Reviews

Where do I begin with Death Note? I loved the manga (for the most part). The series was a brilliantly thought out game of cat and mouse with dark undertones. It was like watching/reading a twisted mental chess game between L and Light. Oh...L and Light. As a girl who loves Death Note, most people would assume I'd go all girly over the fanservice given in the anime series. The scene on the roof in the rain where Light seems all concerned for L's health and even helps him dry off on the staircase...I wanted to puke. It was despicable.
Also despicable was the change in the very end of the series.

SPOILERS AHEAD*

Manga: Light dies like a worm begging for his life until the very end.
Anime: Light dies beautifully on a staircase in the warm sun, having barely begged Ryuk to save him.

It was awful! I sadistically laughed in the end of the manga when I saw our hero-turned-villian turn into a whiny little baby and then die, broken and betrayed by Ryuk. I didn't fully hate the anime, other than these two points it followed the manga as well as it could. Nonetheless, I wouldn't watch it again.