#Kou Yoneda

[annaritastella]

It might be an unpopular opinion but the "after sex" of Doumeki and Yashiro is so heartbreaking... It makes me feel so sad and frustrated seeing them being so cold to each other, being unable to confess their feelings, pretending it's "just sex"... They really deserve to have a life together full of all that love they have been concealing through those years..

I want to see Doumeki being vulnerable , so in love

"you are so beautiful" 🥺❤️

Same as for Yashiro

You are mine, and I'm totally yours, we belong together

[hatsumishinogu]

Twittering birds never fly Vol.9

[saezurumurmurs]

Four Days…. FOUR. DAYS. FOUR FUCKING DAYS!

Four days! Four days.. and…. Yeah, four days. Four days. Four days. Four. Fucking. Days.

[lemeg]

飄飄何所似？天地一沙鷗。

[lilium-dragomir]

[x-heesy]

𝙳𝚘 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝙻𝚘𝚟𝚎?

To fall in love and to commit yourself to love means you should make your loved one the one thing you cherish the most. -Kou Yoneda

#autosuggestion #pointofview #codingyourself #programyourself #endlessness #creatingyourself #neverstoplearning #fantasy #empathy #equality #respect #love #basics

𝙰𝚋𝚋𝚎𝚋𝚎 - 𝚂𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎 𝚅𝚒𝚎 𝚁𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚡 𝚋𝚢 𝙰𝚌𝚒𝚍 𝙿𝚊𝚞𝚕𝚒, 𝚂𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎 𝚅𝚒𝚎 🎧

[lemonidae]

Yoneda Kou's original works

Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai/Twittering Birds Never Fly (2011)

Status: 10 Volumes (Ongoing)

Tagged: Action, Adult, Drama, Mature, Psychological, Romance, Tragedy, Yaoi, Crime, Yakuza, Abusive Parents, Bodyguard/Boss Subordinate Relationship, Impotency, Lust, Masochist, Rape, Tragic Past, Unrequited Love, Slow Burn

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.

Tadayoedo Shizumazu, Saredo Naki mo Sezu (Prequel, Yashiro's Past) Yashiro is a masochist with slightly sadistic tendencies who gets off more with guys. Otherwise he's your average high school student. Recently though, there's been this annoying classmate Kageyama who seems to think its his duty to supply Yashiro with band aids for the results of his sexual exploits; through various events they get closer and soon Yashiro develops more than normal feelings for Kageyama but will he experience his springtime of love? or remain drowning in unrequitted affection?

Don't Stay Gold (Kageyama x Kuga) A Yakuza boss really wants this “Mad Dog” fighter he found to work for him, but the “Mad Dog” isn’t too keen on the idea, even though he owes a debt. After being injured and refusing to go with the boss, the “Mad Dog” winds up staying with the doctor for a few days. Will the “Mad Dog” give in to the boss to pay off his debt?

NightS (2008)

Status: 1 Volume (Complete)

Tagged: Comedy, Drama, Romance, School Life, Slice of Life, Yaoi, Age Gap, Detective, Drug Trafficking, Identity Crisis, Mafia, Secret Identity, Crime, Mechanic, Salesman

Masato Karashima is a "transporter", a man paid to smuggle anything from guns to drugs to people. When he's hired by yakuza gang member Masaki Hozumi, he finds himself attracted to the older man, and what starts out as a business transaction quickly spirals into a cat-and-mouse game of lust and deception.

Kanjou Spectrum (Emotion Spectrum) A high-school student tries to be a good wingman for a classmate, with an unexpected result.

Reply Told from the alternating perspectives of an emotionally reserved salesman and the shy mechanic who's in love with him.

Night One Month After A short story that takes place one month earlier than "NightS dj - Another Story", when Karashima first time visits Masaki after he discovers his whereabouts.

NightS dj - Another Story (2013)

Status: 1 Volume (Complete)

Tagged: Drama, Romance, Yaoi, Age Gap, Reunion, Scars, Crime

After months of waiting, Karashima finds Hozumi for one more night, resigned to taking only what Hozumi will give him. But after all the verbal sparring and psychological tactics in their drawn-out war of love, Hozumi’s defenses may be finally coming down…

Doushitemo Furetakunai/No Touching at All (2008)

Status: 1 Volume (Complete)

Tagged: Drama, Romance, Slice of Life, Yaoi, Boss-Subordinate, Homophobia, Office Romance, Straight, Tragic Past, Workplace Romance

On his very first day at a brand-new job, shy Shima is trapped in the elevator with a hungover mess of a guy…who turns out to be his boss! Togawa’s prickly exterior definitely puts the rookie recruit on-edge, but it doesn’t take long before Shima’s every waking thought is invaded by his overbearing yet totally thoughtful superior. Will Shima put aside a history of disappointment in order to take a chance on a complicated relationship?

Soredemo, Yasashii Koi o Suru/Even So, I Will Love You Tenderly (2008)

Doushitemo Furetakunai Spin-off

Status: 1 Volume (Complete)

Tagged: Drama, Romance, Slice of Life, Yaoi, Friends Become Lovers, Jealousy, Slow Romance, Unrequited Love Becomes Requited

Onoda is a straight guy and he is three years younger than Harumi Deguchi. They have nothing in common and at first, they were just friends. But that’s not enough for Harumi- he wants more from Ryo and he realizes that he has fallen in love with him. Feeling anxious and emotional, he wants to tell him how he feels… but he can’t. Fearing rejection, he’d rather be just friends and not ruin what he has with him. Here- we have a story of pain, sorrow and happiness of being in love.

Rainy Days, Yesterday (2015)

Status: 5 Chapters (Hiatus)

Tagged: Drama, School Life, Shounen Ai, Slice of Life, High School, Laundromat, Love Triangle, Motorcycle, Part-Time Job, Popular Lead, Shy Protagonist, Slow Romance, Student

A story about two high school boys, Ume and Take, whose relationship seems to revolve around rainy days.

Eros in the Stoic (2009)

A very short (2 page) oneshot focusing on the idea of "eros" (passion, longing, love), and the narrator's own preferred definition.

Yorube Naki Mono/People With No Place to Go (2008)

Status: 3 Chapters (Discontinued)

Tagged: Action, Drama, Historical, Shounen Ai, Assassin, Bodyguard, Brothel, Hidden Past, Swordplay, Prostitution

Set in feudal-era Japan, Yorube Naki Mono centers around prostitutes, assassins, and the grimier sides of city life. One night, a mysterious young man named Shikon is introduced as the newest member of Saiga's group of assassins for hire. Shikon is outgoing and flirtatious, but Saiga can sense there's more to Shikon than he lets on... A chance encounter on a moonlit night leads to two destinies awakening.

Ore ni Koi Shite Dousunda/Why Are You in Love with Me Anyway (2007)

Status: 4 Chapters (Discontinued)

Tagged: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Slice of Life, Yaoi, Age Gap, Bisexual, Forced Living Arrangements, Incest, Live-in

When his interior designer mom takes off to New York for a year, Toranosuke, dorky name none withstanding, gets sent to stay with his uncle. And it's just his luck that Ryouji's obnoxious, violent, and has the same sharp tongue as Tora's mom. Only it turns out that he's not really that bad, and maybe Tora's falling in love (with his uncle, of all people), and Ryouji has a heart of gold underneath the bellowing and violence. Except that Ryouji's pretty much the worst guy in the world to fall for: he enjoys sex more than eating, has a commitment problem, and has long since convinced himself that he's really, really straight.

Op: Yoake Itaru no Iro no Nai Hibi (2016) NON-BL

Status: 2 Volumes (Ongoing)

Tagged: Drama, Mystery, Seinen, Slice of Life, Supernatural, Crime, Detective, Investigation, Murder

Yoake Itaru, 38, divorced. Profession: Investigator and confidential informant for an insurance agency. Speciality: Cases others tend to avoid. Everyday there are mysterious "accidents" that are actually clever cover-ups of suicides and murders. And the parties concerned will appeal to him. And so, the colourless days of this man will continue...

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[yarrayora]

I FUCKING KNEW I RECOGNIZE THE ART STYLE

OF COURSE THE AUTHOR WHO WROTE A MANGA ABOUT A YOUNG YAKUZA EXECUTIVE WHO USES MASOCHISM AND SEX AS A WAY TO COPE WITH HIS CHILDHOOD AND AVOID CONFRONTING HIS TRAUMA IS THE SAME PERSON WHO PUBLISHED A DOUJIN WHERE YAMAMOTO SAID VIRGINS ARE TOO MUCH TROUBLE WITH REBORN RETORTING THAT HE'S JUST USED TO OLDER WOMEN BECAUSE THEY'RE EASY

[paroleswerespoken]

Stab in the heart: Doumekis tattoo

Stab in the heart: Doumekis tattoo  

Perhaps Doumeki becoming a full fledge Yakuza it’s his so-called revenge against Yashiro. As to say, “here, you pushed me away for this reason so I will become what you were so afraid of.” I see it as an act of rebellion coming from a place of hurt and anger. I can’t deny it really made me sad when it was revealed that Doumeki had a tattoo, he really went out his way to become a Yakuza in every sense of the word. I can see how that was a slap in the face for Yashiro, Yashiro has expressed on a lot of occasions that he himself wishes to leave that world though it is not easy. Very often he expressed how he was kind of forced into that world and how he felt it was his only choice at a certain time in his life. Now, the person he has come to love is part of that very world he is trying his hardest to escape. So, what now? Even if he leaves, and Doumeki stays, he will still be tied down to that world.  

Though for Doumeki becoming a yakuza might have a different meaning for him, he wasn’t forced, he chose to be part of it out of his own volition. Even if Yashiro might have been one of his reasons it wasn’t the only one.  

Doumeki was Yashiro’s underling after all, Yashiro thought of him as someone who had lost his way like a “baby bird” in his own words, a bird who would latch onto the first thing he saw. He thought that if he redirected Doumeki onto another path by kicking him out he would go back to his “normal life.”  Doumeki had also gone through trauma, everything he knew turned out to be a horrific lie, and he didn’t want to be a part of that anymore. Even so I don’t think Doumeki has lost any of his values, even while being a part of the yakuza. More so I feel like Douemki feels a sense of belonging like he has a purpose. But Yashiro might not see it that way at the end of the day he feels a sense of responsibility in a way. Another thing to point out is how Doumeki’s rooms always look the same I'm trying to wonder if it has any meaning to it.  

Either way this chapter was so heart wrenching and hopeful at the same time. Even without words they said so much with each other's actions and this is one of the things I love the most about them.

[saezurubirds]

Hello!

I'm a huge fan of Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai, and hope to be able to interact with fans of this fantastic series. I had been lurking in the shadows, but finally decided to join the fandom. Hope to interact with people soon!

[blerdyotome]

Twittering Birds Never Fly Volume 1 Manga Review

Depraved souls trapped by their own desires, Kou Yoneda’s Twittering Birds Never Fly offers a unique look at the relationship between a masochistic yakuza boss and his stoic bodyguard. In a world where dark deals and violence reign, can they find solace in each other or is their relationship just another twisted liaison between two lonely men? Yashiro is the young leader of Shinseikai and the…

[annaritastella]

"I want to stay by his side forever"

And now you tell me how you can doubt Doumeki s feelings... He is so pure and scared to lose Yashiro again.

[hatsumishinogu]

Twittering Birds Never Fly Vol.8

[saezurumurmurs]

Saezuru Spoiler Bliss

I’m just so happy this morning…

[lemeg]

Food I Have Eaten because of Saezuru

<pic 1> See Chapter 7: "If I drink this, the flavour will spread out over my tongue. Sweet and a little..."

<pic 2> Cup noodles that Yashiro knocked over in the flashback in Chapter 10.

<pic 3> See Chapter 22: "Does it taste good?" "I don’t really know."

<pic 4> Anpan that Doumeki bought for Kamiya in Chapter 40, because "I [Doumeki] just thought you [Kamiya] liked sweet things".

<pic 5> Black coffee that Doumeki drank in the same chapter.

<pic 6> Beer at Inami's residence in Chapter 47. You didn't notice, did you??

[lilium-dragomir]