I love how Mikami’s childish view of black and white, good versus evil, is represented in his backstory. He explains petty bullying in elementary school like it’s a great evil he had to overcome on the level of war and crime, showing how he views all crimes the same regardless of severity. I just love that little bit of covert characterisation :))
@@SmallSinger5901 I disagree that he sees all crimes the same. The thing is, if you see bullying already as bad that you consider it just to punish it with death, then at least death will apply to all greater evils. Since Mikami is not into torture, death is the highest punishment he gives. So it applies to all evils beginning from petty bullying.
I find it fascinating that Light’s childish views on morality got cemented when he got validation for his actions as Kira, whereas Mikami’s did when he received pushback for them in middle school. It makes them feel very interesting as both parallels and opposites. Light believes he will be loved as a god, Mikami believes he will be punished as a martyr, and both are willing to pursue the same goal regardless. I hope this makes sense. I love Mikami lol.
Btw, Light removed or deactivated the wiretaps himself. He wrote a note and showed it to the cameras which said basically that Kira was threatening them with a demand to search the room, so he had no choice but to remove the wiretaps to protect his life and Kiyomi's life.
If you beat just one guy up, it does have an overall psychological effect. So while they might beat him then, they mighy not engage with him afterwards.
22:54 Exactly. Whoever Kira is will be subjective, and therefore ‘justice’ will change from person to person. Who knows who Mikami counts as ‘lazy’? Would he kill disabled or chronically ill people for ‘not using their abilities’? The fact that they don’t define what exactly ‘justice’ is is part of the reason it would be awful to live in Kira’s world. You basically live in a surveillance state where you can be killed at any time if the random person acting as Kira’s morals don’t align with yours. It’s terrifying.
I don't understand why people work from the [false] foundation that morality is subjective. It's such low level liberal thought. And if true, there would be nothing inherently wrong with murder, or anything else. It is forced to recognize as valid and orthodox any belief that springs from the exercise of private judgment. Therefore does it finally arrive, by force of its own premises, at the conclusion that one creed is as good as another; it then seeks to shelter its inconsistency under the false plea of liberty of conscience. The notion that one creed is as good as another or equal is just ridiculous on its face; by definition that tells us there is a correct answer. I can't take anyone seriously that actually believes this; they have to be intentionally lying for ideological reasons. Or very stupid. Different cultures believe different things because people and by extension cultures can be wrong or incorrect. Not sure where the insistence that they are all acceptable, neutral, or equal comes from. We all have and should have 'surveillance states' to a degree otherwise there would be complete anarchy, the question is what they are disallowing, and how many people are involved in the decision making.
I think Light's moral stance can be best understood through his insistence on abiding by the same rigid rules as his father during the Higuchi investigation. Likewise, through his decision to follow in his father's footsteps and become a policeman, even though he could've been anything. I think he genuinely grew up proud of the lofty ideals Soichiro stands for, and that sort of has him depressed by the time we meet him, because he's come around to the realization that the rest of the world doesn't live up to that standard. It won't, no matter what Light does with his life and intellect. That's why he's lost interest and become bored; it doesn't matter that he's right, if the world is all wrong. On the contrary, it makes him the fool. In other words, "a world where Soichiro's principles are common sense, and living accordingly is rewarded" is probably close to what he has in mind. That's my takeaway, at least. Recall that in his original mission statement, those who don't live righteously will also be made to disappear quietly, in addition to Kira's blatant executions of criminals. That too is an affront to the "good" that Light identifies with. Maybe it's the opposite side of the coin from Mikami, who is laser focused on the idea of "evil." Of course, it's not lost on me that this is all overshadowed by Light's uglier motivations; those are just not what I'm talking about right now.
That's actually a great comment. It even backs up the notion I go with that Good Light was genuinely good, not even acting even if he still had some pride in a more subtle manner, which makes it clearer how Light-as-Kira is so warped that he can and would even exploit his own Helpless Good Side. Honestly, Light would make for a good Batman villain. Watch Batman, the guy who believes in not killing even the Joker, explain to Light why the way he sets up his fantasy of "Soichiro's principles are genuinely supported" doesn't work, and tell him "I was born to fight YOUR brand of order." Light's God complex isn't helping matters, but at the point where Light is more of a prince trying to be a shepherd even if he sucks at it, we can at least argue that he's not trying to be a despot, and obviously, he's sucking at not being a despot when he thinks he couldn't be a sadist, but honestly, I think what would have worked ideally for punishment (not keeping storywriting designs in mind) would have been to put Light and Misa, and Mikami as well if we want to include him from things getting to the point of this episode, to similar work to Wedy and Aiber for life under permanent surveillance, both/all 3 contributing to the community in healthier ways only forced as punishment spitting in the face of the concept of Kira and the involvement of capital punishment on BOTH sides, and both/all 3 never again able to be a threat.
6:00 "It's good he stepped in; sometimes you shouldn't though." It's true. This counter-intuitive fact is actually touched on in the first novel, Don Quixote. Early in the story, Quixote 'saves' a servant who is being beaten by his master; ostentatiously 'putting the master in his place' - Don Quixote leaves feeling heroic and virtuous; but little does he know that later on, the master beat the servant even more because of the shame of what he went through. Don Quixote didn't make anything better; he just made himself feel better. It's interesting to think about.
Teru Mikami is a remake of Taro Kogami, the protagonist of the Halloween one-shot that was put out before Death Note was serialized. His morals are basically the same as Light's, which is why Light chose him. The author was unsatisfied with the Death Note one-shot because of how constrained his writing was, which is why he jumped on the offer to make it into a serialized story. We went from getting one and a half chapters to an episode to getting three chapters crammed into an episode. The pacing of the adaptation doubled, which is part of the pacing issue fans were complaining about.
Both voices of kira and his hand are only given as much information as necessary - and with the broadcaster being twice removed from light, her broadcast clearly has a bit of both mikami's and her own interpretation of kiras law mixed in to her broadcast - like that line about "those who live wastefully" is probably not from lights pen.
When Mikami first got the notebook, Ryuk told him "Kira knows your history, your character, God chose you" that's why he relentlessly believes Kira is God. For some reason this scene was cut from the anime but it would make more sense to keep it in.
12:30 Just for the record, it wasn't Kira. Mikami is 4 years older than Light and since he was in late middle school/early high school when his mother died, it happened 7-8 years before Light found the Death Note.
Well I do agree that stepping in and solving children's problem for them is not always good as they need to solve things themself... But as adults are we not also solving good part of them by doing the same, by police, courts etc? It is even frowned upon if someone is a vigilante and "solves" some issues themself. So it is also important to teach that it is not simple to always do it yourself or always use arbiter.
The note that Light wrote and showed the task force before he turned off the wiretaps and cameras basically said "Kira must be close by. He's asking me to get Takeda's Kira supporting bodyguards to check the room for any wires. I've got no choice but to remove them before they check the room." Basically as the task force understood it, Light's life was in danger if any of the Kira supporters found anything.
I like Mikami purely because of the memes. Overall, he feels like a plot device to me. It's like he has telethapy + luck infused in him. He's got so much telethapy, it ends up shooting himself in the foot.
It's been 5 years since light has gone full kira. Mikami was a prosecutor and people he found guilty in court died by lights death note shortly after. To say that there wouldn't be people who are completely supportive of kira as well as some people who would think exactly like him, I don't think it's that far of a stretch.
Mikami had *far* less luck and telepathy than any of the other main characters. Every move he made had drawbacks and every deduction he had was reasonable.
There was an incident in Japan where a dude decided to ''delete' people of special needs because he saw them as a burden, Japan has also a thing for hiding the shameful homeless (even if some of those people ended homeless because they were coaxed to take the fall for their bosses due societal rules in Japan), there are also those who were falsely accused but since they were found guilty therefore they're seen as guilty even after being publicly absolved and there are people who see retirees as a burden since they're not working, therefore not supporting the Japanese economy. (Had to re-reply because my previous attempt was seemingly lost in limbo.)
My understanding is that Mikami and Light framed the situation with the wiretaps as something like a hostage situation. Either the wiretaps get removed or Kira takes out someone, maybe Takada herself. The investigation needs Takada, so if she goes bye bye, that's bad. She's like their only line on Kira right now. That being the case, the task force would do as they are told. Well, at least that's how it seems.
"You can have a just system, that is evil" - this is how we know, that we had german education. Though I would argue, that the christianisation was also a just but evil system. I am happy to hear this sentence.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who wished Mikami was our protagonist 😭 I do think there is something unique about Light not having a backstory that explains his actions, but because of the life Mikami lived I understand where he’s coming from more than Light. They’re obviously both still wrong for doing what they’re doing, but Mikami’s backstory is so intriguing, nuanced, and I really did wish we got more time with him! He would have been such an interesting character to see work with Light, and as fun Misa brings to the plot, I do wish Mikami had been his first side kick and she joined later on.
Hey, I just found your channel and I am currently watching through all the episodes from DN. I just wanted to tell you that your sorting in the playlist for DN is broken. It works correclty until Episode 1x8, after that the epsiodes are widly out of order, and they stopped 13 episodes ago. It would be awesome if you could correct and update the playlist!
I think it’s actually quite intentional that characters like misa and mikami, who side with and advocate for Kira as the one true pillar of justice, have reasons for their belief system. Conversely, light’s reasoning for being Kira and executing those he does is that he believes himself to be above the general population surrounding him and thus deserving of his self-granted godhood. He’s got no traumatic events that led him to the decisions he’s made. His whole life has been more or less perfect, yet his hubris and perception of himself as superior to the regular echelons of society are what guide his mission to become “god of the new world”. He conflates this with the philosophy he repeats throughout the show that “evil must be punished and those who get in the way of that punishment are also evil” but in reality he’s merely justifying an ideology that would directly conflict with him becoming “god”. He can’t simply say he wants to be god because he feels he’s better than everyone, but that is his view and it becomes overly apparent in the second half of the show. Light doesn’t interfere with justice because he wants to make the world a better place, which is perhaps what those like mikami, misa, and even he, himself, believes at times. He interferes with justice because of the self-righteous philosophy that justice can only be determined by select people who are above the common folk, and light judges himself to be the only person like this to exist. The world and plebeian society need order and only outstanding individuals like him can bring down the swift hammer of justice in a populous of what he considers to be incapable philistines. He doesn’t have a backstory because that isn’t the story the show’s trying to tell, that would be something different altogether, though, understandably, it may be more compelling to some audiences. It isn’t just that light is eliminating crime to make the world better through his perception like mikami. He does it as a power play to assert his supremacy over others. It’s a misguided fumble at a justice system based on his own egotism. This is why L’s existence bothered him so much as well. He saw him as someone of equal value and whose wit rivaled his, which was a threat to him, and he had to best him to feel he deserved to be appointed with divinity.
Light and Mikami share a lot in common. It's actually quite interesting. They have the same sense of justice. They have the same arrogance- well, similar. Light thinks he is God, while Mikami thinks he was chosen by God, so yeah. Both were involved in legal professions related to justice before their receipt of the Death Note. Mikami obviously was a prosecutor, and Light was actually going to follow in his father's footsteps and become a cop, probably become a detective. It's very possible Light could have met L under other circumstances had he never got the DN. Suppose, for example, you got your wish and Mikami had been the one to get it. Mikami would undoubtly have become Kira, and probably would have been better at it than Light was- less likely to challenge L when he showed up, probably. In that scenario, Light would have likely been working the Kira case, and probably ended up becoming friends with L. It's very interesting to think about the alternative possibilities. It seems, though, that no matter what, a Kira type figure was inevitable in their world at this particular time. If it wasn't Light, it would have been someone else who found the book. Possibly Light's old girlfriend, or another student. If the DN hadn't been found, Rem still would have brought her notebook to Misa, and Misa would likely have used it just like Light used his. It would have started with avenging her parents, but she would have kept going. Hard to say if she would have gotten caught. A lot of her dumbest errors were owing to her love for Kira/Light, but in the scenario where she is the only Kira, she might never have sent in those tapes. Her whole reason for sending them was to get Kira's attention. Without that, finding her would have been harder. Well, anyway, I agree that Mikami is a great Kira, and probably better at it than Light.
I wonder how you would feel about Griffith from Berserk. You put so much value in knowing why a character does something. Griffith is my favorite character in any anime but is my favorite exactly because no one truly knows why he does what he does. There is a thousand theories and all are plausible but the character is never 'explained'. To me that gives the story depth. I don't love it when all is set in stone and there is no mystery to a character.
I choose not to think of it as coincidence. I think of it as fate. Destiny. The individual events may not have been fated, but the connections between these characters are. Light, Misa, Takada, Higuchi, Mekami, L, the task force, all of them were always bound to this fate, bound to deal with this case. A kira of some sort was inevitable. In fact, I suspect this isn't the first time a kira has appeared in the world. They just didn't have the internet or the 24 hour news cycle in their prior occurrences. Perhaps they are a necessary thing in the world, a thing that comes along to change the world every few hundred to a thousand years. The cycle breaker. Perhaps it is even heralded by the death of a shinigami.
Actually it did said that Light and Tadaka been together in the university class, and after that tadaka never showed again until this, which means never said they broke up lol.
Fun fact death note should have ended when L died. But shonen jump pressed the creator to continue the story because it was such a great hit. Edit: it's more a theory because there was no real statement to it but some hints on the upcoming series ohba did after death note that was highly implied to be parallels to them working on the death note Manga. Like I said it's all just implied by fans because there was no real statement. My apologies.
@@DundG wasn't it that takeshi obhata wanted to end the Manga there but shonen jump told him to keep going. Over read somewhere about it. That's explains some questionable things because he had to keep the story going with something new. I mean if I'm wrong than I apologize ofc but still I'm pretty sure there was something like that. Edit: I read into it again and you were right it was only speculation. There was no real statement from ohba or obata that they were "forced". But in the follow up series bakuman was an arc were there was a death note parody and the main character (manga author of the death note parodie) had to decide between 2 endings with 1 making more profit but keeping going with the Manga or ending the Manga like envisioned. That made fans speculate about that it was a parallel to them when they worked on the death note Manga. So at the end you was right and I apologize.
@@shiggy_0297 Nice to aknowledge your mistakes! That's how to become better :) I guess most people who hear it buy into it because they dislike the Arc. But then there are people who dislike Misa, because her introduction throws off the "chess game" between Light and L by not being a 200IQ genious and would've prefered a completely different story.
@DundG I personally enjoyed the arc. The whole series. Was my first manga and anime. Absolutely a masterpiece. But it somehow would make sense so that's why I haven't doubt it. And it would make sense considering the ending had 1 or 2 holes. I won't say spoiler but it would have make sense to me.
well the theory is that it was supposed to end with L wining after the yotsuba thing but the author was forced to continue. I dont kow if it was ever confirmed or no, but at least for me this second part doenst fell planned (and no i dont think it is nowhere near as bad as peoble say, I liked it).
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I love how Mikami’s childish view of black and white, good versus evil, is represented in his backstory. He explains petty bullying in elementary school like it’s a great evil he had to overcome on the level of war and crime, showing how he views all crimes the same regardless of severity. I just love that little bit of covert characterisation :))
Pretty sure he grew up with it into adulthood not just elementary school
@@SmallSinger5901 I disagree that he sees all crimes the same. The thing is, if you see bullying already as bad that you consider it just to punish it with death, then at least death will apply to all greater evils.
Since Mikami is not into torture, death is the highest punishment he gives. So it applies to all evils beginning from petty bullying.
I agree with you here he borken hero l fell şadfor for mother l hope she rest in peçe❤
I find it fascinating that Light’s childish views on morality got cemented when he got validation for his actions as Kira, whereas Mikami’s did when he received pushback for them in middle school. It makes them feel very interesting as both parallels and opposites. Light believes he will be loved as a god, Mikami believes he will be punished as a martyr, and both are willing to pursue the same goal regardless.
I hope this makes sense. I love Mikami lol.
Btw, Light removed or deactivated the wiretaps himself. He wrote a note and showed it to the cameras which said basically that Kira was threatening them with a demand to search the room, so he had no choice but to remove the wiretaps to protect his life and Kiyomi's life.
Yup such things should have been cleared....only after reading manga I got to know about it
I agree with you here light he amzing villain and smart and near too ❤have nice day
I fell şad for kiyomi here but l agree with you here have nice day❤
9:00 I dont think learning self defense will help much when you have 4 or 5 guys attacking you at once lol
If you beat just one guy up, it does have an overall psychological effect. So while they might beat him then, they mighy not engage with him afterwards.
22:54 Exactly. Whoever Kira is will be subjective, and therefore ‘justice’ will change from person to person. Who knows who Mikami counts as ‘lazy’? Would he kill disabled or chronically ill people for ‘not using their abilities’? The fact that they don’t define what exactly ‘justice’ is is part of the reason it would be awful to live in Kira’s world. You basically live in a surveillance state where you can be killed at any time if the random person acting as Kira’s morals don’t align with yours. It’s terrifying.
I don't understand why people work from the [false] foundation that morality is subjective. It's such low level liberal thought.
And if true, there would be nothing inherently wrong with murder, or anything else. It is forced to recognize as valid and orthodox any belief that springs from the exercise of private judgment. Therefore does it finally arrive, by force of its own premises, at the conclusion that one creed is as good as another; it then seeks to shelter its inconsistency under the false plea of liberty of conscience.
The notion that one creed is as good as another or equal is just ridiculous on its face; by definition that tells us there is a correct answer.
I can't take anyone seriously that actually believes this; they have to be intentionally lying for ideological reasons. Or very stupid.
Different cultures believe different things because people and by extension cultures can be wrong or incorrect. Not sure where the insistence that they are all acceptable, neutral, or equal comes from. We all have and should have 'surveillance states' to a degree otherwise there would be complete anarchy, the question is what they are disallowing, and how many people are involved in the decision making.
I think Light's moral stance can be best understood through his insistence on abiding by the same rigid rules as his father during the Higuchi investigation. Likewise, through his decision to follow in his father's footsteps and become a policeman, even though he could've been anything. I think he genuinely grew up proud of the lofty ideals Soichiro stands for, and that sort of has him depressed by the time we meet him, because he's come around to the realization that the rest of the world doesn't live up to that standard. It won't, no matter what Light does with his life and intellect. That's why he's lost interest and become bored; it doesn't matter that he's right, if the world is all wrong. On the contrary, it makes him the fool.
In other words, "a world where Soichiro's principles are common sense, and living accordingly is rewarded" is probably close to what he has in mind. That's my takeaway, at least. Recall that in his original mission statement, those who don't live righteously will also be made to disappear quietly, in addition to Kira's blatant executions of criminals. That too is an affront to the "good" that Light identifies with. Maybe it's the opposite side of the coin from Mikami, who is laser focused on the idea of "evil."
Of course, it's not lost on me that this is all overshadowed by Light's uglier motivations; those are just not what I'm talking about right now.
Thats very interesting!
I agree with you here your the best have nice day❤
That's actually a great comment. It even backs up the notion I go with that Good Light was genuinely good, not even acting even if he still had some pride in a more subtle manner, which makes it clearer how Light-as-Kira is so warped that he can and would even exploit his own Helpless Good Side. Honestly, Light would make for a good Batman villain. Watch Batman, the guy who believes in not killing even the Joker, explain to Light why the way he sets up his fantasy of "Soichiro's principles are genuinely supported" doesn't work, and tell him "I was born to fight YOUR brand of order."
Light's God complex isn't helping matters, but at the point where Light is more of a prince trying to be a shepherd even if he sucks at it, we can at least argue that he's not trying to be a despot, and obviously, he's sucking at not being a despot when he thinks he couldn't be a sadist, but honestly, I think what would have worked ideally for punishment (not keeping storywriting designs in mind) would have been to put Light and Misa, and Mikami as well if we want to include him from things getting to the point of this episode, to similar work to Wedy and Aiber for life under permanent surveillance, both/all 3 contributing to the community in healthier ways only forced as punishment spitting in the face of the concept of Kira and the involvement of capital punishment on BOTH sides, and both/all 3 never again able to be a threat.
6:00 "It's good he stepped in; sometimes you shouldn't though."
It's true. This counter-intuitive fact is actually touched on in the first novel, Don Quixote. Early in the story, Quixote 'saves' a servant who is being beaten by his master; ostentatiously 'putting the master in his place' - Don Quixote leaves feeling heroic and virtuous; but little does he know that later on, the master beat the servant even more because of the shame of what he went through. Don Quixote didn't make anything better; he just made himself feel better.
It's interesting to think about.
I agree with you here l fell şad for him and his mother too have nice day💕❤️
People hate this arc because so many details were left out, like the wiretaps thing, or Near finding Mikami.
@@f5673-t1h I don't think most even knkw of these things.
No people hate those arc because L isn't in it (I love this arc)
Teru Mikami is a remake of Taro Kogami, the protagonist of the Halloween one-shot that was put out before Death Note was serialized. His morals are basically the same as Light's, which is why Light chose him. The author was unsatisfied with the Death Note one-shot because of how constrained his writing was, which is why he jumped on the offer to make it into a serialized story. We went from getting one and a half chapters to an episode to getting three chapters crammed into an episode. The pacing of the adaptation doubled, which is part of the pacing issue fans were complaining about.
Both voices of kira and his hand are only given as much information as necessary - and with the broadcaster being twice removed from light, her broadcast clearly has a bit of both mikami's and her own interpretation of kiras law mixed in to her broadcast - like that line about "those who live wastefully" is probably not from lights pen.
"Hand of kira" sure has style with him and near, one could argue they saved the best characters for the end of the party
Is amzing episode l love his bucksotry so şad l hope his mother rest in peçe❤
Just wanted to point out a little mistake in the ittle, his name is written Mikami, not Mekami xD
When Mikami first got the notebook, Ryuk told him "Kira knows your history, your character, God chose you" that's why he relentlessly believes Kira is God. For some reason this scene was cut from the anime but it would make more sense to keep it in.
12:30
Just for the record, it wasn't Kira.
Mikami is 4 years older than Light and since he was in late middle school/early high school when his mother died, it happened 7-8 years before Light found the Death Note.
Always when someone says that "there are two groups of people good and evil" I automatically assume they meant "we and they". Haven't been wrong yet.
Well I do agree that stepping in and solving children's problem for them is not always good as they need to solve things themself... But as adults are we not also solving good part of them by doing the same, by police, courts etc? It is even frowned upon if someone is a vigilante and "solves" some issues themself. So it is also important to teach that it is not simple to always do it yourself or always use arbiter.
The note that Light wrote and showed the task force before he turned off the wiretaps and cameras basically said "Kira must be close by. He's asking me to get Takeda's Kira supporting bodyguards to check the room for any wires. I've got no choice but to remove them before they check the room." Basically as the task force understood it, Light's life was in danger if any of the Kira supporters found anything.
Just so you know he DOES in fact use the word "enemies" so the subs are correct in that respect.
I am so glad you like Mikami!! I always liked him more than Light as well, sad he isn'T around that long!
I like Mikami purely because of the memes. Overall, he feels like a plot device to me. It's like he has telethapy + luck infused in him. He's got so much telethapy, it ends up shooting himself in the foot.
It's been 5 years since light has gone full kira. Mikami was a prosecutor and people he found guilty in court died by lights death note shortly after. To say that there wouldn't be people who are completely supportive of kira as well as some people who would think exactly like him, I don't think it's that far of a stretch.
Mikami had *far* less luck and telepathy than any of the other main characters. Every move he made had drawbacks and every deduction he had was reasonable.
There was an incident in Japan where a dude decided to ''delete' people of special needs because he saw them as a burden, Japan has also a thing for hiding the shameful homeless (even if some of those people ended homeless because they were coaxed to take the fall for their bosses due societal rules in Japan), there are also those who were falsely accused but since they were found guilty therefore they're seen as guilty even after being publicly absolved and there are people who see retirees as a burden since they're not working, therefore not supporting the Japanese economy.
(Had to re-reply because my previous attempt was seemingly lost in limbo.)
My understanding is that Mikami and Light framed the situation with the wiretaps as something like a hostage situation. Either the wiretaps get removed or Kira takes out someone, maybe Takada herself. The investigation needs Takada, so if she goes bye bye, that's bad. She's like their only line on Kira right now.
That being the case, the task force would do as they are told. Well, at least that's how it seems.
27:41 Mechamaru
I'm sure it's on your radar, but just sayin', an educated person would likely enjoy apotechry diaries, which is getting a season 2 next month.
My favorite episode! Mikami > Light
"You can have a just system, that is evil" - this is how we know, that we had german education. Though I would argue, that the christianisation was also a just but evil system. I am happy to hear this sentence.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who wished Mikami was our protagonist 😭 I do think there is something unique about Light not having a backstory that explains his actions, but because of the life Mikami lived I understand where he’s coming from more than Light. They’re obviously both still wrong for doing what they’re doing, but Mikami’s backstory is so intriguing, nuanced, and I really did wish we got more time with him! He would have been such an interesting character to see work with Light, and as fun Misa brings to the plot, I do wish Mikami had been his first side kick and she joined later on.
Such coincidence alos makes sense, because we have a lot of people in this world and because of that alone unlikely events happen all the time
Hey, I just found your channel and I am currently watching through all the episodes from DN. I just wanted to tell you that your sorting in the playlist for DN is broken. It works correclty until Episode 1x8, after that the epsiodes are widly out of order, and they stopped 13 episodes ago. It would be awesome if you could correct and update the playlist!
Thanks for letting me know, I have updated it =)
@@storieswithstyle Great! Vielen Dank ;)
Great reaction as usual.
I can't wait to watch your next DN reactions.
I also look forward to seeing your reactions to Monster soon.
I think the point is that too many people have this good vs bad mentality especially on religion and the show pokes at that
I think it’s actually quite intentional that characters like misa and mikami, who side with and advocate for Kira as the one true pillar of justice, have reasons for their belief system. Conversely, light’s reasoning for being Kira and executing those he does is that he believes himself to be above the general population surrounding him and thus deserving of his self-granted godhood. He’s got no traumatic events that led him to the decisions he’s made. His whole life has been more or less perfect, yet his hubris and perception of himself as superior to the regular echelons of society are what guide his mission to become “god of the new world”. He conflates this with the philosophy he repeats throughout the show that “evil must be punished and those who get in the way of that punishment are also evil” but in reality he’s merely justifying an ideology that would directly conflict with him becoming “god”. He can’t simply say he wants to be god because he feels he’s better than everyone, but that is his view and it becomes overly apparent in the second half of the show. Light doesn’t interfere with justice because he wants to make the world a better place, which is perhaps what those like mikami, misa, and even he, himself, believes at times. He interferes with justice because of the self-righteous philosophy that justice can only be determined by select people who are above the common folk, and light judges himself to be the only person like this to exist. The world and plebeian society need order and only outstanding individuals like him can bring down the swift hammer of justice in a populous of what he considers to be incapable philistines. He doesn’t have a backstory because that isn’t the story the show’s trying to tell, that would be something different altogether, though, understandably, it may be more compelling to some audiences. It isn’t just that light is eliminating crime to make the world better through his perception like mikami. He does it as a power play to assert his supremacy over others. It’s a misguided fumble at a justice system based on his own egotism. This is why L’s existence bothered him so much as well. He saw him as someone of equal value and whose wit rivaled his, which was a threat to him, and he had to best him to feel he deserved to be appointed with divinity.
Light and Mikami share a lot in common. It's actually quite interesting. They have the same sense of justice. They have the same arrogance- well, similar. Light thinks he is God, while Mikami thinks he was chosen by God, so yeah. Both were involved in legal professions related to justice before their receipt of the Death Note. Mikami obviously was a prosecutor, and Light was actually going to follow in his father's footsteps and become a cop, probably become a detective. It's very possible Light could have met L under other circumstances had he never got the DN. Suppose, for example, you got your wish and Mikami had been the one to get it. Mikami would undoubtly have become Kira, and probably would have been better at it than Light was- less likely to challenge L when he showed up, probably. In that scenario, Light would have likely been working the Kira case, and probably ended up becoming friends with L.
It's very interesting to think about the alternative possibilities. It seems, though, that no matter what, a Kira type figure was inevitable in their world at this particular time. If it wasn't Light, it would have been someone else who found the book. Possibly Light's old girlfriend, or another student. If the DN hadn't been found, Rem still would have brought her notebook to Misa, and Misa would likely have used it just like Light used his. It would have started with avenging her parents, but she would have kept going. Hard to say if she would have gotten caught. A lot of her dumbest errors were owing to her love for Kira/Light, but in the scenario where she is the only Kira, she might never have sent in those tapes. Her whole reason for sending them was to get Kira's attention. Without that, finding her would have been harder.
Well, anyway, I agree that Mikami is a great Kira, and probably better at it than Light.
I wonder how you would feel about Griffith from Berserk. You put so much value in knowing why a character does something. Griffith is my favorite character in any anime but is my favorite exactly because no one truly knows why he does what he does. There is a thousand theories and all are plausible but the character is never 'explained'. To me that gives the story depth. I don't love it when all is set in stone and there is no mystery to a character.
I choose not to think of it as coincidence. I think of it as fate. Destiny. The individual events may not have been fated, but the connections between these characters are. Light, Misa, Takada, Higuchi, Mekami, L, the task force, all of them were always bound to this fate, bound to deal with this case. A kira of some sort was inevitable. In fact, I suspect this isn't the first time a kira has appeared in the world. They just didn't have the internet or the 24 hour news cycle in their prior occurrences. Perhaps they are a necessary thing in the world, a thing that comes along to change the world every few hundred to a thousand years. The cycle breaker. Perhaps it is even heralded by the death of a shinigami.
24:45 lmao
I thought you have finished death note months ago.. is this reupload?
Only on patreon :D
If you step in as an adult, it feels like you have to give advice as well, not just direct help.
It was never said that they were together, right? Light and Tadaka
Actually it did said that Light and Tadaka been together in the university class, and after that tadaka never showed again until this, which means never said they broke up lol.
@ericfang-ye7ve ah okay
Fun fact death note should have ended when L died. But shonen jump pressed the creator to continue the story because it was such a great hit.
Edit: it's more a theory because there was no real statement to it but some hints on the upcoming series ohba did after death note that was highly implied to be parallels to them working on the death note Manga.
Like I said it's all just implied by fans because there was no real statement. My apologies.
You mean "Fun theory"
Shouldve ended at like episode 4 when Light's continued freedom was basically only sustained by plot armor
@@DundG wasn't it that takeshi obhata wanted to end the Manga there but shonen jump told him to keep going. Over read somewhere about it. That's explains some questionable things because he had to keep the story going with something new. I mean if I'm wrong than I apologize ofc but still I'm pretty sure there was something like that.
Edit: I read into it again and you were right it was only speculation. There was no real statement from ohba or obata that they were "forced". But in the follow up series bakuman was an arc were there was a death note parody and the main character (manga author of the death note parodie) had to decide between 2 endings with 1 making more profit but keeping going with the Manga or ending the Manga like envisioned. That made fans speculate about that it was a parallel to them when they worked on the death note Manga. So at the end you was right and I apologize.
@@shiggy_0297 Nice to aknowledge your mistakes! That's how to become better :)
I guess most people who hear it buy into it because they dislike the Arc. But then there are people who dislike Misa, because her introduction throws off the "chess game" between Light and L by not being a 200IQ genious and would've prefered a completely different story.
@DundG I personally enjoyed the arc. The whole series. Was my first manga and anime. Absolutely a masterpiece. But it somehow would make sense so that's why I haven't doubt it. And it would make sense considering the ending had 1 or 2 holes. I won't say spoiler but it would have make sense to me.
We all talk bad about Hitler and he is a dead person still, sooo... :p
I love how these characters are very flawed in their way of thinking!
What is it with women and serial killers? LOL. Ted Bundy and Light Yagami have girls, but the good dudes out there are left lonely. Lol
well the theory is that it was supposed to end with L wining after the yotsuba thing but the author was forced to continue. I dont kow if it was ever confirmed or no, but at least for me this second part doenst fell planned (and no i dont think it is nowhere near as bad as peoble say, I liked it).
@@vitornadai2140 Never confirmed and likely just a theory.
To pause every 5sec for 3minutes talk is too much.