L's death and Near's subsequent pursuit of Light further thicken the plot, keeping viewers absorbed to the storyline right up to the ending. The plot then expands and turns in a more engrossing direction with the appearance of L, Amane Misa and Rem, who prove to be stinging thorns in Light's initially perfect plan. The story opens interestingly with an object of death previously unheard of in the human world, and the dark plot slowly unfolds as the rules of the death note become revealed one by one. Unlike a whole lot of animes out there, Death Note explores a deeply psychological plot and a highly questionable ethical dilemma in a dark and somewhat taboo-filled manner. Death Note has clearly outdone most of its contemporaries in the world of anime. But truth be said, I know a great anime when I see one as well. I find shinigami-themed animes to be somewhat spooky and filled with taboo, as if shinigamis are not matters that one should tamper around with, even in fiction. Truth be said, I'm no big fan of shinigami-themed animes.
Misa showing her immense affection for Light in front of L Somewhat reminiscent of the renowned fictional showdown between Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty, I'd say. In the anime, we thus see the showdown of all time, as both these characters engage in a challenge of strategies, a match of caution and intellect between two great minds paralleled probably only to each other. On the other end stands L/Near, who, although existing to uphold justice in a world of crime, despise the idea of passing the death sentence on all criminals, perceiving it as being tantamount to mass murder. Seeing no hope for mankind, his discovery of Ryuk's death note reveals to him a self-realized responsibility to judge the world and purge it from all lawlessness by passing the death sentence on all criminals, major and minor, using the death note. On this spectrum of argument, Light stands at one end, declaring his detestation for mankind's inherent nature to sin that has brought about a rotting society where the lawless seem to prevail.
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The million-dollar question that the very plot of the anime revolves around is this: "Is it justifiable to purge sin with sin?" While Code Geass presents two childhood buddies, Lelouch and Suzaku, waging fierce wars from opposite ends of a spectrum of this argument, Death Note portrays two genius strategists, namely Light and L (subsequently Near), staring intently at each other from opposite ends of the same spectrum, swearing to checkmate the person standing at the other end in the smartest and most cautious way possible.
Perfection is victory one minor miscalculation and it's all over.ĭrawing parallels from one of the anime's contemporaries, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion, Death Note delves into a somewhat similar core theme, albeit presented differently. You can hear your heart racing and you break a sweat, having never faced such a tough nut before. Checkmate is nigh it's either you or him. You draw closer to him as he, too, draws closer to you.
You foresee your opponent's potential steps and execute a plan. Finally, it's you versus him, two kings staring piercingly eye-to-eye, as if trying to search the innermost thoughts of each other's minds while considering a thousand possibilities in the flash of a second, planning the best course of moves to overtake and checkmate each other. To save yourself, you send even your queen to her death, in the process stripping your opponent of more vital pieces. He, too, seems to be able to predict your every movement to such fine precision, and acts accordingly. Now comes the critical moment, when you have to predict exactly to the dot the movements that your opponent is going to make in the next few moves.
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