Is your name in the Death Book?
If you’re a manga fan, you might have already heard about the bestselling manga called DeathNote, a supernatural action-mystery manga. You might not know, however, that DeathNote has been made into a live action movie, set to show in only a select few theaters across the US on May 20th (that’s tomorrow!) and May 21st at 7:30 PM. Click here to learn how to get tickets. Included is also exclusive footage and a behind-the-scenes look at how the manga was translated into a live action movie. The movie will also be dubbed into English - good to know for those of you who cringe at the thought of foreign-language movies, and also good to know for those of you who cringe at the though of dubbed features (I know I do!).
Death Note follows Light Yagami, a student who finds a book known as the Death Book. When a person’s name is written in the Death Book, the person will die. Light starts using the book as a means to rid the world of evil, something that does not go by unnoticed - don’t you think your local police might at least notice if the city’s criminals started dropping dead? The police sends a detective named L to investigate, and he soon picks up Light’s trail. Now the two must find out which one of them is “good”, and which one is “evil” - they both believe themselves to be good, fighting for justice and to rid the world of evil.
If you could have one supernatural characteristic, what do you think it would be, and would you use it for the good of the world? Me, I don’t think I’d go for something like Light’s Death Book (a supernatural object) - I’d rather have a more personal supernatural characteristic, like, say, mind control. Then I could easily have convinced the realtor to release us from the house purchase contract. Or the bank to just pay the loan for us. Mmmyes, I can feel myself slipping over to the dark side.
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