Death Note Anime Quotes
Brutal murders, petty thefts, and senseless violence pollute the human world. In contrast, the realm of death gods is a humdrum, unchanging gambling den. The ingenious 17-year-old Japanese student Light Yagami and sadistic god of death Ryuk share one belief: their worlds are rotten. For his own amusement, Ryuk drops his Death Note into the human world. Light stumbles upon it, deeming the first of its rules ridiculous: the human whose name is written in this note shall die. However, the temptation is too great, and Light experiments by writing a felon's name, which disturbingly enacts his first murder. Aware of the terrifying godlike power that has fallen into his hands, Light—under the alias Kira—follows his wicked sense of justice with the ultimate goal of cleansing the world of all evil-doers. The meticulous mastermind detective L is already on his trail, but as Light's brilliance rivals L's, the grand chase for Kira turns into an intense battle of wits that can only end when one of them is dead.
Score: 8.62 out of 10
★★★★☆
Death Note: I've wanted to make him taste his own pathetic failure with all my heart.
- Near
Death Note: I feel like I'm watching a sitcom.
- Ryuk
Death Note: I didn’t choose you. Don’t you see this is all just an accident. You actually thought you were chosen because you’re so smart or something? Don’t be so vain. It just happened to fall around here and you just happen to pick it up, and that’s all there is to it.
- Ryuk
Death Note: Look around you, and all you will see are people the world would be better off without.
Death Note: It's time I started living my own life.
- Mello
Death Note: Unless someone makes the first move, nothing will happen.
Death Note: It's time I started living my own life.
- Mello
Death Note: I have two rules: First, I'm never wrong. Second, if I'm wrong... back to the first rule.
Death Note: I am the God placed here to save the weak and create a perfect world.
Death Note: I don't know what to say. Now, I think it's just best to observe closely.
- Near
Death Note: In this world, there are very few people who actually trust each other.
Death Note: Then let me ask you, do gods of death love apples?
Death Note: Making such a sleazebag a spokesman...
- Near
Death Note: This is the first time in my life that I've been provoked to hit a woman.
Death Note: Under normal circumstances, humans should have continued to evolve as the greatest creatures upon this earth, but we were actually regressing. A rotten world. Politics, law, education... Was there anybody around who could correct this world? But someone had to do it.
Death Note: I don't care if it is fortunate or unfortunate that Light picked up the Death Note. However... It is generally bad luck for a person to be followed by a God of Death.
- Ryuk
Death Note: But you know the saying, "play with fire, and you'll get burned". I'll make you regret underestimating L...underestimating me.
Death Note: Oh, I almost forgot. In the event that anyone besides big-headed Near or the deluded murderer is reading these notes, then I should at least perform the basic courtesy of introducing myself, here at the end of the prologue. I am your narrator, your navigator, your storyteller. For anyone else but those two, my identity may be of no interest, but I am the old world's runner-up, the best dresser that died like a dog, Mihael Keehl. I once called myself Mello and was addressed by that name, but that was a long time ago.
- Mello
Death Note: This isn't divine jugdement. It's the work of some childish killer who's playing at divine retribution. That's all.
Death Note: The thing I hate the most is to trample on other people's good will.
Death Note: The bells are very loud today.
Death Note: I understood that killing people was a crime. There was no other way! The world had to be fixed! A purpose given to me! Only I could do it. Who else could have done it, and come this far? Would they have kept going? The only one who can create a new world is me.
Death Note: Apples taste so much better indoors.
- Ryuk
Death Note: Matt... I never thought you'd be killed... I'm sorry.
- Mello
Death Note: If you use your head, you won't get fat even if you eat sweets.
Death Note: I am Light's girlfriend from university.
Death Note: I love chocolates.
- Mello
Death Note: I can’t even imagine a world without Light.
Death Note: *to Near* Which of us will get Kira first... it's a race!
- Mello
Death Note: This world is still rotten!.. With too many rotten people.
Death Note: This world is rotten and those who are making it rot deserve to die. Someone has to do it, so why not me? Even if it means sacrificing my own mind and soul, it's worth it. Because the world... can't go on like this. I wonder... what if someone else had picked up this notebook? Is there anyone out there other than me who'd be willing to eliminate the vermin from the world? If I don't do it, then who will? That's just it: there's no one, but I can do it. In fact, I'm the only one who can. I'll do it. Using the death note, I'll change the world.
Death Note: It's not whether it's feasible or not – it's what I'm doing.
- Near
Death Note: *after touching Misa's butt and getting away with it* This is an outrage... taking advantage of this situation! I assure you, I will get to the bottom of this!
Death Note: No matter what the world, the god of that world creates the rules. In truth, you have been defeated by the rules I created. And as punishment for defying the God of the new world, you will die...
Death Note: Risking your life and doing something that could easily rob you of your life are exact opposites.
Death Note: I have a mind of a genius and a strong sense of justice.
Death Note: Kira is a god.
Death Note: I am a famous model.