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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 lose sight of his noble goal...or his life? Light, working as Kira, the newest member of the NPA intelligence bureau, and L, has nearly succeeded in creating his ideal world. But the years of uncontested victory have made him complacent, and he is unprepared for a new attack close to home. With his younger sister Sayu kidnapped and the NPA's Death Note demanded as ransom, Light must travel across the world and confront two new adversaries, each with a very different agenda. Will Light's quick wits be a match for this new challenge, or will he be forced to choose between Kira's ambitions and his own family's lives?
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Born in Tokyo, Tsugumi Ohba is the author of the hit series Death Note. His current series Bakuman is serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump. Takeshi Obata was born in 1969 in Niigata, Japan, and is the artist of Hikaru no Go, which won the 2003 Tezuka Shinsei New Hope award and the 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.
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After the drama of the last book, Death Note is never going to be the same - Volume 8 saw a massive change of events and even advanced forwards a few years. What we are now left with is a world where the legend of Kira has tremendous political influence, and a three-way rivalry between Light, Near, and Mello.
Mello is impulsive, Near is emotionally detached and calm, both desperate to outwit the other to become top dog. Light however is still obsessed with his idealistic vision of a world where he provides justice - but with three Death Notes out there and everybody wanting them, things keep getting in the way of his perfect world. It's easy to feel a bit shell-shocked after the events of volume 7, and the story feels very different now. With the bulk of this story taking place in America and plenty of new characters (including the American president) along with a major character now gone, this feels a bit messy at times. It's still great, still one of the best examples of Manga out there - but it's less neat than the previous books. Thankfully, part of the success of Death Note is the way it seems to go off on a tangent and then become neatly woven into previous events, I'm sure that now these situations have been set-up, that they will progress nicely.
The last volume saw more inclusion of the Shinigami and this continues with volume 8 - though this time there's a new Shinigami who wants his Death Note back. We get to see more of the Shinigami realm including a great insight into how they observe the human world. The way the Shinigami interact has always seemed a bit laid back and that's most evident here, I always expected their use of language to sound more archaic rather than 'street' to give them a timeless feel, but they seem to follow modern human trends and use phrases like "this sucks".
You need to take your time with this volume as there's so much going on and a web of reasons behind Light's actions. There's a definite sense that Light is becoming almost like Gollum from Lord Of The Rings, with the Death Note being his 'precious' - he has become incredibly unattached from those around him and resolutely single-minded. Seeing the way power corrupts and distorts a personality adds to the debate over the use of such a device - how can someone become the self-professed God of humanity when they are steadily losing what it is to be human?
In a nutshell: The weakest volume of the series so far occurred back when Light had lost all knowledge of being Kira and the battle of wits between him and L was absent. Maybe after volume 7 we'll always have something lacking - this remains a quality read but it does feel as though it's started to spiral out of control.
Mello is impulsive, Near is emotionally detached and calm, both desperate to outwit the other to become top dog. Light however is still obsessed with his idealistic vision of a world where he provides justice - but with three Death Notes out there and everybody wanting them, things keep getting in the way of his perfect world. It's easy to feel a bit shell-shocked after the events of volume 7, and the story feels very different now. With the bulk of this story taking place in America and plenty of new characters (including the American president) along with a major character now gone, this feels a bit messy at times. It's still great, still one of the best examples of Manga out there - but it's less neat than the previous books. Thankfully, part of the success of Death Note is the way it seems to go off on a tangent and then become neatly woven into previous events, I'm sure that now these situations have been set-up, that they will progress nicely.
The last volume saw more inclusion of the Shinigami and this continues with volume 8 - though this time there's a new Shinigami who wants his Death Note back. We get to see more of the Shinigami realm including a great insight into how they observe the human world. The way the Shinigami interact has always seemed a bit laid back and that's most evident here, I always expected their use of language to sound more archaic rather than 'street' to give them a timeless feel, but they seem to follow modern human trends and use phrases like "this sucks".
You need to take your time with this volume as there's so much going on and a web of reasons behind Light's actions. There's a definite sense that Light is becoming almost like Gollum from Lord Of The Rings, with the Death Note being his 'precious' - he has become incredibly unattached from those around him and resolutely single-minded. Seeing the way power corrupts and distorts a personality adds to the debate over the use of such a device - how can someone become the self-professed God of humanity when they are steadily losing what it is to be human?
In a nutshell: The weakest volume of the series so far occurred back when Light had lost all knowledge of being Kira and the battle of wits between him and L was absent. Maybe after volume 7 we'll always have something lacking - this remains a quality read but it does feel as though it's started to spiral out of control.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Although Light is close to creating his perfect world, he has started to encounter some unexpected problems. Near and Mello, the two genius youngsters who have taken over from L, are competing with each other to try to solve the case first, Near working with the FBI and Mello with the Mafia. Having kidnapped Light's sister Sayu, Mello appears to have the upper hand as he blackmails the NPA for the Death Note but Light is soon making plans to retake the initiative.
Death Note continues to be nothing less than involving in this eighth volume of this fascinating manga and the plot seems to be getting thicker and more convoluted as time goes on. If there is a downside of the story so far it is that the two replacements for L, Near and Mello, don't seem to be as interesting or likeable as their predecessor but I suppose there could be more characterisation of the two in future volumes. Death Note remains to be nothing less than a compulsive read and I cannot wait to discover how the story turns out.
Death Note continues to be nothing less than involving in this eighth volume of this fascinating manga and the plot seems to be getting thicker and more convoluted as time goes on. If there is a downside of the story so far it is that the two replacements for L, Near and Mello, don't seem to be as interesting or likeable as their predecessor but I suppose there could be more characterisation of the two in future volumes. Death Note remains to be nothing less than a compulsive read and I cannot wait to discover how the story turns out.
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Now it gets intresting Mello and Near (N and M the new letters in town) are hear to stay.... and to give make Light's (Kira) life hell.
So now the all out brawl of minds keeps on going and now the Kira's vs the Letter's fight is even bigger than before. The only flaw in the later volumes is that its a little more well slow. But that does not really matter its still a great manga.
----Alex Gradwell/Venomtheevil----
So now the all out brawl of minds keeps on going and now the Kira's vs the Letter's fight is even bigger than before. The only flaw in the later volumes is that its a little more well slow. But that does not really matter its still a great manga.
----Alex Gradwell/Venomtheevil----
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