Comments on: The end of Death Note: a poison, creating wicked hearts

By: Jaime

Jaime — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:05:23 +0000

Pride leads before a downfall and thats the perfect saying for Light’s demise, he underestimated Near believing he could best him like he bested L. I loved watching Light beg for his life as Ryuk told him that it was time for his name to be written in the death note. Overall the series as my respect and adoration and L is one of my favorite characters of all time. The anime fell short of its manga counter part but as an avid anime/manga fan Im use to the anime failing where the manga succeeded.

By: bateszi

bateszi — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:16:02 +0000

@Jen: No matter what, Light could never succeed because he was corrupted by the power of the Death Note. His motives weren’t pure, he was simply bored and came up with Kira as a way of passing time. I mean, he wasn’t really interested in ‘bettering’ the world or anything like that, he was more into his mind-games with L. Anyway, you’re right to say that Light was fated to lose, because for all of his dramatic speeches, he was always a rather mean-spirited and arrogant piece of work with little to no empathy for anyone else, not even his father. A fascinating character, but not someone I’d like to see running the wolrd!

By: Jen

Jen — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:26:41 +0000

Even though I had followed Light in his Journey since the beginning and loved the story line…..I mean that in a way that the story line was more reality mixed with the unreal, but towards the end I couldn’t help but be turned off by Light especially since I thought he would keep his cool the whole time, not turn into a psycho. But out of all the things that happened I thought the end was very weak because wouldn’t someone who could come up with a fail safe plan anticipate that Near would have figured him out and in the end succeed anyway. I mean since day one Light had been thought of as one of the smartest, but in the end got over confident and ended up killing himself I mean I even saw that he was going to loose and I didn’t read the Manga series or see the movie and It became clear to me that Light was always meant to loose even before the series started….In the end the series could have been much better in my point of view…

By: bateszi

bateszi — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:53:33 +0000

@Johny: Interesting. I know a lot of people share your thoughts on the way the second half of Death Note develops, but I didn’t really have those issues. I do think the story slows down, but that seems to happen during the completely pointless Yotsuba arc. With Light being handcuffed to L and all these inferior villains turning up, it’s more like some cheesy sitcom than the tense psychological drama it started out as. In comparison to the Yotsuba arc, the likes of Near and Mellow weren’t bad at all.

By: Johny

Johny — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:16:38 +0000

Death Note felt really unbalanced. As much as I loved the series till the death of L – the pace, the story, the battle of the two geniuses – the second half with Near and Mello (both characters were completely unconvincing IMO) was a complete letdown. The story became repetitive, needlesly complicated and somewhat lacking logic. Everything seemed to be rushed towards the end. The scene of Light’s ultimate defeat was great though.

By: random

random — Tue, 20 May 2008 14:35:10 +0000

i loved death note Light ideal’s will not be forgotten (if you don’t agree with this..your name is prob in my death note)

By: Scarlet

Scarlet — Sun, 18 May 2008 13:42:00 +0000

I actually had a different view from your review to the ending scene.

Since the begining I’ve rooted for Light, because in all mental capability I’d do the same thing with the notebook.
He tried to change and sadly failed to do so, it wasn’t his “evil morality” or “twisted sense of justice” as it appears many say, in the end it was his childish behavior towards his Rivalry with L that lead to his demise. In my opinion Light was justified and it was Near’s obsessive desire to succeed L that lead him to capture Kira more than his sense of Justice.

and I have read the Manga, and I preferred the anime version to the ending much better.

By: silver_girl

silver_girl — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:15:00 +0000

I haven’t read the manga and I haven’t watched the movies but I did watch the anime and it was…well something to remember. I was happy to finally find an anime with a bad hero because I suppose I got sick with the good guys. I loved the first season but never really watched the second to the end-it just lost its charm. Anyway, what I wanted to say was that I will surely remember Death Note because it was something different and because it made me think about a lot of things. In some way, I can say, I respect Light because he fought for the perfect world he wanted….crazy, cruel, evil yes, sure but he did all he could and in some twisted way it made me think…

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By: bateszi

bateszi — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 18:46:15 +0000

@Foshi: Mello was fairly shafted. I think I expected more from his character, especially considering he dies off-screen! I suppose we’ll just have to agree to disagree on the point about the pace of the story – I actually preferred the pace of the second half to that of the Yotsuba arc. The first 10 episodes were brilliant though, and along with episode 25 and this final episode represent the high points.

@kauldron26: I’m not sure I’d describe Light’s (anime) death like that of a fallen hero. More like a lost sheep.

Also, by forcing us to feel empathy for Light in his final moments, the writers may well be asking us whether he, as a murder, deserves the death penalty – after all, if we’re demanding an "eye for an eye", aren’t we, in the end, just the same as Light – dealing out ultimate punishment in the name of the law. It’s interesting to think about it that way, I guess. We can’t demand death with one hand and deny it with the other.