Death Note, Vol. 4
VIZ Media LLC · Paperback · March 7, 2006
Death Note, Vol.
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- Who it’s for
- Moral uncertainty and a tightening detective pursuit make this volume a tense, slyly absorbing read.
- Themes
- Justice and morality, Power and death, Crime investigation
- Pacing
- Fast
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When Light Yagami finds a notebook giving him power over death, will he use it for good—or evil? Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects--and he's bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and now Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil.
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But when criminals begin dropping dead, the authorities send the legendary detective L to track down the killer. With L hot on his heels, will Light lose sight of his noble goal...or his life? With two Kiras on the loose, L asks Light to join the task force and pose as the real Kira in order to catch the copycat. L still suspects Light and figures that this is the perfect excuse to get closer to his quarry. Light agrees to the plan in order to have free access to the task force resources. But when Light manages to contact the new Kira, he discovers that his rival is anything but as expected. Will Light escape from love unscathed?
A Dangerous Game
Moral uncertainty and a tightening detective pursuit make this volume a tense, slyly absorbing read.
Come here for
- A cat-and-mouse contest where suspicion cuts both ways
- The uneasy question of who gets to decide what justice means
Expect
- Taut crime-manga suspense and shifting loyalties
- A dangerous rival complicating Light and L’s pursuit
Where it sits
| General Manga | 62% |
|---|---|
| Crime & Mystery Comics | 59% |
| Occult & Supernatural Comics | 57% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Crime & Mystery Comics
- General Manga
- Occult & Supernatural Comics
- Authors
- Tsugumi Ohba
- Publisher
- VIZ Media LLC
- Published
- March 7, 2006
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Justice and morality · Power and death · Crime investigation
- Reading lane
- Crime & Mystery Comics