Death Note
TV Show • 2006 • Animation
ReportLight Yagami is an ace student with great prospects—and he’s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But will Light succeed in his noble goal, or will the Death Note turn him into the very thing he fights against?
This tv show contains 68 potentially triggering events.
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Abandonment
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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There are orphans, but you never see a parent abandon a child on screen or hear much about their history
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Abuse
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Is someone stalked?
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MossMan
One of the characters, Misa, is a model and is shown to be accustomed to stalkers, having nearly died when one asked her to marry him and she rejects him. At one point she is kidnapped by police and thinks that it is a stalker, continuously talking to them as if they are.
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MossMan
It is briefly mentioned by one of the detectives in season 1, in the arc where (mild spoilers) Light has given up his memories. One of the men has a small cut on his forehead and it is briefly implied he got it during an argument with his wife.
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Misa is
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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vallraiene
Not gaslighting specifically, but a girl is manipulated by her boyfriend throughout the entire show.
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Lagarde
it can be heavily implied about certain orphans from Wammy’s House, but this is not in the anime - just in another canon adaptation which is called Another Note
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Addiction
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vallraiene
Some criminals mentioned are drug addicts, but nothing is shown.
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Is there addiction?
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vallraiene
Sort of. A non-human main character is addicted to apples and claims they're like alcohol and cigarettes to his species, and starts showing withdrawal symptoms when he hasn't had an apple in a while. It's mostly comedic.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Drinking/getting drunk is shown, but there's no alcohol addiction
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Is rape mentioned?
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denjis
Light mentions very briefly that a man he kills has been convicted of rape charges.
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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denjis
In Mikami’s flashback, he was bullied by his classmates (beaten and publically stripped) for standing up against bullies
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Is someone restrained?
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mistersandman
There is a very uncomfortable scene where a girl is restrained by straps around her body and recorded for an extended period of time in an attempt to get her to confess what she knows.
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In the first episode a group of bikers sexually assault a woman. It only goes so far as her pants being unzipped before she escapes and the leader of the bikers is killed.
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There are attempted rapes, but none are actually successful.
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Bodily Harm
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Are any hands damaged?
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Lagarde
Episode 24 “Frenzy” - Protagonist jabs a needle from his watch into his thumb to write with his blood.
Episode 37 “New World” - Protagonist’s bullet wounds in his hand(s) bleed.
Episode 37 “New World” - Protagonist’s bullet wounds in his hand(s) bleed.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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When people have heart attacks they stop breathing.
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Not really crushed but a character is hit by a truck with a lot of blood shown
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Is someone burned alive?
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Episode 35 “Malice” - Two characters die offscreen in a burning truck inside an abandoned church. One character is briefly shown burning herself and her surroundings as narration says she “burns to death after setting fire to everything around her”. No audio of her reaction to burning.
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Does a head get squashed?
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Not necessarily but they show people who have been hit by cars with a decent amount of blood.
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Is there a hanging?
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vallraiene
A character is forced to hang herself, it isn't shown but the noose is
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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A man dies of a heart attack but seems to be struggling to breathe
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Does someone have a seizure?
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People frequently seize up while having heart attacks.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Episode 24 “Frenzy” - Protagonist jabs his finger using a needle from his watch so he may write with his blood.
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Is someone tortured?
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vallraiene
A character is bound, blindfolded, and forced to stand for several days.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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night.light
Yes, a few times. Most of them by background characters and it's usually only shown for a few seconds
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Episode 37 “New World” - Kira’s obsessive worshipper stabs his heart with a pen so Kira may run away from the team working to arrest him. Another worshipper stands on the edge of a tall building before jumping as a result of her grief over Kira.
Episode 35 “Malice” - Young man is shot to his death by policemen as he makes a diversion for his best friend’s plan.
Episode 35 “Malice” - Young man is shot to his death by policemen as he makes a diversion for his best friend’s plan.
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Does someone die?
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pretty much the entire plot of the show is about killing people
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
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Does a parent die?
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On-screen
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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TawnyT
A child-like teenager with a massive collection of toys at one point has to abandon all but only a few action figures to a destructive rioting mob -but he handles it well enough.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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vallraiene
A character is kidnapped by law enforcement and bound/blindfolded for several days
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Does someone cheat?
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SmuttyBerry
the main character through out the series cheats on several girls and manipulates them into doing what he wants
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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vallraiene
Not ghosts, no, but "shinigami" aka gods of death. Some look a little scary but the main shinigami is a very goofy character and not at all frightening.
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Is there a shower scene?
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Yes. A woman is shown taking a shower in episode 30, but it’s very short.
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Are there clowns?
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claynoid
If you describe Ryuk as a clown, sure.
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Is someone possessed?
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mad_melody
It's not technically possession, but many people are controlled to do things when their names have been written in the Death Note.
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Are there mannequins?
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Small doll like mannequins
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Lagarde
No vomit, which is why I love Death Note so much. There are only brief moments that may remind a viewer of such.
Episode 27 “Renewal” - A dying character has a deluge of blood spill from his mouth.
Throughout the series, characters suffering heart attacks often make gag-like noises.
Episode 27 “Renewal” - A dying character has a deluge of blood spill from his mouth.
Throughout the series, characters suffering heart attacks often make gag-like noises.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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Riahhhhh
There are a lot of characters that are cops trying to stop the main character but I wouldn’t see it as this
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Loss
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Medical
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Episode 24 “Frenzy” - Protagonist jabs his finger with a needle from his watch so he may write using his blood.
Very few times in the series, hospitalized characters are depicted with IV drips, but needles are not shown.
Very few times in the series, hospitalized characters are depicted with IV drips, but needles are not shown.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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vallraiene
One character is admitted to the hospital multiple times for different reasons
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Mental Health
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mad_melody
In the last episode someone pricks their finger in order to write with blood.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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yutlunglover
Mikami, who was bullied relentlessly as a child, has a very warped sense of justice. He's very mentally ill and chants 'delete' again and again when he kills people with the note. He also slits his own wrists very violently at the end of the series.
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denjis
Mikami commits suicide in the last episode by stabbing himself violently. Naomi kills herself by hanging (though it is not shown graphically) and Takada lights herself on fire.
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Is there misophonia?
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night.light
Yes, but scenes where characters eat are very short
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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TheYggdrasilArchives
explicitly, no. it is implied subtextually for multiple characters.
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vallraiene
Some are arguable suicides since the people were being controlled by the Death Note. But one person does jump at the very end of the series voluntarily.
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Noxious
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Is there shakey cam?
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Lagarde
Episode 25 “Silence” - Living character holding a dead character screams; visuals are shaky.
Episode 28 “Impatience” - Played comically, but a human character’s face is zoomed in on and shakes as he angrily/nervously commands a Shinigami to “go keep watch outside”. The Shinigami vaguely trembles, responding, “what’s with this guy? He is human… but he’s scary…”
Episode 34 “Vigilance” (I think) - scene of SPK member retrieving a notebook is shaking to visualize his anxiety due to believing he will see a Shinigami and/or die upon touching the notebook.
Episode 36 or 37 (or both) “1.28” and “New World” - Very shaky scenes of characters to visualize their feelings as they are all convinced they will die.
Episode 28 “Impatience” - Played comically, but a human character’s face is zoomed in on and shakes as he angrily/nervously commands a Shinigami to “go keep watch outside”. The Shinigami vaguely trembles, responding, “what’s with this guy? He is human… but he’s scary…”
Episode 34 “Vigilance” (I think) - scene of SPK member retrieving a notebook is shaking to visualize his anxiety due to believing he will see a Shinigami and/or die upon touching the notebook.
Episode 36 or 37 (or both) “1.28” and “New World” - Very shaky scenes of characters to visualize their feelings as they are all convinced they will die.
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Does a baby cry?
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TawnyT
There is a scene exclusive to the OVA re-release of the anime wherein a young child is heard candidly sobbing with screaming that progressively amplifies alongside the rumble of railroad tracks, glaring lights and whirling reminiscent of a tornado. This scene is a simulation of a withdrawn child's stress in response to overwhelming foreign stimuli.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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MossMan
There are some rapidly moving and changing scenes which flash, a lot more in season two especially towards the end. The camera also appears to shake.
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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spoilers ‼️
L hides cameras in lights house, but he eventually finds out and removes them
L hides cameras in lights house, but he eventually finds out and removes them
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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Lagarde
Episode 24 “Frenzy” - NOT directed at audience, but a character side-eyes another character and has an internal monologue saying that the character is next [to die]; the eye turns to face the viewer, despite not being directed at viewer.
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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hangezoe
No slurs, but one character says some homophobic things in the manga but not in the anime.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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BluePeach
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L is very autistic coded, though he isn't outright stated to be. The other characters respect him and don't really treat him differently. Though in season 1 episode 9 'encounter' He gets verbally chastised for sitting in his chair in an 'improper' way, as well as background characters commenting that they think he's unusual.
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Does an LGBT person die?
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sapphicswords
(Spoilers ahead)…Rem, Misa’s Shinigami, sacrifices herself so that Misa can live. While only implied in the anime, Rem canonically has romantic feelings for Misa, which are explicitly shown in the musical and the Japanese film series.
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Are there fat jokes?
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claynoid
yes, at one point when the main character gets a bag of chips his sister comments that if he keeps eating them his good looks will go down the drain.
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Race
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Relationships
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Religious
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Are there demons or Hell?
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silleyguy
The shinigami, which are a key part of the series, would probably be considered demons.
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Sex
Are there nude scenes?
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Not nude nude but I do remember on 1 occasion light does buy a nude magazine
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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imel
for example misa amane and the other girls from yotsuba members, in particular from Higuchi
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Is there sexual content?
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vallraiene
Yes, but it's minor. There's some street harrassment, and a model is seen in lingerie and mentions not wanting to take nude photos.
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Is there BDSM?
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Lagarde
There is no BDSM, however, some viewers say that the way a female character is restrained while being confined is very BDSM-esque.
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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The father appears to have chronic stress induced problems
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Social
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Is someone homeless?
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TheYggdrasilArchives
not quite explicitly, but a 15 year old running away from home who doesn't know anyone and has no practical knowledge of the outside world and no money is going to be homeless.
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
59 supporters
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mad_melody
The good guys win, but the ending is emotionally heavy.
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Vehicular
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Does a car crash?
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A few people die by being hit by a car
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Does a plane crash?
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Lagarde
Anticipated by some but does not actually happen in episode 29 “Father” (I think) when a plane is hijacked.
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Is someone hit by a car?
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vallraiene
Several times throughout the series.
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
60 supporters
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vallraiene
Gore not really, but blood is seen over the course of the show many times
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Is there gun violence?
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Yes there’s a lot of guns involved with the police
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