It has been a very long time since I last read or even watched any of the Death Note series. For the most part, this wasn't a problem, but I'd advise anyone who hasn't read the original series at all to steer clear of this volume because it includes major spoilers. Este tomo es un complemento a la historia original, un intento de seguir explotando el filón que, sin embargo, es muy resultón.

The last story confused me a bit via the timeline. My assumption is it happened before Light or this is an alternate timeline? I might have missed something but I was confused about that story. HOWEVER, I find it fascinating seeing how other people would handle receiving the death note and how many books Ryuk has dropped. That not everyone is like Light. Some become horribly guilty over those they killed and kill themselves. Others realize the intensity of having the Death Note’s power and seek to destroy it such as Taro. When Death Note Short Stories isn’t focused on different Kiras using the notebook, it offers a couple of different gag comics with the original cast. Along with the 4-panel comic strips that focus on things like “Ryuk’s existential crisis about Misa carving apples into bunnies” are stories that focus on everyone’s favorite “I sit awkwardly and live on candy” detective, L. It’s a nice little break between the main plots going on. Now a high school student, Minoru accepts the notebook from Ryuk, but he has no plans to use it himself. With the Shinigami's help, and his own ingenuity, he auctions it off anonymously as his actions are followed and predicted by Near. The United States of America buys it for a sum that leaves every Japanese citizen under the age of 60 set for life, but the King of Death creates a new rule of the Death Note that thwarts Minoru and the U.S. President's plans. Special thanks to my Patrons on Patreon for giving me extra support towards my passion for reading and reviewing! In this complete collection of Death Note short stories penned by the series' creators, discover tales of lives irrevocably changed by the sinister influence of the Death Note, with surprising and thrilling answers to the question of what it truly takes to use the Death Note…or fight it.The third short stories was comic panels, completely random, not a story and throughout different times of the original story, but some quite funny moments. Being as L was and is my favorite character, I enjoyed the little snippets of him in this collection. I am desperately fascinated with L’s character and do intend to find papers that others have written about him because I think there are connections to be made. One paper could surely just be written about how we now know for sure, L was an iPad kid.

I hated Near when I first read Death Note (I was sad that L was gone) but found myself invested in what he was doing and why he didn’t take on the initial case at the beginning of the story. Also Near is killing it with long hair 10/10.The first one was the bonus chapter that the all in one copy of Death Note so yes it was good but also I had only just read it. The chapter is a continuation of the original Death Note manga series, which ended in 2006 and last had a one-shot chapter in 2008. The story explores the events that occur when a Shinigami comes down to Earth. Siempre es interesante re plantear casos hipotéticos, qué pasaría si el Death note cayera en manos de cual o tal persona, cómo reaccionaría su alrededor, los personajes que ya conocemos, o cómo actuarían los propietarios bajo la presión de tener el control sobre cualquier persona. L--One Day and L--Wammy's House--These stories about L give more details about his life and quirks. Again, this doesn't really add anything to the overall story but is interesting and fun. A short comedy section. This section shows small parts of the lives of the main characters in Death Note told through a four-panel humorous comic style. It was mostly for fun, even if some of the jokes were meh, and it came with a downside, they were incredibly short bonuses. It won't take you ten minutes to read through them all, and overall, I think this is the most unnecessary section in the collection.

Death Note Short Stories, as the title says, is a complete collection of Death Note short stories written by the famous duo. It depicts tales of lives changed by the influence of Death Note. It also shows the resilience, intelligence, and determination required to use Death Note in a thrilling manner. There are six stories in this collection, and I will give my brief thoughts on them. Do note, however, that if you haven't finished reading or watching Death Note, you must SKIP reading the first two stories in this collection: C-Kira and a-kira. They take place after the end of Death Note, and although this review is spoiler-free, these two titles gave major spoilers to the main series. This is, I think, our first real glimpse of the Death Note world after everything went down. From the sounds of things, although Light isn't around anymore, his influence has persisted and the world is magically more peaceful. (Because killing people definitely stops war and crime.)This was a very strange reading experience for me, though. There are two longer stories within this collection, one near the beginning and one right in the very end. They were amazing! I really loved them. They had the same tone and suspense of the original story. Tanaka Minoru, seorang siswa yang bertemu Shinigami Ryuk, menggunakan Death Note dengan cara yang mengejutkan!?