I have to say that DN had a special place in my heart. In which later on the manga took a turn into the direction I'm not fond off. But thankfully, the anime... as well as the Japanese live-action movies did well on the plot and adaptation.

The movie was fun... and interesting. I love the returning characters; I mean, we can't have daddy Yagami back... but I love seeing the return of Matsuda Touta, played by Aoyama Sota-san, Amane Misa, played by Toda Erika... and of course, Yagami Raito, played by Fujiwara Tatsuya. Even if it turned out as a recorded video. Oh! Let's not forget Ryuuku too. The new casts were also amazing. Been a while since I last watched any of Sudacchi's recent dramas or movies so it surprised me to hear how his voice had grown deeper~ the new shinigami was also damn cool, tho I somewhat feel like they did appear briefly in the manga. Cos I somewhat feel that Arma was familiar... and if I'm not wrong, Rem can no longer exist. Tho I missed her too. Arma's fate paralleled Rem in a sense.

Another thing that I like about the movie was how it gets back to mirroring the events back when L and Raito were still alive. The neo-Kira was almost similar to Raito... no, he did end up doing exactly the same thing as Raito have. And that was so satisfying. The plot twist was satisfying. The movie might have ended vaguely... aka the search for Kira's successor continuing; but even then by that point it was clear that the only Death Note holder that came close to being similar to Kira was 'that person'. Ryukku did seem to imply it, after all. So far, 'he' was the only one Ryukku told about the true reasoning of the search for Kira's successor. Though he probably wouldn't have liked to take the throne of the Underworld.

I love the movie, it's been a while since I've looked forward to new DN stuff.