Death Note Tanpenshuu
Death Note Short Stories
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Death Note Tanpenshuu

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Death Note: Tokubetsu-hen, C Kira-hen, C-Kira, Death Note: Tokubetsu Yomikiri, a Kira-hen, a-Kira, L: Day One, L: The Wammy's House, Death Note ni Rakugaki 4-koma, Death Note Four-Panel Comics, Kagami Tarou-hen, Taro Kagami, Death Note Pilot, Death Note: L FILE No. 15, Death Note 13: How to Read - Shinsou, Death Note: Special One-Shot, Death Note Episode 0
Japanese: DEATH NOTE短編集
English: Death Note Short Stories
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Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: 1
Chapters: 6
Status: Finished
Published: Aug 4, 2003 to Feb 4, 2020
Genres: Action Action, Mystery Mystery, Supernatural Supernatural
Theme: Psychological Psychological
Demographic: Shounen Shounen
Serialization: Shounen Jump (Weekly)
Authors: Obata, Takeshi (Art), Ohba, Tsugumi (Story)

Statistics

Score: 7.301 (scored by 6354463,544 users)
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Ranked: #48822
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Popularity: #151
Members: 99,534
Favorites: 1,002

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Synopsis

A collection of short stories about Death Note.

1. C Kira-hen (C-Kira)
2. a Kira-hen (a-Kira)
3. Death Note ni Rakugaki 4-koma (Death Note Four-Panel Comics)
4. L: Day One
5. L: The Wammy's House
6. Kagami Tarou-hen (Taro Kagami)

Background

Death Note Tanpenshuu was published in English as Death Note Short Stories by VIZ Media under the Shonen Jump imprint on May 10, 2022. The series was also released in Portuguese by Editora Devir on June 24, 2024.

C Kira-hen, a.k.a. Death Note: Tokubetsu-hen, was drawn in commemoration of the screening of the live-action movie, L change the WorLd. The one-shot was published in English as a part of VIZ Media's Death Note All-in-One Edition, which was released on September 6, 2017.

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Reviews

May 31, 2024
Mod Edit: This review was originally posted for Death Note: Tokubetsu Yomikiri (123699) and has subsequently been merged into Death Note Tanpenshuu (132335).

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 ...
Mar 7, 2023
Mixed Feelings
Mod Edit: This review was originally posted for Death Note: Tokubetsu Yomikiri (123699) and has subsequently been merged into Death Note Tanpenshuu (132335).

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 ...
Jan 10, 2025
Mod Edit: This review was originally posted for Death Note: Tokubetsu-hen (4941) and has subsequently been merged into Death Note Tanpenshuu (132335).

Death note is easily one of the best starter anime/manga to get into Japanese Animation/Manga. With the ending of death note it was a clear cut ending where you pretty much couldn't branch off of it and make a sequel.

Yet that's what this series tries to do and it fails to be death note in every way possible

If I could describe how I felt turning the final page of this one shot it would be:

Disappointed, I don't really know what I was expecting from ...

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