Death Note (TV) Reviews
Death Note
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Title(s): Death Note
Carnet de la Mort (French)
Dödens Anteckningsbok (Swedish)
El Libro De La Muerte (Spanish)
Notatnik Śmierci (Polish)
Тетрадь смерти (Russian)
مذكرة الموت (Arabic)
デスノート (Japanese)
死亡筆記本 (Chinese (Taiwan))
데스 노트 (Korean)
Creator: Tsugumi Ooba
Genres: Drama, Mystery, Psychological, Supernatural, Thriller
Age Group: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Vintage: August 1, 2006
Status: Completed
Summary: Yagami Light is an ace student with great prospects, who's bored out of his mind. One day he finds the "Death Note": a notebook from the realm of the Death Gods, with the power to kill people in any way he desires. With the Death Note in hand, Light decides to create his perfect world, without crime or criminals. However, when criminals start dropping dead one by one, the authorites send the legendary detective L to track down the killer, and a battle of wits, deception and logic ensues...
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Average 3 reviews
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Very Poor 5 reviews
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This one is for the thinkers.
Written by Mags on December 1, 2010 at 12:43 PM
Overall Rating
Good
Story: 4
Dialogue: 4
Animation: 5
Entertainment: 4
This anime is visually beautiful. I found myself wrapped up in the story very quick, desperately trying to figure out what was going on. This would qualify in my book, as an intellectual supernatural mystery.

While the story was interesting all the way through, I don't feel as though I would need to watch it more than twice at most. Once to enjoy it and once to realize how deceptively intelligent the whole plot is. There is not much in the way of humor or "heroic" action. The story is more dramatic than anything else.

I enjoyed the first L arc, more than the second one. The ending was complete and appropriate to the series, albeit abrupt. I would suggest this story if you like mysteries and using your brain.

I would not suggest this to people looking for a comedy, super-hero action, supernatural fight scenes or romances. This is strictly a dramatic work.
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