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)
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...
Written by sleepyrounin on August 9, 2012 at 8:57 AM
Overall Rating
Good
Story: 4
Dialogue: 3
Animation: 5
Entertainment: 5
pros
+ well-executed storyline, deals with controversial issues and in a way with reality (okay... the 2nd-to-last point might not be positive for everyone around)
+ great animation and soundtrack
+ amazing suspense and atmosphere, though dark
cons
- seems to change pace rather often (some eps are entirely dialogue to further the plot, thus seem slow; then again it goes so fast it threatens to leave you behind)
- the concept's underlying pattern IS known (that might just be me though)
- dialogue is just typical for the genre
conclusion: so i won't say it's my fav -- a little bit too typical for the genre to say that -- but it's far above decent, and worth a try if you're in for the mystery/thriller/dark-feel aspect with an actual connection to reality. good character design (charas themselves are a bit messed up! but that's just the concept ;)), great animation, the necessary suspense to overall keep people on edge, and the craved-for overall dark atmosphere to it. doesn't divert too much from the manga either, which is always a plus.
