Pop Sugar Reading Challenge 2018
The Pop Sugar Reading Challenge for 2018 is an exciting opportunity for book lovers to explore a wide variety of literature. One of the interesting categories in this challenge is "Un libro acerca de un villano o antihéroe", which means "A book about a villain or antihero". This category allows readers to delve into the complex and often fascinating minds of those who are not the traditional heroes.
Books that fall into this category can offer unique perspectives and insights. They can show us the motives and backgrounds of villains, making us understand their actions in a new light. Antiheroes, on the other hand, are characters who may have some heroic qualities but also have flaws or engage in morally ambiguous behavior. Reading about them can make us question our own definitions of right and wrong.
Whether it's a classic novel or a modern thriller, a book about a villain or antihero can be a captivating and thought-provoking read. It can expand our understanding of human nature and add a new dimension to our reading experience. So, if you're up for the challenge, pick up a book that fits this category and embark on a journey into the dark side of literature.
Community Reviews
Rereading this manga after several years and with more knowledge of psychology gives this new reading a different flavor. It's incredible how the years make one change (mature) and also change ideological and ethical postures. In my case, when I first approached this story through the anime and then the manga, I was more on Light's side than L's, and in fact, I shared Light's vision of world cleansing. But now, with 10 more years, I don't say I'm on L's side, but rather that I understand that both are two sides of the same coin. And the fact that L wants to catch Kira is not because of his ethical code of justice but for the same reasons that Light doesn't want to be caught: he doesn't want to lose. L mentions this in this volume, stating that Kira has a childish character and doesn't like to lose, and he knows this because he himself is like that. Light and his idea of liberating the world from criminals don't find their motivation in justice but in his own ego. He doesn't do it because he's a paladin of justice but because he's a narcissistic psychopath who wants to be adored as a god in the future. That's why, already at the end of the first volume and throughout the second, his goals start to be distorted when he's cornered or provoked by L, and he breaks his pattern of only killing criminals and doesn't flinch when he has to kill 12 FBI agents.
It's really admirable the psychological handling that Ohba has of the characters. We already know that Light is a psychopath and also suffers from narcissistic personality disorder in its grandiose mode. He thinks he's the best in everything and maybe in some areas he is, but deep down, he's just a poor guy in need of attention. L, on the other hand, can also be considered a psychopath. He has a high degree of intelligence, is not sociable, the empathy he shows sometimes is difficult to determine, and his behavior in general is eccentric. It's said that Ohba's intention was for L to be within the Asperger's spectrum, and maybe that would explain many of his eccentric behaviors. The truth is that both Light and L, despite being enemies, have much more in common than they think. And it's precisely in this game of competition, rivalry, and provocation and how both react that one realizes that neither is really seeking justice but rather they are playing a simple game to see who is more ingenious and who steps on whose tail.
Death Note in its second volume introduces an interesting character despite his brief appearance: Naomi Misora, the fiancée of Ray Penbar, the FBI agent who investigates Light. It's interesting how an intertext is generated if one wants to, and perhaps it wasn't thought of at the time the manga was published, since Naomi Misora is one of the main characters in the novel in which she investigates the case of a serial killer in Los Angeles along with L. The fact that a character who appears so briefly leaves such a notable mark speaks well of the way the authors constructed the story and its actors.
Undoubtedly, one of the gems of the manga.
Wer hätte gedacht, dass Mangas so spannend, clever und gut durchdacht sein können?
Vor Death Note, hätte ich keinen Manga in die Hand genommen, unter der Annahme, dass es sich um Kinderliteratur handelt. Glücklicherweise hat mich diese Reihe eines Besseren belehrt.
Death Note ist eine außergewöhnliche Manga-Serie, die mich sofort in ihren Bann gezogen hat. Die Geschichte ist fesselnd und voller Überraschungen. Die Charaktere sind komplex und interessant, und man kann ihnen leicht folgen und mit ihnen mitfühlen.
Außerdem ist die Kunst im Manga wunderschön. Die Zeichnungen sind detailliert und farbenfroh, und sie tragen dazu bei, die Geschichte noch lebendiger zu machen.
Insgesamt ist Death Note eine wunderschöne Manga-Serie, die ich jedem empfehlen würde, der an spannenden Geschichten und tollen Kunstwerken interessiert ist.
