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Youtube Issues

I’ve been trying to consistently update DN videos in this site as soon as it becomes available in Youtube. I currently have DN episode 24.

Lately, Youtubes been erasing some of  the DN episodes due to copyright issues. I understand that Youtube was sued (i think) by several (not sure) owners of  some anime video companies. Youtube is a large company with over 1 million subscribers. It would be very challenging for Youtube to check all member-uploaded videos just to see if these uploaded videos pass company policy. Maybe soon Youtube will be a pay-per-view site. I’ll make sure to watch as many animes as I can before that happens.

Death Note Episode 20: Makeshift

I just finished watching the episode. I also linked the video here for everyones access. Feel free to watch ep.20.

I am downloading the movie version..and if all goes well…then..i might burn it in DVD. Of course, I’ll post the link here too, so you too can download the video.

Death Note Episode 19: Matsuda

I was able to finally create a location to organize the episode guide and videos for Death Note.

Latest available video:

• Death Note 19: Matsuda – 2 parts

PLOT

Light Yagami is a young but bright high school student who has until recently led a boring and uneventful life. That changed very quickly when he found a strange notebook with the title “Death Note” lying on the ground one day in 2003. It wasn’t until later that he realized that this “Death Note” was the tool of a shinigami (god of death in Japanese) from another world named Ryuk, and that it had the power to kill whoever’s name was written on its pages, so long as the writer knew the victim’s face. Light realizes his ability to kill whomever he wishes, and he uses it to begin a “cleaning” of the world from evil.

It does not take the police long to realise that somebody is responsible for the mysterious deaths of criminals, and he is then soon hunted by the Japanese police force and a mysterious detective known as “L”. So as Light works towards his “perfect” world, devoid of crime and injustice, L works to catch the mysterious murderer, dubbed “Kira” (Japanese pronunciation of Killer) by the press and end the increasing deaths of criminals and anyone who gets too close to the truth. L and Light soon begin a cat and mouse chase to see who will be the first to have their identities exposed.

With the help of the FBI, L tracks down Light as a suspect and monitors him closely through the 64 video cameras and microphones installed in Light’s bedroom. However Light quickly realizes that he’s being spied on and plans several convoluted yet smart moves such as hiding a miniature TV, pencil and a piece of the Death Note inside a bag of potato chips to continue killing criminals without appearing to do so.

Although no evidence is found against Light and the video cameras are eventually uninstalled, L still suspects Light and enters the same university as him under the alias of Hideki Ryuga. After revealing his true identity to Light, L invites Light to join the investigation team in order to continue keeping an eye on him.

Later, Light and L realize that there exists a second Kira who, unlike the original Kira, is able to kill a person without knowing his name. After a series of investigation on the Second Kira, a girl called Misa Amane approaches Light and demands that he become her boyfriend in exchange for helping him against L. L eventually deduces the identity of Second Kira and imprisons Misa, who decides to give up her ownership of the Death Note and pass it to Light.

Under heavy suspicion and various evidence against him, Light voluntarily lets L imprison him while passes one of the Death Notes to another person to ensure the continuation of ‘Kira’s action’ and bury the other Note in a forest. By giving up the ownership, both Light and Misa lose all their memories related to the Death Note.

After a month or so L is forced to release Light and Misa by other members of the investigation team. However, still suspicious, L chains himself and Light together with handcuffs to keep an eye on him. With the help of Misa and other members of the investigation team, Light and L are able to track down the new Kira, Kyosuke Higuchi, and arrest him successfully.

When Light touches Higuchi’s Death Note again, all the lost memories come back to him once more. He then kills Higuchi secretly and regains the ownership of the Death Note. Light then cunningly steers the investigation towards Misa again, forcing Rem the Shinigami to kill both L and Watari. Upon L’s death, Light is nominated to act as L by the members of the investigation team.