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Reviewed by Craig Johnson Here's the series summary:- Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects - and he's bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shingami 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? This essentially covers the first three books in the series, and is the opening act of the saga. The second set of three books, concluding with this volume, can be summarised: Although they've collected plenty of evidence tying the seven Yotsuba members to the newest Kira, Light, L and the rest of the taskforce are no closer to discovering which one actually possesses the Death Note. Desperate for some headway, L recruits Misa to infiltrate the group and feed them information calculated to bring Kira into the open. But the Shinigami Rem reveals to Misa who the Kiras really are, and, armed with this knowledge, Misa will do anything to help Light. But what does that means for L...? This series has become my favourite manga of the moment, and one of the best of the past few years, and it manages it by constant reinvention of the central plot, turning it on its head every three books. So the first book in each trilogy is intriguing setup, the second builds on this (although can drag if being brutally honest), and the third hits you with a stunning payoff. In this particular volume, the payoff is a hugely complex sting operation to bring the new Kira out of hiding, and several sequences would not be out of place in Hollywood action blockbusters...whilst still maintaining the tension and excitement of the mystery plotline. It's a skilled writer that can handle this so adroitly, and - as in book three - the seeds for the next three books are laid down in the latter half of this book. To whit - this plan to capture the new Kira, was it all actually devised by Light before he gave up the Death Note to get him off the hook? And presuming he gets his hands back on it in Book Seven, he now has a huge advantage over the pursuing forces... Brilliant! Comment on this review of Death Note v6 on the Manga Life Forums. |
6 October 2009
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