Talk about polar opposites in the looks department. LOL

Writer Ohba Tsugumi / Mangaka Obata Takeshi team up to create the popular manga series, Death Note. If I understand the concept properly, the plot revolves around a high honor student, Raito who stumbles upon a 'death notebook,' which decides the unlucky person's death once his/her name is written down into it within 40 seconds. Blimey, that sure sucks for the one at the receiving end. But it also does sound like the premise for an excellent thriller.

The less-than-handsome dude is the shinigami ("god of death") who apparently 'misplaced' his tool of death and started this whole ride in the first place. I suppose I would hate to have him greet me at my time of death but then again, from what I've read, he ain't such a bad fella as long as you keep feeding him apples ........

It's a mad house, I tell ya.

But at least, L and Raito are pretty cute by bishie standards. I must say, 'L' is the cutest detective I've ever seen with, either an unhealthy appetite for eyeliners or has the darkest eyebags in manga history. They're darker in the manga pages.

Admittedly, I haven't read the manga yet. It looks like there may be a substantial amount of spiritual/philosophical undertones (I could be wrong though). But by golly, does the art rock or what? Obata-sama gets my vote for being one of the best mangakas out there and I aspire to reach his level eventually. I'll draw like him one day.

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Minus the not-so-pretty shinigamis. Heh.


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