(READ BELOW LINK BEFORE COMMENTING‼️)EDIT: IF YOU LOVED THIS VIDEO AND WANT MORE DEATH NOTE ANALYSIS VIDEOS FROM ME CHECK OUT THIS PLAYLIST th-cam.com/play/PLWiRJUXMfTSlsVwckJ8ZPCGf94oxIS9rS.html&si=iU7rWgEQkn8je2PL Imma address a major tidbit I should've clarified better in the video. When I say Light is a victim, I'm saying he was given an unfortunate fate of being the first person to pick up the notebook. Anyone that tests the notebook is destined for misfortune and with how strong-willed Light is... his luck only lasts for 6 years and comes at the end of his life. If he hadn't noticed/picked up the notebook, he could've lived a better life working with the NPA. Everyone could’ve lived better lives if the notebook hadn’t been dropped. HOWEVER, this doesnt justify Light’s actions and he IS aware of what he's doing, constantly losing his sanity. The power of the notebook can change people. He's a victim of the notebooks fate, but ALSO causes his own fate to occur with how he keeps killing people. Something of both sides occuring. The notebook sealed his fate, but Light had his death coming to him. That's what makes his ending and his character (and Ls) so complex. If I could re write the script to emphasize that I would've but I was pressured to upload on my weekly schedule 😭. Hopefully more people see this comment and i dont gotta repeat myself but this is the internet sooooooooo💀 2nd edit: nah i take my apology back. Ive seen some comments understood what i meant and correct other commenters that assumed. I stated multiple times in the video that Light (and the others) is cursed with misfortune and is a victim of the death notes curse because of that. The series also repeats that fact. Pay fukin attention yall.
@@Roberto-nn6kb the ends justified the means in the eyes of some fans, however the innocent ppl that died to achieve that makes it ultimately unjust IMO. However I'm kinda surprised there aren't more pro kira fans around.
@@bringinthedope5929 but wouldnt people who will died if he didnt use Death note unjustify decision of not using it? Tbh he kill only a few innocet people, and 70% crime rate in world scale is definitely more
@@Roberto-nn6kb I'm late as hell, but your in the camp of, you gotta crack a few eggs to make a omelette? I suppose but light was becoming demented as hell and subjected his own father and friends to terrible things. I noticed his penalty for using the death note started with extreme criminals and then lessened to lesser crimes . Idk tho
The only reason L lost to Light is because he was playing an uneven game. Almost like playing chess without knowing all the rules and still keeping up with a Grandmaster
True, but he was pretty close to catching Light. Even both of them said he got too emotional when he was close to solving the case. (Also reflected in how his emotional half, Mello, is the one to die too). Your point still stands true tho
I don't think chess analogy holds. In chess, everything is equal and all the information is available to everyone. Only thing that might be considered as an advantage is the right of the first move. L and Light both have different set of hands in their hands. Their pieces were not identical at all, like chess pieces. Also there is a fog of war for both side. They both have missing knowledge about their opponents and the game itself. We could argue who has the better hand, but I don't think Light's hand is much better than L's. First of all, Light was alone and L had all the power beneath him. With one mistake, Light would be captured. Using Shinigami seemed like cheating because it was beyond L's knowledge, but he didn't win that easily. He manipulated REM to succumb to his will. In Light's perspective, Rem was a problem, but he was able to use the situation. Much like Misa, she was powerful, but at the same time, she was a big problem. If Light couldn't manipulate her properly, she would be the worst card to have. The two cards that Light has both have fatal drawbacks. From L's perspective, the fog of war is bigger. L didn't even know the rules of the game. But his cards were more stable. He had all the power, and no one could stop him when he wanted to do something, while Light's hands were tied because his one mistake would be his last. And L's cards couldn't harm him at any time. L's mistake was taking too many risks. His risk-taking gave Light everything about him since he couldn't win quickly enough after taking those risks. There isn't any fog of war at the Light's side; the only thing that Light didn't know was L's name, and he didn't need it. But it's L's fault. He willingly gave all the information and trusted his abilities to overcome anything.
@@BlazingAurasI literally was going to say that he still could’ve won would’ve took longer but him and Kira had a back and forth and like you said he got emotional like light I love this series there so much
People say Light had the advantage because he had a death note. But we forget that L is literally a multi-millionaire with all kinds of surveillance that he has been able to put into Light's house. The police department at his disposal with all its resources, FBI with its resources etc.. the death note doesn't help finding out L's identity at all, while everything L has makes finding Kira's identity much easier. Also L is a 23 year old experienced detective that has been in these situations many times and has been trained since he was s child to solve cases. Light on the other hand is just a 16 year old with no experience whatsoever, no money and no help. Also the only time L was ever close to proving Light was Kira was because of Misa who was a nuisance for light throughout the whole series, she left evidence behind that proved her guilty. L would never have any evidence of Light being Kira if it weren't for that.
I think the analysis of this aspect is accurate…however the real reason everyone hated the ending was how unrealistic it was. There is no way they could have broken into a bank safety deposit box and written all of the names down exactly so that Mikami couldn’t tell the difference with a microscope in just ONE NIGHT. It’s physically impossible. That being the only way that N was able to get the upper hand just felt like a cop out because they couldn’t figure out a way to outsmart Light in a realistic way since he had the plot armor of the death note
EDIT: The comment above is probably addressing the "Death Notes ending is impossible" video by SYTYK. That video has been debunked. It's insanely wrong and I wish I knew that before making the video. If you want to know why it's debunked go search on reddit or Google. Death Notes ending is possible Thank You. You see, I would've accepted the ending more if Ohba had made the time before the warehouse scene at least like a week instead of ONE NIGHT 😭. Because like I said in the video, I didn't see how it was possible that Gevanni wrote all of Mikamis victims in his hand writing in one night (manga says it was Anthony and Gevanni but even if it's 2 people it's impossible just like you said). If it were written to where Near said "my 2 members did it in one week" or something like that, I wouldn't be bothered. I also made this video because I saw people on social media say they preferred one version of the ending while hating the other, or misinterpreting the anime version as "glorifying Light.", and the manga version being "unnecessarily harsh". Either way both endings still have that One night tidbit I don't like and I agree with you, but if I get past that then I still love the endings 😅
What sucks more to me is the way Light won over L in the first place. Rem specifically said she was going to kill LIGHT if Misa was in put in danger, so what the f*ck was she doing killing L then??
Because Misa would k*ll herself if Light ever died and she didn't want Rem to kill Light. Light made a plan to defeat L and Rem gave up her life so Misa would be safe.
It's just a practical limit; it doesn't have to make sense. The point is Team Light has lost the theoretical game. They showed the place of the death note; what's beyond doesn't matter. When you think about it, characters often have unrealistic skills in animes. Team Near has one guy who can copy writings perfectly in a day. It's his special ability, whatever. There is a scene where Near follows multiple screens and understands everything simultaneously. It also doesn't make any sense. The human brain cannot focus on multiple tasks at once; you can only switch your attention to different things quickly, but you cannot focus on everything simultaneously. But anime explains it by saying he is just too smart. Same things goes for Light and L. It doesn't matter one or two guys copied perfectly, they could say there is a special machine they have that can do those tasks, whatever. So I don't consider that kind of thing a mistake.
I think the Near looking at multiple screens was done better in manga since it has more exposition. It happens at the end of chapter 91. Your point may still stand tho
Death Note has a split fan base. You enjoy light's character and feel bad for him and his suffering, or despise him for killing people. It's always a debate, I don't mind it's a well written story and characters give me joy to share it with people I care about. Death Note made me feel a connection with the series whole.
L was my favorite, but Light is amazing too, he's so despicable, but i feel bad for him, i prefer L, but still wanted to see Light win, last part, Light is even more despicable, but i can relate to his feeling toward N, Near is good, Melo too in his own way, but even together, they're not nearly as good as L(unlike what Near said), the case was already 99%solved and they got Lucky while L was doom from the beginning, for that i wanted Near to lose, but i also think at that point, Light was about to go to far(killing lazy people, etc.) and needed to be stop. the ending was amazing, he lost from someone else mistake, confirming that he was supposed to win against this inferior L, but we get to see his downfall, the only thing that would had made it better is if he would have finish wrtting Near name before getting stop.
Me personally, I'm both. And idky. I think it's because I can see both sides and any reason I dislike him is to do with the way he treats the people around him, not him being mass murder 😭
personally LOVE the manga ending not bc light is suffering, more because he is finally being truthful, he’s finally acting like anyone else, panicked, not composed, fumbling, scared, all the things he’s constantly pretending he’s above during the whole story. he thinks he’s a god, it’s satisfying to watch him be reminded he was human the whole time.
The real villain in Death note is indeed Ryuk. When we see other Shinigami, we learn that they can have a sense of duty. Ryuk has been playing with other's lives for amusement. He knowingly caused everything for cheap laughs
The one thing I love about the manga version is just how cold Ryuk is the entire time. He said on at least two occasions that he’s on no one’s “side”, that this is all just a way for him to kill time, and that any help he does give Light is only because it will help prolong his entertainment. So both Light and the reader see him as an “ally” at best or just a “casual bystander” at worst. Hell, sometimes we even saw him as a comic relief, like the scene with the apple withdrawals or when he got flustered upon meeting Misa. But then the final scene happens and Light and the reader are hit with a hard dose of reality: this really is just a game to Ryuk, one that he has no problem ending when it stops being fun for him.
I can't believe it was 20 years since it first released. Sure I didn't read it then, but I did enjoy it and it has been my favorite anime of all time ever since.
Haven’t watched the video yet, but before I do I just want to say, I have been saying this EXACT thing for years now and so many people think one ending is vastly superior to the other, and I really think they’re both great for different reasons. The manga ending gives a harsh brutal end to a sadistic maniac, while the anime ending basically re-contextualizes the entire series and has us ponder on what Light could have been if he had never found the Death Note. Both endings have a different message, and you could argue the anime ending kind of goes against some of the themes of the series, but overall I think both endings work, while not being perfect.
I really love Mikami, I love the idea of “no one understands your art except yourself”. Even though Mikami was Light’s biggest fan and smart on his own, their miscommunication was part of Light’s defeat. Light can’t trust anyone else to get this job done because no one else in the world has the same vision as him
I don’t think it’s so much that the Note corrupted Light so much as the Note allowed Light’s corruption come to the fore. We see from when he temporarily loses his memory of being Kira that he was already prone to deluding himself that he would use the Note only for justice; he’s day-dreaming about being Kira when he can’t even remember that he is Kira. That’s what makes his complete meltdown at the end so satisfying. With no more delusions or pretensions, the complete loss of self-control shows what Light really is at his core-an ego-driven brat. Matsuda being the one to get the kill is my favorite part though. Naive, somewhat incompetent, sentimental Matsuda-he’s the one who has the wherewithal to end Kira.
I don't think that's the point of the video. Light is a horrible person with very immature views on the world and morality. He didn't need the death note to be a huge asshole. However, the death note cursed him and he had a much more miserable life because of it. He was still a teenager and had a life to live, he had time to grow up and change, to make friends, to make memories... instead of that he spent all his time trying to change a world he was almost already not a part of anymore as he lost his humanity, and got everyone he cared for to die. The death note wasn't the only factor that made Light bad, but it definitely ruined him and i really like how the ending makes us feel sorry for him even if we despise him
@@ddunfuh9239doubtful. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Anyone with that kind of power would eventually lose themselves to it. Majority of people believe that if they had the power to change things, they would in a heartbeat. They wouldn’t think about how that power might change them, or if their way of doing things is right. They have the power, so they get to decide what is right and wrong. Light believed there were some crimes that warranted death, instead of wasting money feeding them in prison. And believed that too many criminals get away due to their money, connections, or there simply being not enough evidence to convict them. Lots of people in the world today feel the exact same way. Give anyone in our world the death note, and I guarantee they would go insane with the power. It might not happen as fast as Light’s descent into madness, but it would happen all the same.
@@glowhoo9226of course. Blame the power instead of blaming humanity. I am sure that line of thinking went well throughout of all of history. Power cannot be opposite of good, it's just power. Which means humanity is opposite of good or that they are not ready for such responsability. Not to mention its implied in the manga Light is possessed. Off topic, do you think Walter white is a good guy? Ever in his life?
Honestly, both versions of the ending have their strengths and weaknesses. Obviously, the manga has the line from Near that you yourself said was missing, but also, I think the way Light dies, killed by Ryuk in front of everyone, is a bit better than the death he gets in the manga. However, I don't really like at all the way Mikami acts in the manga. His death in the anime is much better and feels more in line with his character. Also, the fact that the anime hints at Misa's death is good too. Overall they are both good, but I'd personally prefer a mix of the two.
I'm glad you mentioned the bit about Near wearing L's mask as a way of both taunting Light and confirming the effectiveness of his own plan with a surprise look at Ryuk. From the moment he smiles, from the very start of the meeting, Near knows he has won. He just plays along with it while Light just gloats himself up.
There are a couple of points that I would like to add: What bothered me is Light had no chance of winning from the beginning. In the "How to Read" manga, there is an interview, and in that, he said, "What message would we have given if we let Kira win.". This bothered me for a while, but now I think this is the story they wanted to tell. Another important scene cut out from the anime is where Light says there is no heaven or hell. They probably didn't want to offend people but it actually adds another layer of nihilism to the dark theme of the anime. Ultimately, it doesn't matter what side you are on; L doesn't go to heaven, and Light doesn't get eternally punished. They just die, and the only thing left is Mu. There is another running rationale of the show. We saw it first at the tennis match. Light said, " First one strikes, wins.". We always saw that throughout the anime, whoever attacked first got the advantage or won the war. L did it many times: fake broadcast, revealing his identity to Light, capturing Misa etc., Light also did it many times, and as you said, we learned about it in detail after he succeeded. Finally, he lost because Mello struck, and Near was able to finish it. Mello wasn't that smart, but he was a practical guy with brains. He tended to solve his problems by taking action. And his death was his punishment for being himself. Taking action gives you advantage but it also makes you vulnerable to threats. Light's punishment was realizing he is a human when he lost. He was like everyone else, just a human. Sadly, he couldn't live long enough to pass the denial and anger stage. L's punishment is being too careless. He showed his face and took too many risks to win. At any time, Light could have won by getting the shinigami eyes. You could say we know he won't because he wants to rule forever, but it doesn't matter from L's perspective. He put himself at risk. He didn't know Light had to sacrifice half of his life to take the shinigami's eyes; it could be some physical limitation for L's sake. Nobody knows whether Light might decide to take the eyes when he realizes he is losing the game. I think he would sacrifice rather than lose against anyone, but I don't think it's even considered at any time. They didn't want to change the power dynamics in that way. But Light didn't have to get the eyes because L made himself vulnerable by showing his face. Also, he took a lot of unnecessary risks; he didn't have to reveal the broadcast was fake. He could just go after Kira covertly and probably get to him easily. He could have the advantage of giving no information to his opponent. Instead, he did the opposite and went further down and said, "I'm L.". The only one who got away with his sins is Near. It would be cool if Light could write Near's name to the paper in the last scene. It would show the true weakness of Near, his immobility. His inability to take physical action would lost to Light's quick-thinking action. And all the main characters would be dead, which also gives the sense of a draw. Since Light can't win, I would prefer a tie. After he kills Near, they could kill him in the same way in the manga because we definitely have to see Light as a human, not as an omnipotent character as he thinks.
I used to say the same thing about Near, I wish that Light had managed to finish writing his name and the show ended with everyone except the task force dead. The task force were such an essential part of the story early on, and their importance was slowly reduced as the story went on, aside from Aizawa, and Matsuda at the very end when he shot Light. I think it would have been very fitting for them to be the only survivors, as they were the only ones who were truly trying to take down Kira because they believed it was the right thing to do, and NOT because of some ego-driven desire to be the winner of a “game”.
@@damons.creations Near didn’t think of it as a game. Not as a competitive one at least. Its a puzzle to him, he likes puzzles. No real ego, which is probably the reason he lived.
The broadcast was always going to get figured out. Also L knows light is limited, and maybe he can do it with just a face but he hasn’t so obviously it’s not something he’s willing to do. YOU might, but L had a perfect profile on who kira was on essentially day one. Light can discern what you would logically think. L basically just mind reads you LOLZ. To the point where acting outside of his predictions = magic in his eyes (he was right)
One main issue with your first paragraph, Light saying there's no Heaven or Hell is either a stupid opinion, a lie, or just him being wrong. Ryuk and the Death Note confirms that some form of afterlife does in fact exist, because the very rule that excludes people who've used the Death Note from going to Heaven or Hell (or generally experiencing an afterlife) wouldn't exist if there already wasn't an afterlife in the first place.
I think that light getting the death note was the best thing thathappend to him because as we see in the beginning of the story light is extremely bored with the world around him and when he does aquire the death note he directly challenages L eventhough he could have been hidden in his room killing off criminals BUT he doesn't, he lived the most eventful 23 years of life anyone could ask for
You know what's interesting? The boredom aspect of Death Note can be seen as both a good and bad thing. Both Light, L, and Ryuk are bored...wanting something interesting to happen. And with the notebook, they witnessed the greatest mind game of their life. But the bad part is that because they were bored, both Light and L ended up dying. It's kinda like how in real life, boredom can lead to certain paths in life. Some criminals or even regular humans get into situations or ruining their lives because they wanted something interesting to happen. Boredom is something every human faces, and sometimes it can be deadly/life changing.
@@BlazingAurassome gamblers are good examples of that irl. Some get so addicted to it that it becomes one of the only things that kill their boredom. The whole Death Note series was pretty much a huge gamble from start to finish.
That's probably how Light felt while he was on top. Because he was a bored and extremely immature (in terms of morality) teenager he destroyed everything around him, even his humanity. Dying alone (to the point that he can't even relate to any human being) at 23 is not worth having a few interesting challenges, and i believe that's one of the points the ending is trying to make.
Light's breakdown at the end, kind of reminds me of Azula from Avatar the Last Airbender. Throughout Season 3 we see her slowly fall apart from the calm level-headed and calculated antagonist into this off-balance train wreck. She's still dangerous but because of her descent she's not as formidable as usual. And much like Light, she viewed Zuko as less than her. He's nothing compared to her, she even cheats in the final Agni Kai by firing lightning at Katara, and when Zuko takes the hit she starts targetting Katara directly. Much like with Zuko she thinks Katara is beneath her...actually she's worse than beneath her because she isn't even royalty. (A bit like how Light views Near.) Yet its Katara that finally takes her down. And Azula snaps. She completely loses it when Katara wins. A bit like how Light views Near, in Light's mind Near is L from wish (sorry for the overused joke.) So when Near actually neats him he loses his cool completely because in his mind Near isn't even on par with L he's nothing. So to me Light loses his cool at the end makes sense, because he didn't even lose to his greatest enemy, he lost to his underling. So it always baffles me when people say Light losing his cool at the end doesn't work for his character because it really does. It drags his ego for filth, then it humilliates him, and then he dies. (Depending on the version he dies begging for help, or he runs away and dies on the stairs.) I thinl both are brilliantly done. Sorry for the long ass essay, and sorry if i didn't word my thoughts very well.
Light would smash his body into the table because L got a SLIGHT advantage and light felt humiliated because of it. It makes sense Light would go crazy losing so bad
@@_.thealtbutton._3483 not sure about that, if he wouldn’t kill fake L they wouldn’t have any evidence of shinigami. Meaning L wouldn’t get any funding to find Kira
They still would have started the investigation in that part of Japan I think because that's still where Light's first victim died, then Light would play around with times of death after reading it in police notes, the cops would know Kira is a cop or family member of one, then it would all continue as normal.
I also like the L wins version. L writes his own name to die after a confrontation, and light tries to kill L but can't because the first time it's written cancels later ones.
@@DarthFhenix55 yeah, he dies he writes he will die 23 days after the confrontation. I think he writes that he dies peacefully in his sleep, so after kira is exposed L goes off to bed to die.
That's my fuckin favorite version. It's so big brain yet so tragic. I think Light just never considered the fact that L might just kill himself if it meant beating Light!
@@DarthFhenix55he didn't write his name two times himself. He wrote his own name before anyone else could, and made sure to give himself as much time as he could before his inevitable death. Because he wrote his name first, his takes priority over later writings. Whoever writes first gets the kill, essentially.
@@SpecialInterestShow i like that it shows the contrast in their values too. Both wanted justice, but 1 gave up their morals to save himself while the other was willing to sacrifice themself for justice.
12:29 Cool, using for the laugh audio the Italian version is easily a goat move. Our Aquilone with Light did an amazing job, neither the original Japanese can't be higher than the Italian. As an Italian, I love when other content creators use our dub audio to make a point.
Personally I think that the fact that Near isn't the same as L is a good thing, the fact that Near wasn't on the same level as L is what contributed to Light's defeat. He became overly confident after L died and he became complacent and when one of L's successors showed up he didn't take him seriously since from moment 1 he didn't believe that Near was comparable to L. Essentially Light and most of the fandom underestimated Near and it ultimately lead to Light's downfall. Even Near himself can admit he's not on the same level as L, however it didn't take a genius like L to beat Light, L's mistake was making the Kira Case personal, Near for his part didn't see the Kira Case as a intellectual competition he simply saw it for what it was: just another case to be solved and nothing more. Near even managed to SLAP Light verbally by telling the truth that a lot of people in the fandom needed to hear, Light isn't special. He's a smart guy sure but the only reason he made it as far as he did was because of magical Death Gods powers, without it and without the Death Note Light is just some guy, he isn't special he just happened to get his hands on a weapon of mass destruction that allowed him to get away with it for a while without being caught.
The problem is that near has the same persobality as L tries to imitate L and feels like L but just worst in every aspect, not only in inteligence, but L when he mad mistakes he blamed himself and learn, near just doesnt make mistakes and makes imposible predictions that he just assumes they sre right and magically ended uo being right, unlike L who had hunches but never acted as if those hunches where true unless they where 100% proven. And on top of that, ligth didnt loose beocuse he understimated near, no, he lost becouse one guy that was his most devoted follower directly dissobeyed one lf his orders for no reason
@@tigretam9106light did lose because he underestimated near. And if we’re being fair I rember that light would have lost either way if he disobeyed or not.
They didn’t underestimate near. Near couldn’t have done shit without light subordinate messing up. Even then they use a cop out like “they copied it all in one night to surprise Kira” to win. Light saw near for what he was beneath L and Light.
@@uh9104no he didn’t underestimate him🤦🏿♂️please learn what the word means. Near had no way of knowing about it until the follower fucked up and used the real death note. Please stop talkin
love the fact that for Light's last laugh, the italian voice over was used. I once saw a video interview of the VA, who's name is Flavio Aquilone, who stated that for that specific scene... well, it was essentially a "fuck it, we ballin' " and recorded the whole thing first try. To this day, i still think it's the best version out there (no bias, ofc : ] )
Light chose to kill. The notebook didnt corrupt him, he saw power and a way to escape his boredom. The moment he killed Raye penber and Naomi misorsa, he wasnt killing criminals anymore. He even killed his allies. That was his choice and he paid the ultimate price.
It's true that Light was a victim in this whole ordeal but the reason I love the manga ending is because Light has been condemning people to death in the comfort of his own home and the ending is perfect because Light now gets to see what it's like when he kills people with the notebook and how horrible his actions were it to me is a perfect ending for the story and man it hits hard I appreciate the anime ending now more thanks to your video but I will always prefer the manga due to the reasons i mentioned prior
I felt bad for Light. I think his story is one of tragedy. Someone with so much potential who probably would have changed the world for the better in a positive way, just so happened to be the first person to randomly come across a notebook.
Too much power in the hands of any one person is dangerous, especially one with a flawed idealized sense of justice. His utopia is really a fearful dystopia, an invisible judge handing out death sentences, no middle ground circumstances, only absolutes.
Yee light was a badass, he definitely deserved better, he had good intentions & he did legitimately make the world a better place, plus the only innocent people he killed were people that were after him, so I can’t really fault him too much for that, it wasn’t like he was just killing anyone that annoyed him or whatever, but unfortunately he just let his god complex get outa control after he got L
Personally my favorite ending is from the Japanese live action movies! So, in the movies, the big change happens when the task force gets their hands on a Death Note. L pretends to send the task force minus Light and himself to America to test a bullshit rule Light wrote in before they got ahold of the Note, but really they're just in another room listening in. Misa had been continuing the serial Kira killings while Light was with L, so all eyes fell on Misa. This sparked Rem to write Watari and L's names in her death note, killing herself in the process because Shinigami can't rescue humans. Light, thinking he's won, gets cocky. He shows his true colors, even going as far as to write his dad's name down! But... Nothing happens. L is fine. His dad is fine. Everyone is fine (except Rem, RIP). Turns out not only was the page he was writing on a decoy, and not only was the rest of the task force watching from another room, but here's the final nail in the coffin is what really made this my favorite ending: In a truly big brain and ballsy move, L "saved" himself by having written his name in the Death Note earlier on, making sure to give himself the maximum amount of time left that he could (30 days, I think). This rendered him IMMUNE to Rem's Note since he had written his own name first! He made a move Light never expected: to kill himself if it meant bringing Light down. From there, Light has his mental breakdown, gets killed by Ryuk, and the police cover up the story by telling the public that Kira killed Light. There's not really any Mellow or Near, and we get a satisfying resolution of L finally winning the case but at the cost of his own life. It is so much better than the anime ending, imo! The focus of the story was always Light and L, and in my opinion it only makes sense for it to END with Light and L. (due to having not watched this in like over a decade or so, I did use Wikipedia to refresh my memory)
People being mad that near cheated to defeat Light missed the point of the series. Light stepped on and cheated everyone to get ahead, that’s why he HAD to be defeated by deception.
I think people miss the point of Near a lot, to me he always represented L without ego. L is the smarter of the 2 but he was held back by his own childlike desire to win and prove he was more brilliant than Kira. Near didn't give a fuck, he was there to solve the case not engage in a battle of wits
@carolusrex5213 yep! That's exactly near! He does have a little emotion since he hates Kira and likes to taunt Light but yes he's the less emotional half compared to mello
I still subscribe to the Near cheated theory with how meticulous Mikami was. No way he wouldn’t have triple checked that notebook with a microscope before going to meet God.
As someone who prefers the manga i love how you broke down some of the events, not just in how the manga changed them, but provided context for other things anime onlys may not know. As an anime only watcher for most anime (but not death note) i know it helps a LOT
The emotions is what kill a character in death note. If light near the end didnt feel like that. He wouldve been smart and then tell ryuk he relinquishes ownership of the deathnote. Which after that he loses all memory of whatever he did. That right there would help him bypass the law.
People don't get that the reason why Light beat L was because he used other people. so it's only fitting that he would eventually get caught because of the mistakes of another person that he was trying to maniuplate.
With the definition of losing your cool being "failure to maintain a calm attitude", I think it was somewhat common seeing Light like that with the examples I've shown (and more). He was able to get back to being calm when thinking of another plan, but here he's finally caught and doesn't know how to think before simply laughing it off
I wouldnt call light a victim in any case. He knew what he was signing up,the possible consequences he could face and the things he was doing. He was smart enough and old enough.. but still caved in. He is by no means a victim at all
LOL. it's cool bro you're not the only one, I've been saying "pinned comment" for a while so it doesnt bother me 😭. Legit I kinda hate this video because of that one line I could’ve clarified better. I don't want people to think I'm justifying Light, I want them to know why I kinda felt bad seeing him die screaming.
(9:07) Speaking of small things, in the section where Near is explaining that Mikami's movements and his plan (before Light finds out he's lost), when Matsuda and Mogi are talking, Near's eyes drift to the door, signaling that he's noticed that Mikami is there, and how he is so calm about it.
15:55 i feel that. Light is one of my favorite characters, hes so well written. This final part made me feel very sad for him. I wouldn’t have been as teary if it was L. But Near? Come on man.
Wonderful video. I've always thought that both endings are great and get pissed off when people say things like the anime ending "glorifies" Light. Both show his pathethic and human side but as you said the anime is more focused on his relationship with L while the manga focuses on his relationship with Ryuk.
I have two main issues with the ending: 1. Lack of chemestry between Light and N when compared to rivalry between Light and L. 2. Light losing because of Mikami's mistake. I still think he should've lost at the end, but would prefer if it was because of his own mistakes.
Really well made video. I don't understand those who find enjoyment in seeing Lights manga death either, he was no God, he was human. And for that very reason, i feel for him. He was just a guy corrupted by power.
Honestly despite not being loved (which I can't understand why) i like how the live action movies handled the ending. L realizes light's plan is one step ahead of him, lights doesn't wait 5 years and executes his master plan immediately (letting his dad be there and delivery nears speech) and ryuk finishes him off while light begs for him to understand. Even kept the original punishment of humans not going to heaven or hell if they use the death note (which surprising all adaptations outside of the manga seems to follow)
I grew up with the Italian dub of Death Note, my absolute favorite part of it is the fantastic performance of Flavio Aquilone, the voice actor for Light and I'm always genuinely glad to see that Aquilone's performance has pretty much become synonymous with that final kira revelation scene and that it gets used in international videos and that fans appreciate it as well!
I personally like the manga ending more. It's ominous and blunt in what it wants to say. I also cry for Matsuda a little, because in the last chapter it seems that he has lost his carefree nature, and it's the most heartbreaking shit in the whole series (after Yagami family falling apart). Good thing some of it is still in him tho. The anime ending just isn't for me at all. I don't buy that Light regretted what he did for a second. At best, he regrets being caught. I have no pity for him (tho his death in the manga is terrifying), so this melancholic atmosphere just doesn't touch me.
Honestly, L’s emotions would’ve been a benefit in any other situation due to understanding the humanity of actions and mercy. The only thing is that his opponent contracted a god of death. Near proved that you gotta be a cold, calculating machine against a psychopath with those kind of guns.
You should definitively watch the musical too! I watched it and the anime with a friend and we both concluded that we liked the musical's ending more. The songs are pretty fire too, but that's a plus
@@BlazingAuras the musical is only performed in Japanese and Korean afaik, but there is an album of all of the songs in English (fun fact, the musical was actually written in English first and then translated) and also some clips of some of the songs floating around from it being performed as a concert in London last year.
y'all I know this is so offtopic from the vid but I'll never get over how Light was able to physically assault L in his "innocent" state after he loses his memories in EP 18, but cannot "manipulate a woman" for the greater good or use a gun to defend himself.
I really enjoyed your video analysis, great job. I mostly agree with the points you've covered but something bothers me about how you paint Light as a complete victim. He is a victim of his situation in some part, yeah, he was born in an unjust world, with little interest and hope for what awaits, bored by his existence yet, upon finding the DN, we get to see a side to him that's also part of his identity, part of how he truly is. How we are, our morality and sense of justice is completely shaped by our experiences, what we face and what happens to us. Light could have been a different person if he didnt encounter the note, but he did encounter it and he made a decision to use it according to his desires and ideals . He chose the path, he made countless decisions that shaped his life and ending. He could have stopped, he could have never started killing. That speaks about how he was not just an ordinary and innocent kid, he had much capability for evil, he was narcissistic, egomaniacal. He isn't the victim of circumstances you seem to portray or at least, that's what I think.
Everybody I've talked to who "hated the 2nd part" has only watched the anime. The anime left out half of the plot points and made N look like an asspuller
Nice analysis, I remember going through the manga/anime for the first time being on board for Light to die in the end, since he deserved it. But got a bad taste in mouth for how he lost, I would've prefer if he actually got outsmarted rather than deus ex machina (making a notebook in one night to fool Mikami). I do like the manga's ending slightly more for the fact that we get to see how humanity was drained from Light at the end. There's two adaptions of Death Note that I like the ending of more than the original one. In Death Note 2: the last name, L actually outsmarts Light to the point that he outlasts him, Light's father actually has to take the pain of knowing his son is Kira. In the musical (no joke this exists), Light beats L like in canon, but Ryuk kills Light a minute afterword as he's seen all that can do with power. Which showed that he wasn't god, but that he was just the winner of the battle. Both have ending have Light begging for his life not to be killed.
Couldn't read the whole comment because I'm planning on watching the musical this weekend haha. The Last Name gives a interesting take on the ending since they basically had to wrap up the story in 2 movies and couldn't introduce Near and Mello. Perso I didn't like how Light outed himself but I could get over it since it's great seeing both L and Light dying at the end of their battle, and Light having a somber moment with his father... that really got me
I don't agree with the "kira is a victim" analysis, I believe that light always had that kira in him and just wanted an excuse to release it, if he didn't pick up the death note I do believe he would've become a corrupt cop or corrupt prosecutor that does everything in his power to get a conviction or a confession. I believe this because when L knew it was over for him as asked light "Have you ever been truthful in your entire life" and light only deviates the question, light has always been lying about who he is from the start, even to himself, his true self only manisfested as kira
Yes, but he could have probably moved past it if he never had the Death Note. I agree that Kira isn't a victim. That's because Kira is what Light became. Light is a victim of his hubris and feverent desire to purge 'rottenness' from the world. Good intentions, yes... but his intellect and his feelings of being the only one able to do something about it warped his mind. Kira is all of Light's flaws drawn to the forefront... which may have never come to the surface and, perhaps, may have been overcome if Light had never gotten the Death Note. The point is that there was potential for him to have become a better person. But when he got the Death Note, he couldn't handle the responsibility. All of his vices took over, warping any good intentions he had and turned him into the monster named Kira.
I mention this in a recent death note video but I mostly said that he a victim because the author said it himself. Most likely because of the reason you mentioned in your last paragraph
After about 15 years of looking up discussions and rewatching Death Note, it's fascinating to see how the range of perspectives has changed. Questioning Light's agency never even occurred to me.
Great video. 👍 I also enjoyed both of the endings. I prefer the manga version of the ending because more depth was given to the story there, but the anime version is underrated and had great presentation.
Death Note ended when L died. Copying Millions of names with same strokes and style, even when you're the fastest writer in the world, you took no breaks for food, washroom, facing no interruptions while breaking into a locker, and when your native language is English not Japanese...all these within 24 hours is impossible. But Near's officer did it all. What a goofy logic was given here. After knowing this I understood, Light got insane because it is mathematically impossible. In this anime everything was good but the writer failed to serve us with the appropriate- correct ending. Hence, Light Yagami won. But this world always provide plot-armor for 'good-seeming' people. Making true struggles pitful.
An ending i like was one of the live action movies i saw where L fakes his death and gamble with his life to catch light by using a (maybe a movie only) rule where once you name is writen in the note it cant be used to kill ypu again so he says his plan and writes his own name in the book giving him the longest time for a heart attack. So he survives his initiall feath in the manga but the ending is mostley the same but l beating light as light couldnt imagine l sacrificing his own life to beat him.
Sucks that the ending had to rely on Near winning through luck of Mikami screwing up. The ending was rushed and didn't provide as much autonarratives and explanation to their actions. Shame that such a good anime had to end like this.
Dude, Light would've lost in the first 10 EP if it weren't for luck. If Light didn't decide out of nowhere to go to the police station to get his dad clothes and catch Naomi he would've lost. He could be doing everything perfectly and still would've lost. Even with that break, Light still had to do everything in his power to stop her. Just as near had to do everything in his power to capitalize on his lucky break.
I was rooting for Light throughout the whole show and was very curious to see how L would top him. Obviously he didn’t so when we got to the finale, I couldn’t help but feel disappointed. Technically, Light lost because of Mikami. I know one can argue that by extension, it’s Light’s fault because he had placed that trust in Mikami but at the same time, as N said, if Mikami stuck to his strict schedule, none of the shit would’ve happened. Light had accounted for the moves that N made and constructed an excellent countermeasure, just for it to be taken away because of someone else decided to break the rules for once. I know eventually, Light had to go down but it was handled so poorly as to why he lost. It would’ve been cool to see him make an oversight in something instead of it being someone else’s mistake. It’s a shame, we’ve seen Light make some questionable plays before so I hoped that the author would’ve expanded on that. Otherwise, the rest of the ending was phenomenal. Both the anime and manga. But if I had to pick one, manga all the way. Light is someone who desperately never wants to lose so it doesn’t surprise me that at a last ditch effort, he resorts to Ryuk to save him
@vietnguyen2293 I should've emphasized it more in the video that it was equally Light and Mikami's fault instead of "partially Light’s fault" because Light hadn't told Mikami that he had a piece of a notebook in his watch or at all. That Mello moment caused confusion as Mikami didn't know whether to follow Light's previous order of not using the notebook or to act on his own like he had done before and make sure no evidence was found by Takada (as it was his duty to take care of her). That moment caused uncertainty on Mikami's end on what he should do: risk Takada being caught because he and Light didn't expect Mello to kidnap Takada or act out on his own again to make sure everything is fine because it's his duty to take care of Takada. The author did want Mikami to mess up along with Light's ego
I like the manga ending better. Reason so is due to how Light goes out and shows who he really is. A narcissistic sociopath kid with a deity complex. The anime ending does bring in the question, is Light looking back to it due to his actions being bad, or because he doesn't want to face the consequences of his actions?
@@User-Angel- In a sense, he kind of was. He was a severely emotionally stunted narcissist with an utterly idealistic view of the world that hinged on the notion that he was better than everyone else.
Given how narcissistic Light had truly become, I would wager that he still believed that he was right. I think that Light just desperately wanted to live, and that he wouldn’t have picked up the notebook had he known that it would end in his failure and subsequent death.
I watched the anime for the first time about a year ago. I didn’t know that the fan base was split on the post-L continuation, and I ended up hating it. Watched it again recently and this time I liked it. It wasn’t perfect, but those last two episodes are great! Watching Light finally lose and seeing Mikami’s reaction to seeing “god” bleed is so satisfying.
In a world where there is no law, there are no crimes, and that doesn't make it perfect, but rather the opposite. It's pretty obvious that the author depicts the "Kira" world as far worse than ours, despite the crime rate drop
But where do we draw the line of what crimes should be punished with death? How do we prove that they really did it? Who gets to decide on these rules? What happens if someone does something bad, but decidedly not worthy of death? Think about Kira's world for long enough and you just reinvent our legal system. Not saying it's perfect but the bureaucracy of checks & balances exists for a reason.
A big thing about death note is people don’t seem to understand that lights dream was impossible form the start let’s say he did beat all of the cops and detectives like near or whoever else his dream of being god of the new world is impossible yes the death note is powerful but light can’t govern the entire world by himself eventually the army or navy seals or whatever would kill him or put him in prison unless the government themselves are kira followers he has nobody to help him govern the world
and even if he won against them all he would eventually die of old age, for his plan to truly suceed he would need folowers on the same mindset and intelect as him to carry on after he died
The one thing I see many people say about the Death Note itself, with you included, is the Death Note doesn’t hypnotize you to use it. It just enhances it. Because to this day I still don't fully understand why Light is innocent when he gets rid of his memories, because at the beginning of the series, he says that he has always wanted a sense of justice to be done. Because even when Light says this about it, 17:34 , he says it has the power for someone to use it once, when really, its just a temptation. He isn’t bound to anything until he writes in it. And his curiosity to take a human life is what led him down that path.
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With this reasoning, most of people don't ever show their true colors and there's no real reason why you should call them "true". Humans don't have an hidden essence or anything. Light was a horrible person when he got the death note and it allowed him to worsen again and again. That's exactly what I would call "corrupt". That's no excuse for Light nor does it mean that he was a good guy before getting the death note, it's just not how things work imo
I love how brutal Light’s final scene is, but not because it’s some kind of vindication more so because he the boy he was simply doesn’t exist anymore, it’s just Kira. And Kira reduced to his most pathetic attributes, his humanity, after an entire chapter of rambling about being a god serves as the ultimate thematic reminder: there is no good or bad, there’s just humanity.
Like the video - I didn't know how the manga was different in the ending but I disagree with Light. He claimed he needs to get rid the world of criminals but he's got no problems with killing innocent who stand in his way. Ofc he justifies it by claiming they're evil too from trying to stop him. His hyprocisy and delusions are quick to notice. It seems to me you want to use the death note as an excuse to Light behavior but Minoru Tanaka the protagonist of the side story also had death note but you don't see him using it for evil. I can't feel bad for Light. It was his own decisions that caused his death and the notebook was just a tool he used. He's a merciless mass murderer. I agree that we have to understand people like this to see where they come from but calling Light a victim feels like a spit to the true victims the deaths he caused. That's just my opinion.
No I don't excuse Light’s actions as he got what was coming to him, thats the reason why I love the ending so much, he's a character I love to hate and seeing him commit all of these actions just to lose at the end is fitting. I'm just saying that with how he is portrayed during his death, I always feel bad for him because he wasn't always like this. Ryuk and Soichiro say that whoever uses the notebook is cursed and will always see misfortune. Tanaka didn't want to use the notebook to kill but still had misfortune because that's just how the new chapter was written. But if we just focus on how the original story was intended to be written, before all the new stuff, Light at first contemplated if he should use the notebook even stating that "it has the power to have someone try it at least once" and that he should "get rid of this evil thing". But once he does use it he makes it his goal to change the world and with how everyone tries to get in his way, he has to do some despicable actions in order to survive and not get caught. He goes great lengths just to survive, and I feel like if L/Near didn't push his limit, he wouldn't have used people or lied too often. I call Light a victim because once he wrote in that notebook, he was destined to have an unfortunate end from Chapter 1. I'm just saying he could've lived his life regularly if he never encountered the notebook. He and his victims didn't deserve to die because of the notebook that brought the cursed fate among everyone. Again HE DID GET WHAT WAS COMING TO HIM, but just seeing how good he was without memories of the notebook or how he wouldn't kill anyone as just a regular teenager (unlike sadistic people in this world) just makes me cry that he was the first to pick up the notebook. Kinda like how I cry when Anakin gets burned but some other people don't because of his actions. Both characters had great potential, but once influenced by an evil force their lives turn into tragedies.
As nice as the anime ending was, I will always say the way the manga ended is my favorite. There's no contemplation, violin, no angels reaching their hands out. He don't deserve none of the that shi. Just regret and begging for your life while fading away in a pool of your own blood and tears. Then, scene. As human as he was, he became a monster fueled by his ego. At some point in the story, he forgot about right or wrong and envisioned a world where he's always right. So yeah, I like that he died a dogs death. Did I feel bad for him, a lil bit. But only cause had anyone found it, they'd probably do the same, like some humans would. But just like he offed criminals unceremoniously, I feel he get the same treatment. He can try to run, but them dues will be paid. It's just sad that if he had been more humble, he could've been one of the best detectives, working alongside L and his pops. Well, what could've been.
I think you got a lot wrong. And some things you missed. 1) There's a point after Light gets the whole picture of why his plan failed that he descends from clear calculated thinking into madness. His maniac laugh in public in addition to him admitting to being Kira is the sign of this. That's why in an earlier panel, Light thinks to himself, "No, not yet..."--he's not going to make any decisive moves until he has a full picture of what's going on. After he loses his mind, he starts thinking about how he can trick Aizawa and the others if he can just get Near's name down... That's not even a real plan in the slightest, it's laughable he even attempted it, another sign of Light not being himself. 2) Matsuda didn't save their "lives" with "quick thinking", he shot him out of outrage and feelings of betrayal. 3) There is no blame to be placed on the notebook, as Near clearly says. A normal person would've written down a name, felt horrible, and never done it again. All the notebook does is kill a person, no different than any other weapon. Light succumbed to the feelings of power that he got from using the notebook and descended into villainy--he enjoyed the feeling of killing people, feeling like he has all the power. That's all. That doesn't mean I don't feel terrible for Light in the final chapters when he's begging for his life, he's my favorite character (why I feel bad for would require me to write 3 paragraphs and I don't wanna do that). 4) In my strong opinion, Mikami didn't kill himself in the anime from "regret", but because he too had lost his mind and worldview completely shattered. The being he thought was God was laying around whimpering for his life on the ground. "Regret" is still a rational thought. Mikami showing crazy eyes in the anime isn't that. It's being unable to cope with the feeling of being wrong about everything he believed in--so he breaks down and kills himself.
1) I thought I mentioned Light having an "intent to kill" or the notebook corrupting him so much that his only plan is to kill Near and trick the others with Aizawas notebook even though he knows it's not gonna work. Or that him convincing the others is "impossible" like the chapter title. 2) I know Matsuda was using his rage to shoot Light. I still see it as quick thinking that he grabbed his gun and shot Light once he was writing his Nears name down. Maybe I should've said "act quickly" instead of "think quickly". I probably used the word "think" because I thought Matsuda was thinking "I have to shoot him!". I'm not sure what the word for this is, probably "impulsive behavior " or "irrational thinking" 3) Near says the notebook is the worst murder weapon in the entire world. I do blame the notebook for causing havoc over the course of the series, but I don't want people to think I'm defending Light’s actions. Just saying that once a name is written down in the notebook that person will face misfortune one day, and since Light was a strong willed person, havoc still went on for years, killing people he didn't want to die (his father), and eventually him dying to Ryuk 6 years later. Just saying that if Light hadn't been the one to encounter the notebook, misfortune wouldn't hadn't been destined to be placed for him, he wouldn't have lost his sanity, and he could've lived a better life being an NPA Detective and no one would die. That's why I cry. 4) Well if he found out everything he believed in was wrong(That Light wasn't a god and lost), isn't that kinda "regret"? He regrets that he wasted the rest of his life putting his faith into changing the world? Or what other should I have used instead of that. Half of the critiques come down to wording and I feel like I'm talking with my English professor but that's OK 😅
The thing is, Near would have lost had Teru Mikimi not made the mistake of revealing the real notebook. That means Near was so stupid as to think that Light was so stupid as to think he could just go to the warehouse and have his disciple kill them all by seeing their faces through the door and that Near would allow that. Near thought that Light was a complete idiot.
Wrong, the problem was that Near did not know for a fact that ripped pages from the Death Note still work. Near even mentions this himself when he asked Ryuk about it, that Light used that little trick to scramble the investigation multiple times. Since the SPK didn't know about it, they couldn't identify Mikami's actions when using the notebook as odd. Hence why Mello forcing Mikami and Light to act on Takeda's kidnapping was so important, since he knew they needed something more concrete than Mikami's current routine.
@@relic5752 I’m aware of that. My point is that Near was going to arrange the meeting in the warehouse even if the thing with Naomi didn’t happen because they thought the book in Mikami’s house was the real one. In that scenario, Light would have won.
Would've been interesting to see but that's not what Ohba was going for 🤷🏾♂️. He had to lose to show the curse of the notebook still affecting even the smartest of people.
@@BlazingAuras I dont know where I heard this so it's just going to be like one of those "trust me bro" comments but I heard from some other youtube video that apparently Light was supposed to win but the author just didn't want to write another "season" so he killed him off lol
No light was never was supposed to win. The author thought it was fitting to end the story in 108 chapters and in volume 13 he states he chose to end Death Note in 108 chapters because the number 108 is significant in Zen Buddhism, the number of temptations that a human soul must face throughout the reincarnation cycle before reaching Nirvana and exiting the cycle. Once Takada was reintroduced, Ohba planned the ending in the Warehouse.
I saw the notebook being fake a mile away, it was so obvious they let Mikami steal the notebook so easily and the most embarrassing and unbelievable part was Light betting his life on him. The Mikami not noticing the notebook was fake and not checking if it worked or that the pages that he was going to use in such an important moment are real looked like such a cop out just to make Light lose in the end. I hoped for a better ending with a deeper conclusion than just "don't kill people, kids".... PS. Now I imagine an ending where Light would actually win in that situation and dying from a random Truck-kun after escaping the crime scene, which would make such an ironic punch-line to the story, like "You never know when you're going to die. No matter how grandiose your plans of future are, you can die at any moment. Maybe you should'v used the time you had to do something more meaningful and fullfilling?" while still revealing Lights mortality while he's dying lying on the road in a pool of blood. Even such an unlikely ending would have been so much more satisfying and meaningful than the sht we got.
Based on the anime ending I subscribe to the theory that Near could have controlled Mikami with the notebook in order to get him to not be sure about the notebook and have him die in such a fashion, "suicidal distraught after seeing his deity fail". Its a neat idea and one that both differentiates Near from L, but more importantly it would almost convey the idea of no "absolute" justice the manga speech setup. If Near uses the death note to catch Kira is he just? Its fun speculation
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Imma address a major tidbit I should've clarified better in the video. When I say Light is a victim, I'm saying he was given an unfortunate fate of being the first person to pick up the notebook. Anyone that tests the notebook is destined for misfortune and with how strong-willed Light is... his luck only lasts for 6 years and comes at the end of his life. If he hadn't noticed/picked up the notebook, he could've lived a better life working with the NPA. Everyone could’ve lived better lives if the notebook hadn’t been dropped.
HOWEVER, this doesnt justify Light’s actions and he IS aware of what he's doing, constantly losing his sanity. The power of the notebook can change people. He's a victim of the notebooks fate, but ALSO causes his own fate to occur with how he keeps killing people. Something of both sides occuring. The notebook sealed his fate, but Light had his death coming to him. That's what makes his ending and his character (and Ls) so complex.
If I could re write the script to emphasize that I would've but I was pressured to upload on my weekly schedule 😭.
Hopefully more people see this comment and i dont gotta repeat myself but this is the internet sooooooooo💀
2nd edit: nah i take my apology back. Ive seen some comments understood what i meant and correct other commenters that assumed. I stated multiple times in the video that Light (and the others) is cursed with misfortune and is a victim of the death notes curse because of that. The series also repeats that fact. Pay fukin attention yall.
i mean, tell to the all people that would have died if crime rate wont be lowered by 70 percent that his actions are unjustified
@@Roberto-nn6kb the ends justified the means in the eyes of some fans, however the innocent ppl that died to achieve that makes it ultimately unjust IMO. However I'm kinda surprised there aren't more pro kira fans around.
@@bringinthedope5929 but wouldnt people who will died if he didnt use Death note unjustify decision of not using it? Tbh he kill only a few innocet people, and 70% crime rate in world scale is definitely more
@@bringinthedope5929its cuz lights a punk
@@Roberto-nn6kb I'm late as hell, but your in the camp of, you gotta crack a few eggs to make a omelette? I suppose but light was becoming demented as hell and subjected his own father and friends to terrible things. I noticed his penalty for using the death note started with extreme criminals and then lessened to lesser crimes . Idk tho
The only reason L lost to Light is because he was playing an uneven game. Almost like playing chess without knowing all the rules and still keeping up with a Grandmaster
True, but he was pretty close to catching Light. Even both of them said he got too emotional when he was close to solving the case. (Also reflected in how his emotional half, Mello, is the one to die too). Your point still stands true tho
I don't think chess analogy holds. In chess, everything is equal and all the information is available to everyone. Only thing that might be considered as an advantage is the right of the first move.
L and Light both have different set of hands in their hands. Their pieces were not identical at all, like chess pieces. Also there is a fog of war for both side. They both have missing knowledge about their opponents and the game itself.
We could argue who has the better hand, but I don't think Light's hand is much better than L's. First of all, Light was alone and L had all the power beneath him. With one mistake, Light would be captured.
Using Shinigami seemed like cheating because it was beyond L's knowledge, but he didn't win that easily. He manipulated REM to succumb to his will. In Light's perspective, Rem was a problem, but he was able to use the situation. Much like Misa, she was powerful, but at the same time, she was a big problem. If Light couldn't manipulate her properly, she would be the worst card to have. The two cards that Light has both have fatal drawbacks.
From L's perspective, the fog of war is bigger. L didn't even know the rules of the game. But his cards were more stable. He had all the power, and no one could stop him when he wanted to do something, while Light's hands were tied because his one mistake would be his last. And L's cards couldn't harm him at any time. L's mistake was taking too many risks. His risk-taking gave Light everything about him since he couldn't win quickly enough after taking those risks. There isn't any fog of war at the Light's side; the only thing that Light didn't know was L's name, and he didn't need it. But it's L's fault. He willingly gave all the information and trusted his abilities to overcome anything.
And because of Light's Dad and the rest of the team lol, L probably knew who was Kira in second ep but he couldn't have things his way
@@BlazingAurasI literally was going to say that he still could’ve won would’ve took longer but him and Kira had a back and forth and like you said he got emotional like light I love this series there so much
People say Light had the advantage because he had a death note. But we forget that L is literally a multi-millionaire with all kinds of surveillance that he has been able to put into Light's house. The police department at his disposal with all its resources, FBI with its resources etc.. the death note doesn't help finding out L's identity at all, while everything L has makes finding Kira's identity much easier. Also L is a 23 year old experienced detective that has been in these situations many times and has been trained since he was s child to solve cases. Light on the other hand is just a 16 year old with no experience whatsoever, no money and no help. Also the only time L was ever close to proving Light was Kira was because of Misa who was a nuisance for light throughout the whole series, she left evidence behind that proved her guilty. L would never have any evidence of Light being Kira if it weren't for that.
I think the analysis of this aspect is accurate…however the real reason everyone hated the ending was how unrealistic it was. There is no way they could have broken into a bank safety deposit box and written all of the names down exactly so that Mikami couldn’t tell the difference with a microscope in just ONE NIGHT. It’s physically impossible. That being the only way that N was able to get the upper hand just felt like a cop out because they couldn’t figure out a way to outsmart Light in a realistic way since he had the plot armor of the death note
EDIT: The comment above is probably addressing the "Death Notes ending is impossible" video by SYTYK. That video has been debunked. It's insanely wrong and I wish I knew that before making the video. If you want to know why it's debunked go search on reddit or Google. Death Notes ending is possible Thank You.
You see, I would've accepted the ending more if Ohba had made the time before the warehouse scene at least like a week instead of ONE NIGHT 😭. Because like I said in the video, I didn't see how it was possible that Gevanni wrote all of Mikamis victims in his hand writing in one night (manga says it was Anthony and Gevanni but even if it's 2 people it's impossible just like you said). If it were written to where Near said "my 2 members did it in one week" or something like that, I wouldn't be bothered. I also made this video because I saw people on social media say they preferred one version of the ending while hating the other, or misinterpreting the anime version as "glorifying Light.", and the manga version being "unnecessarily harsh".
Either way both endings still have that One night tidbit I don't like and I agree with you, but if I get past that then I still love the endings 😅
What sucks more to me is the way Light won over L in the first place. Rem specifically said she was going to kill LIGHT if Misa was in put in danger, so what the f*ck was she doing killing L then??
Because Misa would k*ll herself if Light ever died and she didn't want Rem to kill Light. Light made a plan to defeat L and Rem gave up her life so Misa would be safe.
It's just a practical limit; it doesn't have to make sense. The point is Team Light has lost the theoretical game. They showed the place of the death note; what's beyond doesn't matter. When you think about it, characters often have unrealistic skills in animes. Team Near has one guy who can copy writings perfectly in a day. It's his special ability, whatever. There is a scene where Near follows multiple screens and understands everything simultaneously. It also doesn't make any sense. The human brain cannot focus on multiple tasks at once; you can only switch your attention to different things quickly, but you cannot focus on everything simultaneously. But anime explains it by saying he is just too smart. Same things goes for Light and L. It doesn't matter one or two guys copied perfectly, they could say there is a special machine they have that can do those tasks, whatever.
So I don't consider that kind of thing a mistake.
I think the Near looking at multiple screens was done better in manga since it has more exposition. It happens at the end of chapter 91. Your point may still stand tho
Death Note has a split fan base. You enjoy light's character and feel bad for him and his suffering, or despise him for killing people. It's always a debate, I don't mind it's a well written story and characters give me joy to share it with people I care about. Death Note made me feel a connection with the series whole.
Considering the story is a cat and mouse game between opposing views on what is considered "justice" I say a divided fan base is pretty appropriate.
L was my favorite, but Light is amazing too, he's so despicable, but i feel bad for him, i prefer L, but still wanted to see Light win,
last part, Light is even more despicable, but i can relate to his feeling toward N, Near is good, Melo too in his own way, but even together, they're not nearly as good as L(unlike what Near said), the case was already 99%solved and they got Lucky while L was doom from the beginning, for that i wanted Near to lose, but i also think at that point, Light was about to go to far(killing lazy people, etc.) and needed to be stop.
the ending was amazing, he lost from someone else mistake, confirming that he was supposed to win against this inferior L, but we get to see his downfall, the only thing that would had made it better is if he would have finish wrtting Near name before getting stop.
I mean, Light did f’ed up by saying “yea I win I’m Kira” before he even did. He was just so arrogant in the end
I am in both camps, personally.
Me personally, I'm both. And idky. I think it's because I can see both sides and any reason I dislike him is to do with the way he treats the people around him, not him being mass murder 😭
personally LOVE the manga ending not bc light is suffering, more because he is finally being truthful, he’s finally acting like anyone else, panicked, not composed, fumbling, scared, all the things he’s constantly pretending he’s above during the whole story. he thinks he’s a god, it’s satisfying to watch him be reminded he was human the whole time.
But he already did act like that though squirming around in that pool of water and losing all cool before that scene where he escapes
He was panicking in the anime ending tf?
Couldn’t have put it better myself!
The real villain in Death note is indeed Ryuk. When we see other Shinigami, we learn that they can have a sense of duty. Ryuk has been playing with other's lives for amusement. He knowingly caused everything for cheap laughs
Clazy
Sort of, he never really pushed light to use the death note in any way, he was just enjoying the show
Is Ruby Franke responsible or is Jodi Hildebrandt responsible? Both. Light is responsible for his own actions even if encouraged by Ryuuk.
The one thing I love about the manga version is just how cold Ryuk is the entire time.
He said on at least two occasions that he’s on no one’s “side”, that this is all just a way for him to kill time, and that any help he does give Light is only because it will help prolong his entertainment. So both Light and the reader see him as an “ally” at best or just a “casual bystander” at worst. Hell, sometimes we even saw him as a comic relief, like the scene with the apple withdrawals or when he got flustered upon meeting Misa. But then the final scene happens and Light and the reader are hit with a hard dose of reality: this really is just a game to Ryuk, one that he has no problem ending when it stops being fun for him.
I can't believe it was 20 years since it first released. Sure I didn't read it then, but I did enjoy it and it has been my favorite anime of all time ever since.
I just now realized I'm as old as death note....
@@BlazingAurasoh yeah, twenty sure is old. Try over thirty.
Haven’t watched the video yet, but before I do I just want to say, I have been saying this EXACT thing for years now and so many people think one ending is vastly superior to the other, and I really think they’re both great for different reasons. The manga ending gives a harsh brutal end to a sadistic maniac, while the anime ending basically re-contextualizes the entire series and has us ponder on what Light could have been if he had never found the Death Note. Both endings have a different message, and you could argue the anime ending kind of goes against some of the themes of the series, but overall I think both endings work, while not being perfect.
Bro just summed up my thoughts in 5 minutes 💀. I agree wholeheartedly.
Agreed-both endings work for the reasons you mentioned. I really enjoy both.
It's crazy how Death Note is 20 years old yet has better animation quality than most animes today
they spent like a million on each episode too. unmatched
not really
@@AshtonScripts yes really don't let the flashy new cgi and effects fool you
@@BloopSuperJuicecgi and whatever else tools count as animation so idk what the point of this comment is
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I really love Mikami, I love the idea of “no one understands your art except yourself”. Even though Mikami was Light’s biggest fan and smart on his own, their miscommunication was part of Light’s defeat. Light can’t trust anyone else to get this job done because no one else in the world has the same vision as him
I don’t think it’s so much that the Note corrupted Light so much as the Note allowed Light’s corruption come to the fore. We see from when he temporarily loses his memory of being Kira that he was already prone to deluding himself that he would use the Note only for justice; he’s day-dreaming about being Kira when he can’t even remember that he is Kira.
That’s what makes his complete meltdown at the end so satisfying. With no more delusions or pretensions, the complete loss of self-control shows what Light really is at his core-an ego-driven brat.
Matsuda being the one to get the kill is my favorite part though. Naive, somewhat incompetent, sentimental Matsuda-he’s the one who has the wherewithal to end Kira.
I don't think that's the point of the video. Light is a horrible person with very immature views on the world and morality. He didn't need the death note to be a huge asshole.
However, the death note cursed him and he had a much more miserable life because of it. He was still a teenager and had a life to live, he had time to grow up and change, to make friends, to make memories... instead of that he spent all his time trying to change a world he was almost already not a part of anymore as he lost his humanity, and got everyone he cared for to die.
The death note wasn't the only factor that made Light bad, but it definitely ruined him and i really like how the ending makes us feel sorry for him even if we despise him
@swenji9113 holy crap why didn't I see this comment sooner. YES. THANK YOU FOR UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE VIDEO MEANT 🤧
The power of the death note didn’t corrupt light, i just revealed his true personality
@@ddunfuh9239doubtful. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Anyone with that kind of power would eventually lose themselves to it. Majority of people believe that if they had the power to change things, they would in a heartbeat. They wouldn’t think about how that power might change them, or if their way of doing things is right. They have the power, so they get to decide what is right and wrong.
Light believed there were some crimes that warranted death, instead of wasting money feeding them in prison. And believed that too many criminals get away due to their money, connections, or there simply being not enough evidence to convict them.
Lots of people in the world today feel the exact same way. Give anyone in our world the death note, and I guarantee they would go insane with the power.
It might not happen as fast as Light’s descent into madness, but it would happen all the same.
@@glowhoo9226of course. Blame the power instead of blaming humanity. I am sure that line of thinking went well throughout of all of history.
Power cannot be opposite of good, it's just power.
Which means humanity is opposite of good or that they are not ready for such responsability.
Not to mention its implied in the manga Light is possessed.
Off topic, do you think Walter white is a good guy? Ever in his life?
Honestly, both versions of the ending have their strengths and weaknesses.
Obviously, the manga has the line from Near that you yourself said was missing, but also, I think the way Light dies, killed by Ryuk in front of everyone, is a bit better than the death he gets in the manga.
However, I don't really like at all the way Mikami acts in the manga. His death in the anime is much better and feels more in line with his character. Also, the fact that the anime hints at Misa's death is good too.
Overall they are both good, but I'd personally prefer a mix of the two.
I'm glad you mentioned the bit about Near wearing L's mask as a way of both taunting Light and confirming the effectiveness of his own plan with a surprise look at Ryuk.
From the moment he smiles, from the very start of the meeting, Near knows he has won. He just plays along with it while Light just gloats himself up.
That moment was my favorite coming back to it
There are a couple of points that I would like to add:
What bothered me is Light had no chance of winning from the beginning. In the "How to Read" manga, there is an interview, and in that, he said, "What message would we have given if we let Kira win.". This bothered me for a while, but now I think this is the story they wanted to tell.
Another important scene cut out from the anime is where Light says there is no heaven or hell. They probably didn't want to offend people but it actually adds another layer of nihilism to the dark theme of the anime. Ultimately, it doesn't matter what side you are on; L doesn't go to heaven, and Light doesn't get eternally punished. They just die, and the only thing left is Mu.
There is another running rationale of the show. We saw it first at the tennis match. Light said, " First one strikes, wins.". We always saw that throughout the anime, whoever attacked first got the advantage or won the war. L did it many times: fake broadcast, revealing his identity to Light, capturing Misa etc., Light also did it many times, and as you said, we learned about it in detail after he succeeded. Finally, he lost because Mello struck, and Near was able to finish it. Mello wasn't that smart, but he was a practical guy with brains. He tended to solve his problems by taking action. And his death was his punishment for being himself. Taking action gives you advantage but it also makes you vulnerable to threats.
Light's punishment was realizing he is a human when he lost. He was like everyone else, just a human. Sadly, he couldn't live long enough to pass the denial and anger stage.
L's punishment is being too careless. He showed his face and took too many risks to win. At any time, Light could have won by getting the shinigami eyes. You could say we know he won't because he wants to rule forever, but it doesn't matter from L's perspective. He put himself at risk. He didn't know Light had to sacrifice half of his life to take the shinigami's eyes; it could be some physical limitation for L's sake. Nobody knows whether Light might decide to take the eyes when he realizes he is losing the game. I think he would sacrifice rather than lose against anyone, but I don't think it's even considered at any time. They didn't want to change the power dynamics in that way.
But Light didn't have to get the eyes because L made himself vulnerable by showing his face. Also, he took a lot of unnecessary risks; he didn't have to reveal the broadcast was fake. He could just go after Kira covertly and probably get to him easily. He could have the advantage of giving no information to his opponent. Instead, he did the opposite and went further down and said, "I'm L.".
The only one who got away with his sins is Near. It would be cool if Light could write Near's name to the paper in the last scene. It would show the true weakness of Near, his immobility. His inability to take physical action would lost to Light's quick-thinking action. And all the main characters would be dead, which also gives the sense of a draw. Since Light can't win, I would prefer a tie. After he kills Near, they could kill him in the same way in the manga because we definitely have to see Light as a human, not as an omnipotent character as he thinks.
I used to say the same thing about Near, I wish that Light had managed to finish writing his name and the show ended with everyone except the task force dead. The task force were such an essential part of the story early on, and their importance was slowly reduced as the story went on, aside from Aizawa, and Matsuda at the very end when he shot Light. I think it would have been very fitting for them to be the only survivors, as they were the only ones who were truly trying to take down Kira because they believed it was the right thing to do, and NOT because of some ego-driven desire to be the winner of a “game”.
@@damons.creations Near didn’t think of it as a game. Not as a competitive one at least. Its a puzzle to him, he likes puzzles. No real ego, which is probably the reason he lived.
The broadcast was always going to get figured out. Also L knows light is limited, and maybe he can do it with just a face but he hasn’t so obviously it’s not something he’s willing to do. YOU might, but L had a perfect profile on who kira was on essentially day one.
Light can discern what you would logically think. L basically just mind reads you LOLZ. To the point where acting outside of his predictions = magic in his eyes (he was right)
One main issue with your first paragraph, Light saying there's no Heaven or Hell is either a stupid opinion, a lie, or just him being wrong.
Ryuk and the Death Note confirms that some form of afterlife does in fact exist, because the very rule that excludes people who've used the Death Note from going to Heaven or Hell (or generally experiencing an afterlife) wouldn't exist if there already wasn't an afterlife in the first place.
@@MugenHeadNinja there is no afterlife in deathnote
I think that light getting the death note was the best thing thathappend to him because as we see in the beginning of the story light is extremely bored with the world around him and when he does aquire the death note he directly challenages L eventhough he could have been hidden in his room killing off criminals BUT he doesn't, he lived the most eventful 23 years of life anyone could ask for
You know what's interesting? The boredom aspect of Death Note can be seen as both a good and bad thing. Both Light, L, and Ryuk are bored...wanting something interesting to happen. And with the notebook, they witnessed the greatest mind game of their life. But the bad part is that because they were bored, both Light and L ended up dying. It's kinda like how in real life, boredom can lead to certain paths in life. Some criminals or even regular humans get into situations or ruining their lives because they wanted something interesting to happen. Boredom is something every human faces, and sometimes it can be deadly/life changing.
@@BlazingAurassome gamblers are good examples of that irl. Some get so addicted to it that it becomes one of the only things that kill their boredom. The whole Death Note series was pretty much a huge gamble from start to finish.
That's probably how Light felt while he was on top. Because he was a bored and extremely immature (in terms of morality) teenager he destroyed everything around him, even his humanity. Dying alone (to the point that he can't even relate to any human being) at 23 is not worth having a few interesting challenges, and i believe that's one of the points the ending is trying to make.
Light's breakdown at the end, kind of reminds me of Azula from Avatar the Last Airbender.
Throughout Season 3 we see her slowly fall apart from the calm level-headed and calculated antagonist into this off-balance train wreck. She's still dangerous but because of her descent she's not as formidable as usual. And much like Light, she viewed Zuko as less than her. He's nothing compared to her, she even cheats in the final Agni Kai by firing lightning at Katara, and when Zuko takes the hit she starts targetting Katara directly. Much like with Zuko she thinks Katara is beneath her...actually she's worse than beneath her because she isn't even royalty. (A bit like how Light views Near.)
Yet its Katara that finally takes her down. And Azula snaps. She completely loses it when Katara wins.
A bit like how Light views Near, in Light's mind Near is L from wish (sorry for the overused joke.) So when Near actually neats him he loses his cool completely because in his mind Near isn't even on par with L he's nothing. So to me Light loses his cool at the end makes sense, because he didn't even lose to his greatest enemy, he lost to his underling. So it always baffles me when people say Light losing his cool at the end doesn't work for his character because it really does. It drags his ego for filth, then it humilliates him, and then he dies. (Depending on the version he dies begging for help, or he runs away and dies on the stairs.)
I thinl both are brilliantly done.
Sorry for the long ass essay, and sorry if i didn't word my thoughts very well.
Light would smash his body into the table because L got a SLIGHT advantage and light felt humiliated because of it. It makes sense Light would go crazy losing so bad
If he didn't kill the fake L in the beginning, light probably wouldn't have been caught since they wouldn't have known where he actually was
that’s the point tho, light it smart but prideful it’s like his main character flaw and it’s the reason why he killed the fake L
Pride goeth before the Fall... Also, he broke his OWN RULES. If Light had stuck to his own rules, he'd have been fine.
They would have still figured him out it just would have took much longer
@@_.thealtbutton._3483 not sure about that, if he wouldn’t kill fake L they wouldn’t have any evidence of shinigami. Meaning L wouldn’t get any funding to find Kira
They still would have started the investigation in that part of Japan I think because that's still where Light's first victim died, then Light would play around with times of death after reading it in police notes, the cops would know Kira is a cop or family member of one, then it would all continue as normal.
I also like the L wins version. L writes his own name to die after a confrontation, and light tries to kill L but can't because the first time it's written cancels later ones.
Doesn't he dies anyways? Like, doing the writting your name two times trick only slows down your dead time for 21 days or something like that.
@@DarthFhenix55 yeah, he dies he writes he will die 23 days after the confrontation. I think he writes that he dies peacefully in his sleep, so after kira is exposed L goes off to bed to die.
That's my fuckin favorite version. It's so big brain yet so tragic. I think Light just never considered the fact that L might just kill himself if it meant beating Light!
@@DarthFhenix55he didn't write his name two times himself. He wrote his own name before anyone else could, and made sure to give himself as much time as he could before his inevitable death.
Because he wrote his name first, his takes priority over later writings. Whoever writes first gets the kill, essentially.
@@SpecialInterestShow i like that it shows the contrast in their values too. Both wanted justice, but 1 gave up their morals to save himself while the other was willing to sacrifice themself for justice.
Mello should've been declared the victor the moment he launched the death note into the stratosphere via a friggin rocket
LMAOOOO
He's the winner in my heart.
I mean.... It is an answer.
12:29 Cool, using for the laugh audio the Italian version is easily a goat move. Our Aquilone with Light did an amazing job, neither the original Japanese can't be higher than the Italian. As an Italian, I love when other content creators use our dub audio to make a point.
Talk about being delusional to a ludicrous point, wow.
Personally I think that the fact that Near isn't the same as L is a good thing, the fact that Near wasn't on the same level as L is what contributed to Light's defeat. He became overly confident after L died and he became complacent and when one of L's successors showed up he didn't take him seriously since from moment 1 he didn't believe that Near was comparable to L.
Essentially Light and most of the fandom underestimated Near and it ultimately lead to Light's downfall. Even Near himself can admit he's not on the same level as L, however it didn't take a genius like L to beat Light, L's mistake was making the Kira Case personal, Near for his part didn't see the Kira Case as a intellectual competition he simply saw it for what it was: just another case to be solved and nothing more.
Near even managed to SLAP Light verbally by telling the truth that a lot of people in the fandom needed to hear, Light isn't special. He's a smart guy sure but the only reason he made it as far as he did was because of magical Death Gods powers, without it and without the Death Note Light is just some guy, he isn't special he just happened to get his hands on a weapon of mass destruction that allowed him to get away with it for a while without being caught.
The problem is that near has the same persobality as L tries to imitate L and feels like L but just worst in every aspect, not only in inteligence, but L when he mad mistakes he blamed himself and learn, near just doesnt make mistakes and makes imposible predictions that he just assumes they sre right and magically ended uo being right, unlike L who had hunches but never acted as if those hunches where true unless they where 100% proven.
And on top of that, ligth didnt loose beocuse he understimated near, no, he lost becouse one guy that was his most devoted follower directly dissobeyed one lf his orders for no reason
All of this!!! Light severely underestimated Near.
@@tigretam9106light did lose because he underestimated near. And if we’re being fair I rember that light would have lost either way if he disobeyed or not.
They didn’t underestimate near. Near couldn’t have done shit without light subordinate messing up. Even then they use a cop out like “they copied it all in one night to surprise Kira” to win. Light saw near for what he was beneath L and Light.
@@uh9104no he didn’t underestimate him🤦🏿♂️please learn what the word means. Near had no way of knowing about it until the follower fucked up and used the real death note. Please stop talkin
so happy that you used the italian dub for the Kira last laugh, truly a masterpiece
love the fact that for Light's last laugh, the italian voice over was used. I once saw a video interview of the VA, who's name is Flavio Aquilone, who stated that for that specific scene... well, it was essentially a "fuck it, we ballin' " and recorded the whole thing first try. To this day, i still think it's the best version out there (no bias, ofc : ] )
Light chose to kill. The notebook didnt corrupt him, he saw power and a way to escape his boredom. The moment he killed Raye penber and Naomi misorsa, he wasnt killing criminals anymore. He even killed his allies. That was his choice and he paid the ultimate price.
It's true that Light was a victim in this whole ordeal but the reason I love the manga ending is because Light has been condemning people to death in the comfort of his own home and the ending is perfect because Light now gets to see what it's like when he kills people with the notebook and how horrible his actions were it to me is a perfect ending for the story and man it hits hard I appreciate the anime ending now more thanks to your video but I will always prefer the manga due to the reasons i mentioned prior
The Italian dubbed version of Kira laughter is soooo fire Flavio Aquilone really nailed it 12:03
I felt bad for Light. I think his story is one of tragedy. Someone with so much potential who probably would have changed the world for the better in a positive way, just so happened to be the first person to randomly come across a notebook.
Too much power in the hands of any one person is dangerous, especially one with a flawed idealized sense of justice. His utopia is really a fearful dystopia, an invisible judge handing out death sentences, no middle ground circumstances, only absolutes.
nah he’s still a monster
he had the choice to stop but he kept going
Not in mine. I'd just use it in bad people or people that oppose me (which would be bad people anyway).
@@stevenyee1055
Yee light was a badass, he definitely deserved better, he had good intentions & he did legitimately make the world a better place, plus the only innocent people he killed were people that were after him, so I can’t really fault him too much for that, it wasn’t like he was just killing anyone that annoyed him or whatever, but unfortunately he just let his god complex get outa control after he got L
@@ProfessorPerhaps no the fuck he didn’t he deserved exactly what he got
Personally my favorite ending is from the Japanese live action movies!
So, in the movies, the big change happens when the task force gets their hands on a Death Note. L pretends to send the task force minus Light and himself to America to test a bullshit rule Light wrote in before they got ahold of the Note, but really they're just in another room listening in.
Misa had been continuing the serial Kira killings while Light was with L, so all eyes fell on Misa. This sparked Rem to write Watari and L's names in her death note, killing herself in the process because Shinigami can't rescue humans.
Light, thinking he's won, gets cocky. He shows his true colors, even going as far as to write his dad's name down! But... Nothing happens. L is fine. His dad is fine. Everyone is fine (except Rem, RIP).
Turns out not only was the page he was writing on a decoy, and not only was the rest of the task force watching from another room, but here's the final nail in the coffin is what really made this my favorite ending:
In a truly big brain and ballsy move, L "saved" himself by having written his name in the Death Note earlier on, making sure to give himself the maximum amount of time left that he could (30 days, I think). This rendered him IMMUNE to Rem's Note since he had written his own name first! He made a move Light never expected: to kill himself if it meant bringing Light down.
From there, Light has his mental breakdown, gets killed by Ryuk, and the police cover up the story by telling the public that Kira killed Light.
There's not really any Mellow or Near, and we get a satisfying resolution of L finally winning the case but at the cost of his own life. It is so much better than the anime ending, imo! The focus of the story was always Light and L, and in my opinion it only makes sense for it to END with Light and L.
(due to having not watched this in like over a decade or so, I did use Wikipedia to refresh my memory)
I don't think the killing can be held for a long time period as 30 days.
@@kellohitty69 it was something like that. 23?
Yea 23
People being mad that near cheated to defeat Light missed the point of the series. Light stepped on and cheated everyone to get ahead, that’s why he HAD to be defeated by deception.
Well near didn't exactly cheat, but I get the point you're making
@@BlazingAuras true, I mean changing out the notebook pages was smart just people have flanderized it down to “cheating”
@@BlazingAurashe did cheat. The replacing of the book in less than a day wouldn’t have been possible unless they had at least a week to rewrite it
I think people miss the point of Near a lot, to me he always represented L without ego. L is the smarter of the 2 but he was held back by his own childlike desire to win and prove he was more brilliant than Kira. Near didn't give a fuck, he was there to solve the case not engage in a battle of wits
@carolusrex5213 yep! That's exactly near! He does have a little emotion since he hates Kira and likes to taunt Light but yes he's the less emotional half compared to mello
I still subscribe to the Near cheated theory with how meticulous Mikami was. No way he wouldn’t have triple checked that notebook with a microscope before going to meet God.
I agree. It would give another connection to L in terms of taking risks.
As someone who prefers the manga i love how you broke down some of the events, not just in how the manga changed them, but provided context for other things anime onlys may not know. As an anime only watcher for most anime (but not death note) i know it helps a LOT
The emotions is what kill a character in death note. If light near the end didnt feel like that. He wouldve been smart and then tell ryuk he relinquishes ownership of the deathnote. Which after that he loses all memory of whatever he did. That right there would help him bypass the law.
People don't get that the reason why Light beat L was because he used other people. so it's only fitting that he would eventually get caught because of the mistakes of another person that he was trying to maniuplate.
Losing his cool/manic behavior vs open fanatic passion are different and Light very rarely lost his cool but was always expressing his passion
With the definition of losing your cool being "failure to maintain a calm attitude", I think it was somewhat common seeing Light like that with the examples I've shown (and more). He was able to get back to being calm when thinking of another plan, but here he's finally caught and doesn't know how to think before simply laughing it off
I wouldnt call light a victim in any case. He knew what he was signing up,the possible consequences he could face and the things he was doing. He was smart enough and old enough.. but still caved in. He is by no means a victim at all
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@BlazingAuras oh sh!t I'm such a dumbass. I'm sooo sorry bro. You literally just addressed directly what I said in that one comments
LOL. it's cool bro you're not the only one, I've been saying "pinned comment" for a while so it doesnt bother me 😭. Legit I kinda hate this video because of that one line I could’ve clarified better. I don't want people to think I'm justifying Light, I want them to know why I kinda felt bad seeing him die screaming.
(9:07) Speaking of small things, in the section where Near is explaining that Mikami's movements and his plan (before Light finds out he's lost), when Matsuda and Mogi are talking, Near's eyes drift to the door, signaling that he's noticed that Mikami is there, and how he is so calm about it.
15:55 i feel that. Light is one of my favorite characters, hes so well written. This final part made me feel very sad for him. I wouldn’t have been as teary if it was L. But Near? Come on man.
I agree
Wonderful video. I've always thought that both endings are great and get pissed off when people say things like the anime ending "glorifies" Light. Both show his pathethic and human side but as you said the anime is more focused on his relationship with L while the manga focuses on his relationship with Ryuk.
Hey! This come out as recommended video. Great video brother
Appreciate it!
I have two main issues with the ending:
1. Lack of chemestry between Light and N when compared to rivalry between Light and L.
2. Light losing because of Mikami's mistake. I still think he should've lost at the end, but would prefer if it was because of his own mistakes.
lights mistake was getting other people involved.
I watched the video thinking this is a 100k subscriber channel because of the insane quality and great video good job man
Maybe one day I'll get there, but right now I gotta get the algorithm Gods on my side haha. Thank you, much love bro!
this video made me smile glad to see people still love death note
It's a CULTural phenomenon
Ain’t no way he’s a victim, he chose to write those names down. Man chose to become the villain in his own story
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Really well made video.
I don't understand those who find enjoyment in seeing Lights manga death either, he was no God, he was human. And for that very reason, i feel for him. He was just a guy corrupted by power.
Exactly. I agree with you
This is how you know you made something great people are still talking about it 2 decades later
I always appreciate death note content at this day and age
Honestly despite not being loved (which I can't understand why) i like how the live action movies handled the ending. L realizes light's plan is one step ahead of him, lights doesn't wait 5 years and executes his master plan immediately (letting his dad be there and delivery nears speech) and ryuk finishes him off while light begs for him to understand. Even kept the original punishment of humans not going to heaven or hell if they use the death note (which surprising all adaptations outside of the manga seems to follow)
I grew up with the Italian dub of Death Note, my absolute favorite part of it is the fantastic performance of Flavio Aquilone, the voice actor for Light and I'm always genuinely glad to see that Aquilone's performance has pretty much become synonymous with that final kira revelation scene and that it gets used in international videos and that fans appreciate it as well!
I feel old now knowing that this series is 20 years old.
wow, sometimes when i got sucked into eng content more i can get even diamonds like this channel, absolute subscribe!
Appreciate it! 🤧
Omg you put the italian laugh...kudos!!
12:30, respect for using the italian version, i really loved the work of his voice actor
I personally like the manga ending more. It's ominous and blunt in what it wants to say. I also cry for Matsuda a little, because in the last chapter it seems that he has lost his carefree nature, and it's the most heartbreaking shit in the whole series (after Yagami family falling apart). Good thing some of it is still in him tho.
The anime ending just isn't for me at all. I don't buy that Light regretted what he did for a second. At best, he regrets being caught. I have no pity for him (tho his death in the manga is terrifying), so this melancholic atmosphere just doesn't touch me.
Honestly, L’s emotions would’ve been a benefit in any other situation due to understanding the humanity of actions and mercy. The only thing is that his opponent contracted a god of death. Near proved that you gotta be a cold, calculating machine against a psychopath with those kind of guns.
You should definitively watch the musical too! I watched it and the anime with a friend and we both concluded that we liked the musical's ending more.
The songs are pretty fire too, but that's a plus
OOOO I gotta watch it, I plan on seeing it once final exams are done
@@BlazingAuras the musical is only performed in Japanese and Korean afaik, but there is an album of all of the songs in English (fun fact, the musical was actually written in English first and then translated) and also some clips of some of the songs floating around from it being performed as a concert in London last year.
y'all I know this is so offtopic from the vid but I'll never get over how Light was able to physically assault L in his "innocent" state after he loses his memories in EP 18, but cannot "manipulate a woman" for the greater good or use a gun to defend himself.
I really enjoyed your video analysis, great job. I mostly agree with the points you've covered but something bothers me about how you paint Light as a complete victim. He is a victim of his situation in some part, yeah, he was born in an unjust world, with little interest and hope for what awaits, bored by his existence yet, upon finding the DN, we get to see a side to him that's also part of his identity, part of how he truly is. How we are, our morality and sense of justice is completely shaped by our experiences, what we face and what happens to us. Light could have been a different person if he didnt encounter the note, but he did encounter it and he made a decision to use it according to his desires and ideals . He chose the path, he made countless decisions that shaped his life and ending. He could have stopped, he could have never started killing. That speaks about how he was not just an ordinary and innocent kid, he had much capability for evil, he was narcissistic, egomaniacal. He isn't the victim of circumstances you seem to portray or at least, that's what I think.
Everybody I've talked to who "hated the 2nd part" has only watched the anime. The anime left out half of the plot points and made N look like an asspuller
And to think I got into it 8 years ago! Time flies.
Great video dude. Interesting take on the anime ending, well done. Subscribed
Nice analysis, I remember going through the manga/anime for the first time being on board for Light to die in the end, since he deserved it. But got a bad taste in mouth for how he lost, I would've prefer if he actually got outsmarted rather than deus ex machina (making a notebook in one night to fool Mikami). I do like the manga's ending slightly more for the fact that we get to see how humanity was drained from Light at the end. There's two adaptions of Death Note that I like the ending of more than the original one. In Death Note 2: the last name, L actually outsmarts Light to the point that he outlasts him, Light's father actually has to take the pain of knowing his son is Kira. In the musical (no joke this exists), Light beats L like in canon, but Ryuk kills Light a minute afterword as he's seen all that can do with power. Which showed that he wasn't god, but that he was just the winner of the battle. Both have ending have Light begging for his life not to be killed.
Couldn't read the whole comment because I'm planning on watching the musical this weekend haha. The Last Name gives a interesting take on the ending since they basically had to wrap up the story in 2 movies and couldn't introduce Near and Mello. Perso I didn't like how Light outed himself but I could get over it since it's great seeing both L and Light dying at the end of their battle, and Light having a somber moment with his father... that really got me
"-is our 20th anniversary!!
-what? we are not married.
-NOT YET"
20 years and yet not married?
I don't agree with the "kira is a victim" analysis, I believe that light always had that kira in him and just wanted an excuse to release it, if he didn't pick up the death note I do believe he would've become a corrupt cop or corrupt prosecutor that does everything in his power to get a conviction or a confession. I believe this because when L knew it was over for him as asked light "Have you ever been truthful in your entire life" and light only deviates the question, light has always been lying about who he is from the start, even to himself, his true self only manisfested as kira
Yes, but he could have probably moved past it if he never had the Death Note.
I agree that Kira isn't a victim. That's because Kira is what Light became. Light is a victim of his hubris and feverent desire to purge 'rottenness' from the world. Good intentions, yes... but his intellect and his feelings of being the only one able to do something about it warped his mind. Kira is all of Light's flaws drawn to the forefront... which may have never come to the surface and, perhaps, may have been overcome if Light had never gotten the Death Note.
The point is that there was potential for him to have become a better person. But when he got the Death Note, he couldn't handle the responsibility. All of his vices took over, warping any good intentions he had and turned him into the monster named Kira.
I mention this in a recent death note video but I mostly said that he a victim because the author said it himself. Most likely because of the reason you mentioned in your last paragraph
I do like how light dies upon the stairs in the anime. I appreciate that symbolism.
You made a really good video for a channel with so low subscribers
Hehe there's more to come👀. Appreciate it.
After about 15 years of looking up discussions and rewatching Death Note, it's fascinating to see how the range of perspectives has changed. Questioning Light's agency never even occurred to me.
Great video. 👍 I also enjoyed both of the endings. I prefer the manga version of the ending because more depth was given to the story there, but the anime version is underrated and had great presentation.
Manga was a amazing perspective.
That first scene where Ryuji is unaware that death note is a series cracks me up
Loved this one. Really well rounded and funny too c:
Thanks!
I loved this!!! Thank you!
The manga ending is my favorite of the two because Light finally tastes the fear that everyone had when they could be judged by Kira
Death Note ended when L died. Copying Millions of names with same strokes and style, even when you're the fastest writer in the world, you took no breaks for food, washroom, facing no interruptions while breaking into a locker, and when your native language is English not Japanese...all these within 24 hours is impossible. But Near's officer did it all. What a goofy logic was given here.
After knowing this I understood, Light got insane because it is mathematically impossible. In this anime everything was good but the writer failed to serve us with the appropriate- correct ending.
Hence, Light Yagami won. But this world always provide plot-armor for 'good-seeming' people. Making true struggles pitful.
Your Light voice is honestly perfect
I’ve said this so many times a MAJOR reason Light lost was bc Mikami
An ending i like was one of the live action movies i saw where L fakes his death and gamble with his life to catch light by using a (maybe a movie only) rule where once you name is writen in the note it cant be used to kill ypu again so he says his plan and writes his own name in the book giving him the longest time for a heart attack. So he survives his initiall feath in the manga but the ending is mostley the same but l beating light as light couldnt imagine l sacrificing his own life to beat him.
Sucks that the ending had to rely on Near winning through luck of Mikami screwing up. The ending was rushed and didn't provide as much autonarratives and explanation to their actions. Shame that such a good anime had to end like this.
Dude, Light would've lost in the first 10 EP if it weren't for luck. If Light didn't decide out of nowhere to go to the police station to get his dad clothes and catch Naomi he would've lost. He could be doing everything perfectly and still would've lost. Even with that break, Light still had to do everything in his power to stop her. Just as near had to do everything in his power to capitalize on his lucky break.
I was rooting for Light throughout the whole show and was very curious to see how L would top him. Obviously he didn’t so when we got to the finale, I couldn’t help but feel disappointed.
Technically, Light lost because of Mikami. I know one can argue that by extension, it’s Light’s fault because he had placed that trust in Mikami but at the same time, as N said, if Mikami stuck to his strict schedule, none of the shit would’ve happened. Light had accounted for the moves that N made and constructed an excellent countermeasure, just for it to be taken away because of someone else decided to break the rules for once.
I know eventually, Light had to go down but it was handled so poorly as to why he lost. It would’ve been cool to see him make an oversight in something instead of it being someone else’s mistake. It’s a shame, we’ve seen Light make some questionable plays before so I hoped that the author would’ve expanded on that.
Otherwise, the rest of the ending was phenomenal. Both the anime and manga.
But if I had to pick one, manga all the way. Light is someone who desperately never wants to lose so it doesn’t surprise me that at a last ditch effort, he resorts to Ryuk to save him
@vietnguyen2293 I should've emphasized it more in the video that it was equally Light and Mikami's fault instead of "partially Light’s fault" because Light hadn't told Mikami that he had a piece of a notebook in his watch or at all. That Mello moment caused confusion as Mikami didn't know whether to follow Light's previous order of not using the notebook or to act on his own like he had done before and make sure no evidence was found by Takada (as it was his duty to take care of her). That moment caused uncertainty on Mikami's end on what he should do: risk Takada being caught because he and Light didn't expect Mello to kidnap Takada or act out on his own again to make sure everything is fine because it's his duty to take care of Takada.
The author did want Mikami to mess up along with Light's ego
I like the manga ending better. Reason so is due to how Light goes out and shows who he really is. A narcissistic sociopath kid with a deity complex.
The anime ending does bring in the question, is Light looking back to it due to his actions being bad, or because he doesn't want to face the consequences of his actions?
Light wasn't a "Kid" when he died.
@@User-Angel- In a sense, he kind of was. He was a severely emotionally stunted narcissist with an utterly idealistic view of the world that hinged on the notion that he was better than everyone else.
Given how narcissistic Light had truly become, I would wager that he still believed that he was right. I think that Light just desperately wanted to live, and that he wouldn’t have picked up the notebook had he known that it would end in his failure and subsequent death.
I watched the anime for the first time about a year ago. I didn’t know that the fan base was split on the post-L continuation, and I ended up hating it.
Watched it again recently and this time I liked it. It wasn’t perfect, but those last two episodes are great! Watching Light finally lose and seeing Mikami’s reaction to seeing “god” bleed is so satisfying.
Light was the hero and the detectives were the villains he almost made a perfect world with no crime but they had to oppose god
In a world where there is no law, there are no crimes, and that doesn't make it perfect, but rather the opposite.
It's pretty obvious that the author depicts the "Kira" world as far worse than ours, despite the crime rate drop
@@swenji9113 wrong answer “Kira kill him”
But where do we draw the line of what crimes should be punished with death? How do we prove that they really did it? Who gets to decide on these rules? What happens if someone does something bad, but decidedly not worthy of death? Think about Kira's world for long enough and you just reinvent our legal system. Not saying it's perfect but the bureaucracy of checks & balances exists for a reason.
That intro is just amazing 😂
A big thing about death note is people don’t seem to understand that lights dream was impossible form the start let’s say he did beat all of the cops and detectives like near or whoever else his dream of being god of the new world is impossible yes the death note is powerful but light can’t govern the entire world by himself eventually the army or navy seals or whatever would kill him or put him in prison unless the government themselves are kira followers he has nobody to help him govern the world
and even if he won against them all he would eventually die of old age, for his plan to truly suceed he would need folowers on the same mindset and intelect as him to carry on after he died
The one thing I see many people say about the Death Note itself, with you included, is the Death Note doesn’t hypnotize you to use it. It just enhances it. Because to this day I still don't fully understand why Light is innocent when he gets rid of his memories, because at the beginning of the series, he says that he has always wanted a sense of justice to be done. Because even when Light says this about it, 17:34 , he says it has the power for someone to use it once, when really, its just a temptation. He isn’t bound to anything until he writes in it. And his curiosity to take a human life is what led him down that path.
Subscribe if you've got that Godly aura... or of you'd give Ryuk an apple!🍎
Thank You liquidsoapp for voicing Misa and @david_anthony on Casting Call for voicing Ryuk! 📓🖊
Thanks for allowing me to voice Ryuk, I had fun
@@Phetamind my pleasure!!!
Death Note being 20 years old is something that makes my mind spin
Power does not corrupt, just shows your true colors.
With this reasoning, most of people don't ever show their true colors and there's no real reason why you should call them "true".
Humans don't have an hidden essence or anything. Light was a horrible person when he got the death note and it allowed him to worsen again and again.
That's exactly what I would call "corrupt". That's no excuse for Light nor does it mean that he was a good guy before getting the death note, it's just not how things work imo
People are complex! This is very elementary school good guys bad guys level analysis
I love how brutal Light’s final scene is, but not because it’s some kind of vindication more so because he the boy he was simply doesn’t exist anymore, it’s just Kira. And Kira reduced to his most pathetic attributes, his humanity, after an entire chapter of rambling about being a god serves as the ultimate thematic reminder: there is no good or bad, there’s just humanity.
Like the video - I didn't know how the manga was different in the ending but I disagree with Light. He claimed he needs to get rid the world of criminals but he's got no problems with killing innocent who stand in his way. Ofc he justifies it by claiming they're evil too from trying to stop him. His hyprocisy and delusions are quick to notice. It seems to me you want to use the death note as an excuse to Light behavior but Minoru Tanaka the protagonist of the side story also had death note but you don't see him using it for evil. I can't feel bad for Light. It was his own decisions that caused his death and the notebook was just a tool he used. He's a merciless mass murderer. I agree that we have to understand people like this to see where they come from but calling Light a victim feels like a spit to the true victims the deaths he caused. That's just my opinion.
No I don't excuse Light’s actions as he got what was coming to him, thats the reason why I love the ending so much, he's a character I love to hate and seeing him commit all of these actions just to lose at the end is fitting. I'm just saying that with how he is portrayed during his death, I always feel bad for him because he wasn't always like this. Ryuk and Soichiro say that whoever uses the notebook is cursed and will always see misfortune. Tanaka didn't want to use the notebook to kill but still had misfortune because that's just how the new chapter was written. But if we just focus on how the original story was intended to be written, before all the new stuff, Light at first contemplated if he should use the notebook even stating that "it has the power to have someone try it at least once" and that he should "get rid of this evil thing". But once he does use it he makes it his goal to change the world and with how everyone tries to get in his way, he has to do some despicable actions in order to survive and not get caught. He goes great lengths just to survive, and I feel like if L/Near didn't push his limit, he wouldn't have used people or lied too often. I call Light a victim because once he wrote in that notebook, he was destined to have an unfortunate end from Chapter 1. I'm just saying he could've lived his life regularly if he never encountered the notebook. He and his victims didn't deserve to die because of the notebook that brought the cursed fate among everyone.
Again HE DID GET WHAT WAS COMING TO HIM, but just seeing how good he was without memories of the notebook or how he wouldn't kill anyone as just a regular teenager (unlike sadistic people in this world) just makes me cry that he was the first to pick up the notebook.
Kinda like how I cry when Anakin gets burned but some other people don't because of his actions. Both characters had great potential, but once influenced by an evil force their lives turn into tragedies.
Will the Creator of death note said the death note make light that way and the person you're talking about never used the death note
As nice as the anime ending was, I will always say the way the manga ended is my favorite. There's no contemplation, violin, no angels reaching their hands out. He don't deserve none of the that shi. Just regret and begging for your life while fading away in a pool of your own blood and tears. Then, scene. As human as he was, he became a monster fueled by his ego. At some point in the story, he forgot about right or wrong and envisioned a world where he's always right. So yeah, I like that he died a dogs death. Did I feel bad for him, a lil bit. But only cause had anyone found it, they'd probably do the same, like some humans would. But just like he offed criminals unceremoniously, I feel he get the same treatment. He can try to run, but them dues will be paid. It's just sad that if he had been more humble, he could've been one of the best detectives, working alongside L and his pops. Well, what could've been.
I think you got a lot wrong. And some things you missed.
1) There's a point after Light gets the whole picture of why his plan failed that he descends from clear calculated thinking into madness. His maniac laugh in public in addition to him admitting to being Kira is the sign of this. That's why in an earlier panel, Light thinks to himself, "No, not yet..."--he's not going to make any decisive moves until he has a full picture of what's going on. After he loses his mind, he starts thinking about how he can trick Aizawa and the others if he can just get Near's name down... That's not even a real plan in the slightest, it's laughable he even attempted it, another sign of Light not being himself.
2) Matsuda didn't save their "lives" with "quick thinking", he shot him out of outrage and feelings of betrayal.
3) There is no blame to be placed on the notebook, as Near clearly says. A normal person would've written down a name, felt horrible, and never done it again. All the notebook does is kill a person, no different than any other weapon. Light succumbed to the feelings of power that he got from using the notebook and descended into villainy--he enjoyed the feeling of killing people, feeling like he has all the power. That's all.
That doesn't mean I don't feel terrible for Light in the final chapters when he's begging for his life, he's my favorite character (why I feel bad for would require me to write 3 paragraphs and I don't wanna do that).
4) In my strong opinion, Mikami didn't kill himself in the anime from "regret", but because he too had lost his mind and worldview completely shattered. The being he thought was God was laying around whimpering for his life on the ground. "Regret" is still a rational thought. Mikami showing crazy eyes in the anime isn't that. It's being unable to cope with the feeling of being wrong about everything he believed in--so he breaks down and kills himself.
1) I thought I mentioned Light having an "intent to kill" or the notebook corrupting him so much that his only plan is to kill Near and trick the others with Aizawas notebook even though he knows it's not gonna work. Or that him convincing the others is "impossible" like the chapter title.
2) I know Matsuda was using his rage to shoot Light. I still see it as quick thinking that he grabbed his gun and shot Light once he was writing his Nears name down. Maybe I should've said "act quickly" instead of "think quickly". I probably used the word "think" because I thought Matsuda was thinking "I have to shoot him!". I'm not sure what the word for this is, probably "impulsive behavior " or "irrational thinking"
3) Near says the notebook is the worst murder weapon in the entire world. I do blame the notebook for causing havoc over the course of the series, but I don't want people to think I'm defending Light’s actions. Just saying that once a name is written down in the notebook that person will face misfortune one day, and since Light was a strong willed person, havoc still went on for years, killing people he didn't want to die (his father), and eventually him dying to Ryuk 6 years later. Just saying that if Light hadn't been the one to encounter the notebook, misfortune wouldn't hadn't been destined to be placed for him, he wouldn't have lost his sanity, and he could've lived a better life being an NPA Detective and no one would die. That's why I cry.
4) Well if he found out everything he believed in was wrong(That Light wasn't a god and lost), isn't that kinda "regret"? He regrets that he wasted the rest of his life putting his faith into changing the world? Or what other should I have used instead of that.
Half of the critiques come down to wording and I feel like I'm talking with my English professor but that's OK 😅
@@BlazingAuras I don't really have the patience to respond in a lengthy, thorough way, but keep the quality content coming 👍
LOL thanks bro 😭
6:55 lost me at the random screaming or whatever here. Was trying to sleep with this as background noise.
@RVBFan182 well I intended this video to be listened to. I'll make sure it's louder next time
The thing is, Near would have lost had Teru Mikimi not made the mistake of revealing the real notebook. That means Near was so stupid as to think that Light was so stupid as to think he could just go to the warehouse and have his disciple kill them all by seeing their faces through the door and that Near would allow that. Near thought that Light was a complete idiot.
Wrong, the problem was that Near did not know for a fact that ripped pages from the Death Note still work. Near even mentions this himself when he asked Ryuk about it, that Light used that little trick to scramble the investigation multiple times. Since the SPK didn't know about it, they couldn't identify Mikami's actions when using the notebook as odd. Hence why Mello forcing Mikami and Light to act on Takeda's kidnapping was so important, since he knew they needed something more concrete than Mikami's current routine.
@@relic5752 I’m aware of that. My point is that Near was going to arrange the meeting in the warehouse even if the thing with Naomi didn’t happen because they thought the book in Mikami’s house was the real one. In that scenario, Light would have won.
This is the first video I've ever watched that is about manga, so I am so confused every time panels are shown because i keep reading it backwards
I like anime version more
Im 25 just discovered the death note series cus my brother and i loved it
Both endings are dog af, Light should have won
Would've been interesting to see but that's not what Ohba was going for 🤷🏾♂️. He had to lose to show the curse of the notebook still affecting even the smartest of people.
@@BlazingAuras I dont know where I heard this so it's just going to be like one of those "trust me bro" comments but I heard from some other youtube video that apparently Light was supposed to win but the author just didn't want to write another "season" so he killed him off lol
No light was never was supposed to win. The author thought it was fitting to end the story in 108 chapters and in volume 13 he states he chose to end Death Note in 108 chapters because the number 108 is significant in Zen Buddhism, the number of temptations that a human soul must face throughout the reincarnation cycle before reaching Nirvana and exiting the cycle. Once Takada was reintroduced, Ohba planned the ending in the Warehouse.
I saw the notebook being fake a mile away, it was so obvious they let Mikami steal the notebook so easily and the most embarrassing and unbelievable part was Light betting his life on him. The Mikami not noticing the notebook was fake and not checking if it worked or that the pages that he was going to use in such an important moment are real looked like such a cop out just to make Light lose in the end.
I hoped for a better ending with a deeper conclusion than just "don't kill people, kids"....
PS.
Now I imagine an ending where Light would actually win in that situation and dying from a random Truck-kun after escaping the crime scene, which would make such an ironic punch-line to the story, like "You never know when you're going to die. No matter how grandiose your plans of future are, you can die at any moment. Maybe you should'v used the time you had to do something more meaningful and fullfilling?" while still revealing Lights mortality while he's dying lying on the road in a pool of blood. Even such an unlikely ending would have been so much more satisfying and meaningful than the sht we got.
YOOOOO BRO USED THE ITALIAN VERSION OF LIGHT'S LAUGH! ( 12:07 ) (goated dub)
Based on the anime ending I subscribe to the theory that Near could have controlled Mikami with the notebook in order to get him to not be sure about the notebook and have him die in such a fashion, "suicidal distraught after seeing his deity fail". Its a neat idea and one that both differentiates Near from L, but more importantly it would almost convey the idea of no "absolute" justice the manga speech setup. If Near uses the death note to catch Kira is he just? Its fun speculation