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| Light spreads his wings too far and fly too high. It's just a matter of time that sun will burn it and make him fall. That a fit end for him. He should lay down and more low profile after he killed L. Doing two face like that was really a terrible choice. I am satisfied with it. It isn't Near more capable than L or Light, it's Light's stupidity was what bring him down. Using media, organization, womans, fanboy, corruptor, etc. Moreover, Near and Mello was more cautious because he already suspected Light for being Kira. |
XxMalcolm said: I wanted Light to win but he didn't therefore it is shit writing.The second half is an extreme example of shitty writing. Honestly it felt insulting that they thought that was an acceptable way to end the series. Should have ended once L died and even though they decided to continue, Light still should have won but he got completely shafted by the writing. The terrible ending was even more unbearable considering how well done the first arc was. Ending made no sense. |
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| I thought it was a really great ending, I knew Light had confessed to soon. He should've known that Near would know what he'd do. I also didn't get the Mello thing though tbh. Some things were a little confusing, also the Takada thing confused me. Light went very crazy at the end and I didn't see how he went from not being able to stand one second to running out the next after he had about 4 gun shot wounds! The one in his stomach I would think would prevent that but he ran off and then Ryuk ended up killing him with the Death Note anyway, that's ironic. At least he kept Ryuk entertained that whole time. |
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| At first I was dissapointed with the ending but now I like it. I honestly did wanted Light to win and was really rooting for him, though. Even though it sucks that Light lost because of his follower's mistake, in a way it also makes sesne that something like that would eventually happen. Also, it's cool to look at is "just a story about a boy, a shinigami and a notebook'. Ryuuk said that it would eventually be him writing Light's name in the notebook, afterall. Looking at it that way the ending is beautiful in a bittersweet kind of way. |
d4red3vil said: finally he got what was coming to him :D ........ but i've seen many people wishing he'd won but how can you guys support him? he manipulated each and everyone around him till the very end.i ask you this how?? O_O Because he stopped wars, lowered violent crime around the world by 70% and benefitted man kind as a whole. The many > the few |
stephtastrophe said: I'll try to put it as simply as possible. They wanted to know if the notebook Mikami is using is the real thing, so they needed to force him to kill someone while at the same time cutting his communication with Kira. So Kidnapping Takada was the best option. Mikami wrote her name in the real notebook even though Light had killed her himself using a small piece of the DN.I also didn't get the Mello thing though tbh. Some things were a little confusing, also the Takada thing confused me. The whole kidnapping exposed the real DN's location. |
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| Well, I'm sad that this is over, which I suppose in it's own way says that this was an anime worth watching to me. I, like some others I've seen post here, would've liked it if things in some way worked out for Light. And Misa, too, for that matter. But I guess there was really no way for that to happen. You can't just be responsible for the deaths of hundreds, if not thousands of people and just walk away from that. Honestly, I'm more sad for Misa than I am for Light, though. At his core, he had to have been a truly warped and twisted person. Misa, on the other hand, was just easily-influenced and mislead. The way Light used her was disgusting. The fact that she halved her life twice for him was so sad. And the fact that she eventually took her own life out of sadness over his loss, with no memory of what had actually transpired, is just... wow... I also hate the fact that Near was the one standing at the end. He was a really crappy character, imho. A totally watered-down, boring version of L. All in all, I think the first 1/3 of the series was the best. After Misa was captured and Light volunteered to have himself detained, things started to go downhill. Then after L and Light's father were killed, the story really lost steam. I think the best part was when Light was still in control and battling L. Ah well, a pretty good series :) |
| that very great ending i like ryuk how to he end this show |
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Gikiseima said: that very great ending i like ryuk how to he end this show I was actually hoping that |
freeflowme said: That would be character inconsistency.Gikiseima said: that very great ending i like ryuk how to he end this show I was actually hoping that Also, manga spoilers: |
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Botato said: That would be character inconsistency. Also, manga spoilers: Indeed it would, but it always bothered me that |
freeflowme said: Because Rem actually cared about Misa from before. The reason Rem went to the human world was because of Misa and to protect her.Botato said: That would be character inconsistency. Also, manga spoilers: Indeed it would, but it always bothered me that Ryuk on the other hand just wants to be entertained he doesn't care about Light, he even said so on a few occasions. |
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Botato said: Because Rem actually cared about Misa from before. The reason Rem went to the human world was because of Misa and to protect her. Ryuk on the other hand just wants to be entertained he doesn't care about Light, he even said so on a few occasions. Indeed he did. Honestly, I'm just grasping at straws here. I didn't want to see Light's reign of terror ever come to an end, and I was hoping it wouldn't. Especially not if it was going to be Near that caught him, who is but dust and shadows of the greatness that was L... and L's theme. |
freeflowme said: But Near wasn't the one that "caught him."Botato said: Because Rem actually cared about Misa from before. The reason Rem went to the human world was because of Misa and to protect her. Ryuk on the other hand just wants to be entertained he doesn't care about Light, he even said so on a few occasions. Indeed he did. Honestly, I'm just grasping at straws here. I didn't want to see Light's reign of terror ever come to an end, and I was hoping it wouldn't. Especially not if it was going to be Near that caught him, who is but dust and shadows of the greatness that was L... and L's theme. It was a combination of Mello and Near and Light's own ego that became his downfall. |
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Botato said: But Near wasn't the one that "caught him." It was a combination of Mello and Near and Light's own ego that became his downfall. True 'nuff. Mello's sacrifice for the greater good was pretty surprising, given his character choices up to that point. It was just kind of a bummer that Near was the last "man standing" (or child crouching, as it were). Re: Light's ego, I think it was definitely the fact that Near didn't seem like as worthy of an opponent as L that caused him to become less careful and eventually slip up. Giving the notebook to some other person that he couldn't control was just WAY too many loose ends. |
Light...i will be always remembering ur best moments... |
FragOutFire said: Why am I a Berserk fan? All I ever experience is pain. We are in the eclipse and Miura has sacrificed us |
FlareStar101 said: Light...i will be always remembering ur best moments... incredible |
| i just love how Light sees L at the end. His eyes are so sad, like he wants to apologize to L. I hated Light the whole anime. i just hated him. and i actually still hate him but this little scene at the ending just broke my heart because i was imagine that they could have been friends. so sad... |
| Great end of a great anime. I didn't like Light. But the ending was just so sad. I didn't enjoy watching Light slowly but surely die. I really felt sorry for him. Yes, it had its weak spots but it was still fun to watch. I rate 8.5 Ryuks  out of 10 Ryuks TheUnbiasedOne91 said: i just love how Light sees L at the end. His eyes are so sad, like he wants to apologize to L. I hated Light the whole anime. i just hated him. and i actually still hate him but this little scene at the ending just broke my heart because i was imagine that they could have been friends. so sad... Yeah, it made me like Light for a few seconds. |
HuskeySep 14, 2014 9:26 AM
Huskey said: Read the manga ending. It is better.Great end of a great anime. I didn't like Light. But the ending was just so sad. I didn't enjoy watching Light slowly but surely die. I really felt sorry for him. |
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| I'm still speechless.. Even after reading these comments. I'm so sad its over.. I actually bought the first 5 manga books in real life, I really enjoyed reading them at school, and I wanted to finish it so I started to watch it in the anime version. To be honest, I didn't know the outcome at all. I was expecting something different, because seeing that Light was unable accept the reality and lashing out in hysterical laughter was kinda.. Weird. But awesome at the same time. Seeing him dying made me cry inside :'( Nonetheless, I was enjoying the whole series, and I gave it 10 out of 10, one of all time's best anime. :D |
| I didn't want it to end like this. But it's maybe better this way. If he continued to live it wouldn't hit me so strong... Light, L, I'll miss you. R.I.P. |
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| Kira Should have won! NEW WORLD ORDER! |
| "If it’s your wish, I will follow you everywhere even if your throne crumbles, and your shiny crown turns to rust even if the bodies pile up endlessly, above the bottomless pile corpses Beside you as you lie softly down, I will be until i hear the words “Check Mate” ! -Sebastian (Black Butler) |
Messi98r8 said: I feel you ;-;Kira Should have won! NEW WORLD ORDER! |
FragOutFire said: Why am I a Berserk fan? All I ever experience is pain. We are in the eclipse and Miura has sacrificed us |
TheUnbiasedOne91 said: i just love how Light sees L at the end. His eyes are so sad, like he wants to apologize to L. I hated Light the whole anime. i just hated him. and i actually still hate him but this little scene at the ending just broke my heart because i was imagine that they could have been friends. so sad... Remove the "I hated Light" and I couldn't have worded this better myself. That truly broke my heart. In fact, this entire episode did. A couple moments after the episode finished, I began sobbing uncontrollably. Seeing Light fall into absolute insanity then his slow death was seriously tough. I wonder if Misa actually committed suicide. There was a strong implication of it without actually saying it. Gosh I hope not. Her story is sad enough without thinking she killed herself because Light, who was abusive and manipulative with her, died. Overall, this episode really lost some steam around episode 16 when Light first gave up his death note. The first part of the series was an intense battle of wits where I, at least, hadn't the foggiest clue who I wanted to support. After that, while it still remained a battle of wits, it was tuned down and became more of a generic "good vs. evil" match. Even after L died, Light was very clearly much more psychopathic compared to how he was prior to first giving up the death note, so it didn't at all lose the "good vs. evil" nature. That said, I still supported Light and wanted to see him win. I knew he wouldn't, but it's what I wanted. I'm upset that he didn't, but at the same time... this is absolutely the best possible way it could've ended with Light losing. After the last few episodes, I was losing some of my love for Light - this ending made me love him again right before he died. So damn powerful. And Light seeing L in his final moments seals it. |
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| So I have finally finished the famous Death Note. And I can totally understand why it's so praised and so popular. It's great from the very beginning and you simply can't stop watching it. Anything less than 10 out of 10 is an insult. I'm not saying it's perfect though. I feel the ending was obvious from the very beginning. I also feel it kind of went downhill a little bit after episodes 25/26. L was an awesome character, both Near and Mello are boring compared to him. Light's Downfall didn't really satisfy me, I knew it would come and wished for it to be bit more epic, and he lost only due to Mikami's mistake. But well, at least Light wasn't truly outsmarted. I don't know why I felt sad. I didn't truly like Light. Yes he was smart, genius even and his ideas were amazing. But the way he played with Misa's feelings (whom I really liked, despite her stupidity) made me hate him a little bit and how he really considered killing his own sister was cruel. Despite that, I still wanted him to win and felt sad when he lost. Overall it was truly great Anime, I just feel L was the true enemy and killing him like this only to introduce 2 new, worse enemies felt bit forced. I think it would really end better with episode 25/26. |
ImaishiOct 15, 2014 10:29 PM
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| I actually cried at the end :( I loved Light! |
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| I just ate the last 16 episodes in a row ^^ yap living the dream.. After L died I was kinda "fuck this shit .. after this .. this is goint to flop so bad" --' but yeah for a couple episodes it was a little boring .. I kept watching because I was really curious x__x then at a certain point got more interesting .. I've been reading some comments and I do not think it was a bad ending .. was sad .. yes .. really impressed with matsuda .. like yeah shoot the bitch. I laughed so hard when Light had his crazy melt down. I completly went "dafuq" when mikami did that thing O_o I just love Ryuk Kinda heartbreaking when in the last moments of light he like sees L in front of him *holding the tears* ='s (I will have such a huge break down after this .. dafuq am i going to do now with my life? x___x) Overall .. what an epic anime .. even in his lowest points I could not loose interest .. and I definitely couldn't stop watching .. a 10/10 |
_Lexy_Oct 22, 2014 1:48 PM
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| Greatest ending to ever be written. It perfectly finishes the anime. Ryuk watching the night sky as "Light" dies away. Light's realization of what he's done. Light had everything in the beginning of the anime, and he's lost it all by the end because of temptation (apple/Ryuk/Notebook). His innocent dream in the beginning became overwhelmed by the magnitude of his dreams, hence leading him to corruption. Self-realization as Light was crying away. His death on the stairs, where the bottom was darkness and the top of light and he died right in the middle. Very symbolic death. Masterpiece~ |
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| I'm so glad Light ended up dying. He's easily the most unlikable MP I've ever come across. I would have hated Death Note if Light ended up winning. Kind of reminds me a little of Scarface in a way. Overall, I'd give Death Note an 8/10. It felt a little repetitive at times, tried to a be a little too complex, and I wanted to punch Light in the face repeatedly throughout the show. The second half was a little disappointing, but the ending made up for it. I can definitely see why people love this anime, but I don't consider it a masterpiece. |
jynzu said: So it ends... I wanted Light to reign so bad... |
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| Perfect Symbolic Ending. This is how all anime endings should be~ |
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| I've just read the chapters corresponding to this episode and I have to say this was really rushed. They literally adapted like 4 or 5 chapters in this episode. It was still a great episode. More emotional than it's manga counterpart but I think I liked the manga version a bit better. The three people I felt the most sad for were: -Misa: She was an idiot and killed several innocents but all that was for Light to whom she was totally submissive and loved to the point of halving her life span twice but in return, he never shared her feelings but instead manipulated and utilized. Now that he's dead, she's so empty. Life has no more meaning for her. -Light: His initial goal wasn't bad or egoist but the means of getting there was twisted. A true antihero. He rapidly became consumed by the power which led to his downfall. It was pretty sad to see him think about the past. In another world, he would still be alive. I lost it when he saw that L illusion. They could friends in different circumstances. Although I hated him when he killed Naomi Misora, I overall found him very interesting and rooted for him most of the time. Matsuda: Besides Soichiro, he's the only one who never had a single doubt about Light's supposed innocence and really saw him as a friend/bro so for him, it probably felt like the biggest betrayal. I just can't imagine how he felt (assuming he is a real person) when he pulled the trigger to shoot Light. He probably thought about how Light killed L. It's always sad when the comic relief character is given depth in some tragic moments. That aside, I absolutely hate that retardedly overpowered plot device of a character that is Near which is just a poverty version of L. I really wanted him to die. When I saw Light just had one letter left to write his complete name, I was so mad. I wanted Light to win since L is dead. Near is nowhere near (pun heavily intended) as charismatic and his supposed "intellect" is just a load of bullshit since he was just randomly making guesses and baseless assumptions which all turned out to be correct (discovering Mikami was pure bullshit) which all happened to be correct just for the sake of the plot. Mikami making that mistake was also totally unbelievable to me given how disciplined he used to be. I also don't like how the author decided to make Light less brilliant just to have him loose. Like Light always keeps a piece of the death note with him so he should have asked Mikami to always have a page of the true book just in case something like this happens. Also, Gevianni replicating the DN in one day is pure bullshit. I also wanted Light to keep some dignity at the end. I like the dude so that was seriously hard to watch. I know the author wanted to show that "power corrupts" but as a Light fan I wanted him either a more respectable one. He felt a bit out of character. Then again, he viewed himself as a god so for a god to be killed by mere humans is probably traumatizing. I have to read one of those fanfictions about Light becoming a Sinigami. Sounds really fun. Amazing rewatch nonetheless. Death Note is really a great series. |
AgafinNov 28, 2014 6:23 AM
| Wow. Just ... wow ... What a great fest of extreme mind fuckery. I was really expecting some over-dramatic 'mystery' ending with everyone having heart attacks here and there and everywhere, something that would completely shove the entire show down the drain, so understandable that my expectations were heavily lowered to avoid any further disappointment. But that went better than expected actually. Haha, never seen Light so flustered before. He has always been such a level-headed and calm guy. A nice ending with the reunion of L and Light. 9/10 BTW, what happened with Misa at the end? She looked a bit ... yeah. |
kuudere-ishDec 13, 2014 3:01 AM
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| I was postponing this show for so such a long time because i always thought it is overrated. Boy, was i wrong. Episode 1-26 are masterpiece, there is no doubt. It was tense all the time. But show went downhill from the moment he died. Mello and Near were just boring. I wish they made Near more serious, mature, normal looking instead of making him look like child, or atleast Mello. How it looks like they are company who create perfect army of wierd detectives. Light was badass most of the time, i dislike how they made him like a pussy at the end. Crying, screaming. He should kept his cool till very end. Also, i started to dislike him when he killed Naomi, but i started to hate him after he killed Takada. Im glad it ended with him dead, it was expected from the start so no surprise on that part. Feel sorry for Misa - She lost two most important persons in her life, again. |
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| What are people saying?! Light Win?! the dude was a complete psycho! I don't get it, seriously I don't. Sure I wanted L to be the one to bring Light to his knees, hell, I wanted this thing to be over 20 episodes ago, the agony. And the reason Light seemed like he lost his coolness and intelligence near the end was because 1)after L's death he let his guard down and 2) they wanted to show that you wont get far lying and behaving like a perfect human being while being a complete psycho inside. Its hard to keep up with your lies and this anime shows a perfect example of that (Light was too smart for his own good so he kept it going for years but a normal person clearly cant). Light win? now I'm gonna use his quote "WHAT ARE YOU SAYING!" its like saying "dam, they got Hitler, I wanted him to win". you have to understand that even innocent people gets sent to jail. I don't care if Light cries for 100 years straight I was wishing his death since day 1...So many freaking innocent people died by his hands for no reason! (not to mention the deaths to prove that the book was real) I can't...there are good people and bad people, like the anime said and the anime also said that killing people is bad...so Light is bad because he killed people, okay? simple enough? people who kills others for fun should die, okay? like Hitler and Biladen and so on because although anime is just anime, the writer is trying to tell you something. And so what is the message that you get from this anime? I think that if you still think that light should have won then I seriously advice you to watch it again. You have to choose.. Light or the true L? |
| “A lesson without pain is meaningless. That's because no one can gain without sacrificing something. But by enduring that pain and overcoming it, he shall obtain a powerful, unmatched heart. A fullmetal heart.” -Hiromu Arakawa Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 25 |
| [quote=Aishiteruze] Light went INSANE!!! He lost his mind, and what about mikami? He killed himself too? I was actually a little.. concerned.. for light's sanity.. did you HEAR the way he was laughing? Maniacal.. crazy../quote] Light was so creepy in this episode. His laughter was seriously scary. |
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