DEATH NOTE – 26
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Summary:
Investigating L’s computer, Light finds that L had kept a file on everything in the Kira investigation. With it, L had left a message acknowledging that he was dead if someone was reading this. The message however, then appears to be deleted. It has been 10 days since L was buried, and the newspaper now prints an article about the death of Watari. His real identity was an inventor named Quillsh Wammy who had established many orphanages. Aizawa feels that without L or Watari, the investigation can’t continue there anymore, though Light does reveal that he’s got it set up now so that they can emulate L’s computer voice. The question now remains of who’s going to replace L and what they’re going to do about the notebook. The others suggest that Light should take L’s place, and although Light initially pretends to resist the ideal, he takes the role. He convinces everyone that he could do the work of both L and Watari if he could live alone, so his father gives him the go-ahead. As for the Death Note that they got from Higuchi, Light lets his father take care of hiding it some place where humans can’t reach. Sometime later, Light meets with Misa to propose that she live with him. Ryuk follows him back that stormy night, and, standing on the rooftop of the building, Light promises the Shinigami that he’ll show him the creation of a new world. Light then prepares his pen and starts writing furiously in the Death Note. Along with all the criminals that he has to deal with, he also kills off Aiber, Wedy, and the remaining Yotsuba executives.
Unbeknownst to Light, an isolated computer somewhere has counted down to 0 and sends off a transmission. At an orphanage called The Wammy’s House, an old man named Roger receives a message saying that L is dead. He then summons two boys and informs them of the news.
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This episode was 2/3 recap and 1/3 new stuff. I would be rather disappointed that this is what follows such an awesome episode, but after seeing last week’s preview, I had been prepared for a complete recap. In that sense, I’m glad that they kept in at least some new stuff, and they did a pretty good job with those parts. I really liked that scene where Light starts killing again in a very grand manner – as if he were conducting an orchestra of death.
With this episode though, I really am starting to wonder if they’re going to keep the show at only 37 episodes total. It just doesn’t seem possible that they can finish the second half of the manga in less than half the time it took them to get through the first half. But I guess we’ll just have to wait and see what happens.
April 10, 2007 at 7:41 pmIori
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wow… that’s some well executed killing rampage…
Light’s awesome.
April 10, 2007 at 7:51 pmRaito
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Go Light! Go and kill again! You’re so much better when you’re EVIL. >.
April 10, 2007 at 8:02 pmGStrike-
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wow that puzzle must be really hard… so many white pieces >.
April 10, 2007 at 8:02 pmblind_assassin
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Geez, Mello looks so insanely retarded. If he looks anything like that in the actual episode then I’ll be severely disappointed since he’s the only slightly decent post-L character (aside from Teru but he wont be around for a little while yet).
April 10, 2007 at 8:42 pmDagger
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That’s his exact expression from the manga, though.
April 10, 2007 at 8:42 pmL is dead
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Light Yagami is da boss, da god, forever. Misa will be screw anytime of day.
April 10, 2007 at 8:44 pmAvisch
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I think they can fit the rest of the manga……..only if they cut alot of the second half.
I might actually watch the next episode…just for the introduction of Near and Mello.
April 10, 2007 at 9:15 pmpakxenon
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Oh man, Light turned into a Chiaki!!! Albeit an evil one.
So… everyone hyped up for more epic Death Note scenes??
April 10, 2007 at 9:34 pmcyw1988
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we will prolly get mello abducting sayu yagami next week
April 10, 2007 at 10:22 pmDestinyblade
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As far as the 37 episode thing goes, there’s two things I can think of:
1. They create a completely different ending instead of the one that was in the manga.
OR
2. They ridiculously rush the second half or cut out a lot of stuff that was in the 2nd half of the manga.
Still, I can’t help but think that DEATH NOTE would’ve been better off as a 50 episode series rather than the currently scheduled 37.
April 10, 2007 at 10:38 pmRickaZ
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I hope they creat a different end the one in the manga sucked BIG TIME so….
I think now that the main even I wanted to see (L’s death) is over I’l download this epi b/c of the grad manner Kira kills (yeah just for that) and then stop downloading epis, once I see they’re going diffferently I might go and download once again if not then I’ll just stick to reading thid from here
…. as you can see I’m not a big fan of what happens later on DN and it’s not b/c L died people who have finished the manga might understand me ^^
April 10, 2007 at 10:45 pmdokitoki
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and what about the movie…i watched and i wonder if the end (in the movie) is the same that the manga??
April 10, 2007 at 10:57 pmTim
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I agree that the anime SHOULD go off on to another ending than the one in the manga. I was so disappointed in the ending to the manga that I almost feel as if I’m watching Princess Nine all over again. Good grief. Anyway, I’m crossing my fingers on that one – but I certainly won’t be holding my breath. :(
April 10, 2007 at 11:50 pmMarzaally
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Hello, I think it could be possible since there are large leaps of time in the 2nd arch. But I also felt the second half was rather rushed at times…
April 11, 2007 at 12:36 amTimoshi Huang
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excellent.
April 11, 2007 at 2:32 ammuhi_kira
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i think when light furiously write criminal name into death note like a conductor chiaki (nodame cantabile) ^_^
April 11, 2007 at 2:37 amGally
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*weeps* L’s absence was so hard this episode. I loved it that instead of moving on straight to Mello and Near at once they included recap and L’s “ghost” which freaks Kira out. It showed…more respect to such a character.
April 11, 2007 at 3:12 am001
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What were N and M doing when L was investigating on K?
April 11, 2007 at 9:16 amVane Chan
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I miss L! he was so sweet and he was clever, i think that he will bit kira´s ass in some way or other in the end…
April 11, 2007 at 1:49 pmwhitey-chan
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woohooo! i will be able to see near on the screen now, can wait for the subs! :)
April 11, 2007 at 5:03 pmbuta
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finally L died yay !! ^_^
April 11, 2007 at 5:13 pm41nano
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Gimme L back!
Episode was nice but L was seriously a big miss and I totally didn’t understand the last part of the episode with 2012 and all…
Strange
April 11, 2007 at 8:02 pmMiyavi
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41nano, takes time to shape up his new world yo
lol the kids fitting a puzzle with the letter L on it… how fun >.>
April 11, 2007 at 8:34 pmBig Boi
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I can’t wait to see Nero and Mello in action. I sure hope they change up Mello’s appearence though, he looks ugly as sin.
April 11, 2007 at 11:15 pmShinSenshi
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As for the 37 episodes, season 2 maybe? haha
And that’s just how Mello looks. Mello sux btw, one of the most annoying characters in the manga…trying to overcome the fact that he’s second best, and can’t face up to that.
April 12, 2007 at 2:12 amfrubam
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Well, I want to see how they are going to handle the Near and Mello arc, i don’t really like that arc thus far(up to the 10th one), so maybe it’ll be better in motion than on paper. LightShow Spoiler ▼
April 13, 2007 at 3:25 pmHellishdude
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again awesome episode
April 14, 2007 at 9:33 amN2
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I find that the anime is much more better than the manga alot more watchable and more easier to follow than the manga which I find is a big plus they tend to say things. In the manga they repeat a whole lot of crap (altered it by a large margin (e.g by tagging on a couple of words that werent there before) and made the situation more muddled when it was clearly explained before) almost every chapter which tends to drag on and gets pretty well boring for example they cut out this Light could be kira by ## percent which got extremely annoying after the 100th time it was put in unnecessary in the right places its interesting but in the wrong places it gets really annoying.
@41nano, they didnt mention this part in the manga which made it pretty much a big jump. L died and he instantly in the future without too much explanation when it was needed (confusing readers made ppl hate this arc).