
I’m sure there are less tasteful sex scenes out there. I’m sure there are longer sex scenes out there. (the sex scene is also intertwined with the image of a bird. Instead of describing this less-than-coy scene, I think I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves.

Black Bird was already full of body-licking flirtation and chocolate-covered foreplay, so I shouldn’t have expected that a sex scene in this series would be demure.

This was also the longest sex scene I’ve ever read in a manga, coming (haha) in at a length of 29 pages. I guess I should praise Kanako Sakurakoji for managing to make Kyo and Misao’s union such a climatic event despite the fact that all of the couple’s problems could easily be resolved by using a condom. Black Bird isn’t exactly the most thought-provoking manga, but volume eight of Viz’s release of the series definitely crystallizes just how guilty I feel at the enjoyment I get from reading this manga.

Because Kyo is a tengu (a crow demon), he and Misao were afraid of what would happen to her if they slept together and she got pregnant, but in volume eight, Kyo gets poisoned and he can only be cured through sex. After eight volumes of fretting over where, when and in what position they should consummate their relationship, Kyo and Misao have finally done the deed.
