Death Note's Creator Had One Rule That The Series Could Never Break
This post contains spoilers for "Death Note."
"There is no Heaven or Hell. No matter what you do while you're alive, everybody goes to the same place once you die. Death is equal."
Fans of the original "Death Note" anime will remember these words spoken by L, who acts as the antithesis to Light Yagami throughout most of the series. However, in the "Death Note" manga created by Tsugumi Ohba (alongside artist Takeshi Obata), these words are spoken by Ryuk, the Shinigami who dropped the titular book on Earth for his own amusement. Interestingly, Ryuk tells this to Light, who is about to die within 45 seconds after Ryuk writes his name in the Death Note.
While the entirety of Ohba's "Death Note" is rife with twists and turns, with Light usually emerging victorious, this particular moment marks the end of Light Yagami and his rule as the self-proclaimed "god of the new world.
"There is no Heaven or Hell. No matter what you do while you're alive, everybody goes to the same place once you die. Death is equal."
Fans of the original "Death Note" anime will remember these words spoken by L, who acts as the antithesis to Light Yagami throughout most of the series. However, in the "Death Note" manga created by Tsugumi Ohba (alongside artist Takeshi Obata), these words are spoken by Ryuk, the Shinigami who dropped the titular book on Earth for his own amusement. Interestingly, Ryuk tells this to Light, who is about to die within 45 seconds after Ryuk writes his name in the Death Note.
While the entirety of Ohba's "Death Note" is rife with twists and turns, with Light usually emerging victorious, this particular moment marks the end of Light Yagami and his rule as the self-proclaimed "god of the new world.
- 9/10/2022
- by Debopriyaa Dutta
- Slash Film
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