Death Note But Really Really Fast

> This is my designated Halloween video for the year... Happy Halloween? Although I've never really mentioned it in writing, I've always had a mindset making Halloween and April Fools videos every year: Making something "Weird or different", April Fools being something goofy, Halloween being something "Spoopy\*"... With a very very bold asterisk. This Halloween, as I'd recently rewatched Death Note, I had the idea to make the above video, as it's about "Death", so, spoopy, haha. A loose connection, but a connection nonetheless... That being said, I really enjoyed making it, and, rather notably, it's a reusable format, I think it'd be fun to make more "But Really Really Fast" videos in the future. If anybody reading this has any suggestions I'd like to hear them down below, I've got my own personal ideas I'll want to work towards too. Oh, I mentioned this to my Patrons but I should probably mention it here too: BPA took a quick week's break so that I had something "Halloween-y" to post for the month of October, production for that animation will be resuming again as of now. Thanks for your patience!
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> Video Description

### Name

Death Note But Really Really Fast - Animation

### Link

https://youtu.be/5ouipq4n5BM

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**Death Note But Really Really Fast** is the first installment of the Really Really Fast Series by Viva Reverie. It is an adaptation to the Shōnen Jump Manga Death Note. In 2019, the franchise was used again, this time as an April Fools Joke.

## Plot

The video follows a teen Light Yagami who has obtained a mysterious book able to kill anyone as long as their name is written within the pages. Soichiro, his father, tells his son on his hopes to not become a metaphorical god behind his back, before cutting to his son's exclamation of his ideals. After killing a drugger, a demon appears behind him saying "Willem Dafoe", much to Light's shock. Cutting to a news station, they report on the recent deaths to criminals, unsure of if this phenomenon is good or bad, and then place a warrant on Light. Cutting to a room hosting Lind Tailor, the detective sent out to hunt Light, he quickly dies before the actual detective, "L" reveals himself and tells Light he knows his personal details. L and Soichiro have a conversation about the killer, with "L" attempting to convince Soichiro that Light is the killer, much to his denial. Cutting back to Light and his Shinigami Ryuk, Light talks about his plan to expose L's real name and eventually kill him, much to Ryuk's approval. After multiple attempts at trying to get Soichiro to believe his son is the killer, L talks to Light, who tries distance himself as a third party separate from Kira. Light teams up with Misa Amane, to which L finds out and reports to Soichiro, much to Light's shock. Misa gains the ability to know the name of a person via looking at their face, before landing into custody. After skipping 9 episodes, Light regains his memory, Misa regains her ability to know names, and L finally dies before being replaced by a separate L with white hair. After some altercations of Light losing the book, he gives it to a worshipper of him, who uses it to kill even more people, before Soichiro gains the ability to know names and eventually dies. A final battle between Light's Worshipper, Light himself, and the second L have a 2v1 duel that eventually kills Light.

## Trivia

* This is the only Really Really Fast video to be released in 2018, and in turn before Viva came out as trans in January 2019.
* Death Note But Really Really Fast and Squid Game But Really Really Fast are the only Really Really Fast videos to cover an entire series rather than a singular instalment.
* This is the only Really Really Fast video based on an anime not related to JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

### Easter Eggs

* (0:15) Ryuk mentions actor Willem Dafoe when it is introduced, possibly as a reference to how Dafoe played the character in the 2017 Netflix Adaptation.
* (1:01) The Books says "Death Note 2: Electric Boogaloo", a reference to the snowclone nickname to denote a sequel that was coined from the film Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo.
* (1:44) L's line "The Bells the bells the neverending bells" is a possible reference to a conversation between L and Light on the rooftops of a church. L's death is also a reference to how he dies later in a similar location.
* (2:20) Splatoon map Walleye Warehouse is mentioned. Additionally, a rubber band controller used for the Battle Dojo in that game is shown.
* (2:31) When Teru holds the third Death Note, it reads "Death Note 3: Is This The Real Life", A reference to the Queen Song Bohemian Rhapsody.