User rating of this review - 4.18 out of 5
Story/Plot - 5 out of 5
Characters - 4 out of 5
Drawing Style - 3 out of 5
Enjoyment - 5 out of 5
Overall - 5 out of 5
Plot/Story
Gods of Death live boring, neverending lives. Most are simply content to spend their days napping, gambling, and taking human lives. However, for one, this is simply not enough. This God of Death, Ryuuku, "accidently" drops his Death Note, the instrument through which he makes all of his kills, and it is found by the young genius Raito. When Raito begins to use it to purify the world of criminals, inputting his will like some mad god, a cat and mouse game between him and the law begins, with the God of Death Ryuuku laughing in the background. By all means, a brilliantly suspenseful story, that only gets better every chapter.
Characters
The characters are all interesting, but it is hard to find a way to like them... or, rather, I should say, hard to admit to yourself if you do. As Raito continues in the story, he begins to kill more and more, and for less and less reason. Yet, it can be deceptively easy to see things from Raito's point of view, something that can be better understood when one has actually read the story. This manga is not disturbing because of any blood or violence, of which there is very nearly none (Raito's chosen method of killing is generally bloodless) but rather for how greatly it blurs the lines between good and evil.
Drawing Style
Generic, but good. If you have read Hikaru no Go, its the same artist for this. Same artist, different story writer. Anyways, certainly pleasing to the eye, but not especially something that will astound anyone.
Overall
An amazing series, that seems to only grow better with each passing chapter. The amount of thought that went into this series story is truly impressive. Definetely not one to be missed, even if you only have a passing interest in suspense.
Art generic!? The art of this manga is what stuck out in my opinion!
Plot is amazing, I find the characters very interesting, there was a LOT of thought put into it without a doubt, and the ending just blew me away...
I can't understand how anybody wouldn't like the art or the down right Amazing characters, this review is simply empty and unconvicing.
... Last updated 18 years ago
This manga is not interesting, IT IS AMAZING. The author really studied some little human behavior (creating Light, he researched about serial killers... he explains this much on those HOW TO READ books) to make the story, different from all these poor bullshit mangas we see around.
Not the best review. How is the art "generic?" The Art is downright AMAZING. Naruto's art can be considered generic. Death Note's is detailed and none short of amazing. The characters are all very likeable. You seemed to only mention Light. L is a very likeable character. You obviously haven't read very far. There are more characters than just Light. There Ryuk, Misa, L, Rem, Mello, Near, Matsuda, Aizawa, Mogi, Soichiro, etc. Many of them are very likeable. This is a A+++ manga and you downplayed its quality way too much for this to be a good review.
This is a realy good manga with awesome drawings and a awesome plot, but I often find some dialoges that is so long and borig. I believe that ithose dialouges destroys the whole manga. But still, sometimes this manga is just too great.
The story was great but it was very disappointing that the group "The Ones Who Never Lie" that translated it had to make such a racist comment just cause they think that the author got a name wrong.
I really do love this manga. The characters are really interesting. The overall plot is really good. I find myself getting angry at Raito as it goes on, and end up laughing at myself. It forces you to take a side. It can become really easy to start seeing things from Raito's point of view, but other times you find yourself waiting to see who ends up finding out it's him. The art is good as well. Emotions are very well displayed.
I agree with the most parts of this review but the arts. It deserves more credit indeed.
This is undoutebly a great manga. Good review as well, but i cant help but feel the artwork didnt get enough credit. Really, its an amazingly detailed style that almost brings the manga to life. Being an artist myself, i've been around and seen many different kinds of styles, and obata has one of the most professional and realistic manga styles around. The art is deffinately one of the strong points of this manga.
