But of course, the police won't just stand there. They contact Ryusaki, or "L" if you prefer, the best detective in the world. The rest of the anime is all about mind fights between L and Light. Often, Light will have an advantage against Ryusaki, but you always have that feeling that he'll get the upper-hand soon.
The animation is really good, and the color palette really fits the show. All animation are fluid, and the characters have simple, yet very good designs
This is one of the things that makes Death Note so great, you don't follow the hero, you follow a killer with a god complex. At some point, you wonder ; "Are Light's actions really so evil ?" But then Light reminds you that he is, killing ANYONE that stand between him and his perfect world.
The other things that I liked, is that this show makes you feel so smart ! Light feels unstoppable, he looks more and more smart each time he reveals par of his plan, as you watch the police and "L" constantly getting outsmarted by him. Because of this, Death Note is an anime that can only be watched once, because it's entirely made of plot twists, and cliffhangers. ( In a good way ). You always want to come back the next week, because you know the next episode will be just as fantastic !
The music is okay, but there's not any notable tracks beside Low of Solipsism.
Each characters feel unique, wether it's the Light with his cold and psychopathic personality, who will use anyone to get to his goal, even if it means killing friends and family, or Ryuk, Light's companion, which happens to be a Shinigami drugged with apples or Matsuda, one one of the police investigator, cowardly at times, which also happens to be my favorite character.
This is why I give Death Note a 10/10, for how brilliantly made it's 25 five episodes are.
................. Ok, dammit ! I'll talk about it.
Sigh... The last twelve episodes.... How do I put it ? Take almost everything that made Death Note so great, and flip it around. There you got the "Near" arc. This arc introduce Near and Mello, two new detectives. Near and Mello are like the pre-alpha 0.112 version of Ryusaki. You don't have that constant feeling that Kira is going to lose anymore. All you do is wonder why they introduced those pointless, bland and completely uninteresting characters. This also leads to a completely BS ending, which made no sense at all. I said that nothing good came out of the law arc, but that isn't really true. Teru Mikami is a really cool character, it's a shame he didn't got more screen time though.
Because of this, I'll have to lower the my rating. However, I love acting as if this arc doesn't exist, so I'll only take away one point, and not 2-3 like I should do.
And so, I, Darknesser, will give Death Note my final rating of 9/10 and my recommendation
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to take a potato chip, AND EAT IT.
