02
Apr
08

Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba

deathnote.jpgWhat would you do if you were walking home from school and you found a book on the ground. Upon opening the book you read the following:

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You would probably think this was a joke. I would. Until, you and I, just like Light, the boy who did pick up the note book, tried to use the death note. When it worked, you’d probably be pretty freaked out. Not Light. Once he picked up the Death Note his whole life changed. After Light touches the note book for the first time he forms a connection with its owner, Ryuk, an 8 foot tall Death God (Shinigami) who can only be seen by the possessor of the death note. Light becomes obsessed almost immediately, taking the punishment of criminals into his own hands. Of course, the mysterious deaths of criminals has not gone wholly unnoticed. Enter L, the world’s greatest detective. As soon as L arrives the noose around Light’s neck begins to tighten.

Death Note is the ultimate battle of wits. The intelligence of Light and L is astounding, kudos to Ohba, who in my opinion has surpassed Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in the mystery genre. The characters are very intriguing and the plot will suck you in so much so that you should block out some time, and prepare some meals, because once you start you seriously cannot stop. The series concludes after 12 issues, which is nice, this is no 500 volume Dragon Ball series.

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Ryuk is my favorite character in the story and possibly in all Manga. You have never met a more hilarious Shinigami. His contribution to Death Note is monumental, posing as a quasi-conscience for Light. This is easily my favorite manga of all time. Unless you absolutely hate creativity and engaging stories then avoid this one otherwise, do it!

P.S. L, Do you know Gods of Death love apples?

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53 Responses to “Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba”


  1. May 22, 2008 at 7:25 am

    Yay!! This movie was awesome!!
    woot!!
    I though I was going to cry when it was over I wanna watch it over and over and over and over again!!!
    Woot Woot!!!
    I love it and I can’t wait until the second one!!!
    Yay!!!

  2. 2 Joe
    May 22, 2008 at 10:10 am

    Did you go and see it in theaters? It was in American theaters for 2 days, May 21 & 22. I had to work :(

    I thought the movie was just OK, I didn’t like the changes in plot. The Manga is soo wonderful!! The story is intellegent and fast-paced. Loved it.

  3. 3 Jed
    May 25, 2008 at 1:31 am

    Can I ask for a copy of the instructions that was written on the book??? Just like the one shown above??? I wanna have a copy of all of them…

    @topic
    My favorite character in Deathnote is Light… Most people like L better than Light but Light is more interesting…

  4. 4 nina
    May 25, 2008 at 5:42 pm

    ..I didn’t watch it..I bet it was good..hopefully it comes out again…I HAVE to see it…the show and manga is really awesome too!!!!

  5. 7 chloe
    June 10, 2008 at 1:34 pm

    i havent seen the movie, but i wanna soooo bad!! i just finished what they have at onemanga.com. it gets so god!!

  6. 8 ms.kitty
    June 12, 2008 at 9:43 pm

    this is my most favorite show !!!!!!!!! i watch the show i have the movie and i just got finished reading the online manga on onemanga.com i also like the show bleach!

  7. June 14, 2008 at 3:09 am

    for me, this movie is very great and it changes also my whole life. I’m now very addicted to it and without any question i am very thankful to the creator of this anime

  8. June 24, 2008 at 10:48 am

    i loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooove LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
    L

  9. 12 lukat
    July 10, 2008 at 2:23 am

    i very love this movie, L is very cool

  10. 13 Artemis
    July 16, 2008 at 6:24 pm

    I love the TV show some of my RP friends were talking about it so i decided to check it out. the first episode i saw was Episode 7 ;lucky i decided to see it that soon. i can’t believe how the show ended though… btw my favorite characters is Near and Light.

  11. July 20, 2008 at 1:27 am

    i like death note film.because the story very good and the best

  12. 15 HENFOX
    July 22, 2008 at 3:03 am

    I WANT THE STORY CHANGE ;;;;;;;;I WANT L’s ALIVE

  13. July 24, 2008 at 5:36 am

    i love this very muuch !!!!!!!!!!!!!! specially L and Near!!!!!!!!!

  14. 17 rock-child
    August 13, 2008 at 3:00 pm

    awsome

  15. September 13, 2008 at 6:11 pm

    I haven’t read this yet but i;m buyin’ it 2morrow! Can’t wait. I heard it was really great! Scrath that. AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bye.

  16. 19 DeeK
    September 23, 2008 at 4:34 pm

    £ £ £ £ £ £
    very very very… coolllllllll……………….

  17. 20 Dawn
    September 26, 2008 at 7:09 am

    definatly the best one,once i’ve stardter the first épisode i couldn’t stop and watche 7 episodes in a row, too great, “L” pérsonality looks a lot like mine XD,

    after writting the cause of the death,details of the death should be written in the 6 linutes 40 seconds.

  18. 22 nina akioto
    September 28, 2008 at 4:06 pm

    koolness

  19. October 8, 2008 at 6:51 am

    omg I loved the movie I got 2 see it in theaters but I like how they got 2.make L he looks just like in the manga be is so awesome…omg

  20. 24 hadi_radcliffe
    October 10, 2008 at 11:46 pm

    i want ask something to produser of death note movie… why comik and movie death note is very diffrend… in comik l is death but in the movie kira is death… that is a big mistake.. i want kira is life, because i love kira n i want be him… hahaha

    and i will kill a bad people in the world… hahaha

  21. October 13, 2008 at 10:01 pm

    i like it…

    *r.p.l.y*

  22. 26 aix
    October 14, 2008 at 11:48 pm

    i watch deathnote alreday …

    I LOVE and LIKE the story …

    and my favorite character is L …

    aheheh ..

  23. 27 Byron Rivera aka L
    October 23, 2008 at 10:48 pm

    I Love your show But did not like the ending for it :(
    go to my myspace to see how much a love the show my myspace is Byron_Rivera93@yahoo.com
    come and see it plz and add me as your frineds :)
    p.s. i did not like the ending of the show kair have to live :(

  24. November 8, 2008 at 10:14 pm

    do have the second rule for death note except for the one above?
    if yes, please send it to me using my website
    please
    please
    please
    please
    please
    please
    thanks………

  25. 29 nhoni lhin
    November 12, 2008 at 10:47 pm

    The Characterz in this manga nad movie are so awesome!!!……L, reminds me of my crush… he was so like him…GOOD JOB!!!

  26. 30 jodie
    November 13, 2008 at 3:27 am

    i really love this anime….can u please add the other rules?…if you dont mind…please….

  27. 31 laura
    December 6, 2008 at 4:59 pm

    sh**….nice one man…lmao….i like it

  28. 32 dhedotz
    December 28, 2008 at 6:53 pm

    a great animated story…

  29. 33 pemela
    January 7, 2009 at 1:46 am

    i love death note because is to cool .go go go ligth keep on

  30. 34 allen
    January 18, 2009 at 9:28 pm

    its quite scared aboute this.. is it really happened???

  31. 35 TangLime
    January 24, 2009 at 10:01 am

    Lol I just got a Death Note last night as I am a big fan of the series, have seen every episode and movie and have read every book. I also really like L and Misa and have multiple Nendoroids of them !

  32. 36 The One
    February 1, 2009 at 8:17 am

    “hadi_radcliffe”, who wouldn’t want a perfect world of good ppl but you need to understand one important issue here. Just like terms: “what goes up must come down” as well as other phrases; what it implements is a “balance”. As such, there has to be bad fella alongside the good in the order to maintain a B-A-L-A-N-C-E. I can see from your feedback that you are putting up a narrow-view & more importantly, it is not us who judge but GOD.

    The movie, Death Note was good. I’ve watched both the movie releases in the theatre. However, I think they sensored or rather removed some parts making it seems incomplete aside from the ending that is said to be different from the manga.

  33. 37 rasyid
    February 18, 2009 at 10:17 pm

    i want to be L!!!!!!!!!

  34. 38 Darya Blednova
    February 28, 2009 at 9:36 am

    I think Kira much better than L.

  35. 39 melbert
    March 11, 2009 at 2:44 am

    I admit that some your website is true but can you prove that it is realy true about this note!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?

  36. April 17, 2009 at 10:38 pm

    I absolutely love Ryuk and Rem!! Ryuk is my type of character…twisted. Rem is the more gentle side but it was awesome. I just finished watching the 2nd movie and it had me on the edge of my seat at some parts. I’m not big into anime but I’m big into Deathnote.

  37. April 21, 2009 at 2:58 pm

    Death Note is diffidently one of the best mangas I have ever seen. This manga, along with the anime is one of the biggest series currently out. When I got the whole series I couldn’t put them down. Now for the whole L vs Light thing,

    Please don’t kill me!

    Light is a mass murder, and a very selfish person. He specks of a better world where everyone can live in peace, but can they do that when hundreds of people are being killed? Family members, friends, and loved ones. He is very selfish because he doesn’t have to be a god, all he has to do is make the world a better place in secret. Its very selfish of you to call yourself a god if you are human, am I right? He wants people to kiss his feet and do anything he says day in and day out, that is selfish. He wants to rule the world with an iron fist(in this case a death note) how is that not selfish? He uses fear to get what he wants, sounds like a dictator to me. He takes advantage of love to achieve his goals, he manipulates everybody, how is that not evil or selfish? He thinks he is a god, he thinks he is better then everyone else and hes not, hes evil! End of story! but I still love the guy.

    Now I get to talk about crazy. Yes, I mean foolish L. L has a very big sweet tooth, how does he not get fat? You never see him exercise, and what about cavities? We never see him brush his teeth. L needs a better diet!(Not really, that is what makes L, L. His big old sweet tooth) Does he ever sleep? I have never ever seen L in the anime or the mangas sleep. Does he not like to sleep? Also he never has socks on, why?(Yes I know that’s one of his things, but shut up!) They keep your feet warm and clean, what if he steps on something sharp? It will go right threw his foot. This guy also has no social skills what so ever. Why didn’t Wammy or Watari teach him how to talk to other human beings? That’s kind of important. Apparently that did not teach in large class rooms at Wammy’s house. L also is a bit of a lair. You can’t tell if his shocking reasoning is true or not. My final words about L are that he is not human. Hes weird, but that’s why we love him.

    Again please don’t kill me!

  38. 43 L
    May 27, 2009 at 2:47 pm

    My name is L because its short for EL.
    I love death note i watched it and it gave me a diff veiw of japanes police. I told my new discovery of this anime to my aunt and uncle (who i live w/) and they said they didnt approve of it just b/cuz of the name. this made me so mad i dont think there is a single word to describe my fiury!!!!!!! I love all anime in genral but my top two favorite anime are Inuyasha And death note. Death Note is my top fave. then its Inuyasha!!! Ive seen the creator of Inuyasha but i want to see the creator of death note is it a she or a he? is she/he old or young and beautiful/cute? Im afraid ill never know….and oh yeah i sit like N love candy barz like M have dark outlined eyes like L, love playing God like Kira, and have a higher grade than my class mates like Light!!! I know Light and Kira are the same ppl but thay seem to be two tottaly diff ppl!!!! It bites that L dies!!!!!!!! but i like the fact that Kira dies in the end even though i kinda liked him!!! MISA’s anoying i would of killed her the first time she said my name!!! “Oh light.” this is all i have time to type By pplz!!! I LOVE DEATH NOTE!!!!!!

  39. 44 law
    June 5, 2009 at 7:36 pm

    i absolutely love DEATHNOTE! Especially the character of Light. This character reminds me of most of the people in the world, when they have the power in their hands thay always”take it for granted”. And i saw this in Light’s character! And I love the L’s character, he did an amazing job of manipulated the whole scene and found, narrowed and figured the cause of these mistreous deaths.

  40. June 10, 2009 at 8:45 pm

    death note…

    …cool…

  41. 47 KIKOS3R
    August 30, 2009 at 10:59 pm

    OMG THEREZ A MOVIE I AM GETTING IT
    MY FAV IZ L!

  42. 48 sinx will Angel of Dea†h
    September 4, 2009 at 12:07 pm

    lol . . . Dea†h Note?
    is crazy . . .

    hey, good bye for all.

    by sinx!!

  43. September 14, 2009 at 2:09 pm

    Light Yagami is awesome i would do the same as him. The Criminals all deserve to die!

  44. October 15, 2009 at 8:45 pm

    death note!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ohhh,ilove it so muchhhhhhhhh!!!!my favorite character is L.That’s why i felt so sadddddddddd wwhen he died b’coz of that selfish big head yagami light!!!i hate him!!!

  45. 51 Broken_Winged_Ashera01
    October 16, 2009 at 4:58 pm

    Heoxzt….

    ‘em Back axsan mga gm nio?

    Ta2nggalin cuh nah keu!!!

  46. 52 Yuri Inuzaka
    October 24, 2009 at 3:32 pm

    Hey guys! You can watch all the Death Note episodes on Animeimmortal.com and you can read the entire manga on Onemanga.com I also heard there was a movie…. is this true?


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