4.5 ( )

Bought this book for a grand total of ¥1 - including shipping - to the amusement of the 7-11 clerk when I went to pay for it. I wonder if someone is scamming Amazon somehow. I got the rest of the series for ¥10, 1 each. At the time of writing (April 2019) I'm still only halfway through book 3, as I stalled a few months ago while I was back in the UK for New Year.

I already read the first one a few years ago, and I've seen the TV show, so I know what's happening roughly - but I'm definitely glad that the series includes furigana consistently, because there's quite a lot of difficult vocabulary.

Still enjoying the series, anyway. ( )

In volume 2, Kira and L seem to be getting closer to finding each other as the hunt for the mass murderer continues. The tension grows as each one waits for the other to make a fatal mistake...

I'm really enjoying this manga. I'm always impressed with an author who can make me both dislike a character but also feel compelled to root for him at the same time. ( )

If I messed up even one time... If I left even one clue to my identity, I'm finished. Just one clue...

Mass murder has rarely been so much fun. (This set of episodes really drives home the fact that Light really is a stone hearted killer.) The contest between Light and L is fantastic. Who am I cheering on? Do I even know? (Is it too much to put my hat in the ring for Naomi? Come on, Naomi!) Light's interactions with his family are exquisite, and his father's agony really makes this whole volume shine. And still no more information on our resident god of death... Curioser and curioser. On to volume 3, and further down this delightful rabbit hole I go. ( )

Good second volume of the series. L and the task force still looking for Kira. Kira's also run into the fiance of one of the dead FBI agents - interesting - and the task force has started some heavy duty round the clock monitoring of possible suspects.

Will eventually move on to volume 3. . . . ( )