A Note on Death Note
"Well... Light, it's been quite fun!" With these words Shinigami (the celestial death agent) Ryuk brought end to a smart young man (Light Yagami), who was drunk on power to kill anyone at will and intellect to get away with it! With this scene our binge-watch of the marvelous manga web-series "Death Note" also came to an end! The series doesn't answer any questions on death but truly makes us take note of how death or rather the fear of death shapes the psyche in particular and society in general. The first question is, who is the hero of the series? Is it Light Yagami? Who shows all the best and worst in human beings put together? Is it "L"? Who, with his amazing power of deduction finds out the real identity of Light Yagami. However "L" loses to Light in a shrewd diabolical plot set by Light and dies. Is it "Near"? The child prodigy who took over from "L" and beats Light at his own game of double-crossing and serves ...