Death-Note:-R-Relight-of-a-God
March 11th 2011 02:24
Death Note: R - Relight of a God - Anime Review
Synopsis:
A couple of years ago the most popular anime export from Japan was Death Note , the dark tale of a high school student who found a notebook with the power to kill anyone whose name was scrawled within it. Deciding to use it for justice, young Light Yagami started executing criminals and quickly became the world's most notorious (and successful) serial killer, dispatching criminals from around the world via unknown means and earning himself the nickname "Kira". Quickly attracting the interest of the police force and a super-detective going by the name "L" (turning out to be a hyper-intelligent high-school-age boy like Light) a battle of wit and intellect began with Light and L trying to outwit each other to the death. Light's ultimate goal was to become the "God of the New World", one where justice would always prevail under the threat of death.
Review:
Death Note: Relight: Visions of a God purports to be a retelling of the series from the point of view of Death God Ryuk, whose boredom sets the series in motion, but in reality it is merely an extended recap of the first 2/3 of the series, up to a significant point where many fans stopped watching. This in itself is disappointing; Ryuk is a fascinating character and the amusement/interest he finds in Light's actions across the series is a good starting point to view the events again, but instead this "relight" cops out as a mundane recap instead. The opening shows Ryuk in the land of the shinigami, bribed into telling the story with an apple, before we see a cliff notes version of twenty-something 30 minute episodes condensed into under two hours. The complex and convoluted arcs that Death Note presented worked courtesy of the smart, slow pacing, all of which is stripped here to rush through as much of the plot as possible in the short time. In this format, all of Death Note's problems are more evident: the flimsy nature of the characters, the absurdity of the universe's lore, Light's completely ridiculous plans, the latter of which gets so completely incoherent and convoluted that it's easy to have no idea of his tactics or endgame after thirty minutes of complex rabble. Discarding the excellent ending to the series (which many idiot fans never watched) the whole thing washes out as pointless, with even Ryuk concluding that the events are not really worth mentioning, the perfect capper to what is essentially complete dreck.
Grade - D - Death Note: Relight: Visions of a God is pointless, awful and forgettable.
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