of the classic Yaoi I've got on my Must-Read list， but it was a little more confusing than I expected。 The initial couple of the book seem to have had only one chapter dedicated to them， and then never reappeared again， which was surprising and confusing。 Yet， I do like the "main" couple and how interesting they are， both in dynamic and with their background stories。Triggers for historical sexual abuse by a fami This was an interesting start to a series I've always been meaning to read。 It's one of the classic Yaoi I've got on my Must-Read list， but it was a little more confusing than I expected。 The initial couple of the book seem to have had only one chapter dedicated to them， and then never reappeared again， which was surprising and confusing。 Yet， I do like the "main" couple and how interesting they are， both in dynamic and with their background stories。Triggers for historical sexual abuse by a family member， dub-con， and impotence。 。。。more
Bine
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Hm。。。。 also， ich hatte sehr große Erwartungen。。。 die halb erfüllt wurden。 Tatsächlich ist das ganze tiefgründiger， als es scheint - und auch viel ruhiger。 schon in Band 1 deutet sich an， dass Yoshiro ein sehr ambivalenter und vielschichtiger Charakter ist。 Dennoch hat es mir etwas an Sogkraft gefehlt。 Es ist ein schmaler Grad zwischen ruhig und langweilig， auf dem hier getanzt wird。 Komplett umgehauen hat es mich nicht， also wird es vermutlich noch etwas dauern， bis ich Band 2 beginne - auch wei Hm。。。。 also， ich hatte sehr große Erwartungen。。。 die halb erfüllt wurden。 Tatsächlich ist das ganze tiefgründiger， als es scheint - und auch viel ruhiger。 schon in Band 1 deutet sich an， dass Yoshiro ein sehr ambivalenter und vielschichtiger Charakter ist。 Dennoch hat es mir etwas an Sogkraft gefehlt。 Es ist ein schmaler Grad zwischen ruhig und langweilig， auf dem hier getanzt wird。 Komplett umgehauen hat es mich nicht， also wird es vermutlich noch etwas dauern， bis ich Band 2 beginne - auch weil ich schon wieder genervt bin， dass die Folgebände alle 12 statt 10 Euro kosten。 Das ist wirklich sehr viel， finde ich。 Naja， mit mir kann man es ja machen。 。。。more
Elizabeth （read。watch。repeat）
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Esattamente。。 vorrei tanto sapere cosa cavolo stavo aspettando a comprare questi manga？！Anche se ne avevo già sentito parlare tanto e molto bene， non conoscevo la storia nei minimi particolari e perciò non mi sono mai avvicinata ad essa fino a quando， quella piccola scintilla di curiosità che stimolava il mio interesse si è trasformata letteralmente in un falò， portandomi a vedere il film tratto da questo manga。Da quel momento me ne sono completamente innamorata。Ho appreso la storia in modo più Esattamente。。 vorrei tanto sapere cosa cavolo stavo aspettando a comprare questi manga？！Anche se ne avevo già sentito parlare tanto e molto bene， non conoscevo la storia nei minimi particolari e perciò non mi sono mai avvicinata ad essa fino a quando， quella piccola scintilla di curiosità che stimolava il mio interesse si è trasformata letteralmente in un falò， portandomi a vedere il film tratto da questo manga。Da quel momento me ne sono completamente innamorata。Ho appreso la storia in modo più dettagliato dal film e ora che ho letto il primo volume sono davvero molto felice di vedere come non sia stato tralasciato nulla del manga （o almeno。。 del primo volume。 Ho letto ancora solo questo）。Ho adorato tutto di questo volume！ Dalla prima all'ultima pagina e non vedo l'ora di leggere i successivi。 。。。more
Fucija
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I jumped on this manga immediately after I finished the anime since I couldn't handle the ending。 Of course， I didn't get the answer to my questions right in this first volume but I got even more compelled to this dark and brutal story because of it。 I am so excited to read a BL manga about adult， grown men， with real， albeit dark， life setting。 I jumped on this manga immediately after I finished the anime since I couldn't handle the ending。 Of course， I didn't get the answer to my questions right in this first volume but I got even more compelled to this dark and brutal story because of it。 I am so excited to read a BL manga about adult， grown men， with real， albeit dark， life setting。 。。。more
Is
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loved it
Elfreda
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I wasn't sure what to expect when this was recommended to me and all I can say is。。。wow。 Maybe one of the best mangas I've read。 It's very （very） dark， very sexually explicit， very violent and deals with a lot of traumatic themes。 So I won't say it's for everyone。 But the story slowly wraps itself around you and pulls you in。 Just beautiful。 I wasn't sure what to expect when this was recommended to me and all I can say is。。。wow。 Maybe one of the best mangas I've read。 It's very （very） dark， very sexually explicit， very violent and deals with a lot of traumatic themes。 So I won't say it's for everyone。 But the story slowly wraps itself around you and pulls you in。 Just beautiful。 。。。more
Heather
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Somehow this manga failed to meet even my very low expectations。Juné Manga has been on the brink of bankruptcy for quite a few years （just Google about their Kickstarter money scams） and it's apparent in the quality of their books that they can't afford decent translators and editors anymore。 I have a second edition copy of Twittering Birds Never Fly volume 1， and it's still littered with bad grammar， misspellings， and just generally bad translations。The art in this manga is pretty good for the Somehow this manga failed to meet even my very low expectations。Juné Manga has been on the brink of bankruptcy for quite a few years （just Google about their Kickstarter money scams） and it's apparent in the quality of their books that they can't afford decent translators and editors anymore。 I have a second edition copy of Twittering Birds Never Fly volume 1， and it's still littered with bad grammar， misspellings， and just generally bad translations。The art in this manga is pretty good for the most part。 There was one hilarious panel towards the end with some serious "yaoi hands" going on， but most of the manga does not look that bad。 The artist does have a tendency to draw the sex scenes so close-up that you practically can't tell what's going on， but considering the topic of this book is the glorification of abuse， I was actually relieved。So， the plot。 Is there a plot？ I don't think there's a plot。 The translation makes it difficult to tell。 There's a lot of homophobic language that I found gross， and tropes and fetishes I found even more disgusting。 The main character is supposedly the leader of a yakuza faction， but actually there's nothing to do with the yakuza in this book; a generic office setting is just used as the backdrop for the unimpressive sex scenes。（view spoiler）[Of course there's the good old Juné trope， "I'm just having sex with this guy but I'm not gay！" The yakuza "boss" is in love with his best friend from high school， but the friend's only sexual interest is in gore。 He's not interested in men or women， he likes his lovers looking abused with open sores or burn marks， and he is also attracted to keloids。 （Google that if you dare。） Since Boss isn't bruised and scarred enough to interest his friend， he hooks his friend up with another guy so he can spy on them with a camera planted in their bedroom。 Add another fetish checkmark for the privacy violation。Then Boss needs a new love interest to fuel his fantasies。 There's a new yakuza at his company， an ex-cop who is just his type。 The problem is， the ex-cop saw his adopted little sister being raped by their father， and since then he has had no sex drive and is totally impotent。 The Boss develops a fetish for impotency once he finds this out， and sexually harasses and assaults the ex-cop nonstop over it。 He also makes the ex-cop watch him have orgies at his office， since that's actually all he does with his time because he's not actually yakuza， even though the author calls him yakuza。 And， Boss admits he was molested by his own step-father and that's why he now has an insatiable sex drive。 （hide spoiler）]This manga was unnecessarily long。 You just see the same things happen over and over with no real character or plot development except for everyone's histories of sexual abuse coming to light。 I found it depressing。 I have no interest in reading any more of this series， and I do not recommend any manga published by Juné Manga in general because the quality is so bad， even if you aren't offended by gay slurs and actually enjoy nonconsensual tropes like the material they tend to publish。 The speech bubbles do not point towards any particular characters so you often can't tell who's speaking。 The grammar was bad and I swear the translator was making up words at one point。 lol Hard pass on this series for me。 。。。more
MaguiWorld
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Okey。 No es lo que me esperaba encontrar。 Tal vez porque no busqué mucho sobre lo que iba pero no se si me va a terminar de gustar。 No digo que no sea buena la linea de la historia porque recién lei un tomo pero no sé。。。 no me convenció del todo。 Escenas forzadas sin necesidad， y tal vez yo buscaba mas profundidad en la trama y no tanto en las relaciones sexuales （o no já） que hay en este primer tomo。 Veremos como sigue。
Dannie
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Story is a little hard to follow sometimes， but I like the romance， as twisted as it is。 I like that it isn't rushed， and that despite the smut， it still builds。 Story is a little hard to follow sometimes， but I like the romance， as twisted as it is。 I like that it isn't rushed， and that despite the smut， it still builds。 。。。more
Anna
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Me sorprendo a mi misma entrando en estos temas por primera vez， te deja el cuerpo con ganas de más
Yhee Merry
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 This is the first BL manga I have ever read and I am so grateful that I found Sauzuru。 I am not into reading manga and in this genre but when I've watched the movie teailer I became very intrigued。 So I searched for it and have read it more than 20x trying to understand everything over and over。 The storylines are so deep， hidden， profound。 All the characters piqued my interest。 It got me confused at first because I don't know anything about Yakuza or some culture of Japan。 The way and manner of This is the first BL manga I have ever read and I am so grateful that I found Sauzuru。 I am not into reading manga and in this genre but when I've watched the movie teailer I became very intrigued。 So I searched for it and have read it more than 20x trying to understand everything over and over。 The storylines are so deep， hidden， profound。 All the characters piqued my interest。 It got me confused at first because I don't know anything about Yakuza or some culture of Japan。 The way and manner of thing of Japanese people， Yakuza stuff， police and prison。 So I came across a saezuru fan and that peraon gave light to my confusions so reread the manga several times and watched the movie as well。So basically， the storylines showed different sides of trauma and how each person deal with it。 Some are open， talking about it like Yashiro。 Some stayed quiet like Doumeki。 Some despite the trauma still manages to smile and go on like Kuga。Yashiro's character is very relatable。 He's acting in a way a person deals with trauma especially he's been sexually abused by his step father。 He's very complex。 His actions and words speak differently。 He always has a behind reason for it that doesn't say in the manga。 Doumeki confuses me a lot because of his actions。 Upon discussing with a fan， I realized Doumeki's character。 Doumeki is also been abused when he was young。 Then in prison。 His actions while with Yashiro is just showing he is trying to learn the ways things are and in that Yakuza world。 He's been trained with values at hand， loyalty， honor and discipline。 He learned kendo in elementary， trained as a police officer only to be distraught by what happened to his step sister。 He got imprisoned， sexually abused there and who knows what happened there during his time。 A month later came across to Yashiro。 And so on。I like how Yashiro feels safe and at peace everytime he's resting on Doumeki's lap or shoulders。 The bathroom scene in chapter 24 and 25 is epic。 The most honest and raw conversations they had happened there。 Every character has a backstory。 A reason for being the way they are and how they are。 Dealing with trauma and stuff。 The things we deny and turn a blind eye in reality。 It has so much deep psychology that it left a lot of people having difficulty how to decipher it。 There were many analysis of fans。 I reread it several times trying to understand every character and what they mean。 You really have to read it and watch the movie。 Saezuru is beyond a BL manga。 It left such a deep impression on me。 I never thought it will leave such a permamnent mark。 This is teuly amazing and incredible。 I applaud Yoneda Kou for making this amazing manga。 I love it so much。 You must really read it everyone。 I just truly hope that it will have a happy ending。 I truly wanted them to be happy and live。 I hope it won't be such a tragic story。 I do not think I will be able to bear it if it's a tragic ending。 It will affect me even more， emotionally。 I don't know how to deal with that if ever it happens。 。。。more
Rosemarie
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 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 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！ 。。。more
Angelica
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Honestly one of the most tragic， violent， and brutal stories I've ever read。 I probably understood half of what was going on， but I couldn't stop reading， I couldn't look away from the illustrations， and I need to keep going with this story， these characters， this world。 This manga is going to be offensive to so many people， but I found it really compelling， interesting， and quite beautiful。 Honestly one of the most tragic， violent， and brutal stories I've ever read。 I probably understood half of what was going on， but I couldn't stop reading， I couldn't look away from the illustrations， and I need to keep going with this story， these characters， this world。 This manga is going to be offensive to so many people， but I found it really compelling， interesting， and quite beautiful。 。。。more
zan
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[ cw//tw : rape， violence， abusive past。 ][ ★★★，5 / 5 ]Interesting premise （（i mean— where else we can get a masochist and impotent guy as the main characters？ that's what we call interesting））。 Compelling plot。 Good characters， good characterization。 The pace flow naturally。 Smooth storyline。 I'm sensing a mutual pining here and there （（—and for the future volumes too， i hope， LOL））。Anyways，Yakuza theme is good， right？ I think I'm weak with loyalty， paired with found-family trope as a driving f [ cw//tw : rape， violence， abusive past。 ][ ★★★，5 / 5 ]Interesting premise （（i mean— where else we can get a masochist and impotent guy as the main characters？ that's what we call interesting））。 Compelling plot。 Good characters， good characterization。 The pace flow naturally。 Smooth storyline。 I'm sensing a mutual pining here and there （（—and for the future volumes too， i hope， LOL））。Anyways，Yakuza theme is good， right？ I think I'm weak with loyalty， paired with found-family trope as a driving force in the story。。。。。（（ p。s。 : i genuinely think Yoneda-sensei is really good at picking her book titles。 i mean— Twittering Birds Never Fly？ Even So， I Will Love You Tenderly？ Don't Stay Gold？ dang。 those are super poetical and beautiful。 and that's one of the reasons why i picked up her mangas。 so， kudos for that！ ）） 。。。more
Akshit Suri
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This manga kept me hooked。 I am looking forward to read next in series。
Kaligaris
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*** 8/12/2020-9/12/2020 ***** 2/4/2021-6/4/2021
Kye
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Kou Yoneda's dark style is still something I'm getting used to。 However I definitely enjoyed this story better than NightS another work by this mangaka。 I liked the main story being sandwiched by two side stories and the context to the main story they provided。 I'm still feeling out the dynamic between the characters and I have mixed feelings。 That is another thing I like about this mangaka。 Not all stories are black and white and not all stories have to be fluff。 This volume did a great job at Kou Yoneda's dark style is still something I'm getting used to。 However I definitely enjoyed this story better than NightS another work by this mangaka。 I liked the main story being sandwiched by two side stories and the context to the main story they provided。 I'm still feeling out the dynamic between the characters and I have mixed feelings。 That is another thing I like about this mangaka。 Not all stories are black and white and not all stories have to be fluff。 This volume did a great job at keeping me involved and connected to the characters as I continued to find out sad， depressing， and disturbing things about their past and how it has shaped them into who they are today。 I am excited to see the relationship between Doumeki and his sister。 the relationship between Doumeki and Yashiro， and， of course， the relationship between the doctor and his mad dog。With the movie coming out soon， I'm definitely all in。 。。。more
✿Miky✿
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4。5
frau。meln
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