My Death Note Rant

by Aleksandar Micovic

I’ll be blunt. They killed Kira. No, not literally, although yes, that happened too. What I really mean is they actually killed the character Kira. Light was such an awesome Kira. Throughout the entire anime, Light was calm, cool and collected. He was very clever, intelligent, diabolical and above all, cunning. Things came to pass exactly as he wanted them to. He had control over everything. He never once faltered. Not once! And then, at the end of Death Note, you want to know how he acted? Like a complete idiot! He was screaming for his life! He acted like a child. It was disappointing to see such a cunning and intelligent character degrade himself.

Death Note

I didn't feel like being clever anymore.

So how would I have ended it, you ask? Well, not like that! The Kira I have come to known would have had a back up plan. No, he wouldn’t have had just one, he would have had many! Actually, I don’t even care much if he had one or not. Any ending other than this one would have been better for the series.

All right, that ends my little rant. I won’t lie, though, I kinda wanted him to live. Sure, a real life Kira would be horrible. Can you imagine a Kira in our present day? It would be absolutely hell. But, Death Note isn’t our world. And I am curious as to what kind of world it would be with a Kira around. Ah well. I still actually recommend this anime to anyone. If you enjoy the inner workings of the mind, mystery, fantasy, amazing plots and twists, then you will like this.