The hook of Death Note is deceptively simple. Light Yagami, a brilliant but bored high school student in Tokyo, stumbles upon a supernatural notebook dropped by a Shinigami (god of death) named Ryuk. The rules are chillingly straightforward: any human whose name is written in this notebook while the writer pictures their face will die.
It is impossible to review the death.note anime without addressing the elephant in the room: Episodes 26 through 37. When L dies halfway through the series, many viewers feel the show loses its spark. The replacements, Near and Mello, are not as charismatic as L. Light becomes more arrogant and less careful. death.note anime