The matchmaker in Don't Stay Gold and the protagonist of both Tadayoedo Shizumazu, Saredo Naki mo Sezu and its sequel, Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai. Yashiro is a sadomasochist who is unapologetic about wanting to be seen and treated obscenely. Admittedly, he is a lonely existence who uses a cheerful facade to hide a past of physical and sexual abuse experienced as a child. He feels no inclination to fix his emotional detachment with people despite knowing it keeps him from connecting with others.
After graduating high school, Yashiro becomes the young leader of Shinseikai—a yakuza group under Doushinkai. A new attendant and bodyguard named Doumeki is assigned to Yashiro, and a strong attraction between the two begins. Yashiro decides to distance himself in fear of becoming attached, or worse—feeling something again.
