I saw both Death Note movies and loved them, so the next step was to read the manga. What follows are some thoughts that completely spoil basically the whole series, so I would not proceed unless you’ve also read it, seen the anime (I’m assuming here that the anime, which I haven’t seen, sticks to the manga closely, so click at your own risk), or just don’t care. But in that case, why would you read this?
To briefly review it first, I’d say that this is well worth reading if you liked the films. The first movie is fairly close to the beginning of the manga, but the second movie goes in a rather different direction. The manga is certainly more epic, and is in some ways deeper as well. But overall I think the changes made in the second film were wise, and I’m going to explain why with all those spoilers I was just warning you about.
