Is there truly any “moral of the story” to be extracted from Death Note? (And, if so, how can we be sure that our interpretation has legitimacy?) In this lecture, we find that Death Note is not merely a melancholy detective story but, rather, a complex narrative in which chaos is the ultimate determinant of morality and the only way to access control is through the power of naming. Meanwhile, scholars have criticized the story as glorifying potentially dangerous behaviors, including philosophies on the virtue of violence and apocalyptic religion. Ohba – Death Note’s co-creator – claims that the story does not have a moral, pedagogical mission. Despite the ever increasing popularity of the manga (and anime) series Death Note, though, little formal analysis has been done on the lessons contained in its noir(ish) story. Scholars and fans alike, both consciously and unconsciously, often mine comics for their pedagogical potential.
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