I've always been really intrigued by Japanese culture and media. I watch the occasional anime, and like to play Japanese video games. For my next dive into this world, I thought why not try to get into mangas? So I purchased a few that I had either heard from, or that sounded interesting. Death Note, being pretty popular was one I heard about.
What did I like? The art. Most of the time. I love when animes are beautiful drawn. They can really spread some comfy feelings for me. Death Note had some of this. Scenes inside a classroom, in the city, or inside Lights bedroom were quite comfortable. Ryuk, the god of death, is perfectly drawn with his dead eyes and evil grin.
What else did I like? The overall story. But only nearing the end of Vol. 1. There are a few “twists” and elements getting thrown in at the end that could make it pretty interesting later on.
What I hated? The writing. Good god the writing is so bad. I understand that this is probably the fault of the translation (I hope), but this is really cringe worthy.
Light is such a weird character and his dialogues with Ryuk are really feeling forced.
I purchased Vol. 2 at the same time and will of course give it a go. But if there aren't some new awesome and engaging story elements that will hook me, I don't think I will continue this series. Especially if the writing keeps being so bad.
