Reviews - Death Note: Black Edition, Vol. 1

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Death Note: Black Edition, Vol. 1

Takeshi Obata, Tsugumi Ohba

4.38 AVERAGE

oncemorewithreading's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious medium-paced

francichessa's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark funny reflective fast-paced

dhasenkampf's review against another edition

2.25

I wasn't a big fan of this manga. The situations felt unnecessarily convoluted. And then the characters came across as incredibly pretentious while explaining why they needed to do this ridiculously complicated thing. Interesting idea, but execution didn't work for me personally.

ilseoo's review against another edition

4.0

A very suspenseful and addictive read, can't wait to get my hands on the next volume!

caalippo's review against another edition

4.0

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"The death god is quite funny even though he looks like something taken from nightmares."

I find myself split in my opinion about the first volume of Death Note. I actually don't like the main character that much and usually you are supposed to do that so I'm quite confused. The main characters is supposed to be the hero you are rooting for and wish the best of luck to. But Light is no hero. He started something with good intentions but later turns just as bad as the bad guys he is targeting. In the end he is no better than those criminals he's erasing from this world. The death god is quite funny even though he looks like something taken from nightmares.

And the story is good and exciting. I really like the way it is built, the artwork and the feel of the book. It ended when the suspense was at its peak and I just had to throw myself on my phone to order the next on in the series. It is that good. Now I just have to wait two weeks for the second one to arrive. hehe

I'm not an avid reader of graphic novels but I'm beginning to understand the appeal and I really recommending this one.

a_robin_reads's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Information:

Library book

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Review:

Good start

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Review previously placed on my blog:

I have finished reading Death note I by Tsugumi Ohba. This is a bind up of Volume 1 and 2 of this series. Read a copy from the library. Read this because I want to read more manga and my library had it. This is a fantasy manga series.

I enjoyed this at the beginning. The concept was really cool. The drawings are very good. But it got pretty repetitive further on in the book. I also found that the story felt dragged on. And I can imagine that being the case even more further on in the series. I think I will try the next book, but not sure if I will like this.

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