The main character, Light Yagami, a stellar high school student, comes across a notebook called the 'Death Note' dropped by a shinigami named Ryuk. The whole story is of Light's image of creating a world cleansed of all evil using this notebook, and the detective L's attempts to prevent him from doing so. Because after all, is it just and is it right to kill other people who are labelled as 'evil' in order to create a 'non-evil' world? And surely the person doing so is 'evil' themselves?
Dealing with the illogical and slightly dark side of morals and ethics, Death Note is a fast-paced story that will have you puzzled at times, and having to rewatch episode after episode just to understand what is happening. But I guarantee you will enjoy every minute of it.
The music, composed by Yoshihisa Hirano and Hideki Taniuchi, is perfectly matched to this anime. I adore L's theme part B, having bought the soundtrack myself. Beautifully done and fits brilliantly with the anime.
I'd recommend this anime to anyone who wishes to watch a cult-classic of animes, which sets the bar for all others. Towards the end, the plot does seem to spin out of control, but I gave this a 10 on the sheer brilliance of the beginning half of the episodes.
