Light kills his first Person with the Death Note(but without internal monologue)

Light Yagami/Kira kills the First Person in Death Note (but without internal monologue)

[mcbills]

It's somehow more intense this way.

[kalamari]

I like how you can tell what's going through his mind even without the internal dialogue.

[Canonicallycreative]

It definitely feels scarier and more “real” watching without the internal monologue. A lot more like watching a true crime documentary or CSI style show but animated (even though the method of killing is obviously in the realm of fantasy, ) it’s wild how much the internal monologue does to humanize Light for the audience and make us feel like even though we know what he’s doing is wrong, we’re sort of placed on his side by being put into his perspective and into his head. This makes him feel more as he is to the world he occupies… a cold and terrifying unknown.

[godofmath]

Imagine if he'd written his own name just for laughs

[somewherefar]

I would actually like to watch the entire series like this, it's pretty interesting and it leaves a lot for the imagination and analysis of the viewer

[nidgithm]

this makes deathnote seem a lot more psychological horror

[gratedradish]

What if light had turned off the tv a few seconds earlier and then brushed the deathnote off as a prank and threw it away.

[Haar_Dragon]

That's actually really neat. On one hand, the idea that we're following the logic of a teenager who starts playing god in the series as written is interesting, but getting to just watch it unfold lets the viewer experience it as a bystander, but gives less insight into Light's mindset and why he feels the _need_ to do this.

I would totally watch a whole series of Death Note with No Monologue, just to see how many scenes like this one end up with a totally different vibe. You definitely get more of a sense that Light is spooked by what he's just done than he is awed.

[errwhattheflip]

It's actually not difficult to tell what Light's thinking here. However, the internal monologues are necessary for later parts of the story

[CANTHATEmeNAME]

I don’t have a problem with Internal monologues as long as it doesn’t feel like exposition dumping. That’s why its so good in death note. Its not just that he’s explaining why he did something but more so that he’s actively trying to solve a problem and we get to hear his thought process while doing so. Not like in Naruto when they just say the obvious all the time

[MotorcycleCheetah]

Huh.. this, somehow makes the scene feel anxiety inducing without the internal monologue.
*Shudder..*

[ProbablyAlmond]

Bruh I’ve never watched deathnote and this actually feels like amazing storyboarding without an internal monologue

[eldaroses.g.r.]

You gotta give credit to the artist for this portrayal, though. The skepticism, curiosity, the ‘just as I thought’ when nothing seemed to happen, the shock of realizing you may have just killed someone. And how normal Light looks at this point. He still looks innocent.

[carealoo]

I imagine watching most of the series without internal monologues would make some of the overly long freeze frames pretty funny

[DrDolan]

Dude, this is way better! The internal monologue does have its place in the show, but in moments like this, the scene speaks for itself

[Crappy]

the dynamic shots and close ups really help sell the scene, and the directing on light's body language make everything easy to understand. this first episode really was a masterpiece in anime.

[tylersanders]

This is such a well made anime that the silence itself communicates everything going through his head

[Snowstorm...]

Light's initial reaction to the Death Note feels so realistic without the internal dialogue. Not to say it isn't realistic normally, but watching everything play out on it's own with the long silences from Light as everything is unfolding is so cool to watch. Now, I can't say I relate to what he does afterwards with the Death Note (Although who really knows) but I can see myself reacting to this scenario in the exact way that Light does.

[mmmchestnut]

This scene is actually excellent without the monologues

[ghstybee]

Light could have been a terrifying villain. Like, we see everything from his pov, but if you observed him from an outsider perspective, he's absolutely chilling. Like, he's so good at acting normal that barely anyone in the series even entertained that he was Kira. If Kira's identity remained secret through the series, Light's reveal at the end would have been insane.
Or, imagine him as a Makima-type character, that's even scarier.