Ofcourse, It's an masterpiece. It's thrilling, little sppoky. but amazing story. its just take two episode two get addicted to this anime. There is a huge twist too. which is nice but also somehow upsetting. you will see. Truthfully i would have given it 9/10. But how amazing the show is, and even if after the twist it was lil boring(gotta admit) but the ending was good. so i guss death note deserves the praise. and the sound effect ad everything just.....AMAZING.
It was one of my first anime. First episode creeped me out and i kind of over reacted saying how creepy this is, its all about death and dark psychotic stuff. so after first episode i didnt watch it. but after getting hang of anime, and meeting new anime fans and everyone suggested this anime. i thought lets give it a second try. And in second episode i understood , its going to be interesting. and i loved it.