Reviews

In my opinion, Death Note was an extremely good anime; I feel that the characters were developed very well and the story was easy to get a grasp of. While this itself makes for an engaging plot, what really makes Death Note one of the top series are the characters who cause an obstruction to Light's mission to rid all evil. Topping off the cast is the fan favorite L, whose character is just indescribable. A mysterious but somewhat successful genius, L is probably the only mind that could match the scheming Light. L was infact my favourite detective in the show. I loved everything about his character and the way it was developed. I loved his little habits and flaws that were shown throughout the show that shape him as an individual. The way that L and Light try to get around each others ideas is actually quite funny (not for comedy's sake, actually). This makes you take in every detail and anticipate the next move.
This is just within the first few episodes when the characters are introduced and we begin to get to know their true colours. The story line is simple so that anyone of any intelligence would be able to follow it, yet many people have a different perspective of the way that L tries to figure things out (I try to say this without spoiling anything). Additionally, this series offers something that not many other series do. There is no way that we could find out what happens if we used the Death Note ourselves. What if we had a Death Note? Would we use it?
Would the rules and the concept of it be any different?

This is the main reason why I like this anime. There are many ways that you can think about it in ways that we will never know whether we were right or wrong.

However, when I first began watching this anime, I didn't find the plot very complex (in ways, this could be seen as a good thing). Nevertheless, I saw it as very uninteresting to begin with because I felt that there was not much of a purpose to the plot, and I felt that it was going to be very predictable. I was wrong. The plot twists in Death Note are absolutely incredible, as well as the art and the development of the amazing characters is too.

I literally couldn't stop watching it when I got mid way into the series because I just wanted to know what was going to happen next. Hahaha!

I recommend this anime to absolutely anyone who can endure something a little more twisted and mysterious. I also agree that this anime could be classed as a little gory towards the end of the show, but anyone who can endure that I think will really enjoy this show.