The cat-and-mouse chase between Death Note’s two geniuses created a hilarious meme that fans can’t get over.
, which keep us on the edge of our seats. But sometimes, the cat-and-mouse chase between these two geniuses takes a much more lighthearted turn, making audiences laugh with its exaggerated seriousness. One such hilarious scene that stands the test of time, even two decades later, is the infamous potato chip scene from the series’ Episode 8, Glare.Light presents himself as an innocent student doing some late-night studying while hiding a page from the Death Note inside a bag of chips.
However, the series’ antagonist, L, puts a massive wrench in those plans. Despite the limited data he’s working with, theis able to connect the dots, narrowing down Kira’s identity to two families — the Yagami family and the Kitamura family. To prove this hypothesis, L then has 64 hidden cameras planted in Light’s room. But Light is a paranoid genius with a DIY security system — a paper strip, a pencil lead in the hinges, and a carefully angled doorknob tell him someone’s been snooping around.
If Kira kills no one while Light is being watched, L would have good reason to continue suspecting him. But if Light kills someone while L is watching, the detective would have concrete proof of his guilt. Worse, Light can’t even look for the cameras himself as doing so would instantly make L suspicious. So he comes up with an ingenious plan, weaponizing Ryuk’s apple addiction to force the Shinigami to find all 64 cameras.
It’s not even the English dub drawing attention to the scene, either, with fans noting background details and the overall action of the moment. Oneeven notes the following, “Also Ryuk hallucinating on the side was quite an epic scene in itself.” There’s plenty to observe beyond Light’s exaggerated delivery.
Director Tetsuro Araki went all out in making the simple act of Light eating a potato chip look like something out of a fast-paced action scene. Camera zooms, swoops and slow-mo’s show us Light’s each move as if he’s defusing a bomb. A choir belts over his writing his next victims’ names.
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