Rebirth

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Light Yagami is a high school genius bored with life in general. Ryuk, a shinigami, is also bored, so he decides to drop his Death Note (a notebook shinigami use to kill humans) on Earth. After which, Light finds this mysterious book and decides to rid the world of all wicked people and rule a utopia as a god.moreless
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  • An excellent starting, the start of Kira.

    10
    "Perfect"
    By E-Dawg47, Aug 11, 2010
    This episode starts the reign of Kira, Light finds the Death Note and is corrupted into Kira. Light learns and tests its power. Light feels he is doing good by killing off all the criminals. He wants a better world, one that is not rotten. You can watch the whole series, but its your opinion if Light is the good guy or the bad guy. Light is what you would call the perfect student he is smart, popular, athletic etc... Ryuk thinks humans are fun, their hatrid or kindness is amusing to shinigami, or just Ryuk. He is different from most shinigami. Ryuk puts his Death Note in the human world which starts this series off. How far will this duo go. Watch the series and find out.moreless

  • If you got your hands on that...

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    By Gunlord0, Aug 11, 2010
    This was a good way to start off Death Note. In the begining, you meet a smart 17 year old student named Light who doesn't like all the evil and mess in the world. One day, he stumbles across a booklet called Death Note and learns that the name of someone written in it will die. Light uses it to kill evil people and starts to grow into it, believing he's changing the world for the better. He meets shinigami named Ryuk who was the original owner of the Death Note and they stick together. Is Light doing a good think or a bad thing? Its your conclusion.moreless

  • Just what on earth have you got yourself into, Light Yagami?

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    By xNeeNx, Aug 11, 2010
    This episode accomplishes in exploring the drives and motivations of Ryuk and Light. The concept is highly appealing to me. It was interesting how it led into the episode title with both of them thinking that their world is rotten.

    The thing that impressed me the most was the music. It matched the mood of each scene perfectly. I also loved the animation. It's so dark and gothic and reflects the darkness and twisted nature of the story perfectly. The little dabs of humour here and there is surprising considering the serious tone of everything.

    This episode is pretty much a set-up episode done tastefully. The scene when Light starts mass killing criminals was superb. Some would say that the writing of names was over pimped with the sharp hand movements and the super shiny pen, but I loved that. It just showed how crazy Light is. He really does think of himself as a god. I've would have given it an eight out of ten if not for those last two minutes. That sealed it a nine. Ryuk's reaction at the end was priceless. I especially loved the mischievous smirk at the end, foreshadowing all the trouble that is yet to come.moreless

  • Light Yagami first comes in contact with the Death Note.

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    By nin6_8, Jul 30, 2008
    This is the first episode of the Death Note anime series. I didn't put it down as pilot simply because the actual pilot of the series was a snippet of a graphic novel.
    Yagami, bored with his life, finds the death note. At first, skeptical of the Death Notes power, tests the death note on a number of criminals, and watches the people he wrote in it die. At first, he's sick with himself for killing two people, but then convinces himself he had the right too, and took it upon himself to rid the world of evil. The Shinigami Ryuk makes his first appearance to Light as he is manically laughing at all the people he killed. I really like this episode, it definitely draws you in. Not the best episode, but a good one nonetheless. If you wanna check out the show, you MUST start here, no exceptions.moreless

  • this episode was great because there he finds the deathnote and tells us what he will do with it but i think they should of added more to this great episodemoreless

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    By HEAI1993, May 26, 2008
    i think this episode was a awsome episode because i gave it a 9.9 but there is a tiny mistake they could of waited to have light find the death note. if he had found the death note later i think that would be a great part of the series
    but on the other hand this episode was the pilot episode so i can understand there reason why they didn't because if they didn't have him find the deathnote then people woudn't get this show at all and they propulary woudn't watch this awsome show so to recap i love this episode one of the bestmoreless
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    • Altered Scene: Taku In the manga, the girl outside the store was being harassed, and wasn't touched. In the anime, she was nearly raped, up to he point where her clothes were damaged.

    • Altered Scene: Picking His Note In the anime, Light picked up the Death Note using his right hand holding the right side of the book. In the manga, he gently lifted up the Note by holding on to the top.

    • Altered Scene: Light's Remorse In the manga, shortly after he kills the biker, Light actually begins to cry and feel faint, muttering "I killed... two people..." while the anime does not. This actually shows that Light is actually not an evil person, just that the Death Note has begun to erase his own conscience.

    • Goof: When Light sees the Death Note falling, it lands with the front cover facing down, but when Light goes to pick up the Death Note, the front cover is facing up.

    • Symbolism: The entire episode's setting is dark and cloudy until the end of the episode, when Light reveals his plan of purging the world of evil. Once he brings this up, a ray of sunlight strikes his desk through the window, suggesting how much of an improvement to the human world he thinks the Death Note will bring.

    • Filler scene: Ryuk's affinity for Earth apples is introduced in this filler scene, when Light's mother interrupts his conversation with Ryuk to give Light a bowl of apples.

    • Moved Scene: At the very end of the first manga chapter, the last panel shows the reader a glimpse of L. However, this scene is cut out and pushed to the next episode.

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    • The theme playing at the very beginning of the episode is a chanted variation of the prayer Kyrie Eleison, which is Greek for "Lord have mercy."

    • The first time we see Light's classroom, one student is playing a handheld game that looks like a Nintendo DS Lite.

    • The large projection screen seen on the side of a building in this episode, has the title "Fanasonic" written underneath it. This is a reference to the popular electronic comapany, Panasonic.

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