Death Note

[LiquidZero]

was really good. everything was good! the story, the soundtrack, the characters and their development. Only thing i wish hadn't happened was

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L's death, easily coolest character in the show.

Light wouldnt have been such a bastard either if he simply treated the women that worshiped him better.  Still a good ass show though. Also

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mello didnt have to die either another cool character that died!

Worth the watch no matter what kinda anime you like! slice of life,action,good story, on-going, etc. (except romance)

[altlavista]

well i got this on my list. but i still got too much anime i want to watch. i need to find time for this.

[Pzc]

Overall a very good show with quite a few highlights.

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I really really really loathe the ending though.

[ray1301]

lol what I really liked about the anime is when I thought just how they couldn't really do the same in the live-action.

The over dramatized writing in the death note pad, with all its *swoosh* *scribble*

[SeventyX7]

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I really really really loathe the ending though.

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Ugh, I swear I'm the only one in the world who liked the ending.  It was so perfect!  The way the end came so abruptly, and how ugly it was.  It was the perfect end, because it was the exact same end that Light gave to so many other people.  Also, it highlighted just how un-godlike Light really is.  Light was CLASSIC narcissistic personality disorder, and his grandiose delusions were finally made evident for all the world to see!  I am certain that this was the ONLY reason Mikami's character existed, just to highlight this delusion (he really believed Kira to be a god, lulz).

lol what I really liked about the anime is when I thought just how they couldn't really do the same in the live-action.

Actually, they DID do one. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Note_(film)

[Pzc]

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Ugh, I swear I'm the only one in the world who liked the ending.  It was so perfect!  The way the end came so abruptly, and how ugly it was.  It was the perfect end, because it was the exact same end that Light gave to so many other people.  Also, it highlighted just how un-godlike Light really is.  Light was CLASSIC narcissistic personality disorder, and his grandiose delusions were finally made evident for all the world to see!  I am certain that this was the ONLY reason Mikami's character existed, just to highlight this delusion (he really believed Kira to be a god, lulz).

Well..

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It's not that I really dislike the ending itself but rather that
Light had throughout the series been calm and calculating
never losing his cool much. In the end though ? He's reduced
to a whiny emo bitch with no resemblance to what he has
been before. He could at the very least have kept a sliver
of his dignity.

[Insanity]

Well..

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It's not that I really dislike the ending itself but rather that
Light had throughout the series been calm and calculating
never losing his cool much. In the end though ? He's reduced
to a whiny emo bitch with no resemblance to what he has
been before. He could at the very least have kept a sliver
of his dignity.

yay spoilers!

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He just saw his whole world, in which he was god unravel right in front of him, I don't think it was such a strange reaction especially given his narcissistic nature he most likely couldn't imagine any scenario that didn't have him ending at the top.

[Xiong Chiamiov]

I thought the ending made perfect sense, since

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it had been a few years since L's death.  He hadn't had any intellectual challenges for a long time; of course he was out of shape!

I disliked Mello quite a bit, mostly because his hair's retarded, and he takes effort to bit uneven pieces out of pre-blocked chocolate.

Ryuk's voice actor is much better in the English version, and Misa's slightly less annoying.  Other than that, meh.

[SeventyX7]

Yeah, I have to admit, L was the driving antagonistic force on the show.  Near was just...I disliked him.  Is there anyone who watched the anime and liked Near that can defend his existence?   

[Xiong Chiamiov]

Near was... awesome.  He plays with toys that are metaphors for the situation at hand.

[zherok]

yay spoilers!

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He just saw his whole world, in which he was god unravel right in front of him, I don't think it was such a strange reaction especially given his narcissistic nature he most likely couldn't imagine any scenario that didn't have him ending at the top.

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I don't think it really matters if it's justified or not, the fact of the matter is that killing L took a tremendous number of factors going his way in which Light had almost zero influence in determining their outcome. He was the lesser competitor between the two in my opinion. Yet he wins anyway, only to then get bumped off by a less interesting but otherwise "near" (lawl) identical clone of L. All while the majority of Light's cleverness almost drops out entirely. He gets incredibly sloppy, and regardless of whether this makes sense, I think it'd be hard to argue the fact that the tension from the first half just isn't present in the second.

I think Near is too similar to L to be that interesting. The differences are fairly minor, so he comes off as almost an identical surrogate. Except he's less interesting because we just spent the entire show up until that point with L. His role in the story feels almost entirely like a sort of universal karmic justice, which does nothing but undermine what caused him to be created in the first place. His significance is so tied to L that he can't really stand alone. He exists only because L exists.

[LordRhino]

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I think the ending was good, Ryuk said in the 1st episode that he would be the one to kill Light when things got out of hand. Light's reaction was almost as if he released all his bottled up emotions that he never showed, considering he thought he was victorious at that point, and couldn't hold out from laughing anymore.

[Scudworth]

I hated near and mellow.
at the start of the show I wasn't sure if I was routing for light of L. first half of the show was brilliant.
but...

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as soon as L dies the show takes a huge downward spiral up until the end, then it pulls itself up just long enough to kill of the coolest character and his hot chickadies. I wanted Light to live 

[morrefule]

So the ending... here is why i don't like it

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First off Light was extremely intelligent on how he manipulated people and events.  His demeanor even without L around was perfectly calm and calculating.  When I was watching the last few episodes, I was wondering how he was going to pull it off.  Since we know he understood what Near (N) was doing he could have easily beat Near.

This is how he could have done it.  If I remember correctly he told Teru Mikami to rip a page out of the death note after the pages were numbered or something like that.  And if he didn’t he should have.  What he then could have easily done since Teru Mikami had the deaths eye is take the piece of paper, hide it somewhere safe on his body at all times, and then to the warehouse with him and write the names on that piece of paper.  Then there is no way Near could have tawarted Light, even if Teru Mikami Lost the deathnote.  Then if the Deathnote was lost, all Light had to do was send Ryuku to find it for him and bring it back.

And that’s what pissed me most off about the series is it totally flipped itself upside down at the end and made Light seem psychotic.  Which if we watch his development from the beginning he never had that trait nor did he allude to it.  It was more like the creators of the series didn’t want Light to win, because if he did that meant, in some twisted way, that evil triumph over good.  And apparently that’s politically incorrect even in fiction in the global society.

and that's my 2 cents rant....  I could have gone on, but thinking back on it, it really grinds my gears... (thanks Family Guy)

[SeventyX7]

Enter, Defender of the Ending of Death Note!!

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(1.  If Light "won," how would the series have ended?  It pretty much would have had to jump the shark and enter some crazy plotline untrue to the spirit of the show.

(2.  Light's plan would have worked if Mikami didn't panic and kill Light's-high-school-sweetheart-who's-name-I-forget after Mello kidnapped her.  That's what gave away the death note's location.  What is so great about this is that Light couldn't possibly have predicted this!  It was just beyond the scope of his knowledge.  The reason why this is so perfect, is L died from the same lack of information he couldn't possibly have had.  It goes to show how these two "legendary" planners couldn't save their own lives, even with all their schemes.  It's so perfect!

(3.  I didn't detect this "psychotic" feature you saw in Light at the end.  I saw Light's delusions finally getting shattered.  He isn't infallible, and I think that's why people have a problem with the ending.  The series is presented almost one-sidedly from Light's perspective, a perspective painted with ridiculously grandiose delusions (God of the New World?  Are you serious?) and over-the-top arrogant thinking.  Like Light is capable of making judgements regarding life and death for everyone in the world. 

[LiquidZero]

yeesh i started this thread and didnt even throw my opinion out there!
I liked the end! i also liked mellow (not for his appearance but for his character!) since he was the exact oposite of L but had the same ideals where as near is just a clone and not as good as the original!

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light's plans having to come to an end because there was simply no other better ending!

also i didnt like light all that much...simply because he treated the women who worshiped him poorly.. and he had a god complex trying to change the world as he saw fit making him not a god but just a genius with a god complex he isn't much different from a mad scientist trying to take over the world.
he couldve beat

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near at the end, but he began relying on people way too much.

L shouldn't have

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went out like he did...

he was easily the coolest person in the show.

[Xiong Chiamiov]

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And that’s what pissed me most off about the series is it totally flipped itself upside down at the end and made Light seem psychotic.

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He was.  The combination of intelligence and stress tends to do that to people, and the power didn't help at all.

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Which if we watch his development from the beginning he never had that trait nor did he allude to it.  It was more like the creators of the series didn’t want Light to win, because if he did that meant, in some twisted way, that evil triumph over good.  And apparently that’s politically incorrect even in fiction in the global society.

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He *did* win.  And then, then decided to make some 13-odd more episodes.

There wouldn't have been an end if Light had won again, because there'd always be someone to oppose him.

[queenmetroid]

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And that’s what pissed me most off about the series is it totally flipped itself upside down at the end and made Light seem psychotic.

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He was.  The combination of intelligence and stress tends to do that to people, and the power didn't help at all.

Light WAS psychotic. Anyone with a God-complex often is. And that's what made him so awesome. L was cool, and Near was mostly obnoxious.

For my part, I thought the manga was better. For starters, it explained everything really well. It's more difficult to follow a lot of the anime if you don't have a background on what's going on. The anime is still worth watching, but it is better for comprehension if you read the manga first.

Also, go see the Death Note movie when it comes to theaters this week! It's going to be awesome to have a chance to see it on the big screen.

[Xiong Chiamiov]

Also, go see the Death Note movie when it comes to theaters this week! It's going to be awesome to have a chance to see it on the big screen.

Is it one of the Japanese live-actions?  I haven't found one yet I've liked.

[queenmetroid]

Also, go see the Death Note movie when it comes to theaters this week! It's going to be awesome to have a chance to see it on the big screen.

Is it one of the Japanese live-actions?  I haven't found one yet I've liked.

It's actually not bad. It's a decent companion to the anime. You should see the first one first, though.