Black Bird/YMMV
- Complete Monster: Kuzonoha Shuuhei. While pretty much all the male characters in Black Bird are a bunch of misogynist jerks, Shuuhei stands out among the whole bunch as the most cruel and depraved. Following a failed attempt to rape Misao, he severely wounds her to facilitate her abduction from Kyo's dojo. By his own admission, he has no qualms about injuring her as long as she is able to provide him with an heir that will consolidate his position as the head of his clan. Only a total bastard like this can make Kyo seem like a knight in shining armor to Misao by comparison.
- Fan-Preferred Couple: Kensuke/Misao, anyone?
- Narm: Kyo's tengu form is rather... odd.
- Squick: The book's treatment of non-consensual eroticized physical contact doesn't go over well with some readers.
- And don't forget when a certain Jerkass Kyo's brother Sojo ties our heroine up, encases her behind a magic barrier, and then when Kyo breaks through, starts talking about how great it would be to rape, kill, and eat Misao in front of him.
- Not necessarily in that order.
- And don't forget when a certain Jerkass Kyo's brother Sojo ties our heroine up, encases her behind a magic barrier, and then when Kyo breaks through, starts talking about how great it would be to rape, kill, and eat Misao in front of him.
- The Woobie: Poor Misao....