boodapuffmonk's Full Review: Tsugumi Ohba - Death Note 3: Hard Run
Completely bored with his everyday life. Straight A high school student Light Yagumi is about to experience excitement he's never dreamed of. After class, Light comes upon a black book on the ground titled "Death Note". The user instructions describe if a persons name is written in the book. The person would die from a heart attack in a certain amount of time. After testing the book on an armed man holding people hostage. Light learns that the book is far from a hoax. Now with the new power that was given to him. Light embarks on his one man quest to change the world. By ridding society of all criminals, and making himself the God of the new world.
Master detective L has narrowed down the possible suspects of who can be "Kira". After reviewing the suspect list by the late Ray Penber. L has reason to believe that Kira could be among one of two families. Light soon learns that his home is under constant surveillance, with his room alone containing up to 64 micro cameras. Light must figure out a way to throw suspicion off himself, and at the same time. Continue his punishment of criminals.-summary
Written by Tsugumi Ohba, with artwork provided by Takeshi Obata. Death Note Volume 3 continues to provide a great amount of suspense, with more character development and interactions. Added to the mix are some very good scenarios as well. This third volume happens to be the best up to this point.
Light and L continue to wage their battle of wits between two geniuses. The writing is so very well thought out, and it's simply amazing watching Light come up with ways to evade L's surveillance. Death Note really does contain some of the best character development I seen since Crest of the Stars, and Neon Genesis Evangelion. The reader gets to know other sides of the characters personalities. One segment that definitely stands out. Concerns the pressure Light feels. When he's directly approached by L.
L also gets a very good amount of attention, and for me at times outshines Light. His deductive reasoning and guess work is one of the major elements. That keeps the story very interesting. Another feature of the series that works in its favor, is the reader not really being able to choose a side. Death Note loves to play with the readers emotions.
To a certain level, we believe the actions Light is taking are wrong. But, in all honesty, his actions seem very justifiable, because I'm sure there are people. Whom would prefer a world without crime, and I'm sure some do believe most criminals deserve death before a trial. Much less already after being trialed and convicted. However, some may also side with L. Believing no man should have the power to choose who should live or die, and everyman's fate should be decided by the law. Even though the law isn't perfect.
Death Note continues to explore other themes. Another character is introduced whom appears to display the greedy hearts of man. A news company called Sakura TV, is headed by a man named Demegawa. He seeks to increase the ratings of his company. Despite the cruelness of the situation, and possibly spreading citywide fear. He seems to only care for his popularity, which is indeed very human. This event jump starts a new scenario. This begins to immediately cost lives, and in the process. Begins to reveal the possibility of a new "Kira". Whom seems to kill indiscriminately.
The supporting characters aren't completely forsaken, but could use more development. Light's father Soichiro Yagami, is the only one who receives any real attention. He's portrayed as a cop with a very strong sense of justice. That is hard to ignore or dislike. At the same time, he displays genuine feelings. Such as a parent's complete refusal of their child being capable of performing heinous acts. Soichiro is in complete denial of his son possibly being "Kira". The other characters are hard to relate to, because they aren't really developed. I didn't care at all when "Kira" was able to kill one of them.
The artwork is still very good, with lots of emphasis on facial expressions yet again. The writing format from panel to panel is still pretty easy to read. A small detail added in the footnotes, was the conversion of Japanese money "yen" into American dollars.
Death Note Volume 3 is a little more gripping than the first two volumes to me. The suspense is pretty over the top. Until the final events leading up to the end of the book. Once again the cliffhanger pretty much forces the next volume to be a must read. This volume contains 193 pages, and is broken into 9 more chapters.
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