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vallum
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You forgot Light is not a genius in this version. He may be intelligent, but definitely not a genius like he was in the manga, anime or even the movies. And again, you forgot about the changes in their personalities. Light is more humanized, maybe that's why he is so plain in this version. |
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chex mix
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Not only is Light not a genius, he's kind of an idiot. He got played by Misa's stalker, by L, and by Ryuk all in this episode, and he consistently lost control of himself enough to shout at Ryuk in public, not to mention the whole Ryuk running wild with the apple thing to the point where he apparently gave someone a heart attack stealing one.
I did laugh hard when L straight up called Matsuda the stupid one to his face. Poor guy can't catch a break no matter what version of the story he's in. 
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Dessa
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Except that Death Note is legally streaming on Crunchyroll, and the AoT movie had an official premiere in the US. Sentai and KR are not legally available in the US. The only tokusatsu legally available streaming is the Ultra series, and even with that, Crunchy has only now been able to set up a simulcast for. |
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maximilianjenus
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so ryuk is now killing people so he can steal their apples ? that bastard! |
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Cielito_Lindo
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I like the pace and I'm not upset at the changes - a more human Light is refreshing, although L lacks the charm and so far the brains of the original and that's, for me, the biggest downpoint so far. Nice surprise the Penbar thing. And it was a fairly entertaining episode, so I'll keep watching if only to bemoan L's character - or lack thereof.
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Lemonchest
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When we talk about improving acting, are we still talking by JDrama standards?
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Actar
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[quote="Dessa"]
Huh, so they only do reviews for shows that legally stream in the US? That kind of sucks, considering the fact that the shows that don't have any streams will receive little to no publicity, making them even more obscure. |
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Mr. sickVisionz
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I'm enjoying this series more than I thought I would. I love how early in episode 1 it lets you know that it's not going to be identical to the anime/manga and that it's going to make changes as it sees fit.
Purists might not like it, but I've already seen Death Note so watching people act out the anime wouldn't be all that great to me just like how I didn't like Eva 1.0 because it was literally just a redrawn version of the exact story we'd already seen drawn before. Some of the acting is cheesy, but I like the idea of Death Note enough to look over it. |
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maximilianjenus
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Episode 5 now
it feels kinda abrupt, the change, it was being natural but once L confronted him he almost instantly became anime light, he even stopped referring to kira as a third person. |
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yatagarasu
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I would say that change is very natural. It is either you become detached and continue with your dream or you get caught. There is no real middle ground, like the author mentioned there are people in this world that are faced with that reality. You either breakdown, or you fight for what you believe in no matter the cost. Light Yagami is obviously the latter. In all honesty I like that part of this Death Note series better than the original. It is doing a better job of painting the Death Note as a curse. |
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Lemonchest
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What is going on in that picture? Looks like something from a 70s sci-fi B movie.
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maximilianjenus
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at elast now we know that just as planned was not as planned at all, it ws a gamble from kira (at least int his version), will he go back to his normal life, or does he really has a fucked up sense of justice that will keep him close to L ?
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SailorTralfamadore
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Misa's chained up after being identified as the second Kira, and they put that thing over her eyes because they figured out that she can kill from sight alone. It's basically the same as what happens to her in the anime! |
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chex mix
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And if the Death Note was really yours to begin with, it will come back to you for sure!!!
I can't even. The whole reason Death Note is awesome is because Light is a magnificent bastard who plays overly elaborate psychological games with L. This Light is too dim to do that, so they had to dumb L down by giving the Yotsuba reveal to [expletive] Near. Ugh. |
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zztop
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Sometimes I wonder how Death Note would've been like with the twisted, arthouse visuals of the Hannibal TV series. I'm not quite feeling the mood with the visuals and production values the current show has. (I know Japanese shows don't have the biggest budgets, but still...)
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