A review by gwenolabarr
Twittering Birds Never Fly, Vol. 1 by Kou Yoneda

5.0

Yakuza romance. ✅
Fleshed out backstory. ✅
Tonnes of spice. ✅

Twittering Birds Never Fly is one of my all-time favorite manga series in this genre. I've been following each chapter release for over a decade and jumping on the English paperback releases. I have cried, I have laughed, I have gasped. I have felt fear, anger, love, compassion, empathy, and anxiety throughout this series.

This series should come with 20+ million trigger warnings. It explores a lot of complicated and questionable themes. But... it works for the story. It works for the universe. You will fall for the characters regardless of the premise.

Discretion should however be taken and I recommend checking the themes to see if it's to your flavour first.