History YMMV / LChangeTheWorld

** Light ''isn't even alive'' in this universe, and there is still plenty of fodder for shippers, starting with the way he wears Light's watch in "rememberance," strengthened by the quote "Light, it hurts... My heart-", and ending with his offering at Light's altar.

* BetterThanCanon: There are a number of people who prefer the light novel to the movie, due to being closer in spirit to the rest of the ''Death Note'' series, as well as having more creative set pieces, returning characters, and keeping certain plot lines closer to the chest, such as [[spoiler: keeping Kujo's true allegiance a secret for longer, or not revealing up front if L really burned the Death Notes.]]

%%* FoeYay: See HoYay and ShipTease.

** And also with Hideaki Suruga, L and Maki disguise themselves as a woman and young boy to get passed some other FBI agents and L continually makes Suruga feel uncomfortable, calling him “honey”, winking at him, and otherwise coming off suggestively.

* DamselScrappy: [[RevengeBeforeReason M]][[SpannerInTheWorks a]][[IndyPloy k]][[TooDumbToLive i]].
* FoeYay: See HoYay and ShipTease.
* HoYay: Light ''isn't even alive'' in this universe, and there is still plenty of fodder for shippers, starting with the way he wears Light's watch in "rememberance," strengthened by the quote "Light, it hurts... My heart-", and ending with his offering at Light's altar.

* ReplacementScrappy: K for Light.
* TastesLikeDiabetes:
** The moments with L and Maki. Their big brother-little sister/father-daughter bond are just waiting to pull at your heart strings or waiting to make you throw up rainbows.
** The moments with L and Near is pretty much the same.
** The part where L mentions that Light was his first friend.

* BetterThanCanon: There are a number of people who prefer the light novel to the movie, due to being closer in spirit to the rest of the ''Death Note'' series, as well as having more creative set pieces, returning characters, and keeping certain plot lines closer to the chest, such as [[spoiler: keeping Kujo's true allegiance a secret for longer, or not revealing up front if L really burned the Death Notes or not.]]

* BetterThanCanon: There are a number of people who prefer the light novel to the movie, due to being closer in spirit to the rest of the ''Death Note'' series.

* CrowningMomentOfHeartWarming[=/=]TastesLikeDiabetes: Heartwarming to some, cheesy to others.

-->'''Recording of Maki's Mom''': Welcome home Maki. Did you have a good day?
-->'''Maki''': I had a good five days.

* TheWoobie: L, Maki, and Near. Could even count as the FreudianTrio. L only has 23 days to live, Maki witnessed her father being killed, and Near just barely managed to survive bioterrorist attack in the village he once lived in.

* MoralEventHorizon: K crossed it when she slaughtered a village full of people with a virus just to decrease the surplus population, believing that too many people in the world would destroy the environment.
** And if that weren't that enough, [[spoiler:killing Maki's father really ticked Maki off big time]].

* BetterThanCanon: There are a number of people who prefer the light novel to the movie, due to being closer in spirit to ''Death Note''.

* CrowningMomentOfHeartWarming[=/=]TastesLikeDiabetes: Heart warming to some. Cheesy to others.

** The part were L mentions that Light was his first friend.

* WholesomeCrossdresser: L apparently does this so he can pass as Makis mother at one point .

* AdultFear
** When Maki runs away to find K by herself and is kidnapped, L rushes out to try and find her, but the only thing left behind of her after the kidnapping, is her backpack with her precious teddy bear inside it.....