DN 55... and stuff.

[naanima]

So, I caught up to Death Note (sort of, let's just say I read #55 and few other chapters). There really is nothing to say than L and Raito's (sorry, 'Light') genius is -really- scary, and from the way things are going the series seem to be winding down. I don't want the series to end, even though it would be good for the story if it end when it should (will not think about Hikaru no Go). But if this series does end in 8 (or 9) volumes I'm gonna be damn impressed. I don't remember any popular Shounen title ending before volume 20.



Watching L and Raito trying to out smart each other, knowing the other knows who/what/and possibly how Raito and L is trying to trick each other is damn satisfying. It is chapters like this when I'm reminded why L, despite acting like a dork, scares me. He's just as ruthless as Raito, and sometime you have to wonder what would have happened if L had gotten the death note instead of Raito. Actually, L does have the death note now... oh bugger.

So, if the DN corrupts by its nature, what happens when two genius has it? Need to find translations to this chapter.



My PERFECT ending for this series would be L, Raito and Misa walking into the sunset (well skipping into the sunset, but I'll take walking). But it will NEVER be. NEVER! cries*

It's going to be a blood bath. Either literally or figuratively, either way Raito is not going to come out of this unscathed.
1. There's the Raito become Shinigami (poetic justice and all).
2. Raito become insane (not too far fetched) and get put into a padded cell.
3. Or Raito forgets everything if the DeathNote is removed from him permanently.
4. He wins, kills L, and does a little dance (highly unlikely; both the dancing and the winning).

I just don't see Raito dying in a permanent manner. If he does bite the bullet, see option #1.

Then you have to consider L.
1. L comes out of it the winner, which leads to #1, 2, 3 of the Raito ending.
2. L gets killed because Raito finally figure out his true name.
3. L gets the DeathNote and goes all EVIL! 'Cos power corrupts, yada, yada, yada. This leads to;
3a. L uses the DeathNote to kill Raito and becomes a Shinigami!

Yes, a lots of these needs work, but the brain is weary.

Comments

[worldserpent.livejournal.com]

I have so given up trying to predict the end of DN. I'm wondering if there's going to be any moralism at all; hell, maybe there will be a non-ending and there will be eternal conflict between Light and L. Personally, I'm inclined to think #1, and that Light has never been insane, and that the DN makes people, instead of supernaturally evil, supernaturally free.

IMHO, L wouldn't use the DN. He'd like to, actually, just to see how it works, but it's against his rules. However, it's not as if L's rules are the same as society's rules. L sees himself as above the rules on certain matters.

[naanima.livejournal.com]

I haven't given up on predicitng the end of DN, but I have given up on an ending that will involve morality. If I can't get my 'skippping into the sunset,' I want my L v Light duking it out over a go board, where the stones are people and both of them have a DN (too much Hikago and DN in the time span of 12 hours tend to bend my outlook on reality). I -want- my melodrama dammit, thus, I suppose eternal conflic it is ^_^ Oh yes, 'supernaturally free,' I like that term and much more perferable than 'supernaturally evil,' and when we are prover right we can sit in our little corner of lj and giggle at the rest of the disgruntled fandom ('cos I'm that kind of petty at times).

I keep on thinking that L would at least try it once just to see if it is true and if it would work. But I do agree with you on what you say of L's character, so now I'm leaning to ward an L writing his own name in the DN -_-;;; My brain is going to strange places with this one.

[worldserpent.livejournal.com]

It's conventional to have that, but what in DN has involved morality so far? There has been little emphasis on the emotional part of morality, just on the rule-based part. People seem attached to following rules because they are the rules, but not so much the reasons behind them. Light has screwed stuff up, but there seems to be little emphasis on punishment.

Heh, I think no matter what happens, someone in the fandom is going to get disgruntled. XD Do you want to be money on this? ^_~