Black Bird

Description

There is a world of myth and magic that intersects ours, and only a special few can see it. Misao Harada is one such person, and she wants nothing to do with magical realms. She just wants to have a normal high school life and maybe get a boyfriend. But she is the bride of demon prophecy, and her blood grants incredible powers, her flesh immortality. Now the demon realm is fighting over the right to her hand...or her life!

Note: Black Bird received the 54th Shogakukan Manga Award for shoujo manga.

Type

Manga

Related Series

N/A

Associated Names

Hắc Điểu

Kara kuş

pássaro negro

Siyah Kuş

Чёрная птица

الطائر الأسود

ブラックバード

黑鳥戀人

黑鸟恋人

블랙버드

Groups Scanlating

Latest Release(s)

c.2019 Special by Decadence 5 years ago

v.18 c.Extra 2 by Transcendence 10 years ago

v.18 c.Extra 1 by Transcendence 11 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

18 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

User Reviews

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Forum

4 topics, 29 posts

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User Rating

Average: 7.8 / 10.0 (1338 votes)

Bayesian Average: 7.77 / 10.0

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Last Updated

March 4th, 2023 7:50pm PST - 2 years ago

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Genre

Action Comedy Drama Harem Mystery Romance Shoujo Supernatural
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Author(s)

SAKURAKOJI Kanoko

Artist(s)

SAKURAKOJI Kanoko

Year

2007

Original Publisher

Shogakukan

Serialized In (magazine)

Betsucomi (Shogakukan)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Viz (18 Vols - Complete)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #650

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Monthly Pos #1319

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3 Month Pos #2076

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6 Month Pos #3555

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Year Pos #3828

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List Stats

On 3645 reading lists

On 1225 wish lists

On 1724 completed lists

On 447 unfinished lists

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Black Bird Ends in Japan

12 years ago

When will it end?

13 years ago

Black Bird Drama CD

15 years ago

Black Bird?

18 years ago

User Comments [ Order by time added ]

Art and Story= LOTS OF SMILIES!!!!!!

by Honeymilk8
12 years ago

Rating: N/A

The story and art are great! I have read the first three books 15 times each(those are the ones I own)! I love the way the drama flows with the characters personalities, and how it shows readers the real fiction and some beliefs of Japan, while adding some comedy to it.

The half points off is that the author always resorts to the "damsel in distress" detail. I know some of us girls to cry a lot to show feelings, like Misao from the above description. But I know we girls are proud and strong, I and I feel that we can do better than Misao, right? Even though the author is a woman.

A great manga, and I think an anime should be brought out to those who are allowed to watch!!

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I Love It

by jannahkha
12 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

wah, this is one of my favorite manga, the story was so interesting, i love the way Kyo and misao hehe... eventually this is including so many "more than an usual romance", but in good way.. i am anticipating what will happen in the next chapter, so so beautiful, can't imagine the story 🙂 and it become more more interesting... hope it will be happy ending, for kyo and misao ^^ i am ready including this manga to my reading list 🙂

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Dropped!

by Chryza
13 years ago

Rating: 1.0 / 10.0

The fact that this is an award-winning work should be a horrendous joke. The story was set up to be a decent fantasy piece, but the protagonist Misao simply ruined it (and I suppose Kyou as well, come to think of it). Misao is a frustratingly weak lead. Despite how far I've read to waste time (well-wasted!!) and to see a magical transformation in the protagonist, I'm dropping it. No mangaka should be proud of such a ridiculous character, and a blindly given award for that matter.

... Last updated 13 years ago

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read up until ch 28 and I love it!

by mirandel
13 years ago

Rating: N/A

Although there are some things I don't understand just yet, I already love the manga very much. The relationship between Kyo and Misao is absolutely beautiful and I can definitely sense the love between them. Misao may be naive and useless at times, but a change happened when she went to meet Shou(yeah, it was stupid but she wasn't that useless. she didn't cry for Kyo's help - she did her best to win Shou all by herself). The most annoying thing is that she (as well as many other shoujo girls) gets shocked whenever her boyfriend kisses her or tries to go further than kissing.

Really, when "the Dragon" asks Kyo to have sex with his little sister in order to save her life. Misao was all like: "NOOO!! I'm the only one who can give sex to Kyo!!" while she's the one who can't at the moment.

Kyo may be a pervert but he's not bad. But seriously it is a bit rare to have a non-pervert male protagonist in shoujo.

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sigh...

by LovelyCookie
13 years ago

Rating: 5.0 / 10.0

I've been reading this manga for years so it seems like it'd be a waste to drop it now but, if I didn't have the need to finish everything I start, I would drop it in a heartbeat. I don't think I hated it at the beginning but the last volumes have been hell. I can't stand the main character, really, I hate everything about her, and the rest of the characters are average at best.
I feel like this manga, much like Vampire Knight, has overstayed its welcome. It keeps surprising me by becoming worse all the time. I dread the coming of each new chapter and I wish this mangaka would do me the favor of ending my pain....
EDIT: can't stand it anymore. Dropping it.

... Last updated 13 years ago

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too melo-dramatic

by mskiddkidd
13 years ago

Rating: N/A

I stopped reading after volume 6 but picked it up again seeing that it made past 15 volumes....

The base plot is interesting enough in the beginning (although cliche). The side characters are cute. The main female lead is your typical "bubbly, naive, ignorant" heroine. She can't be any more useless. I would have rated this a 7 if it ended earlier with her resolving the issues between the two brothers, but a lot of useless over-used plots prolonged it. Therefore, a 4--for efforts. The author try to installed a "difficult but overcoming love that will prevails" theme which is why I think this manga is too melo-dramatic, especially when I read the heroine's repeated speeches of their love.

... Last updated 13 years ago

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hmmm...

by fictionalscience
13 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

Gotta be honest, I started reading this manga when only the 1st volume had been translated. The plot seemed really typical & corny, which kinda ruined the sexy parts of it, so I stopped reading. But now (a few years later) that almost 10 volumes have been translated, I decided to pick it up again and see what it's all about. I totally skipped to volume 5, and hey, it's not that bad! Plot has gotten a bit more complex and interesting, so the romantic relationship between the 2 main characters doesn't seem so superficial anymore. Plus the characters develop & reveal more about their personalities/past. Of course lots of the shoujo manga lovey dovey cheese is still there (-_-), but I turn out to anticipate and quite enjoy them instead of getting as sick of them as before. So I'm going to continue reading this from now on ^^ I'm going to recommend it to other people too, if you're reading mainly for the smutttt. (I think even if you skip the first few volumes, you won't get too lost in what's going on, lol)

... Last updated 13 years ago

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the farther you go

by cobalt_rain
14 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

so its mediocre smutt at best in the begining
but it gets better the farther the story goes.
i have really come to enjoy it 🙂

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I'm going to rate this a 9

by enaikelt
14 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

...just because everyone else on this page is like "Ahhhhh! Horrible manga!". It's not that bad. In fact, I liked it very much.

At several points in my life, I've read Black Bird from the start and either loved it or hated it. Misao starts off weakly, but she does eventually start getting it together and fighting for what she wants (I must say, though, it took her forever to figure out the concept. Geesh.) I wouldn't say she's a protagonist you'd want to emulate, but she's no longer completely spineless by any stretch of the imagination.

Kyou's pervertedness throws me for a loop. He's too serious and formal-looking most of the time to really carry off the whole "I am a pervy man!" properly... and I don't even like pervy men. I understand it's supposed to be a contrast, but there is hilarious contrast, and there is contrast which throws the reader off, and this is a case of the latter. That said, though, I admire his loyalty, I laugh at his lines, and I think altogether that he's a good guy. There are just better ways than the blatant "touch Misao whenever wherever!" way he does it.

The art is fair. The plot is cliched, but well-executed. The pacing is good enough to be emotionally tugging from time to time. Overall, this is a manga I liked; funny, sweet, a little smutty (but not quite... although it's going to happen, and I'm not really looking forward to it), emotional and dramatic.
It doesn't have any outstanding good points, but it takes all the average points it has and somehow works them all together into an excellent story.

That is cliche. And kind of cheesy. But it's the fun kind. It was an enjoyable read - if you feel like the genre, you could do worse.

... Last updated 14 years ago

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Stupid Female Lead

by timenchips
15 years ago

Rating: 2.0 / 10.0

Misao's hopelessly stupid. All she does is cry. When someone captures her or whatever, she doesn't really even try to fight back. Even when she tries to be of some help, she still acts like a complete retard. She doesn't have any common sense whatsoever. I mean, if you know that your opponent is untrustworthy, why in the world would you not weigh the consequences first before diving in blind? She's the typical, weak, dumb "heroine" who never thinks. There's probably only about 5% of the entire series where she's not crying.

... Last updated 12 years ago

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