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Death Note: Black Edition, Vol. 1

Takeshi Obata, Tsugumi Ohba

4.38 AVERAGE

bladelikesbooks's review against another edition

5.0

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A straight A student finds a notebook droppen by a Shinigami death god and uses it to become an anti-hero. 

This was really fun, I love Ryuk’s character design and I love how chaotic he is. I think this is a pretty cool introduction to the series and I can’t wait to read more

Rep - Japanese (A/MC); Japanese American (SC)

TWs/CWs - Blood; Child Harm; Death; Gun Violence; Misogyny; Murder; Sexual Harassment; Suicide (mentioned); Traffic Accident

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Gun violence, Misogyny, Suicide, Sexual harassment

abibug's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

rinissinning's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging funny informative mysterious fast-paced

vankan's review against another edition

5.0

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

shuvraaa's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mrsmonth's review against another edition

4.5

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

danpalooza's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

clumsy_plop's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

katiereads6's review against another edition

4.75

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

luis10's review

5.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated