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Jan 10, 2012

Tasia rated it:

I've read more than this one, but the series is just so... smutty. The main character seems to be incredibly dim and refuses to defend herself in any way, while the main male is so blatantly sexualized that everything he does can be seen as kinky. I got tired of this. Just peruse these comments from other reviewers:

"Anime News Network's Casey Brienza commends the English edition of the manga for being "amusing and sexy. Good if you want to put your critical sensibilities in More...

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Sep 26, 2011

Cornerofmadness rated it:

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May 29, 2011

Destiny rated it:

Well every time I went into the bookstore and I drifted toward the back where they keep the manga or as they call them graphic novels. I would see this series. I was hesitant to pick it up because of the cover. I don't know what I was thinking, but I digress. So on my latest excursion to the bookstore with my card in hand. I picked it up and let it be known that I did some damage that day. They didn't even have a big enough for all my purchases. But anyway, I brought my books home and arranged t More...

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Feb 25, 2011

Lexi rated it:

I didn't know what to expect with this manga at all. I knew I'd seen it in stores before but I didn't know the synopsis until I started reading it. This is unexpectedly now one of my all-time favorite mangas.
First off, the story is very entertaining and well thought out. I couldn't stop reading for the life of me - it was too compelling. The legend of the Tengu is a new twist on a love story that unfortunately seems to hold some similarities to that of Twilight (both in its portrayal of fat More...

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Sep 14, 2010

CJ - You Carry On As If I Don't Love You rated it:

This is another interesting story however, to me, it suffers from the aggressive Alpha Male with a soft side and the non-aggressive female who may or may not love him.

It incorporates the supernatural pretty well and it is a pretty 'sexy' manga.

Misao is a 16 year old high school girl who can see ghosts and demons and recently they've been plaguing her something awful, causing her to hurt herself by tripping, falling, 'being pushed' and just general non-goodness.

Her b More...

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Aug 22, 2010

Trinessa rated it:

Like many shojo series, Black Bird is filled with high school drama, angsty love, and some perverted slapstick humor. It's set apart by the introduction of Japanese monsters such as tengu and kitsune in addition to quite a bit of blood. The main character is often attacked by demons and her wounds are healed by having Kyo lick and suck them. It's been a few years since I've read manga so I was a little surprised by the pervy levels that that aspect was taken to. It's rated T+ (for older teens) a More...

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Oct 16, 2011

Vicki rated it:

Misao Harada just wants to be a normal teenaged girl. However, all her life she's seen and been terrorized by magical creatures. Everything in her life gets a whole worse one day when she is attacked by a demon. Once Misao's 16th birthday hit it declared open season on her. However, there is one demon who's prepared to protect her, in return for one thing - she becomes his bride.

So I don't know why, but I really, really enjoyed this. There's just something about it. The writing is int More...

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Aug 14, 2011

Kristen rated it:

I only bought the first volume of this book because, while the plot attracted me, some of the reviews made me hesitate. However, having read it now, I want the rest of the series. It's dark, intriguing, mysterious, and just a bit steamy (well, maybe more than a bit?). I would probably characterize this as a guilty pleasure. The plot, so far, isn't too complex or original, but it is well executed. The art is quite pretty, better-than-average imho. If you're looking for a fun, thoroughly enjoy More...

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Sep 17, 2011

Kereesa rated it:

Misao is a normal girl. Well not really. (When are they ever?) Misao can see the demons and magical beings that the rest of the world luckily can't, and is plagued by them night and day with their tricks. Until the day she gets seriously attacked by her demons tricksters. Luckily for Misao, an old childhood friend Kyo shows up to fend off the evil demons, and tend to Misao's wounds with his demon tongue. Misao soon learns that she is part of prophecy that if killed and eaten brings strength to t More...

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Jul 10, 2011

Emily rated it:

Manga Choice - Winner of the 54th Shogakukan Manga Award - Original Post

It takes no time at all to read an entire manga book, but the downside of that is that you only get 1/3 of the story - or at least that was the case with this one. After struggling to understand the directional flow of the book, once I figured it out it was smooth sailing. Misao is a young girl who has held feelings for her old neighbor boy who moved away many years ago but promised he'd return for her. In the More...

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Jul 28, 2011

Jessica rated it:

"Black Bird" is an original telling of the typical "the heroine is a once-in-a-lifetime girl" and the boy must possess her in order to save her. Misao is the bride of prophecy. For the demon who drinks her blood, he gains strength, for the demon who eats her flesh, he becomes immortal, and for the demon who makes her his bride, his entire clan will prosper. Kyo, a childhood friend of Misao and head of a clan of Tengu demons, has returned to claim Misao as his own, but he w More...

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Jul 23, 2010

Tiger rated it:

This series is for older teens (as shelf indicates 16 and up).
The series starts off innocently enough for your average teen romance manga but gets more steamy the further you read.
Our heroine of this story is a unique individual in that she can see demons while no one else can. Her blood also happens to be unique and can bring prosperity or immortality to the demon who claims her. The day she turns 16 is when all demons can pursue her (or try to kill her for her blood).
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Dec 13, 2011

Jade rated it:

So misao can see things, things you CAN'T see. She remembers a little bit, about a boy, but it's always blurry. But soon he ends up in her neighbor hood, and ends up being her teacher. Soon things start happening, I mean demons start targeting her, what else could be stranger? Well maybe being a senka madden AKA senka means peach.
If you wanna know why I love this book it has demons in it, why wouldn't any one love a book where they're trying to marry and kill someone, it's pretty intere More...

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Oct 17, 2011

Zoe rated it:

....CAN'T...STOP...LAUGHING...SO...BAD...PLEASE...STOP IT...CAN'T...TAKE...THE STUPIDITY...TOO...FUNNY...AH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA...........

So bad it's hysterical. Misao is soooooooooooooooo stupid. She must have been dropped on her head as a baby- no, strike that. Her mother must have beat her over the head with a sledgehammer and then dropped her down a mountain. It's the only plausible explanation for how little brainpower this girl has. I'm impressed she can even get herself dres More...

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Oct 12, 2009

Jason rated it:

I typically don't care for mangas in that they are often written for a 14 year old audience and the characters all seem to suffer from Borderline Personality Disorder! I often find it comical how dramatic the characters are, especially with how quickly the female characters will go back and forth between two boys, creating drama and confusion at every turn. In my eyes this manga was a tiny bit more redeeming than most because it had some supernatural elements as Misao could see demons and ghosts More...

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Nov 03, 2010

Maria added it

A smuttier version of Twilight, where an abusive relationship is justified under the pretense of one party being supernatural. The heroine is defined by her frail human weaknesses; she's attractive only because of a deus ex machina whereby she's the "Bride of Prosperity" or some nonsense like that, which makes her irresistible to monsters in a raping, flesh eating sort of way. Her love interest constantly forces himself on her, but because he doesn't have sex with her, it's okay. His a More...

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Feb 07, 2010

Nicole rated it:

A guilty pleasure manga if there ever is one (for me). A fantastical premise...Misao Harada has always seen spirits and creatures from other planes of existence. As a high school student, she just wants a normal life with a popular boyfriend. But the spirits are now starting to get aggressive and hurt her. And with the return of a childhood friend, Ryo - who we learn is a "tengu" (demon of sorts) - Misao learns that she is a "bride of prophecy" that promises to bring great po More...

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Mar 11, 2011

Lura rated it:

Don't ask me why I love this manga, I just do. Every time I see that a new volume is out I have to get it and read it soon after! It's perverted- but sweet at the same time that you just have to love it...

Misao Harada is your average teenage girl- only she is the legendary Senka Maiden and demons from all over want 1. her flesh, 2. her blood, or 3. to make her their bride. And to make matters even worse her best friend from her childhood, her first love who moved away 10 years earli More...

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Apr 21, 2010

Elizabeth rated it:

16 year old girl who can see spirits finds out that she is part of a prophecy and that her blood gives power to the demon family that claims her. So demons begin to arrive, a few wanting to marry her, others wanting to eat her. One of the ones that arrives is a childhood friend, and her first love. She can be safe if she'll agree to marry him, but does he just want her for her powers or does he actually like her?

Similar in many ways to the manga series Love Monster and fairly entert More...

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Jul 20, 2011

Natalie rated it:

I'm not one to reivew manga, although I'm a manga crazed person. I live, breath and draw manga, but for some reason this one wasn't up to par as some of the others I have read. The artwork is pretty enough, but I felt like I could have been reading a manga like version of Twilight, except with demons. Maybe there will be more to it...I've only read the 1st volume, and lately I haven't been in the mood for manga...sad I know.
I'm not gonna give up entirely on this series, but so far, I'm no More...

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May 10, 2011

Shirley rated it:

This series follows Misao, a high-schooler who is able to see demons all around her. She grew up in fear of them, while her childhood friend, Kyo, was always there to help her. But then, Kyo left and promised to return. Years later, Kyo does return, but things get complicated for Misao when she learns that she is the bride of prophecy, whose blood gives power to the one who claims her. More demons are going after her because of this, while Kyo tries to protect her and woos her for his own. (Only More...

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Aug 04, 2011

Kate rated it:

Plot: Although I feel like I have read something similar to this before, Black Bird definitely kept my attention. I absolutely loved that Sakurakoji mixes bits of violence, romance, and Japanese folk lore into this novel creating something that feels both authentic and fictional at the same time. The pacing of the novel is also something that really impressed me. The details of the novel are slowly revealed which allowed me to get to know the characters and understand each person's role in the o More...

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Jul 22, 2011

Heather rated it:

I picked this book up mostly because of its having won a Shogakukan Manga Award, a distinction shared in an earlier year by what became my single favorite manga, 'Yakitate!! Japan.' I expected the quality of this work to be at least comparable to the quality of that series, but sadly, I was quite disappointed. 'Black Bird' is rife with cliches we've seen before in manga. The main character, Misao, can see spirits when no one else can (gasp!); she's being pursued by a number of beautiful super More...

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Jan 25, 2012

Trinessa rated it:

Black Bird is about a girl named Misao Harada who is gifted with the ability to see supernatural creatures (demons, spirits, and the like). She's spent most of her life trying to get by while being constantly harassed by these spirits until, one day, a childhood friend (Kyo) returns and saves her from a demon. It turns out that Misao is the "bride of prophecy." Any demon that drinks (a lot of) her blood lives longer, those that devour her get eternal youth, and if a demon marries her, More...

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Mar 21, 2011

Julie_plop rated it:

Le seul défaut des mangas.. C'est qu'on les finit bien trop vite ! Mais ce n'est pas la raison de l'étoile manquante de ma notation !
Les dessins sont magnifiques, l'histoire et la touche d'humour malgré un fond de problème de "guerre des clans" m'ont séduites. Seul bémol, l'histoire passe très très très très vite d'un passage à une autre. Pas beaucoup de raccord. Les deux tomes suivant sont dans mon stock. Je vais donc continuer !

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Jan 02, 2012

Bonnie rated it:

The covers creep me out.

This one definitely does.

Whenever I see them I can't help but think the guy looks like he is abusing the girl and enjoying it with a small, almost smirk on his face while the girl looks in be in pain, clearly not enjoying what is happening.

I read the first couple of mangas from the library since I was not willing to pay for them in case my worst expectations came true.

So far, I found the manga very forgettabl More...

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Jul 17, 2010

Alyson (Kid Lit Frenzy) rated it:

This is the first time I have read any sort of Manga. I just randomly picked up a couple of different ones. It took me a few pages to get use to reading from back to front and from right to left, but once I got into the rhythm it was okay. I do have to say if people complain about Bella in Twilight then Misao will drive them crazy. I am curious to see how this turns out though but not sure I can read 8 or 10 of these.

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Aug 09, 2011

Sara rated it:

I Loved this book. I am a sucker for paranormal romance and this one was AMAZING! I loved the humor and sadness in this novel. I love the characters and I also like the charatcer of Misao a lot. Although her childhood buddy was gone and now she is tormented by demons she still does not let her take this away at her normal life, she still has friends and is shown to be a happy-go-lcuky person :)

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Sep 27, 2011

Thea rated it:

I was tempted to give only three stars due to lack of originality but... who am I kidding. I love lots of sexual tension with a magical "protect the girl from evil demons" true love core and a Japanese high school backdrop. Even if I have seen it several times before, that sort of thing is still one of my guilty pleasures. At least no vampires are involved, so that's a bit different from the current trends.

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Jul 08, 2010

Gokce ~Muslin Myst~ rated it:

I really really liked this one. At first, I was a bit put off by the drawing, at the very first when I thought the guy was a girl LOL, but then it grew on me. The plotline is good enough, the drawings are nice, there were some very funny moments.
The heroine seems to have this sour face most of the time which I wished she didn't that muuch, but other than that this is one that I'll definitely keep reading. Can't wait to see how things will turn out with the heroine being forced to either ma More...

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