Death Note - Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases

Published: July 8, 2008, 9:57 am

Light novels, by definition, are easy to read novellas driven by dialog and snappy action. The light novels I’ve read, which were based on existing anime or games, were quick to read, but not necessarily enjoyably so. The troubles I’ve encountered with light novels tend to pertain to word usage and sentence structure. These literary speed bumps can be attributed to two sources: the author or the translator, and in rare instances, both. Japanese and English sentence structure have almost nothing in common, and it takes a really good author and/ or translator to take the intent and concept of a Japanese language light novel and make it so English speaking audiences can not only read the novel, but enjoy it as well. The uber popular Death Note franchise released its first light novel in 2006, which was then translated into English and distributed in America in February of 2008. The book takes place before the Kira Case and explains L’s relationship to Naomi Misora. Will

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