Death Note 16 - dub
Mar. 7th, 2008 05:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
timepiececlockI watched the first 10 episodes in Japanese and the last 6 in English. I like the English one better I think; it's just one of those dubs that works for me. I think it's because Light's English voice sounds younger. He sounds... more like a college student.
I am enjoying this, I have to admit. I only read a few chapters from the manga a long time ago, and I'm mostly unspoiled. I like the premise, but I have to say that while I am enjoying the L v. Light square off and while Misa's character is hilarious, I can't help but feel like this obsession L and Light have with finding/proving/killing each other is slowing down the other possibilities this premise has to offer. I enjoyed Misa's appearance from the start because I find the idea of two Kiras as one of endless possibility. But this obsession/alliance thing only furthers the spiral between L and Light; it doesn't substantially expand on it. At least not yet. I'd rather see another Death Note appear in the hands of someone who's not a Kira fan. Hell, I'd like to see what L might do with one.
This plot feels so... self-limiting. I know that this premise can stretch for a while, but if they don't start getting more ambition and expanding the story beyond the L v. Light showdown, then it won't last. Both characters are so self-conscious that everything inches by and takes days/weeks to do what most people would decide/conclude/act in a third the time. I don't mind if the show is somewhat slow, but I wish it were more ambitious in overall scope. I wish it would take more risks and aim higher. The longer Kira stays focused on his conflict with L, the less time he devotes to larger goals and plans. This is good for L, bad for a bored audience. I want to see what a person with a Death Note can *really* do. If no one takes a risk, the game goes nowhere. The same for the show's writers.
I am enjoying this, I have to admit. I only read a few chapters from the manga a long time ago, and I'm mostly unspoiled. I like the premise, but I have to say that while I am enjoying the L v. Light square off and while Misa's character is hilarious, I can't help but feel like this obsession L and Light have with finding/proving/killing each other is slowing down the other possibilities this premise has to offer. I enjoyed Misa's appearance from the start because I find the idea of two Kiras as one of endless possibility. But this obsession/alliance thing only furthers the spiral between L and Light; it doesn't substantially expand on it. At least not yet. I'd rather see another Death Note appear in the hands of someone who's not a Kira fan. Hell, I'd like to see what L might do with one.
This plot feels so... self-limiting. I know that this premise can stretch for a while, but if they don't start getting more ambition and expanding the story beyond the L v. Light showdown, then it won't last. Both characters are so self-conscious that everything inches by and takes days/weeks to do what most people would decide/conclude/act in a third the time. I don't mind if the show is somewhat slow, but I wish it were more ambitious in overall scope. I wish it would take more risks and aim higher. The longer Kira stays focused on his conflict with L, the less time he devotes to larger goals and plans. This is good for L, bad for a bored audience. I want to see what a person with a Death Note can *really* do. If no one takes a risk, the game goes nowhere. The same for the show's writers.
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2008-03-08 01:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-03-08 08:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-03-08 02:45 am (UTC)My non-spoilery thought is that you are correct in saying that the story is occasionally slow-moving, due to L and Light's overanalysis of every. single. thing the other one does.
no subject
Date: 2008-03-08 08:13 am (UTC)It's strange to be frustrated by absurdly lengthy and overdone analysis that's legitimate to the plot, instead of analyzing obvious motivations or endless repeats of childhood flashbacks, like we see in Naruto. At least here I *know* the analysis has some ultimate purpose, no matter how frustrating it is. I just don't know if it always will have a purpose, or be relevant... this story is walking a tightrope of legitimacy with its audience. It's got me at the moment, but all it takes is one little error to make the whole thing drop to an undignified splat.