Death Note

The episode was very impressive since Light is pressured on how to contact the second Kira without allowing the investigation team to gain an edge over him to that clue. L's freaking out was a little unrealistic. It didn't fit such a cool, calm and collected character to act like that. It surprised me.



The story that Rem told Misa about Jealous was touching. It is really amazing how they managed to show such emotion from that scene. I also loved the colour imagery. Misa's red hat when she was about to be murdered matches Light's hair when he's thinking. It fits the red (evil) vs. blue (good) battle very well. It's almost like Misa's red hat was foreshadowing her becoming an owner of a Death Note.



Shouldn't have Ryuk and Rem spotted each other in the cafe? I mean they are always floating besides their "owner" so I would have expected that they would have seen each other.

Gee, I kinda wish I'd written a review for these episode right after I had watched them... I don't really remember much. I do remember that L asks Soichiro to ask Light to join the Task Force. And of course, Light accepts. Other than that, my mind draws a blank up until the point where Rem reveals to Misa why she has the Death Note. A few years ago (or maybe a month or two, I can't remember), an old, ragged, Shinigami fell in love with a beautiful, young, girl. The Shinigami's name was Gelus. Gelus loved the girl very much, and watched her every single day. But he was sad, for he knew that she was to die young. On the day of her scheduled death, Rem came to sit by Gelus's side and watch the girl die. On her way home, the girl was approached by a man holding a knife. The man told the girl that he would kill her if she did not date him. Or something of that sort. The girl refused, and the man came at her, preparing to stab her to death. Gelus could not bare the thought of losing his love, so he quickly began to write the name of the girl's attacker in his notebook. Rem tried to stop him, but his love for her was too great. The attacker had a heart attack, and died. Gelus saved the girl's life, but payed with his own. The Shinigami Rule is that under no circumstances must a Shinigami ever save a human's life. After he saved her, Gelus crumpled to ash and died. Rem kept his notebook. Sometime later, she decided to go to Earth and seek out the young girl. She succeded in finding her, and Rem gave Misa Gelus's notebook.

Though lacking in the action and intellect one usually sees in the series, this episode had enough of a killer revelation to make up for it. Such a romantic way of killing, as Misa would say. I believe that Rem's voice was cast with this episode in mind, as it fit the story-telling perfectly. The viewer was given a glimpse into Misa's life, revealing just what kind of a background she's introducing: the childish model type (something of a Hannah Montana figure). Luckily, she does think about people other than herself and it shows the true depth of her character that she could so graciously accept Jealous's final gift.



I give this episode a 8.7/10 on a Death Note scale.

I never really thought it would be possible, but in this episode is featured someone who I actually wouldn't mind Light using the Death Note on. Misa Amane is a popular model, actress, singer, blah blah blah, just your average teen idol, I suppose. She has somehow come into possession of a second Death Note and worships Kira. The only other minor issues are that she looks about twelve and sounds about six. She's also decorated her room with some creepy gothic stuff.

Her shinigami Rem is pretty cool, though. The focus of this episode is Rem explaining to Misa how to kill a shinigami: apparently you must make it fall in love with a human. She tells Misa a story about a shinigami named Jealous who fell in love with a girl about to be murdered, and wrote the would-be killer's name in his Death Note at the last possible second. But that isn't really the point: the point is that Misa was the one about to be murdered that day. (That's right; if stupid Jealous hadn't interfered, Light, L, and even we, the audience, wouldn't have to worry about her.) Since he saved Misa, Rem decided to give Misa his Death Note. Also during this episode was Light "deducing" that the videos were sent by a second Kira. This Kira in question also sends a video reply to the real Kira that actually mentions the existence of shinigami (L does not take this news well at all. What a drama queen).

This episode is about the second Kira, Misa Amane............



The episode is pretty good, and is mostly about Misa and her shinigami, Rem. It shows the story of how a shinigami once saved misa, and revealed the secret behind how to kill shinigami. Misa secretly sends a message to Light through a letter where to meet. Light doesnt end up meeting her right away, but Misa does figure out who Kira is finally......



Overall, I'd say this was a great episode, and in depth as expected from Death note. At death note standards, this episode lives up to its' potential completely.....

Light is officialy inducted into the Kira taskforce in this episode, and with his supposed help, L begins to adress the second Kira problem… Misa, the new Kira, comes across as an infatuated school girl, almost desperate to meet the real Kira, with a deceptively dark personality…

Light and L quickly come to appreciate how unpredictable Misa is, and are dumbfounded as to wether she could help or destroy either in a timely manner.

It is apparent that Light has to put a stop to this Misa if he is to keep his dangerous secret out of the limelight, and he must do so quickly...