As a big fan of the manga I was pretty thrilled when I heard that Death Note was going to get a drama adaptation. I loved both movies and L change the world was actually a cool movie to watch. So if someone may ask me to describe this drama with a single word I would probably choose to use the adjective “Disappointing”. Let me explain myself. It’s actually a pretty good version of the anime. The story is crazily different form the original one BUT it was actually good to watch Yagami Light character portrayed as a extremely good boy who wants to clear up the world. Let’s go on with the review: GOOD POINTS - L character. I might describe myself as a “conservative” type when it comes to L character. He’s a pretty complex personality, basically a genius who’s also a weirdo. This version of L is amazing. He’s a brat at first, a handsome young genius who just wants to play a game with an extremely “dumb” version of Light Yagami. I loved his personality and during the drama you can see that it slightly changed to a serious one, putting aside jokes when police members start to get killed by Kira. I always say that Kento still needs to improve as an actor but damn, here he was a shining diamond. He should accept those kind of roles more often, a villain would be a really great challenge for him. Anyway he did an amazing job and he made me fall in love with L even more. - Cinematography and Photography. It was a low budget drama, Ryuk was awful BUT I love the cinematography. It’s not as perfect as “PIECE” one but damn, it was well directed. - Police Team . I loved the chemistry between them. BAD POINTS - The plot. I would gave this drama a higher score if the plot didn’t fucked up on its last episode. Death Note screenwriters were amateurs, you can’t deny it. L death was useless and although it was pretty dramatic I found it useless. Why recording videos of yourself in which you explain exactly how Kira will be caught but get yourself killed because of a stupid mistake? L’s death was really unnecessary for this plot, plot full of odd points and unexplained choices. - Light character. Let’s be honest, I loved how they portrayed Light as a good boy who just got himself caught up with something really evil that has made his mind gone crazy. BUT Some points were missing. He turned into a psycho really quickly and at some point I was like “What's happening? It was a good guy just a sec ago and now he’s as mad as an hatter.” I love Kubota’s acting skills but he just got too hype during some scenes, making Light looking like an…. Overexcited idiot? THE ENDING Worst ending ever! On my point of view this drama started to get awful right after L death. The plot was getting boring and the main star, L, just disappeared too soon, making the audience a little bit confused and disappointed. Honestly speaking, I would watch this drama over and over again just for Kento’s character. I would recommend this drama if you are a big fan of Kento (just like me) but if you are a huge HUGE fan of the manga I guess this drama will piss you off.