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It's a recent and discussed anime, so i would like to give it a try and do the best i can to make this an helpful review.
I'd like to go little by little, taking every aspect and analyzing it:

STORY: Great screenplay, no doubt about it. The original autor of the manga, Tsugumi Ohba, has done an excellent work by using all her ideas, combining altogether and making a story considered one of the most innovative. BUT (there is a quite big but) from a certain point of the anime, the story collapse, making space for new and useless characters. Then the finale, a three-episode-marathon, it's ... like a Dragonball episode, when characters take a couple of episodes to hit their enemy with a punch.

ART: I really like Takeshi Obata's style, because it's mature and quite realistic. But there are some exceptions, when characters, like Teru Mikami, tend to exagerate with their expressions, making them completely insane. Lke in the finale, when one of them change completely expression becoming another person, just like Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde, lol

SOUND: That's the best thing of this anime. I've never listened to such great compositions and works. Every character has its own theme music, and that's the same thing for particular scenes. But most of all, in the finale, wich i already told to be a little bit too exagerate, there is a masterpiece of sound and music; it's totally right, it makes your heart felling so excited for the ending, because the last 10 minutes are the most beautiful in the entire anime. Another thing, away from the episodes, are the opening and the endings. I found What's Up People?!, by Maximum The Hormone, a very good song, as well as the WORLD by Nigtmare.

CHARACTER: By far, the character of "L" is the best. It's almost patologic, a genius of rare intelligence. Its character is evident when he first appears in public showing his face. Blue trousers, white pullover, tired eyes, no shoes and some maniacs like playing little games with sugar or eating cakes. He's just like an hikikomori, but he has a purpose, that's what makes him different. Light Yagami is a typical student with his own reasons to make a new world, so it's not different from ourselves. Shinigamis are done very well, especially Ryuk. Misa Amane is a total idiot, but that's what makes her a curious character. The other characters are, somehow, decent, with some ugly exceptions like Near.

ENJOYMENT: It's not a funny anime, it's the opposite instead. But it's amusing to see how the story goes on, even when it reaches a certain point. It's also interesting listening to the almost illogical thoughts of characters. Let's not forget a brilliant line, so: "I'll take a potato chip... and eat it!" XD

OVERALL: At the end of all my (long) review, its' a very good anime, with its errors and mistakes, but still innovative and exciting.

Pardon my english ^_^