An unemployed 42-year-old man, Kurou Otoharada ( 音原田 九郎, Otoharada Kurō) is the first criminal that Light kills. Otoharada's name is announced on television as he holds eight hostages in a nursery school. As this incident was reported only on local television, it helped L narrow down Kira's whereabouts. Finally Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty of Solzhenitsyn definitely applies.

As this is my first-ever manga, I can't draw upon experience in this genre to provide a meaningful benchmark. However, manga or novel, one reads for the storytelling and its characters. In both aspects, Death Note excels beyond any shadow of a doubt. Kira, the protagonist in Death Note has to be one of the most complex grimdark characters I've encountered and I find myself being torn between cheering him on towards his ultimate goal and being disgusted with his methods to achieve it.

Naomi is one of the central characters in the spinoff novel Death Note Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases by author Nisio Isin. [22] The story is set several years prior to the start of the series and focuses on a series of murder cases investigated by L with Naomi as his operative. The resulting capture of the murderer helped launch Naomi's reputation within the FBI. [23] Steve Mason [ edit ] Voiced by: Mitsuru Ogata(Japanese); John Novak (English) But overall later in the series I felt the quality and believability, and definitely also the tension, falling. There are some good quotes, but the moves and countermoves are broadly the same as before, and that Light would have been indecisive in the time between certain arcs seems unbelievable. The deduction of one of the main characters in the last chapters (specifically 91) is near impossible, you couldn’t find those conclusions decidedly even with big data analysis, plus it would always be circumstantial. Also the whole something happening and another person deducing what happens make for not very engaging, rather slow reading. Chapter 99 at least is a brutal chapter with the demise of two important characters. But overall I disliked the arc after chapter 59, and found Light his convenient manipulation of women not just a bit lazy but also reprehensible. An incredible bargain at a fraction of the shelf space: less than half the price of all 12 individual volumes.

The Yotsuba Group ( ヨツバグループ, Yotsuba Gurūpu) is a group of eight members of the Yotsuba Corporation. On Light's instruction, Rem delivers the Death Note to one of them. They meet weekly to discuss the killing of key individuals from competing companies to maintain dominance in the business industry. While they realize that one of them is Kira, they do not know which one. Also it makes very clear that showing a connection to the taskforce was a major mistake and Light could have mobilized public opinion much more.Shiori Akino ( 秋野 詩織, Akino Shiori ) is portrayed by Yuu Kashii. She is Light's girlfriend, classmate at To-Oh University ( 東応大学, Tōō Daigaku), [36] and childhood friend. Shiori dreams of working in law enforcement and feels some envy stemming from Light's abilities. Shiori disagrees with Kira's methods, stating that she does not like the terror they incite; she believes that the law should judge criminals. Shiori argues with the "pro-Kira" Light, unaware of the fact that Light is Kira. [37] Light writes Shiori's name and the name of Naomi Misora in the Death Note, arranging the scenario to make it look like Naomi killed Shiori in a botched kidnapping scenario trying to expose Kira. Despite doing so, Light still express some remorse and sadness for using the Death Note to kill Shiori. Part of that is testament to Obata’s artistic skill, as the locations are limited, and time and again he has to draw interiors and ensure the scenes set within them look as interestingly as they read. It’s a real catharsis for him when there’s the opportunity for an action sequence, and he really cuts loose. A gigantic tome and Light is one of the few characters called smart in a book that actually wow me.