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Light--working as Kira, the newest member of the NPA intelligence bureau, and L--has nearly succeeded in creating his ideal world. But the years of uncontested victory have made him complacent, and he is unprepared for a new attack close to home. With his younger sister Sayu kidnapped and the NPA's Death Note demanded as ransom, Light must travel across the world and confront two new adversaries, each with a very different agenda. Will Light's quick wits be a match for this new challenge, or will he be forced to choose between Kira's ambitions and his own family's lives?

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A Middling Entry of a Great Series

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The books is not the greatest and very confusing but I'm hoping it is building up to greater ending. I have become totally infatuated with Death Note but having a bit of a difficult time with the new subplot. Light's sister and father have been kidnapped for the Death Note book and a new Shigami appears but what is happening? Also L is dead but there was an orphanage in America raising more of them? Very confusing and not as exciting as what I've seen in past episodes.

A review of Death Note, vol. 8

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Ho hum! More Death Note - after awhile, these volumes start to blur together. Either I'm reading them too fast and too close together or they're reiterating the plotting and twists and turns of disguising themselves and their motives. Spoilers again for people who haven't read this far... So here we are in a world dominated by Kira and his growing numbers of supporters. We ended the last volume with Mello (one of L's heirs) and his gang kidnapping Sayu (Light's sister - remember her?) and holding her ransom for a Death Note. With much hemming and hawing, they do indeed make the trade with the task force (specifically Soichiro). Meanwhile, we learn that Ryuk has not been terribly forthcoming with information. Over the years, he's never once mentioned that he stole one of his Death Notes from another shinigami, Sidoh. Sidoh realizes that he needs to write another human's name in the Death Note if he wants to extend his life, and goes on a search to find the owner. Light must contend with this shinigami interfering with his plans while also trying to outmanuever Mello and Near. Unlike vol. 7, we're back to the slow-paced opening, overly elaborate plans, and eventual rise in action half-way through. I'm really liking Mello, perhaps because his weakness is that he's overly emotional, unpredictable, and competitive. He contrasts Light, who seems to have grown comfortable in his position as Kira and L. If you feel for anyone in this series, it's for Soichiro and Misa - Misa has been neglected by Light since she first met him and she still sticks by his side. This isn't one of the best volumes out there, but you do get to learn more about Mello and Near, which is a welcome break from Light. I miss L!!! Oh, and have a chocolate bar handy while you're reading. You'll want so much chocolate!

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I'm a fan of the series and although I liked this book I did not enjoy is as much as the books involving L. The plot is good but somewhat predictable as you get used to how"amazingly" smart all of the charaters are.

Graphic SF Reader	Customer Rating:
Light has things back where he wants them, but Near makes contact, calling himself N, and Mello has set up an organised crime power base, and even the president of the USA gets involved. The not so bright Shinigami that lost the second Death Note needs to get it back, so something else again to complicate things for everyone.

The show must go on.

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Tsugumi Ohba, Death Note: Target (ViZ, 2003) Light and the team, though they don't know it yet, find themselves unwitting participants in the middle of a battle between the two teens who hope to be named L's successor, Near and Mello, both of whom are out to get the currently-unowned Death Note for their own ends. After the big shakeup in Zero, Ohba is still bringing the noise, though the feeling I got back around volumes 4-5 that he's grasping for ideas to extend various plotlines is starting to surface again. Still, a solid entry in the series. ****