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.
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I'm definitely agreeing wih you on the DN being a device that allows killing to be easier rather than it being a corruptive device. I do think a lots of it is to due with human nature. That is, the corruption starts on a human iniative rather than 'DN is changing you. You have no control. Then End.' It is easy, why not continue. The "Hey, I could kill the bad guys," is perfectly apt. I mean I know that if something like the DN ever falls into my lap it'd be too tempting not to use, and if I have used it once there's no reason for me not to use it again. And everything afterwards... I'd not know. I do not kid myself thinking that I'm not corrupatble.
And Misa does indeed see everything on a more personal level than either L or Light. That makes interesting, she has no interest in making the world a 'better' place or killing in the name of Justice, but that makes her hard to keep track of, and I -really- want her to do somethign cool. I like her a lots! ^_^