Now.... despite my rage over the last volume (and don't worry, the cause for the rage is still there and STILL causing a rage within me), I actually got pretty depressed during this volume. During the highly emotional scenes, I was tearing up. And I'm not a big fan of desperate romance (love like Kyo's and Misao's...where they basically can't exist apart from each other... in my own opinion, that kind of dependence is ridiculous and stupid, but that's just me). I don't mind reading about romances and whatnot but usually if it gets to that point, I start to roll my eyes. Here, I surprisingly had the opposite reaction, where I got really sad and wished more than anything for them to make it work.Having said that, there is some part of me that wants the happy ending I know is coming...but there is a huge part of me (probably 75% part of me) that really wants Misao to die still. I really don't want this to be the magical "Oh it's Misao so we magically found a way to avoid what we knew was going to happen! Yay!" I know it'll be that way though... I already know it. But there is a part of me clinging on to some hope that Sakurakouji-sama WILL NOT be like everyone else and will not do the cliche...but I know that chance is very slim.And now begins the wait for the last two volumes to come out... who knows how many months that'll take... but I'll be waiting anxiously. This volume begins to deal with the whole issue of the Senka Maiden. Kyo and Misao are confronted with the strong possibility that she will die upon giving birth to their child as the last Senka Maiden had. Kyo and Misao are both conflicted though Kyo chooses Misao. Here Kyo really irritates me. He's supposed to be older and wiser -- the head of the Tengu clan but he totally is selfish and irrational. I guess you have to give him that since he worked his whole life to be with Misao and not necessarily wanting to be the clan leader. Their journey continues as there is more emotional development on Kyo's part whereas Misao sees the other implications. The last few chapters are the start to the final story arc of the series which ends with Volume 18 that was recently released in Japan.
What do You think about Black Bird 16 (2012)?
WHAT THE HELL IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO HER BUT I THINK THAT SHE WILL SURVIVE~!
—tuna
Un peu moins bon que les autres. On tourne un peu en rond.
—desp3rado
