Death Note

Death Note (2006) 

A strong and supporting theme that, even in the weakest passages (and there are plenty of them; for example, the entire second half of the series, in which all the genius of the central characters unwittingly becomes a parody of itself), keeps the series afloat. However, I was actively annoyed even in the most powerful passages (and there are plenty of them; for example, the entire first half of the series), because the authors do not play a fair game, and key information from this psychological chess game of intellect, which the characters already know, is fundamentally only retroactively revealed. Moreover, it gives the impression of a radio play to which the visuals were added only subsequently. There are whole sections of episodes where we don’t get even five seconds of continuous silence. And so, in addition to the scenes where the characters have something to say and should be talking, there is a plethora of scenes where they should keep quiet, but they blather and blather and... And if it didn’t have an ending, they would probably still be babbling away to this day. They treat the viewer as a fool because there are the sort of scenes in every episode where "we see a sad figure, we know from previous events why she's sad and that she has a hell of a reason to be sad, yet we hear the character's inner voice, saying that she's sad, why she's sad, and that she has a hell of a reason to be sad." Grrr. (08.05.2013)