The fact so few people have mentioned the ensuing potato chip scene that followed wherein he was literally doing math homework with one hand, mass murdering with his other, all while eating potato chips in the most serial killer manner possible.
He gives the bag of chips a more lustful stare than the porn.
Which btw he had previously rigged with a portable TV to watch the news for people to murder, a piece of a page from the death note, and a tiny pencil. His entire plot hinged on the fact he's the only one in the house to like that specific flavor. If anyone grabbed the wrong bag or just poured his chips in a bowl for him before he got home, he would've been boned. He throws the incredibly expensive tiny TV in the trash immediately after too btw.
This scene is genuinely probably one of the most popular and heavily memed scenes in the entire series. For good reason. The cinematography. The way he bites into it like a dog ripping the head off a squirrel. The fact he, in the most serious and dramatic inner monologue, says "I'll take a potato chip.... and EAT IT!!!!" The sparkles. The slo-mo.
Just. Know your history, anime fans. This really shaped a generation and remains the one part of Death Note everyone remembers vividly even if they were never that into it.
Like the fact some of these memes are visibly more recent is horrifying. The impact of this entire episode on society is eternal.
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