Death Note Episode 2 Discussion / Poll

[Catgirls]

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[IchiKyo]

*Link Expired*
This is it
Let's go

[LightningZERO]

Checked the site. LOL. I don't know why but it's really funny when I see the picture with Kira words and the poster writes Athrun beside it!

[musouka]

Wow, a lot of people complaining about Light's sister's voice on 2ch. Now I'm almost more curious to hear it than L's!

Oh, wait, I forgot. It's Hagu's VA. That should be interesting. (I liked her in Noein, and thought she did better in the second season of HachiKuro than the first, though...)

[IchiKyo]

The RAW out
Going now to take it
See you later

[Omniscient]

Episode 02 Screencaps and Summary

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I loved watching L outwit Light in this episode. I didn't mind Light's sister's voice or L's voice, though L wasn't quite what I was expecting (though not in a bad way).

[MrProphet]

Excellent second episode. L is even more sociopathic than Kira, but it was great seeing L trick Light in that little game of cat and mouse.

Something tells me that as times goes by, Light is going to be more and more hysterical. It's obvious that he can't handle the challenge without destroying the moral base he stands upon. His premise of becoming God is already crumbling. I've had a thought that subconsciously Light wanted to be captured, wanted to be known as Kira, the Ultimate Criminal, or he wouldn't have killed all those men in a manner that would attract so much attention.

Light revels in the stoplight, he seemingly loves being chased. Whether his purpose is fame or he is testing his newly-found Godhood, time will show.

My only concern with the episode was that they've reused the music from the 1st episode for the dramatic scene with L. I wonder if they'll use it over and over again, every time giving the viewer an aural cue to be excited. That would not be good.

[musouka]

Finally got to see the ep. Damn, Kappei as L made my heart skip a beat. Several beats. Sooo cooool. It's nice to see him play a (somewhat) serious role for a change.

Overall, great ep. Really got my blood racing near the end.

(Oh, and Light's sister's voice wasn't as bad as 2ch made it out to be. But I like that sort of natural tone.)

[dxgarten]

Episode 02 screencaps and impression

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That final scene between Light and L was awesome. It's nice to see Light getting bait so easily like that. I can't wait to see the revenge though.

[Srin Tuar]

Wow, excellent ep2.

Spoiler:

Whoever this L character is, I like his style.
Im sortof skeptical that he'd be able to hide from all the worlds intelligence agencies though, that parts a bit fakish.

Anyway, I'm still avoiding this forum, because this is a mystery type show its critical not to get spoiled too much

[Codex]

Thanks for linking the summaries. I watched the raw, and there was quite a bit that I didn't understand.

Spoiler for Episode 2:

So ... did Light set up that website himself? That's a rather risky thing to do ...

And, I didn't recognise L's voice actor at all. Even after knowing, I went back and still couldn't recognise it. And I'm such a Detective Conan fan too ... for shame =(.

[White Manju Bun]

question - do I love this anime
answer - YES!!!

Raito's evil last is awesome (he sounded more like Tamaki in this epi, I think)

Ending was awesome, I love L.

Also I did notice about the use of the same music but you gotta remember that most anime reuse the music. I love the Ouran OST but if you watch the epis you hear the same music over and over.

[Dagger]

Originally Posted by Codex

Spoiler for Episode 2:

So ... did Light set up that website himself? That's a rather risky thing to do ...

No.

Spoiler:

Basically, its presence shows that people are already recognizing him as a burgeoning "god" and that they approve of what he's doing, even though few of them would say so aloud, away from the anonymity of the Internet.

I was very skeptical of Yamaguchi Kappei as L, but dear lord was I ever impressed by him; I've never heard him sound like that. I can't wait to hear more.

[Li Jianliang]

Episode 2 Screen Captures

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The best part of the episode, in my opinion, was when Lind L. Taylor appeared on TV and I thought that the animators wouldn't show Light writing down the name and have Lind get dramatically heart attack'ed (thus scaring the heck out of me in my darkened room). Good thing that didn't happen...

Hmm, I, for one, thought that L's voice was a bit too mature-sounding for his character.

[Dagger]

Originally Posted by Li Jianliang

Hmm, I, for one, thought that L's voice was a bit too mature-sounding for his character.

Well, L is 25.

[Itachikun]

Actually, L's VA is actually the same person who did Usopp (One Piece) and Inuyasha (Um,,, Inuyasha?! )... That's why when i first heard L's voice, it sounded like a ery serious Usopp.

I love this episode, let the battle between Kira and L begin! Gets a 9, not that perfect
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[CarpeDiem]

I absolutely loved episode 2, especially the . . .

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final scene of L outsmarting Light (one of my favorite scenes in the manga).

The way they pulled off the scene - with the background music and general mood of the scene - was really awesome. I am very satisfied with how they executed it. L's my favorite character. I think his voice is great, and I'm glad the computer-generated voice is not as high-pitched and annoying as the movie version.

They're on a roll. Let's hope they keep up the high quality.

[Dark`]

Originally Posted by musouka

Finally got to see the ep. Damn, Kappei as L made my heart skip a beat. Several beats. Sooo cooool. It's nice to see him play a (somewhat) serious role for a change.

Originally Posted by Magus IX

I was very skeptical of Yamaguchi Kappei as L, but dear lord was I ever impressed by him; I've never heard him sound like that. I can't wait to hear more.

Originally Posted by Li Jianliang

Hmm, I, for one, thought that L's voice was a bit too mature-sounding for his character.

From these responses, I guess I can breath a sigh of relief. Ever since I read on ANN that Yamaguchi Kappei was gonna do L, all I could think about was the image of L moving his mouth and the voice of Usopp/Inuyasha/Ranma/Raimon Tarou coming out. Not that those characters sounded bad, just that the pitch of their voices seemed a bit too high for what I expected L to sound like.

Spoiler for If you've seen the live-action movie trailers, it's not a spoiler:

Based on the trailers for the live-action movie, it seems like L uses a voice filter to communicate (you wouldn't be able to tell from the manga), so after I watched those I could imagine Kappei doing the voices for that. I just still had a hard time wrapping my head around him doing the non-altered voice for L. =p

[LightningZERO]

Another great episode. The best part is L owning Light. The music really fit the situation very well. Yamaguchi Kappei really plays L well. He sounds different than what I had expected. I was thinking L will have the sound of Kido Shinichi, but it is very different. Never feel L is so cool before!!! Oh, and Light shows some signs of madness when L owns him. He lost his 'innocence' way too fast.

[Li Jianliang]

Originally Posted by Magus IX

Well, L is 25.

I thought...L is at the same age as Light...? ;_; That went so much better in the doujins... Nooo....