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

[lordultimus]

Mmm, not that political, to be honest. Maybe moreso than the previous manga, and we can all see who this is supposed to be, but it seems like it can be replaced with any politician.

Just as cynically believable to belong to the Death Note universe, however.

[lissa_quon]

Pfft he'd try to trade it - make someone else buy and pluck it off their corpse. Lets be realistic here.

[cyberghostface]

Death Note was probably the first manga I read. It was incredibly addictive although I think the second half is not as good.

[doodleboy]

Death Note is a better read when you just accept it's going to be kind of silly rather than the hyper-intelligent thriller we all though it was.

Although since the original Death Note ended I feel like Ohba's writing has just gotten more self-congratulatory and pompous, even without the sexism.

[dcbanacek]

So, I take it there are rules preventing the destruction of said notebook or encasing it in concrete and dropping it into the Marianas Trench or writing "Ryuk" down as one of the names?

Or perhaps the author doesn't believe anyone would be altruistic enough to do such a thing?

[mrwalker]

Kid was pretty smart...Unless I missed something, he'd have gotten away with it if the King hadn't changed the rules on the fly.

How long he'd have had to enjoy the riches, with the Note in THOSE hands, hard to say.

As for Ryuk and apples...does the Note have to be in a human's possession for him to physically interact with our world? Otherwise why doesn't he go find an orchard somewhere and have at it?