NOTE 1: NEVER THAT EASY

Oh, come on. You honestly didn't think Light was going to have it that easy, did you? He has to have some kind of challenge. And besides, the battle of unseen wits between him and L is without question the highlight of the series.

Well, that, and the potato chip scene.

At any rate, welcome to Death Note: Blank Pages, everyone. For those who had taken the time to read my newest story, I hope you've all enjoyed it.

Ironically, I got into watching Death Note thanks to the Netflix film that was released last year. Suffice to say, after I read the manga and watched the anime, I immediately understood why people hate the American adaptation so much.

Tsugumi Ohba wrote an incredible masterpiece that is hard to ignore. The characters, the world and the actions the characters take that affect the world around them have long since drawn me in, and I think I speak for everyone that the battle between Light Yagami and L is perhaps one of the best seen in anime. I've recently begun watching the Live Action TV drama, but I hope it compares to its source material.

As for Light, I've always liked his character and his descent into darkness. He was a perfectionist, and he wouldn't dare admit that there wasn't anything wrong with him. When he got the Death Note, he rationalized what he did by claiming that those people had to die, and it only got worse.

For this story, I wanted to "humanize" Light. To make him understand his flaws. And more importantly, give him a reason why he should continue on with his work as Kira. In the series, Light killed because he needed to rationalize his actions, thinking that every bad person in the world had to die. Here, Light has a more justified reason, which I will reveal as the story continues.

As for Misa, she always struck me as the least intelligent. That's to be expected, though. Light was the only person to match L, a super genius. Misa is an ordinary and troubled girl who watched her parents get murdered. While she's not as smart as Light, she made mistakes.

While some events will remain the same, such as what you saw, they only happen because I want to give them a legitimate reason for happening. Misa's devotion to Kira led to her killing Tailor and thus reveal Kira's existence, with her being in the same area as Light being the added bonus. However, because Light is more human and more morally grounded, a lot of events are going to change.

What happens after that is the bigger question, and how the unseen war between Light and Kira will progress, now that Light is more smart in his use with the Death Note.

That is all from me. I'll talk to you all again when I've finished another chunk of this story.

For those who bother to read this story, I hope you all come to enjoy every second of it. Please, tell me what you all think.

And no flames, please.

Until the next page, my fellow followers of Kira!