Death Note

[xparrot]

So. Yeah. I am the last manga fan on the planet to finally get around to reading Death Note. And I gotta love a manga that can do this to me.


AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was hyperventilating from holding my breath for about three chapters before 53, because you know what's coming, you know what's coming and it's still as brutal as a backhand from a lover, to see Light's smile.

And yeah, I had ch.58 spoiled for me when it happened last year, the meltdown on the flist was hard to miss. Didn't help much. You almost want to stop reading, because you know exactly what's going to happen, like a horror movie when you're screaming at the girl, Don't go there!!!, except it's not a ditzy dumb co-ed but L, who is more brilliant than anyone, except the one person he needed to be. And what could he have done, anyway, when even Light wasn't smart enough to figure himself out in time?

But you don't even get to hear his real name for yourself!

Even Light doesn't get to hear it.

I wonder if that ever bothers him...

Comments

[applejill.livejournal.com]

Heh.
Well, I read it last week. And I'm probably the only anime fan on lj who wasn't spoiled for the big one.

It was pain and anger. Worse than Serenity, I'm telling you. And honestly, I think, a narrative mistake.
But despite that--Death Note rocks!

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Heh. Now, Serenity I think was a mistake, a totally pointless death done entirely for shock value with no impact on the story. This, on the other hand - there really were only three options, either the manga would end - which would be classic, but short, and leave so many unturned stones - or this - or else L would become Kira with Light chasing him. Which would've been fascinating in its own right, but I think this was the most unexpected route, and I'm very interested in where it's going next...

[applejill.livejournal.com]

I've got respect for killing L-- I don't think it was in any way a lame choice, and in the end, dragging it out very much further would have been the wrong choice. But for me, what made Death Note great was the battle of wits; without it, it's just The Light Show, and I don't like Light that much. I think it should have been brought around to a resolution and ended; or else, I think that (this may still happen) there must be something that L did to entrap Light from beyond the grave. The arc, the whole comic, *was* L vs Kira; killing L kills the story. A new story is running now, but it isn't quite the story I loved. (unless. Unless... I'm still waiting for L's posthumous punch! N and M don't count.)