ANIME: Death Note Episode 2+3 Reaction

I'd like to request Elizabeth Bloodflame's cover of My Heart Will Go On: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r58RPcKYAvQ&list=RDr58RPcKYAvQ&start_radio=1

Having only one person in charge of the book is hinky, especially someone who’s too smart for his own good. High IQ people can usually come up with arguments to support their beliefs, good or bad.. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Maddm0_BwC4 So whether it's Death Note, the PTA, or a country, every leader needs someone who can pull the plug on a bad idea. Also, the whole crime rate is down thing - what’s the unintended consequence of that? For example, the book Silent Spring documents how pesticides used to kill bugs (a good thing) also killed birds and wildlife. Taking out the criminals sounds good on paper, but what’s the cost?

I just started watching this vid, but you mentioned wanting to study vowels and in Japanese. And one of the things I love about the Japanese language is that while it can *look* complicated, it's actually one of the easiest languages to pronounce, cause it's all based around simple vowel sounds. The majority of the language can be broken into five simple vowel sounds, all with just (usually) a single consonant in front of it. And those are (pronunciation in parenthesis): A (ah) | I (ee) | U (oo) | E (ay) | O (oh) You pretty much put a single consonant in front of each vowel sound to form what is essentially a Japanese letter. Ka | Ki | Ku | Ke | Ko Sa | Shi | Su | Se | So Ta | Chi | Tsu | Te | To Ma | Mi | Mu | Me | Mo Etc, etc, There are some few exceptions here and there that complicate things a bit. (And then of course if you go really in depth there's tone and enunciation) But if you can pronounce each of the vowel sounds, you can pick up Japanese pronunciation pretty easily. So for example Shi-ni-ga-mi (shee-nee-gah-mee)

"Is all anime this good or clever?" No Tim. A lot of it is, but we're feeding you the good stuff.

most anime are based on a manga, usually with only one author (death note has one writer, Tsugumi Ohba, and one illustrator, Takeshi Obata). Usually anime isn't that different from the manga. It really depends on the author whether the show is clever or not lol. anime is really diverse in terms of genre

The ending of episode 2 always gives me chills, doesn't matter how many times I've seen it

Its important to pay attention to the rules of the death note itself, details of it become very important later on and become increasingly complex due to how Light handles these rules. Also one thing that you may have missed is that the chief of police is Light's dad, that is how he has info on the police.

I love it, I love it, I love it, your reactions are so epic. The only part I think you should rewatch a sec is the moment it is revealed that his father is the captain of the Japan Police, I'm unsure but it didn't seem to me you really got that as it happened (you were talking). This is not a criticism or nothing, just a nice moment on the episode that is created for the audience to first learn Light's dad is the chief of police, the one that told the younger guy that he should keep speaking the truth. Keep going! You are doing an amazing job and reliving these series with you is epic!

After hearing you talk about your dark side, I think you definitely have to check out the anime Psycho-Pass at some point. And no, not all anime is this clever - over 90% is as formulaic as main-stream Hollywood.