| | |  | KIDS / FAMILY | Home » » » Death Note Box Set (Vol. 1-13) | | | | | | | Description: | | The entire Death Note manga story arc is now available in a box set for the first time! This custom box set includes all 12 books from the Death Note series, the information How To Read "Death Note 13" and exclusive Death Note premium gifts! The high gloss printed box set also comes with a recessed handle and velcro closure. The box set is 10% off the total retail price of 13 volumes of Death Note! This is a perfect gift for either yourself or anyone not yet exposed to the amazing intrigue of this Obha / Obata masterpiece. Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects - and he's bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and now Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But when criminals begin dropping dead, the authorities send the legendary detective L to track down the killer. With L hot on his heels, will Light lose sight of his noble goal...or his life? Light tests the boundaries of the Death Note's powers as L and the police begin to close in. Luckily Light's father is the head of the Japanese National Police Agency and leaves vital information about the case lying around the house. With access to his father's files, Light can keep one step ahead of the authorities. But who is the strange man following him, and how can Light guard against enemies whose names he doesn't know? | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Tsugumi Ohba | | Paperback:
| 218 pages | | Publisher:
| VIZ Media LLC | | Publication Date:
| October 07, 2008 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 142152581X | | Package Length:
| 9.8 inches | | Package Width:
| 9.2 inches | | Package Height:
| 5.6 inches | | Package Weight:
| 7.25 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 20 reviews |
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ThanksNov 18, 2009
Thank you for this wonderful collection. These are some amazing books, once you start the first one you want to continue on. I recommend this to anybody who like a good show of intelligence an some humor. Thank you again.
 AwesomeOct 26, 2009
It's great to have and I love it, but two of the books had some slight damage from being shoved in the box (or something. And on the 13th How to Read book, the page with the How to Read card attached to it fell out.
Really good manga seriesOct 18, 2009
good manga series, a recommend to everyone.
this is a good package and fast shipping too.
ReviewOct 02, 2009
Not bad the price fast shipping though I heard cause i live in Ausrtralia but the package was a bit damaged but oh well thnks =]
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 Death Note Manga ReviewSep 26, 2009
Death Note
Manga Review
Written
by
Mrsticky005
Author: Tsugmhi Ohba
Artist: Takeshi Obata
Length: 12 volumes
[...]
Summary
Negative: Wordy
Positive: Detailed Artwork
Negative: Not much respect for supporting characters
Positive: Main characters are rather interesting
Negative/Positive: Can be melodramatic and over the top. Though sometimes this makes it more fun.
Rating:
3 ½ out of 5 stars
Introduction:
The Death Note looks like an ordinary college notebook. The difference is that it comes from the
realm of Shinigami (Reapers) and has the power to kill the person who's name is written in it.
High School Senior and top of his class, Light Yagami happens to be the (un)lucky one to pick
up that particular notebook. The Shinigami Ryuk surprisingly does not harm Light but rather sits
back relaxes and enjoys watching Light rid the world of evil by killing one criminal at a time.
But not everyone considers Kira, Light's moniker to the public eye, to be as righteous as Light
would like them to think. Standing in his way of peace and justice is the reclusive detective "L"
along with his two wanna be successors "Near" and "Mello" who come from the same unique
orphanage as L himself. What starts off as a noble battle of morals quickly escalates to a prideful
game of manipulation and deceit where the stakes are high and the winners few.
Review:
Death Note is a solid and fun series. But it's nothing brilliant. The more serious you take it the less
fun it is. Death Note is not great literature or better yet not great comic writing but as far as entertaining
an audience it gets the job done. Now some people would be satisfied with that and that's perfectly ok
but others with myself included hold an higher standard. I like a lot of comics but the ones I crave are
the ones that get you really thinking. Despite trying to do this, Death Note ends up being fairly shallow.
Yes, there is the whole shenanigans of whether or not killing criminals and killing those in the way is
good or bad but even that just feels like a philosophical morsel. Don't get the wrong idea, it's plenty fun
deciding whether or not you think Light Yagami is a nut case but it can be difficult to take seriously.
Death Note is drawn brilliantly and very detailed but in some ways it's not very realistic unless of course you have the notion that important characters in a story must be handsome or beautiful. There
are the more average looking characters, yes, but in Death Note it seems like they are shunned from
ever really being part of the story. Even when average joe, Aizawa gets his 15 minutes of fame, you
can sense it's only to further develop Light or one of the other main characters. But for what little development these side characters go through they are still good characters. Whether it be a major
or minor role, Death Note is downright horrible at depicting female characters. They look cute and all
but have zero personality (or in the case of the dreaded "Misa Amane" , she has too much personality.)
Obviously these female characters were added in the story for sensual appeal but must we blatantly
label them as so? Can you say "Lara Croft"? However the greatest downfall of Death Note is
the wordiness. Given that Death Note is supposed to be an "intelligent" comic it should be expected
that it be wordier than something that was just straight action. However repeating things and pointing
out the obvious is hardly intelligent and only hurts the comic. The easiest way to tell Death Note is too
wordy is seeing how much of the art we miss out on. Sometimes I get suspicious and think the writing
was used to cover up a mistake. But I'll give the benefit of the doubt here. But Death Note is not a lost
cause. Even if it's not as smart as it wants or claims to be it can be clever. The characters that are
focused on are unique if somewhat stereotypical at times. The best part though is the thrill of the chase.
You see both sides of the issue and any moral to the story is up to you. The story isn't preachy but
it can be rant-y. Still, it's an enjoyable read and if it wasn't so wordy it be fast paced. It doesn't take
long to get to the "good" part of the story. Though the "good" part is not great.
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