The Little Bird Sleeps by the Sea
By (Author) Yuu Minaduki
Tokyopop Press Inc
Tokyopop Press Inc
13th May 2025
15th April 2025
United States
Paperback
240
Width 127mm, Height 192mm, Spine 20mm
227g
This heartfelt, emotional boys love oneshot explores themes of healing from trauma, grief, and family both by blood and by choice. A beautiful tearjerker with immersive, atmospheric art by prolific BL creator Yuu Minaduki. This heartfelt, emotional boys love oneshot explores themes of healing from trauma, grief, and family both by blood and by choice. A beautiful tearjerker with immersive, atmospheric art by prolific BL creator Yuu Minaduki. Left devastated after the tragic death of his parents and sister,Yuuichi Tachibana adopts his seven-year-old nephew, Ayumu.Seeking a new beginning, he chooses to move them to a new house with a view of the ocean, hoping for a peaceful setting where they can concentrate on their healing. There they meet Ryou Kurebayashi, who owns a neighborhood deli, and become regular customers. As Ryou and Yuuichi grow closer, learning about each other's unfortunately similarly tragic pasts, they begin to support one another- and Ayumu- day by day, building a little family of their own by the sea.
Yuu Minaduki is the creator of over a dozen boys' love manga, including Love Nest, Sayonara Game, and Change the World. She is a Leo born on August 7 in Saitama with an O blood type. You can find out more about Yuu Minaduki on her Twitter page, @toriniku_y.