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AnimeGaf: Does Death Note Get Good Again After...
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God damn what is wrong with you. You'd miss out on so many fucking epic moments. Season 2 has much more of them than 1 does, I think.
You get to watch the complete deconstruction of Light's grasp on sanity and common sense and that's arguably the best character arc in the show.
What kind of genres or themes do you like? There're several anime series I recommend, but I won't go telling you to watch stuff such as Haruhi if you like serious plots.
However, some catch-all stuff you might want to watch might be:
- Cowboy Bebop: Mix of comedy, drama, action about a group of space mercenaries. Has aged quite well
- Evangelion: Just don't go in expecting super fighting robots, because it gets very psychological later on
- Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood: Shonen, only the plot works really well on top of all the action
- Baccano/Durarara: Non-sequential narratives with loads and loads of characters, set in the real world but with lots of crazy things on top
- Black Lagoon: A series focused on Rock, an average guy that ends up being recruited by a group of mercenaries who do all kinds of odd jobs for the local mafia in a nefarious port town. Focused on violence and developing the main cast quite well
- Paranoia Agent: A police investigation on serial assaults where the line between reality and fiction becomes more and more blurred as things get really weird and dark, but never do so just for the sake of edginess
- Space Brothers: The story of two average brothers, where the younger one works for the Japanese equivalent of NASA, while the older one gave up on that promise until circumstances make him go for it again. Quite long (99 episodes!), but nice, and with a calm atmosphere that doesn't get to slice-of-life levels of irrelevant stuff
Biggest difference about the anime is the ending. Light doesn't die like a worm in front of everyone. He gets a much more noble death, pretty much. In his last minutes of life he escapes the warehouse, runs a block away, and has a solitary death in the most perfect lighting, lol. His manga death was SOOO much more satisfying. The only thing I liked about the anime ending was watching him squirm in motion and scream in sound, it was very well-animated squirming.
AzureSkies
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Stop after Season 1 and just buy a copy of Nightmare's the WORLD Ruler.
It's a better way to spend your time, and hell it's a really good album. You even get the full version of the
first opening song.
It's a better way to spend your time, and hell it's a really good album. You even get the full version of the
superior
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Not only does it stop being good after Ep. 26, it straight-up becomes not worth watching.
This is a popular opinion but it is dead wrong. People who can't handle change feel this way. Don't let others form your opinions for you, OP, give it a chance and I think you'll be surprised if you don't go in thinking what these dissenters tell you to think.
I enjoyed the second arc a lot more on my second time watching the show than I did the first time. Initially I thought the first few episodes after
were kinda bad and boring, but on my rewatch I was able to appreciate them more.
So I'd say watch the whole thing, and maybe watch it all over again in a few years.
L's death
So I'd say watch the whole thing, and maybe watch it all over again in a few years.
Yeah, this!
While its not as good as the first half, its worth going through he whole thing. What a series!
Yup.
There will be people that will tell you to continue or people who prefer the second half; don't trust 'em. Until episode 26 it's pure greatness and then it tries so hard to achieve a certain ending that it throws everything that has been established more or less into the water. It's boring and predictable because once you understand the new circumstances you know exactly what will happen.
I agree. I hated the anime ending because of this.
Light did not deserve a peaceful death. In the manga he just died like the slimy, cowardly rat he was.
EDIT: The biggest reason not to stop as 26 though is that 26 doesn't work as an ending. There's no resolution, no payoff, nothing.
Seriously.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I don't think its because I can't handle change. I think its because those episodes were legitimately bad. It simply stopped being clever.
To answer the OP's question very bluntly, no, it does not get as good as it was in the beginning. Those 10 episodes are the peak of the show's brilliance. That's not to say there aren't some good moments later on, but they are fewer, and farther inbetween. I'll also echo others and say that after ep 26, it's not very fun to watch. The final episode at least has a good payoff.
For everyone else whose seen all of the episodes:
Death Note, to me, is the prime example of an amazing concept and idea simply stretched farther than the natural story progression allows. The first 10 episodes are brilliant, gripping, amazing, whatever awesome words you can think of, but it should have ended shortly thereafter and not introduced
After that though, it was decent and somewhat entertaining simply because of
Once
the show simply continues on for no other purpose than to continue on and just becomes a chore to watch. From then on it regurgitates characters and plots and begins using convoluted Dues Ex Machina twists to explain things, that in the beginning, were explained rather naturally and believably.
Simply put, it just goes on way too long. More, in this case, was not better. Still, that doesn't at all effect my enjoyment of those 10 incredible episodes in the beginning.
For everyone else whose seen all of the episodes:
Death Note, to me, is the prime example of an amazing concept and idea simply stretched farther than the natural story progression allows. The first 10 episodes are brilliant, gripping, amazing, whatever awesome words you can think of, but it should have ended shortly thereafter and not introduced
a second notebook.
the chemistry between Light and L.
L is gone
Simply put, it just goes on way too long. More, in this case, was not better. Still, that doesn't at all effect my enjoyment of those 10 incredible episodes in the beginning.
John Kowalski
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I have a feeling nobody takes me seriously when i suggest GuP to someone.
I got into death note due to a friend recommending it.
I binged watched a lot of it on youtube around new years so i'm not sure what this infamous episode 26 is.
Is it around/after
? That's where i stopped watching. The show turned into a real drag for me after that. Everything before that was awesome and i eagerly anticipated the next episode.
If episode 26 is after that point feel free to spoil it for me
I binged watched a lot of it on youtube around new years so i'm not sure what this infamous episode 26 is.
Is it around/after
L dies and the little kid (N iirc) takes over
If episode 26 is after that point feel free to spoil it for me
vas_a_morir
Banned
The last 2 episodes are good, at least. I thought the American task force was
. But, it seems
fucked
Kira is dumb.
I knew it was inevitable that L would die, but my big problem with it is that he died and had zero idea as to how he died. I mean, in his final moments he obviously knew it was Light that got him, but he didn't know how because of some random invisible drama going on in the background that he couldn't possibly know about. It would have been a satisfying death had he simply been outwitted by Light in a way where he could realize exactly where he screwed up, but he didn't screw up or get bested, he got defeated by an invisible plot. That's just disappointing.
Professor Renegade
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Everything after
is shit.
L's death
Monster
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Cowboy Bebop
Planetes
Psycho-Pass
Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Ganzlinger
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I disagree with everyone. The show is solid til the end.
Watch it and take your conclusion.
Watch it and take your conclusion.
Nose Master
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Live action movie ending to episode 26 is a thousand times better than the anime. But, as far as the anime goes, 27+ is dogshit fanfiction.
itzknickknac
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OP, you are about to make me rewatch the entire series. I forgot a lot of the events that happen but all I remember is that I was constantly mindblown. It's like non-stop multi-orgasms. This show is.. wow. Is ep 26 the end? or the end of the first season?
EDIT:
Just googled.. stopping at 26 is great. but I think the very ending was just as great.
These are good, but definitely start on Brotherhood next.
EDIT:
Just googled.. stopping at 26 is great. but I think the very ending was just as great.
Agreed completely.
Light winning
the_sun_king
Member
Death Note was never good to begin with.
Unless you mean as an unintentional comedy...
Unless you mean as an unintentional comedy...
teruterubozu
Member
I liked it. But yeah it got a bit long.
flaxknuckles
Member
I wish I had never begun the show. The premise was interesting but it never did anything cool with it and then turned to complete shit after a major character died and a stupid ass little kid replaced him. Actually it turned to complete shit when the second Death Note was revealed and the shinigami eyes bullshit started.
Ganzlinger
Member
Am I the only one who supported Kira? lol
I have just one question for the manga ending of Death Note :
How come Light didn't use the rule about making someone immune to the Death Note?
That's like the 1rst thing he would do once he learned about it.
The only reason Light was bested was because he never even tried using it in the 1rst place, that's so stupid and out of character it really brought me out of the thing entirely.
That's like the 1rst thing he would do once he learned about it.
The only reason Light was bested was because he never even tried using it in the 1rst place, that's so stupid and out of character it really brought me out of the thing entirely.
Spoilers yo
Captain_Spanky
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That was not the spoiler I expected to see lol. But yeah I think it's pretty consistent. Some people think there's a dip 2/3rds of the way through, but I found it a fascinating development. The last few episodes are great. Also did anyone ever figure out what they meant when the writer said FINAL EPISODE SPOILERS:
Near cheater? I figured he either manipulated Light or...Magami (Light's disciple) using the death note to ensure a confession. Is that what they meant by cheating?It would make sense that the "sons of L" would be willing to go further, sacrificing their life and ethics to catch Kira.
Watch it until the end.
And I second Code Geass (surprisingly ^^), it's super awesome.
Because
And I second Code Geass (surprisingly ^^), it's super awesome.
Because
of rule 35:
If a Death Note owner accidentally misspells a name four times, that person will be free from being killed by the Death Note. However, if they intentionally misspell the name four times, the Death Note owner will die.
The person whose name was misspelled four times on purpose will not be free of death by a Death Note.
So he would die if he tried it intentionally, and it wouldn't even work.
If a Death Note owner accidentally misspells a name four times, that person will be free from being killed by the Death Note. However, if they intentionally misspell the name four times, the Death Note owner will die.
The person whose name was misspelled four times on purpose will not be free of death by a Death Note.
So he would die if he tried it intentionally, and it wouldn't even work.
I hope so. Him and Kratos are tied for the most awful human being award when it comes to main characters.
Absurdly easy to circumvent!
Have someone else write your name 4 times while giving them improper spelling.
Considering how convoluted Death Note can be, this is a rather tame scheme for Light to pull off.
If he knew about that rule, there's no way someone who's able to pull the crazy shit he's shown doing wouldn't manage to pull this off
Considering how convoluted Death Note can be, this is a rather tame scheme for Light to pull off.
If he knew about that rule, there's no way someone who's able to pull the crazy shit he's shown doing wouldn't manage to pull this off
1) There's Rico from Killzone
2) there's THAT guy who's the worst Dbag ever from a romance manga who cheat on his gf, manipulate everyone and never feel bad about anything he does.
ScepticMatt
Member
Couldn't finish it, never bothered with later episodes.
SweetTeddie
Member
The suspension of disbelief required to buy the character decisions in DN is insane.
Also it feels like every other line is an internal monologue. I heard that Monster was a better example of what DN tried to achieve, but I haven't see it yet.
Kira should have been caught multiple times yet a bunch of happenstance bullshit occurs and he somehow gets out of it every time.
Werewolf Jones
Member
I would have deterred you from watching it to begin with. I wants to be a Naoki Urasawa manga so bad and Tsugumi Ohba cannot write female characters AT ALL.
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