Ok, so, Death Note. I put off watching this because of everyone talking about it and blah blah blah, but finally I got too curious because the concept sounded somehow interesting. The first episode and I was actually hooked. I couldn't stop watching...I wanted to see what would happen next and I ended up watching like, five episodes at a time for the next week. This was all the fun of a good old detective-versus-dark force crimeflick, from the dark force's perspective and the characters were actually interesting!
Unfortunately, this didn't end where it should have. L was easily the best and most interesting character, and with him out of the picture, the series was out of balance and didn't really have anywhere to go. I was not particularly satisfied with the ending, but that didn't diminish the series' appeal. It does, however, lower the overall ratings of what could have been a near-perfect series.
