Death Note Research Paper

One of the features of the Death Note is an organic fusion of realism with fantasy, with the apparent superiority of realism. Despite of that fact, Shinigami is acting along with people, and the intrigue revolves around the notebook for the murders. Shinigami Ryuk purposely dropped his notebook on Earth, which gives the power to kill people. As he explains it later, he was bored with life in the world of Shinigami and decided to have some fun. Eventually, the notebook quickly finds its owner because after it appears in the human world it becomes a part of it. It is one of the very important rules. The owner becomes a student named Yagami Light. The young man driven by his ambitions and moral convictions signs a contract with Ryuk, and begins to punish the criminals as in his opinion the world has rotten. …show more content…
In response to his deeds, people called him Kira from english word “killer”. It is very interesting how name Kira resembles famous Akira, which also meant to be ‘God’ but mainly is the light of the New World. It is especially interesting and ironic in english because Kira is Light and Akira actually means Light. However, this presumable coincidence isn’t the main reference to God, as even before that in the opening of the anime is a lot of references to Christianity and creation of God are shown. The first thing that catches your eye is the red apple; forbidden fruit that has a lot of attention in the whole series. In addition, we see an explicit reference to the fresco of Michelangelo's Creation of Adam. Only in the place of the Creator is Ryuk, and in place of Adam is Light (Kira). Already in the first episode, after their acquaintance, Light's mother brings to his room a basket with three red