Death Note

 

To end this sudden "D" month, let's review one of the best anime out there.

Having only seen it once, but remembering it vividly, Death Note has a brilliant plot synopsis, and it cleverly makes the most out of it very strongly throughout. The shinigami book grants the user the ability to kill anyone by writing the person's name while picturing the face in their mind.

This represents devastating power, and it defies the morals of the viewers. And yet, Yagami Light manages to offer a very interesting and yet a very moral dilemma; after writing and killing of a criminal, he decides to extinguish criminality.

The first half of the story is widely considered to be absolutely well told and directed, while the second half struggles to overcome it, although it still is a must see by then, and it also ends on a strong note.

But perhaps the greatest aspect is seeing Light's opposite, detective L, make him forced to play a complex cat and mouse game, in order to drag out and apprehend him, and ultimately charge for these absurd crimes to have been committed.

Death Note is also easy to recommend even if you are not an anime fan from the past or the present, as the plot simply is an intelligent one to see unfold.