What is Dysfunctional Love?

The definition of Dysfunctional Love is summed up throughout this manga, Black Bird. The love between Misao and Kyou, the heroine and hero.

To be honest, although the relationship between Misao and Kyou is (very) unhealthy, I still love the manga. Why? Because their love still made my heart jump a beat. Their love still made me think, "I really want to love someone that deeply. So deeply that it's considered dysfunctional."

I'm the type of person who adores self-destructive loves. The boy cannot live without the girl and the girl cannot live without the boy. I'm obsessed with seeing how their love can kill themselves. Of course, there were still some downs about the story.

--HUGE SPOILERS UP AHEAD--

I was okay with the disgustingly, beautiful love between them until the last few chapter. I wasn't a fan of Kyou during those few chapters. The Kyou that almost hit his child. The Kyou that forced Misao to preserve herself. That type of love didn't make my heart beat. I was purely shocked. If he loved Misao that much, he should've forgave his child. He shouldn't have taught him physically. After Misao's trauma, he became physically and mentally unstable. I actually got scared of him. After he almost hit his child, Misao forgave him easily? No, no, no. This type of love is even heavier than before. The traumatized Kyou did not make me jump in joy. Instead, he became more of a coward in the end...

Overall, it was only the end that made me cringe. But other than those parts, the manga was pretty good. A few parts where Misao made me want to slap her and a few parts where Kyou was being an ass.... Yep, it was okay.

Story: 5/10

Art: 6/10

Character: 6/10 (the Great Eight Tengus were actually the cutest!!!)

Enjoyment: 7/10

Overall: 7/10