Monday, May 2, 2016

Death Note, blurred line between good and evil – Le Figaro

EARLY HISTORY OF MANGA IN FRANCE 10/13 – The tandem Takeshi Obata and Tsugumi Ohba achieved a dark and nihilistic thriller steeped in a profound reflection on morality.

If Urasawa with his masterful Monster had shown us the troubles boundaries between good and evil, the tandem Takeshi Obata Tsugumi Ohba and led this discussion further with Death Note . This short series in 12 volumes, global success, has had two film adaptations and records to date 2.7 million copies sold.

“This is a series that has become a classic, remains classified seven years after its end in the top of the best series on the French market. One of the few classic manga “says Christel Hoolans, the deputy general manager of Kana editions, which publishes the saga since 2007.



A magical notebook to kill in 40 seconds

thriller breathless Takeshi Obata and Tsugumi Ohba staged Light Yagami, a high school student 17 years prodigy who finds a Death Note, a magical notebook that can kill a person in … 40 seconds. Just him for that follow one rule: when writing the name of the person condemned to death, Light has to visualize his face and know his name.

The famous notebook was sent to Light by a god of death, Ryuk, who is bored in the other world. For entertainment he decides to observe humans in possession of an object as terrifying and fascinating that the Death Note.

Light Yagami, the mischievous god will not be disappointed. Far from being horrified by his new power, the high school student is quick to use it to eradicate criminals from the surface of the earth, under the pseudonym Kira. Implacable, the justice with the right to life and death compared very quickly to a god.

aback, Japanese police appealed to L, a detective with the secret identity as the best in the world. It defies Light, who in his megalomania will rush in a fight that will mobilize the world.



How far can you go to defend his ideal?

Through this saga where fantasy and thriller intertwine, the authors explore the political and philosophical themes. How far can you go to defend his ideal, what are the limits of justice? A title that processes up to a climax of the fine line between good and evil.

“This is a title for the powerful narration and outstanding control. The hero is dark and tortured, but also very intelligent and as a player, it’s exciting to follow his thought process. It is rather a clever rated thriller shonen in his home country, but for an older target in our region, “said Christel Hoolans.

The player enters Indeed the intricacies of a complex investigation through considerations of the characters that engage a real psychological war. He sees the Light of slow descent into a Machiavellian who takes away all humanity.

His ultimate goal is to become the “god of the new world,” he does will set no limit, up to sacrificing his own father. Also, the player enters the brilliant deductive mind of L, which dismantled one by one the increasingly convoluted shenanigans Kira tragic ending to the manga. An extremely well-crafted script, so, coupled with stunning graphics which completes to stamp Death Note as one of the greatest classics of Japanese comics.

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