Nah both of them are geniuses the part where they show their thoughts to the audience may seem to be around 35 seconds but since he's got such a high IQ all of those thoughts are most probably happening within 2-3 seconds
Light was selfish and stupid. You create change by doing good without anyone knowing what you did, a true hero works from the shadows, getting no recognition or admiration for his work. And permanent change of course, that stays after you die.
@@ncard00 That's actually far from truth, he was still unknown but he only left a trademark of his own , and even if he hadnt been killing most of them by heart attacks , the police and specially L would've noticed this, deemed it as unnatural. Instead what he did was actually right kind of , he set a fear in criminals which already made criminals think of their crime before execution. So automatically, criminals would stop becoming criminals in the first place , and also , if u read the manag and some of the after storiee , light dies , but the world doesn't knoe light yagami was kira , the world has so many , so many kira followers that they start worshipping him qs a GOD. , as light stated . And later on the death note is passed to some other people who didn't quite folloe light , or make an impact as big as he did , leaving him the orginal kira , who was GOD OF THE NEW WOLRD in majority of the worlds eyes . Also he alone , during he was alive brought crime rate down by 70% , for context that is more than police could do since the beginning of the duty of police . Since the beginning of law ans justice itself . Deep that
@@ncard00 so irl many people claim to do good but the world is still mess up the supposed people who do good end up being a evil person, greedy with power, rule a country so what ur point 🤬🤬🤬🤬
You forgot that Light is amateur in doing evil things where as L is expert in finding criminals. It's easy to find criminals than to be a criminal. That's the reason Light got found out. Being amateur doesn't mean he is not smart. The best scene is actually the "Kira's Laugh" after L finds out that Kira is in Kanto. Kira used to make prisoners draw messages. Why did he do that if he knew that was looking into all that stuff, that too even after everyone got to know hat Kira is in Kanto ? Just because he wanted L to know that "YOU CAN NEVER DEFEAT ME". That's called arrogance. Arrogance is the reason Light lost.
@@kirakakashi9445 It's true, but don't forget that Light had a very big advantage : The Death Note. He could continue to use it without killing the fake "L", but like you said he lost because of his arrogance. Personally I don't like Light, I'm with L
@@lechatmasque2425 but Light is smarter than L, this is a fact in whole anime, L had his moments, but Light was always a step ahead, specially when Light lost his memory, and ivan so, he was able to find Higuchi before L does, and he was able to delay Otisuba victims making a negotiation with Demigawa, forcing L to admit that he is more capable. And L was already prepared to let victims to be kill to solve his case, which proved to us that he is not different than Light. Only his hypocrisy.
@@Aprendaidiomas.L is smarter remember it is easy to be criminal rather than being detective.and Kira case is hardest no matter what happens L can never convict light until he finds evidence same is not case with light he can always use people like misa Takada and mikami touro.it is planning that Kira does while L deduces what Kira does it is easy to set questions but is hard to solve them that is the difference between Kira and L respectively so definitely the job of L will be slow as he gets every piece of puzzle calculated and existence of notebook for one and unknown to other changes everything how you need to see L Vs KIRA.people just consider their roles same like both are doing actually fixed tasks their roles are completely different while L maybe known as world's best detective even after having control over ICPO he doesn't or can't buy power of the notebook while light being the only person in the whole world knowing about notebook makes him the owner of the unseen world and knowledge of power over the world light is connected to the powers of shinigami while L has no connection to unseen world let alone yielding the knowledge of supernatural weapon he is completely puzzled which is a sign of complete futility afterall L while thinking about something which is something beyond human nature to comprehend itself is the biggest obstacle for him light in his shoe can't survive for month let alone putting death note user to misery something L did neither light or near can do Throughout the series L has created breakthroughs by himself it is based on pure intelligence and complete flawless tricks while Light has been manipulator that is added to him by his beauty pride and intelligent conversation skills not that he like ryuga (Lawliet) While L managed to find kira in the whole world he also managed to read his every move possibly and flawlessly except for his hinderance being power of notebook which slides through aimlessly and that is completely understandable because nobody in society or globally has a scratch about the existence of the notebook it is like to say i shall bring something which completely Which is neither imaginary or real into life and expect world to retilate against me no world shall crumble down in fear and agony because of it most of the people will actually die of heart attack we know how much power light has of death note over people and how much damage he can cause it is like to say people are scared of darkness because of its infinite possibility while light makes world finite showing the boundary shape and size of object darkness like death is absolutely overwhelming that people can't comprehend that is the place kira takes place in the world since he is infinite for the world because his powers much more anonymous like his face itself makes him infinite it is like to say people consider god infinite that is because he is behind curtains never perceived by anything world considers him the being of complete different nature and much more they try to comprehend him they fall in arguement never ever he is understood because he being understood shall make him finite since that is destined to give him a design while most powerful thing about the power is the most powerful man is who can't be comprehended he is anonymous and like darkness can bring unpredictable that is why people are scared of those beings whose powers are unpredictable since then people fall into the thought that they have their eyes over everywhere and can give PTSD to whole world so to tackle that pressure and solving case with it shows that how great L is because he lives in constant stage of risking his life at every step while for light world is finite darkness is not over everything and what is unpredictable for the world is predictable to him.he is confident because he has power like none else even admitting himself to ryuk that he wants to take world by storm and reason for him to go one step further and being arrogant definitely has to be because of his power possessed by him and noneelse.we know how much special Light feels even considering himself entitled to degree where is calls himself chosen one and asking ryuk why was he chosen for this for his delima ryuk abrupts by saying that your delusion is nothing more than concoted dream which he breaks like fantasy and more so wasn't ryuk who told him that you think you were chosen because you are smart or something and humilates his high estimation in narrow spawn of words by dialogue it just happen to fall around and you picking it up thats all so you see lights self proclaimation of being god like figure vibe going.completly L is far superior to light and he acknowledges it even by himself after wards and it is in the movie as well.
"Bless you Kira" *music starts playing* 'If I answer with thank you, I might as well be admitting I'm Kira. But if I act surprised then L might think I'm trying too hard to conceal my identity as Kira. In that case, I should play this off as a joke, so that L thinks I've interpreted this as a joke. That should minimise the suspicion that L has for me being Kira.'
I remember watching Death Note as a Teenager and being mindblown when the TV Broadcast scene happened, it really set the tone on how smart the entire series was, years later Death Note still holds up, crazy for an anime that in a few years will be 20 years old
With the state of anime today I doubt we will see anything like this anytime soon. Death Note was a passion project but anime nowadays are more about pumping content. Most finish after 12 eps and have a ridiculously simple story. That’s what happens when something becomes popular. Passion is stifled. That’s why Death Note holds up today and will do so for a couple more years at least. The amount of effort placed on this story is incomparable to modern anime.
@@Silvamoon About 20 percent of anime today have this much passion, even with a simple story. Obviously more then that do have passion but not to this extent.
It always bugged me though, why did L mention that Kira was in Kanto. He could have given him a false sense of security if he hadn't mention that part.
@@roncerjani9063To Scare kira. L is also following his instinct and im pretty sure he thought about it. There were chances that kira would have ran away from the country,however,since Light woudn't run from something like this,L got lucky and had to fight kira. Its also that intimidating someone can lead to irrational decisions,however he kind of underrestimated light too.
its smart if you can actually ignore the first episodes, the possibility that someone would think that another person other than the guards of the prisons were the responsible for the ""murders"" and not that it was a really strange thing or that a conspiracy was made to kill those roomates, and that L would have controll of everything and that would not have people fighting to understand such a major thing like hundreds of inmates dying of a lot of causes(like for example whe kira kills all the FBI agents the USA would obviously send a army of men searching for kira the situation would be made worse not better by killing them in real life), and that he would manage to get a death sentenced inmate to broadcast only in tokyo because they think kira lives there is the more unlikely and inocent minded part of the series, besides that it gets better and better its inocent to think the series is all mighty but after those parts its the perfect show, i say inocent because they are not necesseraly bad but just "inocent" you need some ignorance to make the series work.
I still remember how they made a new Death Note book that ended with Trump buying the Death Note and then never using it. (Mostly because if he did he'd die mind you.)
Light's entire memory forgetting plan was beyond brilliant writing L really got light when he did the broadcast and it had such an effect because light didn't know of the existence of L or who he was. But when L was suspicious of light, and light pulled basically the smartest thing I've ever seen. No doubt about it
It was all great writing and the follow up to getting Rem killed were great Unfortunately it’s also the thing that got him killed; if task force and SPK never found the death notes, they’d never have been able to prove Light is Kira
I honestly never understood the forgetting plan, if light still remembered everything and had a strong will, ¿what would have been the difference?. Its like being caught kiling someone , getting a bump in the head and getting amnesia and expecting the police to say to you "understandable have a nice day".
One of the smartest scene is when Light made ryuk to write fake rules in the death note .Quite a smart move actually .I really laughed when I heard those fake rules..
@@JoseGayo that was also part of light's ultimate plan to make rem kill L, because L wanted to confirm the rules, misa's life was in danger, so rem had to write his name on the notebook which was all planned by light before his memories got erased
@@thunderstorm99 Light’s counterpunch to L’s plan was amazing. But L’s counterpunch (telling Light he could be the next L, knowing that he had 2 successors waiting in the wing) was even better. Made even sweeter by that fact that Mello and Near worked together to beat Light
The second time I watched this series, I realized that L actually knew that light was Kira. He just needed evidence. Just when he was about to get his proof he was killed.
Wait how could you miss that the first time? That’s literally the point of the series and it’s made clear from the moment they meet that L knows who Kira is, he just can’t prove it.
@@roronoalaw7772 it’s really not made clear, L keeps saying 2 percent possibility and his internal dialogue at the coffee shop implies that’s he’s really going back and forth. It’s really when he arrests Misa that he knows, but he needs the proof.
@@hunter082706Where’d u hear that? Because as he got more reasoning to think light was Kira he kept putting the percentage up which wouldn’t make sense by your logic
@@kirayurrr8876 it was confirmed by the creator, just search it up or something but while it's going up it means he's getting less suspicious of him or doesn't have enough evidence and gets depressed
To be honest, watching Light struggle with whether or not he should pick up the notebook and return to his old self would've been a much more interesting storyline than what we ended up getting in the end.
While both L and Light are geniuses, I genuinely think Light only outmaneuvered L for as long as he did because of the supernatural elements of the Death Note. There were so many elements that L couldn't have possibly known or suspected, but he STILL deduced a lot of the Death Note's rules during the investigation.
I don't necessarily agree that because something supernatural exists, that it makes it an unfair advantage for the person using it. Not to say that it wouldn't be an advantage in some way but understanding the rules and limitations of said supernatural ability is just as important as the ability itself. In this sense it honestly evens the playing field seeing how much resources people like L and Near had backing them up to track down Kira. That being said I'm aware that the death note itself still has some advantage over those things in certain circumstances. Purpose is what allows one thing to be more useful than another. Knowing the intentions of what is being done we know what is also needed to accomplish said thing. In certain situations L's side had the advantage over Kira.
@@clueanalysis2596 I wouldn’t say that I agree with you on that. With the Shinigami Eyes, Light could have gotten rid of L right away. If he had decided to use those for himself, it would’ve been over immediately. And the Death Note itself allowed Light to kill anyone from anywhere in the world with any method. Without any evidence left behind. It’s literally the biggest advantage in the entire world. The fact that L even got so close to catching Light despite Light having a complete knowledge of the Death Note’s rules and the investigation is honestly absurd. L’s gut is astoundingly accurate
@@Doomzdeh But he didn't decide to get the eyes, only after the possibility that a second Kira existed who could kill with only a face came into play did the eyes start to matter, and at that point L was aware of it. It was because L introduced himself to Light as his prime suspect that prevented Light from killing him, shinigami eyes wouldn't have changed that, but it would've allowed Light to kill him later on, but again he didn't take them. It allowed him to do that, as long as he had their names and faces. Without those it would be impossible to use on that person, such as L who's name was completely gone from any recorded meaning the death note itself was in terms of killing L. The rules of anything is what determines the possibilities of the events that take place. It's because the death note has such specific rules and requirements that it allowed L to find patterns. L's gut feeling was only part of it, it was really the patterns of the death note and how it was used that allowed L to narrow down his suspects.
@@clueanalysis2596 Light had the rules of the death note explained to him by Ryuk and he figured out other gimmicks by experimenting… L had to deduce the rules and also was very close to figuring out there were fake rules in the third Kira’s notebook. So i don’t agree with downplaying Light’s massive supernatural advantage. (and by the way, without Rem, L would have won). Although i will say that without Misa there would have probably been a stalemate situation.
O still don’t understand why Rem didn’t kill Light there. Like, sure, he had to kill L to protect Misa and he knew he’d die, but why didn’t he take Light with him out of spite?
@@samratff9083 L : ummm light could I ask you something Why do you always take around 5-10 mins of the episode to reply every question Light - *thinks for five minutes*
I think L deduced that in the manga, when he asked about the dissapearing memories. It's a shame they didn't include that and the author did not try to exploit that. Misa and Rem were such huge plot armours lol
@@benjosefcerillo2067 at that moment L is considered already going too far in his methods for suspecting Misa and Light, and if L adding that reason to cornered Light even more, Light will having so much advantage having everyone to come to his side because L will look so stubborn. At this point L already using an unusual experiment on Misa and got nothing, his method is considered fail so he can't use this 'disappearing memories' reason (english isn't my first language so sorry)
@@clueanalysis2596 I think that I would pick L's moment cause L started from hey I saw this one killing in japan so he might have access to japans station then went to hey I know you arent god I know you cant kill everyone I know you can kill them without doing absolutely anything to them I know where you are and Im fuckin comin for you. That is not only smart but he put his life on the line just to dance on kiras pride. Narrowed it down from God taking action on the evil in the world to Person in the busiest place in japan with magic.
Nah, I don't buy that. The author also said something like that, but the problem is that even in his head L was saying low percentages like 7%. Why would he say 7% in his head , if it's actually as high as 95%?
@@trompette4485 L knew since episode 2 that light was Kira but as near said later making assumptions is a part of any investigation if ur wrong all it would cost is an apology. So throughout the series he was always saying a low number when it was really the opposite and it wasn’t until later L tells Sorichio yagami: if I die within the next two days ur son is Kira indicating that the number he said prior has dropped to one or zero. But it was always in the high 90s that’s why his face looked the way it did when light kills him. He’s always known he was Kira and he die knowing he was correct All along
@@trompette4485 by saying a low percentage he kept everyone at bay including the viewers that light was never Kira cause u would never think to urself that it’s flipped and that the percentage he’s telling u is a lie. Come on now if ur a first time Deathnote watcher and you hear “7 percent” ur not gonna think “oh he’s definitely Kira” That’s why Lights dad reacted the way we did when L told him if I die in 48 hours ur son is Kira”
@@xerohiryu4491 Bro what are you saying? Since episode 2? Have you ever watched Death Note? Or only youtube shorts clips of death note? L said in his internal monologue "7%", why would L lie in his internal monologue?
@@trompette4485 “Although L tells Light that he is among the least likely suspects with one of the lowest percentages of probability, in reality L is "pretty certain" that Light is Kira. As series writer Tsugumi Ohba said laughing, making light of L's tactics: "The truth is, he's a liar." In the manga he calls himself a lying monster to the children at whammy’s house. He uses a shit ton of misinformation to get the information he desires
L is definitely smarter by a long shot. L tied for a perfect score on that exam with light, light studied excessively and L just showed up. Out of billions of people, Light managed to reveal himself as Kira like a dumb-ass almost immediately.
@@sai_Indurthi he fell right into L’s trap during the broadcasting situation, when L revealed his body double ‘L Lind Taylor’. he let his anger get the best of him & murdered the criminal without a second thought and revealed that he was in Japan 💀🤞🏻
@@joshushushu Genuine answer: yes. Highlight is on *prestigious* school. As far as I known he's about 33 yrs old. I was referring to the part that he just showed up, but Light studied hard.
L figuring out that Kira is not only in Japan but what his first victim was and the fact that he hasn’t been killing long AND proving that he exists and isn’t fake will always be my favorite moment in the show. He also figures out that he can’t kill him without a face, I’m sad L died because I’m not a big fan of N
N was extremely necessary to the plot if you think about it. i think i had to have been like, 11 years old when i first watched death note and quickly wrote him off as a deus ex machina, but watching the show again you realize it makes so much sense that he's there. you gotta remember that there was around 5 years between L's death and N's debut. He had to have been like 13 or 12 at the time, and growing up in a community of super detectives he probably was looking at the case for some time. that, or like other members of the kira task force, they simply were annoyed by the lack of process because remember, in maybe the first 2 or so years of the show L had already done a loooot of the heavy lifting. not to say who's smarter and what not, but L would've most likely cracked the case sometime in that 5 year timespan if he hypothetically stayed alive, i mean hell it even is heavily implied that he knew by intuition alone. but it took a similar mind, or similar minds, N and M, to finally put light in his place. wellll, not exactly. you also need to remember that towards the endgame, the kira task force was not shy in suspecting light. the SPK noticed a lot of fallacies in the task force, notably, the second L's actions that they had to rightfully call them out. i think the task force was more adamant in light being captured at this time because they probably knew, like L that deep down he *had* to have been kira. but when you have the deadliest supernatural murder weapon on your hands, it's kinda hard to string things up without being a little peculiar in thought. like for example, if the world was well past aware of death notes, shinigamis, basically if a proto-light waltzed around for sometime beforehand, he would've been caught pretty quickly. but obviously, in the mind of rational human beings, you just can't think of shinigamis until you see one in front of your very own eyes. TL;DR: the members of the kira task force besides light were tired of this case not being solved, so the tension was already there, and the SPK, N and M were the straw that broke the camel's back another side note before i end my thought, this all really just goes back to the same general statement about light and how his pride and ego was his downfall. because i believe if that kanto broadcast never happened, he simply wouldn't have been caught or sniffed out that early.
@@llawliet5496 weird, you and that dayday are idotic. You didn't watch death note . Near knew about mikami having death note which remained unexplained. And that worked as the most crucial information for near to find kira. Secondly, melo sacrificed his life to destroy light's plan. And then mikami whom near knew about had gake death note which was only possible because of nears plot armour. And L was indeed smarter but Light was very close to his smartness. Light underestimated the simple thoughts of ppl in real life. And ppl think ot was a great feat of L that he figured out that it was supernatural. But that is not the case. When L saw the suicide of criminals meaning when light started his experiment. The number of suicide and their abnormal activities was impossible without direct contact But after gathering info about the guards on duty it wasn't the case, then L thought of a bait to try to figure out the type of crime he was dealing with But light at that time thought if someone has heart attack snd dies out of nowhere, thete wouldn't be any way of anyone to figure him out.but when L experimented it turned out to be supernatural. L didn't expect it , it just happened randomly. And L even said so that he would have never thought so if his clone didn't doe out of nowhere.
One of the smartest moments was when light yagami tricked ray penber to reveal his identity and also killed naomi by tricking her also to reveal her identity. Also we all can't forget the line he said after writing Naomi's name in the death note "I am Kira". Edit : TYSM FOR THE LIKES!!
I know he's not as universally loved as L, but I'd give Near an honorable mention. While the last plan wasn't completely Light's fault, I think it was pretty clever that Near banked on the idea that Teru Mikami would slip up and it was also a misstep on Light's part to rely on someone else. Was it risky? Yes, but the plan coming to fruition is evidence that banking on that was worth it to catch Light. I also think Near's humility also showed here, as he admitted that on his own, he would not be able to surpass L. But he understood that and accepted it, and instead came together with Mello to end up finding out about Light.
I created a part 2 that included a moment from Near and Mello. I didn't pick the switching of the real notebook with a fake as it's not something overly creative or intelligent to think of in my opinion. It would be something most people would be capable of doing, the difficult part would be the process in which it was done which was apparently even easier as Mikami randomly revealed it's location anyways.
@@clueanalysis2596 Ah I see. Will definitely have to check out that vid, but otherwise, I think this you were pretty spot on in this vid as well. Keep up the good work!
@@diafam3662 I wouldn’t say “bailed out”. I could see your point if Near had no idea what to do and Mello acted on it and ended up saving him, but Near devised the plan himself. The only reason Mello acted is BECAUSE Near reached out to him to tell him the plan. Teru Mikami acting out was out of Light’s control but that’s on Light for relying on someone else. I can understand not liking Near cause he’s not as smart as Light/L, which to that I can agree. But he outplayed Light/Teru along with Mello and caught them in their tracks, so I also wouldn’t consider it a loss considering his mission was accomplished. Just my opinion tho
lets not forget that Light managed to kill a shinigami that hated him and L at the same time which were his only two obstacles that in turn gave him freedom over misa's fate as well, incredible moment
You can’t forget when he got Naomi’s name that was genius he kept stopping her and coming up with lie after lie and tricked her into giving her identity and “i am kira”. What would have made that scene 20 times more awkward would have been if the driver’s licence was fake too- he would have just revealed that he’s kira 💀
Just think about it Would you think a teenager whom you have known for so many days and is perfectly normal.....can be someone who kills assassins, murderers and FBI agents? When Near said the same people knew about Death note If only L lived for one more day he would be able to solve the thing
@@therealslimshady6763 maybe cause i wouldnt judge a book by its cover just cause somethings a certain way doesnt mean they wont do a certain thing although i wont suspect them as much as someone who seems less perfect
I think that Light telling Misa to start killing criminals again is a very smart and underrated move. He put Rem into pressure and the results were that L, Watari and Rem all died. And all Light did was telling Misa to start killing criminals. Yeah he also had to ask if they were gonna be able to convict Kira when caught, to scare Rem when she hears that Kira would be executed.
When I first watched, I thought it was really dumb, because Light would rather keep Misa beside him to use Misa's Shinigami Eyes to kill L. However, then I realized that with this plan, he could kill Rem as well.
Light’s 3-way trade between himself, Ryuk and Rem was never fully explained and is layered. The reason was to switch which Shinigami owned each notebook. Light wanted Misa to make the eye deal both for his advantage and to shorten her life so he made sure to give her the notebook Ryuk owned. Light also knew he was being recorded for a time. He needed to make sure that after the investigators obtained the notebook, they wouldn’t be able to see Ryuk or else they would be able to go through the footage and see Ryuk with Light.
The only explanation I'd ever seen before was that it was so Rem would be attached to Light and in the war room after everything played out. Light foresaw that L would continue to suspect Misa (she left forensic evidence) and/or be suspicious of the fake rules, so having Rem with him was insurance in case Misa wasn't able to act quickly enough. Rem even acknowledges that Light orchestrated everything so she'd have no choice but to kill him, but doesn't allude back to the book-swapping specifically, so I didn't understand why that mattered until I looked it up. But this also makes sense, and adds a lot more depth to it that I never picked up on 👍
@@AC-my2bg Light needed Rem to be attached to Higuchi since he needed events to play out a certain way. Ryuk's too much of a wild card, so he had to be benched for the time being.
@@Aryannnnn609 Code Geass is fun, I like the first season of One Punch Man. I have a short video about my top 10 favorite anime series if you'd like to watch that.
As cool as it was when Light used Penbar, it was easily his dumbest moment to even make the attempt. He was already reported as innocent, he could have just carried on without being monitored while they ran around chasing other suspects. He only killed the FBI agents out of pride and it led to putting the focus back on him.
First of all, Light didnt know yet that the fbi shadower already cleared Light. And 2nd of all from what I remember he states that he wants 2 kill them fbi agents asap bc if he wait 2 long one of them will see him slip up and the suspect list may be narrowed down.
But what if some other fbi agent would've investigated him again on L's orders ,so it was necessary for light to kill all those fbi agents, because of which the fbi stayed out of this buisness which did benefit light somehow. Some way or the other anyone member of the fbi could've known about light being Kira, or would've got suspicious about him as they are not normal agents they are fbi , every fbi agent isn't like ray penber and plus L always had a suspicion on a person who was linked with the task force and that person being a student and he always had an eye on some smart person like light of being kira, which he admitted when l and light were fighting, so killing fbi agents was actually a necessary move despite confirming little amount of suspicion of light being kira.
After all these years and forever ,no one can change the fact that death note is one of the biggest masterpiece in the whole anime world , even rewatching it still make me fascinated ✨
I don't think so. In fact it lead to his downfall. His pride and inability to lose made him arrogant. With the shinigami eyes Light Yagami could write the name of L, Near, Mello, and anyone who came against him. The Death Note + his intelligence + the eyes would of guarantee victory the moment Ryuk offered them. Sure he wouldn't live long, but he wouldn't have to rely on misa who is more of a liability and a annoyance than a support to his goals of being God. Ryuk can see the time and date of when light will die (Light doesn't know when he will die and he never stops to consider how long he will live. He assumes he will live for a long time, but at any point in the show he could die from a criminal or accident as the death note never provides any extension to his life like it does Ryuk or protection to his life) [Ryuk not sharing L's name or sharing Lights time of death should be a indication that Ryuk knew Light would not live long and wanted to see how far he'd go] If light was destined to die where he dies then he did not live long The amount of time from when he found the death note to when he died is very short Had he had the eyes It would alter the timeline of events Cutting his life in half but changing his life span to a new destined time of death similar to Misa when she was saved when she was supposed to die. Light would of been God for the years he lived Unchallenged by anyone and also having misa as a support making him near impossible to defeat Light is destined to die He might as well went all in To secure his victoryv
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@@rbexcess I'm tired of people twisting everything I'm tired of always being wrong I'm tired of the gaslighting I'm tired of living I'm tired of being scared to die I'm tired of feeling like my life is controlled and influenced by evil I'm tired of screaming I'm tired of the pain I don't eat I can't even sleep because I'm tormented in my dreams I hate drugs I do take the prescribed amount of prescription drugs but I am not getting better I'm tired of being unlucky I'm tired of living on earth I'm tired of how I'm treated Im tired of loving I'm tired of talking I'm tired of thinking Im tired of texts I'm tired of feeling alone in a world of people I'm tired of impersonation I'm tired of people basing things off my life I'm tired of never feeling okay I'm tired of going insane I'm tired of depression I'm tired of animal cruelty I'm tired of pollution I'm tired of trying I'm tired of the PTSD I'm tired of living I'm tired of crying I'm tired of hearing my life being referenced I'm tired of psychological torturing I'm tired of the rejection I'm tired of the isolation I'm tired of the lack of appropriate support I'm tired of everything I do being challenged I'm tired of living I'm tired that I can't prove all the evil I'm tired of the evil I've done I'm tired of my heart feeling like it's about to have a heart attack I'm tired of feeling like I'm about to faint Im tired of my happiness and opportunities robbed from me I'm tired of trying to understand everything I'm tired of the evil over my life I'm tired of my past I'm tired of my potential future I'm tired of knowing this world is insane I'm tired that everyone around me I feel is consciously doing this to me I'm tired of no amount praying it doesn't make the world better I'm tired of feeling numb I'm tired of my head hurting I'm tired and sad my dog's legs broken Im tired of people thinking I'm homophobic I'm tired of people calling me a simp when I don't even know if I like women Im tired of living I'm tired of racism I'm tired of struggling Im tired of struggling financially I'm tired that I can't just have a normal job I'm tired of teachers that don't care about students I'm tired of insults Im tired of thinking about suicide everyday Im tired of everyone being evil including me Im tired of trying to reach tomorrow Im tired of how people perceive me I'm tired of war I'm tired of starvation I'm tired of sickness I'm tired of poverty I'm tired of suffering I'm tired of God not talking to me I'm tired of being targeted I'm tired of living I'm tired of people saying I condemn others I'm tired of people saying I threaten them with hell I'm tired of everyday pushing me to suicide I'm tired of it being setup against me I'm tired that people hacked my accounts. I'm tired that my social security got stolen and I have identity theft I'm tired of being scared to drive I'm tired of different people asking me over and over the same question Im tired of different people doing the same things to me I'm tired of being robbed I'm tired of being isolated and told I isolated myself Im tired of heartbrokenness I'm tired of how I type I'm tired of writing long I'm tired of getting worse and worse I'm tired that my eyes gone blind Im tired of living I'm tired of people stealing my fashion I'm tired of people mocking my voice but then copying it anyways I'm tired of crying everyday I'm tired of the physical abuse I'm tired of the mental, emotional, spiritual abuse I'm tired of getting products designed to make me smell better. Thank you I know you know I know that you want me to smell bad I'm tired of the neverending ringing in my head I'm tired of the nonstop PTSD I'm tired of crying I'm tired of forcing myself to sleep to avoid suicidal thoughts I'm tired of living It goes on and on I'm tired I'm tired God Why does this life torment me Why does everyone torment me Why does the pain never stop Why does a God that can do anything not love me Its been years of nonstop evil It was worse in the beginning when everyone tormented me It's still there just twisted and significantly less but the trauma and negativity never stops It never stops I'm tired I'm tired I'm tired I don't want this phone This mind This heart I want to be in heaven with my pet bunny I'm tired I'm so tired It goes on and on and on and on I'm sorry God
I remember watching the "I am L" scene with my sister. My sister's face of confusion matched my own for 20 seconds before i realized that it wasn't just a stupid play, it was a brilliant move. Having to explain it to my sister was the hardest part, but luckily the show did it by itself.
People saying Naomi's death might be the smartest move, but for me her death was the most painful one she literally lost her husband and when she trusted a friend she got cheated and killed. For that's the saddest part of the whole series😥
You realise light would be in serious trouble because Naomi had already figured out that Heart attack is not the only way to kill ppl which took L around 20 episodes to find out and if she had come in contact with L and told that their direct and main suspect would be Light and series would end pretty early.Her death was imp for the plot.
I think it was also the moment that solidified Light being a self serving bastard. Killing FBI agents was icky enough considering that he was only supposed to kill murderers to "create a better world". We could argue that Light was just defending himself and removing a threat or that the agents knew it would be risky etc. But Naomi was a grieving widow and tried to help. Light not only killed her but did it with a fucking smile. It wasn't even a "sacrifice" for a better world.
Yeahhh, Light getting Ryuk to write a fake rule in the Death Note pretty much was the play of the game in this show, pretty much directly resulting in L's death. Of course, L's TV broadcast (in particular, the part where he reveals that they're only live in Shinjuku) and _"I'm L"_ moments are definitely very classy. I also think that pickpocketing Misa that one time is an underrated move on his part. It was largely based on luck, being in the right place at the right time, but man, he really did make the most of that opportunity. It shows how quick-witted he is addition to all of his careful planning.
@@genox633 before light was taken under custody he had ryuk write a fake rule that upon the first time using the death note, you start a 13 day cycle where you have to continue writing down names or you die. if i remember right light was in custody for 50.
Tbh L is a gigachad, he managed to deduce so much of the death note despite all of Light’s advantages, and even deduced a lot of the rules and got his hands on it. He came so close
The first one "I want to tell you that I am L" is a *hell* of a power move on L's part. It's not just putting Light in an awkward spot it's saying 'I'm right here, what'cha gonna do about it?' The second one is... Less smart. It comes back to bite Light *hard* later on. The third one is showing that L is a genus by taking what little facts he had and putting them together. The forth one is L pulling another power move; proving that this 'Kira' was human, fallible... And catchable.. And that Kira's powers had *limits* to his power. The Fifth one... The memory gambit is a case of proving that Light is an mental match L and is able to use several odd and even minor rules of the Death Note to his advantage. What makes Light and L such an excellent rivalry is they are just as smart are each other but have vastly different advantages. L has experience, wealth and access to agencies and organizations. Light has the Death Note, is in a position most would but above suspicion, his father is the chief looking into the case and he's a far better social manipulator then L.
Light having the Death Note is a much bigger advantage than anything L has and L still held his own. Imagine if Misa wasn’t retarded and decided to reveal herself to the world to talk about the Shinigami or if she never existed. Light and L would have been in perpetual stalemate.
@@roronoalaw7772 Misa's smarter then most people realize; she pulls some good moves in the anime. It's just Light and L are *leagues* above her... And she has no emotional control... If she could just keep herself under control for five minutes Light would have L dead to rights.
@@Simplystimulating because the voices fr match their personalities, and also in the show they have figures from other countries like the president of america and it wouldn’t make sense that he speaking fluent japanese 😭
Honestly, I think the TV broadcast was the one moment that outshone all else. Because it introduced a supernatural element to the whole investigation, when it is way out of reality and not only that, but in just one hit, it proved the existence of Kira, of some kind of superpower and narrowed down the area where he lives. There is no other move that has revealed as much or as relevant information.
Kira’s dumbest move ever was trying to kill the guy in the tv. literally kira could have been anyone anywhere, but he narrowed himself into that town, with police connections. literally facepalmed the rest of the show after that
You clearly misunderstood the situation L said that the broadcast is internationally aired because at that time no one know where Kira is (but in fact, L already made a guess based on previous killing crime), so Light killed the guy on TV with assumption that the news internationally aired Kira isn't dumb but L is just smarter You should watch the series again if you forget, don't just comment because you watched this video
Dumbest? nowhere near that because as we know. L doesn't know how Kira conducts his (or her) killings before L begins investigating Kira. So as a risk and a test, L wanted to prove that Kira is a human and somehow kill his targets with ease, and when L challenged Kira to kill him without showing his face or name. He got him and that was just being outplayed, not exactly Kira's dumbest move.
As much as I love Death Note for the suspenseful cat-and-mouse story it tells, it REALLY says a lot when some of its smartest plays are made in the first ten episodes and then it meanders until the end when Light loses all of his likeability.
L revealing himself to Light. If you look at it from Light's perspective he was cornered strategically, he both simultaneously got what he wanted and what he dreaded from playing this game. He wanted to get to L but lost the upper hand because once L revealed himself so publically with an insurance plan of a fake pop star's name he was both able to go on the defensive and offensive by countering his approach of trying to kill him when he had a suspicion of who it might be and preventing them from doing so from the dark when he lacked information leaving light unable to kill him and his wait to see if he can strike by getting close to him and questioning and monitoring his behaviors. From L's perspective, it was an extremely risky move, he was now publically making his face seen and exposing who he was to his top potential subject who can kill my means unknown to him even though he still had a decent grasp of its limits it was still i high risk and it was at potential of making the investigation run a suspect that may have nothing to do with kira at all. all things were a risk, to his survival and personal well-being, to the jeopardy of the case, and running the risk of following a dead lead. Extremely intelligent and risky move that was very well executed and truly became a game changer for the rest of their cat mouse chase. Also incredible intuition on a 5% lead and considering an investigation like this 5% is a rather realistic estimate of likelihood of suspicion.
@@limanliman27 i think that with his evaluation of his suspicion of light initially was 5% being a realistic margin not as 95% but that 5% is a high margin in the scheme of the possibility of anyone else in Japan which has an extremely dense population. So while looking like a small number thinking about anyone else their suspicion level would be at a percentage lower than one but still a perfectly capable suspicion considering the manner of the murders being completely anonymous and leaving no evidence or knowledge of how they were killed. later on he doesn't use percentages because after the 15 day lockdown period it became a scenario of where he either was or he wasn't and L knew that in all likelihood it was light as kira but couldn't find a way into cornering a much needed confession to ever confirm that it was him and this is also probably why when he said if i die then arrest light because he is kira. this is all speculation ofc but this is how i took it when he refers to a percentage of suspicion he felt worthy enough to look into light as his primary suspect.
Light did a lot of mistakes in the beginning If we go to the beginning 1) The first interaction between light and L was the fake L on media scene. In that Light without even considering the consequences underestimated the world's best detective and gave away 2 important things, first kira lives and Japan and kira requires name and face to kill. 2) after observing the time of murders L assumed that Kira can be school student, after getting this information Light again without considering the consequences played very simple mindedly and changed his time of murders and gave away another important thing that Kira is someone who has all access to the information of the case. 3) when the FBI agents thing happened Light instead of taking advantage of the situation (by looking normal and get his name cleared by the FBI), he killed the FBI agents. And the way he killed Rae Pamper gave away another important information that kira is someone who was being investigated by Rae Pamper. L literally made the circle of possible people who can be Kira so small, 1) First it was kira could be any person in the world 2) L made the circle limited to Japan by doing the fake L thing 3)It got even smaller when light changed his time of killing and gave away kira is someone who has access to the case information that is the police and their family members. 4) it got even smaller to only those people which were investigated by Rae Pamper. And people say Light was smarter than L. Death was basically a chess game between Light and L but L was blindfolded and was just guessing the moves of kira, also light had an extra queen which was the Death note.
You could say all those things though unwise, where still technically smart in how they were done. It also worth noting that Light was intending to go after L for his first mistake so the other actions aren't as much him trying to make sure he seems innocent as much as it is him taunting L and attempting to get close to him. Though I'll say he could've still done it better.
@@clueanalysis2596 going after L was very childish idea. Because if we see the upcoming consequences light will fail in them As kira he wanted to kill all criminals but his childish behavior kicks in and light starts playing stupid. At the very first interaction if light ignored everything L did he would have not gone through any of that stuff. If he ignored everything L did then L would have no way to catch kira. He would be a normal student and enjoyed the life as he chose
Everyone usually thinks that light was smarter than L because he was able to trick him and kill him but shinigami's were under control of light so in my opinion L was smarter
Lights memory loss was probably the smartest moment. I know a lot of people will say Ls TV broadcast but that was honestly due to a young and cocky Light who just discovered godlike power slipping up. The memory loss plan was against a fully matured L so it makes it more impressive in my opinion.
TBH they are both very smart, but it really was due to their personalities that we had an equal match. Smartest moment would definitely have to be L's pickpocketing of Misa. It was like 100 steps ahead of Light.
@@basaris1277 bro yes the writer isn't " smart " but he's more intelligent to make even the watchers look like fools by creating situations which looks impossible to deal with but the solution showed isout of the box thinking... so yes he isn't smart hes intelligent
I don't agree with this anyone dumb can write a smart character with enough time these ppl were making these decisions on their feet writers can write a character smarter than them like Sherlock or Rick
Imagine how much Light could have got away with if he had the knowledge and experience he had with Death Note at the end of the series, when L initiated his first broadcast with Lind L. Tailor.
@@clueanalysis2596nah I think Light would do much better given that knowledge. Even though he was cocky, his plan towards the end of the series was good - his loss was not believable the way it was written, Mikami had to mess up while Near’s team was literally doing impossible things like 100% copying a notebook by hand to the point a guy who looks at the notebook under a microscope couldn’t tell the difference…and they did this in a single night. Cmon…
Bro check my list 1) L took misa's phone and take her in custody 2) L and lights Television encounter 3) potato chip 4) lights ownership forfeiting plan 5) near and light final encounter at the warehouse 6) light kills fbi agents 7) L and light trap ikuchi 8) Mello took deathnote 9) L saves matsuda from ikuchi 10) L ticks light in the coffee shop
Nice list, my top 10 would be this. 1.Light forfeiting ownership plan 2. L tricks Light TV Broadcast 3. L deduces when Kira was investigated by the FBI 4. Light kills the FBI members 5. I am L 6. Light deduces a connection between Yotsuba and Kira 7. Capturing Higuchi as Kira 8. L discovers the possibility of there being a second Kira 9. Mello's plan to get the death note 10. Near deduces Mikami to be X Kira
Its a shame they did not include the potato chips scene. That was a genius one as well. And also Kira installed mechanisms to ensure that no one touches the notebook and also detect any other person other than him who entered his room. (this allows him to figure out that surveillance cameras were installed in the room)
Personally, I view the tv broadcast as the foundation for the entire series; that moment is where the rivalry between L and Kira began. Also, the moment when Ligh gave up ownership of the death note and manipulated both the shinigami Rem and his own self and even L into getting receiving back the book and having his memory returned, was just absolutely insane, I'm still mind blown. Underrated moments I found interesting was when L sent people to Lights room to to add wire taps and cams and the moment Light got home, he knew, regardless off their efforts to make it seems like everything was the same Light still know someone went into his room. Thinking back to the series and all that happened, L did everything in his power to prove that Light was Kira, there wasn't solid evidence but if i were on the team to investigate who's Kira, I'd suspect people on my team but Light in specific, it just seems too convenient that Kira has so much info and everything seems so coincidental.
The last one is on whole different level. Things that happened from this: Misa lost memory about deathnote ,her contract with Rem became cancelled by passing to Ruyk. Ruyk became owner of Rem notebook which light took and passed it to Ruyk removing his memory of using it. And passing back to Rem terminated the contract between Light and Ruyk for using notebook. From all this(pass between shinigami), Misa can't see the shinigami . I got just before but i think my head will spin and i will be back to zero if i think more about it.
The part where Light kills Lind L. Tailor, where Light realized that the real L used the guy, a death row inmate, no less as bait is something you don't see every day.
That's true and that's why L was smarter for me and many fans. He had experience and was constantly smart, while Light made some mistakes, got tricked by L a couple times, but when he focused he came out with a genius master plan. With same experience and same age I couldnt tell who'd be smarter
I think it was one of the smartest moment how light killed off L. By forcing rem to do it unless misa dies, but when she does do it for misa rem dies along with L removing two problems
the internal monologue seems prolonged to the viewer/audience because it helps us get a better view of what and how exactly the minds of how characters process and react to the situations they are placed in, but in real time/the world of death note, it wasn't even long at all.
Light’s plan to erase and regain his memories was really smart; however, it was sort of a loss for him in the same way it was a loss for L to have to show his face to the person he mainly suspected of being Kira. Equally smart of both of them, but an exchange that had to be made for either of them to come closer to reaching their goal. L came close enough to exposing Light that he had to relinquish his power and surrender his goal of becoming “the God of the new world” and take a chance on not ever getting it back.
3:22 This moment right here, is how Light completely exposed himself to L. Later in the episodes Light will slip up and he will say that he was aware that Ray Pember was surveilling him back then. Which is something that only Kira (or Light during the contact with Rey) would know about any of it. If Light is hiding his contact with Rey, the only logical conclusion to this dilemma, is that he is Kira after all. After hearing that, L took a solid pause, but decided to play along now fully knowing 100% that Light is Kira. I think this episode was there for audience of film, not for a plot. A sort of - "Did you noticed what just happened here, did you followed it?" But in the series it was never exposed. You can however read this on L's face during this moment and because of awkward pause during the moment. The dialog was in the hospital near Light's dad: L - not long ago Kira killed 12 FBI agents who'd come to Japan to assist us he continued L - they were instructed to follow people connected to the Japanese police. One of these agents Ray Pember exhibited unusual behavior before he died. Light - I understand.. and i was one of the people Ray Pember investigated before he died. It only makes sense I'd be a suspect. Nope, to be more precise, there is no one else you could suspect. You need to understand that at this moment of story Light already trying to pretend he was not in control of his actions to create some sort of alibi. pause L - i find Light's deductive powers quite impressive. He is always quick and to the point. Noticed how he used Light's instead of your and "he" instead of you? That was a hint to audience if they could catch it. Overall, it wasn't the Kira itself that L was hunting for. He solved the person behind killings really fast. Light was too perfect to be a simple kid and not a scariest maniac-homicidal that he really turned out. That was the easy part. But then case got more complicated with second and third Kira, and from this moment L realized that catching Kira won't be enough anymore. He played along with Light, to figure out how Light killed all these people remotely. That's all he cared. He even willing to sacrifice some innocent people's lives to this case. It was i think my first or second meeting with anime as a genre. There was 2 that cemented my perception of anime and it's quality. Ghost in the shell and Death Note.
I made a video explaining this actually haha, it's one of my more recent videos, but it doesn't reveal Light to be Kira actually and it's not a mistake.
2:04 If Light Yagami never killed FBI agents (and he did not even need to. He was being too insecure and overprotective), then he would never have got caught.
This was my first anime I watched some 15 years ago now. There's been a ton of great shows since, but none has ever hooked me the way Death Note did. So many crazy moments
L's plan was actually without risks, like even if the plan failed only finding Kira would be difficult But Light's plan was really a gamble and the way it succeeded was awesome
It’s funny how even while knowing that the writer intended for every percentage that L says is over 90% to make everyone more comfortable with his guesses he still included it in a monologue of L’s mind which proves how much he deceives people that he himself needs to deceive himself
Recently binged Death Note after going on 13 years of seeing it the first time through. Such a great anime - amazing that someone was able to come up with all of these intricacies, surprises, and plot elements. No. 1 was definitely an insanely smart but risky move by Light, one that I forgot had happened when watching the series again.
I think I'd have to agree that Light getting his memories back was the most brilliant plan ever. He had a lot of faith in himself and L. He also understands his own personality very well, even before he got the death note.
I think the real reason L knew it was light was because it’s pretty suspicious the guy takes about 35 seconds of thinking time before anything he says
Facts
Hahahahaha.. i didn't know soliloquy would take 35 seconds to complete
Nah both of them are geniuses the part where they show their thoughts to the audience may seem to be around 35 seconds but since he's got such a high IQ all of those thoughts are most probably happening within 2-3 seconds
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Ikr
Death note was basically a chess game between light and L but L was blindfolded
U summed the whole thing up with this comment. This deserves more likes bruhh
Yeah L didn’t even know the rules to the game he was playing. Yet still somehow knew it was Light from the beginning. Absolute genius.
No, L had influence. You new fans try to think about this show without the most crucial point. What an ametaur
@@JumpFloater4 bruh , he had the influence to gather information from all over the world about anybody
@@mentally-stable-human can you explain "the influence" in more detail?
I don't understand what you said (my first language is not English)
I can imagine how entertained ryuk was by watching these two geniuses go at it.
He got exactly what he was looking for; entertainment because that Shinigami realm look boring AF
Ryuk was a stand-in for us, the viewer or reader. He would say what I was thinking.
Just sitting back with popcorn the entire time
@@sarinabina5487 apple*?
Ryuk: Hahahahah....burger
Ryuk dropping his deathnote was the smartest moment, he gave us one of the best anime ever made.
So true
can't blame him. being stuck in a world of nothing makes him insane, so why not make your own anime?
Light was selfish and stupid. You create change by doing good without anyone knowing what you did, a true hero works from the shadows, getting no recognition or admiration for his work. And permanent change of course, that stays after you die.
@@ncard00 That's actually far from truth, he was still unknown but he only left a trademark of his own , and even if he hadnt been killing most of them by heart attacks , the police and specially L would've noticed this, deemed it as unnatural. Instead what he did was actually right kind of , he set a fear in criminals which already made criminals think of their crime before execution. So automatically, criminals would stop becoming criminals in the first place , and also , if u read the manag and some of the after storiee , light dies , but the world doesn't knoe light yagami was kira , the world has so many , so many kira followers that they start worshipping him qs a GOD. , as light stated . And later on the death note is passed to some other people who didn't quite folloe light , or make an impact as big as he did , leaving him the orginal kira , who was GOD OF THE NEW WOLRD in majority of the worlds eyes . Also he alone , during he was alive brought crime rate down by 70% , for context that is more than police could do since the beginning of the duty of police . Since the beginning of law ans justice itself . Deep that
@@ncard00 so irl many people claim to do good but the world is still mess up the supposed people who do good end up being a evil person, greedy with power, rule a country so what ur point 🤬🤬🤬🤬
You know who is the real smart one?
The god damn writer
YEAH
ey if you're not smart you can't write a smart story
Writers*
I wonder how much they got paid. Or they under FBI Survalince?
@@davidreacts8786 yea but if you're not smart as a writer you can recreate your own logic
The way L proves that Kira exists is the best moment
You forgot that Light is amateur in doing evil things where as L is expert in finding criminals. It's easy to find criminals than to be a criminal. That's the reason Light got found out. Being amateur doesn't mean he is not smart. The best scene is actually the "Kira's Laugh" after L finds out that Kira is in Kanto. Kira used to make prisoners draw messages. Why did he do that if he knew that was looking into all that stuff, that too even after everyone got to know hat Kira is in Kanto ? Just because he wanted L to know that "YOU CAN NEVER DEFEAT ME". That's called arrogance. Arrogance is the reason Light lost.
@@kirakakashi9445 It's true, but don't forget that Light had a very big advantage : The Death Note. He could continue to use it without killing the fake "L", but like you said he lost because of his arrogance. Personally I don't like Light, I'm with L
@@lechatmasque2425 I like L because of his sense of Justice. I like Light because of his intelligence and being dressed nice and clean.
@@lechatmasque2425 but Light is smarter than L, this is a fact in whole anime, L had his moments, but Light was always a step ahead, specially when Light lost his memory, and ivan so, he was able to find Higuchi before L does, and he was able to delay Otisuba victims making a negotiation with Demigawa, forcing L to admit that he is more capable. And L was already prepared to let victims to be kill to solve his case, which proved to us that he is not different than Light. Only his hypocrisy.
@@Aprendaidiomas.L is smarter remember it is easy to be criminal rather than being detective.and Kira case is hardest no matter what happens L can never convict light until he finds evidence same is not case with light he can always use people like misa Takada and mikami touro.it is planning that Kira does while L deduces what Kira does it is easy to set questions but is hard to solve them that is the difference between Kira and L respectively so definitely the job of L will be slow as he gets every piece of puzzle calculated and existence of notebook for one and unknown to other changes everything how you need to see L Vs KIRA.people just consider their roles same like both are doing actually fixed tasks their roles are completely different while L maybe known as world's best detective even after having control over ICPO he doesn't or can't buy power of the notebook while light being the only person in the whole world knowing about notebook makes him the owner of the unseen world and knowledge of power over the world light is connected to the powers of shinigami while L has no connection to unseen world let alone yielding the knowledge of supernatural weapon he is completely puzzled which is a sign of complete futility afterall L while thinking about something which is something beyond human nature to comprehend itself is the biggest obstacle for him light in his shoe can't survive for month let alone putting death note user to misery something L did neither light or near can do Throughout the series L has created breakthroughs by himself it is based on pure intelligence and complete flawless tricks while Light has been manipulator that is added to him by his beauty pride and intelligent conversation skills not that he like ryuga (Lawliet) While L managed to find kira in the whole world he also managed to read his every move possibly and flawlessly except for his hinderance being power of notebook which slides through aimlessly and that is completely understandable because nobody in society or globally has a scratch about the existence of the notebook it is like to say i shall bring something which completely Which is neither imaginary or real into life and expect world to retilate against me no world shall crumble down in fear and agony because of it most of the people will actually die of heart attack we know how much power light has of death note over people and how much damage he can cause it is like to say people are scared of darkness because of its infinite possibility while light makes world finite showing the boundary shape and size of object darkness like death is absolutely overwhelming that people can't comprehend that is the place kira takes place in the world since he is infinite for the world because his powers much more anonymous like his face itself makes him infinite it is like to say people consider god infinite that is because he is behind curtains never perceived by anything world considers him the being of complete different nature and much more they try to comprehend him they fall in arguement never ever he is understood because he being understood shall make him finite since that is destined to give him a design while most powerful thing about the power is the most powerful man is who can't be comprehended he is anonymous and like darkness can bring unpredictable that is why people are scared of those beings whose powers are unpredictable since then people fall into the thought that they have their eyes over everywhere and can give PTSD to whole world so to tackle that pressure and solving case with it shows that how great L is because he lives in constant stage of risking his life at every step while for light world is finite darkness is not over everything and what is unpredictable for the world is predictable to him.he is confident because he has power like none else even admitting himself to ryuk that he wants to take world by storm and reason for him to go one step further and being arrogant definitely has to be because of his power possessed by him and noneelse.we know how much special Light feels even considering himself entitled to degree where is calls himself chosen one and asking ryuk why was he chosen for this for his delima ryuk abrupts by saying that your delusion is nothing more than concoted dream which he breaks like fantasy and more so wasn't ryuk who told him that you think you were chosen because you are smart or something and humilates his high estimation in narrow spawn of words by dialogue it just happen to fall around and you picking it up thats all so you see lights self proclaimation of being god like figure vibe going.completly L is far superior to light and he acknowledges it even by himself after wards and it is in the movie as well.
Light:- aachoo!!
L:- God bless you Kira.
Light:- thank you
L:- got you!!.
"Bless you Kira"
*music starts playing* 'If I answer with thank you, I might as well be admitting I'm Kira. But if I act surprised then L might think I'm trying too hard to conceal my identity as Kira. In that case, I should play this off as a joke, so that L thinks I've interpreted this as a joke. That should minimise the suspicion that L has for me being Kira.'
Light: I said thank you sarcastically 😉
There’s no “bless you” in japanese😔
@@melonymaiko9666 it’s in although it’s in English.
@@melonymaiko9666 when is the last time you heard a joke?
I remember watching Death Note as a Teenager and being mindblown when the TV Broadcast scene happened, it really set the tone on how smart the entire series was, years later Death Note still holds up, crazy for an anime that in a few years will be 20 years old
With the state of anime today I doubt we will see anything like this anytime soon. Death Note was a passion project but anime nowadays are more about pumping content. Most finish after 12 eps and have a ridiculously simple story. That’s what happens when something becomes popular. Passion is stifled. That’s why Death Note holds up today and will do so for a couple more years at least. The amount of effort placed on this story is incomparable to modern anime.
@@Silvamoon About 20 percent of anime today have this much passion, even with a simple story. Obviously more then that do have passion but not to this extent.
Jojo is like 30 years old and thats still relevant too. Crazy. My two favorite animes.
It always bugged me though, why did L mention that Kira was in Kanto. He could have given him a false sense of security if he hadn't mention that part.
@@roncerjani9063To Scare kira.
L is also following his instinct and im pretty sure he thought about it.
There were chances that kira would have ran away from the country,however,since Light woudn't run from something like this,L got lucky and had to fight kira.
Its also that intimidating someone can lead to irrational decisions,however he kind of underrestimated light too.
Light: sneezes
L: the probability of you being kira has been increased by 5%
Hahaha
🤣🤣
😂🤣🤣😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣
I cackled 😂at this comment
L is smart
Light is smart
But the whole series is smart
Writer>>
@@renkurusuu exactly
Imma write your name
its smart if you can actually ignore the first episodes, the possibility that someone would think that another person other than the guards of the prisons were the responsible for the ""murders"" and not that it was a really strange thing or that a conspiracy was made to kill those roomates, and that L would have controll of everything and that would not have people fighting to understand such a major thing like hundreds of inmates dying of a lot of causes(like for example whe kira kills all the FBI agents the USA would obviously send a army of men searching for kira the situation would be made worse not better by killing them in real life), and that he would manage to get a death sentenced inmate to broadcast only in tokyo because they think kira lives there is the more unlikely and inocent minded part of the series, besides that it gets better and better its inocent to think the series is all mighty but after those parts its the perfect show, i say inocent because they are not necesseraly bad but just "inocent" you need some ignorance to make the series work.
@@lukasausen *death note music kicks in*
It's a shame that there will probably never be something like Death Note again. It's too much of a masterpiece!
I think Code Geass is pretty good and somewhat comparable to Death Note
if anyone knows similar animes or anything, please tell me
@@herbox psycho pass maybe?
I still remember how they made a new Death Note book that ended with Trump buying the Death Note and then never using it. (Mostly because if he did he'd die mind you.)
Attack on Titan : Exists
Light's entire memory forgetting plan was beyond brilliant writing
L really got light when he did the broadcast and it had such an effect because light didn't know of the existence of L or who he was. But when L was suspicious of light, and light pulled basically the smartest thing I've ever seen. No doubt about it
It was all great writing and the follow up to getting Rem killed were great
Unfortunately it’s also the thing that got him killed; if task force and SPK never found the death notes, they’d never have been able to prove Light is Kira
@@diafam3662 he couldn't have known that other "Ls" existed
I honestly never understood the forgetting plan, if light still remembered everything and had a strong will, ¿what would have been the difference?. Its like being caught kiling someone , getting a bump in the head and getting amnesia and expecting the police to say to you "understandable have a nice day".
@@chusnacho4447 He had to abandon owner ship to clear his name. Since the killings continued he was cleared of suspicion.
L's voice actor in the dub is a american trying to do a unnaturally formal forced british accent it's kinda cringe once you realise it
L's original voice : 🗣️🗣️💀⚫
L's voice in that microphone :👽👽👽
It is voice changer
Dubbed sounds like shit
@@felixkfriju2649 They most likely know that. They're probably just pointing out how that voice filter changed his voice so much.
It at first sounded like a demon, but the demon you compared it with an Alien I couldn’t unsee it anymore
bogos binted?
Doesn't matter who is smarter of the two.
We can all agree that the creator was in Galaxy brain mode the entire time he was writing the manga
👍
Yeah the mangaka was the smartest all along.
He can be a criminal and an investigator:)
They ascended Aizen level of foreshadowing
Except when he wrote the death note being stolen at the end. That was just one massive deus ex machina.
One of the smartest scene is when Light made ryuk to write fake rules in the death note .Quite a smart move actually .I really laughed when I heard those fake rules..
But L was about to outsmart him making someone write a name on the death note haha
@@JoseGayo too bad L died,if only he has one more day..
@@JoseGayo that was also part of light's ultimate plan to make rem kill L, because L wanted to confirm the rules, misa's life was in danger, so rem had to write his name on the notebook which was all planned by light before his memories got erased
@@JoseGayo not just outsmart him. L declared that what he’s about to do will solve the case. He knew the entire time and just needed proof.
@@thunderstorm99 Light’s counterpunch to L’s plan was amazing. But L’s counterpunch (telling Light he could be the next L, knowing that he had 2 successors waiting in the wing) was even better. Made even sweeter by that fact that Mello and Near worked together to beat Light
The second time I watched this series, I realized that L actually knew that light was Kira. He just needed evidence. Just when he was about to get his proof he was killed.
Wait how could you miss that the first time? That’s literally the point of the series and it’s made clear from the moment they meet that L knows who Kira is, he just can’t prove it.
@@roronoalaw7772 it’s really not made clear, L keeps saying 2 percent possibility and his internal dialogue at the coffee shop implies that’s he’s really going back and forth. It’s really when he arrests Misa that he knows, but he needs the proof.
@@agip07it's revealed that whenever L claims he sus kira with 2%, it's actually the opposite like 98%
@@hunter082706Where’d u hear that? Because as he got more reasoning to think light was Kira he kept putting the percentage up which wouldn’t make sense by your logic
@@kirayurrr8876 it was confirmed by the creator, just search it up or something but while it's going up it means he's getting less suspicious of him or doesn't have enough evidence and gets depressed
Would've been interesting if memory-loss Light actually figured out he was kira before getting his memory back, to see his reaction.
After Light loses his memories he admits to L that he thinks he was Kira too.
@@clueanalysis2596 been years since I watched this. Guess I forgot
@@MH-ej8fq It was a brief moment that happened just before they fought each other.
To be honest, watching Light struggle with whether or not he should pick up the notebook and return to his old self would've been a much more interesting storyline than what we ended up getting in the end.
@@bertbrekfust838 I agree. Would've been a deeper exploration of the character
While both L and Light are geniuses, I genuinely think Light only outmaneuvered L for as long as he did because of the supernatural elements of the Death Note. There were so many elements that L couldn't have possibly known or suspected, but he STILL deduced a lot of the Death Note's rules during the investigation.
I don't necessarily agree that because something supernatural exists, that it makes it an unfair advantage for the person using it. Not to say that it wouldn't be an advantage in some way but understanding the rules and limitations of said supernatural ability is just as important as the ability itself. In this sense it honestly evens the playing field seeing how much resources people like L and Near had backing them up to track down Kira. That being said I'm aware that the death note itself still has some advantage over those things in certain circumstances. Purpose is what allows one thing to be more useful than another. Knowing the intentions of what is being done we know what is also needed to accomplish said thing. In certain situations L's side had the advantage over Kira.
Yeah I agree
It’s like playing chess but not knowing the rules
@@clueanalysis2596 I wouldn’t say that I agree with you on that. With the Shinigami Eyes, Light could have gotten rid of L right away. If he had decided to use those for himself, it would’ve been over immediately.
And the Death Note itself allowed Light to kill anyone from anywhere in the world with any method. Without any evidence left behind. It’s literally the biggest advantage in the entire world.
The fact that L even got so close to catching Light despite Light having a complete knowledge of the Death Note’s rules and the investigation is honestly absurd. L’s gut is astoundingly accurate
@@Doomzdeh But he didn't decide to get the eyes, only after the possibility that a second Kira existed who could kill with only a face came into play did the eyes start to matter, and at that point L was aware of it. It was because L introduced himself to Light as his prime suspect that prevented Light from killing him, shinigami eyes wouldn't have changed that, but it would've allowed Light to kill him later on, but again he didn't take them.
It allowed him to do that, as long as he had their names and faces. Without those it would be impossible to use on that person, such as L who's name was completely gone from any recorded meaning the death note itself was in terms of killing L. The rules of anything is what determines the possibilities of the events that take place. It's because the death note has such specific rules and requirements that it allowed L to find patterns.
L's gut feeling was only part of it, it was really the patterns of the death note and how it was used that allowed L to narrow down his suspects.
@@clueanalysis2596 Light had the rules of the death note explained to him by Ryuk and he figured out other gimmicks by experimenting… L had to deduce the rules and also was very close to figuring out there were fake rules in the third Kira’s notebook. So i don’t agree with downplaying Light’s massive supernatural advantage.
(and by the way, without Rem, L would have won).
Although i will say that without Misa there would have probably been a stalemate situation.
The fact that the creator is actually mysterious as hell irl makes this series much more badass
you mean he unironically acts like as much of an edgy, clueless middle schooler as his characters do? lmao
@@mrossknemore like little is known about them
@@mrosskne🤓
@@mrossknethe way you say that says more about you
@@craysin1318 more about him, actually, since I'm right.
Can we all appreciate how Kira managed to kill a Shinigami.
Oh yes right
Wait what
@@themenace2867 have you seen it all? Think about the tale of the shinigami who fell in love with a girl, if you’ve seen it
@@ForHeWhoLaughs yea
O still don’t understand why Rem didn’t kill Light there. Like, sure, he had to kill L to protect Misa and he knew he’d die, but why didn’t he take Light with him out of spite?
L: Kira say what
Light: what?
L: ladies and gentlemen, we got him
Nah Kira always think before speak..
@uchiha itachi no
@@samratff9083 L : ummm light could I ask you something
Why do you always take around 5-10 mins of the episode to reply every question
Light - *thinks for five minutes*
@@shivam5098 may be it wanna posible 😁😁
Guilty guilty guilty
smartest moment for me was when light took advantage of his own personality and asked Ryuk to erase his memories
That' what I ranked as the smartest moment too.
@@clueanalysis2596 imagine being that smart that you even manipulate yourself😅
Also the most tragic...
I think L deduced that in the manga, when he asked about the dissapearing memories. It's a shame they didn't include that and the author did not try to exploit that. Misa and Rem were such huge plot armours lol
@@benjosefcerillo2067 at that moment L is considered already going too far in his methods for suspecting Misa and Light, and if L adding that reason to cornered Light even more, Light will having so much advantage having everyone to come to his side because L will look so stubborn. At this point L already using an unusual experiment on Misa and got nothing, his method is considered fail so he can't use this 'disappearing memories' reason (english isn't my first language so sorry)
Best. Anime. Ever.
aint no way junkos here
i just finished this anime and daddy is in the comments
Cardiac Johnson deployed
You and Ash gotta watch it
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How
This all happened because Ryuk was bored 💀
Light forfeiting plan was great but in my choice the L fake broadcast was the best one that changed the whole death note
I had trouble deciding between those 2 which was smarter, but I think there was more detail in Light's final plan then L's
@@clueanalysis2596 yes the detail was better in Light's plan L's plan was simple but effective
@@billimanucato1986 L's plan was simpler to execute but still smart to come up with.
@@clueanalysis2596 yeah that was best as it was more risk taking and well approved plan
@@clueanalysis2596 I think that I would pick L's moment cause L started from hey I saw this one killing in japan so he might have access to japans station then went to hey I know you arent god I know you cant kill everyone I know you can kill them without doing absolutely anything to them I know where you are and Im fuckin comin for you. That is not only smart but he put his life on the line just to dance on kiras pride. Narrowed it down from God taking action on the evil in the world to Person in the busiest place in japan with magic.
Im glad this series is still getting the recognition it deserves after all these years.Truly a classic
what do you mean,people worship death note.
Always has, and you wernt on the train before it was world renown. Youre like a dude in 1995 talking about how awesome the beetles are.
@@ShinzoUchihaX indeed beetles are awesome, and I am from the 90s
It was huge when it came out but yeah it’s a classic for sure
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Smartest yet underrated aspect of this anime: L’s percentage flip
If he said 5 percent it was truly 95 percent.
Nah, I don't buy that. The author also said something like that, but the problem is that even in his head L was saying low percentages like 7%. Why would he say 7% in his head , if it's actually as high as 95%?
@@trompette4485 L knew since episode 2 that light was Kira but as near said later making assumptions is a part of any investigation if ur wrong all it would cost is an apology.
So throughout the series he was always saying a low number when it was really the opposite and it wasn’t until later L tells Sorichio yagami: if I die within the next two days ur son is Kira indicating that the number he said prior has dropped to one or zero. But it was always in the high 90s that’s why his face looked the way it did when light kills him. He’s always known he was Kira and he die knowing he was correct All along
@@trompette4485 by saying a low percentage he kept everyone at bay including the viewers that light was never Kira cause u would never think to urself that it’s flipped and that the percentage he’s telling u is a lie.
Come on now if ur a first time Deathnote watcher and you hear “7 percent” ur not gonna think “oh he’s definitely Kira”
That’s why Lights dad reacted the way we did when L told him if I die in 48 hours ur son is Kira”
@@xerohiryu4491 Bro what are you saying? Since episode 2? Have you ever watched Death Note? Or only youtube shorts clips of death note? L said in his internal monologue "7%", why would L lie in his internal monologue?
@@trompette4485 “Although L tells Light that he is among the least likely suspects with one of the lowest percentages of probability, in reality L is "pretty certain" that Light is Kira. As series writer Tsugumi Ohba said laughing, making light of L's tactics: "The truth is, he's a liar."
In the manga he calls himself a lying monster to the children at whammy’s house.
He uses a shit ton of misinformation to get the information he desires
L is definitely smarter by a long shot.
L tied for a perfect score on that exam with light, light studied excessively and L just showed up.
Out of billions of people, Light managed to reveal himself as Kira like a dumb-ass almost immediately.
Where did light reveal himself as kira?
@@sai_Indurthi he fell right into L’s trap during the broadcasting situation, when L revealed his body double ‘L Lind Taylor’. he let his anger get the best of him & murdered the criminal without a second thought and revealed that he was in Japan 💀🤞🏻
You know that L attended the most prestigious schools, right? He didn't "just" show up.
@@13taras he went to school? AHAHA SORRY THATS A GENUINE QUESTION
@@joshushushu Genuine answer: yes. Highlight is on *prestigious* school. As far as I known he's about 33 yrs old.
I was referring to the part that he just showed up, but Light studied hard.
L figuring out that Kira is not only in Japan but what his first victim was and the fact that he hasn’t been killing long AND proving that he exists and isn’t fake will always be my favorite moment in the show. He also figures out that he can’t kill him without a face, I’m sad L died because I’m not a big fan of N
I’m probably the only one here but I’m personally a big fan of N
N was extremely necessary to the plot if you think about it. i think i had to have been like, 11 years old when i first watched death note and quickly wrote him off as a deus ex machina, but watching the show again you realize it makes so much sense that he's there. you gotta remember that there was around 5 years between L's death and N's debut. He had to have been like 13 or 12 at the time, and growing up in a community of super detectives he probably was looking at the case for some time. that, or like other members of the kira task force, they simply were annoyed by the lack of process because remember, in maybe the first 2 or so years of the show L had already done a loooot of the heavy lifting. not to say who's smarter and what not, but L would've most likely cracked the case sometime in that 5 year timespan if he hypothetically stayed alive, i mean hell it even is heavily implied that he knew by intuition alone. but it took a similar mind, or similar minds, N and M, to finally put light in his place. wellll, not exactly. you also need to remember that towards the endgame, the kira task force was not shy in suspecting light. the SPK noticed a lot of fallacies in the task force, notably, the second L's actions that they had to rightfully call them out. i think the task force was more adamant in light being captured at this time because they probably knew, like L that deep down he *had* to have been kira. but when you have the deadliest supernatural murder weapon on your hands, it's kinda hard to string things up without being a little peculiar in thought. like for example, if the world was well past aware of death notes, shinigamis, basically if a proto-light waltzed around for sometime beforehand, he would've been caught pretty quickly. but obviously, in the mind of rational human beings, you just can't think of shinigamis until you see one in front of your very own eyes.
TL;DR: the members of the kira task force besides light were tired of this case not being solved, so the tension was already there, and the SPK, N and M were the straw that broke the camel's back
another side note before i end my thought, this all really just goes back to the same general statement about light and how his pride and ego was his downfall. because i believe if that kanto broadcast never happened, he simply wouldn't have been caught or sniffed out that early.
@@llawliet5496 weird, you and that dayday are idotic. You didn't watch death note .
Near knew about mikami having death note which remained unexplained. And that worked as the most crucial information for near to find kira. Secondly, melo sacrificed his life to destroy light's plan.
And then mikami whom near knew about had gake death note which was only possible because of nears plot armour.
And L was indeed smarter but Light was very close to his smartness. Light underestimated the simple thoughts of ppl in real life.
And ppl think ot was a great feat of L that he figured out that it was supernatural.
But that is not the case. When L saw the suicide of criminals meaning when light started his experiment. The number of suicide and their abnormal activities was impossible without direct contact
But after gathering info about the guards on duty it wasn't the case, then L thought of a bait to try to figure out the type of crime he was dealing with
But light at that time thought if someone has heart attack snd dies out of nowhere, thete wouldn't be any way of anyone to figure him out.but when L experimented it turned out to be supernatural. L didn't expect it , it just happened randomly. And L even said so that he would have never thought so if his clone didn't doe out of nowhere.
@@llawliet5496 i literally mentioned chapters because i had read manga of death note before seeing the anime
@@mentally-stable-human oh alright
One of the smartest moments was when light yagami tricked ray penber to reveal his identity and also killed naomi by tricking her also to reveal her identity. Also we all can't forget the line he said after writing Naomi's name in the death note "I am Kira".
Edit : TYSM FOR THE LIKES!!
That was so ruthless I couldn't get over it for some time...
@@robindscarlet9805 yeah me too
@@robindscarlet9805 yeah
It would’ve been better for Naomi to give light a second fake name. Lol. It was pretty reckless of light to say he’s Kira
Yeah when light killed both of them i was damn like he's invincible it made me love him more and more 😩❤️
I know he's not as universally loved as L, but I'd give Near an honorable mention. While the last plan wasn't completely Light's fault, I think it was pretty clever that Near banked on the idea that Teru Mikami would slip up and it was also a misstep on Light's part to rely on someone else. Was it risky? Yes, but the plan coming to fruition is evidence that banking on that was worth it to catch Light. I also think Near's humility also showed here, as he admitted that on his own, he would not be able to surpass L. But he understood that and accepted it, and instead came together with Mello to end up finding out about Light.
I created a part 2 that included a moment from Near and Mello. I didn't pick the switching of the real notebook with a fake as it's not something overly creative or intelligent to think of in my opinion. It would be something most people would be capable of doing, the difficult part would be the process in which it was done which was apparently even easier as Mikami randomly revealed it's location anyways.
@@clueanalysis2596 Ah I see. Will definitely have to check out that vid, but otherwise, I think this you were pretty spot on in this vid as well. Keep up the good work!
@@messiah9527 Thank you
Nah Near lost; he was bailed out by Mello, whom made Teru Mikami act out and thus expose the fake notebook thing
@@diafam3662 I wouldn’t say “bailed out”. I could see your point if Near had no idea what to do and Mello acted on it and ended up saving him, but Near devised the plan himself. The only reason Mello acted is BECAUSE Near reached out to him to tell him the plan. Teru Mikami acting out was out of Light’s control but that’s on Light for relying on someone else. I can understand not liking Near cause he’s not as smart as Light/L, which to that I can agree. But he outplayed Light/Teru along with Mello and caught them in their tracks, so I also wouldn’t consider it a loss considering his mission was accomplished. Just my opinion tho
lets not forget that Light managed to kill a shinigami that hated him and L at the same time which were his only two obstacles that in turn gave him freedom over misa's fate as well, incredible moment
Yeah he is good in manipulation too
You can’t forget when he got Naomi’s name that was genius he kept stopping her and coming up with lie after lie and tricked her into giving her identity and “i am kira”. What would have made that scene 20 times more awkward would have been if the driver’s licence was fake too- he would have just revealed that he’s kira 💀
Haha that would've been weird
Hmm
Well Light knew that she wasn’t lying because Ryuk didn’t laugh.
@@joelmax2603 Yeah, it's backed up arrogance.
I actually like that he said that for the show to be more badass
L :- ligth is kira👽
Everyone:- *NO*
Near :- ligth yagami is kira💀
Everyone :- genius💀
Death note is a nutshell
@@funbeatable2261 lul💀👍🏻
Just think about it
Would you think a teenager whom you have known for so many days and is perfectly normal.....can be someone who kills assassins, murderers and FBI agents?
When Near said the same people knew about Death note
If only L lived for one more day he would be able to solve the thing
@@therealslimshady6763 i agree🤓🔥
@@therealslimshady6763 maybe cause i wouldnt judge a book by its cover just cause somethings a certain way doesnt mean they wont do a certain thing although i wont suspect them as much as someone who seems less perfect
"So there are some people you can't kill" this dialogue is so amazing.
Fun fact: if L gives a percentage chance, that means it's 100% he is right.
Not exactly, but the writers have stated that when he says a percentage it’s at least >70%
@@tfx9223 So why does he say 7% in his internal monologue?
@@trompette4485 idk
@Trompette when he means 2-7% it means 70-100%
@@rip_himmynow thats just delusional 💀
I think that Light telling Misa to start killing criminals again is a very smart and underrated move. He put Rem into pressure and the results were that L, Watari and Rem all died. And all Light did was telling Misa to start killing criminals. Yeah he also had to ask if they were gonna be able to convict Kira when caught, to scare Rem when she hears that Kira would be executed.
That was very clever a well manipulated. I always considered it apart of Light's plan to erase his memories.
When I first watched, I thought it was really dumb, because Light would rather keep Misa beside him to use Misa's Shinigami Eyes to kill L. However, then I realized that with this plan, he could kill Rem as well.
Light’s 3-way trade between himself, Ryuk and Rem was never fully explained and is layered. The reason was to switch which Shinigami owned each notebook. Light wanted Misa to make the eye deal both for his advantage and to shorten her life so he made sure to give her the notebook Ryuk owned. Light also knew he was being recorded for a time. He needed to make sure that after the investigators obtained the notebook, they wouldn’t be able to see Ryuk or else they would be able to go through the footage and see Ryuk with Light.
@DA BEAST thats because its against the rules to see your own lifespan.
The commenter was talking about shinigami appearing in cameras
The only explanation I'd ever seen before was that it was so Rem would be attached to Light and in the war room after everything played out. Light foresaw that L would continue to suspect Misa (she left forensic evidence) and/or be suspicious of the fake rules, so having Rem with him was insurance in case Misa wasn't able to act quickly enough. Rem even acknowledges that Light orchestrated everything so she'd have no choice but to kill him, but doesn't allude back to the book-swapping specifically, so I didn't understand why that mattered until I looked it up.
But this also makes sense, and adds a lot more depth to it that I never picked up on 👍
@@AC-my2bg Light needed Rem to be attached to Higuchi since he needed events to play out a certain way. Ryuk's too much of a wild card, so he had to be benched for the time being.
@@loganbigmo Makes sense.
@DA BEAST
In the A-Kira story I think Ryuc shows up on camera to Matsuda but I might be mis-remembering.
20yrs later and this anime still reigns as a heavy hitter. 🔥
Still top 5, easily, can't compare to anything else
@@clueanalysis2596what are your other favourite animes?
@@Aryannnnn609 Code Geass is fun, I like the first season of One Punch Man. I have a short video about my top 10 favorite anime series if you'd like to watch that.
5:54 "DO IT KIRA" lmao
As cool as it was when Light used Penbar, it was easily his dumbest moment to even make the attempt. He was already reported as innocent, he could have just carried on without being monitored while they ran around chasing other suspects. He only killed the FBI agents out of pride and it led to putting the focus back on him.
First of all, Light didnt know yet that the fbi shadower already cleared Light. And 2nd of all from what I remember he states that he wants 2 kill them fbi agents asap bc if he wait 2 long one of them will see him slip up and the suspect list may be narrowed down.
I agree, the execution of the plan was smart, but the reasoning for doing so wasn't.
Didn't he do it to get close to L?
had to progress the plot somehow
But what if some other fbi agent would've investigated him again on L's orders ,so it was necessary for light to kill all those fbi agents, because of which the fbi stayed out of this buisness which did benefit light somehow. Some way or the other anyone member of the fbi could've known about light being Kira, or would've got suspicious about him as they are not normal agents they are fbi , every fbi agent isn't like ray penber and plus L always had a suspicion on a person who was linked with the task force and that person being a student and he always had an eye on some smart person like light of being kira, which he admitted when l and light were fighting, so killing fbi agents was actually a necessary move despite confirming little amount of suspicion of light being kira.
Man I just watched it a year ago and still feel nostalgic
@Book Nerd no I am an otaku
@Book Nerd ummm I was born in 2007
@Book Nerd I watched it in ending of 2020 that's why I said it
@Book Nerd lol I watched it for the first time this year in February
Wow, i watched it in 2013 but still my favorite anime along with fma and snk!
After all these years and forever ,no one can change the fact that death note is one of the biggest masterpiece in the whole anime world , even rewatching it still make me fascinated ✨
Just the first half though
L telling Light he is L
The 90 people AROUND them 👁️ 👄👁️
The ‘smartest’ move light ever made is when he refused to spend half his lifespan to be pretty much invincible.
I don't think so. In fact it lead to his downfall. His pride and inability to lose made him arrogant.
With the shinigami eyes
Light Yagami could write the name of L, Near, Mello, and anyone who came against him.
The Death Note + his intelligence + the eyes would of guarantee victory the moment Ryuk offered them.
Sure he wouldn't live long, but he wouldn't have to rely on misa who is more of a liability and a annoyance than a support to his goals of being God.
Ryuk can see the time and date of when light will die
(Light doesn't know when he will die and he never stops to consider how long he will live. He assumes he will live for a long time, but at any point in the show he could die from a criminal or accident as the death note never provides any extension to his life like it does Ryuk or protection to his life)
[Ryuk not sharing L's name or sharing Lights time of death should be a indication that Ryuk knew Light would not live long and wanted to see how far he'd go]
If light was destined to die where he dies then he did not live long
The amount of time from when he found the death note to when he died is very short
Had he had the eyes
It would alter the timeline of events
Cutting his life in half but changing his life span to a new destined time of death similar to Misa when she was saved when she was supposed to die.
Light would of been God for the years he lived
Unchallenged by anyone and also having misa as a support making him near impossible to defeat
Light is destined to die
He might as well went all in
To secure his victoryv
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If kira gets caught he's evil, if he escapes he's justice.
~Light Yagami
I remember watching the "I am L" scene with my sister. My sister's face of confusion matched my own for 20 seconds before i realized that it wasn't just a stupid play, it was a brilliant move. Having to explain it to my sister was the hardest part, but luckily the show did it by itself.
Death Note was just an anime about who had the more powerful autism
this is the best comment lol
People saying Naomi's death might be the smartest move, but for me her death was the most painful one she literally lost her husband and when she trusted a friend she got cheated and killed. For that's the saddest part of the whole series😥
I wish she had been around the series for longer, she was a really good character
@@clueanalysis2596 Yeah🤧
“friend”
You realise light would be in serious trouble because Naomi had already figured out that Heart attack is not the only way to kill ppl which took L around 20 episodes to find out and if she had come in contact with L and told that their direct and main suspect would be Light and series would end pretty early.Her death was imp for the plot.
I think it was also the moment that solidified Light being a self serving bastard. Killing FBI agents was icky enough considering that he was only supposed to kill murderers to "create a better world". We could argue that Light was just defending himself and removing a threat or that the agents knew it would be risky etc. But Naomi was a grieving widow and tried to help. Light not only killed her but did it with a fucking smile. It wasn't even a "sacrifice" for a better world.
Yeahhh, Light getting Ryuk to write a fake rule in the Death Note pretty much was the play of the game in this show, pretty much directly resulting in L's death. Of course, L's TV broadcast (in particular, the part where he reveals that they're only live in Shinjuku) and _"I'm L"_ moments are definitely very classy. I also think that pickpocketing Misa that one time is an underrated move on his part. It was largely based on luck, being in the right place at the right time, but man, he really did make the most of that opportunity. It shows how quick-witted he is addition to all of his careful planning.
Fake rule? I haven’t watched this show in such a long time what fake rule was written
@@genox633 before light was taken under custody he had ryuk write a fake rule that upon the first time using the death note, you start a 13 day cycle where you have to continue writing down names or you die. if i remember right light was in custody for 50.
And still, the poster thinks Light is way smarter than L, pff.
Mikami f’d it up big time as well
L nearly figured out Amane was second kira too, so if Rem didn't kill Watari, Light and Misa would've been caught lmao
Tbh L is a gigachad, he managed to deduce so much of the death note despite all of Light’s advantages, and even deduced a lot of the rules and got his hands on it. He came so close
The first one "I want to tell you that I am L" is a *hell* of a power move on L's part. It's not just putting Light in an awkward spot it's saying 'I'm right here, what'cha gonna do about it?'
The second one is... Less smart. It comes back to bite Light *hard* later on.
The third one is showing that L is a genus by taking what little facts he had and putting them together.
The forth one is L pulling another power move; proving that this 'Kira' was human, fallible... And catchable.. And that Kira's powers had *limits* to his power.
The Fifth one... The memory gambit is a case of proving that Light is an mental match L and is able to use several odd and even minor rules of the Death Note to his advantage.
What makes Light and L such an excellent rivalry is they are just as smart are each other but have vastly different advantages. L has experience, wealth and access to agencies and organizations. Light has the Death Note, is in a position most would but above suspicion, his father is the chief looking into the case and he's a far better social manipulator then L.
Light having the Death Note is a much bigger advantage than anything L has and L still held his own. Imagine if Misa wasn’t retarded and decided to reveal herself to the world to talk about the Shinigami or if she never existed. Light and L would have been in perpetual stalemate.
@@roronoalaw7772 Misa's smarter then most people realize; she pulls some good moves in the anime. It's just Light and L are *leagues* above her... And she has no emotional control...
If she could just keep herself under control for five minutes Light would have L dead to rights.
@@kazekamiha That may be true, however revealing herself on a broadcast is probably the dumbest move anybody made in the entire series.
Let's not forget about Matsuda. He was the key to all the end of this series. He was the real happy go lucky hidden genius 🤣
If this is not one of the best character developments in anime I don't know what it is: th-cam.com/video/Mdw2CEseJi8/w-d-xo.html
@Hamaad Kashif because they all KNOW the true, they just can't admit who was the key to solve the case 😆
@@Doodles_in_July same
The dubbing is underrated cause the anime is dialogue based but you can understand everything and Don't get confused but get your mind blown.
I think the dub is better than the sub for Death Note
@@clueanalysis2596 why
@@Simplystimulating because the voices fr match their personalities, and also in the show they have figures from other countries like the president of america and it wouldn’t make sense that he speaking fluent japanese 😭
imagine being too stupid to just read a few lines of text every 20 seconds
@@lillotaa but lights from japan and hes speaking English... gotta be smarter when commenting man 😬😬
The way Light planned for the memories coming back to him and proving him innocent was mind-blowing 🤯
Honestly, I think the TV broadcast was the one moment that outshone all else. Because it introduced a supernatural element to the whole investigation, when it is way out of reality and not only that, but in just one hit, it proved the existence of Kira, of some kind of superpower and narrowed down the area where he lives. There is no other move that has revealed as much or as relevant information.
Kira’s dumbest move ever was trying to kill the guy in the tv. literally kira could have been anyone anywhere, but he narrowed himself into that town, with police connections. literally facepalmed the rest of the show after that
Well uh the podcast worked because it happened in the area
It actually makes sense, cause light was always overconfident and cocky.
You clearly misunderstood the situation
L said that the broadcast is internationally aired because at that time no one know where Kira is (but in fact, L already made a guess based on previous killing crime), so Light killed the guy on TV with assumption that the news internationally aired
Kira isn't dumb but L is just smarter
You should watch the series again if you forget, don't just comment because you watched this video
Dumbest? nowhere near that because as we know. L doesn't know how Kira conducts his (or her) killings before L begins investigating Kira. So as a risk and a test, L wanted to prove that Kira is a human and somehow kill his targets with ease, and when L challenged Kira to kill him without showing his face or name. He got him and that was just being outplayed, not exactly Kira's dumbest move.
You gotta remember light was only 17 and yes he’s smart but as a teen he’s still going to be a little careless and impulsive
The way L found about Kira being in japan was cool, but the way Light exploited the rules of the Death Note to clear himself was 200^200 iq moment
Keep in mind it still ended up getting him killed cause it made the investigation teams find out about death notes and use it to incriminate Kira
As much as I love Death Note for the suspenseful cat-and-mouse story it tells, it REALLY says a lot when some of its smartest plays are made in the first ten episodes and then it meanders until the end when Light loses all of his likeability.
don't read my name (I'm not a bot or rickroll, I created a mystery and I want you or someone else to solve thy mystery. 😆)
17 years and this is still probably the smartest show ever written. It makes sherlock and moriarty look like dumb and dumber
Agree with the first half of your comment, not so much the second half haha.
Sherlock is 10x smarter than L and Light. If he was in L's place. Light would've got caught 1 week later.
@@kuyruklubyk767Sherlock Holmes?
@@kuyruklubyk767WTF SHUT UP U KNOW SHIT L IS KING AS SMART
Maybe you don't know Akiyama Shinichi and Baku Madarame. These 2 dudes can make L and Light look like dumbs.
L revealing himself to Light. If you look at it from Light's perspective he was cornered strategically, he both simultaneously got what he wanted and what he dreaded from playing this game. He wanted to get to L but lost the upper hand because once L revealed himself so publically with an insurance plan of a fake pop star's name he was both able to go on the defensive and offensive by countering his approach of trying to kill him when he had a suspicion of who it might be and preventing them from doing so from the dark when he lacked information leaving light unable to kill him and his wait to see if he can strike by getting close to him and questioning and monitoring his behaviors. From L's perspective, it was an extremely risky move, he was now publically making his face seen and exposing who he was to his top potential subject who can kill my means unknown to him even though he still had a decent grasp of its limits it was still i high risk and it was at potential of making the investigation run a suspect that may have nothing to do with kira at all. all things were a risk, to his survival and personal well-being, to the jeopardy of the case, and running the risk of following a dead lead. Extremely intelligent and risky move that was very well executed and truly became a game changer for the rest of their cat mouse chase. Also incredible intuition on a 5% lead and considering an investigation like this 5% is a rather realistic estimate of likelihood of suspicion.
you had a very much time writing all these
Heard that what L means by saying his suspicion is 5% is actually 95% 👀
@@limanliman27 i think that with his evaluation of his suspicion of light initially was 5% being a realistic margin not as 95% but that 5% is a high margin in the scheme of the possibility of anyone else in Japan which has an extremely dense population. So while looking like a small number thinking about anyone else their suspicion level would be at a percentage lower than one but still a perfectly capable suspicion considering the manner of the murders being completely anonymous and leaving no evidence or knowledge of how they were killed. later on he doesn't use percentages because after the 15 day lockdown period it became a scenario of where he either was or he wasn't and L knew that in all likelihood it was light as kira but couldn't find a way into cornering a much needed confession to ever confirm that it was him and this is also probably why when he said if i die then arrest light because he is kira. this is all speculation ofc but this is how i took it when he refers to a percentage of suspicion he felt worthy enough to look into light as his primary suspect.
in my opinion L should have also put on a mask when he confronted light. he should have just told everyone he was an acid attack victim or something.
i could read a whole book containing your opinions on death note
What's insane is that L suspected that Light has lost his memories and is planning to return them somehow which even surprised Light
Light did a lot of mistakes in the beginning
If we go to the beginning
1) The first interaction between light and L was the fake L on media scene. In that Light without even considering the consequences underestimated the world's best detective and gave away 2 important things, first kira lives and Japan and kira requires name and face to kill.
2) after observing the time of murders L assumed that Kira can be school student, after getting this information Light again without considering the consequences played very simple mindedly and changed his time of murders and gave away another important thing that Kira is someone who has all access to the information of the case.
3) when the FBI agents thing happened Light instead of taking advantage of the situation (by looking normal and get his name cleared by the FBI), he killed the FBI agents. And the way he killed Rae Pamper gave away another important information that kira is someone who was being investigated by Rae Pamper.
L literally made the circle of possible people who can be Kira so small,
1) First it was kira could be any person in the world
2) L made the circle limited to Japan by doing the fake L thing
3)It got even smaller when light changed his time of killing and gave away kira is someone who has access to the case information that is the police and their family members.
4) it got even smaller to only those people which were investigated by Rae Pamper.
And people say Light was smarter than L.
Death was basically a chess game between Light and L but L was blindfolded and was just guessing the moves of kira, also light had an extra queen which was the Death note.
You could say all those things though unwise, where still technically smart in how they were done. It also worth noting that Light was intending to go after L for his first mistake so the other actions aren't as much him trying to make sure he seems innocent as much as it is him taunting L and attempting to get close to him. Though I'll say he could've still done it better.
@@clueanalysis2596 going after L was very childish idea.
Because if we see the upcoming consequences light will fail in them
As kira he wanted to kill all criminals but his childish behavior kicks in and light starts playing stupid.
At the very first interaction if light ignored everything L did he would have not gone through any of that stuff. If he ignored everything L did then L would have no way to catch kira.
He would be a normal student and enjoyed the life as he chose
@@AbdulQadeer-dt9pn Absolutely right.
Characters with God complexes usually don’t live long happy lives 😅
"Rae Pamper"
I love how Death Note quickly go from a “generic” supernatural tone, to a deadly game of cat and mouse.
Doesn't feel generic anywhere to me.
@@clueanalysis2596 I put it in quotes because it’s not generic at all
@@NicholasVetter-sy8io Oh okay. Why'd you bother mentioning generic at all then?
@@clueanalysis2596 Idk honestly. I think I just wanted something to say
@@NicholasVetter-sy8io Haha ok
Everyone usually thinks that light was smarter than L because he was able to trick him and kill him but shinigami's were under control of light so in my opinion L was smarter
The author himself said Light was smarter.
@@neptunemystic9301 the author never said so
The author instead said L was smarter because the plot required it
Then Light then near
light has higher iq 9/10 but author said l is smarter.
Light has higher IQ than L but L's deducting skills surpasses the light's IQ .
@@nekosalad8308 that's actually knowledge and L has higher Initiative so they pretty equal
ppl arguing about a characters iq level, but never thinking about how the author thought of all this...
Smartest moment has to be when Light figured out ways to kill people that even Ryuk didn't know about after thousands of years.
Lights memory loss was probably the smartest moment. I know a lot of people will say Ls TV broadcast but that was honestly due to a young and cocky Light who just discovered godlike power slipping up. The memory loss plan was against a fully matured L so it makes it more impressive in my opinion.
TBH they are both very smart, but it really was due to their personalities that we had an equal match.
Smartest moment would definitely have to be L's pickpocketing of Misa. It was like 100 steps ahead of Light.
@@FleetAdmirable yeah and that saved his life
If the characters have more iq than all humans on heart ..
Now imagine the iq of the writer ?
Writer is ofc not smarter then L or Light. He can write them because he is like the God of that universe
@@basaris1277 bro yes the writer isn't " smart " but he's more intelligent to make even the watchers look like fools by creating situations which looks impossible to deal with but the solution showed isout of the box thinking... so yes he isn't smart hes intelligent
I don't agree with this anyone dumb can write a smart character with enough time these ppl were making these decisions on their feet writers can write a character smarter than them like Sherlock or Rick
I'm not saying he's dumb btw ^^^
@@drawing-ology same shit
I swear this show is one of the best shows I’ve ever watched
I agree
All Light had to do was not kill the FBI and they could never tell which country Kira was from.
Light getting back his memory is the smartest scene in the entire series.
Imagine how much Light could have got away with if he had the knowledge and experience he had with Death Note at the end of the series, when L initiated his first broadcast with Lind L. Tailor.
He'd probably be even more cocky seeing later on he though so much of himself that he thought he didn't have to try as hard.
@@clueanalysis2596nah I think Light would do much better given that knowledge. Even though he was cocky, his plan towards the end of the series was good - his loss was not believable the way it was written, Mikami had to mess up while Near’s team was literally doing impossible things like 100% copying a notebook by hand to the point a guy who looks at the notebook under a microscope couldn’t tell the difference…and they did this in a single night. Cmon…
Bro check my list
1) L took misa's phone and take her in custody
2) L and lights Television encounter
3) potato chip
4) lights ownership forfeiting plan
5) near and light final encounter at the warehouse
6) light kills fbi agents
7) L and light trap ikuchi
8) Mello took deathnote
9) L saves matsuda from ikuchi
10) L ticks light in the coffee shop
Nice list, my top 10 would be this.
1.Light forfeiting ownership plan
2. L tricks Light TV Broadcast
3. L deduces when Kira was investigated by the FBI
4. Light kills the FBI members
5. I am L
6. Light deduces a connection between Yotsuba and Kira
7. Capturing Higuchi as Kira
8. L discovers the possibility of there being a second Kira
9. Mello's plan to get the death note
10. Near deduces Mikami to be X Kira
No.5 I don't like that moment at all because on that moment he act so dumb
@@clueanalysis2596 1) Mello kidnaps Takada
@@clueanalysis2596 nice bro , there were many moments that didn't came into my mind when I was making my list bust you cover them in your top 10
@@clueanalysis2596light haven a little intelligence nothing without powers
The paper he left on his door and the 1.5 centimeter detail were also very good.
Its a shame they did not include the potato chips scene. That was a genius one as well.
And also Kira installed mechanisms to ensure that no one touches the notebook and also detect any other person other than him who entered his room. (this allows him to figure out that surveillance cameras were installed in the room)
Personally, I view the tv broadcast as the foundation for the entire series; that moment is where the rivalry between L and Kira began. Also, the moment when Ligh gave up ownership of the death note and manipulated both the shinigami Rem and his own self and even L into getting receiving back the book and having his memory returned, was just absolutely insane, I'm still mind blown.
Underrated moments I found interesting was when L sent people to Lights room to to add wire taps and cams and the moment Light got home, he knew, regardless off their efforts to make it seems like everything was the same Light still know someone went into his room.
Thinking back to the series and all that happened, L did everything in his power to prove that Light was Kira, there wasn't solid evidence but if i were on the team to investigate who's Kira, I'd suspect people on my team but Light in specific, it just seems too convenient that Kira has so much info and everything seems so coincidental.
The last one is on whole different level. Things that happened from this: Misa lost memory about deathnote ,her contract with Rem became cancelled by passing to Ruyk. Ruyk became owner of Rem notebook which light took and passed it to Ruyk removing his memory of using it. And passing back to Rem terminated the contract between Light and Ruyk for using notebook. From all this(pass between shinigami), Misa can't see the shinigami .
I got just before but i think my head will spin and i will be back to zero if i think more about it.
Light plan to manipulate his father against agents was also insane.
The part where Light kills Lind L. Tailor, where Light realized that the real L used the guy, a death row inmate, no less as bait is something you don't see every day.
Don't forget the fact that light was only a teen and L was much older!
Edit - there is a war going on in the replies xD
No, they are nearly of same age. Main thing is - Light is amateur at being a criminal. But L is expert in catching criminals.
@@kirakakashi9445 no bro L was 6-7 years older ...and yeah your point is also correct L had experience whereas light didn't.
That's true and that's why L was smarter for me and many fans. He had experience and was constantly smart, while Light made some mistakes, got tricked by L a couple times, but when he focused he came out with a genius master plan. With same experience and same age I couldnt tell who'd be smarter
L was born in 1979 and light was born in 1986 so 7 years difference
Let's not forget that Light has abnormal powers too while we're at it.
I think it was one of the smartest moment how light killed off L. By forcing rem to do it unless misa dies, but when she does do it for misa rem dies along with L removing two problems
I loved light's plan of taking away his own memories, but I still think that the part where L deduces how kira killed the fbi is the most brilliant
the internal monologue seems prolonged to the viewer/audience because it helps us get a better view of what and how exactly the minds of how characters process and react to the situations they are placed in, but in real time/the world of death note, it wasn't even long at all.
Yeah, time is basically paused while the internal monologue is happening.
Light’s plan to erase and regain his memories was really smart; however, it was sort of a loss for him in the same way it was a loss for L to have to show his face to the person he mainly suspected of being Kira. Equally smart of both of them, but an exchange that had to be made for either of them to come closer to reaching their goal. L came close enough to exposing Light that he had to relinquish his power and surrender his goal of becoming “the God of the new world” and take a chance on not ever getting it back.
The awesome part about death note is that it’s hard to choose sides
3:22 This moment right here, is how Light completely exposed himself to L. Later in the episodes Light will slip up and he will say that he was aware that Ray Pember was surveilling him back then. Which is something that only Kira (or Light during the contact with Rey) would know about any of it. If Light is hiding his contact with Rey, the only logical conclusion to this dilemma, is that he is Kira after all. After hearing that, L took a solid pause, but decided to play along now fully knowing 100% that Light is Kira. I think this episode was there for audience of film, not for a plot. A sort of - "Did you noticed what just happened here, did you followed it?" But in the series it was never exposed. You can however read this on L's face during this moment and because of awkward pause during the moment.
The dialog was in the hospital near Light's dad:
L - not long ago Kira killed 12 FBI agents who'd come to Japan to assist us
he continued
L - they were instructed to follow people connected to the Japanese police. One of these agents Ray Pember exhibited unusual behavior before he died.
Light - I understand.. and i was one of the people Ray Pember investigated before he died. It only makes sense I'd be a suspect. Nope, to be more precise, there is no one else you could suspect.
You need to understand that at this moment of story Light already trying to pretend he was not in control of his actions to create some sort of alibi.
pause
L - i find Light's deductive powers quite impressive. He is always quick and to the point.
Noticed how he used Light's instead of your and "he" instead of you? That was a hint to audience if they could catch it.
Overall, it wasn't the Kira itself that L was hunting for. He solved the person behind killings really fast. Light was too perfect to be a simple kid and not a scariest maniac-homicidal that he really turned out. That was the easy part. But then case got more complicated with second and third Kira, and from this moment L realized that catching Kira won't be enough anymore. He played along with Light, to figure out how Light killed all these people remotely. That's all he cared. He even willing to sacrifice some innocent people's lives to this case.
It was i think my first or second meeting with anime as a genre. There was 2 that cemented my perception of anime and it's quality. Ghost in the shell and Death Note.
I made a video explaining this actually haha, it's one of my more recent videos, but it doesn't reveal Light to be Kira actually and it's not a mistake.
1:42 makes me laugh how frustrated Light is when he go's, "I can't do anything to him!" while L is just sitting there like a lil mf
2:04 If Light Yagami never killed FBI agents (and he did not even need to. He was being too insecure and overprotective), then he would never have got caught.
L: Smart
Light: Smart as well
And then we have the writer, sitting quietly in the corner, smoking a FAT cigar, proud of his writing
Strength of Light is, he can kill anyone. Weakness of Light is, he can't kill everyone that he wants, atleast without getting caught.
Death Note is one of the only dubs that I'll watch. The voice actors did such a good job.
Try code geass dub
This was my first anime I watched some 15 years ago now. There's been a ton of great shows since, but none has ever hooked me the way Death Note did. So many crazy moments
L's plan was actually without risks, like even if the plan failed only finding Kira would be difficult
But Light's plan was really a gamble and the way it succeeded was awesome
@1Verse4ll nobody cares about one measly life in Death Note, that too of a criminal..
@1Verse4ll ohh but I don't think he planned that far from the beginning, I like to think he made it up after getting his memory...
@@drshspkt2012 he deleted comment can you tell me what he said?
It’s funny how even while knowing that the writer intended for every percentage that L says is over 90% to make everyone more comfortable with his guesses he still included it in a monologue of L’s mind which proves how much he deceives people that he himself needs to deceive himself
Recently binged Death Note after going on 13 years of seeing it the first time through. Such a great anime - amazing that someone was able to come up with all of these intricacies, surprises, and plot elements.
No. 1 was definitely an insanely smart but risky move by Light, one that I forgot had happened when watching the series again.
The TV broadcast is what really got me interested in the series and still my favourite moment. Still simply to follow, but so brilliant!
Really the way they made death note, it's story, it's dubbing, it's bgm everything is top notch
I think I'd have to agree that Light getting his memories back was the most brilliant plan ever. He had a lot of faith in himself and L. He also understands his own personality very well, even before he got the death note.
1:18 I found L’s eyes to be quite terrifying while looking at him
They stare into your soul.