Death Note 9
July 18, 2007
I wanted to save the last four volumes to read as a chunk since the series had started to sour for me. Since I got volume 12 over the weekend, it’s time to get cracking on that.
There was some action at the beginning of the volume, and I was quite pleased that there was a face-off between Light’s dad and Mello. Actually, I applaud Light’s dad all around for his supremely awesome actions during the earlier parts of the volume. That made me wonder if I had maybe judged previous volumes in the Near/Mello storyline too harshly.
Then I read the rest of the volume, which is basically just a dialogue sequence between Near and Light. That’s right. The two of them talk for about a hundred and fifty pages. OH MY GOD NO. The rest of the volume really dragged after all the totally hot Shinigami action from the earlier chapters. I also hate Near and Mello a lot more now. I just want Light to win. Please. I don’t think it’s that much to ask. It seems like things are going that way anyway.
We do find out Mello’s real name at the beginning of the volume, which is just as engrishy as previous characters. The winner in ridiculous-sounding English names, however, will always be Quillish Whammy.
