Discussion of Takeshi Obata and Tsugumi Ohba's suspensful Jump comic. Story of a boy who comes across the note with the power to kill who ever's name is written in it.
Official site:
http://jump.shueisha.co.jp/deathnote/
Scanlations:
http://www.wethefans.tk/
Please mark spoilers past the scanlations. If you are not up to date, beware of this thread, it will contain spoilers. Spoilers from the raws are allowed with warnings.
Are you somehow complaining that the side characters aren't as capable as the main characters?
I have the deathnote movie on my myspace! ('u')!
It actually was pretty good. I am dying to see Last Name.
PS Ryuk is a shithole. I wanted KIRA to win...sigh...he created the perfect world, except it had Near in it...if only gay Matsuda hadn't shot him...he could have written Near's name...Mat (Mello's sidekick) was cool, why'd they kill him like that?
No, it's just sad that the characters in the manga can't be smarter than the author himself.
Ending of the manga was quite stupid. Light didn't deserve to die like that... He was always the "coolest" one, outwitting everyone, and now he made one error and died a pathetic death, his last words being "shit..."
But still it's the best manga I've ever read.
It ENDED?!
..oops.
The first time I noticed Death Note interesting was when the live action movie of it was broadcast last fall here in Japan. I still haven't read the original manga but fortunately Death Note anime has been in production now and so I watch one episode a week. By the way, what do you think will happen if a owner of a death note writes a person's name after his/her surname is changed due to marriage, or after he/she undergoes plastic surgery; their faces look completely different from the ones that the owner recognizes? Are they still doomed to die?
>>121
I think yes. There is no escape :)
Tsugumi Ooba wrote many additional rules [http://www.deathgod.org/main.php?x=info/dnterms], which was IMO pointless (she included them only as omake though), as she would never cover all the cases... but it wouldn't make sense, if once someone knows your name&face, you could just change them. There must be something constant. "The person whose name is written in this note shall die". No exceptions. Not even for you, Light :)
I;ve been going for Lawliet/Nate River/Mikhail all the way. I hate "Light". Misa misa is just an idiot.
Ending of the manga was quite stupid. Light didn't deserve to die like that... He was always the "coolest" one, outwitting everyone, and now he made one error and died a pathetic death, his last words being "shit..."
IMO, he DID deserve what he got. And more, perhaps, since he committed mass murder. Don't get me wrong --- I like Light as a character; he's definitely a unique protagonist (hehe, understatement of the year?), but he needed that downfall; it's what happens to all dictators and people who elevate themselves to a "godly" level: they fall, HARD, revealing their true, rather ungodly selves. The ending of DN was great, IMO. Painful to read (I cringed a little at how low Light had fallen: screaming, trying for the very last time to wag his silver tongue to escape the trap) . . . but it was well deserved. The whole manga up until then had been him winning, winning, winning, and we all knew that payback was coming. (Ryuk, after all, told him in the very first volume that he'd write his name down in the end.)
BTW, I don't think his last words were "shit" . . . I thought they were something to the effect of, "Screw. You. All!" XDD Only with a few more obscenities. Not very glamorous, but pretty realistic, IMO; if I'd been dying like that, I'd probably be angry and cursing and screaming, too.
awesome series but I hated how it ended. I wish Light had died differently instead. I thought it was funny how after he died all these people start to worship him.
In the original Japanese text, he says, "chikusho," which would be like calling someone a bastard (Ryuk? Near?), but it's more literally something like "brute," I believe.
Yay?
>>126 with chikusho it depends on how the person say it, the closest translation for it would be crap/shit as in aw crap or aw shit interchangeable with F**K (metaphorically). It's not directed at someone like "screw you" or "bastard". it's more of an expression of regret.
"Death note" became prohibition of sale.
http://news.searchina.ne.jp/disp.cgi?y=2007&d=0516&f=business_0516_015.shtml
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A strange riot has occurred concerning popular comic "Death note" of Japan in China.
English newspaper Shanghai Daily dated the 16th was reported, "It was assumed that the
youth was influenced harmfully, and the Beijing municipal administration prefecture ordered
the collection to the publisher in China".
However, Shueisha of the publisher in Japan explained that it had not given the license of "Death note"
to begin with in China.
The Beijing municipal administration prefecture says that they assume that "Death note" deprives of
the study time of the youth, and ordered the collection to the Cayowai(華齢)publisher of the publisher
in China.
On the other hand, this company decided the policy of refusing as "Lawful permitted publication from
authorities".
The Beijing municipal administration prefecture is assuming that it begins the on-the-spot inspection to
the bookstore, and seized about 500.
On the other hand, Shueisha Office of Public Relations described , saying that "It was a so-called pirate edition",
explained and "Because our company was not taking part at all, it is a no comment".
I loved Death Note when it was L's arc. After that, it went downhill in my opinion....
I bought 1 and 2 after finishing the anime, so far the manga is great!
>122
Yes, you can change your name and face. But if your name was the same as what was written down at the time it was written down, there is nothing you can do about it.
However, I imagine if Kira saw your name and then you changed it before he could write it down, then you wouldn't have any problems unless he later discovered that you changed it.
>>However, Shueisha of the publisher in Japan explained that it had not given the license of "Death note"
to begin with in China.
？？
Yeah, since when has China cared about licences anyway?
personally i prefer the manga. the ending was kinda crap though, you'd think Light's death would be more interesting
the guy who plays Light in the movies is UBER-CUTE
I AGREE. <3 light hes so hot.
getting bck to the point...manga was reli good but i didn't like the ending that much
The manga was only good until L died.
The movie was boring as hell. No offense, but if they were AT LEAST as the actors of the Cutey-honey movie (to mention one) it would've been a little better
L died. Oh well, he died before the diabetes him.
i ve only gotten some of the plot, but I have watched the movie. I thought the movie was good, I did like the actors and actresses playing the characters. Do you think they wil bring the movie to the states?
I think they are making a movie about L's past in the states...
Yes, it's a Japanese movie about L's past in the states.
Well scuse him- He didn't know- Anyway....back too topic the death note MANGA!
hey guys lets talk about the great manga DEATHNOTE
>>150
Shittiest and most meaningless post ever.
hell, its a spinoff...who cares??
I guess I just didn't like the different endings it has..
>>145-147
No, it's not about his past. Acording to the Japanese official website for the movie (L changes the world), it's supposed to describe the last 23 days left for L. In between the day Light died and the day L died in the movie 2.
Ah, interesting. I definitely heard otherwise from people when the news was first put out.
Death Note is by far the BEST manga I have ever read and probably will ever read
Mello/Matt/L/Near are my favorite characters, in that order xD
then i like ryuk, because i think he's funny at times
light is retarded and i hate him. haha.
I pretty much cheered when matsuda shot him.
i agree that the ending was crap though. light should've died differently
and the last page was retarded with the worshipers and such.
anyway, the is also a rumor im trying to confirm
does anyone know if it's true if after light dies he becomes a shinigami?
because there are hints in the manga, the biggest one being 'Be aware that any human who has used the death note cannot got o heaven nor hell.'
but im still not sure.
also, has anyone else read the new chapter of death note? it's pretty silly but it's about a new kira.
it can be found at onemanga.com is anyone is interested.
>>158 the BEST manga
Nope, it could've been one of the best but part 2 seriously sucked monkey balls.
>>158 uh dude the rules of death note clearly state that the person who uses death note goes to MU nothingness.....
So no he doesn't become a shinagami he actually goes to nothingness.....
IMO, everyone goes to Mu. It isn't the sole right of Death Note users.
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