death note

[carlanox]

just find this manga and read til ch 37...
get it here
http://kazahaya.pitas.com/ and clik on the link at the right side..

here some brief summary from orangetangerin.tk

Death Note follows the story of a boy who discovers a means to easily kill people and his desire to use this power to rid the world of evil, creating a "better world" of his choosing. This boy, called "Kira" by the rest of the world, meets his match in an equally brilliant and mysterious figure, called "L," who makes it his mission to discover the identity of Kira and punish him for his crimes. The story weaves itself around the manipulations of both of these characters as each tries to finish ahead of the other in a struggle between the preservation of humanity as it is and the creation of a new humanity controlled by Kira.

[JinxJinks]

I'm reading it currently, but I find it as boring as hell... I've read up to ch10 or so and moved on to a diff manga. =P

It's such a shame that the main character is such an asshole...

[eerodin]

lol, I thought carlanox was planning a suicide...

[adam99]

the story is interesting !

[superknarf]

I get them from toriyamaworld, and they are very decent scanlations. I really like the story, even though Kira is kind of weird. :D

[sleepyhead]

Death Note is by the same mangaka who did Hikaru no Go if you guys haven't noticed. Its pretty good but lately its stuck on too much talking and too little action.

[Niheilist]

Death Note was very interesting in the beginning when Raito had to use all his wits to remain unknown and obtain the names of his enemies.
It was absolutely great till the 2nd Kira appeared, after that it got a bit stupid because of her. And now that Raito forfeit his Death Note it's kinda terrible.
I just hope DN get's better again. I'm still reading it though

[darkrazor]

the story is good.. theres a lot of talk but i like the way they think, they are soo wise... hmmm raito forfeited his death note by mistake? or it was deliberate? im confused at that part..

[Miltani]

IMO he gave it up because he had no choice.
Trust me the talk get longerrrr with the last few chapters namely 44-46 >.>

[Cheese Ninja]

Death Note is by the same mangaka who did Hikaru no Go if you guys haven't noticed. Its pretty good but lately its stuck on too much talking and too little action.

Same artist, but different writer, that may have been what you meant. I'm always assuming the mangaka to both write and draw.

The story isn't action-based, but plot-based. That said, these chapters take me longer to read than any other 20 page chapter mangas, it's like a small book.

[Redempteur]

deathnote is great ..i invite all of you to read the chapter availables ..you won't regret it !!

[nizan]

At last....a deathnote thread :]
deathnote is so damn cool manga....the story is so cool and interesting.
I think it is the best manga I have ever read.

[nizan]

To all of you guys. Read DEATHNOTE!!
It is soooo damn cool anime!!!! If you read the first chapter, you won't stop reading 'till you will get to the last chapter.. TRUST ME....you won't
download the manga from the site: http://www.mangadownload.net

[Neo Gaara]

DN is pretty awesome but further down the line the action really starts to slow down and the whole this is just kinda boring.

[Kamui18]

it gets pretty boring when raito gave up ownership of his note. but now he has it back so i'm expecting things to pick up again. overall a good manga that people should try to read

[sleeper417]

I've just finished Vol. 4 and I must make the comparison of this manga to "Paradise Lost". For those who don't know the mentioned classic, it's a story about Adam, Eve, Satan, and God. However, this book, much like "Death Note," makes the bad guy seem like the hero and the good guys the bad.

The manga itself is intriguing since all the thrill factor comes from its lines much like the manga based on the Three Kingdoms, "Ravages of Time". Death Note is . . . special, but I wouldn't say that it's a must see. Probably because some parts of it is too slow. Oh and obviously I read the RAW version of this, since translations of such works lose a mess of its original meaning.

[nizan]

oh yes...now after chapter 54 the whole story will come back like it was...now the real story begins!!

[Slayerjammer]

I found something interesting relating to Death Note, thought that i'll share it with you.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=6111

It's about it be banned from schools in China because students would write their teachers name backwords when they get tired of studying. I think the schools are just taking it too seriously.

[nizan]

cool...
very nice, thanks for the info ^_^

[nizan]

haaaaaaaaaaaaaa. you guys read the 55, 56 chapters???
It was sooooooooo good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't wait 'till the next will come out.
so cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[amberdotexe]

I'm really curious to know what L's real name is! >:D

[nizan]

Yes me too.
I think his real name is actually his fake name (Ryuuzaki) 'couse this is perfect step for L, to give his real name and makes Light to think that it is his fake name.
The next chapter can be the last one for L, or.... :cool:
sooooooooo cool!!!!!!!!!!

[amberdotexe]

That's true... but I don't recall, did Raito already try to write that name down in his Death Note... way back when? If he did, then Ryuuzaki isn't L's real name. But I don't remember if he did, or not... XD

[nizan]

He didn't, because he tought that it is his fake name. he thought that if he writes the name, and if it's fake, the person of that name will die, and Ryuuzaki will know that Light is Kira,so he didn't want to take that risk

[Redempteur]

but it's not his real name because when the second kira saw the real name , she knew that something was wrong when light presented L as Ryuuzaki

[nizan]

This is the weird thing...
But as I I know, at that time L gave to the second Kira just another fake name, something with Hideki, am I right?

[HMMaster]

spoiler:
L is dead!!! but i think he is still alive...

[nizan]

wow why do you think so?

[HMMaster]

wow why do you think so?
spoiler:
mainly bcoz L can consider as one of the main character. usually main character wont die that easily, right? :D

[nizan]

I think L didn't die 'couse he probably considered the situation that the reaper would kill him, so I think he made himself entered to a critical death.This is the perfect plan, if you entered to a critical death, deathnote can't kill you.
But we just need to wait....
I think that Raito will become a reaper in the end 'couse what Rukyu told him in the begining...I't will be so damn COOL

[GunD]

Chapter 59 spoilers.
I think L is not a nickname and is actually a status.
The two kids seems to be the next L.

[Tilter]

WARNING: SPOILER DO NOT READ IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S AHEAD
You guys seem pretty far behind me, right now the story isn't as exciting as it used to be but it's still pretty damn good. Kira aka Light aka new L, has gotten rid of the old L and their are now two of L's would be successor's after Kira. The two Near and Mello are in a race with each other to see who can catch Kira and rightfully takeover the name of L, since L didn't choose a succesor from the two before he died.
IF YOU GUYS WANT TO READ THE LATEST DEATHNOTE THAN GO TO EITHER:
www.animesource.com (you can read it online saving you guys the trouble of downloading it, their up to chapter 74 I believe).
or
www.stoptazmo.com (the translations are a bit sloppy though, but their the quick with the updates)

[BOiNG!]

WARNING: SPOILER DO NOT READ IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S AHEAD
You guys seem pretty far behind me, right now the story isn't as exciting as it used to be but it's still pretty damn good.
Ahem..... excuse me, but do you know how old this thread is? This thread was created on 9/13/2004, and the last post on this thread was 3/3/2005, which was months ago. :D

[Kecoa]

Did you guys notice that this is now the battle between L, M, and N? I wonder if the author actually did this on purpose. I agree with Tilter. It's not that exciting after L died. Both Mello and Near are not as cool as L, although Near looks like a younger version of L. But the story always goes towards unexpected twist. So perhaps the author has prepared a nice surpise for the readers.

[Avychan]

Yeah, I just started reading this (but got through it pretty quickly) and I was upset when L died. I always thought L would win in the end, I wonder how things will turn out now.

[recca]

I love this manga a lot but I was not that far and I read the thread :( Booo :(

[hagun]

The manga is very2 nice at first, but now... I think it's like ... weird... too many stuff and i don't really enjoy the story nor the battle between character anymore.

[Avychan]

I kinda need a way to get the rest of the chapters... I'm stuck at 63, and stoptazmo just isn't working at all... anyone have any suggestions?

[Tilter]

I kinda need a way to get the rest of the chapters... I'm stuck at 63, and stoptazmo just isn't working at all... anyone have any suggestions?
Go to www.animesource.com they have it online, and their up to chapter 74 (I believe?), they have better translations than stoptazmo, but that's only because their slower with the releases. Hopes this helps. :)

[Avychan]

Er... when I go to animesource, it always just shows up as this blue and white webpage, where no matter what link I click, it just leads me to search results...

[Kecoa]

I think we should all continue reading it. It's very rare to find a protagonist with this kind of twisted sense of justice. I'm really curious about how the story gonna ends.

[Tilter]

Er... when I go to animesource, it always just shows up as this blue and white webpage, where no matter what link I click, it just leads me to search results...

Well than here, I'm not sure if it's your computer or just the site itself but I'll give you a direct link to the manga section for Deathnote
http://manga.anime-source.com/manga/modules.php?name=Manga&id=10
chapters 1 - 69
http://www.anime-source.com/banzai/modules.php?name=Content&pa=list_pages_categories&cid=24
chapters 70 - 74
I hope that this helps, if not than I'm out of ideas.

[Avychan]

Ohhhh. None of the other anime-source links contained the hyphen, they were "animesource" instead of "anime-source". Thank you very much for the link.

[Tilter]

I know that it's been awhile since anyone has actually seriously posted here and discussed the manga, so I thought that I might try to revive this thread. In terms of the story progression, it's seems to be a bit more exciting now that everyone suspects the second L (aka Light) of being Kira, and even having Near and Mello discovering his identity. But also the introduction of the new Kira is still a trump card that might prove to be rather useful in the future, since the guy's sense of justice is the same as Light's and has proven to be rather useful and intelligent in terms of his usage of the Deathnote, especially during the media broadcasts of the new order. Right now I think that Misa is probably going to be Light's biggest weakpoint, as she can be a liability, not in terms of her exposing Light cause of the fact that he had her memories erased. But with the fact that she had the Shingami's eyes twice and as a result had her life halved each time, so guessing on her original life span being about 80 years, than 40, and finally 20. I think that this might be a huge risk factor for Light, for if she were to die and they placed the pieces of the puzzle together with the usage of the Deathnote than she is most definately a liability. Well this is my guess about the story progression so far, I was curious as to what you guys might think is the biggest risk factor. Is it Misa or Near and Mello, or the members of SPK secretly investigating Light?

[JimPack]

regarding the shigami's eyes, the rule of the trade is 1/2 of the REMAINING LIFE, meaning if her original life is 80 years, her life taken away will be (80-20)/2 = 30. Meaning she'll live until 50. And the second time she trade in her life would make her (50-20)/2 = 15. Meaning that she'll probably live until around 35, which i hope the battle between kira,M, and N have a resolve. But that is a really good point though.

and yes, this series definitely deserve a lot more attention, though i think the first series (battle between original L and Kira) was way cooler and better than the current battle, but I still love this series though and i'm eager to see what'll happen.

[Tilter]

[QUOTE]and yes, this series definitely deserve a lot more attention, though i think the first series (battle between original L and Kira) was way cooler and better than the current battle, but I still love this series though and i'm eager to see what'll happen.

Yeah I have to agree with you the original L vs. Kira battle was alot better. I mean in the first volume of Deathnote, it was just pure ownage be each of them. Like how L used a live Broadcast to state that he was gonna catch Kira, and Kira immediately kills the guy thinking that it was L. But L fooled Kira saying that he was just a criminal he used to determine his location and discover the limits of his killing methods. I mean that was just way too cool, and pure pownage by both of them. Another thing that I wanna get at is with the fact that in the first volume, the idea of whether or not killing people with the Deathnote was right/wrong? And you see Kira after meeting with the Shinigami the first time that he was really in a emotional state trying to grip with his own actions. I think that it would have been better if the Mangaka tried to focus a little more on this concept just to make it more emotional/critical of the character Kira. What do you guys think?

[deadmantiz]

kira has probably completely rationalized his actions to himself already so he aint mad but emotionally unstable, thats why he is angry at the challenges, he sees them not so much as a danger to himself, but as a threat to his right to be KIRA. if he loses that right then his actions are unjustified becoz someone smarter then him would be THE kira.

Cheers...just my two cents

[Tilter]

I can't believe that no one has replied to this thread yet. But Deathnote has recently just been finnished with 108 chapters and 12 volumes.

I won't spoil it for anyone who hasn't read it yet and is a fan, but all i can say is that although the ending was expected, it was still rather dissappointing :(

[Serfius]

I hope this isn't a spoiler question...I also hope it doens't sound stupid.

If they don't go to heaven or hell...where DO they go?

Anyone who's read at least the beggining of the manga knows what I'm asking about.

[Tilter]

I hope this isn't a spoiler question...I also hope it doens't sound stupid.

If they don't go to heaven or hell...where DO they go?

Anyone who's read at least the beggining of the manga knows what I'm asking about.
Well I finnished the whole thing, and I'll spoil it:
When Ryukku wrote down Ligt's name in his Deathnote and consequently killed Light, Ryukku explained in the final moments that Humans after dying go neither Heaven nor Hell, but NOWHERE!!! There you go, spoiled it for you.

But tbh, in the beginning when Ryukku told Light not to worrry about going to Heaven or Hell cause of using the deathnote, I thought that it was some kind of spoiler for the ending, where Light after eventually being killed by Ryukku, would become another Death God or Shinigami. Which I thought would have been alot better ending than the original one, since it seemed soooo LAME!!! and Disappointing

[mogmog]

then where do shinigami come from? they can die but they cant be made?

[Kazune]

Hmmm...Pardon....I have the manga up to chapter 95, but then got bored, and skipped back at 108...

So can anyone tell me...In the end, what happened to Misa within those 12 chapters?

[Redempteur]

nothing ...

[hwillis8]

nothing ...

Yeah, thats something that kinda bothers me. It's like the artist was tired of the whole Light-always-winning so he just rapped up the series. And Light has a son?!?!! WHAT???? Oh well. Whatever. The first L was kool, but when they put all the attention on Near, and didn't do anything with Misa, that kinda turned me off of the series altogether.

[ackeejag]

i dont think that was his son. one because there was more than one kid, they just happened to forus on that one in the old womans arms. and then im pretty sure that woman at the clif was not misa.
im thinking those people are the remaining kira followers and they are planning something which could open room for a sequal.
@kazune- not sure if youll ever read this but if you skipped up to 108 you just missed the most amazing part of the manga. light goes one of the most dramatic changes in that short period. you would jump from you seat with excitment.

[simonsnowblower]

well i just finish reading the book 12 last night and im not to sure i like the ending.
Light get cought and losses against N and the shimigamie kills light like he said he would in the begaining one chapter 1. The end LOL
there alot lot more subplot in it but im not getting in to details

[Berch]

well i just finish reading the book 12 last night and im not to sure i like the ending.
Light get cought and losses against N and the shimigamie kills light like he said he would in the begaining one chapter 1. The end LOL
there alot lot more subplot in it but im not getting in to details

Many dont like that end. Include me in the mob :rawrrrrr:.

[FAiRLiGHT]

Since the first L died the anime became rather annoying because of the two kids.

It would've been better that the anime would end when the first L died.
And if LiGHT dies the anime has a not so fantastic ending :(

[Berch]

Since the first L died the anime became rather annoying because of the two kids.

It would've been better that the anime would end when the first L died.
And if LiGHT dies the anime has a not so fantastic ending :(

Isnt that even worst? That end sounds more incomplete than the real one. Since those 2 kids started to show, the plot was getting boring but in some point it become good again, it's just the end that is a little discomforting. Anyway, who can complain? Most of the readers surely will fall of a headache for writing all those conspiracies, plots, plans and counters over and over again, the mangaka wanted an end once and for all.

btw, Light is the bad guy (said by the author himself), so he moraly has to lose.

[FAiRLiGHT]

Isnt that even worst? That end sounds more incomplete than the real one. Since those 2 kids started to show, the plot was getting boring but in some point it become good again, it's just the end that is a little discomforting. Anyway, who can complain? Most of the readers surely will fall of a headache for writing all those conspiracies, plots, plans and counters over and over again, the mangaka wanted an end once and for all.

btw, Light is the bad guy and he moraly has to lose.

Well it would'nt be that bad if a bad guy actually wins once.
I usually comment about some particular animes with a friend of mine and he quitted the anime because of Near. It's true that most of the readers will surely fall of a headache, but i'd rather have a headache that's worth it instead of a headache that'll make you do (Meh, wish I quitted when L died)
As for the death of the 1st L, if they'd made it a bit longer and dramatic it could've been a real ending though. ALL my friends we're doing this emo ":| WHY!?" when the 1st L died so casually.

[Berch]

...ALL my friends we're doing this emo ":| WHY!?" when the 1st L died so casually.

LOL, when I read that 1st L died, I thought he was alive, he was that actor he taked his name and he will show up some time in future to capture Kira after get some more evidence. Is this sound a little better than the real end?

[FAiRLiGHT]

LOL, when I read that 1st L died, I thought he was alive, he was that actor he taked his name and he will show up some time in future to capture Kira after get some more evidence. Is this sound a little better than the real end?

No no, I didn't mean Lind L taylor, the criminal,
I meant the real L that liked sweets, one of the main chars and best to my opinion.

[Berch]

No no, I didn't mean Lind L taylor, the criminal,
I meant the real L that liked sweets, one of the main chars and best to my opinion.

I'm talking of that guy, not of Lind.

Edit: Remember that L revealed his identity to Light with the name of an actor. Then when Light's father told him L died I thought it was another plan, but I fail and wasnt able to believe it for a day and after read more chapters.

[simonsnowblower]

WOW i never thought my comment I said yesterday would bring new life to this thread.
Oh well the over all story of the whole series was really good. tho it did have its long boring parts. and the first book think took me 4 hours to read which is a rareity.
I sometimes agree it should of ended with the death of the first L, But Near and Mello made it intresting a few book in to there ark.

[feiX]

man why do i come to these threads lol... should have known better.
Anyway I just started vol 10 and this has been pretty confusing all the way through (the wording and the (seemingly) non-english translating group hasn't really helped either lol), but at least I got the jist of what was going on lol.

Anyway I was looking for info on what the 13th volume is all about, since websites list 12 as the last volume. Found out that the 13th volume is some kind of companion book with just character backgrounds, story details, etc etc. Anyway there is one collector's item that got me curious, which is some kind of trading card with L on it, and also his real name. Does anybody know what I'm talking about, and could they tell me what L's real name is? (Is it revealed in the manga at all? In the last few volumes? I doubt it since Light's more than done with the original L now lol...)

If you're going to say anything that happens in volumes 10-12, please put it in spoiler tags for me!

-edit-
Also, I was checking the quick summaries for the later volumes, and noticed that they referred to Nia/Near as a she. Typo?

[X20A Strike Freedom]

What is the conversion of Death Note's Shinigami Realm to Human Realm natural life expectancy formula?

[VoiceofTheNight]

... and could they tell me what L's real name is? (Is it revealed in the manga at all?

They actually do say on a little card with a picture found in one of the volumes. I was walking in the mall one day and i found the card on the ground. I was a little freaked out.

In case you're wondering

It's Lawliet