Summary

The original protagonist of Death Note is Taro Kagami, a kind middle school student who lacks the darkness of the Light. Taro possesses the Death Eraser, a powerful ability that ultimately surpasses Light's abilities. The Death Eraser was scrapped due to the creator's dislike of the invention, ensuring every death was final in Death Note.

Book Death is one of the biggest names in anime and manga with a truly intriguing and horrifying premise. The film tells the story of Light Yagami, a high school student with a bright future who becomes an evil serial killer. When he got his hands on a book called Death Note, he suddenly grew the power to kill anyone as long as he writes their full nameas well as taking pictures of their faces.

Light is considered one of the worst killers in anime, with a ruthless approach and a disgusting lack of empathy. Although he began his journey as a thoughtful student, always focused on his studies and college future, the Death Note's power corrupted Light, and he became a murderer. crazy people. He asserts that his intention is to free the world from crime and senseless killings, but ironically, he quickly turns into the kind of person he vowed to eliminate at all costs. . He has certainly earned a great reputation in the anime community, but The main character of Death Note will likely be very different.

The original concept of Death Note had a kind-hearted high school student as the main character

Not only is Taro Kagami younger, but his values ​​and personality are also very different from Light's.

What's surprising is that the concept for this award-winning series actually went through major changes before the final version was announced. In the first issue titled “Taro Kagami Story”, Tsugumi Ohba depicted a story extremely different from the Death Note diary, exploring how things could turn out. if the Death Note falls into the hands of better, more virtuous people than Light. Taro Kagami is a middle school student. One day, he also accidentally read the diary and started writing it every day, which accidentally led to many deaths. However, upon learning the truth, Taro expressed genuine horror and remorse, unlike Light.

The story of Kagami Taro was published in Weekly Shonen Jump issue 36 in 2003. It was so well received that the story was picked up for serialization, leading to Death Note four months later.

Unlike the ambitious “god of the new world” Light Yagami, Taro wants nothing to do with Death Note. When another student also began using the Death Note, Taro stepped in and put an end to the cruelty, demonstrating his dedication to true justice and not a self-imposed, misguided version like Light's. . Light only stopped using the Death Note when his life ended, but Taro refused to use his Death Note to harm the moment he learned of its true capabilities. The young hero is certainly a better and more commendable person than Light, but he can also be stronger.

Taro was able to revive the dead with “Death Eraser”

What's amazing is that Taro's abilities gained through the Death Note are far superior to Light's because he possesses a unique skill that was removed from the final version of the Death Note. After Taro accidentally murdered his classmate by writing in a book, Ryuk offered him a solution, something called the Death Eraser. The Death Eraser has extraordinary power and allows the Death Note user to revive those who have been killed simply by removing their names from the pages. Taro used this invention to revive his classmates and even undo the murder of Miura, another student with an extra Death Note who killed someone else.

Although Taro has terrifying power with the combined power of the Death Eraser and Death Note, he does not take advantage of these divine abilities. When his mistake became apparent, he immediately stopped using the diary and even prevented another student from being lured into the Death Note's trap. If Light Yagami is given access to the Death Eraser, he will come up with many clever uses for the device to ensure that he is never captured by L and the task force, suggesting that this may be the only element that Light is missing.

The death eraser could have given Light the win

With this additional ability, perhaps Light can finally claim victory.

Thankfully, Light was captured at the end of Death Note, but with Death Eraser introduced into “The Taro Kagami Story,” he may have succeeded in his violent and tyrannical goals. What's really interesting is that Taro had access to a power even greater than the Light, but chose a completely different path. Taro returns to normal life, choosing to abandon the Death Note and follow the path of a typical student, while Light gave up everything to pursue his self-proclaimed goal of becoming a godmisfortune led him to evil and a sad death.

Considering both the character and the story, Taro is actually stronger thanks to the Death Eraser, but if both characters are given identical stipulations with the Death Note, including access to the Death Note , Light's evil ambitions may have made him truly unstoppable. He could have caused even more terrible consequences, including a greater death toll, succeeded in his evil plan, and grown even more powerful than Taro. However, Death Eraser was completely removed from the final version of Death Note, which became a popular anime and manga series.

Author Tsugumi Ohba removed Death Eraser from Death Note

The creator did not like this original idea

Although Ohba included the Death Eraser in “The Taro Kagami Story,” it has no place in the popular Death Note series. He claimed he “didn't really care” about the invention, so in Death Note, characters remain dead after death with no hope of being resurrected. This makes the stakes a lot higher, especially when Light is trying to kill important characters like L and his father, because all deaths are final and irreversible. Okay. Even without the Death Eraser ability, Book Death is one of the most gripping, horrifying, and well-written manga of all time.