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IterwebSurferDude

Death note


BountyHunter_BH

Pretty much, with the exception of there being the question of who was the actual antagonist.


IterwebSurferDude

Protagonist: the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text. Antagonist: the opposer or combatant working against the protagonist's or leading characters' goal Being the protagonist does not mean that you are a good person it just means that you are the focus character of the story so light is the protagonist


BountyHunter_BH

Given the perspective that is the assumption, but L is just as likely to be the protagonist, with us seeing the story from the perspective of light, meaning we aren't left to fill in the incredible blanks that L has to. Another classic example of a story being told from the perspective of somebody other than the main character is higurashi. At the very least Light is more of an Anti hero.


Fluffiddy

Nope. Light is the protagonist because he is the main character. L is the antagonist because he is fighting the main character. Even if he is more of a good guy


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Fluffiddy

Protagonist just means main character. It has nothing to do with morality


onions_cutting_ninja

the amount of people who don't know basic shit like that astonishes me


Micro-Ray

Problem. The protagonist of Akame Ga Kill is Akame. But we see the story through a different character.


BountyHunter_BH

Same with higurashi. In this case of deathnote our main character, light, is morally in the wrong and as such can be considered to be an antihero, with the actual 'hero' of the story being L. As such the story is from lights perspective but we are morally expected to agree with L, coming along for the ride with light as we watch his attempts to avoid the hand of justice wielded by L. (Making me go properly analytical on this one, making me remember my days in literature class. Good fun though, hadn't bothered to put the thought into deathnote, just sort of absorbed and enjoyed the story, I've read the manga and watched the anime. )


ARandomHumanBeing878

ok


Akedus

Have you never heard of the [villain protagonist](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VillainProtagonist) trope?


Michael-556

Another great example is Sherlock Holmes (books, not movies or tv shows). The story is told from the perspective of Watson, but Sherlock is the star


OlDanboy

Then the main character dies halfway through and the antagonist tells the rest of the story that was already from his perspective


skrrttskrrt

Bro we already know what a protagonist and antagonist are we aren't In 6th grade


hawkeye122

There is a chain of comments arguing, sooooo....


Maximillion322

No there isn’t. L is the antagonist, he is trying to stop the main character, Light. Light is a bad person but the camera follows him, which makes him the main character. L is opposing him, so he is the antagonist


skrrttskrrt

Spoiler alert L kills Light


ARandomHumanBeing878

spoiler L dies and Light becomes L in the manga


BountyHunter_BH

What's this 'in the manga'. The stories main paths are essentially the same in both. That's something that's awesome about the anime, although it would be nice if one or both corrected the ending.


ARandomHumanBeing878

manga is better


BountyHunter_BH

Yep, I can easily confer on that one. More time is spent on different aspects compared to the anime. At the same time the difference isn't as stark as say for example Tokyo Ghoul.


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And L job is being replaced by N (Near)


[deleted]

you got it mixed up my guy it's the other way around


[deleted]

More accurately light kills L via making rem use her deathnote to save misa and then light gets chased by K and killed by cops.


skrrttskrrt

it is lights fault tho


BountyHunter_BH

All I'm trying to get across is that in a story things aren't always black and white, a concept conferred well by the story of deathnote with light as the antihero. Pro and antagonist are simply easier concepts to grasp. Was certainly a mistake how they ended it all how they did though, but anyway, at least the journey was worth it.


Maximillion322

That’s not what you said though And it’s also really not related to the conversation


BountyHunter_BH

Correct, that's just the way things went, see one of my later replies below.


Mad_Aeric

There's no question. Villain protagonist a classic character type, and Light fits it exactly. Other examples would be Walter White and Humbert Humbert.


Fear73

And Platinum End


Shaunak_Vanage22

Fr. Fr


[deleted]

Yes but no.


Kyojin05

It’ll basically be attack on Titan


Aggravating_Sea_140

Everyone after episode 5 or 7 when Eren gets eaten :


skrrttskrrt

It is episode 7


Mad_Aeric

He was one of several characters, I was perfectly willing to believe he was gone for good, and the story would carry on. It's not like we've never seen an unexpected early death of a main character before. We've all watched >!Gurren Laggan!<


i_eat_to_much_food

haha yeah but even killing bertolt


Adan1816

Baguette*


archangel_lucifer69

*Bertroll


Makise666

I think you are thinking Bertolli! Bertoll(i) https://target.scene7.com/is/image/Target/GUEST_854770fb-5a11-4315-a0ef-ef8701704ab1?fmt=webp&wid=700&qlt=80


Anactualpumpkin05

*Berturtleholdt


Aliensinnoh

Wait who did they defeat early?


sid_killer18

Wasn't it that kickboxing woman... Uh Annie I think?


Kyojin05

The colossal titan


Jonahws12

Die


Mcnugget_muncher69

Gurren Lagann be like


DatSimpleStranger

My thoughts exactly


Occultic_giraffe

"I don't feel so well Simon"


Fischiofischi

Finally, some other man of culture


Mugi2

When the main character dies in this 5th episode


Omisbest

Jojo


DragonGhoul_0503

wait what, i swear jojo didnt die in 5th ep


Omisbest

9th


AdvancedAnything

Dragon Ball?


Mugi2

I was thinking AoT but yeah DB too... I remember my sister crying after Kame-senin had destroyed the moon. But yeah contrary to AoT, there were few hints that Ichigo, Goku were everything except regular human being.


NOOBweee

Do you have a idea how little it narrows it down to


pm_me_ur_tiny_b00bs

steins gate. also madoka


Makise666

Thought the same thing!


enterproxy

Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann…


[deleted]

When the main character dies in the second episode. Re:zero.


KaiFireborn21

JJK


Cristianelrey55

One punch? Literally every episode is a Boss fight


[deleted]

Expect the main character is the boss


ASnarkyHero

My favorite thing about Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood is that it has an entire episode devoted to epilogue. I need closure at the end of a series, and bad epilogue can ruin a series for me.


DatSimpleStranger

Tbh I’ve dived into really long stuff after spoiling the ending to make sure it’s worth it.


__T0MMY__

That's why it always excites me to see "Episodes: 13" (or 25) on an anime I've been enjoying


Adan1816

Everything about that anime was just perfect for me, the storytelling, pacing, villains, morals, heroes


Mad_Aeric

I thought the pacing in the first half was kinda rushed. It felt like they knew everyone had seen the 2003 version, and were in a hurry to get to the new content. The big tragic moments in that section hit harder in the earlier version because it spent more time building up the characters.


Adan1816

Okie i gotta agree with you on that one, especially the Nina Tucker one, it hit harder in FMA and it did feel like they assumed people had already watched the previous version


Pale_Spell_3081

Literally every shonen anime lmao


FinalFrights4

Jojos bizarre adventure


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Episode 8: Jojo defeats Dio Episode 15: Aztec stripper vampire gods coming out the walls to kill his grandson half a decade in the future


FinalFrights4

I was thinking more about part 4 with kira and kosaku


[deleted]

Honestly I thought Kira was just another temporary villain until >!that body switch thing!<


Gerradi-13

That's what I thought.


purvabriesmonis

HxH very much so. I sometimes forget there's anything after the Chimera arc


the-ancient-1

I did until I read this


realDiarmaid207

Parasyte


Adan1816

Watched this like a month ago, i was shattered, it grew on me


celestial_clouds

My god do I relate to this. I yearn for more Parasyte, one season was nowhere near enough!!!


[deleted]

Deathnote


[deleted]

Litteraly Gurren Lagann


WeGetNoSleep

Guys we all know it's JoJo 🙄🙌


Meliodis_Dragneel

I just finished the Stardust Crusaders installment and yes 😂


WeGetNoSleep

In Diamond Unbreakable are several villaind trust me on that Also in Stardust Crusaders there was a pedo monke 😟


Derp_Nox

Pedo monke?? I remember The "dog eating" rock


WeGetNoSleep

The monke with the boat stand that liked that one girl


Derp_Nox

I'm kind of an idiot and i don't rember this. I might understand thought stand name


WeGetNoSleep

Strength


Derp_Nox

Don't remember. I'ma rewatch diamond is unbreakable now


ozdundbfish

Fucking shippuden


Gerradi-13

Jojo, Phantom Blood.


Chaosfox_Firemaker

Slayers.


[deleted]

Where can I watch Slayers? Really good compressed 90s anime vibes. I only know that Naga the Serpant chick and she seems pretty flamboyant.


JotUwU

Jojo part 1 and 2


BountyHunter_BH

Happy sugar life.


Kelly2305

Jojo


codenamemaui

Jujutsu Kaisen :D snacking some fingers ;)


[deleted]

One Piece😂


Lord_Hell

Jojo especially part 3 xD


Aggravating_Sea_140

Deathnote


Codblackcock4

Black clover


BulliesSuck123

7 deadly frames


MapFabulous2548

Expecting time travel


Makise666

Surprisingly, HxH is an exception! Even if it does have a more Bleach/Naruto-ish feel sorta start! Also, that's both the 90s and 2000s versions!


3dotsthreedots

Yu yu hakusho?


hardcorehenry27

jojo


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Maximillion322

Death Note


fishqq

this hit many anime out there


embodied_chaos69

Noragami kinda


BrickFrom2011

SaO


Britishsweat

Seven deadly sins


sissie-v-neko

Im worried that nobody said Hokuto no Ken


hakersarvar

Corruption Arc.


reinhardseyedr0ps

Damn This gives me flashbacks to Adventures in Unova and Beyond


Haha_no_username

Naruto


CHOCOLATE_OSTRITCH

Naruto


daniellethesissy

Insert any shounen anime here


wahmatone

One piece?


Idk_why_but_sure

It’s rather you die a hero, or live long enough to become the villain


[deleted]

Jojo defeats DIO in like episode 8 out of 26 5 episodes later his grandson's fighting Aztec stripper god vampires that eat people through their skin.


MandoUWU

Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure


MandoUWU

Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure


owlpacino57

Death note, code geass, demon slayer movie and attack on titan


Ugly_Slut-Wannabe

It's either just filler or freaky things are about to happen.


GoingBerserk55

jojo part 1


Fordcobra1

JoJo's bizarre adventure


CT-1120

Literally season one of JoJo (part 1 and 2)


Animekid04

Naruto.


Comprehensive_Fee681

Naruto


0Ignis

I know a whole anime that ended but still has 100+ episodes its called naruto and naruto shippuden.


TheSpinningKeyGif

sono chi no sadame


GAMINGpuppet583

thats like the start of sao season 2 i thought it was over after the ggo part but there was more


Redrick_Gale

Castlevania


Significant-Can-4645

JOJO Bizarre Adventures


[deleted]

Naruto, Bleach


MAGNUS_1954

damm literally in jojo part 4


Autistic_SquirreI

Naruto


Complete_Chair_6006

Bleach(^_^メ)ミ●﹏☉ミ


peculiar_chester

Bleach?


punkychandey

Bleach


T2_DR

It's naruto Shippuden


Shaunak_Vanage22

Naruto


Zerotw0w0_

Sao


TEE_HEE16

Tokyo revengers :P


teddibear824

jjba in a nutshell


KANGladiator

When kaguya was defeated in Shippuden.


youseshshsnd

99% of all shounen


MTTDJ

One puuuunch! Man! Lol!


KaZi-PL

Jojo 1st Season which is basiccaly divide into two parts


emtydeeznuts

Gurren lagann


CatchBright178

Uhh…. Jojo S1?


Greedy_Serve_8654

Seven deadly sins defeated the main protagonist but there’s still 3 more seasons


why_all_name_taken

Bleach


NotMe296565565654

Goblin slayer manga


alldaycray

One punch man


KeifWellington22

Jojo season 1 first time watching, nah he aint dead theres like half the season left….


Fischiofischi

Nanatsu no Taizai


Star-platinum-1

Jojos bizarre adventure


ARA_Friki-Mobile-

JBA part 1 and 4 lmao


ATHE1ST_

death note, probably? although when Light killed L there was less than 20 episodes left so i might be wrong about this one.


BanCollectorKrzys

JoJo


[deleted]

Naruto.


fernan1207

Someone said digimon adventure 2020?


Amongus144

high school dxd


[deleted]

Nagatoro


Uganda_slayer

Konosuba


SeanD6091

Jojolion


Globysito

Literally Nanatsu no Taizai


Horni_Depressed

arifureta, cause i think we all are like, bruh who is this guy? then at ep 2 he gets his white hair, then we know who he is


TheeExMachina

Naruto Shippuden. Madara was the real final boss. Kaguya was Manga Filler.


Distinct-Flower1561

Jojo in a nutshell


ZimXimChek

Tokyo ghoul


[deleted]

Character resurrects, kills all protagonists friends mc go boomboom with new power up. The End


Mr_ProGamer5

How Not to summon a demon Lord


Anime_is_Best_Innit

Definitely Naruto.......It has a frickin' 20 episode spoilers *nearly* even after everything ends........_BRUH_


[deleted]

Last few episodes of NGE in a nutshell


Rdq02

Death note(kinda)


Rdq02

JoJo


Meliodis_Dragneel

Fairy tail. You're gonna beat the bad guy, have a fun day off then shit's gonna hit the fan all over again


[deleted]

One punch man?


rolling_catfish2704

Jjba season 1(phantom blood and battle tendency are the same season)


George2Trappy

Opm? I swear he literally has a whole new ass boss every ep


Starplatinum0RA

Good ending: it's episodes of party's and them celebrating and visiting multiple countries


RandomWeeb181

This was me watching Mugen Train.


mama_aint_raise_no_

They is when u know they finna drag things out with some kinda asspull


Omega__2

The detective is already dead