![death note rules must use death note rules must use](https://i1.wp.com/startuplift.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FINAL-DRAFT-2.jpg)
But the setting and the casting only scratch the surface of how deeply director Adam Wingard has robbed Death Note of its identity, messing up nearly everything that made the original series so compelling.
#DEATH NOTE RULES MUST USE MOVIE#
So when Netflix announced that it was making a live-action movie of the franchise set in Seattle instead of Tokyo, and that starred white actor Nat Wolff as the protagonist Light Yagami, who in turn would be renamed Light Turner, accusations of whitewashing flew thick and fast. It sold more than 30 million copies in Japan, and was turned into an anime television show that had crossover success with American audiences.
![death note rules must use death note rules must use](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DIKhfrhVYAMkIzL.jpg)
![death note rules must use death note rules must use](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0409/4971/1001/products/RulesOfTheDeathNoteCurseShirt-2_1024x1024.jpg)