Reviews

Death Note was literally a rollercoaster that had its railings removed midway and I fell to my literal death. This anime was so close to being one of my favorite ones but it didn't make it. For the first half of the anime, I was so dang hooked because of the Light VS L case with all the suspense as they battle with their wits and all these clever tricks and plot twists. The whole idea that Light was trying everything to cover up his identity from L who kept uncovering everything; THAT WAS THE VERY FUN PART. I loved the suspense I got to feel when Light killed Penber and Naomi, but that suspense was suddenly snatched away when L dies and from there, everything went downhill. Actually scratch that, I realized that the whole plot was very roundabout.

First, L's very existence was very important as he was very interesting and I really wanted to see his backstory and just dive deeper into his character, but then the story decided to cut his life short and he ends up being outsmarted by Light. The plot twist to that point was very thrilling, but it fades away after 2 new "L's" showed up----

Secondly, Near and Mello aren't interesting at all, I didn't really care about them and the suspense factor was already gone by the second half of the anime. They weren't as smart as L and their calculations aren't that shocking and you can pretty much predict it yourself. The rest of the other characters too weren't that amazing and were just added there for the sake of the story to move forward. Which brings to my third point.

Thirdly, Light's character during the second half no longer had flare and was no longer interesting. His goals as Kira were very shallow and just again, very roundabout. The entire second half was basically like the first half but without the spice of suspense. It was just so boring to have this back and forth guesses if Light is Kira, will Kira get caught, who outsmarts who, etc. The entire factor of the Shinigamis disappeared too. I missed the moments of Ryuk, who could've been pivotal, idk. The side characters too were just very boring and I just really wanted to end it, especially when I came to the end.

Lastly, I was very unsatisfied with how the whole thing ended. I hated that Light had to die since he could've avoided making all these holes in his plan you know? Throughout the show, he showed how smart he was, but in the second half, his intelligence kinda disappeared and he no longer showed me that he had more plans up his sleeve. He was a very interesting character, but his motives and actions in the show dulled over time and everything just felt rushed and repetitive (again).

HOWEVER, I could say that the OSTs in the show and the memes that came out from it were good, the animation was a 7/10 since at certain episodes, they looked funky lmao. Overall score, prolly a 7.5/10, I don't fully recommend, but watch it if you like I guess HAHAHAHA