Influenced by Hong Kong movies and dramas, I'm always interested to find similarities between reality and portrayals of everyday Hong Kong. From the book 'Hong Kong Noir', I just realised how little I know about Hong Kong. After reading this novel, I noticed terms or nicknames that often appear in…
It's difficult to convince readers to obtain a novel comprising short stories, unless there is a review which include a brief synopsis of all these stories. I felt that it's important to have a brief introduction to each story, in order to attract more readers to support our local authors.…
The preliminary round of the Fall Classic begins after the contestants have been working hard in their preparations for the competition – Food Wars Vol. 6. When every contestant able to present the most extraordinary of curry dishes to the acclaimed judges, who will be the top eight finalists that qualify…
This volume is a guidebook of everything about Death Note, featuring complete character biographies, detailed storyline summaries, production notes, behind-the-scene commentaries and some of the humorous scenes of the characters. This also includes exclusive interviews with creators Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata about their views for the story and also…
This is the final battle between Near and Light. I don't want to reveal any spoilers for the final battle but I have to admit Near's intelligence is not far behind L although most of the readers put L as the most favourite character from this manga. I felt the…
This volume's main focus is the preparation for the final battle between Light and Near. Near is convinced that Light is Kira but he doesn't want to just stop the Kira murders, he wants to expose Light as the Death Note killer. At the same time, Light is very confident…
Near openly suspecting the new L of being Kira and seeking for any task force members who has doubt with Light. In order to avoid the truth being revealed further, Light must pass the Death Note to someone else. Kira needs to choose a disciple from his supporters to handover…
Light seems over confident with his ability to outthink everyone and has been belittling L's proteges. Light's plan is getting out of control no matter how hard he tries to manuever it. And now Near and Mello are working together to break the taskforce apart and expose Kira from within,…
In this volume, Light plays multiple roles at the same time - Kira, the newest member of the NPA intelligence bureau, and L. He has nearly succeeded in creating his ideal world and enjoying the uncontested victory for years. Light has been experiencing several peaceful years in his multiple roles.…
This volume continues from the previous volume – Death Note, Vol. 6: Give-and-Take (Death Note #6) where L, Light and the task force are pursuing the newest Kira and the newest Kira slowly reveals to them on how the killing works. As this is part of Light's plan before the confinement,…