Just when I thought this series couldn't get more intense... ( )

I never liked Misa as a character when watching the TV series. But I'm starting to pick up steam reading this manga series now. ( )

not as good as the first three. nothing new really happens. the premise behind death note is awesome, but somebody dropped the ball here. and as some other commenters have said, the representation of women ( as exemplified by stage 5 clinger, Misa) in this one is just vile. I remember why I stopped watching the anime now. it got boring, which was unfortunate, and truly unnecessary. I mean this is a world overseen by a cadre of awesomely bizarre death gods for chrissake. it could be way better. ( )

You're worrying too much, Dad.

Well, that took forever for me to finish, didn't it. In all honesty, for a bit there, I was concerned that this was going on the 'series i quit you' shelf. Mainly because I see something like this:



and all I can think about is the Shin Megami Tensei bondage angel by Kazuma Kaneko. (Sorry, couldn't find a good picture of it online, but if you've played the game you know the one I mean.) It's not a good association. But in spite of the occasional bouts of misogyny, the twists and turns of the plot itself continue to delight. Light is on display as his very horrible self in this volume, and I frankly appreciate the refusal to sugar coat. The lengths L will go to to find Kira are also front and center here, in case you had begun to think he was some fluffy bunny with his talk of his only friend and all. So, I continue on. Hopefully the reading slump will improve and no further bad memories of Japanese video games will surface to hold me back from finding out what horrors await Light's Dad. ( )

Two Kiras meet. Two very different shinigamis enter the picture. The reasoning that Light and L use to figure out each others next move is often over my head but I keep reading. Interesting ending. ( )