Death Note, Vol. 2
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of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 5/15/2010
This book is in a Controlled Release!
GoryDetails of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 5/15/2010 This book is in a Controlled Release!
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I've been reading more manga lately, and was intrigued by the concept of this series: a shinigami (a kind of usher-of-souls or death-god - here it takes the monstrous form, rather than the more bishonen style of Descendants of Darkness) drops his mystical Death Note, which can cause the death of anyone whose name is inscribed in it. A young man finds the note and decides that he can think of a few people who deserve to be killed - but things aren't nearly that simple... [The TV Tropes entry for this series helped to get my attention; it seemed that whenever I browsed that site I'd come across examples from this series!]
The series is a longish one - 13 volumes, I think - and I don't know how far I'll get, but I did want to give it a try. I got the first book a little while ago, and picked up this second volume of the series today at the local Barnes & Noble. [There's a live-action film based on the series, as well as an anime version; the live-action version is pretty good so far...]
Later: After reading the whole series, and watching the anime, *and* the live-action films - I adore this series! Complex, unusual, with riveting characters - great fun, and sometimes pretty disturbing. (And the artwork rocks; the cover designs are intricate and symbolic, the chapter-head pages stark and dramatic - really wonderful stuff.) I also enjoy the little introductory quips from the author and the artist; in this volume, Takeshi Obata frets about whether drawing shinigami will curse him: "I draw this manga with fear and trembling". And Tsugumi Ohba lists his hobby as "collecting teacups", and says he "develops manga plots while holding knees on a chair".
In this volume, the FBI is showing an interest in Kira, and Light figures out a devilishly clever way to get hold of the photos and names of the agents - with which, of course, he can handily dispose of them. But one agent has a fiancee who's a very talented investigator herself; will she be able to identify Kira? (The scenes between Light and Naomi demonstrate just how far he's gone since he found the notebook. {shudder})
This volume also features the wonderful scene in which eccentric detective L finally allows the Japanese investigating team to meet him in person. Whatever they were expecting, it wasn't the goofy-looking, hollow-eyed, barefoot, rumpled young man, whose odd mannerisms and highly-developed sweet tooth belie his keen instincts. But he takes charge right away, bringing in his battle-butler Watari to hand out IDs and communication devices to the team. But they're still stuck trying to find a criminal who's clearly using means that are outside known science...
L deduces that Kira must be someone close to the investigation, and has the homes of some of the team bugged - including Light's. What next?
The series is a longish one - 13 volumes, I think - and I don't know how far I'll get, but I did want to give it a try. I got the first book a little while ago, and picked up this second volume of the series today at the local Barnes & Noble. [There's a live-action film based on the series, as well as an anime version; the live-action version is pretty good so far...]
Later: After reading the whole series, and watching the anime, *and* the live-action films - I adore this series! Complex, unusual, with riveting characters - great fun, and sometimes pretty disturbing. (And the artwork rocks; the cover designs are intricate and symbolic, the chapter-head pages stark and dramatic - really wonderful stuff.) I also enjoy the little introductory quips from the author and the artist; in this volume, Takeshi Obata frets about whether drawing shinigami will curse him: "I draw this manga with fear and trembling". And Tsugumi Ohba lists his hobby as "collecting teacups", and says he "develops manga plots while holding knees on a chair".
In this volume, the FBI is showing an interest in Kira, and Light figures out a devilishly clever way to get hold of the photos and names of the agents - with which, of course, he can handily dispose of them. But one agent has a fiancee who's a very talented investigator herself; will she be able to identify Kira? (The scenes between Light and Naomi demonstrate just how far he's gone since he found the notebook. {shudder})
This volume also features the wonderful scene in which eccentric detective L finally allows the Japanese investigating team to meet him in person. Whatever they were expecting, it wasn't the goofy-looking, hollow-eyed, barefoot, rumpled young man, whose odd mannerisms and highly-developed sweet tooth belie his keen instincts. But he takes charge right away, bringing in his battle-butler Watari to hand out IDs and communication devices to the team. But they're still stuck trying to find a criminal who's clearly using means that are outside known science...
L deduces that Kira must be someone close to the investigation, and has the homes of some of the team bugged - including Light's. What next?
I'm sending this 12-volume set to my nephew in New York. Enjoy!
