Fun:Death Note

Death Note is a Japanese serial manga that span 108 chapters, that was adapted into three live action movies and an anime series. It was written by Tsugami Ohba, with art by Takeshi Obata.

The story revolves around a bored, genius teenager who finds a Death Note, a notebook that will kill whomever name is written in it, barring certain conditions. The teenager, Light, decides to use the notebook to create an Utopian world, where he himself sits as God, presiding over the people he has allowed to live.

The action in Death Note focuses on the cat and mouse games between Light Yagami (Kira) and the detectives that try to stop him. In the first half of the series, perusing Kira is brought to you by the letter L, while in the second half of the series, it is done by L's successors, Near and Mello.

Death Note has sparked both moral debate and controversy worldwide. It is banned in China. In America, students have both suspended and expelled for possessing mock Death Notes with the names of fellow students and teachers.

Death Note at Conservapedia

Over at Conservapedia, the article on Death Note was biased, in order to make Light seem more noble, yet succumbing to his power and lost himself. It was obvious that the creator of the original article, RKLuffy88, knew nothing about the series despite claiming to be an otaku. Examples of his lack of knowledge and bias on the series are as such:

A)Light Yagami is a brilliant high school student who is bored with his usual life routine.

Correct Answer: While true, he is mostly disgusted by the world around him.

B)It was left by a shinigami (death god) named Ryuk, who wanted to see the cruelty of humanity for amusement

Correct Answer: Ryuk was just bored. Dropping the Death Note was an excuse to spend time in the human world with whomever has it.

C)However, he misuses it, and eventually plays God, using it to kill whoever is on his tail.

Correct Answer: Light states his attention of God-hood at the beginning of the series. There was no sudden switch from being the "good" guy to playing God.

There is also no mention on the moral debate or the controversies surrounding the series.

Moral Debate

The series sparks moral debate within it's readers. This is due to it's presentation of both sides. Each side has both it's righteous and negative points.

Light, for example, has his intentions of creating an Utopian world, but will also sacrifice those closest to him and kill even innocent people whom disagree with his ideology. L is created as the detective sent to stop Light, but is not above doing anything, such as stealing and sacrificing criminals to achieve his goal

The debate of whom to support is one of the critical aspects of the story, because it is realized that Light does have a positive effect on society(Crime rates worldwide decrease 70% and he stops wars), but people may disagree with how he does things.