Death Note: Fatally Fun Facts

I'm sure a lot of you have heard of this unofficial Death Note guidebook, Death Note: Fatally Fun Facts. I first saw it months ago at the bookstore, and, intrigued, I picked it up and glanced through it. It only took a few minutes for me to get irritated and shove it back on the shelf, coming to the easy decision that I'd never waste my money on it. But, lo and behold, I ended up getting it for my birthday. So, thinking I ought to be fair, I found the time to actually read it, and took a highlighter to things that stuck out at me.

In an effort to discourage everyone from voluntarily discarding precious seconds of their lives, I began to type up some things that terminate any credibility this book has.

I think the main problem I have with this book is its consistent presentation of fan theories as factual Death Note canon. It quotes the original manga and How to Read 13 as its source material, but it often distorts, leaves out, or just gets facts wrong. Admittedly, I also have a lot of personal disagreement with what the book presents, but opinions aside, I can fairly state that this book doesn't rely on canon fact, it relies purely on the author's interpretation.