Twittering Birds Never Fly: The Clouds Gather

About Twittering Birds Never Fly: The Clouds Gather

In the hyper-masculine criminal underworld, a masochistic high-ranking yakuza and his newly-assigned bodyguard become increasingly drawn to each other.

Kaori Makita's Twittering Birds Never Fly: The Clouds Gather is a 2020 animation film. It runs 85 minutes and was released in February 2020.

Its themes are boys' love (bl), yakuza, masochism, and LGBT. The story is adapted from a manga.

Tarusuke Shingaki takes the lead as Yashiro (voice), Wataru Hatano as Chikara Doumeki (voice), Hiroki Yasumoto as Kanji Kageyama (voice), and Yuki Ono as Kuga (voice). The screenplay is by Hiroshi Seko. In the United States it streams on HiDive and Hidive Amazon Channel.

The Stranger by the Shore, 10DANCE, and The Perks of Being a Wallflower make useful companions to Twittering Birds Never Fly: The Clouds Gather, all filed under gay theme and based on manga. It carries a NR rating.