Title: Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai 7 (囀る鳥は羽ばたかない 7)
Author/Artist: Yoneda Kou
Shop: CD + Manga
Release Date: 2021/07/28
Cast:
Hatano Wataru + Shingaki Tarusuke
Okitsu Kazuyuki
Masuda Toshiki
Ookawa Tooru
Ueda Yuuji
Satou Takuya
Miyake Kenta
Ito Kentarou
Nara Tooru
Synopsis: Adaptation of the 7th volume of the series.
Review Proper
I'm not sure what's gonna end first: the series or my fucking life.
As much as I love Saezuru, it's gone on for so long that it's starting to get old literally and figuratively. You know, I wouldn't even be mad if Yoneda Kou ended the series by killing Yashiro off in 6. 7 is still well-written to a point and the BLCD did deserve to rank second AGAIN in chil-chil 2022, but I'm not sure about the future of this series (it wasn't nominated in 2023 tho which is one of the few good things about 2023's).
I say a lot of things, but I'm still invested in vol. 7 & 8.
I don't know who I'm jealous of, BUT THAT SHOULD BE ME! This scene is in vol 8, not 7, but I wanted to include it anyway.
I do agree that Saezuru portrayal of the whole yakuza deal is the realest 'cause happy endings over there are quite rare, but this isn't a novel that comes out in one go. Doesn't help that June is ass. I've heard from several friends who've read the latest releases that it feels like it's lost its way and that just makes me sad. I'm still hopeful tho.🤧
As I've already stated, this placed second in 2022's awards. I mean, it's Saezuru. Frontier doesn't spare a penny for it lmao. All the major characters are voiced, and they managed to bring the A-listers back again. Sometimes, I forget that Saezuru is actually based on a manga whenever I listen to the BLCDs 'cause the production is just that good.
Shingaki slayed as usual. I've said this many times before, but no matter how bad or how well he does in another role, he will always be Yashiro. I just came from Tsunaida and we're in the middle of a Rei event in Nu:carnival, so I would expect myself to adjust to Yashiro, but I didn't need any of that lmao. Yashiro is truly Shingaki's magnum opus. I'm not at all surprised that he placed 3rd best seiyuu for Yashiro. Deserved.
Speaking of Nu:carnival, I will forever be obsessed with Yashiro's relationship with the other characters aside from Doumeki. Nanahara's voiced by my one true love, Okitsu, but like Yashiro, I love him for his character and not his voice. It is nice having the other veterans in here with him, too. The slut trio is complete with Daddy Complex SatoTaku, Boss Ass Chaser Okitsu, and Damel in Distress Shingaki. #BLESS I want Kamiya to end up with Nanahara.
I haven't heard Wacchan in years HAHAHAHAHA. His Doumeki is still amazing as always. My issues with the story aside, I'm really looking forward to his "break" in vol. 8. EEEEEEE
Special mention to my Ryuuzaki and Miyake Kenta who made their comebacks here too. I missed him so much! LMAO
The BLCD is pretty accurate to the... magazine at least, but June does sell the translated tanko (fortunately). Like the previous installments, reading the manga while listening to the BLCD was so smooth because it was so accurate. Now 7 does end in a cliffhanger, so I don't really advise listening to it if you still don't have 8. But if cliffhangers aren't an issue for you, then break a leg!
A heartwarming story told by three guys at a cat cafe.
Natsuya Hibino (CV: Kensho Ono)
Oushiro Kurogane (CV: Takuya Sato)
Chiharu Yanagi (CV: Arthur Lounsbery)
Release Schedule:
September 29 - All characters
October 27 - Chiharu Yanagi's Case
November 24 - Natsuya Hibino's Case
December 22 - Oushiro Kurogane's Case
Twitter (@vol_nekodan) • Official Website
Intro: https://youtu.be/SRR4z5rMdJI
Chiharu Yanagi, 24 years old, working as a product designer
Favorite cat: Aoyuzu
"I never get tired of watching cats because their behavior is unpredictable, but Yuzu is special. I want to watch her grow... Is this what you call parental love?"
Intro: https://youtu.be/5lO-Itfbo64
Natsuya Hibino, 25 years old, working as a pharmaceutical company salesman
Favorite cat: Jewel
"I have a weakness for tsundere cats. Cats have a great balance between twerk and twerp (lol)"
Intro: https://youtu.be/aoFyKiI6_lg
Oushiro Kurogane, 29 years old, working as an advertising company president
Favorite cat: Kinako
"No matter how busy I am, I cherish the time I have with Kinako. That's how special she is to me. When Kinako begs me to be so cute, I can't bear it."
Congratulations to VAZZROCK for a successful run of VAZZROCK LIVE 2022 the other day~! To commemorate (of sorts), here are the subtitles for VAZZROCK LIVE 2021~!
I meant to post this earlier, but I haven’t really had the time or energy to finish the extra contents until recently. ( ̄▽ ̄*)ゞ
I hope that you guys enjoy it nonetheless because VAZZLIVE shows are always a fun experience~!
After this will be the first two CDs for bi-color Season 4, and some other passion projects I have in my drafts~!
DVD/Blu-ray can still be bought here for those who want a physical copy or for those who just want to support the production!
The purchase site is capable of international shipping + accepts PayPal, so it should be accessible for most! ^^
Notes, disclaimers, and link under the cut, enjoy~!
[USUAL NOTES/RULES:]
[MOST IMPORTANT] Please DO NOT re-post the subs and the link outside of Tumblr! If you want to share outside, please, please DM me about it and link my blog to your post. That’s all I ask.
All songs are translated by me and are available in the blog somewhere, so please check them out when you can ^^
Please DO NOT remove my credits.
[SUBS DOWNLOAD LINK:]
GOOGLE DRIVE - Folder includes subtitles for the main live, the extra songs, as well as the noon version of their talk session.
[OTHER NOTES:]
Please only DM me if there is a problem with the subtitles. I cannot help you if it’s related to the videos.
Kazuki: Hello, I'm Kazuki Shiratori. Um, what else should I say?
Ritsu: Don't ask that after you've started.
Yosuke: Yeah, yeah, greetings from the super famous person who usually doesn't need self-introductions. Well done.
Souta: Yosuke, don't say that!!
Minato: Wow, I thought you'd say something more sparkling.
Kazuki: Well.. I'm good at that kind of acting, but...
Rui: In Kazuki-kun's case, you're the kind of actor who needs the right material, otherwise, it doesn't work out, I think.
Souta: Especially when it comes to roles from the original source material, the accuracy is incredible.
Kazuki: Haha, thank you. So, Ritsu, what do you think?
Ritsu: About what?
Kazuki: What do you think of me?
Yosuke: Ugh, gross!
Souta: Yosuke!!
Ritsu: I won't deny your acting skill, but in Kazuki's case, you’re not particularly good at acting, and it's more accurate to say that you don’t have anything else you're good at beside acting.
Kazuki: Huh? Nothing? Really? Nothing at all?
Ritsu: So, tell us specifically what you're good at.
Kazuki: Uh, well, um...
Souta: Umm.. sometimes you don't even know what you're good at or what you like!
Yosuke: Come on, there are plenty of things you're good at. Like breaking stuff, breaking electronics, endlessly cluttering your room, and your cooking taste horrible.
Souta: That’s you're just insulting him!
Yosuke: No, I'm praising him! Normal people can't even come close to imitating him.
Minato: It's like he allocated all of his stats into his acting talent.
Rui: Haha, as long as he doesn't even enter the kitchen…
Synopsis: Writer Hasegawa Mitsuru has been investigating a case that was rumored to be the work of vampires known as “Biters”. His childhood friend, Annaka Yuusei, a.k.a. Anna, warns him not to stick his head into where it doesn’t belong.
Review Proper
Just something about this is weird. The manga’s pretty fluid on its own, but it’s kinda, uhh, choppy? in the BLCD. Although I’m not sure if Smoky Nectar’s a serious manga with some comedy here and there, 50:50 serious and comedy, or is a comedy with some serious moments... it kinda doesn’t work in the BLCD. I mean, SatoTaku and Junya did well during the serious parts, but they seem to stumble during the comedy or the parts that lead to the comedic moments. Maybe the comedy just doesn’t transition well into the audio adaptation. *shrugs*
Let’s jump straight into the voice work, shall we?
I was quite interested in listening to this ‘cause yo??? Juujin bottoms??? If Daath and Kai were in these tones in Kemonohito, I would ship them 100% lmao, but then, uhh, idk, Junya was kind of a mess here. We’ll get to SatoTaku later, but I feel like they didn’t record this together. I do not like how Junya drags his moans on during their bedroom Redcross donations because he sounds very out of sync with SatoTaku’s ministrations (this is only very obvious in the first, though). I think he also has a hard time expressing the deadpan humor Mitsuru has. Sometimes my mind wanders off and starts having thoughts of either Reio, Ban, or Shouhei potentially being a better option for Mitsuru. That might just be my other issue with Junya. He was a bit too low for Mitsuru. I feel like if he was in a higher register, then he would’ve been able to express Mitsuru’s feelings better.
Now, as for SatoTaku, the man wasn’t free of my suspicions either. SatoTaku was a little too smooth to match Anna’s equally deadpan humor. I’m not saying that SatoTaku can’t comedy ‘cause sis you’ve heard Sonna ni, right??? But as compared to Anna, Shinobu’s more dynamic a character. Niyama and Ginger also gave the cast time to prepare before a big change in moods. Huh, I’m starting to think that this is the same thing that went down in Takasaki Bosco’s Torokeru Kuchibiru. I feel like Makonyan or Ono Yuuki would’ve done this better. But I know, I FUCKING KNOW, why Fifth Avenue got SatoTaku for this.
Thanks to Fifth Avenue, I know have my ringtone set to SatoTaku saying “erro” in the Mini Drama on repeat.
Goddamn I fucking flatlined on that one. I wasn’t really expecting much from the Mini Dramas, so thanks. 👍
Anyway, I also have to say that the sound effects as well as the bgms suck balls lmao. FIFTH AVENUE PLS. The main piano bgm also starts and ends in random places. There was also this part where Anna jumps off from a fucking building to the floor on the ground, making a table flip. Like we all know how a table sounds like flipped, right??? It definitely won’t sound like a chair shaking! 😂 I don’t think Fifth Avenue even cared at that point.
This was actually a pretty decent adaptation despite the many issues I have with it. It’s pretty faithful to the manga too, although I would recommend reading the manga once before ‘cause you wouldn’t know what they were doing in real time without the visual cues. This is an action bl too, after all. If you’re looking for another vampire (the “biter” thing also threw me off a bit, but the “nectar” concept wouldn’t survive without ig) bl, I raise you Yuri Azuru’s Fujitsu de Fumou na Koi no Kami-kon starring Okitsu and Egu. That one’s a little disappointing on the action front, but it was a good vampire bl nontheless. Okitsu’s Lark was also a good comedic/spontaneous type, so that’s good vampire + comedy!
Alrighty Inui’s translation is done but... it was rough. And the reason it was rough is because he’s kind of a terrible person. I initially really liked Inui’s charming smirk and overall bearing when I was just looking at pictures of him, so I ranked him up in my favorites. But now I’ve read his story, and he’s horrible. I can only hope his character has slightly improved in the events that came after his initial character release.
Because of this, I have added trigger warnings to Inui’s story (they’re on my website too, not just posted here). Other princes have pushed some of these lines before, but Inui either took things too far or did these things repeatedly, and I want all my readers to take care of themselves. Trigger warnings include:
So give it a read if you want! https://hanxanthtranslations.com/5-star/inui/
Yanagi is next on my poll, but I have 0 copies and the site I went to for more updated stories has disappeared. So until my friend sends me all those screenshots, I’m going to jump to the next prince in line which is Frost! Who I am very much looking forward to translating. I need a win after Inui. So you’ll be seeing him next :D