Ohba Tsugumi and Obata Takeshi - Death Note, vol. 06-07 (Eng. trans.)

[oyceter]

To be quite frank, I don't remember much of vol. 6, and I'm not very tempted to reread. The business arc that's been going on bores me to death. But luckily, things get more exciting in vol. 7!

Spoilers for vols. 6-7

First of all: Gah! Ohba killed L!

And finally, we get into the extremely convoluted plan of Light's that resulted in the very boring period of memory lost. I find that while I can't say I like Light as a person (really, who can?), he is definitely much more interesting when he's out to rule the world via random killings than when he's attempting to catch a criminal.

But I'm still so sad about L, especially the way he just topples over. Kira won =(. It seems wrong somehow.

The timeskip is nifty, and then, finally! I get to meet Mello and Near, whom I've heard so much about (yes, telophase, I mean you).

I am still figuring out the new situation, now that L is gone. So far, Near doesn't interest me as much as L did, largely because he's actually got some social skills. And he looks entirely too angelic. Mello, uh. Mello looks like he wears velvet while lounging on his throne and cackling to himself while he pushes a button and executes several henchmen, a la Jabba the Hutt or Dr. Evil.

I am so glad the business arc is over. It was so boring. Now looking forward to vol. 8!

Comments

[yeloson.livejournal.com]

To be honest, after L, the story really takes a dive. It never gets the tension that it had earlier.

[oyceter]

Siiiigh. I'm still more interested than I was back in the business arc, just because Light is his evil self again, but I'm really sad about L.

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

Mello reminds me of a cross between Dilandau and Tim Roth's evil swordfighting dandy in the otherwise awful movie Rob Roy.

[oyceter]

I haven't seen Rob Roy, but the Dilandau thing is right on!

Burninate!

[rilina.livejournal.com]

I also liked Vol. 7, but am not as interested in reading more now that L is dead.

[oyceter]

I'm actually more interested in reading now, but that has less to do with L and more to do with the fact that the business arc is FINALLY over.

[wakinghour.livejournal.com]

The story effectively ended for me with the death of L; I read the last 5 chapters when the series ended just so I could see how it all finished out, and it was interesting but didn't hold the punch it would have for me if L had been there :(

[oyceter]

Awwwww =(.

I feel sort of bad that I was actually a little happy that L died, just because it meant the story was finally picking up again. But it was really weird having Mello and Near instead of the head games with L and Light.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Mello's the best part of the second arc.

Not that I'm biased or anything.

[oyceter]

I never would have guessed ;).