is a Japanese manga series written by and illustrated by Kamo. Salvation, Swallowed By the Nest is serialized on digital book platforms by under the label Comic Rouge since February 28, 2022.
A live-action television drama adaptation was broadcast from February 12, 2026, to April 9, 2026 as part of MBS's programming block .
Plot Ama Minase is a rookie idol singer who is constantly bullied by the other members in her group. While running errands, Ama has a chance encounter with famous actor Chiaki "Aki" Hosho, who asks her to fill in for another actress after she drops out. Ama's acting impresses and interests Chiaki, leading to a budding acting career for her and a friendship between them.
Unbeknowst to Ama, Chiaki hides a troubled past and a tendency to have sex with women while discarding them when they fall in love. He romantically pursues Ama on a bet he makes with Kairi Asakura, but he begins to fall in love with her for real after Ama shows him genuine kindness and helps him process his traumatic childhood. As Chiaki's love for her deepens, his obsession over her intensifies and he goes great lengths to eliminate anything that threatens their relationship.
Characters
Ama is a singer and member from a rookie idol group who begins a career in acting after a chance encounter with Chiaki. She comes from a poor family. Her father disappeared while her mother is often at work, leaving her to be the sole caretaker of her younger siblings. Despite her hardships, Ama keeps a positive spirit.
Chiaki is a popular actor and former idol singer who works under the stage name . Despite his gentlemanly demeanor, he often sleeps around with women and would discard them the moment they confessed their love to him. Initially getting close to Ama as a dare from Kairi, he comes to love her for real after realizing she is genuinely kind. However, this causes him to become obsessively posessessive with her, to the point of threatening to eliminate anything that interferes with their relationship. Manga critic Mei Chan highlights him as an example of a and suggests that him being abused by his mother as a child is the reason to why he controls his feelings in an "abnormal" way.
Anna is a member of Ama's idol group. She dislikes Ama and manipulates the other members into bullying her. She sleeps with directors and producers in hopes of securing high-profile work in entertainment, leading her to become resentful towards Ama's acting career.
Kairi is a popular actor who is a friend of Chiaki's and a bad influence to him. Like Chiaki, he often engages in sexual relationships, but he is later revealed to have attended the same high school as Ama in addition to being both her upperclassmen and her first love. Though they were close, Kairi had forced himself upon Ama to get over his grief over his family dying, an action that he regrets to this day. After running into her again, his love for her rekindles.
Yū is a newcomer actor who co-stars with Ama in a television drama. He greatly admires both Ama and Chiaki until he is led to believe that Chiaki is manipulating Ama.
Shiki is a member of Chiaki's former idol group and acts as his confidant.
Rin is an actress who is cast alongside Ama and Kairi in a movie. She adores Ama.
Tanuma is a movie director.
Seira is a famous actress and Chiaki's ex-girlfriend. Her parents sold her to the entertainment industry when she was young, where she was often abused by her clients. She bonds with Chiaki over their shared traumatic pasts.
Hibiki is an actress who was one of Chiaki's ex-girlfriends. When she confessed her love to him, Chiaki breaks up with her and threatens to leak a sex video if she returns to see him again.
Media Manga
Salvation, Swallowed by the Nest is written by and illustrated by Kamo. It is serialized digitally by under the Comic Rouge label on digital book distribution platforms since February 28, 2022, with early releases distributed through Comic CMoa. The chapters were later released in four bound volumes under the Comic Rouge imprint.
Television drama
A live-action television drama adaptation of Salvation, Swallowed by the Nest was announced on January 19, 2026. The series is directed by Akimori Sakami, Naoki Tsukuda, and Meru Tsukada. The scriptwriter is Erika Tōyama. The series stars as Ama and Noa as Chiaki. One of the ways Sakaguchi prepared for the role was buying and cutting cabbage, as Ama was portrayed to be good at cooking. The drama was Noa's first lead acting role, when he was given the offer to portray Chiaki, he read the manga and accepted it, as the character was the opposite of his own personality. He also found Chiaki to be "messed up" and even "scary" at some points, but also thought he was easy to portray as Chiaki has a "cool" appearance. To prepare, he watched live-action films to see how other actors portray "madness." He stated that while playing Chiaki, he would lower his voice and pay attention to his movements to look "cool" like the character. member Haruse Akune was later announced as Kairi. Supporting cast members include Koutaro Tanaka as Tanuma, as Anna, as Shiki, Kokoro Aoshima as Rin, as Suzui (Ama's manager), and as Natsumi Hosho (Chiaki's mother). Additional cast members consist of as Seira and member as himself.
The television drama was broadcast on MBS as part of their programming block , as well as TV Kanagawa, Chiba TV, TV Saitama, Tochigi Television, and Gunma Television, from February 12, 2026, to April 10, 2026, with a total of 9 episodes. TV Kanagawa and Chiba TV broadcast the episodes from February 12, 2026, to April 9, 2026, 1.5 hours earlier than its scheduled time on MBS. Episodes were also released for streaming online for TVer and MBS Dōgaism for one week after its initial broadcast, while FOD allowed viewing for an indefinite time period.
The opening theme song is "Hyakunichisō" by Mahiru and the ending theme song is "Say Yes" by Noa. Noa based "Say Yes" on Chiaki's character and "put [Chiaki's] feelings" into the song as if the character wrote it. The series is available internationally with English subtitles on Rakuten Viki.
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Reception
By January 2026, Salvation, Swallowed by the Nest sold a cumulative total of 500,000 digital copies. Manga critic Mei Chan describes Chiaki's appeal as a as one of the highlights of the manga, describing that his intense love for Ama lets readers questioning "what lies behind his words and actions" and what it is like to "deeply care for someone."
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