Death Note: Tokubetsu Yomikiri
Death Note: Special One-Shot

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For clarity, I used to be a fan of Death Note. Not a big fan but a regular one: read the manga, watched the anime, watched the live-action movie. However, I remember very little from the original Death Note.

A quick summary about this: Ryuk, the Death God/Shinigami that helped the original protagonist: Light, continues to seek out his new "Kira" (the alias used by the original protagonist) for fun. Ryuk meets with Minoru (the current progonist) and he comes up with a different scheme in how to use the Death Note.

So basically it's a "modern interpretation" of how Death Note would play out in modern ... times. They mentioned how Light's old tricks and plans would not work in today's world due to cameras being a lot more prevalent and cybersecurity being more prominent. So Minoru decides to not be the next "Kira" and does something else with the Death Note.

It's a very entertaining story about how "Death Note would play out in modern times", I thoroughly enjoyed it. Almost makes me want another supernatural drama mystery to jump into.

It's a one-shot, very little investment to go through. Just read it and it's one and done. I recommend giving it a shot.

The top review states that this is apparently a very good read if you're a "Death Note fan". I, respectfully, disagree. This short story is absolutely not something I'd recommend to a "Death Note fan" with excitement. Is it Death Note? Sure, yeah I suppose it is and has that similar charm to it, but it's kind of like going from L to Near in the original run. It feels underwhelming, less interesting and overall not as enjoyable and these feelings are only amplified if you were expecting anything interesting to happen. If you want to "hate read" it and then feel somewhat good after ... it ends (the ending redeems the story), then go ahead and read it, otherwise if you're expecting something interesting lore wise or in terms of seriousness and intrigue as the first half of Death Note, well... stay away from this, it's not worth your time.

P.S. I'm only harsh, because the summary, premise and the cover art are all giving the wrong impression.

To be honest it just straight up garbage🤬. Nothing good or interesting about this story compared to the original. I advise you not to read it, it might change your perspective of Kira to a horrible one, one who’s just damn greedy... The best thing I just to stick to the original and never acknowledge this ever happened.
The only thing that’s good about is it’s art style that is still just normal manga style nothing special bout it.😑
The best way I can put this “New Kira’s” fling story is that it’s just the barf 🤢 🤮 of all the stupidity the “Original Kira” has ... ever shown in the main series