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| Ehh... bad ending to a good anime, oh well |
| Just done re-watching x3. I still hate that ending. Why? Light just... lost all his personality, and become to a coward and... god, that sux D:. I can't help, i cried a little when he died, but oh well, it was his time D: Damn you Mikami D:! |
| I got some free store credit and bought both seasons on DVD to rewatch. If Light hadn't died, the second season would have been ABSOLUTELY pointless. If Light is going to win, it should be against an incredible adversary like L. When L dies, half the fans are heartbroken, with the other half rooting for Light. Like people pointed out...it wasn't Near that beat Light. It was Light AND Mello. Light also helped his own demise through huburis. He NEVER underestimated L, but he sorely did so against Mello. You guys also have to understand that Light didn't screw up, Mikami did. Light was smarter than L, and smarter than Mello and Near combined, but under heavy restrictions he had to lay low and be cautious. Mikami was pretty brilliant himself but made a small oversight. I think seeing Light acting cowardly was amazing. The guy's not a god, he's a human. He spent years getting away with murder. When you look at it, he's single handedly the most brutal terrorrist the world had ever come to fear. I honestly think beyond the obvious reasons of losing, he didn't want to be humiliated by the world knowing he was Kira. Light hates to be embarrassed. Light wasn't a god, he was a man, it's pretty shocking to just lose like that, especially when it wasn't from his own mistake. Mikami didn't commit suicide to try and buy Light time, he killed himself because he saw Light cower in fear, and a god would never do such a thing, basically destroying everything he believed in and breaking him as a human Ryuuk had no feelings or attachment to Light. He was bored and Light was a lot of fun for him, but that's it, in the end he was just a toy to him This anime was SO amazing. It's one of my few 10's. I understand people hate the series after L dies, but so much about this anime is so unique and well executed that it's too hard to overlook this and not say it's a masterpiece. A lot of books, movies and tv shows just aren't very original anymore. It's mainly because pretty much every story has been told already, but the writers and creators of Death Note really put a new twist on story telling |
Arcade_fire87Oct 5, 2010 5:15 PM
| Awesome wont describe the rating of this series. The ending was still awesome, although I wanted Light to win, I don't know why. I mean, he was a real asshole, someone to hate. But I like the ending. Rating: 11/10 |
| sad it got a bad ending. :( sad misa has to die. honestly, i am at lighto side. but also , i dont like him. -.- he is too cold blooded. if it was lelouch in the place... lelouch would win>.<. but he wouldn t like to forge the wolrd by fear. lighto somehow failed to be a good person, looking his aly's as pawn. if takada was in trouble. he killed her. while look at lelouch , kallen in trouble. he did everything to save her |
| Great ending, but I feel sorry because Light in the end has died, but that way the ending is much more better. |
| I'm so sick and tired of people saying the show got worse "because L died." Fact is the show was declining before he died, with Light coming over to the "good" side. That was unneeded and, for all intents and purposes, only served to artificially lengthen the the story. I actually think that L died helped the show, as it made the viewer (me) hate Light and, subsequently, relish in his downfall. Except, I didn't relish it after all. I kind of felt sorry for him in the end. |
| "Yes, I have been deprived of emotion. But not completely. Whoever did it, botched the job." - Geralt of Rivia |
| "Justice will prevail!" was what Light thought... Well apparently not. At least not Kira's 'justice'. I agree Near just couldn't replace L, but I'm glad he won. Though actually I kind of expected he would win, or at least that Light wouldn't. Light realised it was over for him and he totally freaked out. Felt kinda sorry for him (and Misa) in the end ;_; Though I don't really like the reason why Near won. He was actually just lucky to find out there was a fake notebook. If Mikami would have obeyed Light, Light would have one. Or maybe the creators just want to say something like "humans can't be used as pawns"... Anywayz, no more Death Note. Gonna have to get used to that. |
dedean16Nov 15, 2010 6:38 AM
| This show was dragged on too long. I'm glad it ended. Also Light had a twisted sense of justice, only protecting himself, so I didn't feel sorry for him when he died. |
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.~ |
| "Near; it's my win." LOL what a fail. Am I wrong or is that one of the stupidest things you can say at that time? It's sad that you blew your cover JUST LIKE THAT and went through all this trouble to keep your identity secure. Besides your intelligent plans and shit, you really are an idiot. Why should I even feel sorry for the guy? He killed thousands of people and I should feel sorry for his death? What a joke. He's been doing it over and over with no remorse, his sister is traumatized, his dad is dead, he killed L along with a billion non criminals, he thought it was his right to pass judgement on people.... and I'm supposed to feel bad? The guys a loony. Long live justice. |
 "It's just...a bad dream! Wake up, wake up...!" |
| Justice DID prevail, Light!! Near brought you down. Who cares if you weren't close to L's intelligence! You brought justice to someone obsessed with the deathnote. Ryuk had his fun, you had your share and your friends who had strong connection to you followed you to nothingness. |
| Ok I watched the whole series again, This ending always seems to make me cry like an idiot, even worse every time Really well written, though I think the second arc was written a bit lazy and rushed, but these last two episodes are amazing, a true landmark in anime history. |
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| Yup Yup i hated the end. Makes me soo sad , i loved Kira although im not gay ;) I will rewatch one day @mirraz true true |
| I hate Near and Mello... if it did end it should have ended with someone like L. |
 I ❤️lolis |
| That was a good ending, I would rather see L in it, but oh well, Near is ok. I loved this anime, it was sooo amazing, in many aspects, of course there are some things I didn't like, but hey, I'm not here to complain about little things when everything else was good :). L, you are still missed :P |
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BokuSan said: the only thing that made me like Near is that he brought down Light. That's all. And I didn't even really get a chance to know Mello. But, eh, what the hell, as long as Light is dead :)I hate Near and Mello... if it did end it should have ended with someone like L. I mean, I would have completely preferred for L to bring him down but what can ya do? |
"It's just...a bad dream! Wake up, wake up...!" |
| It was ok but, well, it was the only episode that logic just flew off the window. The whole thing with the forged notebook, with the silly actions of Mikami... it just felt like "We don't know how to make Light lose, but he will. Why? BECAUSE!!!" Yeah, an expected ending from the first episode nontheless. Also... if Misa did fall off that building in her suicide attempt... and because it was your fault and yours alone she ended up like that... Light, I swear I will find your grave, dig you up and find the nastiest thing possible to do with whatever is left of your corpse. I swear to (Death) God (all of them). |
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| For me Death note is Light vs L . After L's death it was bleh, didn't like Near and wished that light would kill em all >.> . Light's death was moving ... |
| Finished it. I cried, surprisingly, over Light's death. He was really stupid in the end. It was cool though how he saw L standing there. The music was nice...melancholy. Seeing Misa stand near the ledge of that building made me think she might kill herself. (0 x 0) maybe that's just me being weird. Anyways it was really interesting. I just having to get the rest of the manga. |
| I am apart from everything and a part of everything. Frozen Fire, Tim Bowler |
| And so it ends... like one said, it should’ve end when L died (never really liked near or mello, since Light Vs L battles were far more exciting and fun to watch, plus I find L’s character far more interesting than those two). Also, I can’t believe that mikami didn’t realize that both note books were fakes (since he’s the type to be cautious about the smallest detail) and the fact that the other agent copied the note book, in one night flawlessly, seriously… Well, Death Note was really fun and enjoyable to watch with lots of twists. If I had to choose on the best parts it would be all the mind games between L and Light. As for the ending, in my opinion, the end was better in the manga since it shows more than the anime, on how Light Yagami really is. |
| Replicating the notebook so perfectly (in one day and when Mikami would check it through a microscope [though I think he stopped doing that at that point]) is such bs. Despite all the times I have despised Lightl, I was hoping he would have won. And Ryuk, why? :( The "why?" for Ryuk goes for a few things. Did he really feel no attachment to Light? Why didn't he help Light out in the end by killing everyone? It would have killed him, but Ryuk is just going to end up bored again and I doubt there's going to be anyone who can entertain his as much as Light could. This was all Mikami's fault. Stabbing himself as a distraction was the least he could do. Poor Misa, too. She lost memory of what was truly going on and I take it she was going to kill herself at the end. I wonder how this all would have played out if Light just did the eye deal. It's hard to say with the sketchy lifespan aspect considering it can be altered so easily with the existence of the death note and it's been proven to not be some "everything is predetermined" crap. |
AngelicFecesJul 11, 2011 8:42 PM
| I hated it! I wish that light wouldn't die, that he would be the one gaining victory! Yes, he was selfish and acted really insanely, but he was so.. awesome :( I wish that L would have lasted till the end and maybe become an ally with Light... also I feel sorry for Light and L ( L was the one writing down his name in the note book right?) since they'll neither be in hell, nor heaven, just... emptyness, God that is so horrible! and it was so sad, I cried this episode.. really not the way I wanted it to end! >:'( |
Mefist said: I totally hate the ending, precisely, the part about giovanni replacing the real notebook. How come Giovanni could forge the entire notebook in just one day ? Mikami seemed a logical and intelligent character, strictly listening to "God's" orders and he acted on his own when his was told not to do anything ? And also, the SPK didn't know it was possible to make judgements with pieces of death note. Why didn't Light tell Mikami to have a special seperate page of dn hidden somewhere in his clothes, just in case the real notebook was discovered ? Light and Mikami suddenly turned into total fools ? I just don't buy it, it's plain naive. It totally ruined the outcome. I understand the manga/anime developers wanted Near to win at the end, which seems logical, but they could have made a much more credible plot. Shame on you ! I had the exact same thought, it was actually very easy to manipulate the Death Note and it's pages, but why didn't Light take it as a precaution, and he should have also foreseen the possiblity of Mikami doing something out of habit(no matter how punctual one is, chances are there are times when they would also fail to continue their pattern), he should have treated Near as smarter than him, (even though otherwise is true), but our opinions differ here, considering this is Anime,i would say the plot was still excellent(the entire Death Note series, although i was also dissatisfied by the ending), if we just take all possibilities into consideration, it would be a boring Anime i tell you |
| ;( ;( ;( ;( ;( ;( ;( ;( ;( ;( ;( ;( ;( ;( ;( ;( ;( ;( ;( ;( ;( ;( ;( ;( ;( ;( ;( ;( ;( ;( ;( ;( ;( ;( ;( ;( soooo sadddddddddddddddddd ;( Kira was my role model! i will not make the same mistake he did if i ever find a real death note.. if i do consider me as Kira, the Kira that wins at the end :P |
LLawlietFan said: I would have liked to see Light win though. If anyone was going to catch him, it should have been L. NOT Near. I had absolutely no respect for him after he called L a loser in his first appearance. whom are you referring to?(the one who called L a loser?) I can't seem to remember Near or Light calling L a loser |
| For some reason I could neither love nor hate this ending. I felt like it was rightly due but I also wanted to see him win. I wish there would be an OVA made of him winning but that is highly unlikely. I managed to watch all 37 episodes in 2 and a half days. This show was a rollercoaster of emotions and I thoroughly enjoyed it. My only concern was I did not think N lived up to Ls reputation and think that L should have survived. Though it was still a great watch and I give it a 9/10 |
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| Finished it within three days, I'm glad Light died. L was my favorite character. |
His INTENTIONS was to create an utopia out of fear in which he was god. That's evil. No, that's Old Testament good. |
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Ninoyari said: I have some questions: - Who was the person that walked past Light when he was running away? He looked exactly the same as Light. And Light also looked at him. - Near had two death notes, the real one and the fake one.... Right??? So, in what kind of death note did Ryuk write Light's name into? Is Light really dead? Walked past Light? As in when he died? it was L; if you meant when he died on staircase. No clue otherwise. Ryuk, used his own deathnote, in the beginning ryuk said that he would write Light yagami's name in his death note. And Yes Light really did die by cardiac arrest on the stairway( In Middle to show that he can't go neither to heaven or hell |
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| This was a great episode. There wasn't really a huge twist, but it was emotional (at least for me). When Light was walking away on the sidewalk, I almost cried. Great episode, amazing series. I do agree that I did lose a bit of interest after 26 though. |
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Ninoyari said: Ryuk had two. It was said at the starting he tricked someone to give him two, and that's why he dropped one. For fun. He never not had his own though.Tyrel said: Ninoyari said: I have some questions: - Who was the person that walked past Light when he was running away? He looked exactly the same as Light. And Light also looked at him. - Near had two death notes, the real one and the fake one.... Right??? So, in what kind of death note did Ryuk write Light's name into? Is Light really dead? Walked past Light? As in when he died? it was L; if you meant when he died on staircase. No clue otherwise. Ryuk, used his own deathnote, in the beginning ryuk said that he would write Light yagami's name in his death note. And Yes Light really did die by cardiac arrest on the stairway( In Middle to show that he can't go neither to heaven or hell No I didn't mean when he died. You know, when he's running with his arm bleeding, and he has those flashbacks. There walks someone past him and he looks EXACTLY the same as light. He even has the same school uniform. He looks like light did in the beginning of the series. But it's not like it's a parallel world kind of thing because the Light with the bleeding arm sees him. they showed the eye movement of Light seeing that person in a close up. That definately wasn't L....or am I just that blind. And I still don't get how Ryuk could use his own death note...?? I Mean there Near had two. I know one was a fake that someone duplicated from the real one, but from who was the second one??????? Because I don't get that. I watched the series a log time ago but spotted this so I wanted to ask. Sorry If I'm making no sense.. |
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| +5 to Kira's psycho laugh.. man he was sure out of it... I think Near's alright tbh, people should just stop comparing him to L to see that.. He is his own person.. and so was Mello.. Mello was actually pretty heroic here.. L and him didn't die in vain though :) and to those who badly wanted Kira to win, damn you guys are twisted.. just saying :P |
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| What I'd like to see in this ending arc is a more in depth debate between Near and Light on society. Furthermore, a hot pursuit filled with a blast of psychological twists would definitely add more impression on the ending, making it more memorable. Overall pretty well executed show! Definitely worth re-watching! |
| Time is what is Time. And so time has come for this anime to leave up to it's own end. I can't believe it's over. The truth is, that the actually warm part of the story ended with L's death. After this point, the atmosphere in these series turned into cold autumn's wind and the sky became totally gray. The warm feeling was lost with L's death and nothing could return them in their place. Truth to be told, the second part was probably even better. I liked Mello more than L(I didn't like Near for a single moment though). It's just that Mello was part of the cold feeling in the ending episodes. Not bad feeling. Just cold. Like it was predicting the ending, but you get to know of that after the very end. Even if I hated Kira, the ending was really sad and melancholic to me, I can't help it. And the sudden view on L... it made the things melancholic beyond control... 1. Characters. +1. Are you mad? There are too few animes at all, that have so strong characters like L and Mello. Light was strong character too, but I didn't like him for even a moment, to be honest. L is unique, one of-a-kind character, and I'm sure there will never be anyone like him. I can say nothing less for Mello. Starting like a naughty brat but later showing himself as strong anti-hero, he won me as my favorite character from this show. He corresponded very well at the dark ending-episodes. He was who held me on the series to the very end. 2. Atmosphere. +1. This anime had great atmosphere at the very beginning, and it wasn't lost until the end. Episode 25 had a great atmosphere, and the following ones with most importantly - the ending held up the best bits of this anime's atmosphere. 3. OST. +1. Only few anime has so good OST. There's almost no tone or track from it that I don't like. The first OP and ED and the first OP are one of my favorites. 4. Animation. +1. I've witnessed better animated shows, but the art that has been put here is OK. After all, I'm sure that L wouldn't look so good in any other kind of animation-design. 5. Background story. There's not too much background story at all, even if I want to give every point possible to this anime =\ . 6. Storyline. +1. Too good of a storyline. No flaws at all, it's perfectly fine with me. 7. Ending. +1. One of the most emotional endings I've seen. Even though I hate Light, this ending made me too melancholic. And the sudden and short view on L... 8. Fight scenes. +1. I can hardly say there were any kind of fights, but I can say that L's battle with Kira and later on - Near&Mello's battles - were so well-made that they easily win one more point for this anime. 9. Drama. +1. The drama in this anime was strong, especially at times. It's definitely deserving to be remembered. 10. Overall feeling. +1. At the start I was thinking "Time has finally come to see once and for all this overhyped anime". After I watched it, I think that the hypes are not accurate and in the same time - this anime is actually beyond them anyway. I felt well about watching it since episode 2 and most of the time after that I was feeling too good about it. Now I really can't believe it's over. And the feeling that accompanies my parting with this anime... it's too melancholic... Bonus(extra) point for:... +1. Mello. He is definitely one of the coolest character's I've ever seen. Yes, L is great too. But Mello somehow managed to become my favorite although he got the least attention in the anime. He is one of the few characters, that become my favorites with just few episodes of appearance. Overall score: 10/10. |
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| Well, when I started to watch this anime, and watched first 10 episodes, it was amazing, 10 without any doubts, but later it wasn't so interesting. Well, last episode was exactly what I expected (and I thought that this anime is unpredictable...), I predicted that Light was going to die, but still wished to be wrong, but nah, thats cold blooded truth. What can I say about whole show, well, I didn't liked new characters implented, offcourse, some were neccesary, but some like Near and Mello, was complete mistake of creators, I would liked it better, if L would have stayed alive, and finished this case, not some kind of girlish-boy, and chocalate eating maniac that dresses extremely weird. Well, I went away from the topic. In summary: A lot of new characters was completely unnecessary, and end of the anime is very predictable. Overall score: 7.5/10 (Sorry guys.). |
MeskisJan 8, 2012 4:04 AM
| This show started off so great, but then I started to loose the interest due to several jibberish-scenes as the episodes went on. Sad that L died,but had it coming, rather obvious. As for the ending episodes, mainly 37 ofc, must have been the most dissapointing(or whatever) in the entire series. As the every "encounter" up to this point were well planned in every way, the revealing of Kira is just bullshit. No phsycologica babble, no smart ass comments, nothing. Anyway, enough bein' a pessimist. What exactly happened to Misa? did she go high up into a tower,go to the edge just to mourn? If so, how could she know what was happening, would really love some explanation on that one. weak 8/10 for the show. |
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