Ah, this episode reminded me again why I love this show. It’s different from most series. Sometimes, I’m in for the story, others have me drooling for the characters, and yet others capture me with its tension. But not Death Note. For me, Death Note is all about its plot twists. These plot twist are so brilliant, and unlike most other shows, you absolutely won’t see them coming. That’s what I love about this show. Good for me that this episode had a LOT of juicy plot twists. 😀
Twist one: Light can’t kill Misa, otherwise he’ll die. This is going to be quite a problem. ^^ We see him theorize about how he’ll use her and kill her afterwards, with a big smirk on his face, and then Rem comes and ruins his entire plan. This is going to be quite a bitch for him to solve, seeing as the only way to kill Rem is to endanger Misa. Unfortunately, Rem will only suspect Light when that happens, so he’ll get killed.
Twist two: “Light-kun is my first friend.” That was so brilliant and cheesy at the same time! And to make matters worse, I don’t even know whether L was serious or not. You would expect L to be tricky, sly and clever, though this confession was awfully genuine. Light’s response also was so incredibly cheesy, though. I wouldn’t suspect that if that really was an act of L, he’d start to suspect something after that. XD
Twist three: Light manages to get Rem to kill L. When I saw it for the first time, that was such a brilliant moment. Easily one of the best plot twist of the entire anime. But as I’ve been writing this entry, I started to think how L could get out of this one. After all, there wouldn’t be much of a challenge left to this anime if he didn’t, would it? And I think I finally realized how he’ll get out of Light’s plan. I’m suspecting that L doesn’t have a name to begin with. Seeing that he considers Light as his very first friend, he’s always been lonely. There’d be a good chance that something happened with his parents, and he never even got a name. It’s not likely, but apart from that, I can’t see how he’ll be able to stop a friggin shinigami who’s after his head.]]>
Death Note – 14
ooh im tempted to answer your question about whether L has a name or not, but the series is getting closer to its critical points so i guess i should leave you to wonder and not be spoiled! 😉
lol, you do have some interesting theories there =)
the next eps are going to be even more intense and suspenseful, that’s for sure
I am very interested to see how close the show will continue to stick to the manga. I highly doubt they can cover the entire story back to back, so I really want to see how Madhouse is going to handle the ending. If they come up with something original because of that, that would be awesome ^_^
There was a hint in the episode 13 (it might have been a fansub plug, those written rule explanations that pop up) about the L thing. Considering that rule has yet to be discussed in the anime i’m pretty sure thats got to be it. I have not read manga, so its just a guess, but it makes perfect sense.
btw, the midway popups can be quite annoying if they are there to spoil the story. If you’ve ever seen the marmalade boy you’d understand. In the first episode the midway popups show who ends up with who by the end of the anime, frustrating really.
oo creepy, just how i like it 😉