Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai: The Clouds Gather

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Japanese: 囀る鳥は羽ばたかない The clouds gather

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Type: Movie

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Feb 15, 2020

Producers: Blue Lynx

Licensors: Sentai Filmworks

Studios: GRIZZLY

Source: Manga

Genres: Boys Love, Drama, Erotica

Theme: Organized Crime

Duration: 1 hr. 25 min.

Rating: R+ - Mild Nudity

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Score: 7.39¹ (scored by 15,031 users)

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Ranked: N/A²

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Popularity: #3574

Members: 39,165

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Yashiro, the ruthlessly efficient leader of the yakuza group Shinsekai, is also a brazen sexual deviant and masochist. Having been hurt by the only person he had ever fallen in love with, he now engages in strictly physical relationships.

One day, Yashiro's superior assigns Chikara Doumeki, a recently released prisoner, to the role of Yashiro's new bodyguard. The stoic and observant Doumeki is also clumsy and impotent, much to Yashiro's dismay. Although Yashiro has a personal policy to not get involved with his subordinates, he finds himself strangely drawn to Doumeki, who keeps denying his advances. Despite his refusals, Doumeki finds Yashiro beautiful and wishes to stay by his side, yet he knows that he will never be able to satisfy his boss. As the two grow closer, their complicated pasts slowly begin to reveal themselves. Will their histories get in the way of their emergent feelings?

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Adaptation:	Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai
Sequel:	Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai: The Storm Breaks
Other:	Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai: Don't Stay Gold, Saezuru Doubutsu wa Yarushikanai!

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Characters & Voice Actors

Yashiro

Main

Shingaki, Tarusuke
Japanese

Doumeki, Chikara

Main

Hatano, Wataru
Japanese

Kuga, Eishin

Supporting

Ono, Yuuki
Japanese

Kageyama, Kanji

Supporting

Yasumoto, Hiroki
Japanese

Nanahara, Yuusuke

Supporting

Okitsu, Kazuyuki
Japanese

Ryuuzaki, Atsushi

Supporting

Miyake, Kenta
Japanese

Misumi, Takahito

Supporting

Ookawa, Tooru
Japanese

Shizuma, Amou

Supporting

Satou, Takuya
Japanese

Sugimoto, Hayato

Supporting

Miyake, Takahiro
Japanese

Hirata, Kazuaki

Supporting

Takase, Akimitsu
Japanese

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Ootsuka, Manabu

Producer

Makita, Kaori

Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

Koizumi, Kisuke

Sound Director

Seko, Hiroshi

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"Moratorium (モラトリアム)" by Omoinotake

Reviews

Sep 11, 2020

DesiSkorm

Recommended

I feel like it's my duty to write a review on this anime, since I'm a huge fan of the manga.

Ever since I heard we were getting an anime adaptation, I was both hyped and very afraid, because it can always go both ways and I didn't want to see something I hold so dear be destroyed. Thankfully, that wasn't the case and I ended up enjoying the anime quite a lot. A lot of details, of course, will remain in the manga alone, since they will need to make at least a 12 episode anime to cover everything, but they actually managed to find ...

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Sep 14, 2020

frozenpancake

Mixed Feelings

Look, I don't want to be that asshole who says "the manga was better" but in this case, use that previous statement as a fair warning if you're even remotely interested in watching Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai: the Clouds Gather. Because man, the awful production value alone is enough for me to tell you to just skip this movie and read the manga.

Animation 2/10

Going right into this review, let's start off with the weakest aspect to Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai: its sloppy animation. Now usually, I'm not picky of art in anime-- yet for this movie, I simply could not turn a blind eye to ...

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Mar 19, 2021

MichalYo

Not Recommended

I read the manga a long time ago when I was still a teenager that loved yaoi and shounen-ai manga. Since I was still in the closet I didn't know better, almost every story seemed at least decent. When I saw this title getting adapted I was really excited and it made me feel kinda nostalgic.
But after watching this movie I can admit that everything I loved about this manga/anime was because I was just a stupid teen.

Story:
It's basically a porn. There are some cool moments, where characters have interesting interactions, however almost every scene ends with a blowjob, so I don't really know ... how to take it seriously. Of course there will be always some people who will defend it by saying that it's part of Yashiro's character and his mental problems. If that's the case, the anime did a really bad job on showing that.

Characters:
I'm not gonna lie, Netflix's gay characters are more interesting, which says a lot about this anime. Let's start with the 2 main characters. Yashiro is probably the most interesting one, which says a lot about this anime, since he's just a generic main characters with problems. The main difference is that he's just horny 24/7 with an excuse that he was raped in the past. There are some scenes that make you feel bad for him or perhaps understand him, but again, right after he just wants to give a blow job to another main character - Doumeki. He's a pretty shallow character, his past is tragic (what a surprise), however I haven't felt bad for him a single time, which in my opinion is the studio's fault. The other characters don't really bring much to the show other than having horny conversations with Yashiro.

Art&Sound&Animation:
It was decent, pretty good for shounen-ai/yaoi anime, since they normally don't get a lot of budget, so it was refreshing seeing this kind of anime with a decent and sometimes pretty good animation&art.

Enjoyment:
It was not the worst anime I've ever watched so I just gave it a 4. My expectations for "gay anime" are pretty low so a score lower than that wasn't necessary. There were some scenes that I enjoyed, but by the end of the movie I was really bored and I almost quit watching. I think if they adapted more chapters, then it would be a better anime, but they just went with the first few chapters, that are not really that good and deep.

Overall:
I'm sure that many enjoyed this anime, because it's a decent yaoi adaptation, however I don't think many gay people should be happy with it. It basically shows horny gays, having sex with everyone and everything. Some people may defend them, because of their mental problems, however it's not enough for me. Gay people still fight for their rights and "gay stuff" is still a taboo topic over there, so a manga like that, which was written by a female that probably imagines how gay people interact with each other (in the most horny way ever) doesn't really help.

If I was younger I would've probably enjoyed this anime a lot more, but since I'm in my 20's and I got to know the world a bit better I can say it's pretty stereotypical anime.

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