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ローゼンメイデン 
Well, that was a little bit disappointing. For some reason the animators felt that they must diverge a little bit from the manga ending. I just think the manga ending is a perfect fit and ties in with a lot of the early plot threads from the series. However, the ending in this version basically watered down that strong ending right down to a very powerful and creepy epilogue. Instead of showing those, the writers decided to show montage of the characters running around the wharf. Oh well, whether I like it or not, this is the ending. Overall the adaptation was okay but could have been better. I think the unnecessary meddling of the anime writers actually made the series a lot worse than it should have been.
As the countdown reaches 40 seconds, Light declares his winning over Near. Much to his shock, however, Near and the others are still alive after 40 seconds have passed. Mikami is confused and asks Light why it doesn't work even though he's done things that Light ordered him to do. As soon as Mikami said this, Near orders Lester and Giovanni to capture Mikami and confiscate the notebook. Near then shows everyone that their names are written in the notebook. The only exception to this is Light's name. Light completely loses it and tells everyone that this is a trap that Near devised to make him confess. LOL. Near points out that it's likely that they don't die because there's a trick with the book. Light tries to convince himself that the book that Mikami brings with him is the real one. Light who feels trapped decides to declare that he doesn't know Mikami. Aizawa, however, tells him it's too late because Light already said that the victory is his.
Light becomes panic and tries to escape arrest. He, however, stops on his track when Near tells him that he's lost. Near then reveals that he's aware that Light told Mikami to make a fake notebook. However, when Near wrote a name in the fake notebook, the person didn't die. So Near found out that the notebook was fake and decided to move accordingly. His plan was to trick Light so that he ordered Mikami to bring over the real notebook to kill them. What Light doesn't know is that Light has altered both the fake and the real one. Near then pulls out the real Death Note out of his shirt. He explains that Giovanni made the fake notebook using the same pen that Mikami used and even mimic his handwriting. Near also reveals that because he has the notebook, he's been able to see Ryuk right from the time they meet in the warehouse. Light is shocked to hear this and even more so when Ryuk confirms that you can kill people just by using the ripped pages from the book.
Despite the fact, Light finds it hard to believe that Near managed to get his hand on the real one. Near, on the other hand, attributes his success in trapping Light due to Mello. He then points out at the fake notebook because although it's just a fake, it repeats the same information that was in the original notebook. Written on top of a page is Takada Kiyomi's name. Although the day is the same, the time of the death has been set up to happen 1 minute after Light killed Takada. Mikami is shocked to realise that Light had done the same thing that he did. Light, on the other hand, is angry because Mikami did the judgement even though he told the guy not to do it. Giovanni then explains that Mikami normally goes to a bank on the 25th to get the note. However, he went to the bank on the 26th after he heard news of Takada's abduction. Mikami basically did what he think he must do as Light's avatar so he picked up the real note from the safe.
The SPKs managed to obtain the real notebook from the safe without much difficulty. This lead Near to realise that Mikami probably sent pages of the Death Note to Takada so she can do the judgements. Near believes that Light tried to kill Takada with a piece of paper from the notebook. However, Light didn't count on the possibility that Mikami would write her name as well. Near thanks Mello for his help in the case. Ridner believes that Mello probably already knew that this would happen. When Ridner informed Mello that Near is going to confront Kira, Mello warned her that Near will make Light write her name in the notebook. Near thinks that Mello already guessed that they were going to alter the notebook and the notebook that they were going to alter was fake. Near also points out that although he lacks Mello's initiative and Mello's lack patience, the two of them can surpass L. Feeling that his cover is blown over, Light laughs like a madman.
Light then admits that he is Kira but tries to point out that although capturing Kira might be an act of justice back then, these days it's considered a crime. Light then goes on and on about how the world needs to change and how Kira makes this possible. He claims that he's not just Kira but also the God of the new world. In response, Near tells Light that he's just a murderer and the notebook is the worst murder weapon in history. A normal person would have been horrified at what they can do using the book. Near can also understand someone using the book for their own personal gain. Light, on the other hand, thinks he can become a God so Near consider him as a crazy mass murderer. When Light tries to argue that he's justice, Near asks him what is right and wrong. Even if there is God, Near feels that he's capable of deciding what is right or wrong on his own. Therefore, calling oneself a God and killing people indiscriminately is evil in his book.
Light, realising that Near won't listen to his reasoning, tries to write the boy's name into Death Note. Matsuda, however, is faster and manages to shoot Light's hand. Light becomes angry and calls Matsuda names while Matsuda is angry that all of these times Light has been the one who caused all of the suffering. Light, however, refuses to give up and tries to write Near's name using his blood. Matsuda reacts quickly and shoots Light multiple times. Matsuda almost loses it and wants to kill Light but thankfully his co-worker manage to restrain him. While doing so, however, Mikami kills himself with a pen, providing the distraction that Light needs to escape from the warehouse. Lester wants to give a chase but Near assures them that it's over since they've got the Death Note. Meanwhile, Light continues to run along the wharf while the Japanese police looks for them. Unknown to Light, Ryuk has been watching from the roof and decides to write his name. The series end with Light dying inside another warehouse while Misa was last seen about to jump from a rooftop.
Impression:
I still remember how satisfied I felt when I first read the manga and saw what Near said to Light in response to Light declaring himself as a God of the new world. Near's simple "No, you're just a murderer" was the perfect response needed to bring Light back to reality. It felt satisfying to see Light in his most humiliating moments during the last few minutes of his life. I realized that for Light fans this is not the most pleasant thing to see but if you see it from the storyline perspective, it's karma waiting to happen. Light has always seen himself as the 'God' of the new world, oblivious to the fact that his power is not even his in the first place. Near made the right decision to not kill Light but to expose his cover as a fake God. It was poetic justice to see Light being shot by Matsuda, of all people, and not being able to save himself. Seeing Mikami rejected him as his 'God' and called him trash was also perfect.
This is why I'm disappointed with this ending. So many of the strong and powerful moments from the finale were cut off from this episode. For example, I think the worst moment for Light must be the part where he just trash around on the ground with no salvation in sight. The word "pathetic" came to my mind when I saw that scene. To add insult to the injury, Ryuk refuses to help him and instead write his name on the Death Note, proving once and for all that Light is powerless without the notebook. It all climaxed with him feeling the taste of what it's like to be the victim of Death Note. He died miserable, lonely, bitter, and as I said before, in pathetic manner. I think the only good thing about his fate is that he's not going to Hell for his crimes. The ending also proves that a world ruled by fear would not eliminate crime for good. It's up to each individual to decide if they want to live a life full of crime or a life without one.
Anyway, this adaptation also substitute the epilogue showing Misa and (thanks, guys!!) a bunch of Kira cult member gathering in the mountain. I think that final scene in the manga was eerie because it shows that a good amount of Kira's followers are still out there, carrying with them the false ideal that Kira had taught them. In this episode, however, we only see Light dying slowly while the ghost of L hovers over him. Having said that, I think the anime is okay. I think Madhouse writers used too much liberty in cutting/changing the storyline. The weakest plot is probably the early half of Near/Mello's story. So much information/story were cut off from that section. Anyway, thank you for participating in the discussions all of these times. Part of the enjoyment in blogging this series is the interesting discussion that often arise out of each episode. I haven't made decision on what I'll cover for Summer series but I'll start looking over the list soon.
Death Note: FIN
what a pathetic ending... loved the blood and action though
I thought that Mikami kills himself with his pen, not a knife.
Anyway, while I prefer the manga ending, in which Matsuda describes his theory as to why Mikami overlooked checking the Death Note before the warehouse meeting, as well as Near as L and Roger as Watari, this ending was suitable as well. It certainly painted Light as perhaps a little more sympathetic, which can be good or bad depending on how you feel about it.
Madhouse made some missteps here and there, but it's overall not such a bad production.
AWESOME!!
Actually, the woman who appeared in the end of the manga is not Misa. If you look at her carefully, you will notice that her face and hair are completely different.
This has also been confirmed in the last volume 13 -- "Death Note - How to Read".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Death_Note_characters#Misa_Amane
The ending was bitter sweet I like that they changed the endng like most animes based on finished mangas are but despite less powerful momentos I like how light escaped after mikamis death and seeing his old self and him running while the others later tried to find him was good additions to see what they did after awhile when near said not to follow him . ryuk righting the name was still had a impact but with no face to face conflict it felt different but ryuks sence was still powerful but in a different way . When the music and credits started rolling it felt werid because the music was somber and didnt fell intense . The ending showed light die in a patheic way like in the manga but die in a somber way . The additions and changes will be varied by many some people will like the inclusion of L like I did and the part where misa died a year eariler (assumed falling ) The manga ending did not have misa in HTR 13 it says in an interview and profile she died a year later . This ending might please certain number of different fans L fans , Light fans . He didnt seem to suffer from the heart attack like his victims did . Also at the end of the episode like all the episodes it had a special word from the voice actors (not on the fansubs but if you have a raw with no commerical cuts ) that there will be a DN special airing this summer look forward to it I dont know the date. This ending is not powerful in the way of the ending but somber and I liked it but there is an issue with light that you can feel sorry for him unlike the manga when he seemed crazy till the end . I do miss the huge confrontation between light and ryuk , Ryuk seemed to deserve more but didnt which I feel is when I prefer the mangas way they should have at least ryuk saying all that stuff in front of light it would have made a bigger impact on the ending and better and prominent role in lights undoing . Chapter 108 wasnt adapted maybe the special will show this . I like to say this site is great . I wish itd have more updates recently but I still like it. Also thanks to people who took the interest and time to watch this series. If you liked this series try xxxholic which is also great and all fans note the death note in my opinon is the best anime aired this anime fall season 2006/2007
Also I fell somewhat afraid to post this comment is shinigami watching over me I wonder and it freaks me out
Deathnote is, no questions asked, my favorite series of all time! You are right about the manga ending being better, but the anime was good too. I like how Ryuk ended up killing Light though. I'm also glad Matsuda was finally able to stand up to Light. WOOT! Go Matsuda! This was a great summary and I hope you make others. ^-^
Yeah... we were all hoping to see Light writhing on the floor in the puddles as if he was swimming.... well, they strayed away from what the OP and ED gives, but oh well.
Otherwise, the series is great as a whole! I just wrote a 6 kb review on it at a popular anime review site. I don't really care for the philosophies because everyone has probably discussed them to death anyways. I was just disappointed at not seeing Light getting a pathetic death...
They cut the epilogue?
Bah. I've always thought that to be the most ironic part of the ending. Light became a god...his followers' pilgrimage even looked pious...but the dying figure of this god and the one the followers saw, and whose return/help the followers seemed to be praying for contrast wildly. So he became a God, but it's not 'him' as we know it that was.
I'm a little miffed that the anime didn't wrap up that particular point. :/
I agree that too many things that were in the original manga were cut out of the anime...
But hey, they didn't royally screw it up, so I'm okay with the ending.
Yea I also did not like the ending...I think seeing Light suffer and beg was wat we all wanted and thats what made the ending in the manga so awesome...n hey man I read somewhere that the girl at the end of the manga is not Misa but a follower...Misa is said to commit suicice after Light death.
The only thing I liked about the anime ending was the running scene. I think it might have been a homage to the final scene in The 400 Blows. Other than that, I was pretty disappointed. Mikami's death was RIDICULOUS. Cutting out the epilogue was just a terrible decision.
By the way, the girl at the end is not actually Misa -- Ohba and Obata confirmed this in How to Read 13. The girl is an anonymous Kira follower and Misa committed suicide some time after she was told Light had died "capturing Kira".
Hooray for one of the WORST (if not the absolute worst) ending of any anime or Manga series in the history of mankind. This sad pathetic excuse for last episode (or last Manga chapter for that matter) was so ridiculous, so childish, so politically corrected, so stupid and so fucking goddamn bullshit that made me hate myself for being a fan of this series. Who the hell and why the hell does the author kill the leading character of his Manga?
You know what, I don’t even want to start writing about this shity ending. It sucked hairy wet ass thru a straw. End of the story.
About time karma begins to take action against that crazy lunatic (Light). Serves him right for all the countless lives he's destroyed. I've never read the manga, but I wonder how the ending would have been if they just kept the original ending. Well, at least the show ended ok, not great, but fine enough for me since I'm not much of a DN fan since I do not enjoy watching sadistic minds at work.
Lol, your troll fu is weak.
Death Note Special will be aired in summer.
I've been following your blogging of Death Note for a long time and finally decided to post =D I agree with what you said completely, about the ending being more powerful in the manga.
The anime ending was poignant and all, but I personally prefer the manga ending. I dont know, I thougt it was more....fitting? For Light.
In the anime, it's as if they're making him seem more innocent. I liked how they played out that scene and all, but I think manga Light begging for his life put more of an impact on you. In the anime it was just. Ok, he died. Thats it.
Reading the manga's ending gave me chills the first time.
But Mello get his little time(it was so much shorter in the anime though), Matsuda shot Light, and Ryuk wrote his name in the Death Note.
Mikami doesn't kill himself with a knife or a pen, he stabs himself with....A PENCIL!
Yep, and for some reason, it caused him to explode with blood,.
Good job, Garten!
o, can you tell more about the Death Note Special airing in summer? (It's already summer! when?)
also, at the end of the credits, (I watched fansub), it is written "After the CM, DEATH NOTE something... " (it was cut off, so I can't read it). Can someone tell what was that about? Thanks!!
sorry for the double comment,
but i just have to say this
Watching the first episode, with good animation, we saw how anime can show us how "writing" can be cool...
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/6792/penmanin3.jpg
lol..
but when Mikami appears, all that exxageration when he writes in the notebook made me laugh out louder than when watching all the misa antics combined...
lol.. he just jumped around like a monkey, or a final fantasy character attacking the enemy shouting sakujou! sakujou! where in the world do you find ppl writing like that
well, anyway, that was my funniest memory of the DN anime~~
I skipped episodes ahead just to see the ending and what do I get? An Emo remix!
It's because of the manga ending that I've somewhat forgiven Ohba & Obata for scratching off L (not because I'm a fan of L, but because they jumped the shark and scrapped a well rounded character, then replaced him with a doppelgänger).
Well, at least your screencap comments are as amusing as ever. I was looking forward to laughing at Light's pathetic swimming, but your comments make up for that.
Yes, this ending is a little disapponinting. Further consequences aren't shown, and the fact they made Light seem more sympathetic to the audience, is a good attempt to gather all kind of followers, but it feels kind of improbable Near would let him go just like that. But I guess the best thing this ending could have, is that the crazy we saw on the manga that feels much more abrupt, doesn't appear here, so if he's a murderer, or not doesn't matter, good is who wins, and here we're given the chance to take our own resolution, not being forced to watch that Light is a very evil murderer and his craziness is prove of that, of course it may have disliked some, but I think it feels more real, jugdging by his behaviour through 37 ep's.
Anyway, yes it really lost force in some moments, but being compensated by others doesn't make it feel so bad. Anyway, good animation, and a pity they didn't give any epilogue.
Excelent blog, and finally another series finished. This blog is always a good reference to other animes.
As for attempting to draw sympathy for Light in this ending, I can't say it works well for me. Sure there was a fraction of sadness - even that kept his associates from putting a hole in his head.
But from chapter one the guy thought himself above people - justice was just an excuse he's given himself to use the notebook. Even if he didn't realise it at first.
If he purely intended to spread justice, he could have done so more discreetly and not minded L's (or mock-L) comments on him being evil. All he had to do was simply brush it off and continue doing what he was doing and none would be the wiser about who he is and how he does it.
And yet, he proved it himself it more has to do with ego than justice.
my opinion after read the manga end and the end of this anime
even Light was so evil i hope he just realized what he did and burn the death note "i think Light personality can't be like that because he's already think that he is god"
when i know the ending that at the end Light died plus Ryuk who write his name into death note @_@ "very shocked"
to tell the truth when Kira followers gone into a hill and place candle at there "i cried i don't know why ^_^;"
i recommend you summer anime "Baccano"
If Raito never went public with his killings and called himself "Kira," none of this would have happened, and he would be like a god right now, sitting on his "thrown" at home and killing people without disruption.
I agree with many of the posters here, the manga ending was much better. This anime was very well adapted, but why did they have to screw up the ending? I was so much looking forward to seeing Light on the floor, alone, rejected, realizing his own patheticness, and dying like a dog. Instead, he was given a more dignified death that he definitely didn't deserve.
having seen both the manga and anime endings, I think I can say I like them both. They both put a different spin on wha could/might have happened at the end and both are possible. I mean, say in the manga Light had a chance to escape-I think he would have run away. And in the anime if mikami hadn't stabbed himself then yes, Light would've started rolling around, begging.
There are high points of both the manga and anime endings. For one, I loved the scene in the anime where Light runs past his former self by the wharf. Then in the manga, I just like the way Ryukku writes Light's name in front of everyone. Both good. Overall, great ending to the best story I've ever seen.
oh, and to those angry about the lack of a prolouge in Death Note...it's not over yet:
http://www.animeonline.com/index.php?page=news_details&action=details&id=102438
the only reason i watched this anime was because of the music. I read all the anime blogs i come across and no one, I MEAN NO ONE! ever comments on the background or foreground music. Now this show's muysic was spectacular. Especially durin this last episode. It gave it a proper tone and kept it going. I reccomend buying the 3rd DN ost, as well as the first two. Great reviews as well by the way!
Um Mikami stabbed himself with his pen, not a knife.
I got confused when it stood that when all humans die the become nothingness.
Previously they clearly stated that if you use the death note you cant go to heaven or hell.
Do you mind if I use your comments section to ask another stupid question? Something else that's been bugging me...
How did Kiyomi Takada know Mello's real name? Well, Light told her, but how did he find out? I thought that Light was upset because Souichiro died before he could say Mello's real name. So how did Light find out that name and pass it on to Takada? And if Light *knew* Mello's name, why didn't he just kill him earlier?
Also, seconding the question that Richard asked.
Richard: Well, that's what that means, doesn't it? It's a trick rule, basically. Death Note users can't go to heaven or hell ... just like everyone else. "Death is equal." They left this part out of the anime, I think, but this is what Ryuk told Light when they first met, as revealed in a flashback in the final chapter of the manga.
@Audery: I agree with you. Light could've continued the killings in secret, without having to hunt down L. But he has a God-complex, and the fact that L openly defied him really enraged him. Light really is a proud, egotistic man. And I love him for it. :D
I think that the manga ending is more suitable than the anime ending. As much as I hate to admit it, since I really love Light, he did get what he deserved. Grovelling and pathetically begging for his life, then, ironically, only to be killed by his own weapon was true justice.
However, it was rather interesting to see the altered ending in the anime. Light's running scene really was beautiful and made my heart ache. :( What would life have been like for him if he hadn't come across the Death Note? It made me sad to think about how picking up the Death Note that one fateful day led to this. But then again, if Light hadn't found it, then there would be no story would there?
The one thing I didn't like about this episode was Mikami's exagerrated bloody death. Can that much blood spurt out of you if you stab yourself with a pencil? O_O Honestly... *Shakes head*
And I didn't like how they cut out the epilogue...but I heard that there's going to be a Death Note Special on it, so that should be cool. :)
All in all, it wasn't that bad an adaptation of the manga ending. With so many people disliking the manga ending, I guess that's why Madhouse took a different take on it, to show Light in a more sympathetic light (no pun intended). And as for the anime overall...it wasn't too bad. It could've been better if they hadn't slaughtered the second arc and added that totally unnecessary recap episode 26. The manga, in my opinion, is far superior to the anime.
Thanks Garten for blogging this. :) It's been wonderful reading your thoughts (and caps XD).
Does anyone have any info on the Death Note special they are willing to share?
@ Nenena:
When Light's father read Mello's name out loud he was wearing a headset (Light could hear what he was saying because he too had a headset on). Although he knew Mello's name he had never seen Mello's face, the closest thing found was a sketch of Mello as a kid, so he could not kill him with the death note. He gave Mello's name to Takada at some point and Takada later killed Mello with the page Light had given her(she saw his face & knew his name).
The ending was somewhat of a dissappointment (too watered down-they made it seem like Light deserved simpathy...but I did like him seeing L's ghost/whatever that was before he died.)but overall the anime was well done so I cant be too mad. The thing I disliked most was that they reduced Matt's screentime to like 2 seconds (and his green hair).
aaaaaaaww dont you all feel a hollow somewhere xD?
i do ;_; now that dn ended T_T
cant believe it >._
The animation is really nice....
Yeah, it's a shame we cannot see Raito die in a horrible pathetic way like in the manga (screaming-yelling-begging-crawling-cursing-bleeding-and then died with out any dignity XD). God, I love those scenes in the manga....
I hate that ending shit and the r.c. biased.
Ligth ;_;
I miss him ;_;
R.I.P
U_U
This is actually my first time posting but after reading all the reviews I couldn't help but write one of my own.
I actually liked the anime's version of the ending. It helps to emphasize how the power of the Death Note can corrupt and change a person. We already saw in the Yotsuba arc that Light's morals were alot different before he recieves the Death Note. One thing that really stood out for me was how Light refuesed to fake being in love with Misa and told L he was not the kind of person who would take advantage of a women's emotions. This is a huge controversy to how Light acts before he forfeits his memories as well as when he regains them.
The ending for me shows that as Light walks along the street, and begins to look at himself as he use to be before he became Kira, he has doubts for the first time about the choices he's made and how being in pain and powerless as really brought him down to earth about the reality of what he has done.
As far as Ryuk writing down Light's name the way he did, I believe that it is more consistent with what he said in the beginning of the series about how Light would die. If Ryuk was going to write down Light's name in his notebook because Light was disrespectfull or because Light demanded his help he would of done it a long time ago (hince when Light had Ryuk searching for cameras in his house).
Thanks Pinkeh. For some reason I thought that Light had seen a photograph of Mello, not just a sketch. I guess I remembered wrong. Well, that would explain why Light didn't kill Mello earlier.
I don't mind this ending, and while I haven't read the manga, I feel that's quite a fitting ending.
What can I say? Light going bat-shit loco was... uh, interesting. A fitting ending, don't think there'd be a better ending than this.
Wasn't there a rule about how a person that owns a Death Note cannot be killed by the Death Note or something?
The anime ending was much better than the manga ending, in the manga Light appeared much more pathetic while in the anime it was solemn.
To all Light's fans out there (including myself), take courage of his ultimate defeat in the end. His struggle for victory has brought to an abrupt end. May he rest in peace.
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So much for an ending. It was intense after Light confessed of being Kira but sadly the end did not turned out the way many expected. Nonetheless I believe the writers were trying to be fair and ends it with a rather melancholic tone. Kudos to Madhouse for their wonderful job.
Farewell to another great anime - Death Note.
i like the anime. 1) the anime was about Light. after Light dies in the manga, it becomes about everyone else. we don't know about everyone's actions in the anime; its first person (we are Light). the manga switches by going from 1st person to 3rd person omminicent. to have the anime end when light dies keeps it from Light's perpective, cause we only see what he sees (and sometimes a bit more) Light doesn't know anything beyond that so the audience shouldn't either.
I actually favor the anime a bit,
cause as he was walking with blood dripping everywhere, he started to remember how life was like before the death note book and his old self walked passed him; almost like life just walked passed him by
this wasn't in the manga and it was done very beautifully. also showing all those scenes
were a bit like how "life flashes before you die"
he also sees L when he dies, rememeber that a person can neither enter heaven or hell. this brings the possibility that where ever he does in death, L will be there. and L will know that he was always Kira. So to have L look at him as Light was dying was very fitting to say the least. Also maybe L's strong faiths that it was Light who was kira, that even in spirit, L had to see Light pay for his crimes.
Whether Light did see L or not remains to be uncertain. it could also be interpret as Light losing a lot of blood and also hallucinating. to meet his fate, would be to met up with L, who is in Light's case, his death gate-opener or cryptkeeper.
Wristbandman:
can you tell more about the Death Note Special airing in summer? (It's already summer! when?)
Apparently it'll contain the epilogue (Matsuda and the other Japanese police as well as Near). Maybe they'll also show Kira followers' scene:
More details
at the end of the credits, (I watched fansub), it is written "After the CM, DEATH NOTE something... " (it was cut off, so I can't read it). Can someone tell what was that about? Thanks!!
It's just one of those cast talks. See above links.
i haven't reached the ending in the manga, but i do know how it ends there and i think the manga's was better, just like how everyone else thinks. but i kinda like how they made Light a sympathetic character... i hate his guts for being the indirect cause of L's and Mello's deaths, but still i've always felt where his ideals came from, i've always been sympathetic. i've always thought that since he had the note with him anyways, why not use it for ridding the world of evil? i mean it's still wrong, but if you wanted to use the note it might as well be for that reason, instead of something selfish. so yeah, i've always like Light, and hated him at the same time... rest in peace buddy. say hi to mello, who's pretty much the cause of your downfall.
**just totally finished watching**
oh maaaann...they didn't even show Near acting as L. i swear Near must be one of the most unappreciated characters of Death Note...oh yeah and i love what you said about Light being shot and almost killed by Matsuda, it was amusing and ironic being shot at by the (apparently) weakest cast member.
Massiel: i love what you said. that was a great insight to the anime ending.
Special airing perhaps in second half of july or in august.
Death Note is, and always will be, one of my favorite manga. The changes to the ending of the anime didn't really bother me. The only thing I have a problem with is the overall ending -- it's basically saying 'good guys always win" (Except for the L part, but that's a different story). Good guys DON'T always win, there are times when this doesn't happen; but I know the creators of the manga probably didn't want to give a bad message, so they had the "good" guys win in the end.
But I still love it! Don't get me wrong. That's just my little griping.
I don't care too much about Light's fate, but I think Ryuk's role in the manga ending was cooler.
It's very interesting how, despite using the very same words, anime Ryuk sounds like he felt sympathy for Light (you could call it euthanasia), while manga Ryuk looked like a heartless, hedonistic bastard whose game is over.
Near letting Light run away is ridiculous, by the way. He could be carrying more Death Note pieces with him, for all they knew.
Soon as volume 12 hits my door and I finished reading it, I'll watch the last few episodes. Also does anyone know if Viz is planning to bring volume 13 over here or not? I really want to read it in English!
I don't like it, that all humans go to nothingness after their death.. I didn't really want to see Light suffer in hell for what he caused, but it pains me when I think of L... it's just unfair, that Light is left without punishment and good people gain nothing for their time on earth (yes, L wasn't exactly good, but I still love him XD)
I found Light's death quite pathetic, so I am curious about the manga version. It must really be more humilitating. I tried to feel for Light after his identity was reveal, but his behaviour made it almost impossible. I hate cowards, who can't stand up to their bragging.. I can't imagine a god to be crying for help and running away like an wounded animal. I have to admit, though, that his running along the fence made me a little bit sad.
The ending is... hopeless and dark. Not the kind I like for my stories, even though I am a sucker for drama. But it was inevitable.
oh yeah, that is Misa at the end. She suicides because shes on the otherside of the fence.
in the credits** forgot to write that.
Wow that was amazing!!!!
I love the final I think that was best than the manga ^^
I LOVE IT!
I´m still shocked and depressed about that fucking final, I hated it, I was so in love with death note and they end it like that, soooooo depressing, I mean light is a GOD really, he´s so cool and.........man I hate the final grrrrrrrr
Out of curiosity, what alternet ending would all of you like to see. I personally would like to see an alternare ending where Light is forced to reliquish ownership along with all his memories of the Death Note and live as a normal human. The other alternate ending I would like to see would be one were L beats Light.
The way the anime ending ended was extremely good and I wouldn't want to change it, but it would be intresting to see what "could of" happened during the course of the story.
Very good anime, I started watching it back in October of 06 and have been hooked since. I watched the anime first. So I havent read the manga yet. But I don't think the ending was bad. I was dissapointed that Light didn't win because I'm a big Light fan, but he got what was coming.
One thing that bothers me though is it seemed like Light's intellect was just completely discarded so that they could end the series. It was like....Light's plan was to make the fake notebook, and he didnt have any type of backup plan at all, instead he just hoped that Near wouldnt figure out that the notebook was a fake.. He even said himself that if it was L, he would have thought of the possibility of a fake notebook, so why wouldnt Near. Just seems way too important for Light to make a chance. You would think that the guy that masterminded that HUGE plan when L caught him, would have thought of a backup plan in the situation. The whole episode, I was just waiting for the moment when Light pulls out his backup plan and it doesnt happen. I was like....no, Light's got something else up his sleeve, but nothing.
Then when he did turn around to open his watch...why wouldnt he write the names more descretely like he did in the chopper to Higuchi. Of course the cops had guns and would stop it. What did he think he could write the names down before any of those cops would stop him. Come on, Light's a freaking genius, he definitely would have done it more secretly.
Definitely agree with one of the writers, when Light was running, and he ran by himself as a teenager. It was the first time he had second thoughts about being Kira. Just think of how this kid would have been if he never found the Death Note, he would have been a genius detective just like L. Remember how absolutely noble he was when he lost his memory. It's crazy how much the Death Note changed him.
Overall, I loved the series, I just wish Light won in the end, but oh well.
I've kept up with the series from the beginning to end without readying any of the manga. Now that I have read the manga, and that ending the only thing I can post in reply to many of you is that seeing the exact same ending twice would have been boring. The writers gave the viewer a different perspective. Perhaps it's because I do like Yagami Light, but he's the main character, as a viewer you had to like watching him, because he was the anime. Personally I like his idea. He wanted to be a God, but not the deity of a broken and criminal world, but of something perfect that he had created. Obviously thats impossible even if you're intentions are good. Either way I liked the ending, probably not the best ending for one of the best anime series I've seen, but it provided closure. Meaning I don't have to worry about who people on a mountain are and if that was Misa. Its just a simple ending.
Order of death of main characters:
Pember
Misora
Watari
Lawliet
Rem
Mr. Yagami
Mihael
Rem
Takada
Teru
Raito
@Jo:
You forgot Weddy and Aiber...
"I mean light is a GOD really"
No, he's not. That's the point. He's just another, flawed human being who wanted to elevate himself above everyone else on earth, regardless of THEIR own morals and beliefs and freedoms. A perfect world is forever unattainable, especially by the hands of an imperfect, arrogant man; all he was doing was taking away everyone's freedoms, and instilling fear in the populace to get them to tow the line outwardly. That's basically just a dictatorship --- a brutal one --- and I'm glad that he was brought down. (This coming from someone who likes the guy, too, haha.)
Anyway, I liked this sorta "alternative" ending that the anime provided; the only thing I don't like, however, is that they made it seem almost like Light had second-thoughts about being Kira, or that he may have regretted it. Which doesn't fit his personality, IMO. He spent many, many years hell-bent on this ideal; this ideal that he had secretly always wished for and approved of, even before the Death Note had come into his possession and enabled him to act upon it. The anime still retained some of Light's stubbornness (when Near rebukes him, he doesn't for a moment consider he's wrong; he simply regards Near and everyone in the room as lesser beings), but the Light of the manga died still cursing the "fools" that dared oppose him, because after all, he was RIGHT. But then again, the anime's version of Light has always been a bit more sympathetic in his portrayal, so I suppose having him die peacefully and perhaps regretting some of his choices (which manga!Light certainly never did) worked better for their adaptation. *shrug*
All in all, a beautiful series with a beautiful ending. I can't wait for the epilogue special now! Yay for more DN!
I know a lot of people probably think people who like Light are crazy -- "What?!? You like that freaky psycho killer?!?" and while I admit that Light does come off as an arrogant jerk who thinks he can do anything he wants, consider this: he is one of only a few anime characters with this personality. Especially protagonists. There are some characters who don't mind killing, but usually these are in anime which seem less like reality.
Although Death Note has a touch of supernatural (death gods/shinigami) it is more grounded in reality, making Light's own personality stand out so much more. L and Near are your typical "catch the bad guy because I'm the good guy" characters, but Light, as a protagonist, is very different.
Just thought I'd throw that out there.
Can't say I liked the ending, but that was to be expected since I agreed with Light and Mikami's worldview.
With that said, this episode did have its good monents, namely Light's monologue right after his cover is busted...and the animation was superb,too.
Furthermore, I liked the fact they cut the whole Light begging Ryuk part.
I can't believe how you people deslike Light. If you look at things logically, unlike L, Mello or Near he was actually the only person saving peoples' lives: remember the first time he got his hands on the Death Note;he saved a whole bunch of schoolchildren...he saved a woman from being raped...Mikami saved another girl who was being harassed...Light ended all wars and worldwide crime rates decreased to 1/7th of their previous levels!
The investigation team and SPK saved no one...they only allowed criminals to kill, loot and rape!
So Near is the criminal one...not Light.
@ Me:
Oh, yeah, Light's definitely one awesome protagonist! That's one of the main reasons I love DN right there: from the get-go, it makes you question yourself and the characters, because with the protagonist, the reader is supposed to identify and sympathize . . . but what if the protagonist is killing people? But only criminals? It brings up all kinds of interesting questions. Light's certainly not your run-of-the-mill shonen character, that's for sure. ^^
@ Dullindal:
Light saved some people at the expense of others; of other peoples lives, rights, freedoms, and the expense of the justice system and of democracy as a whole. I think people mix up his motives too much, though; he wasn't in the game for justice or anything, IMO. Justice was an excuse he uses to justify his actions. Really, it was less "I wanna help humanity become better" and more "I have the chance to mold everyone in my image." He said himself in the first few chapters that he made it obvious that someone was killing off the criminals, because he wanted all the attention; he wanted to be elevated above the rest, and worshiped. Not to mention that he told Ryuk that once his "perfect world" was established, he also planned on killing anyone who even slightly disagreed with his ideology, or whom he deemed unfit or of a bad moral character.
Besides all of that, though, who is Light to judge others? Like Near said in the manga, what's "good" and what's "evil" are never clear-cut things; human beings are much more complicated than that, and there are too many things to take into consideration when judging criminals (which is why we have courts, judges, and witnesses, etc.), something I doubt Light ever did when watching the nightly news for more people to whack off. Light's a flawed being like everyone else, certainly no god, and so he cannot see all or understand all in order to judge others properly.
And yes, it's true that crime did decrease rapidly. But that was less a reform of moral character in the populace than it was the populace becoming terrified of doing anything other than towing the line. They shut up and kept their heads down and tried to outwardly make no mistakes, lest Kira kill them. Really, you could say the same thing for a world like 1984, or something. Crime decreased, the towns were clean and safe! But everyone was also oppressed, and there was no such thing as freedom.
We're always gonna have crime and criminals, and I think that it's less realistic to try and create a "utopia" at the expense of basic human rights. The justice system is certainly flawed, and certainly slower than Kira's method, but in the end, it's more worth it, since we're not controlled by a single dictator, nor fearing for our lives.
I thought the ending was alright, though i still liked the manga ending, this one works, but i felt that they cut off a bit too much detail, like the kira followers and the flash foward two years. But then in retrospect, i don't like both of them very well, since Light died, it was coming but i regretted him dying.
@Sqwee
I disagree with Near. In the manga he questions the notion of 'right' and 'wrong', saying those are subjective. Under normal circunstances, i.e, in the real world, I would agree.
But a God-like Being, should such a thing exist, would have the power to define morality. Contingency would become meaningless and the moral code of that God would become a physical law set in stone.
When Near says he'd decide for himself even if God told him what to do he is being stupid. I'm not saying Light is God, but a real God would invariably command people into acting a given way.
Near's moral relativism is also at odds with the rank he occupies: it indeed undermines the underlying principles of our judicial system. If you agree with Near then you cannot rely on court rulings or even such fancy principles as 'personal freedom' or 'democracy' because you'd be unable to justify the 'right'(is there such a thing?) the majority has to judge. You'd also fail to justify an ability to choose your path in life.
What Light wanted to accomplish (and for practical purposes did accomplish) was to legitimize the ideal of moral imperatives, using our society's 'preferences'.
Same thing for Mikami, if not more. In Teru's case we're 100% sure he defended the weak, he believed in a moral code which was indeed legitimized by Light.
Oh, they changed it again! In the manga, Raito died soon after begging Ryuk to save him... Right in front of Near. But no, in the Anime, they JUST HAD TO make him run away and die somewhere else!
Raito, you are pathetic.
To commenter who replied to Sqwee: Near is simply dismissing the definition of God as a being that needs to command or threaten others, or to override their ability to choose. As long as a human has the capacity to acknowledge that he believes something, he can decide for himself which way he will go - even if it gets him killed. Near isn't necessarily saying that there is NO morality - he's saying that power alone doesn't legitimise a moral code. Light's delusion is that it does. There will never be any immutable set of laws agreed on by everyone for all time - governments change, governments disagree with each other - and any individual who thinks he can enforce his own beliefs universally is either actually God, or he's extremely deluded. But neither power or consistency of belief make one a God. Light demonstrates that. His powers was temporary (he didn't have the ability to cheat death), his purity of belief was based on extreme arrogance - and that would always have undone him in the end - 'I'm the only one, once I get rid of these people I'll never be challenged again" etc. Was it not apparent to him that unless he killed every person on the planet, there'd always be another L and countless Aizawas ready to take him down? That's the real nature of Light's delusion. He would never have 'legitimised' anything through fear, not really, and to say that society 'preferred' Light's way is absurd. A dictator may have a legitimacy in the sense that he can enforce his decisions for a time, but ... seriously.
As for Mikami, for sure he believed strongly in justice. But his 'justice' was totally divorced from any regard for human nature. He saw them as dirt spots rather than human beings - make a mistake, swish, you're out! You might as well say dishwashing liquid is justice - nobody talks about 'stain rehabilitation', only 'removal'.
y'know, I think I'll never again read in blogs about an anime that do have a manga. reading some opinions just ruined the entire experience for me. I find it to be really cool, to read the opinions of other fans about such incredible series, but some people seems to value the manga so much that they forget that we are talking about the anime, not about the manga. they keep comparing both, and that disgusts me. just wanted to say a final word, before I never again read something about such series.
You have a rather liberal definition of 'mistake'. We're not talking about small mistakes here, we're talking about criminals, or at the very least oportunists like Demegawa.
Mikami always defended the weak, always sought to protect them and yet, people would still get in his way. It's only natural he'd be fed up with this double speak: on the one hand we have a criminal code saying what these people are doing is wrong...everyone agrees they cause great pain to everyone...and yet we have to pay them to be incarcerated...how about using the money to build hospitals, help children and the elderly?
When you say he saw them as dirt spots, well, quite frankly, so do I.
I don't have the slightest amount of respect for a rapist, a swindler, what have you. In a world where people I care for live, criminals are to be eliminated...because I'm not going to pay to have them fed, and I'm not going to risk having them commit other offenses.
Bottomline is: if you have cancer, you cut it off before it can spread. 削除！
I DEFINITELY PREFER THIS END! I ALWAYS WANTED TO SEE L AGAIN IN THE MANGA, BUT MY WISH WAS NEVER FULFILLED >.< IN THIS I CAN FINALLY SEE L's GHOST AT LEAST!! T.T
On the episode: I haven't read the manga to the end, so if I'm glad if it's better than the anime finale. Still, it was riveting, if a bit heavy on the drooling and the crazy. What was with Mikami's death? I thought they'd suddenly switched scenes and were putting on a play or something. Oh, is it because he stabbed himself with a "fountain" pen? Sigh.
I'll say one thing, I was slightly shocked to find myself crying over the Light-running-on-the-wharf sequence. Not because I've never sympathised with an evil character before, but because I've never felt strongly one way or another about Light. Found him rather intriguing, yes. Liked or hated him? No. I rooted for him sometimes, but only because the show got boring when he seemed to be making it easy for the other side. I took a bit of pleasure in seeing him finally get his comeuppance - but it was also pretty difficult to watch.
I think what it is is that Light has always, from the very beginning, been teetering on the edge of this huge self-made myth about himself and his invincibility and the glorious world he was going to make, and for all the obvious absurdity of that, it was still pretty shocking and distressing to see it all come crashing down at once. Also, after he ran out the warehouse, the animators suddenly decided to make him look so *young*. As if on being shot and completely defeated, he'd reverted to the 17-year-old he was when he first picked up the Note. Actually, he was what, only 23 at the end? Makes you how he'd have turned out if he'd never found the thing.
I enjoyed this ending alot more then the manga.
i wish light won :( i wanted to see everyone die and light prevail :((:(:(:(
Near was so much cooler in the manga but the manga ending is okay I guess.
Yeah, I was pretty disappointed with the ending of Death Note as well. The ending in the manga was just so perfect. Light is begging Ryuk to help him out by writing everyone's names down in the notebook and so Ryuk starts to write down names and everyone gets freaked out while Light starts to rejoice. Ryuk turns the notebook around to face everyone and he shows that he has actually written Light's names down. Then Light dies in a slow agonizing way feeling the full effects of the notebook. Ryuk also tells Light that after you die, despite wheather you have done good or evil in your lifetime, you go to nothingness. Light then begins to whine and complain about how he does not want to die. This causes you to feel a lot of remorse for Light. Mikami also doesn't kill himself with a pen in the manga. Instead in the manga he tells Light that he is no God. Basically in the end you end up feeling pretty bad for Light. What I really liked about the end of the manga though was that you saw scenes of large groups of people marching with their heads covered with candles in their hands and then you see a little girl praying to Kira. It's funny because you see in a way that Light ultimately in the end reached his title of "God."
Manga ending was far more epic compared to the animes version. Sadly, i guess they wanted to get to the point, though i don't agree on the Mikami killing himself with a freakin pen. Also a large sum of the ending is missing, what about after his death when people came with candles in hand.
Also Ryuuk was so much more evil in the end xD when he wrote down yagami's name within the book, also i wanted to see the cocky attitude Light had when he thought Ryuuk would write down the names of the SPK and the police squad which was present there.
The ending was quite creepy...it felt like a few thongs were missing though.
I cried anyway though xD I love that bit where old Light walks past him.
Well, the epilouge ( don't know if I spelled it right :P ) is going to be in the anime soon to.
somewhere in summer there is going to be another episode, where we see the aftermath of all the living characters.. :D
a date hasn't been giving yet...
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sorry for my bad grammar im from Holland :P
"Light's running scene really was beautiful and made my heart ache. :( What would life have been like for him if he hadn't come across the Death Note? It made me sad to think about how picking up the Death Note that one fateful day led to this."
That bit made me cry. The scene was so beautifully done and the look on his face as he realized what he had done all these years...just perfect.
"I was slightly shocked to find myself crying over the Light-running-on-the-wharf sequence. it was also pretty difficult to watch."
Yes me too, I never really liked Light much to be honest but as I said earlier seeing his face after he'd realized what he'd done made me feel terribly sorry for him.
I don't really know what to say about this ep...beautifully done but it felt like alot of things were missing.
well first thing I have to say is I abhor, just abhor the fact that Near beat Light. i mean that little doll playing, hair twisting little midget didn't deserve to beat Light. I hated the anti-kira heroes(such as Mello and L) but for near, who was the worst one to outsmart Light was kind of ridiculous. l was a way better rival for Light and I think he should have just switched spots with near, so Near could have dies in the beginning. I wished Light could have lived, but we all knew whether you are a Light fan or not that he had to die in the end because its just so cliche' and predictable the writers build it up so. 9I dont know, i just didnt feel satisfied with the ending)
P.S. I also didnt like how the creators made Misa kinda look even more like an airhead and a worthless character, in the beginning the creators made her act with a cute airheddedness but when they introduced takada, they just totally wrote Misa off
i just read Dullindal and Row and Sqwee's exchanges and wanted to throw in my opinion.
in the 70's our country (Philippines) was ran by a dictator. i wasn't born yet then, but our country's history books barely touch on the subject, and students like me these days don't even study that period at all. to the older generations it was one of the darker periods in our history. people would just disappear off the streets, anyone who opposed him are captured and tortured to death. some of the people missing are still not yet found even today. obviously there was no press freedom, and those newspapers and tv stations who opposed were shut down. people were terrified, no one dared go outside during curfew hours, no one dared oppose him (except for a handful). it was the same up until the early 80's. it kind of reminded me of Stalin's rule in the Soviet Union.
but also during that time, our economy was at its peak. crime rates were down, people were prosperous. not to mention the US supported that dictator (they even sheltered him after his downfall). our country was then considered the best in the region (or so we've been told). it was so ironic. and now the irony is shoved up our asses. now, when we are a democratic country, 85% of the population are living in poverty. we're lagging behind our neighbors...the problems are endless.
if you ask some people here, they would say that the 70's were the best times of the country. they would say that that dictator was the best president we've ever had (i think so too).
is that not a lot like how we think of Kira? or at least for some of us? he may have done bad things but he got rid of those who would have done worse. i do agree with Dullindal, i don't have respect for those who find sick pleasure out of murder, etc. but who is Light to judge? he isn't God, he just thinks he is one. if people think his IQ levels justify his decisions, that would almost be saying people from the British Mensa should be telling us what to do. i think the very very bottom line of this is, no human has the right to pass judgment, but we definitely need someone who does.
Two comments beforehand:
One - I've heard enough of this manga vs anime. Can't people just watch the anime as it is and the manga as it is? Far as I see it, it seems the manga made Light into a snivelling pathetic wimp, and I'm reading people hating the anime for changing that. I, for one, am happy of how the anime ended. If the battle between Near and Light finished in the manner that it did, then I'm glad to see Light die somewhat dignified.
Someone said this earlier - Light got dumb. And the writers, I think, tried to cover this by saying he's overlooking Near, underestimating him, but I really can't accept that. After all, he was so careful in his planning when fighting L, and Higuchi, it's just really weird to see that he didn't expect anything from Near. So, while I'm happy with this ending, the mellow death of Light (and Misa), I'm not convinced on the end itself of Light. By doing things that really didn't fit his character from fighting L...
Two - Light as a whole would raise some predicaments, especially the old "two wrongs don't make a right". I'm not sure what to think; I know I rooted for him, and waited for his victory while I knew of the inevitable end.
Everyone has their own morals and values. If you didn't know that, then this show would of shown you examples of it, Light, Misa, Takada, Mikami, L, Near, and even Mello.
Near will forever be a boring and too forced of a character and after L died the series lost flavour. Light became to trusting in other peoples' moves and such. feh
hmm............i was dissappointed
with the manga's ending
but the anime took it to a next level
it's sucks even more
the thing is i became attached to kira and i wanted him to make the perfect world so when he died, i was sad
plus i hate near and mello, theyre nothing complare to ryuuzaki and light
TEH END! OH NOES!
W T F!!!!
Those F'en retards!!!
If thay are were going to kill Light they just have to kill that bitch (near) and the dutch bages. The ending was good but whould have bin beter if the airplain in the background crashed into the building. I can just imagine it. When the Light exits the building and the others are abaut to fallow but stoped by near for just enugh time for Light to clear a safe distance from the blase rang. Right when the gang of dutch bages are about to live they find themselfes facing an incoming plain. the plain crashes and to add drama near survives just to have rubel fall and kill her. This would fit rigt in because Light checks the time as if to say he has one more (but in this case two) tricks up his sleeve, then it ends like it did.
Maybe have Light wake up in the death god realm and have him lagh as the sckrin gose dark.
OR
The death note falling with a dark almost black background. when it hits the floor the seting is as normal as a park and a shadow falls over it.
Raito u deserved it for KILLING ""L"" T___T
L i miss u ...............T______________T
I liked the ending alot, bcoz it is very touching.
I haven't read the manga but from the posts i have been reading, it seems that they show u and give u the influence that Light is purely evil. Wherease in the anime, there is noone innocent or evil, but all who follow to achive the goal from their own prespective. I am a HUGE fan of light, i love his character alot and his personality and the way he thinks. It was very touching to see how Light couldn't accept the fact that he can actually be defeated. And was very moving to se that Light powerless and even, among all, Matsuda shooting at him. I think this anime is a masterpiece and i will have to watch it all over again after a couple of months.
Anyway , i have this one question that's been bothering me.
It has been stated that while Mikami was faking it and writing names in the fake book as he knew he was always being followed ( such as the scene in the train where that girl was being picked on), Takada was doing the killing all along. But how can Takada do the killing if she doesn't even know the name or havent seen the face of the victim? (such as the victim in the train who fell dead after picking on that girl).
I can assume that while Mikami was writing tha name in the fake notebook, he was saying the name loudly, and flshback showed us that Takada had a phone near her while writing the names, so we can assume that the speaker was on. However, i cannot think of anyway that allows her to watch the faces of the victims..can anyone help plz ? :)
@ZanzaAlonzo:
In the manga Mikami and Takada talked to each other via cellphone... remember when Mikami 'killed' that guy who was sexually harrassing that girl in front of Gevanni? he actually send the picture he took with his cell to Takada who had a bunch of Death Note pages. She was Kira 5 at that moment and they worked via cellphone: Mikami send picture and name (he had shinigami eyes) and Takada killed them.
I agree with orionstar about the ending for the anime... I can't understand why people can't accept this ending too, it happened with the movie... *sigh* I loved the three incarnations, they are good by themselves and give you something to talk/think about.
Also, I can't understand, yet why people hardly believe Light would slip like this... he is a sociopath, a criminal; most criminals slip this way.
Well, it's a wrap ^^
I think it's alright to compare the manga with the anime as long as we don't go like: OMFG The ANiME RUINEED EVErY F%$@ THing!! That can be annoying.
Honestly I prefer the manga ending because I think it just fit the mood of deathnote, but this ending it's not that bad, lovely graphics.
Garten, I recomended BECK, I know it's been a while, but it's a good anime.
It's up to each individual to decide if they want to live a life full of crime or a life without one.
And what's that supposed to mean?
I actually perfer the aniem ending, I really enjoyed Light very much. I hated Mello and Near even more so they were such weak characters.
I do believe in some aspects of what Light did was good for the world. So seeing the ending at all was just bad. But not because he dies but because it was so badly done I found. So many loose ends and other bits, it was so rushed barely held together. It was a mess ending. I hope this ova or whatever clears some issues or an altered ed.
grooven:
Did you read the manga ending, too? It has an epilogue which was cut out of the anime, and Mello and Near are at least a bit more developed in the manga, too, in any case.
夏放送予定のデスノートは3時間スペシャルで、
死神リュークの視点でのDirector'sCut総集編。
放送日はまだ未定。
I think the anime ending was much better than the manga ending. Why?
1. Mikami stayed loyal to Light. Or so it seems... -_-
2. More blood/action XD
3. Less unnecessary explanations in the dialogue
4. Mogi and the others got to express their feelings a bit more, except Matsuda because his ending got cut. In your face, Matsuda. I thought Matsuda got too much screen time in the last chapters of the manga anyways.
5. It would seem that Ryuk was much nicer to Light , in the manga, it looked like Ryuk was entirely Light's enemy at that point.
6. Light seemed less pathetic, and the viewers got to sympathize with him in the added scenes not in the manga.
7. The ending scenes were just better overall, Light dying on the stairs, seeing L for the last time, Misa in the train, and the last scene of Ryuk looking over the sunset, which reflects on the scene in the beginning of the series.
8. This one might be with all the manga, but for us that can't read Japanese Manga, the english manga translations are just horrible compared to fansub anime.
9. The ending scene in the manga really could have been done better, although I guess it was effective by showing that even old women and children followed Kira after his death.
XD
I've always had this question throughout the entire series.
One of the rules state, "The Death Note will be rendered useless if the victims name is misspelled four times."
But remember when Light first received the Death Note and wanted to test it out in public? He didn't know the spelling of the guy's name so he filled the entire page without variations of his name. (The guy on the motorcycle who was harassing a woman.) ._.
Death Note Special airing at 31 August.
Honestly, I thought it was very nice overall.
But I can't get over how much Mello and Near character development they cut out. T_T; That, and cutting the epiloge was a horrid desicion.
...I wanted to see Near's chocolate scene. ;;;
Near, he has a lot of haters, doesn't he?
-is actually a big Near fan-
I want to thank you for blogging this series!
You've done a great job!
'July 18, 2007 | meeps wrote:
I've always had this question throughout the entire series.
One of the rules state, "The Death Note will be rendered useless if the victims name is misspelled four times."
But remember when Light first received the Death Note and wanted to test it out in public? He didn't know the spelling of the guy's name so he filled the entire page without variations of his name. (The guy on the motorcycle who was harassing a woman.) ._.'
The rule states that you will only die if you misspell the name four times on purpose. Light wasn't misspelling it on purpose. Besides, in How to Read 13, it was revealed that the 1st name Light wrote was the correct one so he wouldn't have died anyway =P
I think Ryuk killing of Raito in the end only made things go full circle -- that only a Shinigami is the rightful (and acceptable) user of the Death Note, amidst the many rules that surround the usage of such an intriguing notebook, enabling humans to use it for their own good (or may use to lead to their own demise).
Near and Mello are L split into two, imho. Though they are a bit different in the littlest aspects. L is the best, but I don't exactly hate Near or Mello. They're both essential to the plot. Methinks L was killed off only to prove that even the most noble/intelligent person can be deceived.
'[...] was Karma waiting to happen." I totally agree! I love Raito, and L, and Near, and I think Death Note is most unique (in it's fearless portrayal of the worst things that could happen when one is too self-righteous and idealistic) and definitely would go down in history as one of the best anime/manga series ever. ***** 5stars rating!
I know a lot of manga readers arn't exactly satisfied with the anime ending, but I, who haven't read the manga think it's fine and fully justified c: Of course, it would've been nice to see Light swimming.
From what I've heard, in the live action movie, Misa committed suicide after she heard Light's death, and judging from the epilogue, the anime probably decided the same. Overall, I don't think she should've done that (Though I don't like her character and maybe she get's her name written too?).
Well, the part I'm most not satisfied is the details of some characters backgrounds. Namely L, Near and Mello. It's quite an important part of the story especially to fans. In the end, 2 of them were killed off (Imaokilllight) and I didn't learn L's name. I think my favourite characters were probably them. Wish they could at least do a OVA D:
On whole, Death note was a great watch. 8D
Heartbreaking.
All Light wanted was justice for the world.
He was an innocent, wide-eyed kid who wanted to make this world a better place.
Oh well
Power corrupts.
I must say though, wounded Light, and dying Light, is superbly, superbly pretty.
I think the series should have ended on episode 25. That way it would have left it open for everyone to speculate what could have happened. Its also a darker ending which I would have enjoyed.
w-o-w.
stunning ending; we all knew some sort of unfortunate fate would meet Raito sometime in the story but the way it all played out was suprising. mikami's suicide/self-jabbing-with-writing-uternsil was definitely gory but ah well, his last act was a distraction for kira.
kudos to matsuda for finally standing up for his beliefs though riddling light with bullets showed he clearly was losing it.
i confess, i'm guilty for leaving the series stale after L's death but recently returned to catch the ending only and i guess that's what was bound to happen. sure light had a "righteous" goal at first but his kira-side took over completely and he called countless innocents to achieve a futile plan. i admired light's calm and pensive ways but the ending showed under that perfect mask was an emotionally beserk serial killer.
awesome summary. (:
Wait for the Death Note special - Ryuk will fill in some holes that this storyline may have.
Simply put... people like L, Near, the Kira investigation squad and others like them (shown as the GOOD - this was verified in the end because they killed Light) didn’t do much good at all (when comparing with what Light achieved in terms of true justice) to the world that existed before Kira came into existence. So if you look at it in a logical way... Light would have benefited the world much more than any of them would have (Again in terms of true Justice he wanted to give to the world).
Also one more thing I would like to point out (from my understanding) about Light's character was that he tried his best to not involve innocent people as much as possible, yeh he used and killed some innocent people but only when there was no other way and it was needed.
Also Light believing that he is God, to me does not literally means he thought of himself as God, it was more to do with his self confidence and belief in himself.
I truly disliked ep. 37 because what they showed was wrong.. It should have been left so that the viewer can decide who was right and who was wrong... I am sure you remember it was hinted a few time that good always wins in the end.. but to be honest I did not like they way it ended.
Anyway I really liked the whole plot until ep 36.
OMG....DN manga is better than anime....That's all i can say...
aw...and 1 thing, I love RAITO-kun...i hate NEAR,grrrr cursed him...
Why!??!?!
Why does the one and only real HOT guy have to die?!?!?!
i loved Light.. he was sooooooooo awsome.:(
i loved the whole series except the end..
it was lame-o!
i wish he didn't die and became whatever he wanted to be.
sure hope, this doesn't happen to Lelouch from Code Geass..
This was a brilliant episode. Just..wow.
I'm still stunned by how pathetically Light failed and underestimated Near and Mello.
Well well well i've finished the anime just today without actually reading the manga.
Anyway, overall the anime was rather nice and exciting. Full of plots and wits in this series. One thing that i hated and loved is that the anime authors are particularly awesome when selecting the endings for each episode. They tend to create a huge suspense for its viewer, anticipating anxiously for the next episode. And due to that, i fell into the trap, and totally did not study for my exam..oh well....Xp
FYI, i'm a supporter of KIRA, but just the person itself, not for his doings. Guess i have my evil side. hehe
I'm not particularly very happy with the ending, but i have to reluctantly accept the fact that it is ended this way. After reading your review on the ending, i wanna read the manga and see for myself, how much the difference is.
I thought KIRA is gonna win for sure and i am waiting impatiently during the 40 sec of judgment.
i'm waiting to see NEAR die and waiting for him to exclaim " NO!!!! WHY?!!!" in a state of excruciating pain, agony, and defeat.
I'm waiting for KIRA to declare his victory and say " NEAR..I admired your intelligence and ways of plotting everything...Even L fell in my hands, what makes you even think of defeating me? And have i told you before? L himself appointed me as his successor....'
hey readers, DUN hate me, just presenting my own view here:D..its a free world right...??
Another thing is that, i believe most of you would have thought of another alternative to turn the table around for KIRA from the last episode...
IF i'm KIRA , i would not be so sure of my victory as anything could happen. Instead, i would take precautions if anything doesn't go as i planned..If it really happened ( like Everybody did not die as planned), I still have my plan B and plan C.
Plan B:- Having an emergency button like what L did. I understand at where KIRA’s circumstances, i