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WARNING THIS REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!!!

Death Note is one of my favourite series and sticks out because of the amazing story and writing which keeps everyone watching, to know how it goes on. Death Note is the first series that comes to my mind when new people in the anime world want to experience a good show. Its an amazing experience that everybody have to see in the anime community.

-Story: the story deals with a very intellegent young-man named "Light Yagami", who finds a mysterious book, which kills people if their name is written in it. The story is mostly a big game of "Cat ... and Mouse" and deals with the situations Light has to work with to fullfill his plan. The story takes interesting turns at some point and have some awesome twist, that nobody saw coming.
The only problem is for me the 2nd Season, in which L is replaced with two new characters called Near and Mello. Its still pretty fun and enjoyable, but not as much as the first half of Death Note.

-Characters: The characters are a strong part in Death Note which stand out for me. The main character Light is very intelligent and plans everything in his moves, wording and actions. L is a pretty good Counterpart for Light and gives an mysterious vibe, which makes him really interesting to see. One character who was also stuck in my head was Ryuk, the Shinigami who is with Light the whole time. His apple-addiction is a pretty funny gag in the story and his sarcastic remarks often bring a quick laugh out of me.

Sound/Animation: the VA`s are amazing in all three languages I watched them in (German/Japanese/English). Also the Openings/Endings and themes are also pretty amazing. As an example I would name Ryuks Theme, which sounds amazing and works perfect with Light wanting to be a God himself.
The animations look good for the early 2000s and have the perfect colouring in the right moments. ( Everytime Light is active as Kira and mentioning becoming a god, he has the red eyes of an Shinigami which looks absolutely amazing)

-Overall I would everyone recommend to watch Death Note. Its an amazing show with an good plot, amazing characters and an fitting sound/animation design. The Hype to this series is definitely well deserved and every promise that the show makes is kept.