Manga 7458 Death Note Another Note Los Angeles Bb Renzoku Satsujin Jiken

This book I’ve had my eye on for a while. I recently got it for Christmas and read it right away. At first, I thought I actually wouldn’t like it. That changed after reading a few chapters.

(SPOILERS!! SPOILERS!! SPOILERS!!)

This novel follows Naomi Misora. She gets a call from L on her computer asking Naomi to investigate three murders. Naomi was a little hesitant to accept because she was on a leave of absence, but it was literally from L, the top detective globally. No way could she turn down an offer from him. She accepts the offer, and makes her way to the first ... victim’s house. After a little investigating, Naomi decides to check under the bed when she notices a hand reach out. She quickly jumps back and the person the hand belongs to crawls from under the bed. Naomi asked who this suspicious person was and they said, “You can call me Ryuzaki.” From then on, they both work on the three cases together.

Los Angeles BB Murder Cases is one of my favorite novels I’ve read. Especially because it’s a book that’ll keep you interested and not bored out of your mind. Except maybe the 1st chapter. That’s why 2 points were deducted off of my score. Other than that, this book was perfect! It kept me interested, it made me think, and it surprised me. Not a lot of books I’ve read have made me thoroughly think about the situation I was reading. This one did. It made me think from multiple people’s perspectives and understand each one and where they’re coming from. One thing I also wanna add is that I liked that they never showed Ryuzaki’s face. At the start I actually thought it was L.

The art included in this novel is outstanding. Then again, that didn’t shock me in the slightest. Death Note’s official art are probably some of the most highly-detailed drawings I’ve seen. I’m pretty sure I saved some of my favorite official artwork from Death Note on my phone. Don’t blame me, the art is really pretty!

Do I recommend this book? YES! It is so GOOD. Like stated, one of the best novels/side stories I’ve read. Death Note never disappoints. Can’t wait to read L: Change the WorLd and see what my thoughts of it are!

Death Note: Another Note was my ray of hope in my search for more official DN related works after I watched the anime and bought the entire manga. Out of curiosity, I just looked up the BB murder case for fanfictions, but I ended up finding this book instead, and I immediately bought it By the way, this book isn't manga, this is a novel written by Nisio Isin, of Monogatari fame, so my hopes were quite high. Again, did not disappoint.

STORY - 8
This is related to Death Note, so what else can you expect? This story isn't about Light, in fact, it has nothing ... to do with Light or the Kira murders case. Instead, this book is about another case the master detective L tackled, that is briefly mentioned in the main story itself. The plot-line is quite typical, L and FBI agent Naomi Misora work together to catch a serial killer. The way the characters are killed, and the clues it leads to the next victim are extremely interesting and well thought out. So despite the generic plotline, I give this an 8.

ART-7

The art was by Takeshi Obata, who illustrated Death Note. Nothing much to see here, but still, well done.

CHARACTERS - 10

As usual, we have our brilliant detective L, his character hasn't changed. He's still the same as he is in the main series.

The true star of this book was in fact, Naomi Misora. In the main series, we see her as an ex-FBI agent and Ray Penbar's fianceé. However, this book gives us an insight into how brilliant she was. In the short time in this book, she truly shone like a star.

Another very interesting character is B.B, I won't spoil much though.

This story was narrated by Mello, and I'd say, although he changes his style of narration, it was still fun to read.

ENJOYMENT- 8
Fun to read, and Mello's narration makes it twice as enjoyable to read.

OVERALL -
I enjoyed this story! It helps us know the characters from Death note a lot better. Not to mention, some parts of this story rub off on the main story. (My choice of words wasn't very good, I know)

When I rewatched Death Note, I felt like I could empathise with Naomi Misora a lot more. Her death felt a lot more emotional, and the fact that Light had outwitted such a brilliant FBI agent made me love him more. (Light was already my favourite anime character of all time)

I recommend Death Note: BB murders case to anyone who's watched the main series, and wants to know more about L, since he literally stayed in the shadows, revealing almost nothing about himself during his appearance in the main series.

Before starting the review of the novel... Spoiler Warning for those who haven't read the novel.

Hmmm where do I start? There are so many things to talk about.

First of all... Let's talk about Mello being the narrator. Unfortunately, him being the narrator did not make any sense nor made the narrating any different.

The story told in Another Note takes place in 2002, L dies in 2004. Mello was 15 when L died, and he was still in Wammy's House. So, when did L see Mello and tell him the story about Beyond Birthday and 2 others? It does not make sense.

In the book, Mello ... speaks as if the battle between L and Kira was over. Of course, he might be referring to L being dead. But he made it sound like he was writing all this after everything was over and everyone knew who Kira was. But he did not actually see Kira die. He died 2 days before Kira did. So, when actually did Mello write Another Note?

The novel introduces Rue Ryuzaki as a side character. Ryuzaki presents himself as a private detective. Naomi is a bit suspicious of him at first, because he has strange manners (sitting around hugging his legs, eating sweets all the time and crawling around on the floor), but L tells her to work together with him, so she does.

The thing is, the reader (as the he is meant to be) immediately assumes that Ryuzaki is L. This makes sense, because not only does L present himself as "Ryuzaki" in Death Note, but the way he acts is also strikingly similar.

Of course, the author wants the reader to think that Ryuzaki is L, but Ryuzaki is actually Beyond Birthday, the killer. That would have been a great twist, had it only been logical. But it wasn't. Another Note clearly states that B.B. doesn't know L personnaly. Which means he doesn't know anything about his habits or about what he looks like. So how come he guessed all of it? - doesn't make sense.

Also throughout the book Misora and Ryuzaki (I mean B) work together to solve the three crimes B has commited. Most of the time, Misora was led by Ryuzaki to find the answers. Even the smallest stuff, she needed Ryuzaki's help. I was frustrated because that's not the image she represented in the manga. She was originally portrayed as a very clever woman. Her needing Ryuzaki's help in every step she took did not make sense. (I must add that I actually liked the setup of the crimes. I only did not like the way they were solved.)

This book could have been good if only the author had at least tried to be logical. I usually overlook that kind of thing, but in this novel, I simply couldn't. Death Note: Another Note was starts promising but end with failure.