Death Note: Another Note - The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases

by NisiOisiN, Andrew Cunningham (Translator)

There's a serial killer loose in Los Angeles and the local authorities need help fast. For some reason the killer has been leaving a string of maddeningly arcane clues at each crime scene. Each of these clues, it seems, is an indecipherable roadmap to the next murder.

Onto the scene comes L, the mysterious super-sleuth. Despite his peculiar working habits, he's never shown his face in public—but this time, he needs help.

Enlisting the services of an FBI agent named Naomi Misora, L starts snooping around the City of Angels. It soon becomes apparent that the killing spree is a psychotic riddle designed to specifically engage L in a battle of wits. Stuck in the middle between killer and investigator, it's up to Misora to navigate both the dead bodies and the egos to solve the Los Angeles Murder Cases.

Genres: Manga, Mystery, Fiction, Light Novel, Thriller, Crime, Fantasy

176 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

Nisio Isin (西尾維新 Nishio Ishin), frequently written as NisiOisiN to emphasize that his pen name is a palindrome, is a Japanese novelist and manga writer. He attended and left Ritsumeikan University without graduating. In 2002, he debuted with the novel Kubikiri Cycle, which earned him the 23rd Mephisto Award at twenty years of age.

He currently works with Kodansha on Pandora, the Kodansha Box magazine, and Faust, a literary magazine containing the works of other young authors who similarly take influence from light novels and otaku culture. He was also publishing a twelve volume series over twelve months for the Kodansha Box line; Ryusui Seiryoin was matching this output, and the Kodansha Box website stated that this is the first time in the world two authors have done twelve volume monthly novel series simultaneously from the same publisher.

In February, 2008, his novel Death Note Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases was released in English by Viz Media. Del Rey Manga has already released the first volume in his Zaregoto series. His Bakemonogatari, Nisemonogatari and Katanagatari novels have been adapted into anime series. Nekomonogatari (Kuro) has been adapted into an anime TV movie, and Kizumonogatari will be release in theaters this year. Monogatari Series: Second Season, adapted from 6 books in Monogatari Series will air in July 2013. Another of his works, Medaka Box (manga), has been adapted into a two-season anime series.

Reviews

[shanghao]

Lが登場することは、何よりも。トリックなどは新鮮感なんかあまりないと思ったが、文が流れて順調的、読みやすいので、日本語学生の私にとって読みがいある本と思う。又、何よりも、L次第に。

[LY]

"僕は旧世界のかませ犬、犬死のベストドレッサー、ミハエル・ケール。メロと名乗り、そう呼ばせていたこともあったが、それはもう、昔の話だ。いい思い出で、悪い夢だ。"

“...but I am the old world’s runner-up, the best dresser that died like a dog, Mihael Keehl. I once called myself Mello and was addressed by that name, but that was a long time ago. “Good memories and nightmares.”

"但我是旧世界的丧家之犬，还是白白送命的最佳代表，Mihael Keehl。也有人称我为Mello。不过这已经是以前的事了。一个美好的回忆，一场恶梦。"

连一半的美感都没有翻译出来啊...

[Brook]

私はこの本を私は数えることができるより多くの回を読んでいる！それはすべての時間の私の好きな本だ！