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A review by tirill
Death Note: Black Edition, Vol. 5 by Tsugumi Ohba
4.0
I have mixed feelings on this. For a long time it was a three star for me, unfortunately, because it had a long patch where it was pretty "meh" and actually started becoming boring, which is why it took me so long to finish it.
I'm not sure what it is, it's something about the scenes with Near that slows it down for me. But, I don't dislike Near as a character, he is a good oponent to Light, but there's something about how he is written that I think does him badly. In my personal opinion there is too much focus on making him quirky with toys and things like that to show how similar he is to L. But that's not how they did it with L, they had it there with his sugar obsession, but it didn't focus on it, only used it as a tool to show his mood and make him more charming. There's also something about how Near was introduced that is almost clumsy and forced. By changing those two things he would be just as fascinating and I guess equal to L himself.
On the positive, suspence and pace picked up towards the end, leaving each chapter at a cliffhanger. If they keep that up the next book will be a five star.
I'm not sure what it is, it's something about the scenes with Near that slows it down for me. But, I don't dislike Near as a character, he is a good oponent to Light, but there's something about how he is written that I think does him badly. In my personal opinion there is too much focus on making him quirky with toys and things like that to show how similar he is to L. But that's not how they did it with L, they had it there with his sugar obsession, but it didn't focus on it, only used it as a tool to show his mood and make him more charming. There's also something about how Near was introduced that is almost clumsy and forced. By changing those two things he would be just as fascinating and I guess equal to L himself.
On the positive, suspence and pace picked up towards the end, leaving each chapter at a cliffhanger. If they keep that up the next book will be a five star.