Death Note Chapter 108 Discussion

I cannot even properly describe how much I hate the ending. The journey up to this point was extremely entertaining, but the conclusion was a massive letdown. The most interesting part about the whole situation is the point when Light says that, since Kira appeared the crime rate has gone down by 70%. This one sentence proves that Kira made the world a better place, it is no longer an opinion but a fact, a few more years and the crime rate would most likely go even lower. The frustrating part of this manga is that investigators on both sides lack the ability to see the bigger picture or perhaps they are too privileged to be able to see how much the state of the world has improved. Near and others might say that Light was just a crazy murderer, but it doesn't change the fact of what he's done for the world, nobody would ever be able to achieve the same results without using supernatural means. When law and order serve only the privileged people and don't punish the ones who deserve it, what choice do the good people have but to turn to God? Even if their God is human.

I didn't think it was that bad.. but I'd say that it was probably the worst Death Note chapter :P But it needed some sort of closure.. would have seemed a little weird if it just ended after Light's eyes closed.

An iconic manga. Way better than anime, which butchered a lot, especially on the second half.



Light's plan was perfect. I like a lot the very natural and simple nature of light's lost. Why? I like how light just lost due to a single flaw... which was foreshadowed regarding mikami's behavior since he first got the note book from light through ryuk. It made light's loss feel impactful and shocking because there was nothing that light could have done to make mikami not write takada's name. Of course it wasnt needed for mikami to be so desperate to rush takada's death, but he just did out of panic... i liked that.  The ending didnt "dumbed down" light at all, like some people claim nor imply that he lost due to a decline in his capacity to foreshadow.



Was it forced and made sense for Near to win? Consistency-wise, not much, but i liked how it felt.



The fact that light did made crime and the world better added to the impact of his loss. It was simply something Near had to take care of, not make kira win.



Loved it just like i loved the anime back in the early 2010s, but of course the manga is way better. The ost of the anime is remarkable of course.



One thing about it that can be tiring is that it is a very text heavy manga, because most of it is composed of texts explaining the logical conclusions and thoughts of the characters regarding what to do to outsmart or get the upper hand, which are Light, L and Near, with other characters just having sparse and uncommon moments of more exposure barely. So it is a more demanding manga than most manga and longer because of that.

it was cool ><

awesome manga... I really liked it. I loved Raikou's face when he saw they didnt die... I also liked Ryuk writing his name in the deathnote... haha serves him right for killing the first L :p

=P It wasn't so bad

Yeah the ending of the manga was way more good than the one from the manga.

Liked it a lot when that bitch pleased so desperately to Ryuk about murder the others and then to save him from death.

After everything you're done, do you still hope for a way to escape the Death Note?

Ryuk was right, you were really out of your mind. Serves you right.

Light was portrayed more evilish in the manga.



And, the girl at the end was Misa guys.



And I think Near doesn't deserve the hate he's getting. He never acted like he was the center of the world, aside from two or three occasions when he had all the rights to, like when he told to Aizawa to not get involved.

L did it way more than Near.

Ending was okay... I really liked the homage to Mello with Near eating chocolate. Also, I wouldn't be surprised if Near actually did "cheat" by controlling Mikami.



Fantastic manga!