Journalism Practise - Review Of 'Death Note'

The story of the Japanese Manga television series ‘Death Note’ follows Light, a typical high school student, after he finds the‘Death Note’. Instead of being some ordinary note book or diary it has the power to kill anybody whose name is written inside. When Light realizes what he has, he has the idea to make the earth a better place to live. It doesn’t take long for police around the world to realize that their lawbreakers are dying without warning.

I would have liked if the suggestions of Kira’s rise and demise on society would have been examined more. One character mentions that all war has stopped because of Kira. So while it’s easy to hate Kira but what would someone living in a country that’s been ravaged by civil war for 20 years think of Kira and his ability to stop war? And I’d love to see how the world would go downhill into chaos after news of Kira’s death was made known.

This leads me to the last point I wanted to mention about this show. If I had the opportunity to find the ‘Death Note’; would I use it? I think I would, even though I know that it’ll probably turn out bad, the temptation would be too great.

So while the idea was one of the best I've seen to come out of Japanese Anime in a while, ‘Death Note’ in the long run falls short because of the seemingly pointless death of the character Light. However, this show is undeniably worth a watch and I enjoyed it and it might be worth purchasing on DVD by some readers out there.