#i feel they're interesting in their own right idk fgjghf it does both the anime and the manga a disservice to treat them | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

quicktimeeventfull · 1 year ago

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genuinely i do not have anything against the anime adaptation of death note, i actually think it's quite good, but i wish there was more recognition that it is in fact an adaptation directed by a real human being (tetsuro araki/mochizuki saburo) who made creative decisions and explored themes which differed from those in the manga

#i feel like a lot of people have this idea that anime is just 'manga but it moves now'#but it's as much as an adaptation as the live action ones #like it adds in a lot of aesthetic christian iconography and removes some of the buddhist & shinto elements #light's death is completely different (& mikami never turns against him)#there is SO much added to L's death scene and the jarring suddenness of it is removed #light's characterization as a whole is much harsher & his behaviour is more erratic #i actually don't think these were bad decisions -- i think they worked well if you had read the manga first #(which you very possibly had bc it was ludicrously popular)#you got fun little twists and changes every week #but they are decisions #they were never an attempt to faithfully reproduce the original #i feel they're interesting in their own right idk fgjghf it does both the anime and the manga a disservice to treat them #like they're interchangeable

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