Death Note (TV Series 2006-2007) Review: Thriller, Supernatural, Mystery, Psychological

Death Note is a gripping, thriller, full of twists and turns anime. The story begins with Light Yagami, a high school seating in his class staring into space. As he stares outside to look for some amusement, he sees something fall out of the sky. After class he searches for the object and finds a notebook titled “Death Note”. Inside this book there are rules that are written that tell of how to use the book. Light finds out the book is some sort of kill book. Any name written in the book will die shortly after. Light eventually meets a shinigami, a god of death, named Ryuk. It turns out Ryuk was bored in his world he lives in and decides to drop the book into the human realm. Throughout the anime Light begins killing off people he thinks are corrupt and evil. Things are going great but also draws the attention of the public. Society begins linking the similarities of many different individuals dying together. The Death Note lets you write in what way will you like people to die. All of Light’s victims up until this point dies of a heart attack. The police get involved and bring in a legendary detective that solve every case he works on. This mysterious individual is called “L”. I don’t want to spoil the rest of the anime but I HIGHLY RECOMMEND everyone to watch this anime even if you don’t like anime. This show is in my top 5 favorite shows of all time. I love the cat and mouse game between L and Light, it really keeps the viewers on the edge of their seats. You never know what is going to happen next. I like the feeling that no one is safe and things can spiral out of control at anytime.

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Berserk (TV Series 1997-1998) Review: Blood, Rage, Revenge

Berserk is an anime set in medieval times. I don’t want to spoil the anime, so I will just give an brief overview. Berserk is an anime with the main protagonist being Guts. It centers around Guts struggles to find a place to call home in the beginning, then finally finding one, then going on a killing spree for revenge. There is a lot of gore in this anime and the manga. If you’re someone that can look past that then you’re in for a treat. The best thing this anime has going for it is it’s attention to characterization. All the characters in this anime are well developed. The story of this anime tells makes you have sympathy for the characters. The main character of this anime is less heroic and more amoral than other heroes. This makes Guts more human than other heroes. The questionable decisions he makes come from his philosophy that strength is the only thing you need. He is also not someone overly powerful like superman. He always have to find up new ways to overcome a new enemy. The meat of the story happens in the manga which continues where the anime leave off.

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