Death Note volume 10, by Tsugumi Ohba

As Near’s suspicion grows more strongly towards Light, Mello selects a new partner in crime to monitor over the NPD. With both successors closing in, Light needs to cook up some clever plans and immediately. But it is no fun to have only L’s successors in the game; Light needs some successors to shape his ideal too. Light tries very keenly to pick and give the Death Note to a successor of his choice because now Mogi is monitoring Misa 24/7. But can Light trust another stranger with the notebook as he handles the role of L, his fiancé and a new girlfriend?

Light’s new successor is interesting with a unique characteristic just like Light. But I honestly think that Near is wasting time questioning and pestering the taskforce members like Aizawa and Mogi when he could be going a lot more deeper with the case. Though mostly throughout this volume of the series we just read about Near and Mello trying to get closer to the end of this case while making no progress at all. Death Note volume 10, by Tsugumi Ohba, has a lot of intensity only stirs up during the parts involved with Kira’s chosen successor and how he gets another woman to fall for him with his irresistible romantic act. I do dislike how he feels that women are too easy to get and merely has any respect for them while using them only for his needs and trashing them afterwards.

Reviewed by Ayesha, Grade 10

Glendale Central Library