Death Note Death Note!

I'm reading a newer manga (form the mangaka of Hikaru no Go),
titled, Death Note. It's awesome, I love it alot.
My favorite characters are Raito and L.

 

Havent heard of it. Maybe Ill do a search see if its good.
Ill take your thread as an undirect recomendation. Heh!

-KaiyonTormentor

 

I have heard about that manga, and all the critics I've found are good so i think I'll give it a try...I think it is about some student and a shinigami or something right? it was what a summary said about it I think

 

You didn't give much...Well, much detail as to what it's about....Could you?

 

Indeed! (Armstrong quote) But seriously, what's the manga about? It's story, characters? Where does it take place?

Maybe if i get it before you post it, i'll write about it before you. Is it TokyoPop?

 

Death Note takes place in modern to near-future Japan. The main character is a high-school senior named Yagami Light, and he is dissatisfied with the world. One day he finds a notebook with the words "Death Note" written across the cover. There are instructions in English on the inside for how to use the Death Note. Light thinks it is most likely a hoax, but he decides to test it on a whim when he sees a television report about a hostage situation in a local elementary school.

The Death Note works as the instructions say it will, and the man holding the children hostage dies of a heart attack. Light realizes he holds within his hands the power to change the world, to reshape it the way he thinks it should be. To that end he starts killing infamous criminals. This gets the attention of Interpol, and then stuff starts getting interesting.

As for the origins of the notebook...it belongs to a shinigami named Ruuk/Luke. He had two Death Notes (you're only supposed to have one), so he dropped his spare one just to see what would happen.


There is not a translated version of Death Note available officially, at least not in English. I know it is available in a scanslated format, which is helpful if you don't read Japanese (or don't read it very well). If you can read Japanese, you can buy the manga from stores like Sasuga Books.

Any other questions? Hope this was helpful!

~Shadrach Anki

 

Thanks you Shadowbard. That was a very nice description^^ Now I have an idea as to what it's about...

 

Wow that sounds interesting. Think I'll check it out

 

I finished reading Death Note up to chapter 58, and I'm still hooked. Give it a try, the plot won't let you down.

 

I tried looking for it. Is is out in the US?

-Kaiyon

 

I don't think it's liecenced yet, you can check the list of scansalators here

 

Thanksies! Aww..too bad..

-Kaiyon

 

Chapter 59 has been released... but Death Note is making a break from JUMP so chapter 60 won't be out until April

 

Heard that Death note is a really good manga. That "monster" or whatever that is rather scary

- Teddz

 

Death Note is indeed an excellent manga. I can't say that I agree with Raito's method to 'help' the world but I don't want L to catch him either .

 

This manga is making me to think what is really good or evil. Is Raito doing something good for the world erasing bad people? Has he really the right to do it? Should innocent people die for the cause? (ie. the detective)

I'm not sure either...