Feature Review Death Note a position of high power. That means he loses his memory of what he was doing with it and he now becomes the idealistic student once more. The killings stop so L is vindicated, but then they start again – Light and Misa cannot be Kira – or can they? Rem is at work in the background arranging to keep his deal with Light. L is confused and invites Light to help in the investigation so he can keep an eye on Light and Misa. He still distrusts them.
The story develops with other Death Notes Light is only briefly concerned that he is turning into a serial killer, because he can justify what he is doing as cleaning up the world’s criminals. Others are affected by the Death Note’s powers. Light’s father, basically a policeman of high integrity, is now prepared to illegally put his family under illegal surveillance and wiretaps. L is becoming obsessive about Light being Kira – possibly because Light is his only suspect. He also is quite prepared to bend or break the law in his hunt for Kira.
Light, in his capacity as an investigator on the case, notices that the new killings are all to the advantage of an industrial combine, the Yotsuba Group. One of the eight Yotsuba executives must be Kira 3, but which one? Misa manages to find out but L still doesn’t know how the deaths are caused. Rem contacts Misa and partly restores her memory – he is becoming fond of the bubbly model. The Yotsuba executive dies but who is now responsible? Is there a fourth Kira? L is piecing the puzzle together but Light, before his memory disappeared, has constructed plans within plans to protect his identity and continue Kira’s work. Some of these plans involve forcing the Shinigami to help, especially Rem, whose feelings for Misa are increasingly obvious. Inevitably, L is the next victim. Light, now becoming increasingly deranged by his powers, adopts the role of L. He is now the final arbiter of justice in the world. Or so he believes. In the United States the FBI has been unimpressed with the performance of the Japanese
It becomes more complicated when a second Kira appears. The Lord of the Shinigami has become concerned at Ryuk’s interference and has sent another Shinigami, Rem, to try to bring the situation under control and if necessary to kill Ryuk. Rem gives his Death Note to a young model, Misa Amane, who is infatuated by Kira and wants to meet him. She gets too close to Light, who is still the only suspect the Police have, and she is arrested and illegally imprisoned without trial. Light must betray Misa to protect his own existence. Surrendering her Death Note means she loses all her memory of Kira, the Death Note and Rem. She is still infatuated with Light, though. Rem, her Shinigami, does a deal with Light to kill L. Light is also imprisoned but not before he arranges to give his Death Note back to Ryuk, to pass on to someone else. He specifies that the new owner must be an unscrupulous person in Synergy Volume 3: No.2
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