(no subject)

[telophase]

Earlier today, before I left town, I posted a few thoughts on Death Note here in response to someone's question on death_note about whether the characters ever become interesting. I figured I'd see if anyone out there had any opinions or discussion on it. Or not. SPEEEEEEEEAAAK TO MEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now to watch Paranoia Agent, which officially own my brain. (I'm on my mom's laptop and the keyboard is driving me crazy...)

Comments

[obviouslyanon.livejournal.com]

For me, I found Light interesting from the first chapter I read. It a pretty different character from others I've seen before. I started on chapter two and thought, "Oh wow. There's... an interesting set-up ...I need to go stop reading and think about this for a second."

In retrospect, it was probably more the concept than the characters, the characters were just the way they were because if they weren't the plot wouldn't have worked as nicely at that point.

In reference to the OP, I politely disagree that Light doesn't have a personality or that the plot is about him killing people. It would be pretty dull if it were just 18 pages a week of someone writing names down. "Next week on Death Note: Light learns Russian and starts writing in an appointment for the Mafia."

I've had friends I tried to get into Death Note say the same thing, really. No matter how pretty I say the art is or how great the plot gets later on, they don't really connect with the story in the first chapters. They usually crack a joke about sociopaths and ask for more chapters of Fruits Basket next time instead.

[matildarose.livejournal.com]

"In Soviet Russia, the book writes on you!"


I couldn't resist.