{"product_id":"death-note-vol-9-paperback","title":"Death Note, Vol. 9 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTsugumi Ohba\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTakeshi Obata\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen Light Yagami finds a notebook giving him power over death, will he use it for good--or evil?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLight Yagami is an ace student with great prospects--and he's bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeath Note\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and now Light has vowed to use the power of the \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeath Note\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e to rid the world of evil. But when criminals begin dropping dead, the authorities send the legendary detective L to track down the killer. With L hot on his heels, will Light lose sight of his noble goal...or his life? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLight has always been confident in his ability to outthink everyone, but L's protégés are proving to be more of a challenge than he anticipated. The more Light mentally maneuvers, the tighter the net around him becomes. And now Near and Mello are working to break the task force apart and expose Kira from within! Light has always held up under pressure in the past, but will the stress of this new line of attack and the strain of maintaining three different personalities be the beginning of his end?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Tokyo, Tsugumi Ohba is the author of the hit series \u003ci\u003eDeath Note, Bakuman\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Platinum End..\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTakeshi Obata was born in 1969 in Niigata, Japan, and first achieved international recognition as the artist of the wildly popular Shonen Jump title\u003ci\u003e Hikaru no Go\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2003 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize: Shinsei \"New Hope\" Award and the 2000 Shogakukan Manga Award. He went on to illustrate the smash hit \u003ci\u003eDeath Note\u003c\/i\u003e as well as the hugely successful manga \u003ci\u003eBakuman, All You Need Is Kill, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePlatinum End.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 7.52 x 6.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47457764081842,"sku":"9781421506302","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/ff68c9784f9d6c15e6ecb2a11e085d32.webp?v=1778884327","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/death-note-vol-9-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}