[Anime] Death Note

So I just got into Death Note since chato's been sporting that av/sig for what seems like forever (thanks buddy).

I'm fucking addicted.

I'm only into volume 2 of the manga so far and I'm eager to purchase the other two that are available domestically right now. This and Battle Angel Last Order are the only manga I'm actually putting money down for. Makes me feel kinda sexy.

I can only imagine the manga gets better, but from what I've heard about the more recent chapters, the series loses it's touch? What do you guys think?

I've also already been spoiled about L, sadly. Fortunately I don't exactly know:

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How L dies and who kills him.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I'm on volume 3 of the manga right now and ...I can't believe how awesome this manga is.

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L showing up at Light's college was not expected at all. When I turned the page and he's shown sitting RIGHT behind him I actually said "Oshi-."

As for the movie trailer, I'm actually kinda pumped. Ryuk's brief appearance at the end was cool, but I hope they improve the CG for him. Other than that, as long as the acting is good and the story told well, I'll probably be satisfied with it.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Why are spoilers so damn tempting to click.

I must have spoiled myself on both chapter 107 and the infamous death in the series. Still, I like what I'm reading, even if I have a slight idea as to where it might be headed.

Chapter 60

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Just got here and I'm really digging the direction the series went. Mello and Near are interesting characters, even from the little we've seen. They're fitting replacements for L, even though I miss the weird son of a bitch deeply. I sort of agree with his death, though. I couldn't really see how much further his character could go on. That and his death further paints Raito/Light as a despicable villain. 'Cuz, like, he's the villain of the series.

Me love.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

It's from Fate/Stay Night, eriol.

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Shirou when he gets Archer's arm in one of the game's scenarios.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Souchirou dies? You sons of bitches!

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YOU BASTARDS!

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by chato

Ignorant Yagami Fanboys are spreading rumors about

Dont read unless you're Finished with the Manga

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Yagami beating Near in the 2nd arc and that it will be shown in the third movie or something.

Precisely... WROOOONG!

I dont think Ohba would let that kind of shit happen. But i did hear that Tatsuya Fujiwara is planning to be more dramatic and will change a few things with Yagami's personality. That being - heavy whining and crying lol

As expected from the actor that DID whine in ALL of his movies,tv shows.

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Make Yagami a whiny character? What, why? Part of his coolness is the fact that he's a heartless bastard under the delusion that he's assisting humanity. I don't want to sympathize with him, I want to hate him.

Misa better strip if that's the case.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

So long as Kenji can laugh like Ryuk, I'll be satisfied.

Temari = L. Weird, but Temari wears fishnets so I approve.

FELIPE NO

Animation looks nice. I like how I'm rereading the manga now, too. This fall's going to be a Death Note overload.

How ya doing, buddy?

Aren't most fansub groups just waiting for the movie to hit DVD? I think I'd rather download a high-quality rip than some poor camcorder deal.

By the way, wasn't the anime supposed to premier today (or am I mistaken)?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Roku

You're left with a cliffhanger - people around me were going "Huh? They ended like that?", so I think a sequel may be forth coming. I mean, the introduction of Misa was so short and seems pointless if there isn't a sequel.

Here ya go, I surprised myself by actually enjoying a movie adaptation of the manga - though the anime adaptation is better by far. Still, something good to go see on a Friday night...

Thanks for the update, man. Good to hear that despite changes and some questionable acting on Light's part, the movie is still enjoyable. As for the sequel, one's already been confirmed and it's set to debut in Japan very soon.

Trailer.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Ending spoilers for Death Note: The Last Name. This also suggests that there might not be a third movie.

AnimeSuki Source.

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The movie begins with where the first one left off, with Misa obtaining the second DN and meeting the second shinigami, Rem.

We are then shown the funeral of Light's girlfriend, whose death was staged by Light to make people sympathize with him.

Light is then brought to L's underground investigative HQ, where when playing a game of chess, L reveals he still suspects Light, despite all that's happened.

The movie then closely follows the manga in introducing the "second Kira". Misa sends a tape announcing that she wishes to meet Kira, and gives a demonstration of her powers by killing people live on TV. The difference this time is that all this happened while there was a anniversary party in front of the TV station, where Sayu, Light's sister was there as well.

After the commotion with Light's dad coming to the rescue and forcing the transmission to be terminated, Light came to pick up a devastated Sayu. Unbeknownst to him, Misa, who's a celebrity herself in the TV station, happens to see Light, and notices that she could not see Light's lifespan, she now knows he's the owner of the DN - Kira.

As in the manga, Misa pays Light a visit, gives Light her DN. She then visits Light at college, and bumps into L, where she figures out his name, but L had her captured at once. Rem erases Misa's memories of the DN and urges Light to rescue Misa.

In the manga, Rem, under Light's instruction, gives the DN to Higuchi, a greedy corporate executive. In the movie, Higuchi's role is taken over by Takada Kiyomi, a junior reporter who's resentful that she isn't the anchorwoman. (In the manga, Kiyomi was Light's classmate in college. )

Upon receiving the DN, she decides to do more coverage on Kira in a positive way, this allows her career to elevate. She also kills off the current anchorwoman who only got to her position by sleeping with the producer along the way to becoming the new anchorwoman. Yet by making this petty revenge and the increase in media coverages concerning Kira, both L and Light (who has temporarily lost his memory as he relinquishes control of the DN for now) are able to track her down very quickly.

Upon recovering the DN and its memories and killing off Kiyomi, Light asks Misa to recover the other DN which he has buried in a nearby forest, and asks her to begin killing criminals again.

This is where the ending deviates from the manga.

L suspects Misa right away, and has Watari bring Misa over. At the same time, he says he wanted to test the (fake) 13 day rule, and arranges for Light's dad to bring the DN they have with them to test it on death row prisoners.

After sending everyone else away, it's just L and Light left in the HQ. L says he knows Misa would bring her DN along as she has forgotten L's name and wouldn't want to miss this chance to write down his name this time.

Rem realizes Light is forcing her to save Misa. She disappears behind the wall and reluctantly begins to write down some names. Rem slowly disintegrates to dust, but before doing so, she destroys her own DN in a burst of blue flames as she did not want Light to obtain her DN. (Unlike in the manga, where Light retrieved her DN from her ashes. )

L collapses and goes into a spasm, he realizes Light is really Kira, but says it's too late and closes his eyes. Misa exits the elevator - while witnessing Watari dying of a heart attack - and meets Light, who declares that they have won.

Or have they?

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Misa gives Light her DN, and the first thing Light does is write down his father's name - to the shock of Misa. Light has his father hand over the DN to him before dying of a heart attack. He says sacrifices needs to be made if a new world is to be born.

Light's father returns on cue and carries the briefcase containing the DN. Light says how sorry he is and that he has always respected his dad, but says what he did is necessary for the world. Light's father remained silent, and opens the briefcase - to show there's nothing inside.

The rest of the investigative team appears and has Light at gunpoint while Misa is handcuffed. Light is baffled, only to be confronted by none other than......L, who is STILL well and alive.

After the first day when Misa has recovered her DN, L confirms the deaths of the criminals and has locked down Misa as his prime suspect. He secretly has Misa's DN exchanged for a fake one. L has the real DN with him.

How can he still be alive? There's a rule in the DN that says once a person's cause of death is written, it cannot be changed. So L decides to put his own life on the line and wrote his own name down (though the audience still could not see his real name), where he will "die peacefully 23 days from now". As he has already written his own death, what Rem wrote on her DN would not be applicable on L, and thus L is guaranteed to live for another 20 days. Though L is saddened that he could not protect Watari.

He convinces Light's dad to take part in this set-up, Light's dad was shocked at L's determination to go so far, and in the end agreed. Light's dad is saddened to see his son fall to such depths, and he has no choice but to have him arrested. Light tries to write some names on the DN paper inside his hidden watch compartment (I'd like to get my hands on such a watch), but is shot by Matsuda the marksman.

As a last resort, he urges Ryuk to kill everyone in return for showing Ryuk even more interesting stuff, but Ryuk isn't buying that, and writes Light's name down. Light writhes in pain as he dies in the arms of his father, who came rushing to him, while Misa was devastated, falling on the ground sobbing.

L says he would burn the remaining DN, much to the disappointment of Ryuk, who then goes home.

20 days later:

Interpol says they did not believe anything about the DN, and has decided that this matter has come to a close and they will leave it as that.

L sits alone in the HQ eating candy, Light's dad comes in and commends L for his sacrifice. He then salutes L and leaves. L then "dies peacefully", at his side is a photo of the late Watari.

One year later:

Yagami's mom and sister Sayu both lament at the death of Light one year ago. As it's snowing outside, Sayu, carrying an umbrella, goes to the station to pick her dad up. She says it's been a year since Kira "disappeared", and that the world has gone back to the way it's been. But she's not disappointed, as she believed that it was Kira that killed her brother, and that his death was not in vain as he had managed to bring Kira down before dying. Light's dad hopes that she would never know the truth.

The final scene shows Misa, who lost all her memories concerning the DN and thus could not be prosecuted, mourning for Light's death a year ago. She senses that she's missing something important, but could not remember what it was. The camera then pans outside the window on Tokyo Tower, where Ryuk is seen flying towards the audience, laughing away.

Personally liked the manga's ending more, but this should make all the haters and

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L lovers

happy.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I don't know. Considering the anime is sticking pretty closely to the manga, I'd rather it stay that way. For it to branch off and follow the ending provided in the second movie would, honestly, be disappointing and boring.

Manga

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I liked that Light remained in power for so long in the manga. I even liked the somewhat of a sudden ending the manga had. I do, however, think it would be pretty cool to have the anime end after L dies, but I wouldn't mind seeing Mello and Near.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Downloading the new OP and ED themes, because I'm a bastard.

I liked the new stuff. The OP's song wasn't really something I expected at all, but the editing was very fucking awesome. I have high hopes for the Devil May Cry anime now, seeing as how Madhouse apparently went all the fucking way with Death Note.

The 'lolling' Lights in the OP were awesome. I originally thought the vid was a fake, made by somebody from 2chan. Then I realized that the animation was too good for some amateur to have made for a cheap laugh.

Any news on the domestic DVDs? This, like the manga, is one of the few series' I'm interested in collecting in it's entirety, although I haven't been keeping up with the weekly episodes at all

I was speaking idiomatically.

Well, episode 25 featured the infamous and 'fan-controversial' scene from the manga. I checked it out even though I don't normally watch the anime (though I really should). I already knew the anime was very good, with damn-near OVA quality animation and more or less a faithful retelling of the original story, but I found myself once again impressed with the series' handling after watching 25.

We're presented with a short few scenes featuring Light and L, adding some more depth into the latter's character in particular. While these scenes never happened in the manga and could be considered 'filler,' they add a lot of emotion to the inevitable climax of what some people regard as the 'end of Death Note.' Maybe it's because I was unknowingly spoiled of this event long before I even bothered to read the manga, but I was far more affected by this 'chapter/episode' in animated form than I was when I read it.

That aside, the scene with L cleaning Light's foot (which was added for the anime) can draw religious parallels and in a way portrays L as a somewhat 'weak' in the sense that

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He appears to know that he's about to die and that Light will betray him, ala Jesus, who cleaned Judas' foot in a similar manner -- or so I'm told. It's sort of like L admits defeat.

But what many, including myself, will take from this scene is the fan-service. There's already an overabundance of that yaoi crap everywhere involving these two, so this scene almost seems shoved in that for that reason alone. Nevertheless, the 'big moment' is handled pretty well.

I seriously hope they keep 'swimming lessons' in the anime. That's bound to be even more epic than "JUST AS PLANNED."

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?