Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects-and he's bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and now Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But when criminals begin dropping dead, the authorities send the legendary detective L to track down the killer. With L hot on his heels, will Light loose sight of his noble goal...or his life?
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Author: Tsugumi Ohba
Born in Tokyo, Tsugumi Ohba is the author of the hit series Death Note. His current series Bakuman is serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump.
Artist: Takeshi Obata
Takeshi Obata was born in 1969 in Niigata, Japan, and is the artist of the wildly popular SHONEN JUMP title Hikaru no Go, which won the 2003 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize: Shinsei New Hope award and the 2000 Shogakukan Manga award. Obata is also the artist of Arabian Majin Bokentan Lamp Lamp, Ayatsuri Sakon, Cyborg Jichan G., and the smash hit manga Death Note. His current series Bakuman is serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump.
Born in Tokyo, Tsugumi Ohba is the author of the hit series Death Note. His current series Bakuman is serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump.
Artist: Takeshi Obata
Takeshi Obata was born in 1969 in Niigata, Japan, and is the artist of the wildly popular SHONEN JUMP title Hikaru no Go, which won the 2003 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize: Shinsei New Hope award and the 2000 Shogakukan Manga award. Obata is also the artist of Arabian Majin Bokentan Lamp Lamp, Ayatsuri Sakon, Cyborg Jichan G., and the smash hit manga Death Note. His current series Bakuman is serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Girl Troubles,
By Antonio D. Paolucci "Collector of Entertainment" (Beaver Falls, PA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Death Note, Vol. 4 (Paperback)
Death Note's wont for adding suspense is one of the things that make this series so great. Just when you think it has to end, something new happens and the incoming disaster is averted, for a little bit, at least. In volume three, this came when Light met L in person for the first time, and they became friends.
In this volume, it comes with a girl who can use the same powers and some, but has such a fierce love for Light that she's unwilling to use it for anything but his bidding. Only, with her interference and L's continuing battle against Light, Light does not think this is such a good thing, and must think of new ways to cover up his Kira character now that there seems to be a second in the neighborhood. Luckily, he still has the task force on his side, and he's still a super genius capable of outsmarting even the world's greatest sleuth. What's make this volume better than the others is the staggering ending. I won't spoil it here, but I will say I was thoroughly surprised by it, and I can't wait for the next volume to get released stateside. If you've been collecting the Death Note series, then pick this up. If you haven't and you're reading this, then I'm sorry for spoilers. Now go back and get the first volume.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
MISA IS IN LOVE,
By Sesho "www.sesho.libsyn.com" (Pasadena, TX USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Death Note, Vol. 4 (Paperback)
Light Yagami has learned that he is not alone in holding the power of the Death Note. A second person is killing people and calling themselves Kira. The difference is that this second Kira does not care if the people he kills are innocents or criminals. The reason the second Kira is so sloppy and seemingly illogical is that "he" is a young girl named Misa who not only looks up to the real Kira for killing the criminal that killed her parents, but actually thinks she is in LOVE with Kira. Just like Light, she has her own Shinigami spirit named Rem, who has more of a personal loyalty to Misa than Ryuk to Light. L doesn't fall for the whole Kira act and instead of dropping his suspicions of Light, easily figures out that this is a second Kira, but he still enlists the aid of Light in the investigation, going on the premise that it's best to have your enemies close.
Just when this series was beginning to hit a deadend, the writer came up with some cool ideas. While some of these ideas, such as making Misa being such a hopeless romantic were a little jarring, but it worked out. I'm still also trying to figure out whether Light is evil or not, or is he just a stupid kid cloaking himself in what he believes to be wisdom? It seems like at times, he might snap out of his Godtrip, but I doubt that'll ever happen. He's already gone down a road he can't return from. The writing is still a little shaky at times, but the ideas themselves are good, which makes this an excellent if flawed series.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
All that Glitters *Is* Gold,
This review is from: Death Note, Vol. 4 (Paperback)
Volume Four of 'Death Note' still has the suspense charm that bestowed on the last three volumes. L is still suspicous of Light, but allows him to join his task force nonetheless, hoping to find a solution to this troubling problem. It seems as though the second Kira is a young woman who wants to be Kira's personal pet slave...or that's what it seems to me, since the girl, fashion model Misa Amane, is totally dedicated to Kira. I like this volume a bit more than the onces I've recently read, since Misa's Shinigami Rem, actually takes a liking to Misa. This proves for some interesting twists further in the series.
So why four out of five stars? Simply because I have yet to find a female character who doesn't seem either dumb or weak or completly dedicated to another character with lack of self-respect for herself. Light does not care who he uses or how he uses them, as long as they help him in his quest to be the New God to the New World, and of course, destroy L. It's still a good volume, but if you're looking for strong female characters, look elsewhere.
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