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Post 1 - Death Note
Post 2 - Plot
Post 3 - Characters
Post 4 - Questions to think about

Characters



Yagami Light
Light is a very serious character. Like his foes, Light has a very high I.Q. and an amazing ability to think things through. He never acts rashly, and in general he has a knack for seeing through people. The thing is, Raito barely shows his emotions to anyone and masks himself very well. As for friends, he doesn't really have any, and whenever he is close to someone it is in order to use them. Perhaps he does really belong with Ryuk as Light seems very bored with the world, and as Kira he attempts to rule it. He is a very ambitious guy!














"L" aka Ryuzaki
L is a "weird" character. He is a genius of course, who knows how to do a variety of things. His personality is supposed to counter Light Yagami, the "genius, pretty boy", as he is a "genius, freak". L likes to play around a lot, and is very blunt. He loves sweets (especially cakes), and insists that if he does not sit the way he does, his reasoning will drop by 40%. L seems to be sort of a loner, and trusts no one (except Watari of course). L is also a very animated character, his expressions are clearly visible *unless he decides not to show them* and doesn't hide his true self behind a mask, like Light does (well at least personality wise). He is very courageous, as he even shows his face and steps outside to confront Kira in danger of his own life. L himself is probably a type of character you will never meet. If you want to read about how to be like L, refer to the L guide, which highlights his physical habits.









Misa Amane
Misa Amane is not a your average ditz. Sure, she is pretty shallow compared to the rest of the characters, and can't read ahead like everyone else, but she is pretty smart even then by human standards. After all, she was able to pretend to be Kira, got Light to come to Aoyama, and made sure to wear a disguise, and erase evidence. Misa is a playful type, who doesn't like to do much work, and worries about things like her looks, and pleasing Light Yagami. She has a goal to become a model and actress, but not even that big as becoming Light's girlfriend. Misa herself isn't very selfish, and never does anything to benefit herself (except when pretaining to Light of course, but then again everything about Misa pretains to Light), which makes her more close to L in this case, but at the same time she is more stupid.


Ryuk
Ryuk is pretty sadistical and the best way to describe him would be to say "You live life only once". This of course, doesn't really hold true for Ryuk since he is a shinigami and he can generally live forever. Ryuk however, is not at all like the other shinigami around him, he hates boredom and lives for excitement. Only for this reason does he take extreme steps like stealing another shinigami's death note only to drop it in the human world to test what will happen. Ryuk is pretty scary looking, but in general is harmless, as we can see since he stays out of Light's way and just observes. His favorite food seems to be apples (especially the ones found in the human world). Apples are actually so important that Ryuk undergoes withdrawal symptoms if he does not eat them.






more characters to come..


Character Info from http://www.deathgod.org/

Potentially, I think that the anime could surpass the live action movie and the manga. But it's still got quite a ways to go until it does so. The manga however, is really interesting, and has never ending action, althought it has alot of dialogue and can take up to an hour to read. As for the live action movie, it's not that great, but it also very interesting to some point. If I could reccommend, I would say the manga and anime are much better

I adore Death Note and have currently read all the volumes(1-12), making it unfair for me to comment on the plot itself. I think that I would act the same way Light does if I recieved a Death Note, except instead of foolishly killing them by heart attacks, which makes his existence obvious, I would create all sorts of different death methods. On one side, one could argue that Light does that because he wants KIRA to be known of, but I think that by doing it, he made it too obvious and allowed L to be sent on his trail.

I have never read the manga, but I have fallen madly in love with the anime until youtube got the notice to remove all new episodes due to copyright infringement. L is an awesomely unique character, but I would have to say that I love light's persona. If I had the deathnote, I would first take care of a few people and then I think that I would follow in Light's footsteps.

I hate how someone told me the main spoiler for this anime. I am sad now. Oh! And the episode where Ryuzaki died made me cry. I got chills when that whole scene started up.

Do any of you guys know where I can watch the anime now? English Subs? Youtube officially banded the viewing of the full episodes now.

Yeah, i think this weekend I am gunna start picking up mangas again. I need to finish Haruko No Go as well...

I haven't started Death Note, only manga's I have ever read were FLCL, some single booked Gundam ones, and the first 4 for Hakuro No Go. Damn things get expensive, cuz I always want to get more than one, and I also blow through them in one or two days.

I noticed when watching Death Note... hmmmm "Well I can see some interesting fan art coming from this scene..."