Death Note Episode 0

Death Note One-Shots and Specials #0

by Tsugumi Ohba, Takeshi Obata

The original one-shot for Death Note, a young boy finds the note and struggles with whether to use it or not. Many of the ideas in this were carried over into the full series, but there are some interesting differences.

Genres: Manga, Comics, Fantasy, Shonen, Urban Fantasy, Thriller, Young Adult

52 pages, Unknown Binding

First published October 13, 2006

About the author

Tsugumi Ōba (Profile in Japanese: 大場 つぐみ), born in Tokyo, Japan, is a writer best known for the manga Death Note. His/her real identity is a closely guarded secret. As stated by the profile placed at the beginning of each Death Note manga, Ōba collects teacups and develops manga plots while holding his knees on a chair, similar to a habit of L, one of the main characters of the series.

There is speculation that Tsugumi Ōba is a pen name and that he is really Hiroshi Gamō. Pointing out that in Bakuman the main character's uncle was a one-hit wonder manga artist who worked on a gag super hero manga, very similar to Gamō and Tottemo! Luckyman in all aspects. Also that the storyboards drawn by Ōba greatly resemble Tottemo! Luckyman in style.

Reviews

[Aminova · Rating 4 out of 5]

i love watching animes but i have never read a manga before so i decided to debut this world
and i think nothing is more exiting then debuting it with The Death Note , which is one of the best animes i've ever watched ..
BUT the story in this chapter is different from what i've seen in the anime , i'll read the next one
to figure out the reason ..
anyway
i liked what i read , i loved the story , the graphics EVERYTHING
it's a great beginning ..

:)

[Emma Bossuyt · Rating 2 out of 5]

the death eraser shouldn't be in there

[catherine ♡ · Rating 3 out of 5]

After reading this, I'm not surprised at all that Death Note was picked up — the idea is still so, so interesting, and I would love for a Death Note series taking place on a smaller scale, in school and with bullying as a motivator. The final story did well in cleaning up the premise though; I'm glad they took out the Death Eraser because that's a whole other can of worms.

[elena · Rating 3 out of 5]

the eraser took me out this is so unserious

[osmtsn · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a genious idea, but it was fast and sometimes silly. But then they worked really hard on it - and what we got? Amazing Death Note manga series :) So thanks for this pilot.

[Jere. · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 ☆

No me gustó tanto como otros, pero aún así, me encanta todo lo relacionado con la Death Note.

[anusmita · Rating 3 out of 5]

taro kagami walked so light yagami could run.

[AsianMerr · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun pilot, glad to see what the original story was like. Death Eraser is such a dumb concept so I understood why it’s not in the actual series, besides that a solid one shot, good template, you can tell what didn’t work and what did.

[Gretel Hernández · Rating 3 out of 5]

Este capítulo cero no es la gran cosa; es una historia que resulta bastante meh, si la comparamos con la serie principal de Death Note; el motivo de que este episodio sea tan mediocre es que no profundizaron lo suficiente en la temática del bullying.

[Alex Hernández · Rating 1 out of 5]

Sumamente apresurado y forzado. Tantos elementos, que ni con calzador pueden entrar en tan pocas páginas y dar la impresión de naturalidad y fluidez.

[Kurtis Burkhardt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty great one shot(Pilot Chapter) of the awesome Death note series! Really love Ryuk 😻😁❤️

[Lujain · Rating 5 out of 5]

My only New Year’s resolution is that I’m gonna try all the genres starting with this cuz I’ve always judged it👍

[Alejandro · Rating 3 out of 5]

3/5

[Iman Qadri · Rating 5 out of 5]

now i need to read the whole manga i loved this!!

[Thomas Acquistapace · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a fine first draft for a good manga. It has some pacing issues and the eraser looked like a big ''Get out of jail'' card, but that's what you would expect from a first draft.

[Bookm0l · Rating 4 out of 5]

The whole time I was thinking how Light would’ve used the Eraser for his plans and plots. It was pretty interesting.

[B0R3D · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well I'm glad that Death eraser doesn't really exist in the main series. Otherwise it'd be no fun. Forgive me if I sound like q psychopath but what is the purpose of death note if you could just bring them back to life by erasing it? That way, The Death note would look no more than a psychotic prank on people.

[Seerat Farooq · Rating 4 out of 5]

Having something like an eraser would've really changed the whole concept of the original but thankfully it wasn't added or anything. It would've ruined the essence of the original and no one would want that.

A great story if you're an avid fan of the death note series and for me it felt like some fanfiction material haha.

[Manikandan · Rating 4 out of 5]

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