11:50 "Did he write it multiple times? His name?" Good catch there. Yes, he did. The reason being that, while he knows how the guy's name is pronounced, he doesn't know how it's spelled. Like "John Smith" vs "Jon Smith". So he writes down every variation of the name he heard that he can think of, to make sure he gets him.
I'd like to explain why Light wrote the 2nd guy's name so many times. Japanese names are composed of Kanji, which a lot of them can have similar pronunciation but different meanings. Light only heard his name so he had to guess and write all the Kanji combinations for his name until he got the right one. I think even for a Japanese native, this is extremely difficult to do. Which shows how smart Light is already from the first episode.
I think this is valid in latin letters as well. like, if your name is "milena", there's a lot of way to write this "Milehna", "Millena", "Melena" (if you heard this) and so on, and we have the middle names and last names too (I don't think Japanese people have more than two names), so guessing someone's name correctly is no shit
@@gonzoldick2616 Cuz, Light wrote "Accidental Death" next to his name. It means he lindicated cause of death and, Light wanted to know Death Note is real or not. First person is died by heart attack cuz Light didn't write any cause of death. So, Light was experimenting with how people would die by writing the cause of death.
"Did something happen in his childhood?" Nope. Nothing at all. That's why he's one of my favourite villains, because he's really just a completely normal guy with no tragic backstory. He has a loving family, they're wealthy, he's popular and loved by everyone, he's very smart, he has a bright future ahead, he practically has everything one could hope for. And yet he still becomes this murderer. I love that it's just his way of thinking and his god complex that led him here, and not some kind of terrible trauma from his past.
Chiming in to pushback against "they're wealthy." They are probably the equivalent of American middle class. NPA Commissioner General Superintendent General Senior Commissioner Commissioner Assistant Commissioner Superintendent Chief Inspector - Light's dad. Inspector Sergeant Police Officer.
It's still famous to this day because it's most likely the anime for beginners. Short and precise. Anyone who just started watching anime will get the first suggestion to be death note
Ikr?? From time to time I think "Damn it would be good if LM reacted to Death Note, I bet they would enjoy it so much". Then, suddenly I see this on my recommendations.
So many good shows are victims of bad 2nd or 3rd seasons. Nowadays it's quite rare for shows to get better season after season (and have a good ending)
At the very least, this is going to be a very interesting 37-episode journey considering we know what LM lean towards in a show. A change for one, but at the same time very exciting indeed.
Light in the final episode does it for me more. At least in the English Dub. The range, the realistic way everything sounds. His voice actor did brilliantly in it
Damn, didn't realize I've gotten these many likes! Thanks! Guess I'll use this opportunity to give a positive message. Read up on and be open to trying psychedelic mushrooms! 🍄🥳
I was having the WORST day today (working in a hospital), and just seeing the words "Death Note Reaction" from you two made me feel a whole lot better. Thank you SO MUCH!!! 💚 I hope y'all enjoy it!!
I love how Milena already understands after a single episode that Light's main motivation isn't actually to create a better world and kill evil people, but his god complex.
Well, he does want to kill evil people for sure. Hell, he outright says it in his own thoughts. His excuse for it to justify his actions is that he'd be a god of the world, and this is already due to his feeling of detachment from humanity. In other words, Light wants to rise above chains of good and evil and define his own version of justice
You guys are perfect for this show! The fact that yall take a second to disect and discuss every crucial plot point and dialogue is going to unravel a great experience for all of us!
Tbh he is technically a sociopath i believe. But L is a psychopath. But a high functioning one. Which is why this show is so cool. Or it may be the other way around. Because L's anti social and manipulative personality puts him on the spectrum.
@@lzniR mmhmm. I knew it was one way or the other. Just couldn't remember and didn't want to look it up xD but thank you. Just kind of cool it puts them against each other. But i guess because both kinds of mental disorders CAN come with enhanced brain function, also makes sense. Good writing showing that just because you may be on the spectrum doesn't mean you're automatically a bad person.
@@CrazeeAdam psychopaths can easy mix in with normal humans which is light's nature, sociopaths are people who don't mix in well with normal humans which is L's nature.
PS you didn't miss a part, Ryuk had already said his name. In Japan a shinigami or god of death is a common myth similar to the Grim Reaper. So when he realized the notebook was real he assumed it could belong to some supernatural entity like that.
exactly. gives some context to the next episodes, as LM will realize that light is basically a genius and that it's very unlikely that anyone may compete with his deductions, until...
Also, I love Ryuk so much. He's just in it to have a good time, and he immediately calls Light out on his bullshit, even as he's enjoying it. "You're not a special chosen one. You happened to be the first one to grab the note after I dropped it." "If you kill all the evil people, that means you'll be the only evil one left."
Death Note is another show (just like AOT) where I just know that with time, you guys will put out 1h+ videos because there will be just so much to discuss and I‘m looking forward hearing your opinions and theories. This is going to be a great journey!
Honestly, as much as I prefer to watch subbed versions of things, the dubbed version of this is actually quite excellent. If subs are hard, don't worry about switching to the dubbed version.
The English version of this show is excellent. I think they're gonna miss things because sometimes there's a lot of writing and very little time to read it, and see what's on screen. This is such an excellent show, it would be a shame to watch the whole thing and miss it.
I dont think so, im not english native so english dub is not a emotional thing for me, thats happen a lot because you probably see this in english when you are young, but for me and a lot of people english dub sounds very weird, i dont try to sound rude or something just my opinion, have a good day sir.
About Light having a trauma for him to develop that personality: I am not aware or remember if there´s any canonic content which shows that. However, I´d like to point out that perhaps Light´s vision is the very encarnation of "I was born this way". Not as a justification for the atrocities he´s committed, but a deterministic view for his behaviour. All the things he´s seen about crimes and unfairness in the world surely has had an impact on him, but you don´t see the rest of us trying to wipe out evil. Some ideals and reasoning mechanisms are attached to our very "essence". Call it genetics, suggestion of oneself, disorders, internalized repulse to change, but at the end of the day you are just who you are. Whether they have control or not over it, for the person who is being "themself", it will feel like free will.
THERE'S NO WAY YOU START DEATH NOTE OMG I'M SO EXCITED. Deathnote, Attack on Titan and Code geass are 3 amazing anime. After you finish another show, I'd recommend watching "Code geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion"
@@DetractosPwns what plot holes? I specifically wrote in my notes app all the plot lines happening because i thought there was no way it could all be explained but by the end almost every plot line i noted was explained and finished except for a minor few
What I love about Light's character is that there's nothing traumatizing in his childhood that caused him to become like this. Many believed that psychopaths and sociopaths all had traumas like they were abused as a child or something, when in reality it's also possible for someone to be born a psychopath, or turn into a sociopath with no traumatic backstory.
Sociopaths are more likely to be affected by childhoods. Psychopaths just have it in them since birth and it takes something within them to be activated like a trigger or a direction, lights direction and trigger was the death note.
His father was an idealistic person too, maybe he got that part from him. He was extraordinary in literally every aspect. Due to being the perfect child, he never had any close friends to whom he could share his feelings to. That resulted in him not developing his emotional side. Hence the emotional numbness while killing people with the death note.
For what it's worth -- Light's formative years are not explored. Were there trauma or neglect, enough time has passed that outsiders to the family are none the wiser.
This anime is considered the most famous anime ever, according to global ratings, and it is considered one of the pillars of the anime world. Enjoy watching
I first watched Death Note as the Second Season was coming out on a weekly basis, thus the subtitles were often different. For this episode, at 18:28 the line was written as "Then you'd be the only bastard left in the world...", an interesting variant.
Man. That bit about catching it on the TV as a child with your siblings really brought me back. I had a lot of really traumatic experiences as a child back when the show was still coming out that ended up impacting how I engaged _(and still continue to)_ with a lot of pieces of media. But I strangely remember this show being a fond memory from that time anyways. Something I'd always peep in on while no one was looking whenever someone put it on. It was probably the first anime I can distinctly remember growing up. It's strange- you'd think with the amount of darkness and adult themes I shouldn't have been able to engage with it in the ways that I did, but I had no trouble getting into it at all. In retrospect someone prolly shouldn't have let me watch it tbh, but even still, there's this strange sort of fondness for the series I could only really have gotten from being a kid in the 2000s. It really wasn't my favorite time in my life, and I'd like to think I'm a lot happier now, but even still it's a nice memory. Thanks for bringing it back a bit.
@@GIRUUUR It is an amazing journey but depends on the style of anime you enjoy. It is grounded in realism and not the most action heavy series, but very interesting caracters and intriguing interconnected storyplots
1° I did not think that Lola said so many spoilers. 2° Before seeing SNK, Death Note was the number 1 series for me, now it is still xD, but almost on par with SNK. 3° It's Ryuk. 🙃
AoT and Death Note are probably my blind anime recommendations regardless of who you are. My Hero Academia is one you'll probably enjoy, even if that shows a lot more "animeisms" than the others. Erased would be another one I think you'd like!
Thank you for mentioning Erased. I want them to see your comment. And thank you for not mentioning the show called Powerful fashionable pretty bois... I mean jujutsu kaisen
@@enicot I was on the verge of mentioning bleach, but I remembered that it has some identity to its characters, a clearly good atmosphere, musics and truly entertaining combats and other stuffs. I feel like jujutsu is indirectly very much linked to today's narcissistic behaviors in girls and boys. It nourish it a lot. There is no real substance to it to defend it (even code Geass is still brilliant in what it suggests). Don't get me wrong, in jujutsu animation is wow but... Its all for me. It's like a show made only to impress and it yells a lot "are you impressed hein???" "isn't it so cool???" and yet people adore this because hey... Why not. Very well drawn pretty bois out of this world and very good animation. (but without a sense of struggle, as in bleach. Its not conveyed well to make me forget the superficial and narcissistic purpose of this show. Although it wants us to believe that its purpose is not that)
I LITERALLY IMMEDIATELY GASPED READING THE TITLE OMGOMGOMG Especially now that you're finishing aot which is how i find your channel in the first place, I'll have something to watch u guys react to till part 2, awesome
The dub is good enough for this anime that if you struggle reading subtitles especially since english isn't your first language, I'd recommend the dub. and this is coming from someone who is usually a sub snob.
As for the Hell talk, I believe what you may have been thinking of is that Jewish people don’t believe in a Hell. However, Christians and Muslims both believe in Hell as a real place souls can go as they die. If anybody is Jewish or Muslim and I’m getting something totally wrong, please forgive me, I’m also an atheist
Most people that recommend dub is because they watched it that way as kids (like me and Dragon Ball Z) or they find it difficult reading the subs and watching, but mostly I just watch sub, the passion in the original voices is hard to replace.
The Japanese voices are just perfect , they were in fact chosen to be the ORIGINAL voices. People are just lazy. Luckily the girls are not, sure everybody has problems linking subtitles to the actual pictures but certain people wanna make it seem like hearing that instead of reading would help a lot, which is 100% not true and just an excuse.
Damn, I also watched Death Note when I was around 11. I rewatched it over the years multiple times, and it's interesting how I found my sentiments change towards different characters as I grew older and experienced more of life. I was very supportive of Light for a long time. It seriously took me until I rewatched it in college to realize he's just a sick psycopath. Needless to say, my view of the world as a kid was very black and white.
It's also important to note that he's terrible from the start. A lot of people support the idea that he was well intentioned and got corrupted over time, but he kills over a scratch on his ego right from the start.
yea that's kind of the theme in the anime. Light has a very childish view of the world. I realized he was insane even as a child but I had to grow up really fast so I was practically an adult even then.
@mandak kart well I don't know about that, that certainly wasn't the appeal for me. I was never rooting for light so him being a psychopath was never the appeal. If we followed L instead then I'd be just as interested, in fact I probably saw L as the protagonist after a while anyway.
About Dub/Sub: I wouldn't necessarily say this show is better in Dub (because there was nothing wrong with sub), but it's one of the few anime for which I really think it doesn't matter one way or the other; The sub is good, the dub is good.
I feel like there are a lot of people who prefer sub because "it's the way the creator intended", but I don't agree with the logic. The creator wrote the show to be watched in the viewer's native language. In that sense, dub is closer to the creator's intent.
I haven't been this excited for a new react series in a long time!!! Cant wait to see you guys experience this series! If you're considering other anime too - I think Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood is right up your alley! Characters and world building like crazy!
The fact that the main character's name is "Light" is a consideration of the author. The name "Light" is written in Japanese characters as "月（moon）," which is not how it is read in Japan. Since the theme of the story is deeply related to death, the author dared to give a name that does not exist in Japan so that children with the same name would not be bullied. （I write English in translation. I'm sorry if there are any strange parts.）
This is a supplement. [月] ← When written in Japanese characters In English, it means "moon". The Japanese reading is "Tsuki". In Japan, "月" is not read as "light".
Dam death note was one of my first anime, although it has its issues in the later half, it’s still a classic and really got me into the medium. Can’t wait to see the reactions for certain eps and moments (‘why are you looking at your watch?’, the helicopter scene…)
One of Japanese writing system, Kanji has multiple way to read. 斉藤, 斎藤, 齋藤, 齊藤, we read all of them Saito. When Light hear Shibuimaru Takuo’s name, he doesn’t know how to read them. So he write as many names as he can write. And one of them was correct, and he died.
This is propably the most respected dub for an anime show.I still prefer the sub for obvious reasons. But this would be one of the few shows I wouldn't mind seeing their dubbed versions. Ill list some more to help my memory. Fmab , Code geass , naruto.
I never really imagined that you guys became my favorite video reaction channel. They have done a great job with AOT and now with Death Note they leave me speechless! Cheers
OMG this is so exciting! Finally another show to rewatch with you other than just BCS! You guys are gonna love this, looking forward to some epic reactions.
Honestly, like Lola said, I would have liked it more if the anime had been a little slower in the beginning. So you have relatively quickly the Evil Guy as a protagonist. So a less rapid character development would have been more interesting. I think Tsugumi Ōba thought the same thing in retrospect, and that's why he worked it up with a later arc.
His transition a little less abrupt in the manga. I read the first few chapters and he is more hesitant and says that he lost sleep and weight to Ryuk when he shows up and has an even greater reaction to the Death Note after killing the two people and calls it evil. I've seen some people say that one of the reasons why he made the decision to continue using the Death Note in the manga was a way of coping with the fact that he had murdered two people which clashed against the high image of himself that he had and so he justifies it to himself that it was actually the right thing to do. His inner monologue then also seems more like he's trying to convince himself that its the right thing to do. Still was pretty quick in the manga but a little less abrupt.
I'm fine with how they did it in the anime, it's not really the point of the show. Also, there are a lot of people in the world that agree with Light's ideals (to some extent), so for me and a lot of people the fact that Light was a psycho that feels like all criminals should die from the get-go wasn't that surprising. I've heard that more Japanese people find themselves agreeing more than others with some of Light's actions because the death penalty is preferred there.
@@aokiji5888 Dude I live in Latin america . Where every criminal and killer is free the next day after killing and robbing . Why on earth some idiot would not do what light is doing ? it's like you are letting innocent people die
See, I actually love how quickly his character turns dark in this. It was one of the most refreshing parts of the show for me, because when I heard the premise and started watching episode 1, I was like ok this is cool but it's obvious where this is going. He's gonna eventually start to go crazy with power and become evil (or reveal his evil side). Again, this is a cool enough premise in itself, but we've all seen that character arc a million times before. So realizing that everything I thought the show would cover was covered in the first episode was incredibly exhilarating, because then I had no clue where this would go.
it's clear they said this because they thought Light is the character they will be following, he technically is but we all know he's not the character they will be following after this. They'll be fine after the next episode
I'm surprised they're doing another anime! Though I was thinking it'd be nice if they could could watch Haikyu, everytime they were saying 'Libero.' 😂 I'd highly recommend it to them, as Haikyu has great character development, growth and wisdom. Anyways, it'd be cool to reexperience Death Note with LM.
Loved your ATLA Reaction (This is how I found the channel). Havent checked it for a while, now seeing you two are watching death note. Let this journy begin
Great reaction to the first reaction of this masterpiece released in 2006, it is still the most popular anime of all time, at least from what MAL (MyAnimeList, the IMDB of manga and anime) says. Many people are surprised by the extensive list of people that Light has killed in the first 5 days of having the Death Note in his possession, but many people ignore the following data: the first reaction of Light when receiving Ryuk's visit: He thought that sooner or later the true owner of the Death Note would come to retrieve it and punish him for having used it. That's why he thought that Ryuk was going to kill him or take his soul away. Therefore, he believed that he had little time to waste trying to purify the world, eliminating as many criminals as possible in the shortest amount of time. By the way, great catch when Light writes the biker's name on the Death Note. In Japanese, many times you don't know how to spell someone else's name until that same person writes it for you. This is because the Japanese language is written in kanji (they are a set of logographic characters from Chinese script which forms the main part of the Japanese writing system, alongside with other Japanese syllabic scripts called hiragana and katakana), which can have different pronunciations depending on the context. For this reason, Light has to write all the existing possibilities for the Death Note to act on the biker, knowing how his name is pronounced. For example, Light himself is written "月" which means "moon". Also, there is a peculiarity in the Japanese language: there is no L sound in it. That's why Light is pronounced "Raito" in the original version. I can't wait to watch your next reactions to Death Note and Attack on Titan.
Watching Death Note in English Dub is totally acceptable here btw! The English dub is actually really good here and I doubt many people disagree with me here. If it makes the show easier to follow, I strongly recommend doing that (especially because this show is going to get confusing) :)
thank you so much for doing the sub version instead of dub don't care what anybody says... the sub version is way better and has way more passion 95% of the time
I am super excited to see new people discovering this show! Really looking forward to seeing what you think of it. You pre show discussion did bring up a topic that I feel very strongly about: Reactors should watch shows in the best way for them, not necessarily the best way to watch the show in general. EDIT: This was written before watching any of the actual reaction. I have now watched several episodes in. You both seem to be catching everything, so the following is not necessarily a push to have you watch dub, just a statement that you should watch however you want, and (Mostly) ignore the comments about watching it wrong. While I fully recognize and respect that subs are generally superior for watching anime, there are a couple exceptions, and reasons to watch the dubs. First: you have a hard time keeping up with the subs (e.g. you are a slow reader, have an easier time understanding spoken english, or want to look away from the screen on occasion), second: you are reacting and are focusing on a couple of things at once. For reactors, I always advocate for them watching in the way that they can get the most out of the show. Whether this means watching dubs over subs, binging to avoid spoilers, or stretching a series out to have time to digest the twist and turns, or whatever, watch things in the way that you can enjoy them the most. Luckily for the sub/dub debate there are several shows that are great to react to that have PHENOMENAL English dubs, such as Deathnote, Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood, and My Hero Academia. Whichever way you continue to watch is up to you, so enjoy the wonderful ride that is Deathnote!
11:50 "Did he write it multiple times? His name?"
Good catch there. Yes, he did. The reason being that, while he knows how the guy's name is pronounced, he doesn't know how it's spelled. Like "John Smith" vs "Jon Smith".
So he writes down every variation of the name he heard that he can think of, to make sure he gets him.
ahhhhh, I wanted to know this and was going to ask. Thank you, your comment helped me :)
Bertholdt would be okay, lol
@@Daesma999 True, Berthole would never die like this
@Manvëru exactly
@@Daesma999 you mean bernard
Lola: "How do you know they're guilty"
Light: "Don't care + didn't ask + ratio"
lmao
Lol true
Did you watch the anime? Or even this episode, he cares, he really cares that only bad people gets punished ( or at least un the begining)
@@martinacosta3821 Bro it was a joke...
+ just got ur name written
I'd like to explain why Light wrote the 2nd guy's name so many times. Japanese names are composed of Kanji, which a lot of them can have similar pronunciation but different meanings. Light only heard his name so he had to guess and write all the Kanji combinations for his name until he got the right one. I think even for a Japanese native, this is extremely difficult to do. Which shows how smart Light is already from the first episode.
I think this is valid in latin letters as well. like, if your name is "milena", there's a lot of way to write this "Milehna", "Millena", "Melena" (if you heard this) and so on, and we have the middle names and last names too (I don't think Japanese people have more than two names), so guessing someone's name correctly is no shit
@@belleville1805
さらにアルファベットと違い、漢字は無限にあるために多く難しい漢字を知っている必要があります。
Tengo una pregunta
Porque no murio de un ataque al corazón?
@@gonzoldick2616
Cuz, Light wrote "Accidental Death" next to his name. It means he lindicated cause of death and, Light wanted to know Death Note is real or not.
First person is died by heart attack cuz Light didn't write any cause of death. So, Light was experimenting with how people would die by writing the cause of death.
@@sakusaku3256ya comprendo gracias
"Did something happen in his childhood?" Nope. Nothing at all. That's why he's one of my favourite villains, because he's really just a completely normal guy with no tragic backstory. He has a loving family, they're wealthy, he's popular and loved by everyone, he's very smart, he has a bright future ahead, he practically has everything one could hope for. And yet he still becomes this murderer. I love that it's just his way of thinking and his god complex that led him here, and not some kind of terrible trauma from his past.
basically the morale of the story is power corrupts
Chiming in to pushback against "they're wealthy." They are probably the equivalent of American middle class.
NPA Commissioner General
Superintendent General
Senior Commissioner
Commissioner
Assistant Commissioner
Superintendent
Chief Inspector - Light's dad.
Inspector
Sergeant
Police Officer.
Calling him the villain is kind of a spoiler.
@@realrebelli0n how is that a spoiler? it's pretty damn obvious by the end of the first episode...
@@suzumutsu because it implies that a hero will be coming.
No one would believe that Death Note was aired 15 years ago. It's a modern classic and has a fandom even until now!!
I though the anime begun in 2020
@@mmor7380 lol?
M Mor What the heck? No,it did'nt air in 2020 lol. This anime aired back in 2006. 😂😂
And it's still my favorite to this day even though I've watched a lot of anime.
It's still famous to this day because it's most likely the anime for beginners. Short and precise. Anyone who just started watching anime will get the first suggestion to be death note
I had no idea this was happening and I'm so stoked.
Ikr?? From time to time I think "Damn it would be good if LM reacted to Death Note, I bet they would enjoy it so much".
Then, suddenly I see this on my recommendations.
They did a Patreon poll, 2 actually, one for the anime and another for dub or sub. People were fighting for weeks after sub won :P.
ME 2
since attack on titan is nearing to the end im so hyped up for this
Hell yeah!!
Death Note is a great example of how good a show can be in only one season.
There are many animes with only one season which are really good !
@@ali_el_baba3665 The Promised Neverlands, Tokyo Ghoul, ...
@@Robert_H. Berserk...
@@Robert_H. Lol only 1 season? The promise neverland went to rotten and tokyo ghoul had so much potential
So many good shows are victims of bad 2nd or 3rd seasons. Nowadays it's quite rare for shows to get better season after season (and have a good ending)
At the very least, this is going to be a very interesting 37-episode journey considering we know what LM lean towards in a show. A change for one, but at the same time very exciting indeed.
@@Red-drick don't give minor spoilers
@@Red-drick LMFAOOO
@@Red-drick lmfaooo I was expecting this and I agree.
The writers were on some other shit, lets turn this detective manga into an action novel.
@@Red-drick I truly wished Death Note was only one season long. The rest kinda dragged longer than needed tbh.
@@Red-drick It's just a loud, slightly annoying, minority that thinks that way.😝
"And I'll become the god of this new world". To this day this quote gives me shivers. I hope you guys like it :)
oh they will. who doesnt?
Light in the final episode does it for me more. At least in the English Dub. The range, the realistic way everything sounds. His voice actor did brilliantly in it
@@CrazeeAdam Oscar Level Performance in my opinion
@zirath ashe EXACTLY! Thats what I'm saying they should watch it in DUB
@zirath ashe wdym?
Oh, they're doing Death Note!? This will be a fantastic journey!
For real
Damn, didn't realize I've gotten these many likes! Thanks!
Guess I'll use this opportunity to give a positive message. Read up on and be open to trying psychedelic mushrooms! 🍄🥳
I watch many anime but death note still nr 1 on the list
@@Damas13251 ya man..it was my first anime and till date the best..maybe second to after season 1.2.3 of aot
I liek how Milena just covered her ears when lola starts talking about details of the show XD . That's so relatable
PD: Shinigami means "God of death"
Shinigami = Grim Reaper, literally.
L was my favourite character but know i think it is Ryuk.
@@arashinobi It literally means death god. 死 (shini) = death, 神 (gami) = god.
I was having the WORST day today (working in a hospital), and just seeing the words "Death Note Reaction" from you two made me feel a whole lot better. Thank you SO MUCH!!! 💚 I hope y'all enjoy it!!
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Actual superhero. Bless you.
@@Volition366 I SECOND THIS!
Literally SAME. Just finished a 12 hour shift and im so stoked now
@@ametaratsu1 the greatest gift one could ask for after a 12-er lol! Stay strong King/Queen/Sovereign 💚
the director for attack on titan had actually directed death note before it, he's great at creating drama!
Wait, seriously? 😮
@@Bajanprince67 yup! although i think he only worked up until the end of season 3 for aot
Tetsuro Araki guys
He's also great at intense eating scenes
@@randeroni lmao
I love how Milena already understands after a single episode that Light's main motivation isn't actually to create a better world and kill evil people, but his god complex.
Well, he does want to kill evil people for sure. Hell, he outright says it in his own thoughts. His excuse for it to justify his actions is that he'd be a god of the world, and this is already due to his feeling of detachment from humanity. In other words, Light wants to rise above chains of good and evil and define his own version of justice
I mean, to be fair, he does say he wants to be god of a new world. That's as obvious with your god complex as you can get
Both can be true why people love false dichotomies so much.
You guys are perfect for this show! The fact that yall take a second to disect and discuss every crucial plot point and dialogue is going to unravel a great experience for all of us!
10 minutes in and Melina already figured out Light is a physcopath. Perfection 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Tbh he is technically a sociopath i believe. But L is a psychopath. But a high functioning one. Which is why this show is so cool. Or it may be the other way around. Because L's anti social and manipulative personality puts him on the spectrum.
@@CrazeeAdam its the other way around, Light is the psychopath and L is the hgh functioning Sociopath ( like what Sherlock Holmes describes himself)
@@lzniR mmhmm. I knew it was one way or the other. Just couldn't remember and didn't want to look it up xD but thank you. Just kind of cool it puts them against each other. But i guess because both kinds of mental disorders CAN come with enhanced brain function, also makes sense. Good writing showing that just because you may be on the spectrum doesn't mean you're automatically a bad person.
@@CrazeeAdam psychopaths can easy mix in with normal humans which is light's nature, sociopaths are people who don't mix in well with normal humans which is L's nature.
@Raneem Aly - I mean, it´s not exactly a well kept secret... The show is LITERALLY telling you that he is a psychopath xDxD
PS you didn't miss a part, Ryuk had already said his name. In Japan a shinigami or god of death is a common myth similar to the Grim Reaper. So when he realized the notebook was real he assumed it could belong to some supernatural entity like that.
exactly. gives some context to the next episodes, as LM will realize that light is basically a genius and that it's very unlikely that anyone may compete with his deductions, until...
Also, I love Ryuk so much. He's just in it to have a good time, and he immediately calls Light out on his bullshit, even as he's enjoying it.
"You're not a special chosen one. You happened to be the first one to grab the note after I dropped it."
"If you kill all the evil people, that means you'll be the only evil one left."
Ryuk 🐐
Ryuk is amazing.
the chaotic neutral we don't deserve
Ryuk was always trolling Light and calling out his hypocrisy 🤣
Death Note is another show (just like AOT) where I just know that with time, you guys will put out 1h+ videos because there will be just so much to discuss and I‘m looking forward hearing your opinions and theories. This is going to be a great journey!
Honestly, as much as I prefer to watch subbed versions of things, the dubbed version of this is actually quite excellent. If subs are hard, don't worry about switching to the dubbed version.
Yeah but Ryuk dub is better than the sub to be honest
The English version of this show is excellent. I think they're gonna miss things because sometimes there's a lot of writing and very little time to read it, and see what's on screen. This is such an excellent show, it would be a shame to watch the whole thing and miss it.
I dont think so, im not english native so english dub is not a emotional thing for me, thats happen a lot because you probably see this in english when you are young, but for me and a lot of people english dub sounds very weird, i dont try to sound rude or something just my opinion, have a good day sir.
@@laf_foo8862 So is L
God I wish I watched the dubs the first time through, if only just for that "potato chip" line.
9:33 Milenas reaction😂😂
She looks so betrayed 🤣
🤣 🤣. Lola is the friend who points the gun at you and pulls the trigger to prove it's not loaded
Shinigami translates to god of death, it is the equivalent of grim reaper in Japanese mythology
Milena: "Interesting. Very interesting."
As someone who loves Death note, I’m so happy that you’re reacting to it
About Light having a trauma for him to develop that personality: I am not aware or remember if there´s any canonic content which shows that. However, I´d like to point out that perhaps Light´s vision is the very encarnation of "I was born this way". Not as a justification for the atrocities he´s committed, but a deterministic view for his behaviour. All the things he´s seen about crimes and unfairness in the world surely has had an impact on him, but you don´t see the rest of us trying to wipe out evil. Some ideals and reasoning mechanisms are attached to our very "essence". Call it genetics, suggestion of oneself, disorders, internalized repulse to change, but at the end of the day you are just who you are. Whether they have control or not over it, for the person who is being "themself", it will feel like free will.
Atrocities like saving millions of innocent people by getting rid of bad people?
@@kaibaboy3374 it's the nuance of it dude
OMG NO WAY FINALLY. I JUST KNOW THERE GONNA HAVE STRONG OPINIONS ON THIS ONE
They’re gonna love it, a lot of tears coming.
THERE'S NO WAY YOU START DEATH NOTE OMG I'M SO EXCITED. Deathnote, Attack on Titan and Code geass are 3 amazing anime. After you finish another show, I'd recommend watching "Code geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion"
YESSS PLEASE
Strongly agree with this!!!! Code Geass is my absolute favourite
Code geASS is garbage, inconsistent as fuck, plot holes all over the place and asspulls left and right. Cant stand that garbage.
@@DetractosPwns what plot holes? I specifically wrote in my notes app all the plot lines happening because i thought there was no way it could all be explained but by the end almost every plot line i noted was explained and finished except for a minor few
@@DetractosPwns I smell a very bad taste in anime
What I love about Light's character is that there's nothing traumatizing in his childhood that caused him to become like this. Many believed that psychopaths and sociopaths all had traumas like they were abused as a child or something, when in reality it's also possible for someone to be born a psychopath, or turn into a sociopath with no traumatic backstory.
Sociopaths are more likely to be affected by childhoods. Psychopaths just have it in them since birth and it takes something within them to be activated like a trigger or a direction, lights direction and trigger was the death note.
Light is a Legend! RIP Kira
I think his upbringing/background contributed to his god complex so him having a tragic background wasn't really necesarry and it works as it is.
His father was an idealistic person too, maybe he got that part from him. He was extraordinary in literally every aspect. Due to being the perfect child, he never had any close friends to whom he could share his feelings to. That resulted in him not developing his emotional side. Hence the emotional numbness while killing people with the death note.
For what it's worth -- Light's formative years are not explored. Were there trauma or neglect, enough time has passed that outsiders to the family are none the wiser.
This anime is considered the most famous anime ever, according to global ratings, and it is considered one of the pillars of the anime world.
Enjoy watching
But attack on titan is slowly taking it's place.
*sadly
@@inumaki806 for one day ya he can lol
@@inumaki806 close, maybe second. But nah
@@inumaki806 entire diffrent genre's. I wouldn't day taking it's place, more like becoming another legend
OMG I WASNT EXPECTING THIS!!! So glad you are watching DN, its gonna to be an interesting journey!
I first watched Death Note as the Second Season was coming out on a weekly basis, thus the subtitles were often different. For this episode, at 18:28 the line was written as "Then you'd be the only bastard left in the world...", an interesting variant.
the way i GASPED when i saw another anime!! we got them boys and girls, i'm so excited for this one!!!
I think Light also kind of gets corrupted but the power the death note gives him.
power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely
Man.
That bit about catching it on the TV as a child with your siblings really brought me back. I had a lot of really traumatic experiences as a child back when the show was still coming out that ended up impacting how I engaged _(and still continue to)_ with a lot of pieces of media. But I strangely remember this show being a fond memory from that time anyways. Something I'd always peep in on while no one was looking whenever someone put it on. It was probably the first anime I can distinctly remember growing up.
It's strange- you'd think with the amount of darkness and adult themes I shouldn't have been able to engage with it in the ways that I did, but I had no trouble getting into it at all. In retrospect someone prolly shouldn't have let me watch it tbh, but even still, there's this strange sort of fondness for the series I could only really have gotten from being a kid in the 2000s. It really wasn't my favorite time in my life, and I'd like to think I'm a lot happier now, but even still it's a nice memory. Thanks for bringing it back a bit.
Wish they watched a KyoAni anime like Clannad. Would hit the feels, especially in After Story.
It would be great, yes! Something dramatic like Clannad or Nana.
I would love to see you two react to the anime "Monster" some day. That show would be perfect for you I think.
You and me Both! think the direction with their shows(anime) they been watching I think they’ll eventually get to it if enough people ask for it
@@juusan Fingers crossed!
It would be perfect!!
i want to start it , is it that good ?
@@GIRUUUR It is an amazing journey but depends on the style of anime you enjoy. It is grounded in realism and not the most action heavy series, but very interesting caracters and intriguing interconnected storyplots
1° I did not think that Lola said so many spoilers.
2° Before seeing SNK, Death Note was the number 1 series for me, now it is still xD, but almost on par with SNK.
3° It's Ryuk.
🙃
Death note created a standard for animes. Like i always compare other anime with deathnote to see how good those animes are.
@@cynicanarchist4923 yeah same.
@@cynicanarchist4923 you cant really compare other naimes with death note. Its like his own genre.
AoT and Death Note are probably my blind anime recommendations regardless of who you are.
My Hero Academia is one you'll probably enjoy, even if that shows a lot more "animeisms" than the others.
Erased would be another one I think you'd like!
Thank you for mentioning Erased. I want them to see your comment. And thank you for not mentioning the show called Powerful fashionable pretty bois... I mean jujutsu kaisen
@@Frionelz Jujutsu Kaisen is actually Powerful fashionable Pretty Bois 2, the original was Bleach
@@enicot I was on the verge of mentioning bleach, but I remembered that it has some identity to its characters, a clearly good atmosphere, musics and truly entertaining combats and other stuffs. I feel like jujutsu is indirectly very much linked to today's narcissistic behaviors in girls and boys. It nourish it a lot. There is no real substance to it to defend it (even code Geass is still brilliant in what it suggests). Don't get me wrong, in jujutsu animation is wow but... Its all for me. It's like a show made only to impress and it yells a lot "are you impressed hein???" "isn't it so cool???" and yet people adore this because hey... Why not. Very well drawn pretty bois out of this world and very good animation. (but without a sense of struggle, as in bleach. Its not conveyed well to make me forget the superficial and narcissistic purpose of this show. Although it wants us to believe that its purpose is not that)
I LITERALLY IMMEDIATELY GASPED READING THE TITLE OMGOMGOMG
Especially now that you're finishing aot which is how i find your channel in the first place, I'll have something to watch u guys react to till part 2, awesome
The dub is good enough for this anime that if you struggle reading subtitles especially since english isn't your first language, I'd recommend the dub. and this is coming from someone who is usually a sub snob.
@@humayunkhan2585 it's like you didn't even read the comment. before you comment, maybe you should read the original comment first.
@UCFbwRJZQMmyPqifEsFnecng ignorant sh*tskin comment get outta here
Yup I like dub better in this, ryuks voice specifically
I didn’t expect you guys to react to Death Note I can’t wait to see this amazing journey
Kinda wish they watched the dub
I JUST STARTED WATCHING DEATH NOTE I CANT BELIEVE YOU TWO HAVE ALSO STARTED AT THE SAME TIME. THIS IS AWESOME
As for the Hell talk, I believe what you may have been thinking of is that Jewish people don’t believe in a Hell. However, Christians and Muslims both believe in Hell as a real place souls can go as they die. If anybody is Jewish or Muslim and I’m getting something totally wrong, please forgive me, I’m also an atheist
Fullmetal brotherhood is amazing too. perfect beginning, middle and end.
its perfect for them. having watched their other reactions, FMAB would go down as a classic for them, close to avatar
Brotherhood some say the ending was not good
@@mmor7380 Nah most people liked the ending for brotherhood, it's for the 2003 version that people didn't like the ending of I believe
@@TheTororist It's funny how smart FMAB and avatar are too
@@mmor7380 is the anime ending different from the manga ending? I quite liked the manga ending.
Oh my, so glad to see you react to this series! By far my favorite anime, and so much to react to, lots of hype and emotions!
i’m so excited to see their journey i love death note and light is my favorite character so i’m curious to see what they will think about it him
I don't think they will hate him considering how they felt about aot characters lol
Yeeeeeeeeeesss
I hate Light !
I can’t even express how EXCITED i am about this reaction
you girls are gonna love it i’m sure! thank you for your videos
Omg I'm screaming right now I love you guys are reacting to this masterpiece.
The pacing is god tier in this show. And it get fucking crazy.
In ep 2 the legend will enter the chat
The “l”egend
Congratulations, Ruslan well done👍 you found my gift, you will receive it on your steam account at 17:00
But there is bonus gift I hid for you. You can get it right here
I'm so happy you guys choose sub!!!!!! I like dubbed, but the japanese version is just special. Miyamo Mamoru as Light is amazing
Most people that recommend dub is because they watched it that way as kids (like me and Dragon Ball Z) or they find it difficult reading the subs and watching, but mostly I just watch sub, the passion in the original voices is hard to replace.
True, but honestly L and Ryuk’s voice are way better in the dub than in The subbed. Light’s voice is better in sub though
The Japanese voices are just perfect , they were in fact chosen to be the ORIGINAL voices. People are just lazy. Luckily the girls are not, sure everybody has problems linking subtitles to the actual pictures but certain people wanna make it seem like hearing that instead of reading would help a lot, which is 100% not true and just an excuse.
Omg you're really doing this!!! I'm super excited :D Your reactions are the best!
たまにリアクション動画に日本語の字幕付けてる人の動画で出てくる事があって気になってた二人、オススメに出てきた😊
DEATH NOTEのリアクションしてくれて嬉しい！何を話してるのか分からないけど楽しみにしてる
Damn, I also watched Death Note when I was around 11. I rewatched it over the years multiple times, and it's interesting how I found my sentiments change towards different characters as I grew older and experienced more of life. I was very supportive of Light for a long time. It seriously took me until I rewatched it in college to realize he's just a sick psycopath. Needless to say, my view of the world as a kid was very black and white.
It's also important to note that he's terrible from the start. A lot of people support the idea that he was well intentioned and got corrupted over time, but he kills over a scratch on his ego right from the start.
yea that's kind of the theme in the anime. Light has a very childish view of the world. I realized he was insane even as a child but I had to grow up really fast so I was practically an adult even then.
@mandak kart well I don't know about that, that certainly wasn't the appeal for me. I was never rooting for light so him being a psychopath was never the appeal. If we followed L instead then I'd be just as interested, in fact I probably saw L as the protagonist after a while anyway.
About Dub/Sub: I wouldn't necessarily say this show is better in Dub (because there was nothing wrong with sub), but it's one of the few anime for which I really think it doesn't matter one way or the other; The sub is good, the dub is good.
I feel like there are a lot of people who prefer sub because "it's the way the creator intended", but I don't agree with the logic. The creator wrote the show to be watched in the viewer's native language. In that sense, dub is closer to the creator's intent.
I haven't been this excited for a new react series in a long time!!! Cant wait to see you guys experience this series!
If you're considering other anime too - I think Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood is right up your alley! Characters and world building like crazy!
The musical memory is amazing
Lola I envy you, I also saw this in my childhood and I remember everything D:
You are about to experience one of the most thrilling stories ever made, not just in anime, but in general.
The fact that the main character's name is "Light" is a consideration of the author.
The name "Light" is written in Japanese characters as "月（moon）," which is not how it is read in Japan.
Since the theme of the story is deeply related to death, the author dared to give a name that does not exist in Japan so that children with the same name would not be bullied.
（I write English in translation.
I'm sorry if there are any strange parts.）
This is a supplement.
[月] ← When written in Japanese characters
In English, it means "moon".
The Japanese reading is "Tsuki".
In Japan, "月" is not read as "light".
This was unexpected but excited to see their reaction to this
Dam death note was one of my first anime, although it has its issues in the later half, it’s still a classic and really got me into the medium. Can’t wait to see the reactions for certain eps and moments (‘why are you looking at your watch?’, the helicopter scene…)
@9:30 "Why TF would you ever do that?"
I died.
One of Japanese writing system, Kanji has multiple way to read. 斉藤, 斎藤, 齋藤, 齊藤, we read all of them Saito. When Light hear Shibuimaru Takuo’s name, he doesn’t know how to read them. So he write as many names as he can write. And one of them was correct, and he died.
Fun fact: The director of Death note is the same as in Attack on titan (season 1-3) that's why it ends with "to be continued"
And has mid info cards too
@@enchantertim89 and turned out to be such an amazing adatation.
So many anime ends with to be continued
@@aokiji5888 as which? anyway, it is the format used by Tetsuro araki and his team
FUN FACT : THE person who directed attack on titan also directed this series !
I recommend the English Dub of Death Note as it has one of the best dubs in anime. I promise it will be as exciting as the sub.
Oh man, you two are going to love this. It's one of those shows that's hard to dislike. Death note got my Mother into anime lol!
I'm sooo happy you guys started this, litterally one of my all time favs
10:26 you're clapping for him
11:44 write faster
Deep down you're agree by what he's doing
Go team Light 🤣
Only at that moment
That's because it doesn't seem like that he'll go far with it. It's not about teams. Light is evil. It shouldn't even be a team.
“he’s trying to deal with the fact that he killed a person”
No ladies we don’t do that here😂
This is propably the most respected dub for an anime show.I still prefer the sub for obvious reasons. But this would be one of the few shows I wouldn't mind seeing their dubbed versions. Ill list some more to help my memory. Fmab , Code geass , naruto.
i was wondering what you two would start next i'm SO EXCITED FOR THIS
I never really imagined that you guys became my favorite video reaction channel. They have done a great job with AOT and now with Death Note they leave me speechless! Cheers
By just reading the title, I've got a strong craving for a potato chip...
One thing you need to keep in mind before watching this one, don't get to attached with any other characters, just don't
Good job girls, you started another masterpiece!
OMG this is so exciting! Finally another show to rewatch with you other than just BCS! You guys are gonna love this, looking forward to some epic reactions.
11:37 Lola: "Write Faster~" 😂 😂 😂
Honestly, like Lola said, I would have liked it more if the anime had been a little slower in the beginning. So you have relatively quickly the Evil Guy as a protagonist. So a less rapid character development would have been more interesting. I think Tsugumi Ōba thought the same thing in retrospect, and that's why he worked it up with a later arc.
His transition a little less abrupt in the manga. I read the first few chapters and he is more hesitant and says that he lost sleep and weight to Ryuk when he shows up and has an even greater reaction to the Death Note after killing the two people and calls it evil. I've seen some people say that one of the reasons why he made the decision to continue using the Death Note in the manga was a way of coping with the fact that he had murdered two people which clashed against the high image of himself that he had and so he justifies it to himself that it was actually the right thing to do. His inner monologue then also seems more like he's trying to convince himself that its the right thing to do. Still was pretty quick in the manga but a little less abrupt.
I'm fine with how they did it in the anime, it's not really the point of the show. Also, there are a lot of people in the world that agree with Light's ideals (to some extent), so for me and a lot of people the fact that Light was a psycho that feels like all criminals should die from the get-go wasn't that surprising. I've heard that more Japanese people find themselves agreeing more than others with some of Light's actions because the death penalty is preferred there.
@@aokiji5888 Dude I live in Latin america . Where every criminal and killer is free the next day after killing and robbing . Why on earth some idiot would not do what light is doing ? it's like you are letting innocent people die
See, I actually love how quickly his character turns dark in this. It was one of the most refreshing parts of the show for me, because when I heard the premise and started watching episode 1, I was like ok this is cool but it's obvious where this is going. He's gonna eventually start to go crazy with power and become evil (or reveal his evil side). Again, this is a cool enough premise in itself, but we've all seen that character arc a million times before. So realizing that everything I thought the show would cover was covered in the first episode was incredibly exhilarating, because then I had no clue where this would go.
it's clear they said this because they thought Light is the character they will be following, he technically is but we all know he's not the character they will be following after this. They'll be fine after the next episode
I'm surprised they're doing another anime! Though I was thinking it'd be nice if they could could watch Haikyu, everytime they were saying 'Libero.' 😂 I'd highly recommend it to them, as Haikyu has great character development, growth and wisdom. Anyways, it'd be cool to reexperience Death Note with LM.
Shinigami means "god of death". Ryuk is a god of death . He was not human or something before .
Wrong is god of death
@@UchijaJoex you are right . My mistake .
Loved your ATLA Reaction (This is how I found the channel).
Havent checked it for a while, now seeing you two are watching death note.
Let this journy begin
last time i watched you was because of vikings, now i found smthing new i will watch with you :)
So happy you started this. It's top tier. And actually one of the few animes that has really good dub.
You did an excelent choice girls, this is top 5 best animés on history, handa down. Let s enjoy it 👏🏼
This is one of those anime’s that’s better in dub.
No.
no
Yes
Its good but no
Lmao all these gooses replying no like, it’s my opinion 🤡.
o-o this is literally the best show that you could have decided to react to next! ily
I was watching Death Note 13 years ago
I’m glad you both React this
One of the Best Anime Ever
not gonna lie I recommend this show in english dub for me is the only show that the dub version was better than the sub!
No.
No man! Sub always is better than dub! Japanese is amazing!
@@chrisvidarte9053 Baccano and Cowboy Bebop have better dubs
What happened to the death note reactions on Patreon? They just disappeared one day lmao
yep, still not there as of my comment. Might have been some copyright issue with the video host or patreon. RIP
@@aircordlol
Death note is one of the few animes having a decent eng dub. You guys would probably prefer that. At least I did
"This child is kinda killing people.. So I guess he's more advanced than we are" 🤣🤣 You said it.. 💯
Great reaction to the first reaction of this masterpiece released in 2006, it is still the most popular anime of all time, at least from what MAL (MyAnimeList, the IMDB of manga and anime) says.
Many people are surprised by the extensive list of people that Light has killed in the first 5 days of having the Death Note in his possession, but many people ignore the following data: the first reaction of Light when receiving Ryuk's visit: He thought that sooner or later the true owner of the Death Note would come to retrieve it and punish him for having used it. That's why he thought that Ryuk was going to kill him or take his soul away. Therefore, he believed that he had little time to waste trying to purify the world, eliminating as many criminals as possible in the shortest amount of time.
By the way, great catch when Light writes the biker's name on the Death Note. In Japanese, many times you don't know how to spell someone else's name until that same person writes it for you. This is because the Japanese language is written in kanji (they are a set of logographic characters from Chinese script which forms the main part of the Japanese writing system, alongside with other Japanese syllabic scripts called hiragana and katakana), which can have different pronunciations depending on the context. For this reason, Light has to write all the existing possibilities for the Death Note to act on the biker, knowing how his name is pronounced. For example, Light himself is written "月" which means "moon". Also, there is a peculiarity in the Japanese language: there is no L sound in it. That's why Light is pronounced "Raito" in the original version.
I can't wait to watch your next reactions to Death Note and Attack on Titan.
I did not expect them to react to this show
Neither did I. But, I'm happy nonetheless.
Watching Death Note in English Dub is totally acceptable here btw! The English dub is actually really good here and I doubt many people disagree with me here. If it makes the show easier to follow, I strongly recommend doing that (especially because this show is going to get confusing) :)
Just no my guy
thank you so much for doing the sub version instead of dub don't care what anybody says... the sub version is way better and has way more passion 95% of the time
Yess I’m so excited to see your reactions to this!! Such a well written show 😊
I am super excited to see new people discovering this show! Really looking forward to seeing what you think of it. You pre show discussion did bring up a topic that I feel very strongly about: Reactors should watch shows in the best way for them, not necessarily the best way to watch the show in general.
EDIT: This was written before watching any of the actual reaction. I have now watched several episodes in. You both seem to be catching everything, so the following is not necessarily a push to have you watch dub, just a statement that you should watch however you want, and (Mostly) ignore the comments about watching it wrong.
While I fully recognize and respect that subs are generally superior for watching anime, there are a couple exceptions, and reasons to watch the dubs. First: you have a hard time keeping up with the subs (e.g. you are a slow reader, have an easier time understanding spoken english, or want to look away from the screen on occasion), second: you are reacting and are focusing on a couple of things at once. For reactors, I always advocate for them watching in the way that they can get the most out of the show. Whether this means watching dubs over subs, binging to avoid spoilers, or stretching a series out to have time to digest the twist and turns, or whatever, watch things in the way that you can enjoy them the most. Luckily for the sub/dub debate there are several shows that are great to react to that have PHENOMENAL English dubs, such as Deathnote, Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood, and My Hero Academia. Whichever way you continue to watch is up to you, so enjoy the wonderful ride that is Deathnote!