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by: Tsugumi Ohba
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.56952
EAN: 9781421518886
ISBN: 1421518880
Label: VIZ Media, LLC
Manufacturer: VIZ Media, LLC
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: February 19, 2008
Publisher: VIZ Media, LLC
Reading Level: Young Adult
Sales Rank: 45866
Studio: VIZ Media, LLC
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Product Description:
The Ultimate Death Note Encyclopedia!
Here, in one authoritative volume: everything you need to know about Death Note, the best-selling manga series. Featuring complete character biographies, detailed storyline summaries, production notes, and behind-the-scenes commentaries. Death Note 13: How to Read also includes exclusive interviews with creators Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata and a bonus manga chapter of never-before-translated material. Unless you own your very own death note, it doesn't get any better than this!
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Death Note 13
This book is read like the manga, back to front. It's packed with information, interviews with the creators, timelines, character profiles, etc. Unfortunately, if you've followed the whole series closely, there's not a LOT of new information, but there are quite a few interesting bits. The interviews with the writer and the artist were really cool. I really liked where they show how the art went from the writer's quick stick figure drawings to the artists interpretations.
Probably the best ... Read More
Rating: - A little something more.
I was very sad to finish the last installation of the Death Note manga series, and How to Read filled a little bit of the void for me. It was terrific to learn more about my favorite characters, to enter the minds of the author and illustrator, and just spend a little more time in the world which I grew to love through the manga. Highly reccomended to Death Note fans.
Rating: - A must-have for the hardcore fan, a luxury otherwise
On the whole, an attentive reader of all 12 volumes will already know nearly all the information in this book. As such, the main reasons to buy it are the new elements:
The interviews with the author and artist are fantastic. Which well-known Tim Burton character inspired Ryuk's design? Which ubiquitous piece of Death Note iconography turned out to be a red herring which the artist took seriously? What deeply meaningful statement by L, on which entire interpretations of his character have ... Read More
Rating:  - My daughter loved it...
Ordered for my 13 yr old daughter. She loved it. Shipped on time--actually arrived a bit earlier than estimated arrival date. Good experience all around.
Rating: - Great series, dissappointing extras. Good stuff at the end
Honestly, I didn't know what to expect from this, having read all twelve volumes of Death Note and being disappointed with the last few.
I've loved the series as a whole, and was very excited to see this released. However, it is definitely a disappointment as a whole.
Basically, it tells you everything you already knew about Death Note if you've read all the way through, but it is no substitute for the real thing.
Pretty much the only parts of it worth reading are ... Read More
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