I took it so seriously as a young teen but I am rewatching it as an adult with my partner and this is one of the funniest animes I have watched. Would recommend a rewatch to anyone who hasn’t seen it since they were a kid. Completely different vibes, the dub is great as well.
The realization that Light is
a) a total goober
b) a total fascist
c) capable of fumbling the most easily held bag of all time
changed my reading quite a bit. There are so many scenes where he is totally locked in, making something completely meaningless into a Titanic struggle of intellect, while L or whoever else is just doing their job normally. The potato chip scene is one of them.
I EAT A POTATO CHIP!!!