awadama
Mad Scientist
I finally finished Death Note.
I read the whole manga absolutely years ago, so I knew what to expect. I wasn't disappointed, but I also wasn't pleasantly surprised either.
Like the manga, it dragged on too long. It's a 37 episode series, but it could easily have been done in 26. There are some episodes where not much happens, so they could be combined without losing anything.
It's a story of three parts: the first is great, the second is OK, the third is just boring and totally unnecessary (in my personal opinion, obviously). The last episode was excellent though - the series really had a satisfying conclusion.
A lot of the time, the plot moves at a glacial pace. Someone explains what they're going to do. Then they do it. Then someone else explains what the other person did. I don't know if it was just to pad time out or if the show just thinks it's really smart and we're all stupid so we need everything explained to within an inch of its life.
Although it started really well, unfortunately, it became a chore towards the end, especially with the rubbish new characters who appeared in the third arc (is Death Note beyond the point of spoilers by now?). The characters I liked the most - Ryuk and Misa - mostly got forgotten about as the series went on and new randoms kept popping up. I liked Matsuda though.
The animation was decent. The dub was really really good. I didn't like the OPs or EDs at all (especially the second batch).
The first 25 episodes (and episode 37) were good to great - the stuff in between is the absolute pits though. The last episode went some way to redeeming it, but it's not a series I'd want to watch again anytime soon - 6/10
I read the whole manga absolutely years ago, so I knew what to expect. I wasn't disappointed, but I also wasn't pleasantly surprised either.
Like the manga, it dragged on too long. It's a 37 episode series, but it could easily have been done in 26. There are some episodes where not much happens, so they could be combined without losing anything.
It's a story of three parts: the first is great, the second is OK, the third is just boring and totally unnecessary (in my personal opinion, obviously). The last episode was excellent though - the series really had a satisfying conclusion.
A lot of the time, the plot moves at a glacial pace. Someone explains what they're going to do. Then they do it. Then someone else explains what the other person did. I don't know if it was just to pad time out or if the show just thinks it's really smart and we're all stupid so we need everything explained to within an inch of its life.
Although it started really well, unfortunately, it became a chore towards the end, especially with the rubbish new characters who appeared in the third arc (is Death Note beyond the point of spoilers by now?). The characters I liked the most - Ryuk and Misa - mostly got forgotten about as the series went on and new randoms kept popping up. I liked Matsuda though.
The animation was decent. The dub was really really good. I didn't like the OPs or EDs at all (especially the second batch).
The first 25 episodes (and episode 37) were good to great - the stuff in between is the absolute pits though. The last episode went some way to redeeming it, but it's not a series I'd want to watch again anytime soon - 6/10