Death Note: Special One-Shot - Free to read at Viz

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For fans of "Death Note", Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata's (writer and illustrator respectively) seminal manga (and anime, and live action movie), which ended fourteen years ago, it was something of a surprise to hear that it's returning for an 88 page one-shot.




It's available to read for free on viz.com!

It concern's Ryuk (the demonic death entity whose magic notebook is the introductory plot device of the series) returning for a new game with humanity



And it's political targetting this time is NOT subtle



But there's a new twist to the old rules as Ryuk, the demonic entity whose notebook the Death Note is, explains...







I won't spoil what the outcome of the scene is, but it does seem like something a LOT of politicans would do.

This is, apparently, not a major plot point, just one of the most discussed scenes.

Comments

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Or perhaps it's because that would make for an uninteresting Thriller?
I mean, I don't go into a series like Death Note necessarily expecting for it to be about someone doing the morally correct decision. I read it expecting some wacky plan and some ludicrous BS gambit pile-up.

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In most cases I'd agree, but in a story about making deals with magic users who establish rules which both sides must adhere to, to the letter, looking for loopholes is a tried and true tradtiion, and is important so you know what rules the thriller is playing within.