Death Note: Volume 1

Product Information

Alternate Character Reading: The kanji for Light's name is "tsuki", meaning "Moon", but his parents opted for it to be read as "Light" instead. The All-in-One Edition was released in English on September 6, 2017, resulting in the February 2008 one-shot being released in English for the first time. Big Bad Friend: At one point, L says he would be disappointed if Light turned out to be Kira, because Light is one of the only friends he's ever had. In 2007, the education bureau in Pingtung County, Taiwan asked teachers to pay attention to any negative influence on elementary school students reading the manga. As criminals around the world die from inexplicable accidents and heart attacks, the global media suggest that a single mastermind is responsible for the mysterious murders and name them "Kira" ( キラ, the Japanese transliteration of the word "killer").

Under the suspicion that "Kira" could have family ties with members of the "Kira" investigation, L assigns a team of FBI agents to monitor the families of those connected with the investigation and L learns enough to designate Light as the prime suspect.Jonathan Clements has suggested that the Chinese authorities acted partly against "superstition", but also against illegal, pirate publishers of Death Note. Teru Mikami sees himself as this when he is chosen as a stand-in for and by Kira, whom Mikami makes out to be a godlike figure. DVDs of the series have also been released, [56] containing both an English dubbed audio track, produced by Ocean Productions, and the original Japanese audio track with optional English subtitles. The episode ends right as Mikami's clock strikes at the time he dictated in the Death Note that Near's team and the task force would die.

Published by BMG Japan on June 21, 2006, Japan, it contains 15 tracks performed by various artists, such as Shikao Suga, M-Flo, Buck-Tick, and Aya Matsuura. If Rem's rationale is correct, it is because it goes against the very purpose of a shinigami's existence, which is to shorten human lives. Inoue added that the staff did not want to get involved with every single detail, so the staff selected elements to emphasize. Originally a Psychological Thriller manga with supernatural elements, Death Note — written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata — soon developed into a multi-media franchise of spinoffs and adaptations.In addition Weekly Shōnen Jump Gag Special 2005 included some Death Note yonkoma in a Jump Heroes Super 4-Panel Competition. A senior at the Franklin Military Academy in Richmond, Virginia, United States was suspended in 2007 after being caught possessing a replica "Death Note" notebook with the names of fellow students. In May 2010, a middle school student in Avonworth School District in Pennsylvania was suspended for a "Death Note" with names of fellow students and pop singer Justin Bieber.

So L has a criminal act as a stand-in, airs a "worldwide broadcast," and has the criminal openly renounce Kira. L, Soichiro and most of the other investigators who were trying to stop Kira's rise to power also lose their lives, and those who survive will have to deal with serious emotional scars for the rest of their lives. Obata said that while there is little action and the main character "doesn't really drive the plot", he enjoyed the atmosphere of the story.The series was aired on YTV's Bionix programming block in Canada and on Adult Swim in the United States with a DVD release following. b] [20] The series' 108 chapters were collected into twelve tankōbon volumes by Shueisha, released from April 2, 2004, [23] to July 4, 2006. On October 4, 2016, all 12 original manga volumes and the February 2008 one-shot were released in a single All-in-One Edition, consisting of 2,400 pages in a single book.