Darker than Black: Shikkoku no Hana

Darker than Black: Shikkoku no Hana
First tankōbon volume cover featuring Hei (left) and Yin
DARKER THAN BLACK ー漆黒の花ー (Dākā Zan Burakku Shikkoku no Hana)
Genre	Science fiction[1]
Manga
Written by	Yuji Iwahara
Published by	Square Enix
Magazine	Young Gangan
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	May 15, 2009 – January 21, 2011
Volumes	4
Related work
Darker than Black (2007)

Darker than Black: Shikkoku no Hana (Japanese: DARKER THAN BLACK-漆黒の花-, Hepburn: Dākā Zan Burakku Shikkoku no Hana, lit. "Darker than Black: Jet Black Flower") is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Yuji Iwahara. The series is a spin-off to the 2007 anime series Darker than Black and focuses on the assassin, Hei, who hunts a man named Harvest. In the story, Harvest is creating several super-powered humans known as Contractors by using a plant filled with supernatural elements known as the "Black Dendelion."

The manga was serialized in Square Enix's seinen manga magazine Young Gangan between May 2009 and January 2011, and collected a total of four tankōbon volumes. Although it was not released in English-speaking regions, the series was popular in Japan, selling several issues and being the subject of positive reviews by Western critics. The characters and artwork were praised, along with the narrative's accessibility to new readers.