Manga Review: Death Note

Review: Death Note

Author: Tsugumi Ohda

I think Death Note is a very interesting series of books because they challenge you to keep track of the time period in which they occur, and because the characters are divided into good and bad people, some of whom are not what they seem to be.

Light Yagami, a high school student, finds the notebook (death note) that falls from the Shinigami world. He reads the “How to Use’’ instructions, which he does not believe, so he does experiments to prove whether the notebook’s claims are indeed possible.

Light discovers that the claims in the notebook are true so he becomes obsessed and starts killing a lot of people. The police learn that people are dying without reason so Light hides his identity with the name of “Kira.”

L, also known as Ryuzaki, is an eccentric genius and an international private detective who tries to capture the killer of the notebook.

Light wanted to build a perfect world without criminals and would do whatever it took to achieve it.

Much of the plot revolves around Light trying to hide his identity and not get captured, while the notepad makes everyone kill each other until N, one of L’s successors, can prove that L was right that Light was the murderer. However, the introduction of Misa Amane, the girl who is in love with Light, and the interference of the Shinigami Ryuk complicate his task.

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