Everything Netflix’s Death Note Adaptation Gets Right

L

Though he preserves this peculiar detective’s sweet tooth and odd seating habits, Netflix’s interpretation of L makes him much more human. The robotic nature of the man still exists, sure, seeing as how he’s reprimanded numerous times by Watari for not sleeping and draws conclusions faster than any automaton could, but L’s true colors start to show when he’s pushed to the edge by Light.

For the sake of not going into too much detail, the game that L initiates with the high school student is a constant back-and-forth of cat and mouse, with L getting more and more frustrated as time goes by. When ultimately faced with a moral choice of his own, the film really makes you believe that he would go for the easy way out.