Death Note (All-in-One Edition)

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Eiichi Takahashi is the Vice President of Yotsuba Material Planning Division and Yotsuba Homes. Despite his position, he is stated to not have what it takes to be a true leader and that he was selected to attend the meetings to make Higuchi look good. The other members view Takahashi as foolish because he does not seem to put much thought into his comments. [28] Suguru Shimura ( 紙村 英, Shimura Suguru) Voiced by: Hiroyuki Yokoo(Japanese); Brian Drummond (English) Personally, I think this would have been all the more interesting If we had had a female as one of the main characters. Or, if we would have had one of the female characters doublecross Light. That would also have been interesting. Because women are just as capable of being intelligent, if not more so... Death Note, a twelve-volume series written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata, is one of the most complex, well-thought-out, and utterly mindbending stories I have ever read. Truly, Ohba must be of some genius-level intellect to have crafted this tale. The way he displays the thought processes of Light and L, the world-class detective charged with Light's capture, is utterly astounding. The method by which each one of them develops their plans, anticipates the other's plan, and formulates a counterplan... it's mind boggling. And it also makes for a great, great read. The Mafia, being used by Mello, increases its influence and intends to possess the Death Note and gain power. [18] In the Death Note Rewrite 2 special, the mafia plot is omitted. A brilliant premise that kept me thoroughly engaged till chapter 59. The later parts are much the same as the first arc, just more over the top and slower and made the average for the whole series lower than I initially had expected based on the excellent 10+ first chapters.

In conclusion, Death Note is one of the best manga series I’ve ever read. Give it a few more years and it will become a classic in the genre; in my opinion, it already did. It’s one of the most popular manga/anime series of all time, it’s and one that I will always recommend. Once again, dive into this series either through reading the manga or watching the anime; those are the only options you should consider, and then you can thank me later for one of the best escapism experiences once you get to it. Also, I would like to give my special thanks to my dear friend Haifa for getting me this fantastic edition as my early X-mas present. My other complaint is that it felt like the story repeated itself after the halfway point. Except with a different outcome. Because of that, I found the second half of this manga to be a bit boring and predictable. Teru Mikami ( 魅上 照, Mikami Teru) is a criminal prosecutor, a fanatical supporter of Kira, and the fourth Kira. When Light needs a new Kira proxy to hide his identity, Mikami is selected as the new Kira by Light, purely based on his intuition. [4] Since childhood, Mikami has had a strong sense of justice, but his views have become warped due to years of bullying and trauma. [5] Mikami wishes to punish those he considers to be evil: which, to Light's dismay, includes unproductive people and reformed criminals and worships Kira as a god. Mikami mutters the word "delete" ( 削除, sakujo) repeatedly to himself while writing in the Death Note, as a direct reference to those he selects to do away with.Near the end of the episode "Decision" it's mentioned that "two weeks worth of criminals all died at once". Since there's no specific number and no way to calculate how many that could be dead at the minimum, they won't be counted. During the episode "Frenzy", the police officer that pulls over Higuchi is mistakenly referred to as Yukito Shiraba, when his name was actually Ito Shiroba which was his name in the Manga. The art is something else to behold, and this all-in-one edition also compiles the covers of the original published volumes. I often find myself flipping through the book and staring (perhaps even drooling) at the gorgeous artwork. All 12 volumes of Death Note in one massive book, also containing a chapter never published in English!

a b c Antonio Pineda, Rafael (February 26, 2016). "Screen Daily Unveils 2016 Death Note Film's New Visual". Anime News Network . Retrieved February 26, 2016. Mays, Jonathan (May 9, 2006). "Death Note, XXXHOLiC Novels in the Works". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on November 13, 2006 . Retrieved December 7, 2006. Ohba, Tsugumi; Obata, Takeshi (2008). Death Note 13: How to Read. Viz Media. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-4215-1888-6. Death Note is a fantastic 5/5 series, but I want to make some details about this specific edition clear to potential buyers.Not only is this a story that challenges you intellectually, it also challenges you ethically and philosophically. Light's goal is to change the world by killing off society's bad elements. But in his quest for complete peace, is it okay to kill the good people who seek to stop him? If these people are trying to prevent Utopia, doesn't that make them evil? In wars, casualties are always going to occur. But doesn't the death of a few justify saving the lives of the many? That's one of the many questions that Ohba poses, one that cannot be answered easily. Later on, together with the infected passengers, Maki was brought to hospital. It was the last time Maki would see L again before his death. Before the end of the movie, a fully-cured Maki awaken to find her teddy bear, with a new recording from L telling Maki to have a good day tomorrow. After hearing it, Maki looked up sideways at nowhere, saying L's name, presumably wondering where he is currently. Maki was later brought onto a plane bound for the United States, where Kujo and the terrorists intend to use the virus in her to cause infection on the plane and spread it in the US (in turn, the whole world). With the timely intervention from L, the antidote is administered to Maki and the infected passengers, as well as the surviving infected terrorists (including Kujo herself), thereby stopped the crisis. Kujo refused to relent to L when confronted with the antidote, claiming that humanity should be destroyed, and that L was too late to stop it. L, in turn, stated that Kujo was wrong and asked her if the destruction is what Watari would have wanted (implying it would not). After stating that he created a device that would make the plane crash into the sea and the virus would become harmless, which effectively made it useless for Kujo to initiate the plan, L convince her that humanity is still good at nature and would learn from their mistakes before injecting her with the antidote, choosing not to leave her to succumb to the infection with intent to let her pay for what she did by the law. L even convince Maki to not be overcome by revenge before she can successfully murder Kujo.

Yamamoto ( 山本, Yamamoto) is the newest member of the NPA who only appears in the final chapter. [33] He works as Matsuda's junior, and was seen troubled by Matsuda bothering him with going to a bar. In the special one-shot chapter set three years later, he can be seen in the same room with the rest of the team, albeit not belonging to them, as noted by Matsuda. [34] Criminals and initial victims [ edit ] Kurou Otoharada [ edit ] I liked the first part much more. It did not require much suspension of disbelief. I'm not talking about Death Note itself and the Shinigami. Things like a certain Light's father managing to get to Sakura TV from the hospital in minutes. Really, everything is so close? And he managed to get the police vehicle in the meantime. Nah, unbelievable. But it was alright. Mostly the battle of wits. And what a battle! Touta Matsuda [ edit ] Touta Matsuda as portrayed in the anime. Voiced by: Ryō Naitō(Japanese); Vincent Tong (English)There are two major arcs in the entire series, with the first one being slightly longer as well as way more compelling than the final one. I'll just call it the Battle of Two Geniuses - one of the best and most captivating rivalries I've ever read. Although it suffered in comparison, the second arc is still a great cohesive continuation of the story to get us to the climax; slowly building up to a mind-blowing endgame.