Dec 9, 2020
“In the end, there’s no greater motivation that revenge.” - Mello
Death Note honestly deserves all the praise it gets; it’s an amazing nuance story that’s engaging from start to finish.
A wicked endearing journey from the Kanto region where Light is faced against psychological battles with people who want to defy god.
What I mostly love about Death Note is the psychological mind games; Tsugumi Ohba is able to craft a beautifully masterful story that calling it nothing less than a masterpiece is an insult.
Story (10/10): The story revolves around Light Yagami; whom discovers a supernatural notebook, the Death Note. This notebook
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grants Light the ability to kill anybody whose name is written on it. However, the note will not take effect unless the user has the person’s face in there mind whilst writing his/her name.
With this notebook, Light Yagami wants to create a utopia, a world without crime, and he will become the GOD of the new world.
Art 10/10 : The animation is stupefying, it’s ahead of its time. I love how the dark eerie pallete fits the theme’s of the story perfectly, and sometimes the colour spontaneously changes when a change of events is taken place and just enhances the moment. Also, the direction of
Death Note is phenomenal, Tetsuro Araki does no disappoint. Especially with the potato chip scene when the camera is frantically moved whilst Light eats the potato chips.
Characters (9/10): Although the cast isn’t the strongest factor of Death Note it is still able to grasp your attention. The dynamic of Light and L is amazing, same goes for Light and Ryuk. Everyone is fleshed out pretty well but Light, L and Ryuk stand out the most for me.
I love both Light Yagami persona, mainly his Kira persona for obvious reasons. I love how Light and L both compliment each other and their psychological battle is by far my favourite aspect of the show.
Sound (10/10): the OST were by far my favourite aspect of Death Note, they were composed by Yoshihisa Hirano and Hideko Taniuchi, and it amplified every single moment.
Miyano Mamaru was fantastic once again, I expect nothing less from him, his performance as Light Yagami has is my favourite performance by him. Ryuk, L, Near and Light’s father also had amazing seiyu’s and they did a great job too.
Death Note OP 1 and ED 1 were a joy to listen too, there was moment at the end of opening 1 where I was biting an apple along with Light Yagami... yeah I enjoyed Death Note so much that I wanted to be like Light :D
Enjoyment: Like I said, I enjoyed Death Note from start to finish, it was thoroughly engaging. Although I was spoiled on a Light & L’s death, it didn’t bother me considering the fact that how nearly everything left me in literal awe.
Overall: Death Note is an anime I highly recommend to people because of how brilliantly intricate and compelling it is. I love the psychological nature of it, has some amazing symbolism and the character writing was impeccable. Also, I love how you can take lesson from this story, the moral of this story to not let power corrupt you, don’t lust for power, and that no human has rights to pass judgement on another humans action.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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