Death Note: Hard Run (Death Note, #3)
by Tsugumi Ohba; Takeshi Obata
(Illustrator)
Genre: Urban Fantasy
(Japanese Manga)
Reading Grade: Young
Adult
Publication Date:
January 3, 2006
Source: Amazon.com
Age Rating: 14+
Light is chafing
under L's extreme surveillance, but even 64 microphones and cameras
hidden in his room aren't enough to stop Light. He steps up the game,
but before the battle of wits can really begin, a family emergency
distracts him. But even though Light isn't using the Death Note right
now, someone else is! Who's the new 'Kira' in town?
My Review
This review contains
spoilers for the first two volumes of Death Note, plus the
third one, of which I'm reviewing here. Don't read this review unless
you want to know what happens before you read it.
*SPOILERS AHEAD*
This is the best
volume so far! If Death Note had been moving along at a sort of
slow pace up until now, that's all changed. So many exciting things
happened, I was laughing my head off in some parts and freaking out during others.
It goes to show you that it really is a high drama—very much a
thriller.
It starts off with
Light having Ryuuk, his shinigami death god, search for all the
hidden cameras in his bedroom, so that he'll be able to feed him
apples. That's Ryuuk's addiction, like humans and tobacco. Once all
sixty-four cameras (OMG!) are discovered, Light configures how he'll
sit at his desk, so as to block the view of the camera while he
watches a mini TV hidden in a bag of chips. This way, he looks like
he's just snacking while doing his homework, but he's really seeing
criminals' names and faces, and writing them in the Notebook.
Then, they have a
heated tennis match so L can get an idea of just how competitive
Light really is. It's pretty intense, and afterward, L gives Light a
series of questions meant to trap Light, and they very nearly work. L
wants Light to work with his team on the investigation of Kira
because, if Light is Kira, then he won't be able to make any moves on
the police task force without giving himself away.
Suddenly, it looks as
though Light is taking some seriously reckless measures by having
Kira hold an entire TV news station hostage with video tapes meant to
be broadcast to everyone in the region. Here, Kira proclaims he will
create a new utopia where all evil people will be killed, or
frightened into submission, and he wants the police to cooperate with
him. Only thing is, L does not believe that these are the actions of
Kira, but rather a stupider imposter Kira who can kill people without
even needing to know their names.
Things are getting SO
exciting! It's been a long time since I first got into Death Note,
and I don't have the best memory, so this reread is almost as
thrilling for me as it was when I first got into this series. This
manga series is not to be missed….
My score: 5 out of
5 stars. (I loved it!)
Random question - sorry that it doesn't have anything to do with this review. Have you read Akira by Katsuhiro Otomo? I've heard they're looking into making a new movie about it. I'm curious.
ReplyDelete@Alison: No problem. I haven't read Akira, but I've heard of it before. Is this movie going to be live-action, or anime?
ReplyDeleteI have to say, that this type of book isn't my "thing", but I really enjoy reading your thoughts. Great review!
ReplyDelete@Andrea: Thanks so much! That does mean a lot coming from someone who's not even interested in this manga.
ReplyDeleteOk. Ok. You've convinced me. I have to read Death Note now. Before I was avoiding it because I felt that it had too much hype,but if a book blogger says its awesome then that's it. It's awesome. Thanks for the very through review :)
ReplyDelete♥ Trish
Just a YA Girl