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A nice little xeno m/m manga with gorgeous art and a lovely cast, and a really neat worldbuilding set-up. The story was very sweet, and at times I kind of felt like I was reading Ayame-centric fanfic from "Fruits Basket". The porn was also pretty good for folks looking for good xeno stuff. I've always loved the idea of "a bird may love a fish, but where would they live together", so this really worked quite well for me (even though it's a snake, not a fish, but well...).

This is a story about a snake and a bird who can transform into human form, but they are still those animals, and it's got porn in it, so if that's not your cup of tea, I would give this a pass. The summary notes it has nudity, explicit sexual content and nonhuman physiology, so it's very weird to me that people are complaining that this stuff is in there. There's plenty of non-xeno m/m out there. Go read that. And maybe check for warnings before reading m/m? A lot of publishers and authors are including those now.

Shirato was so sweet and I loved all the scenes of him being a cute snake, which is funny coming from someone who's not that into snakes, but I also loved Ayame's snake form so that's not surprising. The story itself wasn't perfect, but the art was beautiful and the characters were fun, and I loved the concept, and it was cute enough and angsty enough for me that it overcame other things.