What was your biggest issue with the final 12 episodes?
| EDIT: Just realized I put "all of the above" beneath "I didn't have any problems with the final 12 eps" Just pretend that I put the latter right below the former ^_^; I know that DEATH NOTE is consistently considered to be one of the most popular anime of all-time. Although despite it's near-universal (pun intended) acclaim, the final 12 episodes (or approximately one third of the show's runtime) seem to have a very mixed reaction for a variety of reasons, from what I've seen With DEATH NOTE being so widely-enjoyed, I was wondering whether most DEATH NOTE fans here on MAL dislike the final act of the story, and, if so, for what reasons Personally, I liked the final 12 episodes more than the preceding Yotsuba Kira arc, but I'm interested to hear what others have to say And while I have seen a few different topics about certain elements of the final 12 episodes (such as the show's ending or the character of Near), I didn't see a discussion of the arc's mixed reception as a whole when I searched through anime discussion These are the options in the poll that I blocked out because they're huge spoilers: This is my first anime discussion post, so I hope I didn't mess anything up |
Kogasa-TataraApr 5, 2022 11:51 AM
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| There were two main problems for me: 1) Near appears suddenly. The whole existence of the orphanage feels like an easy way to give quickly a new antagonist to Light. 2) There were much less reasoning from Near. He jump into some right conclusions out of the blue, with no explanation. L didn't do that. |
Daninokuni said: There were two main problems for me: 1) Near appears suddenly. The whole existence of the orphanage feels like an easy way to give quickly a new antagonist to Light. 2) There were much less reasoning from Near. He jump into some right conclusions out of the blue, with no explanation. L didn't do that. The second point was a big one for me. I can’t remember which episode it was from, but iirc, there was a scene where Near was trying to figure out who the new Kira is (lawyer boy)—the camera shakes and zooms dramatically, Near points to one of the TVs on his wall full of TVs with the lawyer in it with no reasoning behind it that I can recall, and just magically arrives at the correct conclusion that he is the one. That was the point I realized that this is truly no longer the same show as pre-episode-25. |
| It was such a letdown watching Light's persona fall apart, he had so much potential. i just had a lot of second-hand embarrassment and the ending made me very upset HAHA Near is a copy and paste of L but with not as much passion. i don't think he would have been willing to die for this case the way L was, it wasn't much of a game to him. It just felt like Near was a hindrance and all the built-up tension was gone. we lost Light and L's love-hate relationship and I feel the show stopped being entertaining. |
remember the lesson, not the disappointment. |
| I didn't have any major issues with the third act of the show. I found it to be as enjoyable as the rest of it. Death Note was a 10/10 for me throughout. |
| Near and Mello just weren't good enough characters. Still, everyone slowly growing suspicious of Light made that arc for me. |
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Avalongus said: Daninokuni said: There were two main problems for me: 1) Near appears suddenly. The whole existence of the orphanage feels like an easy way to give quickly a new antagonist to Light. 2) There were much less reasoning from Near. He jump into some right conclusions out of the blue, with no explanation. L didn't do that. The second point was a big one for me. I can’t remember which episode it was from, but iirc, there was a scene where Near was trying to figure out who the new Kira is (lawyer boy)—the camera shakes and zooms dramatically, Near points to one of the TVs on his wall full of TVs with the lawyer in it with no reasoning behind it that I can recall, and just magically arrives at the correct conclusion that he is the one. That was the point I realized that this is truly no longer the same show as pre-episode-25. THAT was the scene for me, too. With that conclusion, Near opens his way to Kira, so it's a pretty important moment, and there were no explanation at all. |
| As possibly the biggest Near apologist on MAL, I honestly don't find him that bad. Sure, he's a boring version of L, but since L is such a great character, even a boring version of him is still a top tier character IMO. |
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| The L Arc is definitely the best arc from Death Note. I love it. The Near and Mello Arc isn't as good as the L Arc, but it is still pretty great. Overall, Death Note is still a 10/10 for me. |
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| Other: The series had problems from the start. The middle was good, but the end was mediocre to bad. It probably should have ended after Spoiler 1 with one more episode as an epilogue. |
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| Honestly, in 12 final episodes. I only like the final one Like others said Near basically jumped into conclusion with no explanations which they had never done before with L and Light arc. It’s fucking ridiculous And the final episode aka the ending really hit hard to me. I really love the ending so i think that’s the only thing i like about Near and Mello arc Plus: I also love Near’s weirdness, and it’s really awesome |
| Last 12 episodes of the anime adapted the last 5 and a half volumes of the manga, while first 27 adapted 6 and a half volumes That's why the last 12 episodes feel so underwhelming, idk why they rushed it soo much |
| Last 12 episodes of the anime adapted the last 5 and a half volumes of the manga, while first 27 adapted 6 and a half volumes That's why the last 12 episodes feel so underwhelming, idk why they rushed it so much |
BitchyONO said: Tbh everything about it was fine until Near showed up, Mello was fine with me, even Mikami was cool but Near was just bad. Ruined the whole third of the anime for me. I mean, I geniunely was suprised when L died but it didn't ruin my hopes for the anime, until Near came out of nowhere. There was no tension anymore and the death note switch thing in the last episode was just stupid, yeah yeah, rewrite everything identically, that is surely possible. I wish Light lost to Near lost differently too, honestly the whole death note switch thing was just stupid, I kinda hated it. At least with L's detective stuff there was suspicion, tension and arguments that suprisingly made sense. MIKAMI is such an idiot lmao. The anime makes him look like an even bigger idiot with those dumb faces he makes. |
| it was a little rushed but I still really enjoyed it, Mikami and Mello are great characters, Near is fine in the anime though the manga made me like him more. if they added a couple of episodes to this part it would be much better and enjoyable. |
| All of the poll options are true. |
| final 12 episodes were a slog to get through, the 2nd half wasn't nearly as engaging as before. mainly cuz near is so much worse than L and many of the stuff that happened went all over the place ending felt rushed and how the entire reveal of near just having the stuff to prove light is kira was poorly executed. that being said light and its themes have a good conclusion and the ending is the best part of this mess of a 2nd half |
cosmicoisrealApr 17, 2022 11:31 PM
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| Honestly, the studio kinda effed up. Mello got more screen-time in the manga, but a lot of his scenes were cut short or removed altogether because I guess the studio wanted the pacing to go a little faster. I'm still mad that they didn't adapt the first attempted siege on Mello's hideout and simply skipped past that subplot. Same applies to Sidoh. There were a few small scenes of his that weren't adapted, my favorite being him reading old shinigami scrolls in order to familiarize himself with some of the rules. And don't get me started on the final episode and how Light's death was changed, or how the studio skipped the last chapter of the manga even though it would've given the task force members and the SPK some closure. |
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