Hell Girl VS Death Note

What? What is all this? Did I just make a debate for myself? All these dark entities brooding right before me is making my creative juices flow like they've never before. Well, maybe a little but it really got me curious to the point of actually writing a blog for it.

Okay so, do I really need to tell you all the summaries of these two animes? Come on. Go figure it out yourself. I'm not gonna feed you with that. I'm here to express my thoughts on this debate.

On this debate, I choose Hell Girl. Why? Simple. Right on the first episode I got hooked. With Death Note, there was nothing. I even went to watching 4 more episodes just to pique my interests, but none. I don't understand why the story has to be that complicated that I have to watch 4 episodes with nothingness.

Death Note was born onto the mainstream because of, well, people--specifically kids, teenagers to be exact. Putting up "L" on their Facebook profile pictures, declaring how they loved the series. I admire their passion, really, but I don't see the point of loving it too much. It's getting too popular and conventional that I just practically ignored it and continued watching "Higashi no Eden" (Eden of the East) at the time when I was offered to watch Death Note to balance my opinions out.

I couldn't really understand it. The prologue took about 3 episodes for the anime series to explain the story. On the 4th ep, my friend told me that it's where the story gets pumping. And I'm like, "You know what? Screw this shit. I'm already on my 4th ep and I still get nothing? I watched the first episode of Higashi no Eden and I was completely hooked. I even watched 3 of the movies!" He was still taunting me to watch the 5th as a passive suggestion to me just so I could get interested, but I am stubborn and I never get to watching the next episode.

Now, I can't shake the similarities of Hell Girl to Death Note, but, of course, they're both very different in their own way.

How did I manage to find Hell Girl? Truth be told, no one suggested this to me. How amazing is that? It's like a diamond I've found all by myself against the dirt.

I have no idea what Hell Girl was. It had an interesting title for sure, but nobody talked about it so I don't know anything. When I started watching it, it was "love at first episode". I was so into it that the first episode gave me chills already. Wow. What an amazing effect. How could I stop from there? I'm already watching the season 2 and I'm bound to watch the live action movie of it in the near future.

Another plus for the series is that it has actually a great musical score. Seriously. Though I am not a fan of the opening song of Hell Girl, the ending was a little nice to hear. Death Note had a ridiculous score. Gothic, yes and I like it very much, but it was a bit too much.

So to make all these worth, I will post the first episode of both animes. Don't worry, just the first parts of their first episodes, usually it's the first 10-15 minutes, and then you'll be the judge of this. They will be in English dub for everyone's convenience.

I present Death Note first.

Now, Hell Girl.

There ya go. Of course, both have different universe but you can't help compare them because of their worlds linking to hell and death. However, I personally prefer Hell Girl. What? You think you can get away from wanting someone dead? I don't think so.