Death Note Finale- Matsuda Cut (Anime vs Drama)
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Before watching, and in order
Before watching, and in order to understand the video:
- Turn on subtitles
- For a more powerful retrospective, the scenes from the Anime and their equivalent in the Drama were shown one after the other without transition announcements
- Some tiny bits of sequence from the Anime were not included in the video because they had no equivalent in the Drama. I invite you to rewatch the epic Anime finale to get an accurate understanding of the character of Matsuda
- Read the short commentary below
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I made this video as a tribute to the character of Matsuda from the Death Note franchise.
Matsuda embodies kindness, loyalty and true morality. Sadly, he rarely gets the credit he deserves from the Death Note Fandom, which tends to be polarized between Light and L as the main bearers of Justice.
Along with Light, Matsuda is the central character of the original (Manga) Death Note finale. Unlike the movies, the Anime and the Drama both do, in very different ways, a great job at putting Matsuda at the forefront of the story. I thought it would be interesting to compare the two perspectives, and to see how the character is conveyed in both versions. This video is intended to be a reflection of that.
The Anime version shows a broken and deeply hurt Matsuda. Although he was a very innocent and naive character throughout the Anime, his violent retaliation in this sequence acts as a metaphor of his newfound maturity. That such a pure-hearted character ends up being the one punishing Light is also a powerful trigger for moral self-reflection (who was the real hero in the end??), as well as a more simple reminder that Good always defeats Evil. At the end of the sequence, Matsuda puts his sadness aside and makes the conscious decision to run after Light in order to arrest him, regardless of the fact that Light is deadly injured and is going to die anyways. Matsuda makes that choice because it is the Right thing to do: despite what Light has been professing all along, letting a criminal die is not Justice.
The Drama version shows a shocked and confused Matsuda. The timeline of the drama being shorter that the timeline of the Anime, the Matsuda we see here is still very much a young and innocent character. Matsuda is less verbal in this sequence, but his many hesitations and non-verbal reactions powerfully capture his inner emotional conflict. He shoots the first bullet to stop Light from writing on the Death Note, and in a beautiful new take on the original story, he is spared by his supportive teammates (Mogi and Aizawa) from having to give the two deadly blows. As an attempt to lessen Matsuda’s trauma, and as a last lesson to the viewer that Justice should not be in the hands of only one person, punishing Light becomes a collective effort. At the end of the sequence, Matsuda ultimately risks his life to save Light from the flames. Although his gesture is motivated by his friendship for Light, it is also, once again, a beautiful reminder that Death is not Justice.
I find those two different portrayals of Matsuda to be not only equally beautiful but also true to the soul of the original character. The Anime is and forever will be a masterpiece, and the Drama’s improved narrative and choice of cast was a wonderful gift.
- Turn on subtitles
- For a more powerful retrospective, the scenes from the Anime and their equivalent in the Drama were shown one after the other without transition announcements
- Some tiny bits of sequence from the Anime were not included in the video because they had no equivalent in the Drama. I invite you to rewatch the epic Anime finale to get an accurate understanding of the character of Matsuda
- Read the short commentary below
---
I made this video as a tribute to the character of Matsuda from the Death Note franchise.
Matsuda embodies kindness, loyalty and true morality. Sadly, he rarely gets the credit he deserves from the Death Note Fandom, which tends to be polarized between Light and L as the main bearers of Justice.
Along with Light, Matsuda is the central character of the original (Manga) Death Note finale. Unlike the movies, the Anime and the Drama both do, in very different ways, a great job at putting Matsuda at the forefront of the story. I thought it would be interesting to compare the two perspectives, and to see how the character is conveyed in both versions. This video is intended to be a reflection of that.
The Anime version shows a broken and deeply hurt Matsuda. Although he was a very innocent and naive character throughout the Anime, his violent retaliation in this sequence acts as a metaphor of his newfound maturity. That such a pure-hearted character ends up being the one punishing Light is also a powerful trigger for moral self-reflection (who was the real hero in the end??), as well as a more simple reminder that Good always defeats Evil. At the end of the sequence, Matsuda puts his sadness aside and makes the conscious decision to run after Light in order to arrest him, regardless of the fact that Light is deadly injured and is going to die anyways. Matsuda makes that choice because it is the Right thing to do: despite what Light has been professing all along, letting a criminal die is not Justice.
The Drama version shows a shocked and confused Matsuda. The timeline of the drama being shorter that the timeline of the Anime, the Matsuda we see here is still very much a young and innocent character. Matsuda is less verbal in this sequence, but his many hesitations and non-verbal reactions powerfully capture his inner emotional conflict. He shoots the first bullet to stop Light from writing on the Death Note, and in a beautiful new take on the original story, he is spared by his supportive teammates (Mogi and Aizawa) from having to give the two deadly blows. As an attempt to lessen Matsuda’s trauma, and as a last lesson to the viewer that Justice should not be in the hands of only one person, punishing Light becomes a collective effort. At the end of the sequence, Matsuda ultimately risks his life to save Light from the flames. Although his gesture is motivated by his friendship for Light, it is also, once again, a beautiful reminder that Death is not Justice.
I find those two different portrayals of Matsuda to be not only equally beautiful but also true to the soul of the original character. The Anime is and forever will be a masterpiece, and the Drama’s improved narrative and choice of cast was a wonderful gift.
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