Coupled with a brilliant mind and a phenomenal Notebook to eradicate crime, Light was sure on his way to creating his ‘new world’ where evil would have been non existent, while people began to see him as the saviour, the police headed by genius-mind L saw him as a threat. The face-off between L and Kira sets the stage for this interesting series. It offered thrilling moments from its very begining.

This fictional series saw the development of its characters. Many of us enjoyed it till the end, while most of us were not so pleased with its ending. I felt the killing of Kira at the end of the series was not necessary and there could have been better ways it could have ended with Kira coming out victorious. Here are some of the ways the series should have ended;

Light Wins

Although, the animation aligns with its manga where Light dies after his name is written by Ryuk, you felt this could all have been avoided and Light could have built his ‘new world’. Becoming the new L means that he had no more obstacle to his goal(Should in case the Kira Task force where insistent on catching him, he could just stall any investigation). Being the new L should have meant that he was untouchable and therefore free to do what he wants.

L’s Death should have ended the series

No doubt that L was the most worthy opponent against Light. He meticulously investigated him, bringing him in to the investigation to watch his moves and was on several occasions very close to catching him that Light had to give the book away to lose his memory of it so he does not reveal his identity. If anyone should have caught Kira, it should have been L. Bringing up a successor (Mello and Near) was completely unnecessary. L’s death should have shown Light’s victory and brought a perfect end to this intriguing anime.

Teru Mikami dies as Kira

With Mikami operating just the way Light did and is equally smart could have found a way to prevent Kira’s death. Teru sees Kira as his ‘god’ and shares the same principle with him. He was a religious follower of Light and at the end had still tried to kill himself to afford Kira a diversion to escape. If they could have proved him as Kira, then Light would have had a safe escape although this might not have guaranteed the end of the series.

Conclusion

There are probably better ways Death Note could have ended without necessarily killing off our best character although we understand the anime’s need to follow its manga but sometimes a happy ending is not always so bad and finding a satisfying ending could be good for everyone.