By: Tsugumi Ohba Publisher: VIZ Media LLC Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: VIZ Media LLC Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 200 Publication Date: November 01, 2005
One of the best volume set people of all ages may enyoy. Manga did a terrific job in putting together the Death Note volumes. They are so well written and are a lot of fun. I don't think I will read a standard book the same again. I highly recommened the books to anybody probally thirteen and over. I will own all of the volumes when all is said and done. One volume just gets better than the next.
A review of Death Note vol. 2 In the second volume of Death Note, we get to see Light Yagami further experiment with the powers and capabilities of the Death Note. Raye Penber, the FBI agent assigned to investigate him, and his fiance, a former-FBI agent herself, become inextricably wrapped up in the Kira mystery. L, an enigmatic recluse pursuing Kira, reveals himself to the task force and begins closing in on Light as a suspect.
Things progress nicely in the second volume of Death Note. We spend a bit more time with L, learning about his thought process, habits, and his theories about the Kira case. We also begin to see the lengths to which Light will go to follow his dream of a utopia, even if that means killing innocents. You still get that Encyclopedia Brown-vibe with L and Light (they figure things out with so little to go on and then have to explain to you, at length, how they did it). But Light is also able to play the charismatic teen who only wants to help, and it's disturbing how he can go from this to serial killer within a matter of seconds.
This is a great manga... I can't wait to keep reading!
Favorite The plot thickens with the introduction of L. Trust me, if you haven't read this book yet, you really should.
Graphic SF Reader The main character deteriorates into basically spree killing, with a purpose, alarmingly quickly. His motivation pretty much switches from wanting to off criminals to stopping anyone that might get in his way. So far, he is smart enough to stay ahead of his personal demon, too. Given this has a whole bunch of other volumes, one suspects this may not continue indefinitely. :)
And it's back! The general summary of the `Death Note' manga: Light Yagami, a High Honors student, still maintains his cool in playing the secretive part of Kira, the murderer who kills inmates with heart attacks. This is all accomplished by the Death Note, a notebook belonging to one of the Shinigami death Gods. The Death Note supplies the rules of how to use it, and Ryuk, the Shinigami owner of the notebook that Light now holds in his possession, has to stick around Light until the Notebook is handed to someone else, destroyed, or Light himself is killed. However, notorious super sleuth known as L is hot on Kira's (Light's) heels in sending the murder to his execution.
In Volume Two, L is pushed to his limit as he is forced to reveal himself to the remaining task force of Japan as the super sleuth who is struggling to catch Kira. While L is not what anyone epected, they don't doubt his intelligence. They hope to catch Kira...and fast!
Meanwhile Light, as Kira, of course, finds out that Raye Penber's fiance has already caught the lead that Kira could have been in the bus with her fiance before he died. Light, desperately trying to find out her name to kill her to prevent her from reaching L, is having a bit of a problem. And Ryuk whispering the Shinigami light deal in his ear is no help. Will Light succeed? Heh, no spoils here. You must read that part by yourself.
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