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Seen the Netflix movie version of Death Note<\/em>? Hated it for being Twilight<\/em> but with a Ferris wheel scene for no reason? Forehead still numb from facepalming as you witnessed complete character flips that made no sense?<\/p>\n

Nah, OK, maybe you didn’t do all that, but I’m here to explain why Death Note<\/em> is a can of hairy worms for just about anybody<\/a> to try to adapt into a movie, why the anime is the best we can get – potato chip scene be damned! – and why the original manga stands alone in a class by itself.<\/p>\n

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