▪	RELEASED BY:		VIZ MEDIA
		▪	AUTHOR / ART:		TSUGAMI OHBA / TAKESHI OBATA
		▪	FORMAT:		JAPANESE / BW
		▪	PAGES:		200
		▪	RATING:		T+
		▪	RELEASE DATE:		07/03/2007
		▪	REVIEW DATE:		02/20/2008
		▪	REVIEWED BY:		HOLLY ELLINGWOOD

At last the three-way battle between Light, Near and Mello for the power of the Death Note reaches a climax. Mello has upped the deadly game by taking Takada, Light’s old girlfriend, hostage. It steers into motion a series of lethal events that will see the finale of who will win in this deadly game with the state of the world as the prize.

The final volume, the series reaches its most disturbing in the final chapters of this unsurpassed psychological thriller. Light has become an unconscionable mass murderer who spouts his great goal to be the cleansing of society where only the good may thrive. After all, in the few years since he’s obtained the Death Note and Kira has become a cult followed by the masses, crime has dropped an amazing 70%. Impossible by any other means it seems, which gives perhaps his arguments for his actions some weight, if not moral ones, practical reasons with solid results by horrific means. Do the ends justify those means? That is one of the core questions at the heart of Death Note.

Mello, Near and Light. Each has a Machiavellian plan. Every twist is an intellectual stroke of brilliance by each side, like a complex game of chess with real people as the pawns. Who will make the last and lethal check mate in this mesmerizing game of death? When Light and Near come face to face at last, all questions will be answered as the final curtain begins to fall. Who will be Kira? Who will hold the Death Note in the end? What will happen to Light Yagami? All the answers are here.

This has been an amazing, searing thriller. It is an enthralling read and the conclusion surpasses expectations by keeping every turn a guess until the very end. Surprising, shocking, disturbing and absolutely fascinating, Death Note is one of the tightest woven and intelligent thrillers in manga.

IN SUMMARY:
The conclusion of Death Note holds the most shocking revelations of all: who wins in the end and the fate of Light Yagami! Death Note is one of the most enthralling thrillers in all of manga.