An innocuous book labeled “Death Note” sat in the grass outside of his classroom. Unnoticed and untouched. Curiosity killed the cat, it empowered Light Yagami. Sparing you all a 15,000 word run-down of the Japanese amine series “Death Note,” I will only detail Yagami’s path to ascension and his inevitable -and slightly, no, seriously incomprehensible and damn near impossible- downfall.
You
have probably already said to yourself, “OK this guy is talking about animes
now,” (anime being the Japanese abbreviation for animation), “it’s time for me
to turn around and slowly walk away from this blog.” STOP. This is more than me confessing my love for oversized,
beady cartoon eyes and exaggerated expressions. And this show isn’t Dragon Ball
Z or Pokémon. It is a surprisingly deep and sadistic tale of a young man who by
chance became the pseudo-God of the world. Even the United States President had
no choice but to recognize and adhere to his power.
Warning:
it’s about to get a little super-natural in here. The Death Note is a notebook
that has the power to kill anyone whose name is written in it. 40 seconds after
a name is written that person will die of a heart attack. The note can also
control how a person dies. If you detail the events leading up to the person’s
death it will happen exactly as you described. Follow me? There are a few other
rules regarding the use of the Death Note but these are the most important.
