Death Note has plot holes, but that is the the problem. I can forgive the plot holes. The problem with Death Note is the character. The main characters Light, L, and N are not likeable at all. Light is not an anti-hero, he is quite evil. Somehow, the good guys L and N are very dislikeable as well, they are probably some of the most annoying characters I have encountered in Manga. In the end, I was rooting for no one. I wish the author made Light into an anti-hero, making him only kill bad people. Then it would be so much more interesting.