hum i agree for the most part... The characters and the drawing are great but i can't understand why that plot doesn't get a 5... It's just awesome... Not everyday you see such a plot-centered manga ( and with a good one for the matter)

 

If you wanna get -really- technical, it's not even Raito. It's meant to be Light.

And personally, I think DN is a really difficult series to rate and/or review because it evolves so much throughout its run. While the plot twists are fascinating at first, at some point it begins to stagnate, and it becomes difficult to sit still and continue until the end. It might be easier to read through to the end now that it's complete and available in full, but while it was still being written, it was a bit difficult to keep up with the intrigue when you only got a chapter a month.

Overall, this is still a very high quality manga; it's just that when it starts out so great, it's hard to maintain that level of quality throughout, and you can tell when the story begins to struggle with itself.

 

Wow. This review isn't in accordance with my opinion of the manga. This manga probably deserves a higher rating for plot and characters. Everything is well thought out and, when reading it, one actually says, "Hey, this sequence of events makes sense realistically." The characters are memorable. The angle at which this manga is portrayed is through the antagonistic protagonist. It's very well pulled off. =)

And yes, Raito instead of Ratio.

 

I've read the first 2 books already. =) It's good and it's not as confusing and difficult to understand as what others might say. This has to be read when you're alone and relaxed. (LOL! That's for my start.)

 

Good and Enjoyable review. A little detail though: Its not "Ratio", its Raito.