Death Note fans who did you support Light or L or someone else? (poll included)

[noname223]

I watched the anime Death Note like 20 times as a teenager. I think the author is very anit-choice because of a side story he dropped. But I will remain with the original Death Note story. I don't really have the urge to watch it again. In general my interest in anime decreased a lot.
However I was a massive Light Yagami supporter. My friends even joked about it. I wanted him to win. He was kind of my role model in school because I wanted to be as good as him. Nowadays I don't know. He does a lot of unethical stuff but I like good antagonists like for example Joker in the Joker movie.

I was pretty sad when he died. Nowadays I don't know it was the best way to end it. I wanted an unconventional end still. I think Misa commits suicide doesn't she? Originally L should beat Light earlier but I think the magazine wanted to squeeze it more. Maybe that was a fault. The quality drops slightly after L's death. But still Death Note remains my favorite anime. Maybe I should give it another try. I think it might be 5 years since I watched it the last time.

I liked L also a lot. But not as much as Light. Ryuk was another extremely cool character. I like so many Death Note characters.

There even was a "Death Note murder" in Belgium. You can find the story on wikipedia. It is pretty sick. And it hit the authors personally pretty hard.

I hope the both authors will publish another new story. The Death Note Twitter story was brilliant. Really I have waited for something like that a long time and it was one highlight of that year. I even thought the day I read it maybe it was worth not have killed myself yet.

Platinum End sucked ass. It was so fucking disappointing and I dropped it early. A friend of mine read it till the end and was pretty pissed about the end. Well it was unconventional at least...

I read Bakuman again before I started college again to motivate me. And well it did. The love aspect though broke my heart several time considering how hopeless my personal love life is. But still another extremely good manga. The anime is not that good.

What about you?

 

[Spike Spiegel]

To those who like death note , you will probably like psycho pass. It has become one of my favorite psychological anime

 

[Darkover]

i've seen death note the film on netflix where he as a book that if he writes in it peoples name he can get people killed

 

[noname223]

i've seen death note the film on netflix where he as a book that if he writes in it peoples name he can get people killed

The Netflix version my sincere condolences that you had to witness something like that.

I watched it with friends and we cringed so hard.

 

[jar-baby]

I don't think I rooted for either of them in particular. I just liked the game— watching their respective schemes play out was the fun.

Ryuk was my favourite.

 

[Tokugawa_Yoshinobu]

I watched Death Note years ago and it was my first anime. It's a good show but I'm usually not into anime at all. I also watched three of the Japanese live action movies based on it (I think they made more after that too?) and thought that they were alright but kinda went into a weird direction that I found off putting. Light was the character I rooted for the most because I found it intriguing that he had the moral dilemma of acting out of his own sense of justice by killing criminals but eventually became corrupted by his power. I can't comment on either the Netflix live action film or the manga because I've never seen/read those.

 

[UsagiDrop]

I watched Death Note very recently and it's actually a joke among my friends that I'm extremely, vehemently, 100% anti-Light. In fact, I really hate him, and I'm the only person I know in that camp. I was very much on L's side, or anyone who was put in the position to stop that madness lol. But at the same time I can see why people would like him, he is a pretty polarizing and memorable personality, and his ideals for the world were not horrible. At the end of the day, he got results. I just think the execution was insanity, and I'm sure that he ended up killing many more innocent people than he would have even cared to admit.

At some point in his journey, too, I think a lot of people overlook that it was not about creating a peaceful and ideal world, but more about becoming a god himself and exercising his full control over the world. His well-deserved downfall came on the heels of an inflated ego and a skewed sense of self. The ending was really satisfying to me, albeit rushed, but I'm virtually alone in that camp.

The show itself has interesting commentary on morality and justice, what it would take to achieve "perfection" or "peace." Is a serial killer still bad if he's killing for the right reasons? Is the law wrong for interfering with someone else's justice? Should wrongdoers get second chances and rehabilitation? Is it better to just rid society of the dangerous people all together?

So many people suffered for an ideal and peaceful world and to some that is simply the price we have to pay. To others, even one person's suffering isn't worth the collective's wellbeing. And I suppose most of us will fall somewhere in between, not really knowing who to support, and yet feeling disgusted by the character that represents one end of two extremes regardless for trying to make the other fail at their goals. Neither Light or L were right or wrong and that part leaves me feeling strangely empty?

 

[february in alaska]

I absolutely adored the first half of Death Note (up until L's death) and then I didn't care for the second half at all. I still consider the first twenty five(?) episodes one of my favorite animes ever though

I was slightly team L just because I loved his character more, but honestly I wasn't really rooting for either, I just loved seeing how they interacted. The reason I loved death note was because of L and Light's back and forth. I would've gladly watched another fifty episodes of them playing cat and mouse, lol

 

[Serious_Sam]

L, Light scared me man, dude was on a power trip the whole time.

 

[derpyderpins]

I liked Light at the beginning even though I knew he was the "bad guy" but of course as he gets more comically evil in the second half I can't support him, even though Nier and Melo are lame af. Although, I want him to win again at the end because of how stupid his defeat is. In a story where highly detailed plans always play out according to how the planner monologues them, only for the planner to be out 4D chess'd by the rival in a similar fashion, it was pretty crap to make Light completely outsmart Nier but lose because his follower didn't behave as told. Such a hollow victory for that smug little shit.

 

[tootiredtoargue]

I watched the anime Death Note like 20 times as a teenager. I think the author is very anit-choice because of a side story he dropped. But I will remain with the original Death Note story. I don't really have the urge to watch it again. In general my interest in anime decreased a lot.
However I was a massive Light Yagami supporter. My friends even joked about it. I wanted him to win. He was kind of my role model in school because I wanted to be as good as him. Nowadays I don't know. He does a lot of unethical stuff but I like good antagonists like for example Joker in the Joker movie.

I was pretty sad when he died. Nowadays I don't know it was the best way to end it. I wanted an unconventional end still. I think Misa commits suicide doesn't she? Originally L should beat Light earlier but I think the magazine wanted to squeeze it more. Maybe that was a fault. The quality drops slightly after L's death. But still Death Note remains my favorite anime. Maybe I should give it another try. I think it might be 5 years since I watched it the last time.

I liked L also a lot. But not as much as Light. Ryuk was another extremely cool character. I like so many Death Note characters.

There even was a "Death Note murder" in Belgium. You can find the story on wikipedia. It is pretty sick. And it hit the authors personally pretty hard.

I hope the both authors will publish another new story. The Death Note Twitter story was brilliant. Really I have waited for something like that a long time and it was one highlight of that year. I even thought the day I read it maybe it was worth not have killed myself yet.

Platinum End sucked ass. It was so fucking disappointing and I dropped it early. A friend of mine read it till the end and was pretty pissed about the end. Well it was unconventional at least...

I read Bakuman again before I started college again to motivate me. And well it did. The love aspect though broke my heart several time considering how hopeless my personal love life is. But still another extremely good manga. The anime is not that good.

What about you?

Did you know there was a Death Note musical? Maybe you'd enjoy it.

 

[beelzebul]

To those who like death note , you will probably like psycho pass. It has become one of my favorite psychological anime

Strong disagree. They are not comparable. Death Note is intricate and incredibly well written with compelling characters. Can't say the same, even a little, for psycho pass.

 

[TheShadowKing]

I wanted light to win but was still sad when L died

 

[noname223]

To be honest the results surprise me. I always thought L was way more popular in online communities. What does it say about SaSu that Light is the favorite? Maybe a good taste for antagonists shaped by our own personal stories?

 

[Emi]

I support Lights views on the world because it just makes sense. Rid the world of useless criminals that take up space, and why bother using taxpayers monies to keep especially pedophiles/murderers alive in prison? Why tf do my taxes gotta go towards feeding these maggots? Just kill em off.

 

[Rapière]

I support Misa. She tried so hard to make Light fall in love with her, it's really sad that she didn't succeed.

I absolutely adored the first half of Death Note (up until L's death) and then I didn't care for the second half at all

Yeah me neithe, it just wasn't the same without L. Although in the final episodes it did manage to pick up the pace of the first half again. -- I think the maga artist of Death Note had originally intended to end the manga after L's death, but was pressured by the production company to continue the story, because they wanted to squeeze more money out of it. My guess is that, if the artist had gotten his will, it would have ended with Light getting arrested shortly, or right after L's death, because L prepared everything in such a way that him getting killed would be definite proof that Light is Kira. You can tell that they hastily introduced a bunch of weird plot twists to not make it play out like that.

 

[Spike Spiegel]

Strong disagree. They are not comparable. Death Note is intricate and incredibly well written with compelling characters. Can't say the same, even a little, for psycho pass.

The first season of Psycho Pass is some of the best TV there is. The reboots, movies and second season are different. However the shows use of slow drip information regarding the Cybil system as well as Makashima are done to perfection. The shows use of philosophy imo is deeper then death note (anime not Manga). Each villain in season one is connected. The show does not pull punches at all. Death note falls off massively after L dies. And the ending of the anime is worse then the Manga. I have recommended the show to several people who liked death note all with great results. And artistically the animation in psycho pass is much better. Death note is about someone trying to play god. Psycho pass is about confronting the issues of a morally broke society that wishes to remove crime in a utilitarian matter. Yet it is easy to argue Light and Cybil want the same thing. It is very easy to draw real life comparisons between psycho pass and real events happening today.

 

[Adûnâi]

It's so weird that people use names with no issue, but I have trouble navigating them. I just call them "the protagonist", the "detective", the "girl", etc.

I watched Death Note in September 2018 over a few days (the entire thing), it started going to shit when Misa was introduced (an empty character), then it killed itself and went into a coma after the memory wipe plot (which on its own was super philosophical, turning oneself into... one's own minion?). The final episode was kind of cool, I'll give them that.

This was the first and last anime I ever watched, and I do consider it decent - due to the manly rivalry depicted between the killer and the detective. And the original theme song was hype. I'd like to watch something else with a similar masculine energy. My favourite moment was when the kira had to kill the woman in a few minutes right when talking to her (NOW you can call me misogynistic, but her sex has nothing to do with it, I don't discriminate). Ruthless, brutal, cold-blooded, morally dark, makes me aroused like a girl before a dark triad chad. Also clean! No pesky gore or torture! (I don't like human torture.)

 

[BlackMoon]

I was on L and then Near side. The whole point of the story for me is to show the consequences of letting emotions and irrationality govern justice. I would be scared IRL if someone told me they was pro-Light.

 

[Tokugawa_Yoshinobu]

It's so weird that people use names with no issue, but I have trouble navigating them. I just call them "the protagonist", the "detective", the "girl", etc.

I watched Death Note in September 2018 over a few days (the entire thing), it started going to shit when Misa was introduced (an empty character), then it killed itself and went into a coma after the memory wipe plot (which on its own was super philosophical, turning oneself into... one's own minion?). The final episode was kind of cool, I'll give them that.

This was the first and last anime I ever watched, and I do consider it decent - due to the manly rivalry depicted between the killer and the detective. And the original theme song was hype. I'd like to watch something else with a similar masculine energy. My favourite moment was when the kira had to kill the woman in a few minutes right when talking to her (NOW you can call me misogynistic, but her sex has nothing to do with it, I don't discriminate). Ruthless, brutal, cold-blooded, morally dark, makes me aroused like a girl before a dark triad chad. Also clean! No pesky gore or torture! (I don't like human torture.)

Your comments are often very interesting even if I disagree to me but I agree with that Misa is not interesting as a character and very bland.

 

[Adûnâi]

Your comments are often very interesting even if I disagree to me but I agree with that Misa is not interesting as a character and very bland.

Thanks! She also had a non-consensual BDSM scene which impressed me - is anime indeed for sick fucks? :3

(I'm no stranger to BDSM, but not with actual characters, and not rapey.)

 

[sserafim]

Light Yagami cuz he's hot (lol in the anime ofc). Like look at that face

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[YandereMikuMistress]

To those who like death note , you will probably like psycho pass. It has become one of my favorite psychological anime

Psycho pass is fire so is
Bungo Stray Dogs, Both great series.

 

[WhatPowerIs]

I dont know who I support but I found Light the more interesting out of the two