A common reasoning is that people tend to favor to live in groups because it's in their advantage. Things like the law itself is absolute because humans themselves agreed to it, without it chaos would occur. Another reason to why people easily agree to the human societies is because the lack power to actually do as their will desire, which of course isn't a bad thing at all. A life only led by desires wouldn't last long. But that also ultimately translates into a state where acceptance is key and criticism is forgotten, but if power to make change is given action is usually taken.
Here is where my previous statements tie into Death note.
Light the main protagonist seems to be a fairly usual youth aside from his astonishing intellect that is until he comes across with the book which triggers the whole series, the Death Note. Light now has power to change, and power to utilize his weapon which before wasn't enough to drastically change the world around him. His second weapon which now truly blooms is his mind. Together with the new found lethal weapon he now posses he's ready to make change, to reform the world itself. All the walls which before were unbreakable are now ready to be caved in.
Even though this philosophical aspect truly is intriguing this alone isn't what makes death note great, aside from the philosophical standpoints the show also offers warfare through intellectual means. Light aims to purify the world with help of his cunning instead of brute force.
To create such a show is obviously no easy feat but the author at least in my eyes pulled it off. I've never experienced such a thrill in a show as i did when you get to follow Light and the antagonist L battle in a realm of intellect, it was truly remarkable. And it feels like the way the thought processes are showcased truly shines in an animated show like this and could never be used into normal film.
Even though I can never praise Death Note enough it obviously still has its flaws like any other show. A thing worth naming is the character development. This area is pretty much defined as a stalemate. The only character which truly develops is the protagonist himself while all the other as said before show no greater change. Another thing which is often noted as flawed with the series is that it doesn't hold the same standard throughout the series. It greatly diminishes in quality in the latter part of the series except the end which at least i found satisfactory.
But still I dearly value this show as my favorite of all time, I simply never found anything like it. And even if many tend to associate Death note with words like overrated or hyped I still find the show one of a kind and a masterpiece.
