Death Note fans still wish one thing was different about the ending MadhouseDeath Note might\u2019ve ended a long time ago, but fans still want to change Light\u2019s death in the anime. Light Yagami is undoubtedly one of the most well-written anime protagonists out there. At the beginning of Death Note, we see him as a straight-A student who happens to stumble upon the eponymous notebook. What follows is as intriguing as it is nefarious. The beloved anime show perfectly portrays Light\u2019s descent from a person who wants to get rid of criminals to someone who\u2019s developed a God Complex and isn\u2019t above killing anyone, even his own family. However, when it comes to the character\u2019s end, the anime series falters. Instead of the manga\u2019s brutal ending which shows Light writhing in agony and begging Ryuk for his life, the anime shows his death more poetically than he deserves. In the anime, after having his true identity as Kira exposed and being shot by Matsuda, Light runs away to an abandoned building. Ryuk, who\u2019s been seeing everything, chooses to write Light\u2019s name in the Death Note as a mercy. The killer finally dies of a heart attack, illuminated by the setting sun. It\u2019s a jarring contrast to the manga\u2019s ending which portrays Light as pathetic as he\u2019s always deemed everyone else. For a killer who doesn\u2019t hesitate to end people\u2019s lives, he begs for his own and gets no mercy in return. It\u2019s just what he deserves and is the perfect end to his crimes. \u201cI REALLY wish they had used the manga ending for that, it was far more agonizing and scary for Light, as he deserved,\u201d wrote one user on X. \u201cI feel like in the anime they kinda made it less pathetic and like\u2026 no\u2026 it\u2019s supposed to be pathetic, that\u2019s the point,\u201d pointed out another. \u201cI know they needed to fill in air time but I hate how they almost made it seem like they were fishing for sympathy for the person he became. Compared to what he used to be,\u201d a third criticized the anime\u2019s ending. While the manga perfectly captures the humanity in Light\u2019s death, the anime adds another symbolism. At one point in the story, Ryuk reveals the users of Death Notes go to neither heaven nor hell. That\u2019s why the anime shows Light dying on the stairs, never reaching paradise or purgatory. For more on psychological thriller anime, check out which anime to watch if you like Death Note and the best body horror anime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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