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February 27th, 2023
Talk about my favorite anime - Part 1 - Death Note
Anime Relations: Death Note
It all started in 2009, we had animax on cable and they had cool anime after 20:00, I also watched FMA and Inuyasha there, Nana too. I think I just browsed the tv channels and I suddenly see some weird anime with an unknown art style, it had dark pallets and stuff and the designs were cool, I never saw something like that in my life.
I was sharing the room with my sister and she didn't mind me watching anime, she preferred reading more. I stayed on animax to see what the hell will happen next, from what I remember, it was Light planning stuff with Ryuk, the atmosphere was tense and serious then it hit me when Naomi Misora died, it was then when I understood what kind of show that was and it charmed me immediately.
For some reason, the anime just continued on and on, I knew that one episode was 25 minutes but Death Note just never ended. After some time it actually ended with the biggest twist I saw in my life, Light managed to kill L and brought justice in our world, Misa didn't die and they made him look all cool and all in the rain like he was the conductor of an orchestra. Even my sister stopped reading to watch it and she also liked it. I was happy that I could watch so much content and it was only after 2-3 week that I found out what I watched was some condensed movie of a 30ish episodes long anime.
In true animax-style Death Note restarting airing and they also made promos out of it, it was good for me because I barely understood how the hell did Light get the notebook or why was Misa that important or other plot points but did I start the anime? the answer is no. I was a rebel sorta in highschool and I continued to act like one after that, in my mind there was no need to watch it because I already knew the ending but because I was also an idiot I couldn't get pass the feeling of wanting more Death Note.
Watching the beginning of it was a chore because I just wanted to go to the juicy parts, the only good memory from this period I have with it is the bus incident, in my teen mind I considered so cool for Light to do justice while on a date with a hot girl, I was really impressed, in fact I wanted to see the actual date, them going to a cafe, a movie, do stuff you know? But to my surprise, it never happened. So of course I dropped it for I had no reason to watch stretched version of something I already considered a masterpiece and my best anime experience since FMA.
Now to set things straight, why did I love that show? because I agree with Kira's justice. The existence of that notebook encompasses every thing that I ever wanted in life in order to make it better. All my life I was surrounded with injustice and I was always the type who was very direct and blunt, I never cared about small talk, I was do it or leave it kinda guy and I had the megalomaniac fantasy of saving the world by getting rid of the bad guys but I didn't know how, hence this Death Note, it looked like the best thing ever and watching this guy who was smart and cool do the thing I wanted was perfect, there was nothing that I could've asked more, maybe a hot steamy sex scene with Misa but I kept that in my imagination, anime will never show that.
So yeah, this show appealed to me because I am insane when compared to the general populace and I can't blame them for thinking I am crazy and thinking about killings and stuff. I feel like this was also the first anime where I was 100% in tone with the main character and I understood all specifics about Light's justice and Death Note's mechanics because usually I can't be bothered to follow the plot and all, I just watch an anime/movie, I find it cool and that's it, ask me about some specific events after 2 days and I couldn't explain but I could always explain the Death Note rules and Light's plan when he killed Raye Penber.
Death Note was in my head and I liked it even though it was a mixture of beginning episodes and the "recap" so to say. And yes, I didn't know there was life after L, I thought the anime finished with Light's victory, there was nothing left and me not having internet sure helped in my delusions.
In the fall of 2009 I started college and because I had spare time and internet in my dorm, I somehow started getting into anime more, I discovered MAL and so on. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that there's this guy N that comes for Kira after L's death, I was shocked, how come someone defeat Light when he has the police with him and 2 Death Notes?
Important to mention that animax showed the japanese movie of Death Note when L beat Light, of course I watched it but I didn't agree with it, Light was kinda lame and losing like that was more lame so I just deleted it from my memory.
College was damn annoying but I found breaks for anime and like I mentioned above, me being dumb meant that instead of watching new anime, I rewatched stuff I already knew, as in Soul Eater, Inuyasha, FMA, Nana and Death Note. My theory was: "why would I watch stuff I don't know anything about? what if these anime are bad and I waste my time? there can't be anything better than Death Note so I should just watch Death Note because I never saw the anime and maybe this Near guy is cool, I wanna see how Light kills him."
I started Death Note seriously from episode 1 in February 2010 and what a ride that was, I watched it when I could but usually at night, if I had more free time I would have finished it in 2 days straight, it awoke something in me I don't know why, it just felt different than when I tried to watch it in 2009, now I was paying attention and enjoyed every second of it, it was one of the best anime experiences ever and to my surprise, the show never felt boring or slow, it was perfect and I started to believe it was better than the special I saw first because of the small details and the important scenes were satisfying because I waited so much for them. Then N arc started.
Till this day I don't consider that arc bad because N already had enough info about Kira and used his forces better than L and it was Light's small mistakes like the money throwing event and not creating more Mikami-type characters to fight in his stead that ruined him.
I never understood why Light would set up the meeting when he could've just plant bombs in his car, he could've told Mikami to try the Death Note beforehand (just kill some random dude to see if it's the real deal), Light could have planted a camera on him or where ever in order for Misa to see N's name, I can think about 30 strategies to kill Near with ease but Light couldn't, was it disappointing? well, in my opinion N wrote Mikami's name in the Death Note and Light's entourage was full of traitors, call him evil and all but he never killed the police near him unless it was really important but I won't talk about that, it doesn't matter in this context.
In the end, all that remained there in that dark room was me and some sad song. I binged the last 3 episodes in my last day at college before returning home for summer vacation, the funny thing was that from my calculations, the last 2 episodes of Death Note would air on animax (yes, they kept on airing that) at the time I was supposed to be at home (I still didn't have internet at home or a laptop) but I was afraid I would miss it so I finished it with the help of my pal who let me watch at his pc that night.
It was the natural conclusion, creators are afraid to cater to a minority of the fanbase, I learned that the hard way, I think those years were great in Japan and Kira did his job superbly, sure he lost against Near but his legacy will go on. When I returned home, Death Note aired as expected and I watched those 2 last episodes, it had amazing scenes and it filled me with joy. That was probably the catalyst for me to continue searching for that anime, an anime that will raise these kinda feelings in my heart. Not saying that all need to be with a Light-like character, just something that'll be fun.
Few months passed and I couldn't get Death Note outta my head so I started the manga in fall 2010, the good thing was that I bought a laptop with the money I worked for it, the college computers were lame and I really needed a laptop for my studies and why not watch anime while I'm at it? Getting into manga was damn horrible, I didn't know what's the difference between a chapter and a volume and I had the wrong idea that if I don't search and inform properly I would miss pages/chapters/volumes, like I said above - I am an idiot.
I won't start talking about the reading experience because it was boring and uneventful, took me roughly 2 years to finish it, damn manga was super annoying, one chapter felt like hours and there were just the characters talking, I tried to spice things up by listening to the OST while reading it, it was better but still almost impossible for a newbie like me.
I finished it in 2012 somehow but to be fair, it was as good as the anime, I liked N arc more in the manga because as slow as it was it gave us extra info about his tactic and I can safely say that Near was smarter than L in the sense that he knew what he was doing and was very direct, he had a purpose and never faltered, I respect Near even though he defeated my hero, his justice was stronger than Kira's, nothing to do about it, pure and unadulterated justice.
I still think about Death Note and Misa, I just bought a picture of Misa by the way, I keep it on my shelf. I think about Light's strategies and how could he have defeated Near and how could he have used Takada better, did Light bang Takada in that room? did he bang Misa? stuff like that. What I can say it that I hope a Death Note doesn't exist in this world because I will certainly use it for my justice.
I was sharing the room with my sister and she didn't mind me watching anime, she preferred reading more. I stayed on animax to see what the hell will happen next, from what I remember, it was Light planning stuff with Ryuk, the atmosphere was tense and serious then it hit me when Naomi Misora died, it was then when I understood what kind of show that was and it charmed me immediately.
For some reason, the anime just continued on and on, I knew that one episode was 25 minutes but Death Note just never ended. After some time it actually ended with the biggest twist I saw in my life, Light managed to kill L and brought justice in our world, Misa didn't die and they made him look all cool and all in the rain like he was the conductor of an orchestra. Even my sister stopped reading to watch it and she also liked it. I was happy that I could watch so much content and it was only after 2-3 week that I found out what I watched was some condensed movie of a 30ish episodes long anime.
In true animax-style Death Note restarting airing and they also made promos out of it, it was good for me because I barely understood how the hell did Light get the notebook or why was Misa that important or other plot points but did I start the anime? the answer is no. I was a rebel sorta in highschool and I continued to act like one after that, in my mind there was no need to watch it because I already knew the ending but because I was also an idiot I couldn't get pass the feeling of wanting more Death Note.
Watching the beginning of it was a chore because I just wanted to go to the juicy parts, the only good memory from this period I have with it is the bus incident, in my teen mind I considered so cool for Light to do justice while on a date with a hot girl, I was really impressed, in fact I wanted to see the actual date, them going to a cafe, a movie, do stuff you know? But to my surprise, it never happened. So of course I dropped it for I had no reason to watch stretched version of something I already considered a masterpiece and my best anime experience since FMA.
Now to set things straight, why did I love that show? because I agree with Kira's justice. The existence of that notebook encompasses every thing that I ever wanted in life in order to make it better. All my life I was surrounded with injustice and I was always the type who was very direct and blunt, I never cared about small talk, I was do it or leave it kinda guy and I had the megalomaniac fantasy of saving the world by getting rid of the bad guys but I didn't know how, hence this Death Note, it looked like the best thing ever and watching this guy who was smart and cool do the thing I wanted was perfect, there was nothing that I could've asked more, maybe a hot steamy sex scene with Misa but I kept that in my imagination, anime will never show that.
So yeah, this show appealed to me because I am insane when compared to the general populace and I can't blame them for thinking I am crazy and thinking about killings and stuff. I feel like this was also the first anime where I was 100% in tone with the main character and I understood all specifics about Light's justice and Death Note's mechanics because usually I can't be bothered to follow the plot and all, I just watch an anime/movie, I find it cool and that's it, ask me about some specific events after 2 days and I couldn't explain but I could always explain the Death Note rules and Light's plan when he killed Raye Penber.
Death Note was in my head and I liked it even though it was a mixture of beginning episodes and the "recap" so to say. And yes, I didn't know there was life after L, I thought the anime finished with Light's victory, there was nothing left and me not having internet sure helped in my delusions.
In the fall of 2009 I started college and because I had spare time and internet in my dorm, I somehow started getting into anime more, I discovered MAL and so on. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that there's this guy N that comes for Kira after L's death, I was shocked, how come someone defeat Light when he has the police with him and 2 Death Notes?
Important to mention that animax showed the japanese movie of Death Note when L beat Light, of course I watched it but I didn't agree with it, Light was kinda lame and losing like that was more lame so I just deleted it from my memory.
College was damn annoying but I found breaks for anime and like I mentioned above, me being dumb meant that instead of watching new anime, I rewatched stuff I already knew, as in Soul Eater, Inuyasha, FMA, Nana and Death Note. My theory was: "why would I watch stuff I don't know anything about? what if these anime are bad and I waste my time? there can't be anything better than Death Note so I should just watch Death Note because I never saw the anime and maybe this Near guy is cool, I wanna see how Light kills him."
I started Death Note seriously from episode 1 in February 2010 and what a ride that was, I watched it when I could but usually at night, if I had more free time I would have finished it in 2 days straight, it awoke something in me I don't know why, it just felt different than when I tried to watch it in 2009, now I was paying attention and enjoyed every second of it, it was one of the best anime experiences ever and to my surprise, the show never felt boring or slow, it was perfect and I started to believe it was better than the special I saw first because of the small details and the important scenes were satisfying because I waited so much for them. Then N arc started.
Till this day I don't consider that arc bad because N already had enough info about Kira and used his forces better than L and it was Light's small mistakes like the money throwing event and not creating more Mikami-type characters to fight in his stead that ruined him.
I never understood why Light would set up the meeting when he could've just plant bombs in his car, he could've told Mikami to try the Death Note beforehand (just kill some random dude to see if it's the real deal), Light could have planted a camera on him or where ever in order for Misa to see N's name, I can think about 30 strategies to kill Near with ease but Light couldn't, was it disappointing? well, in my opinion N wrote Mikami's name in the Death Note and Light's entourage was full of traitors, call him evil and all but he never killed the police near him unless it was really important but I won't talk about that, it doesn't matter in this context.
In the end, all that remained there in that dark room was me and some sad song. I binged the last 3 episodes in my last day at college before returning home for summer vacation, the funny thing was that from my calculations, the last 2 episodes of Death Note would air on animax (yes, they kept on airing that) at the time I was supposed to be at home (I still didn't have internet at home or a laptop) but I was afraid I would miss it so I finished it with the help of my pal who let me watch at his pc that night.
It was the natural conclusion, creators are afraid to cater to a minority of the fanbase, I learned that the hard way, I think those years were great in Japan and Kira did his job superbly, sure he lost against Near but his legacy will go on. When I returned home, Death Note aired as expected and I watched those 2 last episodes, it had amazing scenes and it filled me with joy. That was probably the catalyst for me to continue searching for that anime, an anime that will raise these kinda feelings in my heart. Not saying that all need to be with a Light-like character, just something that'll be fun.
Few months passed and I couldn't get Death Note outta my head so I started the manga in fall 2010, the good thing was that I bought a laptop with the money I worked for it, the college computers were lame and I really needed a laptop for my studies and why not watch anime while I'm at it? Getting into manga was damn horrible, I didn't know what's the difference between a chapter and a volume and I had the wrong idea that if I don't search and inform properly I would miss pages/chapters/volumes, like I said above - I am an idiot.
I won't start talking about the reading experience because it was boring and uneventful, took me roughly 2 years to finish it, damn manga was super annoying, one chapter felt like hours and there were just the characters talking, I tried to spice things up by listening to the OST while reading it, it was better but still almost impossible for a newbie like me.
I finished it in 2012 somehow but to be fair, it was as good as the anime, I liked N arc more in the manga because as slow as it was it gave us extra info about his tactic and I can safely say that Near was smarter than L in the sense that he knew what he was doing and was very direct, he had a purpose and never faltered, I respect Near even though he defeated my hero, his justice was stronger than Kira's, nothing to do about it, pure and unadulterated justice.
I still think about Death Note and Misa, I just bought a picture of Misa by the way, I keep it on my shelf. I think about Light's strategies and how could he have defeated Near and how could he have used Takada better, did Light bang Takada in that room? did he bang Misa? stuff like that. What I can say it that I hope a Death Note doesn't exist in this world because I will certainly use it for my justice.
Posted by Catalano | Feb 27, 2023 3:59 PM | 1 comments