Reviews

death note is a show that is often compared to a game of cat and mouse, except you never know who is the cat or mouse at any one time which leads to a rather gripping show and honestly would be worth scores of 9 or 10... however, there is on MASSIVE problem that many fans simply overlook or maybe they are just blinded by episodes 1-25 because after that the show, which is standing proudly on the peak of anime greatness, comes crashing down into the abyss. this is the problem i have with people giving this show 9 and 10 because episodes 26-37 are just torture, no spoilers but they really ruin things in episode 25. because of these 12 episodes iv awarded a score of 7/10 for the story because 1-25 is AMAZING but this review includes those cursed 12 episodes so.... tough.

the animation is nothing spectacular, it what i would call average honestly however this show dose not require impressive visuals so this isn't really important. no complaints from me really so i give it a score of 7/10

the sound is one of the high points of the anime, i LOVE the first into. its amazing, there are some other tracks scattered throughout the anime which were not bad ether. id recommend dub over sub however be ready to pull your hair out whenever misa misa is around. 8/10

oh the characters... how i am torn on this one. we will start with the good: L is one of my favorite characters of all time, he's on my top 10 list on my profile, he is amazing ... saying anymore will release a bubble of rage from inside me for spoiler filled reasons so we wont go into that here.
Ryuk is an awesome addition and helps make light bearable for a while and even manages to make him a good interesting character at the start till he lost it.
rem is kind of interesting however NOTHING can make misa bearable, trust me.
ok now we are going to start with the bad:
light is one of the most unlikable, psychotic and delusional main protagonists iv ever seen. he has the ability to make some situation dull with his constantly frowning face and average appearance. his personality is non existent all that left is a unlikable psychopath with genius level intelligence which is his only saving grace. i think my opinion is a very rare one so you may want to judge him for yourself.
misa is unbearable, dumb, blind and infuriating she is probably in my top 5 most hated characters of all time list. cant stand her.
nate and mihael are trying to fill a gap they couldn't hope to fill in a million years and nate only really does anything HUGE via luck!!! they are just bad.
with all this in mind i give it a 6/10 because there are a lot of character i didn't mention and they were all ether good or ok.

like i said at the start episodes 1-25 were superb!!! light was a good interesting protagonist until episode 26 were he becomes unbearable as well as the introductions of nate and mihael who are just bad. but episodes 1-25 are so good that i grant it an overall score of 7/10 and a recommendation to ONLY watch episodes 1-25 otherwise you will be cursed with the same anger as i am cursed with.