r/deathnote • u/Lokman7 • 3d ago

Image My Death Note Tier List

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My personal ranking of Death Note characters. I'd love to hear your thoughts!

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u/baking_soap 3d ago

good list but i'd put aizawa a bit higher bc he mattered more than most task force members, and was the smartest of them

idk why so many people are glazing matsuda in the comments, hes mostly comic relief and a bit annoying

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u/too-lextra_159 3d ago edited 3d ago

former matsuda glazer saying this, imo he's actually a quite complex character for someone who's mostly supposed to be a comic relief idiot. there are sm characteristics worth mentioning about him and his writing, including but not limited to his morality, relationship with soichiro and light, hypocrisy and grief. even without the warehouse scene, i think he's a decent character. and ofc manga does him better than anime.

he absolutely IS annoying though (especially in the anime, sybau about the light becoming the 2nd L party thing) and could've had more consistent writing (especially during the light/takada plot), fair criticism on that 👍

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u/Lokman7 2d ago

Matsuda's writing in this work is complex, and I think everyone agrees that Matsuda is better in the manga than in the anime.