when it comes to slow reading, i take the cake. it took me about 7 months to finish the Deathnote series. it's not that i read it everyday. i had dry spells where i wouldn't read at all. but all in all, it took me 7 months from the time i opened to the first page in volume 1 to the time i closed the last page in volume 12. this was my first manga series, where i read the whole thing. i have to say, anime just goes by a lot faster, esp. at my reading speed. and i do enjoy animation that comes to life. so i would probably stick to anime if i had the choice. so my final thoughts:
it's a good story. i enjoy cerebral stories. i enjoyed the plot, the twist after twist. you just never knew when each plan would be thwarted by a better one. i enjoy the moral diatribes that the main characters would give. i enjoyed the artwork alot. i enjoyed the characters, esp. L, who they killed off rather early. i enjoyed Light, up until they killed him off. the thing i didn't like, was the ending. frankly, if you knew Light's character at all, he wouldn't grovel like a coward at the end. he wouldn't fear death like he did at the end. he would have a plan, a better plan. or he would die with dignity, because after all, he's Kira, he's the god of the new world. if i were to write the ending, he would be able to write Near's entire name in the Deathnote just before the SPK gunned him down in an effort to stop him. ultimately, both Light and Near would die. the two heros would die simultaneously. both would have won, both would have lost. my other alternative ending would have Light write his own name in the Deathnote, because he would rather die with dignity at his own hands, than be taken to prison, or live in the shame that he failed as Kira.
all in all, it was a great story. manga is cool but a bit too slow for me.
it's a good story. i enjoy cerebral stories. i enjoyed the plot, the twist after twist. you just never knew when each plan would be thwarted by a better one. i enjoy the moral diatribes that the main characters would give. i enjoyed the artwork alot. i enjoyed the characters, esp. L, who they killed off rather early. i enjoyed Light, up until they killed him off. the thing i didn't like, was the ending. frankly, if you knew Light's character at all, he wouldn't grovel like a coward at the end. he wouldn't fear death like he did at the end. he would have a plan, a better plan. or he would die with dignity, because after all, he's Kira, he's the god of the new world. if i were to write the ending, he would be able to write Near's entire name in the Deathnote just before the SPK gunned him down in an effort to stop him. ultimately, both Light and Near would die. the two heros would die simultaneously. both would have won, both would have lost. my other alternative ending would have Light write his own name in the Deathnote, because he would rather die with dignity at his own hands, than be taken to prison, or live in the shame that he failed as Kira.
all in all, it was a great story. manga is cool but a bit too slow for me.
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haha... I read half way through the entry and had to stop to tell you I COMPLETELY disagree with you with regard to Light. The boy valued his life so much that he rather have someone else reduced their lifespan two half not once, but TWICE so he gets what he wants. In the end, his true nature came out. He is nothing more than a frightened cowardly little boy who wanted to be God and fantasized he could be.
so i see u agree with Near. i guess u could see it both ways, that he was this self-deluded selfish mass murderer who thought he was god. i however did buy into his vision of the new world where criminals ought to be finished so the world can be a better place. i suppose i do somewhat share his vision but do agree he was extremely ruthless and selfish in his pursuit.
If you noticed, he didn't go after criminals only. He used that as an excused to play God. In the end, his true intent was to go after anyone against him and his judgement. He just wanted to be worshiped.
His idea of justice got so bad that he killed for anything he, himself, deemed as wrong, regardless of how minor or that he has no facts to the situation. Makes you wonder how many innocent he killed because the media said so. Maybe it's not him who is God but rather that he is a servant to the media. Tee Heee
fine, u win. but i still would have rewrote the ending. :)
The underlying theme of the story is that power corrupts absolutely. Would we have done any better if granted the power to murder anyone we wanted just by putting pen to paper?
Even the most idealistic and proper person would eventually be corrupted by that power. That's the true tale of the Death Note.
I suppose the only proper thing to do with a Death Note, is burn it, like the police task force wanted to do, but couldn't because Light had forseen such a circumstance and written the fake rule that said anyone who had touched it would die.
In other words, the policemen were not so benevolent that they would sacrifice themselves to end the reign of the Death Note. The only one who likely would have done that was Light's father.
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