Sherman, Jennifer (May 1, 2019). "Takeshi Obata Draws New Death Note 1-Shot Manga". Anime News Network . Retrieved May 1, 2019. Until the day, after whole two years dive of this ignorance, I finally got to read the manga that totally blowen my mind, that got me hooked since the first lines. Death Note 13: How to Read". Viz Media. Archived from the original on December 26, 2007 . Retrieved February 20, 2023. Centers around high school student Light Yagami, who discovers a supernatural notebook that allows him to kill anyone by writing the victim's name (and knowing their face). The plot follows his attempt to create and lead a world "cleansed of evil" which he will rule as "God" using the notebook, and the conflicts between himself and anyone he sees as an obstacle, from law enforcement to the mafia to the greatest detective in the world.

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Death Note, Vol. 3". Viz Media. Archived from the original on May 29, 2006 . Retrieved February 20, 2023. Death Note, Vol. 11". Viz Media. Archived from the original on February 28, 2007 . Retrieved February 20, 2023. My first graphic novel and manga experience was definitely a good one and I might already be hooked! Great example of how you don't need a bunch of crazy fantastic things happening to make something a gripping piece of Speculative Fiction. In this series, you've got a notebook, and if someone writes your name in it, you die. It doesn't seem like that should be enough to carry twelve graphic novels worth of story, but it absolutely does.a b "Death Note, Vol. 12". Viz Media. Archived from the original on July 3, 2007 . Retrieved February 20, 2023. Even the series doesn't answer this question. Throughout the whole series we see characeters with their individual POV's on what Justice is. We see Light, L, Near, Mello and in the end we are forced to admit once again that there are no good or bad people in this world. We live in a world where people are morally grey. Some darker than others, others not so much. But still the good and bad together are what constitutes us. My first manga! And it was strange to read it from right to left :) But the idea and the storyline are quite interesting. Going to read more)) It will make you question things you never would have brainstormed . Because low-key we all know we would have done the exact same thing when we would have got the death note.

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And here's L , a anonymous detective who's super smart and really effective in solving mysterious cases... These books break a lot of my rules-of-thumb in terms of what makes a good story. The vast majority of the action is people thinking about things. That's a definite "no" in terms of storytelling, and I'd think it would be a double "no" in a visual medium like this. But it works. You can't argue with that. I think the series took a definite dip 2/3rds of the way through. It felt to me like the story reached a natural ending point, then just kept on bulling ahead, ignoring it. in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on December 21, 2003 . Retrieved February 20, 2023. An ingenious concept for a crazy, disturbing tour de force mangaing to be appealing to close to all audiences of horror, dark fantasy, mystery, crime, philosophy, and humor togetherTo keep working as Kira, Light hides a mini television in a bag of chips to watch for criminals in the news and write down their names while studying under surveillance. L removes the cameras but remains suspicious of Light. At Toho University, L reveals his identity and suspicion to Light to see the latter's reaction. Light acts as L's ally, ostensibly to prove his own innocence. On a Sakura TV broadcast, an unknown individual with powers like Kira's warns others not to disrupt Kira's work, before killing anti-Kira commentators. Soichiro enters the Sakura TV building in an armored car without showing his face and stops the broadcast. Light realizes he has a mystery ally who has shortened their lifespan to obtain shinigami eyes, which allows the holder to see anyone's real name and lifespan. L asks Light to join them to stop the second Kira. Death Note, Vol. 5". Viz Media. Archived from the original on April 17, 2008 . Retrieved February 20, 2023. L lawliet :- he is my favourite character in the series and it's his intelligence , quirkiness and everything he stands for and not to forget his smile and his love for ice cream .