In the film, Ryuk (Willem Dafoe) is far more involved and goes so far as to goad Light into using the Death Note. Ryuk, the main god of death (or shinigami in Japanese) in Death Note, is a fan favourite and is well-known for being unbiased. In this sense, Mia is actually closer Light Yagami in both her character and her actions as she is willing to dispose of anyone who gets in their way, something that Light does repeatedly in the manga.Īccording to the rules, ‘Gods of death, the original owners of the Death Note, do not do, in principle, anything which will help or prevent the deaths in the note’, but Netflix’s adaptation has enthusiastically omitted several of the rules surrounding the Death Note. Mia kills members of law enforcement and even writes Light’s name to blackmail him as she sees it as necessary to furthering their cause. She retains Misa’s obsessive affections towards Light, but instead she actively uses the Death Note when Light hesitates. Director, Adam Wingard, has noted that Mia’s character is based on the sociopathic qualities of Light Yagami, and because of this Mia is not passive like Misa. Misa Amane is a tough individual to introduce into a western scenario, as she is distinguished by her cutesy attitude and Gothic Lolita inspired fashion sense, both of which would be out of place in America. To aid Light Turner in his apparent quest for change is Mia Sutton (Margaret Qualley) and she surprisingly turns out to be faithful to the source material but not in the way that is expected. Rule 4: ‘If the cause of death is not specified, the person will simply die of a heart attack.’ Suddenly, and uncharacteristically, he gains a sense of ethics and lacks the backbone to completely commit himself to the farce he calls a purpose. On the other hand, Light Turner develops a warped sense of justice and casually writes names in the Death Note as if he were taking notes in a lecture. Light Yagami has an internal battle of morals when first presented with the Death Note but later justifies his actions with reason, and the story follows his descent into corruption. Taking this, along with a strained relationship with his father, Light Turner has the classic ingredients to make a stereotypical whiny teenager. To his credit, Light is willing to take a punch to defend another person from being bullied. He is shown as being smart by doing several peoples’ homework and is said to be intelligent, but there is not much evidence to support this. He understands that there is injustice in the world but until he is given power to make real change, he is shown as indifferent and bored. His western counterpart, Light Turner (Nat Wolff), is bored but simply different. Light Yagami is intellectual, rational and exceedingly devious. They are intricately designed individuals and much of their complexity is lost in the Netflix version. It is difficult to bring Tsugumi Ohba’s 2003 masterpiece into a western setting as the manga, and subsequent anime adaptation, are inherently Japanese, but the fundamental components of each character are not. Live action adaptations of anime and manga are usually met with mixed to negative reviews, and Netflix’s Death Note is no exception. Rule 1: ‘The human whose name is written in this note shall die’
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