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Rating: 9.5/10

Overall Series Rating: 9/10

Impressions:

The rating you see here is one given by me when I think about the episode perfectly objectively. The quality, the way everything ties up and such are all exceptional. However, if I look at it subjectively, keeping in mind how I despise how Light loses, especially in such an unfashionable manner, I would give the episode a zero instantly. The ending sucks. Big time. The manga ending sucks even more because Near actually becomes the new L—I mean what the hell, Near, who plays with his dolls all day, becomes L? That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard! At least in the anime, the ending is rather sad instead of disgraceful.

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Popularity: 25% [?]

Rating: 9/10

Impressions:

No, no bashing from me for now. There’s still one more episode left…and if anyone actually hasn’t seen the last episode and still doesn’t know what’s going to happen, the ending of this episode really gives it away. I don’t usually watch the previews of many shows, so I don’t know what that holds, but the way that the audience is led to believe that Light has one…will inevitably become the opposite. I’m going to say now that I hate the ending, but it doesn’t mean the quality, art style and composition is bad. Since the beginning, all of these aspects have been superb, but the final end…if only it had been a stalemate or something…

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Popularity: 16% [?]

Rating: 9.6/10

Impressions:

Everything has risen to the extremes. Mello’s partner (or subordinate) Matt, as well as Takada, both die tragically. I would feel sorry for both of them, except that Matt hasn’t had enough appearances while Takada always pissed me off in the past. I guess her blind faith in Light also made her partly responsible for her own death. These events were once again compressed to the minimum, and this inadvertently causes the downfall of the loser. Speaking of which, be prepared for a serious bashing of the show for my entry on the last episode of Death Note. =P

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Popularity: 21% [?]

Rating: 9.4/10

Impressions:

With the show ending soon, it should be apparent that this showdown will be the final one. The problem with serious shows is that events and endings are more impacting, so if an undesirable thing occurs (death of L, or the ending which I am dreading), it takes a lot to get over. Anyway, this episode covers 4 chapters again, and as usual a lot of stuff is missed. Regardless though, the show has been very interesting at this point, even though the detailed thought processes of the two powers (one of which is far superior to the other but gets cheated in the end…) aren’t apparent. It would be nice to see exactly how both Near and Light are taking things.

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Popularity: 29% [?]

Rating: 9.2/10

Impressions:

It’s quite amusing to see Misa and Takada fighting over Light like they do in this episode, as to the viewers it is obvious that Light is simply using both. Misa’s feistiness can be somewhat scary at times too, while Takada just looks plain evil, now that she has the false backing of Light/Kira. On the other hand, things aren’t looking good for Mikami, who’s actions as Kira are witnessed by a member of the SPK. Near’s method of discovering the second Kira isn’t explained and backed up very well, but understandable in such circumstances where the anime has only 4 episodes to go.

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Popularity: 24% [?]

Rating: 9.5/10

Impressions:

Surprisingly, I really enjoyed this episode because of the intensity of the scenario and great music accompaniment. However, I was disappointed still that Mello’s insightful thoughts and conversation with his partner were cut out almost completely, as well as the even-better monologue by Near. Likewise, Light was also meant to have some amazingly interesting thoughts, but luckily at least half of it came through in the anime. This was expected though, and the episode flies through five chapters, concluding the 10th volume out of 12). If Death Note had kept an appropriate pace, I would still be engrossed regardless of the fact that I have read the manga.

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Popularity: 21% [?]

Rating: 8.6/10

Impressions:

Unfortunately, I have to say that Death Note is now no where near as interesting as when it first started, due to the simplifying of characters and events. It is no doubt that things are being rushed, and with that known, the studio behind everything is actually doing a good job. However, I don’t know why the pacing was so off when Death Note was animated. Was it some abrupt budget cut, deadline notice or something? It feels very unnatural, and for me the show will probably only go downhill, since as you probably all know, I hate the ending. I didn’t like the depiction of my favourite character in the end, as well as the ‘winner’ of everything.

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Popularity: 25% [?]

Rating: 8.5/10

Impressions:

With five chapters covered in this episode, Death Note is now up to the beginning of volume 10. With three volumes left for the remaining seven episodes, it looks like everything will be rushed and a heap of juicy stuff will be trashed. It’s a shame Death Note isn’t a 52 episode series. If that were the case, nothing would have to be rushed and the anime might actually be as interesting and exciting as the manga…however I do admit that thrillers are usually better when they are animated (especially when they have awesome music accompaniment for the fast pace, which is how Death Note is at the moment).

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Popularity: 28% [?]