7. While Light is in theory the "bad guy" here, he's in fact as much of a victim to the note as all those people he killed. Not to substantiate any of his actions, or the fact that he is such an overconfident, smug, immature, pretentious bastard (then again how many people were disappointed and bored when he reverted back to nice Light for a short while there?) prone to swimming lessons. His objective was still what most people would feel is an ideal world, even if the ways far from justified the means.
However, it kind of annoys me when people don't take time to understand that Death Note isn't trying to define what good, evil, black, white or justice is. The story was definitely designed to make you think of all those things, though. Not following it at least somewhat objectively -- like you would with a book -- ruins the experience. Point was to illustrate that everyone has their own take on justice, just like everyone has their own take on the characters and the story. It's not saying Light is Right, nor is it claiming he's 100% off track.
Personally, I just enjoyed seeing how easily a fairly “normal” human being with an outlook on life that most people relate to can be ruined by their own actions in a short period of time. There are plenty if characters out there who are popular despite being assholes, but sadly in Death Note we never really get to see a different or more "human" side to any of these because it is such a plot-centric story.
11. Tsuna, Sena, Sora.
37. Don't even get me started on all the unjustified Near-hate. 99% of the time it's either "he's boring" or "he's a cheap L knock-off" which kind of shows how difficult it was for people to understand him. Or maybe they just had a hard time paying attention due to the infamous WALLS OF TEXT. The rushed last arc of Death Note didn't exactly give room for any decent character development, either.
Most of the time you just had to guess your way to what characters went through emotionally (like try to read their minimal body-language) and what happened in-between the big gaps of their appearance in chapters. Just look at Mello. Ohba was only devoted to the plot while Obata was paid to illustrate. This sucks for fans who usually get attached to characters and expect some reward in return for following the story.
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However, it kind of annoys me when people don't take time to understand that Death Note isn't trying to define what good, evil, black, white or justice is. The story was definitely designed to make you think of all those things, though. Not following it at least somewhat objectively -- like you would with a book -- ruins the experience. Point was to illustrate that everyone has their own take on justice, just like everyone has their own take on the characters and the story. It's not saying Light is Right, nor is it claiming he's 100% off track.
Personally, I just enjoyed seeing how easily a fairly “normal” human being with an outlook on life that most people relate to can be ruined by their own actions in a short period of time. There are plenty if characters out there who are popular despite being assholes, but sadly in Death Note we never really get to see a different or more "human" side to any of these because it is such a plot-centric story.
11. Tsuna, Sena, Sora.
37. Don't even get me started on all the unjustified Near-hate. 99% of the time it's either "he's boring" or "he's a cheap L knock-off" which kind of shows how difficult it was for people to understand him. Or maybe they just had a hard time paying attention due to the infamous WALLS OF TEXT. The rushed last arc of Death Note didn't exactly give room for any decent character development, either.
Most of the time you just had to guess your way to what characters went through emotionally (like try to read their minimal body-language) and what happened in-between the big gaps of their appearance in chapters. Just look at Mello. Ohba was only devoted to the plot while Obata was paid to illustrate. This sucks for fans who usually get attached to characters and expect some reward in return for following the story.