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Death Note Volume 1 - Tsugumi Ohba

Description: ISBN 1421501686 / Author: Tsugumi Ohba / Genre: Graphic Novels / Comics / Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects - and he's ... more

Death Note Volume 1 - Tsugumi Ohba ... bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and now Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But when criminals begin dropping dead, the authorities send the legendary detective L to track down the killer. With L hot on his heels, will Light lose sight of his noble goal or his life? Light tests the boundaries of the Death Note's powers as L and the police begin to close in. Luckily Light's father is the head of the Japanese National Police Agency and leaves vital information about the case lying around the house. With access to his father's files, Light can keep one step ahead of the authorities. But who is the strange man following him, and how can Light guard against enemies whose names he doesn't know?

Newest Review: ... with the words 'Death Note' written on the cover. He quickly dismisses it as a sick joke. He later discovers how very real it ... more

... is and that with a name and a face he can kill whoever he wants, just by writing it in the notebook. This however does not fall unnoticed by the police. The strategic conflict between Light and a detective known as L is mindblowing. Every move they make they have to take into consideration the consequences so that they can constantly out smart each other. It is like a game of chess, but with the lives of real people at stake. This was the first manga I decided to buy after watching the anime which was excellent. I...more

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Death Note Volume 1 - Tsugumi Ohba: Death Note - Superb! (464 words)
by - written on 03/01/08 (Very useful, 18 readings)
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~~Introduction~~ I was recommended this by a friend, and watched the anime even though I'm not into anime or manga. It was amazing. I immediately ordered volumes 1, 2 and 3 of the manga off amazon. I have lent them to my dad, who I doubt even knows what manga is, and he enjoyed them just as much. ~~Plot~~ Very sinister and entralling. Yagami Light is a school student in his final year at school. Brilliant academically, Light is often bored, and is sick of a world that is full of cruelty and suffering. When he finds the "Death Note" in his school grounds, he is fascinated. "The human whose name is written in this book shall die". At ... Read the complete review

Death Note: NOT a collection of suicides. (710 words)
by - written on 09/12/07 (Very useful, 71 readings)
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For many years, a long made piece of paper, called a chain letter, supposedly gifts people with different abilities of luck or of death. Nowadays, they are considered as spam, to be ignore completely from all of the world. To be frank, I positively hate chain letters, but I always did wonder as to what if they were real. What if chain letters actually gifted you with such fortune? What if they really gave you the power to kill anyone? That fantasy draws along in people's minds, questioning as to if you could really do good things for all living kinds. And that is where one manga artist by the name of Tsugumi Ohba has shown a concept of what could happen. Death ... Read the complete review

Death Note Volume 1 - Tsugumi Ohba: "The human who uses this note can neither go to heaven or he ... (548 words)
by - written on 23/06/08 (Very useful, 106 readings)
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"The human who becomes the owner of the Death Note can, in exchange of half of his/her remaining life, get the eyeballs of the God off death which will enable him/her to see a human's name and remaining lifetime..." (How to use it before chapter 6 of death note vol1) First impressions. The front cover is dark and mysterious. It contains our protagonist wielding a scythe large and powerful looking which in theory could only belong to the grim reaper.His name is Light and he is seventeen years of age. Behind him stands a shingami or demon who brings death in the human world. His name is Ryuk. He looks like a cross between Frankenstein and ... Read the complete review

What would you do with the world in your hands? (1436 words)
by - written on 22/06/07 (Very useful, 63 readings)
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Death Note (Desu Nōto) manga series first serialized in the weekly 'Shonen Jump' magazine in December 2003. It ran until May 2006, with 108 chapters in total. Written by Tsugumi Ohba, with illustrations by Takeshi Obata, the series is incredibly popular, and its 108 chapters have been published in their entirety in 12 volumes in Japan. There have also two part live-action films released, an anime series, and last year a novelized version, written by Nisio Isin, was released. This review is about volume 1 of Death Note, which contains the first 7 chapters of the story: * Chapter 1: Boredom * Chapter 2: L * Chapter ... Read the complete review

Death Note Volume 1 - Tsugumi Ohba: Want to know what everyone's talking about at Manga conventi ... (578 words)
by - written on 01/05/09 (Very useful, 51 readings)
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This review is about volume 1 of the Death Note series published by Viz Media and part of the Shonen Jump Advanced books. The story is by Tsugumi Ohba and the art is by Takeshi Obata. Death Note is rated for older teens. The book is in the classic right-to-left style of most popular Japanese manga but if you're new to manga then there's a handy 'how to read' guide on the back page (or what would normally be the inside front cover). This manga series is so popular that it has been turned into anime and even a live action movie! Volume one is subtitled 'Boredom' and has a black cover depicting Light and the Shinigami ... Read the complete review