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Death Note Chapters 44-52: Give and Take
The third Kira continues to cause problems for L and the investigation team as they disagree on how to deal with this new threat. One thing is clear though: the Kira of the Yotsuba corporation must be stopped at all costs.
I now find myself repeating what I’ve already said about how gripping and intelligent this series is. The artwork, the plotting, the characters…all this makes Death Note one of the finest pieces of manga on the market today. So, what can I say about this volume that doesn’t spoil anything?
For one thing the third Kira is identified. And no, I’m not going to say who it is! It’s certainly a good reason to keep reading though, eh? 
There’s also an exchange between Misa and the shinigami Rem, which is all the more interesting because, since she no longer possesses her death note, Misa does not recognise her. That’s right, Rem is a female shinigami. Oddly enough, the thought of the death gods being of two separate genders never occured to me before.
There are also divisions occuring within the investigation team that concern the measures they should take to deal with the new Kira; in the process Light, who has lost his memories associated with his own Death Note, begins to understand where L’s suspicions came from. I found this quite interesting: after all that’s transpired Light still thinks that the original Kira has the same standards as he does. In other words, Light’s morals haven’t changed and even if this all ends badly for him, he would probably do the same again if given the chance; the same thing can also be said of Misa.
The very thing that makes Death Note outstanding is unfortunately my only source of criticism: the edge-of-the-seat pacing forces me to turn the pages at such a speed that I end up missing the finer points of the investigations! If nothing else though, the re-read I’m planning on after I’ve finished will be all the more rewarding. Not to mention of course the recently completed live-action film, which looks better and better with every bit of news I hear about it…
By the end of volume 6 Death Note still shows no signs of letting up. The twists come thick and fast and the moral questioning and deductive logic continues to keep my brain in high gear. There’s a great cliffhanger at the end as well with help coming from a surprising source - all of a sudden September’s volume 7 release date seems all too far away.
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