[Anime] Death Note

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."

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Ah..thanks for that little religious reminder. I went making fun at it with a few friends for a while. So for the fangirls, congrats.

So now that we get 25 good episodes of the 1st arc. How can the 2nd season be only 11 or rather 10 episodes (episode 26 might be a filler)? Simple. Like Ohba didn't give two pieces of shit about the rest of the story, Madhouse won't either u.u.

I was speaking idiomatically.

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I was reminded of Jesus washing other's feet and was thinking of the possible significance of the scene... But the yaoi vibe of it overwhelmed any other ideas and all I could think about was the thousands of yaoi fangirls screaming in unison. Whatever significance it could have had it just felt like fanservice in the end.

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I'm going to miss L he was a interesting personality. I guess I'll keep watching to see Kira get his.

Everyone is saying it's impossible to fit the rest of the manga into 10 episodes while I don't know as I've not read the manga, but hearing that makes me uneasy about how the rest of the series is going to turn out.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

The show was only original scheduled for 37 episodes. They're going to add as many more as it takes to complete the manga. =/

As for the source of that, I forget, but I remember reading that weeks ago. Completing the manga won't be a problem; keeping up the interest might be.

FELIPE NO

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It's going to be especially hard to keep up interest now that we no longer have the intellectual battle between Light and L. At least that's the way I'm seeing it, especially after seeing episode 26. What a boring letdown. I haven't read the manga though or any spoilers so I don't know what awaits me.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

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Me too I miss L,also I'll miss battle between Light and L.I hope happen something on new next episodes.maybe L not die.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Ahh, I've only been DLing Animanda's subs, but they haven't gotten around to releasing anything past 23. Which of the remaining subbers are good? >_> I want to waaaaatch.

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Originally Posted by Freelance Wolf

Ahh, I've only been DLing Animanda's subs, but they haven't gotten around to releasing anything past 23. Which of the remaining subbers are good? >_> I want to waaaaatch.

I have episodes from Kuro-Hana. The latest one from them is 26. Quality seems fine to me, but sometimes they have a few typos.

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

Yeah thanks, Rydia. I never come here because I'm afraid I'd get spoiled in regards to the manga (I've only just started reading it).

Anyway, I saw eps 24-26 last night, and...

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Oh nooooes! RIP L :(
Now my avatar/sig can be a memorial :P

P.S. Any chance of that DS game coming out here?

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Just watched episode 26 couple nights ago; was surprised a whole 'nother arc is starting @_@.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Rydia

I have episodes from Kuro-Hana. The latest one from them is 26. Quality seems fine to me, but sometimes they have a few typos.

Or forget to put a line of dialogue in all together. This happened in episodes 21 and 25, but it's usually not a big deal. I use Kuro-Hana because they release faster than anyone else, usually early Wednesday.

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I hate the fact that L is dead, because he was by far my favorite character. Although I've never read the manga, I was informed of his fate beforehand. Still, his end was portrayed in such a pathetic way...he looked so submissive. This next arc better be damn good. >_<

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

At least now I can see why Summonmaster likes this other guy, but I dunno. The new arc doesn't seem to be as interesting as the first arc. I've heard people say that there's a point in the story that ruins it all. I wonder if this part is it >_>

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by Freelance Wolf

Ahh, I've only been DLing Animanda's subs, but they haven't gotten around to releasing anything past 23. Which of the remaining subbers are good? >_> I want to waaaaatch.

I'm sticking with Animanda since they provide a quality translation on par with Live-Evil; kuro-hana is FAST (They release a sub the same day the raw becomes available..) but the translation is really messed up, typos and all. If it helps, Animanda released both episodes 24 and 25 today.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Yeah, I saw that earlier, and it sucks 'cause just the other day I DLed kuro-hana's subs to catch up. Booo... >_>

The live-action movie's ending is nothing like the anime ending. *whew*

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http://www.veoh.com/videos/v377828feQdRs9N

Funny change of subtitles. The only part I didn't like was the text bubbles. Everything else sounded very similar to Yagami Light. This video may be hard to understand if you actually speak Japanese very well.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by DarkLink2135

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It's going to be especially hard to keep up interest now that we no longer have the intellectual battle between Light and L. At least that's the way I'm seeing it, especially after seeing episode 26. What a boring letdown. I haven't read the manga though or any spoilers so I don't know what awaits me.

Yeah, this is basically what I'm having trouble with. L is supposed to be the world's greatest investigator,

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so its going to be hard to make anyone just appear and be smarter than he is. That said, it blew be away that they actually killed L. I haven't read the manga so I wasn't expecting that to happen at all and that it would be one of those turnabouts where L suckered Light into being unable to kill him. So in a way I'm actually impressed they bumped him off.

If the show go's downhill from here I'll just delete all the other episodes and keep up to 25. Hell, its a compelling show with just those 25 and no further.

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

I haven't read it, but I predicted this "event" would eventually happen. The show is ultimately about Kira, and it promotes an idea that at the core, if we allow our morals to truly surface with no repurcussions, we are ultimately evil beings. I think at a deeper level the story is trying to say that we are all Kiras, or that we could all become Kiras.

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That said, L needed to die for the show to progress. Kira ultimately needs to win in creating his "perfect world." It would have been a lame ending for Light to just get captured and executed. The two narrowed into eachother far too quickly for the result to be anything other than L losing. I'm glad though, that it was something beyond L's control, rather than just him slipping up. He's the world's greatest investigator, after all. I don't know what the rest of the story will deal with, but I'm expecting it to be something dealing with how Kira is going to rise to power without anyone stopping him en masse. There's still a lot of potential for very cool episodes, but it's going to be hard to appeal to an audience that was originally hooked on a thrilling intellectual battle.

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http://www.veoh.com/videos/v377828feQdRs9N

Funny change of subtitles. The only part I didn't like was the text bubbles. Everything else sounded very similar to Yagami Light. This video may be hard to understand if you actually speak Japanese very well.

I thought it was mildly entertaining despite the fact that I can understand the actual spoken dialouge as well. The consistent "way off, but close enough" nature of the subtitles made it quite funny at times. Good find.

On a side note(movie AND anime spoilers within):

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I was actually glad that L died. I haven`t read the manga, but I had seen the movie, and watching them both die in it was a major disappointment for me. Low level scripting, imo. Like they couldn`t decide who should win and took the easy way out by killing them both off. Better then to let only one of them win.

I was speaking idiomatically.

I can already expect half of the people might dislike the second arc no matter what happens since it seems most people are already having bad expectations of it.

Although, it is interesting how they plan to complete the entire second arc in 10 episodes. In the manga, the first arc was only a few chapters longer than the second. In other word, they were about the same length. This arc starts at episode 26 (near the end), which would make it less than half as long as the first arc. Because of this, I'm expecting good things from it. Whether it will be as good as the first arc, I do not know. Because it's only 10 episodes, I doubt it, but because it's 10 episodes, I don't think it will be a dissapointment.

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It seems the end of that episode would half also satisfied some people as the end of the series. The way they ended it seemed like a series finale, only with a more darker tone since all questions were answered. Episode 26 could also been an "aftermath" or something showing the small detail on how Light got his new position, but #25 seemed to have a nice ending. I really hope this second arc doesn't dissapoint me, even though I didn't think too harshly of it in the manga.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I pretty much makes alot of sense though. I don't think it'd be hard cramming 3-4 chapters in one episode.

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From what I remember in the second arc, there was lots of action but almost every character (including Yagami) kept running there damn mouths about the same shit. That would also lead to a few flashbacks and meaningless mind thinking. It could be done. However, I can't say that the results will change anything for the fans that really hated the 2nd arc. Unless Madhouse/Ohba changed something in the story.

EDIT: For those who care to know :

Near - Noriko HIDAKA. She did a nice job as kikyo from Inuyasha. Im not all familiar with the others. (TAKE THAT PAKU ROMI FANS!)

Mello - Nozomu SASAKI . Anyone who is familiar with the voice of Tetsuo Shima and K9999 should've noticed it from the beginning ^^. I say it's a perfect fit.

With the start of the 2nd arc, the music changed up alot (with a few familiar and wise choice of tracks). Sounds so damn good that I might even enjoy this more than the manga version. Animation improved more.Looks to me that they're going all out. You can also see how much Sayu has matured O.o.

FELIPE NO

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From what I've seen of episode 27 (only halfway through) the second arc looks to be just as or even more amazing than the first.

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HOLY FREAKING SHIT. Kira has to combat yet another L, and a version of himself? This will be insanely interesting. I take back what I've said before about my expectations.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

After watching episode 29, I don't exactly know what is going on with the plot since everything they seem to be doing seems a bit random.

I just hope that the future episodes will be able to finish off everything in time before the end of the series (37 episodes if I'm not mistaken).

Jam it back in, in the dark.

They are cramming things in this arc. The first arc usually had 2-3 chapters per episode. Episode 29 had 9, and the ones before that at usually at least 4. They skipped a lot of things in episode 29, mainly the new shinigami was suppose to have more action along with a person in Mello's gang doing the eye deal.

At this rate, I can understand if they make it to 37 episodes, I just hope they can keep things simple and allow great tension for the end of the series.

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Originally Posted by Sacred X

They are cramming things in this arc. The first arc usually had 2-3 chapters per episode. Episode 29 had 9, and the ones before that at usually at least 4. They skipped a lot of things in episode 29, mainly the new shinigami was suppose to have more action along with a person in Mello's gang doing the eye deal.

At this rate, I can understand if they make it to 37 episodes, I just hope they can keep things simple and allow great tension for the end of the series.

Yeah, I hear you there. Actually, I didn't feel that this arc was being rushed until episode 29. Having all that content in one episode was crazy. I never cared when certain things were filtered out before (such as deep thinking, boring conversations, etc.), but some really important stuff was left out, most importantly being

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Mello's dealings with the U.S. president. I mean, in episode 30, there's a new president out of nowhere that's never explained! >_<

Even still, I'm enjoying how this new arc is panning out. Episode 30 was good, and didn't feel as rushed as 29. I think at this rate, they'll definitely be able to finish the series in 37 episodes. I just hope it's as enjoyable as the first arc was.

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

I just saw episode 30, and they made some changes to it compared to the manga.

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Originally Posted by designchronicle.com

Speaking of which, the writers have simplified the story in such a way that the story doesn't actually give details of Hal's complex entanglement with Mello or Mogi's involvement with the SPK while the mob tries to enter the building. I wonder how this will factor into the story later on since the plot kind of relies on both Mogi and Aizawa getting embroiled with the SPK later on in the story.

Hal was supposed to have already known Mello beforehand as well as leaking him some information. Also as explained in the quote, Mogi and Aizawa have not really had contact with the SPK in the anime yet.

These modifications aren't too bad, but it could have made things more interesting. I realized the next episode should involve Teru. I wonder if they will dedicate a large portion of episode time to reflect on his past like they did in the Manga.

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