Death Note Short Stories

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Contains stories "C-Kira," "a-Kira," the Death Note pilot chapter, vignettes of L's life, and more. When Death Note Short Stories isn’t focused on different Kiras using the notebook, it offers a couple of different gag comics with the original cast. Along with the 4-panel comic strips that focus on things like “Ryuk’s existential crisis about Misa carving apples into bunnies” are stories that focus on everyone’s favorite “I sit awkwardly and live on candy” detective, L. It’s a nice little break between the main plots going on. In this complete collection of Death Note short stories penned by the series’ creators, discover tales of lives irrevocably changed by the sinister influence of the Death Note, with surprising and thrilling answers to the question of what it truly takes to use the Death Note…or fight it. This was reasonably clever. I winced a bit at the inclusion of a certain US president (no name, but he was definitely recognizable), although Ohba presenting him as a man who wouldn't sacrifice himself for his country but would absolutely lie to get praise from others was amusing. The setup was there to just kill him off, but I doubt Jump Square wanted that kind of attention.

Starting at the beginning with the "C-Kira" story, which is supposed to take place three years after the last volume of the original Death Note manga takes place, it follows Near and a new "Kira" that Near would then label "C-Kira". The story is about another shinigami who tries to replicate Ryuk, bringing another Death Note down to Earth. This does not go according to plan and the extra notebook ends up in Ryuk's hands. In this complete collection of Death Note Short Stories penned by the series’ creators, Tsugumi Ohba (story) and Takeshi Obata (artist), discover tales of lives irrevocably changed by the sinister influence of the Death Note, with surprising and thrilling answers to the question of what it truly takes to use the Death Note…or fight it. In this complete collection of Death Note short stories penned by the series' creators, discover tales of lives irrevocably changed by the sinister influence of the Death Note, with surprising and thrilling answers to the question of what it truly takes to use the Death Note…or fight it.

I didn't realize this until I started working on this review, but this was actually the Death Note manga pilot. A brief explanation of this prior to the story would have been very helpful. I was so confused, trying to figure out where and how this fit into the series timeline. Plus, it introduced a mechanic that never came up in the series, a Death Note eraser. Este tomo es un complemento a la historia original, un intento de seguir explotando el filón que, sin embargo, es muy resultón.

Being as L was and is my favorite character, I enjoyed the little snippets of him in this collection. I am desperately fascinated with L’s character and do intend to find papers that others have written about him because I think there are connections to be made. One paper could surely just be written about how we now know for sure, L was an iPad kid. Also spooky that no matter how smart you are, you will always die at the hand of a shinigami (if you hold the death note).A short comedy section. This section shows small parts of the lives of the main characters in Death Note told through a four-panel humorous comic style. It was mostly for fun, even if some of the jokes were meh, and it came with a downside, they were incredibly short bonuses. It won't take you ten minutes to read through them all, and overall, I think this is the most unnecessary section in the collection. This was a very strange reading experience for me, though. There are two longer stories within this collection, one near the beginning and one right in the very end. They were amazing! I really loved them. They had the same tone and suspense of the original story. The a-Kira Story (aキラ編, a-Kira-hen), a Death Note one-shot sequel chapter, was released on February 4, 2020, in the March edition of Jump Square magazine. Original manga author Tsugumi Ohba and illustrator Takeshi Obata again teamed up to create the new chapter. One year later, it was re-released in Death Note: Short Stories. All in all, this was an okay volume for fans of the original series, but not essential reading unless, for some reason, you want to see more of Near in action (although "Near inaction" is probably more accurate). Tsugumi Ōba (Profile in Japanese: 大場 つぐみ), born in Tokyo, Japan, is a writer best known for the manga Death Note. His/her real identity is a closely guarded secret. As stated by the profile placed at the beginning of each Death Note manga, Ōba collects teacups and develops manga plots while holding his knees on a chair, similar to a habit of L, one of the main characters of the series.

L--One Day and L--Wammy's House--These stories about L give more details about his life and quirks. Again, this doesn't really add anything to the overall story but is interesting and fun. This manga includes a variety of stories that are adjacent to, but not part of, the main narrative in the Death Note series. Here is what's included: While most of the stories in this volume are far from being something new, it is a great addition to have all of them in one place, especially now that they are all available in English. That on its own makes the collection an excellent addition to any Death Note fan's collection, but many are more curious about the many lore implications the volume provides.The Mary Sue has a strict comment policy that forbids, but is not limited to, personal insults toward anyone, hate speech, and trolling.— The fourth and fifth actually went deeper into the character of L which was very interesting to see. I love anything that develops and deepens a character. So yeah, these were good, super short but good.