just finished re-watching death note. just as I remembered... everything after L's death was pretty much a retread. they drew the series out way too long, introduced many pointless characters, timeskips, etc. it was just a cluster fuck. I love almost all of the first 25 episodes (Light's plan to free Misa is only barely worth the "all according to keikaku" moment) but I just can't say I love Death Note because I can't pretend the final third didn't exist.