Ohba Tsugumi and Obata Takeshi - Death Note, vol. 11-12 (Eng. trans.)

[oyceter]

Wow, I finished!

That was a lot of infodump! In fact, I am certain that vol. 12 was basically just one loooong infodump.

I did like the ending and the resolution; I hadn't quite realized just how much I wanted to see Light's calm shatter and to see him get his come-uppance. That was quite satisfying, particularly when Ryuk turned on him. I also liked that Mello got to play a role in the endgame, and his death has retroactively made me like him better. And the Mello + Near = L equation was nice too.

Other than that, I don't know. I did grow quite fond of Near toward the end, but the series was never one that engaged me emotionally. Also, I kept wanting Misa to not be stupid, and yet... Sigh. At least the announcer woman was better, though of course she dies as well.

Mostly I am left with vast amusement at the lengthy explanations of Light's thoughts, Near's thoughts, Light's thoughts on Near's thoughts, Near's thoughts on Light's thoughts on Near's thoughts, ad nauseum.

Also, I want to see them do the iocaine powder scene from Princess Bride.

Comments

[fmanalyst.livejournal.com]

While I love the logic ad nauseum of Death Note, there's no getting around the misogyny of it.

[oyceter]

Word.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

NOW THAT YOU HAVE FINISHED THE MANGA YOU CAN APPRECIATE THE SHEER GENIUS THAT IS SWIMMING LESSONS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwR7yoA5vZk)!!

And if you Google "youtube light swimming lessons" you can find gems such as a version of that from the anime, plus cosplayers recreating it.


ETA Or, haha, how about a URL that works??

[oyceter]

Now you have entirely tainted my brain and I will never be able to read that last scene seriously again!

Er, not that I was going to anyway...

[larryhammer]

As opposed the almost long infodumps of the previous volumes?

---L.

[oyceter]

Hee, true! But I swear! This one had EVEN MORE! I was just flipping through and boggling at the sheer amount of non-dialogue text in each panel.

[yeloson.livejournal.com]

Pretty much my advice to everyone who gets into Death Note was simply to stop reading after volume 7 (L's death). I felt like the pace and tension never caught back up.

[larryhammer]

Certainly, I lost interest pretty quickly after that.

---L.

[oyceter]

I actually did ok with the later volumes, but I think that's because I took a year-long break between v. 7 and v. 8, so I was sort of able to think of 8-12 as a sequel or a new series or something. But yeah. I miss L. I like Near, but I still miss L.