Death Note: Episode 34
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.
There are exactly 12 chapters left of the manga, so I assume it will be four chapters each, distributed amongst the remaining three episodes (heh, I’m treating anime episodes like humans…xD). Everything will be revealed in episode 36 if this is correct, and that, along with the last episode, will most likely ruin your view of the show. Btw, all the subbers of Death Note have stopped subbing it due to the C&D letters they received from Viz Media, but I wonder if they’ll exploit a loop hole and release the remaining two episodes under a different name…well it doesn’t bother me, since I’ve read the manga (which is way better) and can watch the remainders raw.
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Manga ending was not to my taste. I know I’ve said it before but heh
I personally find it annoying how American licensing companies tend to shut down fansubbers sometimes years before they actually make a single release. Wouldn’t it be much nicer if they could release the episodes themselves, and then make everyone stop distributing the fansubbed versions.
Anyway, in your previous Death Note blog entry you said that Near was much more dislikable in the manga. Could you give an example of exactly why? What does Near do in the manga that makes him so?
FlameStrike: I think a lot of people would agree with you…well I do at least
Budding: Well I’m not sure really, but when I read the manga, all I could think about was how crap a replacement Near was for L. However in the anime, I don’t really feel anything like that. I know this isn’t a very good argument as there are heaps of factors that could change my views (such as me not caring about the anime as much as the manga).
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I was reading some blogs on another site and almost fell out of my chair reading them. They gave me different perspective on the ending of Desu Noto. I have not read the manga but I have seen the whole anime and live action movies. I feel that there was a hidden twist in how the anime ended. If you really think about how Mikami and how Light died does the fact that Near having the real death note in the end seem odd. From all the different blogs I read only one of them actually thought the same as me. Near killed Mikami and Light with the death note. Now I know the rules of the death note are vast cause there are so many. The main one is I know at the beginning Ryukk said he was the one who was going to write Light’s name in his death note but, just like what happened before Takada’s name was written in two notebooks. Takada still died but like Near said Mikami thought he killed her because he wrote Takada’s name in the notebook and thought Light would not kill her. When light did right her name and the cause of death was his way as well. Back to my main point about Near killing Light and Mikami. My theory is supported only by a hunch but it is a good one. Light was able to alter people before there death with the note and Near knew that. So with that I believe that Near wrote Mikami and Light’s names and manipulated them before they died. The way the rule of cause of death being written in one note and the name at the end could have been used. What if Near knew about the rule where the Shinigami is the one who kills the first human to touch the death note. What if he knew that and used that by just writing the cause of death and leave Ryukk to write Lights name. Light was shot like 20 times and was still able to get up and walk. He didn’t die because Near had not written his name down he just had everything set up for Ryuk. And according the rule it is possible for this to happen because within 6 mins and 40 seconds his name is written by Ryuk and he dies. Near had everything planned out to the T. Except one thing… ownership of the death note. Who had ownership over the death note? Takada was the one who was actually doing the killings but if Mikami knew that and Light knew there was a possibility that the death note could be a fake. There were two death notes in play at the time. The one the police had and the one that Mikami had well… thought he had haha.. But something that didn’t seem right was that Mikami had the shinigami eye. In order to trade for the “eyes” you must have possession of the death note. I might have just missed it or something but do you ever see Mikami making the deal with a shinigami?? But he has the eyes therefore he has possession of it. Only one person can have possession of a death note.. it can be borrowed but you must own it do the trade. Light had possession of the death note at the police headquarter because Mikami could not see his life span. And Mikami had possession of the fake/actual killing death note. Near knew about the “eye” and knew that Mikami had it. He basically lead Light and Mikami into a trap. I believe that Near was not as innocent as he looked. He was more daring than L and used the death note to bring down both Kira and Mikami.
Correct me if I am wrong about anything….this was just a hunch
Well, thats a very good impression, though if you can I suggest you read the manga, at least the second half when near comes in, since the manga is about 100x more in depth than the manga when it comes to the near and mello arc. ^^;;
Also, I think the mangaka’s intentions were simply to make it turn out how everyone now believes it did, though of course with this i dont have proof.