Summary
Death Note is about an average high school kid with above average intelligence named Light Yagami. Light finds a book on the ground with the title ‘Death Note’ inscribed on it. The magical book has the power to kill anyone whose name is written in the book as long as that person’s face is being pictured in the mind of the writer as they jot down their victim’s name.
Light soon goes insane with his newfound power and starts to rid the world of all criminals. His ideology is that anyone who commits a crime shall die and that he shall be the God of his new world and supposedly peaceful world.
Light’s main antagonists are a team of Japanese detectives led by a super genius who goes simply by ‘L’.
Upsides
Death Note is filled with non-stop action in every episode. There are always deep, psychological battles happening as the detectives try to capture Light.
There is also a great blend of fantasy that is mixed into this anime with the involvement of a Shinigami that comes with the Death Note and it works out really well.
Another major pro to this anime is Light relationship with his father who his on the team of detectives bent on stopping Light.
Death Note is most certainly a major accomplishment in the anime genre and is definitely a masterpiece.
Downsides
As mentioned above Death Note is a masterpiece and therefore has very little if any flaws. If there is one flaw in Death Note it is that most of the action occurs in psychological battles rather than physical ones. However this shouldn’t turn anyone away as the psychological battles are as entertaining as any physical battle.
