I just found the redeeming factor of Death Note.

Solonoid · February 23, 2015, 03:47:04 AM

YouTube

The whole anime is now worth it.

There are no likeable characters, and it really drags on, but this one pun has saved the anime.

Fucking Gooks

If it was unclear to anyone who hasn't seen the anime, Light is the name of the Main Character.

Mat Cauthon · February 23, 2015, 03:51:53 AM

The anime was brilliant for the first 12 episodes.
It tanked immediately after that and I dropped it at episode 14.

w/e · February 23, 2015, 03:52:56 AM

>no likeable characters
ni- WHAT?

What kind of characters do you like? I'm genuinely curious.

Comet · February 23, 2015, 03:57:08 AM

it helps you find people who have shit taste?

Solonoid · February 23, 2015, 04:04:54 AM

Quote from: Nagato on February 23, 2015, 03:51:53 AM

The anime was brilliant for the first 12 episodes.
It tanked immediately after that and I dropped it at episode 14.

It was psychologically thrilling for a while, but the writers exhausted themselves, because they're not as bright as the characters they created.

This is the reason that most Sherlock Holmes adaptations tank.
Only Arthur Conan Doyle, was truly able to bring the character to life, because he was a genius himself.
I think Moffat comes close.

But in the case of Death Note, they simply could not keep up with the intellectual evolutions of their characters, and it went from shocking, to predictable.

And it doesn't help that they set up every character as an antagonist.

Mat Cauthon · February 23, 2015, 04:07:29 AM

Quote from: Soʟᴀᴄᴇ Rɪsɪɴɢ on February 23, 2015, 04:04:54 AM

And it doesn't help that they set up every character as an antagonist.

Light was clearly a protagonist.

For what I saw anyway. Had he reached what he was aiming for at first, with the methods in the beginning episodes, the world would have been better off, i think.

Solonoid · February 23, 2015, 04:44:29 AM

Quote from: DigitalIzesty on February 23, 2015, 03:52:56 AM

>no likeable characters
ni- WHAT?

What kind of characters do you like? I'm genuinely curious.

Well, in all honesty there was one likeable character.

Watari.

That's it, really.

Elegiac · February 23, 2015, 06:34:22 AM

I waited until my brother was on the last episode, then I walked in and sat down so I could clap when it ended.

w/e · February 23, 2015, 06:39:06 AM

Quote from: Elegiac on February 23, 2015, 06:34:22 AM

I waited until my brother was on the last episode, then I walked in and sat down so I could clap when it ended.

I would've punched you.

That sounds really fucking annoying tbh

Elegiac · February 23, 2015, 06:43:24 AM

Quote from: DigitalIzesty on February 23, 2015, 06:39:06 AM

Quote from: Elegiac on February 23, 2015, 06:34:22 AM
I waited until my brother was on the last episode, then I walked in and sat down so I could clap when it ended.

I would've punched you.

That sounds really fucking annoying tbh

It had ended.

And he knows he watches shit. Ever watched Squid Girl or Mysterious Girlfriend X?

w/e · February 23, 2015, 06:47:20 AM

Quote from: Elegiac on February 23, 2015, 06:43:24 AM

Quote from: DigitalIzesty on February 23, 2015, 06:39:06 AM
Quote from: Elegiac on February 23, 2015, 06:34:22 AM
I waited until my brother was on the last episode, then I walked in and sat down so I could clap when it ended.

I would've punched you.

That sounds really fucking annoying tbh
It had ended.

And he knows he watches shit. Ever watched Squid Girl or Mysterious Girlfriend X?

Dude, if you were Australian you'd know.

In Australia, you punch anyone that so much as look at you funny, be it animals or m8.

Dude come clapping in on me and I'm gonna fucking cryokey his blaheme.

Elegiac · February 23, 2015, 06:55:55 AM

Quote from: DigitalIzesty on February 23, 2015, 06:47:20 AM

Quote from: Elegiac on February 23, 2015, 06:43:24 AM
Quote from: DigitalIzesty on February 23, 2015, 06:39:06 AM
Quote from: Elegiac on February 23, 2015, 06:34:22 AM
I waited until my brother was on the last episode, then I walked in and sat down so I could clap when it ended.

I would've punched you.

That sounds really fucking annoying tbh
It had ended.

And he knows he watches shit. Ever watched Squid Girl or Mysterious Girlfriend X?
Dude, if you were Australian you'd know.

In Australia, you punch anyone that so much as look at you funny, be it animals or m8.

Dude come clapping in on me and I'm gonna fucking cryokey his blaheme.

And this is what we do when someone tells us what we'd do.

Onion · February 23, 2015, 07:47:45 AM

The anime went downhill after L di- I mean, fucking weeb shits.

BaconShelf · February 23, 2015, 07:50:50 AM

I read the first 12 manga for it but I had no interest after that.

Risay117 · February 23, 2015, 07:50:53 AM

Ehhh only read the manga and that was good. There have been other psychological mangas that i could argue are more awesome. But still it was a good manga.