Nearly finished this! I need to fix the hand scythe and work on some smaller details but I’m lowkey happy with how it’s turning out??
Nobody in my life appreciates death note so I’m trying to not annoy them but still wanted to share:)

Tried my hand at drawing my self-insert into some screenshots :3 I like how these turned out!

My nephew was going through a hard time and I really wanted to surprise him with something he would love. As a long time fan of Death Note myself I knew just what to do after we figured out we both enjoy it.

I 3d printed Ryuk in solid black then handpainted him with acrylic. I wish I had a picture of my nephew when I gave it to him, it was a priceless moment.

Ryuk would say I did it because I was bored.

Thanks for checking this out!

Edit: It was one of the most heartfelt weekends ive ever had and this was a cool way to break the ice! I made a Pantera statue for my other nephew.

To say way too much we lost a family member unexpectedly and I had never met my nephews! I arranged a memorial that led to us finally meeting and by that night we were looking at the stars crying on a bench. They're super cool guys.

For instance, I could imagine Light being a 20-something year old, waiting tables, at a place where he carries a notebook to take orders, where they have at least one TV broadcasting the news. (Im not aure how things work in Japan, but sit in restaurants sometimes have two or more TVs present. ) if thats not realistic for the setting, then how about:

An adult who still lives with his family? Helping take care of things? He might work a day job, but he stays up at night gaming a lot, so he has time to kill. It could have very easily been any working person. I have worked a 6-6 shift, gone home, and stayed awake gaming until 4:30 a.m. the next morning. All to get back up in one hour to go to work. I feel like "student" was quite a reach. In the real world, just based on these times set by Kira, would be immediately assume its someone under the age of 18. Would "child" and "killer" come close in our minds if this were to happen?

This is the most underrated song on the OST. I almost never hear anyone talking about it especially compared to the other character themes. I love this song, it is one of my favorites. I also think it adds depth to Misa’s character.

Wanted to have this done for 10/13, the day he stole the missile, but hey, close enough? Runners up are okay too, buddy.

Light about 2 weeks after acquiring the notebook had the world's greatest detective on his ass . After defeating him he spends 6 years killing criminals , innocents trying to catch him and everything in between. My question is why didn't anyone come to expose him sooner? We saw how many times he slipped up during his last episodes so why did it take so long for someone else to take a shot at the kira investigation?

Masataka Kubota still sounds just as insane as Light as he did when he was 20. The fact that his unhinged laugh hasn’t lost a single bit of its brilliance just shows what an incredible actor he is.

I’ve had the privilege of seeing in person famous voice actors performing their iconic characters live, and watching this video almost gave me the same thrill as being there myself. I honestly don’t think my heart could have taken it 😵

That said, I can totally picture L watching this on TV and saying “Gotcha, Light. Watari, send in the agents.”

I was wondering: what would you do if one day you suddenly got teleported into the world of Death Note while still remembering everything about the story, the ending, and the characters from the anime?

What would you guys do? Would you run to L and tell him everything, like the fact that Light is Kira, or would you do something else?

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My answer:

If I randomly woke up in the world of Death Note one day, I would most likely panic at first. Fear would probably take over, and I might go straight to a computer and post on a website about Kira, or somewhere else, that I know who Kira is and that it's Light Yagami.

I think I could get L's attention this way (and unfortunately Kira's attention too), and then, to help him prove that Light is Kira, I would tell him where Light hides his Death Note, or if Light changed his hiding spot in time, i would still do my best to help L with the Kira case by using my knowledge.

This is the realistic answer... But if we ignore the fact that I would be terrified, maybe I wouldn't do anything at all. I would respect the original story and avoid ruining the intellectual battle between Light and L. In fact, part of me would probably feel sad about ruining the whole plot, and I would feel like I had cheated my way to victory against Light by telling L what I knew from the anime instead of using my own brain.

Still, if I actually ended up in the world of Death Note, I would probably run straight to L to prevent a mass murder.

I've seen Death Note about 3 times start to finish and have read the manga, to preface. Does anyone think this scene highlighted the level of intellectual cat and mouse game that followed in the series between L/ Light? What were other instances that you believe highlighted their diametric views of justice/ conflict?

Was this a coincidence? foreshadowing? A testament to how light's tricks were failing him due to his deteriorating planning or mikami's stupidity? Anyway that final attempt to humiliate near is what got him fully exposed so if his ego was a little quieter maybe he would still live . Also it's an interesting parallel from the beginning of light's journey to its end

You can find more of my art on bluesky and tumblr

Near is like one of those heavily plot convenient characters. After L died, Watari wiped all the data they had on the case which meant that Near had to create L’s investigation trail from scratch with less evidence to work with, yet he managed to make EXTREMELY accurate deductive leaps. Which feels unearned because we saw the ground level of work L had to do to get the even tiniest amount of leads. The plot also bends a lot to favor Nears needs like how he immediately identified mikami as Kira’s helper by just him appearing on the tv. Kira had millions of supporters worldwide, many people defend Kira and could act as his representatives so why only mikami? I liked how they defeated Kira by teamwork and not simply just one character but then somehow then ending felt less satisfying and i can also see why people don’t like Near

I wish I could live a bit longer

Until now, I hadn’t had the chance to watch this spin-off of the 2006 live-action films. I now wish I could have done it much earlier.

This is the first Death Note story I’ve experienced in which the Shinigami notebooks don’t play a central role. Instead, the film tells a story about a bioterrorist group chasing L and two kids, and it’s incredibly well-written. It has also aged remarkably well, especially considering everything that has happened with COVID-19 and all the conspiracy theories surrounding biological weapons.

I absolutely love seeing L solve cases against the clock (the way he types on the PC and speaks so many languages is gold, btw 😭😭😭), with no supernatural elements involved in the main plot, before he eventually dies from the effects of the Death Note. His relationship with Near and Maki is also incredibly sweet without ever compromising L’s personality. But the best part about him is how great Ken'ichi Matsuyama plays him. He perfectly capturated how L would be like in real-life, something no other actor has achieved (The one from the 2015 miniseries looked much more like an extravagant, high-fashion runway model, tbh) Another thing that surprised me is that the film includes two important moments that the two main live-action movies left out:

-L deciding to write his own name in the Death Note: I really liked how Watari asks him why he didn’t just write Light’s name instead and L explains that he wants to bring Light down only when he’s 100% certain that he’s Kira. To me, this is the ultimate proof that L is the true guardian of justice, something Light could never become.

-L burning the Death Notes: I loved Ryuk’s cameo and how he tries to convince L to use both notebooks to become a god instead, with L shutting him down by asking whether he really thinks Light died the way a god would. Another brilliant touch was the sound of screams coming from the notebooks as they burned, as if the souls Light had taken were finally being set free. Also, it's a pretty good detail Ryuk instantly vanished off-screen once the DN were destroyed, like if he was never there

I also thought the opening sequence featuring Raye and Naomi helping L solve a case before they got involved in the Kira investigation was a great addition. It’s the closest thing we get to an adaptation of the Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases novel, whose events L himself actually mentions—a detail that absolutely blew my mind.

The film has left me really eager to read the novelization, although I’ve heard it differs considerably from the movie, with Mello narrating the story and Near being there much closer to his manga/anime counterpart.

And, as a final note, I’ll just say this: I never expected L straightening his back would make me cry 😭😭😭

''[...] The heart's filthy lesson. With her hundred miles to hell [...]'' The hearts filthy lesson by David Bowie.

i was bored so

I was recommended to watch this anime after finishing Attack on Titan. I just started getting into anime so this would be my second anime I've watched. I gotta say, that ending was a little anti-climatic but I'm not entirely disappointed by it! As a matter of fact, I'm satisfied with the ending. I feel like I watched the show as if I was in Ryuk's shoes, merely a spectator. I never really found myself rooting for anyone in particular. Not sure if the writers intended it to be that way. Sure there was times where I was hoping L would catch Light, but then I would also start hoping Light would outsmart L. But i never really "locked in" a side i was with 100%. I really enjoyed the whole "cat and mouse" thing Light and L had. I was really disappointed when L died though, the show did feel a little rushed afterwards. In a way this show reminded a lot of Dexter, a show i really enjoyed. Which could explain why I loved Deathnote

Overall, deathnote is definitely up there with my favorite shows. If there's an anime as good as this feel free to recommend some. I really want to get into Anime and expand my tastes 😅

You may have seen my previous portrait of Light. Lately, my art has felt dirty, like I've forgotten how to render...

As part of a drawing challenge, I'm drawing a ship every day this month, and yesterday it was LawLight's turn! Death Note was the first proper anime I watched when I was 11 and it opened the world of anime and manga to me and for that I'll forever be grateful. Here's to 16 years of being a Death Note fan!

Feels like the early 2000’s again when people at my middle school had a death note. What do you think? Should someone get removed from the school and possibly arrested for writing names in a “Death Note”? Or is this just another silly reason to get in trouble for? It is amusing that teachers and police are aware of the anime though.