My Discovery of Death Note

Note: The following article does not contain any spoilers. So go ahead. Its safe.

I’ve been hearing them for months now. Death Note this.. Death Note that… Obviously this new phenomenon from the land of the rising sun has got everybody talking. So, naturally, it got me curious. Then eventualy, my curiousity became too much for me to handle. I had to know what so special about this story.

So today I got that chance.  Manong E., the kind computer technician from the school where I teach, told me that he’s got a copy of the complete series of the Death Note: Anime. "Do you want a copy" he asked. "Sure!" I replied. That was it. Now I have my chance of discovering what’s so good about "Death Note".  I had very little idea about it, but somehow, the thought of finally figuring it out got mereally excited.

So tonight my girlfriend and I went to this cafe where we were allowed to plug in my Macbook. As we got there, I looked for a tablethat’s near an electrical outlet and we ended up in this dark spot in the smoking area. I will then realize that that spot will be helpful in setting up the mood. 

After I ordered my Green Tea and Roast Beef Sandwich and my girl’s Pine-orange Juice and Banana Fan-tastic, we got right to it. Episode 1 started out with the theme song and I realized that this sounded familiar to me. It must’ve been one of those songs that my Anime-Freak co-worker in the past used to play in our work room. It was catchy. Right then and there, I was already liking this Anime show. This episode basically presented us the main character, LIght, and of course, the Death Note and its powers. It was such a compelling episode. Just what I expected and hoped for. I remember, after watching through episode 1, my girlfriend and I looked at each other and grinned, we both found the story SICK! We loved it! 

We took a break after episode 1. Then after finishing our meal, we got back to it. Episode 2 was even better. Light shared his philosophy about the power of the Death Note and let me just say, he’s got a good argument going. Also, we got introduced to another interesting and significant character who goes only by the name of "L". And oh man, the twist in this episode is just that… TWISTED! It’s so good that even if you’ve read this and now know that there is a twist, it would still give you some sort of shock.

So now, I have only sat through two episodes of Death Note: Anime yet I am already hooked. Manong E. was right all along when he said, "Start it and you can’t stop watching." I am definitely looking forward to watching the rest of the series or the other forms of the story. This is because, apparantly, this story originated from a Manga Comic Series and was adapted to different sorts of media such as Novel, Film and TV. So if you haven’t even discovered it yet, I higly sugget that you go find the Death Note.