#death note musical english

[nofututrenopast]

Death Note in Concert

Death Note in Concert Opening Night | Palladium Run | 21 August 2023 | NFT until 23 Jan unless purchased through me (£5) | M4A Untracked | Nofuturenopast Aimie Atkinson (Rem), Frances Mayli McCann (Misa), Joaquin Pedro Valdes (Light), Dean John Wilson (L), Christian Rey Marbella (Soichiro), Rachel Clare Chan (Sayu), Adam Pascal (Ryuk), Felipe Bejarano (Mogi), Yojiro Ichikawa (Ukita), Eu Jin Hwang (Matsuda), David Kar-Hing Lee (Lind L Tailor), Nick Len (Ide), Marcel Li-Ping (Aizawa), Jojo Meredith (Haley Belle), Janine Somicio (Ensemble), Jasmine Leung (Ensemble), Deena Kapadia (Ensemble), Jade Copas (Ensemble), Charlotte Coggin (Ensemble) Notes: Some background noise in act one due to latecomer in the row. If you want this please PM me directly - still recovering from the drive crash so my site is under construction

[hylianane]

The most homoerotically charged scene in the Death Note franchise is not the feet washing scene you guys, you freaks and fools, it’s this moment from the musical

[macnronii]

I’ll be the god of a new world!

[meandmypagancrew]

The measure of a production of Death Note is actually determined by how many characters sing I'm Ready. By this metric, the 2023 Korean production is the winner, as it featured FOUR different characters singing it.

Japan comes in second with two (and I'll give them a half point for Ryuk having a whole dance routine to it) and West End comes in last with only Misa.

Information from the Russian production could not be found.

[doyouknowthismusical]

[numbuh424]

musical!L supremacy btw

[kyrilu]

I am the mighty hurricane. (x)

Introducing Joaquin Pedro Valdes as Yagami Light in Death Note The Musical at the London Palladium on August 21-22, 2023.

[quietbreeze97]

Thinking about when L called Light "Light-kun" in the musical and my heart going WHEEEEEEE with happiness as soon as I heard it

[siflshonen]

Oh! I’m late to the party on Death Note: The Musical. They changed some stuff!!!

[giantkillerjack]

Y'all I am vibing with the Death Note musical right now so hard this fucking rules

[jeveuxlamort]

Warning, rambling about the death note musical below i am mostly go on about my views on the english lyrics of the 2015 demo, and comparing them to my view of the japanese lyrics, so if anything I say contradicts newer changes, please let me know (also probably should have a general idea of how the musical is structured compared to the original story I realized afterwards I did not mention a ton of context)

(incredibly unstructured thoughts below)

on one hand, I adore the death note musical.

on the other hand, I abhor the english lyrics (yes I know the english version what technically created first) and how Light is characterized in “where is the justice”.

I wish his true motivation, boredom, had stayed the main focus of his motives, if they really wanted to they could have him say flowery things to the class and then have his actual motivations be mentioned, but they make it out like he has issues with the system? which he never really did? he latched the idea of ridding the world of crime (and in his eyes, evil) after he realized the death note worked, but he wasn’t someone who was actively challenging it before he got the death note (and imo he wasn’t really challenging anything after he got it). I personally hate the reasoning of “oh the motivation is different to fit with America” like?? a bored kid who is very gifted academically obtains supernatural powers and uses it to punish people he claims to be evil, can and does still work?? if they didn’t think it would work with America as a setting just have the musical still be set in Japan?? like Phantom of the Opera or Les Mis are performed in other countries that arent France but are obviously french?

ALSO hurricane is just… straight into murder mode without anything else from Light? nothing about the lyrics make me go “yes, this is actually light talking and this is his thought process after discovering the death note works” he goes straight into “I will use this power to rid the world of evil” instead of the moral conflict he had that led him into that thought process? he literally couldn’t handle the idea that he killed two men so he went “well actually they deserved it and I am the only person who could use this the right way” (dumbed down significantly but you get the point) just PLEASE I AM BEGGING FOR A LITTLE NUANCE THAT IS IN THE ORIGINAL STORY (and is in the japanese lyrics btw)

and (imo) L is also?? kinda off??? the english lyrics for “the game begins” just has generic lines that come across like “hey everyone, just so you know, im the detective, and I detect things, with my brain” like nothing about how he views kira, no personality to how things are said, just generic detective speak

(I personally prefer the japanese lyrics, which seem to draw a lot from his musings about kira, where he ultimately decides kira has to be human and cannot be a supernatural force. it just gives so much more insight into his thoughts than just explaining how a detective works)

(edit: also ties into “the unshakable/unwavering truth” and his shock at the existence of shinigami but still believing kira is human and separate from them)

also, why are so many of his lyrics 3rd wall breaks? why is that a thing? the first time it was amusing? but he does it so often??

misa and rem are pretty good overall, my only gripes are that the lyrics don’t feel like lyrics that can only make sense in the context of death note, if that makes sense? like, if you know what going on the lyrics will fit, but if you heard the songs outside of any knowledge of death note they just sound like generic songs that could have been written for anyone? (not just misa and rem’s songs but a few others as well) there are a couple of lines in each song that are more specific to the context, but I just wish they were further intertwined with the story

(again, the japanese lyrics are great with this)

overall, the english demo lyrics feel like a game of telephone where a lot of overall details were kept but other details/ideas were just brushed over and they filled in the blanks with what they thought fit with the story and went “eh, close enough”

(i do have thoughts on the other songs but i mostly just wanted to talk about L and Light atm)

[i-translated]

I translated "Where Is The Justice?" from Death Note: The Musical into Russian

See below for color codes. Listen to the original here, the original lyrics lifted from here. As with all my translations, this one is fully rhymed and rhythmic, meaning you can sing it over the original music.

"Где Справедливость?"

Где справедливость, Раз преступники тайком Гуляют на свободе, А не под замком? Я вижу злость в глазах, Ребяческий каприз. Мне давно Ваш опостылел Благородный компромисс. Закон бездействует, что толку от идей? Одни слова не защитят живых людей; Гниёт система, чей-то полнится карман. Ни закона, Ни порядка, Лишь предвзятость и обман. Перед законом все равны, Кто прав, кто виноват. Обойдёт их подлый адвокат. Бесконечно жертвы Ищут справедливость, Как можно отвернуться И оставить всё как есть? Пропадают семьи За семью замками, Прячутся и в страхе от ночных дорог Не выйдут за порог. Где же тут справедливость, Если есть справедливость? Легко гадать, кто невиновен, кто – злодей, Но мир не чёрно-белый, Всё куда сложней. Пусть будет чёрно-белым, серый серым рознь, Мы разделим мир напополам, На зло и на добро. Не оспорить взгляды, каждый принцип осмеяв. Юристов ухищрения - мне судья; Главы корпораций судьбы целых наций Решают безнаказанно, им не знакома честь. Богачу с экранов с рук сойдёт убийство, Только хитрый адвокат сплетает сеть, В тюрьму ему не сесть. Где же здесь справедливость? Если есть справедливость? (Справедливость, где же, где?) Где справедливость? (Где же, где?) Для всех невинных! (Где же, где?) Где справедливость? Что нам закон, не карающий виновных? Обещания политик нам твердит, А для судьи не важно, честен ли вердикт. (Честен ли вердикт?) Лазеек тысячи на всякий вкус и цвет, Лучше старой-доброй мести в этом мире правил нет. (В этом мире правил нет!) Разве вам не надоела эта круговерть? Мы больше не намерены терпеть! (Мы не намерены терпеть!) (Справедливость, время отвоевать справедливость!) Пропадают семьи За семью замками, Прячутся и в страхе от ночных дорог Не выйдут за порог. Мы нес��м справедливость! (Где справедливость?) Им нужна справедливость! (Где справедливость?) Где справедливость?

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White/Black - Light Red - the teacher Green - ensemble Blue - students #1 and #2

[kira-would-be-our-saviour]

" Show me right and wrong

All of your stupid wants

Give me your best and I'll show you scum where you belong!

Raised from my youth to be among the best

My pride, ground to dust, as now I join the rest

Knife through the brain, my thoughts consume my mind

A lazy kinda lie--I couldn’t survive

Cause now the happy's gone away

We went and broke the game

I don't know who, but someone’s gotta take the blame

Stuck in a daze and I can't recover, mayday...

Oh, what a shame, see--

Surfing the mainstream, the news in your veins

Stock-prices failing, while work wastes away

Riding the pipedream, your joy turns to hate

Now this is the calling to all us corporate slaves

Huh?!

Shut it, shut it, fuck this shit!!

I'm limping in a grave, but I haven't quit

Average, slacker, that's your bid

Never understand me, but I bet that I'll win!

Ah, what a perfect fit--

Is it the wind or is that dumb farce a lame melody?

Shut it, shut it, fuck this shit!

Do it how you want, but as for me, I'm free

I'm done with this!

Yes, I’m the pillar of a moral code

So no, I’ll be peaceful when it comes to blows

Pen sharper yet than both the gun and sword

I'll shoot you with my words, to battle we go

Oh my, did that sound so deranged?

I’m sorry, let me change

You whine and whine until you die and rot away

Loving the pain, my soul drinks up sipping the rage

I'm fucking tired--

Pouring a drink to emptiness, as you down every shot through the night

Take off the spike, all the pain, and the lies, and let everyone cut from the pie

Checking the orders, they're first for your eyes

For these are the customs society abides

Huh?!

Shut it, shut it, fuck this shit!

Just shut up your mouth you fucking corporate pig

Let me call it as it is

All you stupid suits just leave me gagged 'till I’m sick

I'm tired of the give--

Repeated cold, sin, a long drawn on out parody

Shut it, shut it, fuck this shit!

I'll mark you with an X, now, let's begin, I'll win

I'm done with this!

Shut it, shut it, fuck this shit...

Shut it, shut it, fuck this shit...

I'm just another one you'd call a "genius kid!"

Shut it, shut it, fuck this shit!

I'm limping in a grave, but I haven't quit

Average, slacker, that's your bid

Never understand me, but I bet that I'll win!

Ah, what a boring fit--

Oh, when you gonna quit with all of your lame memories

Shut it, shut it, fuck this shit!

Sure, I'm nothing special, but, the hell? Oh well

I'm done with it, I don't give a shit! "

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{ original by ado : " 正しさとは 愚かさとは

それが何か見せつけてやる

ちっちゃな頃から優等生

気づいたら大人になっていた

ナイフの様な思考回路

持ち合わせる訳もなく

でも遊び足りない 何か足りない

困っちまうこれは誰かのせい

あてもなくただ混乱するエイデイ

それもそっか

最新の流行は当然の把握

経済の動向も通勤時チェック

純情な精神で入社しワーク

社会人じゃ当然のルールです

はぁ？うっせぇうっせぇうっせぇわ

あなたが思うより健康です

一切合切凡庸な

あなたじゃ分からないかもね

嗚呼よく似合う

その可もなく不可もないメロディー

うっせぇうっせぇうっせぇわ

頭の出来が違うので問題はナシ

つっても私模範人間

殴ったりするのはノーセンキュー

だったら言葉の銃口を

その頭に突きつけて撃てば

マジヤバない？止まれやしない

不平不満垂れて成れの果て

サディスティックに変貌する精神

クソだりぃな

酒が空いたグラスあれば直ぐに注ぎなさい

皆がつまみ易いように串外しなさい

会計や注文は先陣を切る

不文律最低限のマナーです

はぁ？うっせぇうっせぇうっせぇわ

くせぇ口塞げや限界です

絶対絶対現代の代弁者は私やろがい

もう見飽きたわ

二番煎じ言い換えのパロディ

うっせぇうっせぇうっせぇわ

丸々と肉付いたその顔面にバツ

うっせぇうっせぇうっせぇわ

うっせぇうっせぇうっせぇわ

私が俗に言う天才です

うっせぇうっせぇうっせぇわ

あなたが思うより健康です

一切合切凡庸な

あなたじゃ分からないかもね

嗚呼つまらねぇ

何回聞かせるんだそのメモリー

うっせぇうっせぇうっせぇわ

アタシも大概だけど

どうだっていいぜ問題はナシ " }

all hail kira

[spaceoperetta]

So Death Note the Musical is going to have two concerts in English in London’s West End at the end of August?

Thank you Youtube algorithm for putting this on my home page i went WHAT. Death Not the Musical content in English that’s not the demos????

[italictext]

HELLO DO ANY OF YALL HAVE ACT 2 OF THE 2015 KOREAN DEATH NOTE THE MUSICAL WITH SUBTITLES??? This person has act 1 and if any of yall have act 2 please post it I'm dying over here :'D

[numbuh424]

OH MY GOD OKAY IT'S HAPPENING EVERYBODY STAY CALM