Death Note, Vol. 5: Whiteout

Death Note [デスノート]

by Tsugumi Ohba, Takeshi Obata (Illustrator), Alexis Kirsch (Translator)

After a week locked up with no one but Ryuk for company, Light is ready to give up his Death Note and all memories of it. Freed from his past actions, Light is convinced he's innocent. But L is ready to keep Light under lock and key forever, especially since the killings stopped once Light was incarcerated. Then a new wave of Kira crimes hits Japan. Someone else has gotten their hands on a Death Note, and these new deaths aren't focused on making the world a better place, they're focused on making money. Big business can be murder, and Kira has gone corporate!

Genres: Manga, Graphic Novels, Fantasy, Comics, Fiction, Mystery, Horror

201 pages, Paperback

First published February 4, 2005

About the author

Tsugumi Ōba (Profile in Japanese: 大場つぐみ), born in Tokyo, Japan, is a writer best known for the manga Death Note. His/her real identity is a closely guarded secret. As stated by the profile placed at the beginning of each Death Note manga, Ōba collects teacups and develops manga plots while holding his knees on a chair, similar to a habit of L, one of the main characters of the series.

There is speculation that Tsugumi Ōba is a pen name and that he is really Hiroshi Gamō. Pointing out that in Bakuman the main character's uncle was a one-hit wonder manga artist who worked on a gag super hero manga, very similar to Gamō and Tottemo! Luckyman in all aspects. Also that the storyboards drawn by Ōba greatly resemble Tottemo! Luckyman in style.

Reviews

[Shakyba · Rating 4 out of 5]

یکم از تقابل ال و کیرا کمتر شده بود و خب این خیلی برام جذاب بود ولی درواقع در این حالت مشخص شده که لایت یاگامی اونقدر شرور نیست بدون دفترچه مرگ و درواقع هدفش هم ساخت دنیایی بدور از تبهکاران بود و اینکه پلیس انقدر به‌طور عمومی به‌دنبالش گشت و عموم مردم هم ازش طرفداری کردند و براش اسم گذاشتند، اون رو به این واداشت که باور کنه خداست و هرکسی که مانع اینکارش میشد رو بخواد بکشه، حتی اون مامورای اف بی آی و نقشه‌هاش برای کشتن ال.
درواقع یک چنین حالتی به‌ما یاداور شد که ذات لایت یاگامی خوبه و اون شرارت از قدرت زیاد اون دفترچه نشات گرفته بود و همچنین طرفداراش که رو اون اسم خدایی گذاشته بودند.
اینجا هم شاهد این هستیم که اگه قدرت دست یک شخص بزرگسال باشه، چگونه رفتار خواهد کرد و جالبه برام.