What if you had the power to kill someone just by writing their name in a book? – That is DeathNote, arguably Tsugumi Ohba’s most acclaimed anime series. A suspenseful thriller that tells the story of a bright young Japanese high school student, Light Yuba, who happens across an old tattered book – the DeathNote. The series sends the audience on a rollercoaster ride as Light Yuba learns about the book, the conditions that must be met for using it, and the implications and complications that follow. Whether in its Manga (Japanese comic) or Anime (Japanese animation) form, DeathNote is a sick twist on the popular saying “with great power, comes great responsibility”.
Now, we’ve all dreamed of having an amazing power that allows us to do the unthinkable, to save someone’s life, to catch bad guys, or to save the world. But, what if your superhero ability only allowed you to kill? Would you use it? When would you use it? How would you use it? Who would you use it on? All questions that most of us would be reluctant to answer, and justifiably so because we don’t want to think of ourselves as killers, we are heroes not villains, right? …show more content…
Coincidentally, Light is watching TV during the coverage of the story where the murderer gets out of prison on a technicality during trial. Struggling with the situation, Yuba reaches out to his father, the straight-shooter detective who caught the killer of his wife and put him behind bars. Light’s father tells him not to worry, to give it time for the system work. Naturally, Light is sorely disappointed in his father’s answer, and in a fit of rage, he uses DeathNote for the first time – and it worked. What follows is the metamorphosis of young Light Yuba, from a smart and charismatic boy, to a self-proclaimed champion of justice, to becoming a villain, until the self-destructive spiral spins out of
Now, we’ve all dreamed of having an amazing power that allows us to do the unthinkable, to save someone’s life, to catch bad guys, or to save the world. But, what if your superhero ability only allowed you to kill? Would you use it? When would you use it? How would you use it? Who would you use it on? All questions that most of us would be reluctant to answer, and justifiably so because we don’t want to think of ourselves as killers, we are heroes not villains, right? …show more content…
Coincidentally, Light is watching TV during the coverage of the story where the murderer gets out of prison on a technicality during trial. Struggling with the situation, Yuba reaches out to his father, the straight-shooter detective who caught the killer of his wife and put him behind bars. Light’s father tells him not to worry, to give it time for the system work. Naturally, Light is sorely disappointed in his father’s answer, and in a fit of rage, he uses DeathNote for the first time – and it worked. What follows is the metamorphosis of young Light Yuba, from a smart and charismatic boy, to a self-proclaimed champion of justice, to becoming a villain, until the self-destructive spiral spins out of