Death Note (Desu Nôto) (2006)

I'm glad Death Note was my first anime.

“Warning: Spoilers

The first time I heard of Death Note was from a youtube channel Hello Future Me and his storytelling analyses. Previously I had resented anime as childish and totally weird-looking, but after Timothy took Death Note as an example of a good story-beat management, I was wiling to give it a shot. And boy, was I hooked.

Never before have I seen any show try to copy that sherlock-ey way of thinking and incorporate it so cleverly with mystery and fantasy elements. Death Note has such an unique feel to it that no other anime has... every moment Light's and L's theme play, I get slight goosebumps while wondering who will outsmart whom next. It is a matter of simple beauty seeing the writers play with the contrast of Light's and L's personality, making them gro” read more

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"The whole title is just a cat and mouse game, with two of the greatest Characters in anime-history and how they played out each other was a absolut amazing ride. You can rewatch this serveral times and it never get´s bored. Light Yagami and L Lawlet are 11/10 chars."

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"An intense thriller with a smart villain main character going against a clever detective. It's all about detectiving and mindgames, it's intense, it's very well-paced, it's interesting, it's satisfying. For those that like thrillers."

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"Based on the manga series by: Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata Airdate: July 5, 2015– September 13, 2015 "

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"27/37"