Death Note

so, i'm a HUGE fan of this anime, Death Note.

It's based on the manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. The series primarily centers around high school student, Light Yagami, who decides to rid the world of evil with the help of a supernatural notebook, that causes the death of anyone whose name is written in it. The book was property of Shinigami, named Ryuk, who became bored with his place in a realm which was festered with his people who became lax in controlling the deaths of those in the human realm. The story follows Light's attempt to create and rule a world cleansed of evil using the notebook, and the complex conflict between him and his opponents.

I love Death Note, just because it seems like a calculated game of chess, every move, every action, is well thought out, well structured.

SO there's 37 episodes to the series in all, and I'm now up to the 27th.
Sigh. My favorite character died, and I don't know, my heart just isn't into it anymore.
Well for right now.

-L, my anime lover

L is considered the world's greatest detective, whose identity remains unknown before the story takes place because he has never revealed himself to the public. He's described as being the "force of justice" and "super detective". He's considered a genius, for his out of the box way of logic, and is the person who stands between Light and the world he wants to create being Kira. Btw, L, eats massive amounts of sweets! He's perfect in every way..

THEN.. it's like, oh my God. Everything you want to happen, happens, and then BOOM!
He's gone..
the thing that made me angry about it was, that it was so well thought out. It was a perfectly executed crime, and you couldn't be mad at how things played out, because it was so ingenious.

Rumor has it, Death Note, was suppose to end with L's death. However, since Death Note is serialized in a shounen magazine, they wouldn’t allow “evil” to win, and forced the mangaka to write a more neutral ending.

SO! Two episodes after L's death, you can sense the change in direction of the series.
Not to say that I don't still love everything about it, but already it seems to just be a shift in direction. Death Note seems to be a bit more darker.

I can see a lot of people liking the change of pace that the new characters bring, like once again shifting the balance of power in unpredictable ways. But I’m sure that many people, such as myself, don’t like the idea of Death Note becoming unpredictable.


it just feels like, my favorite manga/series,
has become a complete different story.
-tear.