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bishop_504's review
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Continuing the story of the money-hungry Kira who’s pretty much been captured now. Seeing L and Light work together on something has been interesting. They have a strange faux-friendship, even when Light doesn’t remember the whole of their rivalry.
Misa’s character improved quite a lot in this book. She’s still a bit dependent on the other characters, particularly Rem, but she also acts entirely of her own volition. She has much more agency, and they are able to get a confirmation of the Kira’s identity because of her.
Misa’s relationship with Rem is kind of weird. I had assumed that Rem had one-sided feelings for Misa. Rem even explicitly uses the phrase ‘feelings for you’ but in this book Rem says that these feelings are not romantic. Honestly I find this hard to believe based on the previous characterization, it feels like the author changed their mind. Rem also mentions that they are a girl, which I also think should have been mentioned earlier and is again something that makes me think that this was a last-minute change. Maybe they thought even a one-sided romance between a Shinigami and a woman was too weird?
Misa and Light’s relationship was more fleshed out in this book. Light seems like he actually cares about Misa’s well-being. I’m curious to see whether this will change once he gets his memory back. This is an interesting layer to their relationship, because if Light never gains his memory back I think he and Misa could probably be happy together. However, in the previous books, Light planned on killing Misa after he used her, showing that Light as Kira does not care deeply for her. Maybe this would change? I’m really curious how it will turn out.
One small detail that is super cool to me is how differently Light is drawn during his amnesia. He has a hopefulness and a shine of light in his eyes that the death-note possessing Light doesn’t have. Even the way the character is drawn seems innocent, which is skillfully done by the comic artist. From a writing perspective, I think it’s clever that Light personally acknowledges the similarities between him and the first Kira. He sees his ideology in Kira, and knows that some of the facts line up, but refuses to seriously consider what he knows in his gut is likely true. A complicated thought process to pull off, but it works well here. Normally I’m not a fan of amnesia plots, but now that I know Light will get his memory back at some point I think I appreciate it more lol.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Murder
akookieforyou's review
5.0
Even though I like the first few volumes a bit more, I still really like and enjoy the Yotsuba group plot as well. It's a nice shift in gears, and like I said before, I love seeing L and Light work together. And I continuously applaud L for never really giving up his suspicion of Light, his genius is always exciting to watch.
lulscha's review
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
briannadasilva's review
tense
fast-paced
4.0
Despite feeling a little let down by Volume 5, I managed to fly through THREE volumes of this series all in a single day... so that still says a lot about how addictive it is!!
The THING I was craving and wanting to happen still hasn't happened in this volume yet, but there were still plenty of satisfying elements. *ahem* spoilers: It was fun to see Misa come out of the dark a bit, and hear Light's disturbed interiority as he starts to wonder: Could he really be Kira, with missing memories? The first Kira's values seem unsettlingly similar to his own... Also, it was great fun to get the catharsis of a case solved, at LAST! One of the Kiras got caught, and it's not one of our heroes we're rooting for. Hurray, hurray >:)
The THING I was craving and wanting to happen still hasn't happened in this volume yet, but there were still plenty of satisfying elements. *ahem* spoilers:
bearenda's review
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
murielreads's review
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Muy bueno. El ritmo en este volumen es increíble. L es el verdadero mastermind.