Reviews

Death Note is one hell of a ride, its plot is original and very distinctive. I found myself genuinely committed to it from start to finish. This is a well rounded anime with very minuscule flaws. The plot goes a little like this, a boy genius, Light, stumbles upon a Death Note dropped by Ryuik, a god of death, Light finds an alternative meaning for his encounter with the notebook. Light is convinced he was chosen to receive the notebook and rid the world of evil. Light wanted to be the "God" of the criminal-free world he was creating. Light referred himself as Kira an obvious alias, Kira caught the attention of the world best detective L and thus the game begins. It becomes a game of wits and complex stratagem.

If you are a keen and inquisitive observer, notice how light changes throughout the anime. He is the epitome of innocence and is morphed into evil and condemnation. I personally found myself intrigued with Light's character, he isn't the hero protagonist at all,using people to get what he wants. I mean, he is going to be a god of his Utopian after all. Light failed to notice he was becoming the very thing he wanted to abolish.

Story:9
I loved the story so original and a different type of dark. I would have liked a it more romance, but that's just my opinion.

Art:10
I constantly find myself referring to how well done Death Note's art is. I love a more serious look with a darker hue, its perfect. And its ominous tone will be the final blow!

Sound:10
The sound makes or breaks some anime, but I liked its sad and poetic music and i cant forget to mention its starting credits song, especially season 2!!! I watched it dubbed, even though i haven't seen it subbed, i have no intention to. I loved the voice actors because they sold the characters, Death Note is one of the better dubbs.

Character: 8
This is the lowest score i gave in all the categories, because Death Note ONLY depth-end Light as a character in my view. Its subtleties satisfied my questions to a certain extent. Some might argue otherwise, but i stand with my opinion because we see Light under a spectrum of situations and we can identify with his feelings (hopefully not too much) and he became a whole and complete character, the whole anime is about Light and encompasses his journey of deception and sacrifice, so it would be foolish not to develop him more than other characters . L was eccentric to say the least, but his character development was just lukewarm to me, people often confuse character personality with character development with that being said L was just a good enough character, If you fell in love with L's character don't let your cloudy judgment factor with character development.

Overall:
I love dark and physiological genres. And Death Note was a very popular anime and was recommended to me multiple times, so i held it off because of my fear of not living up to its expectations. I completed the anime and I took more from it than i thought i would. To me its more than a journal of death or the view of an ideal world. Its about the corruption of mind, the obliviousness of unforgivable actions, the clouded and crazy mind,the delusions of saint-hood.You cant help but ask the question, What would i do if i had a Death Note?