CATDOLL: The Japanese version of Death Note's ratings plummeted, and the female lead was blamed

The manga "Death Note" has previously launched a live-action Japanese drama version. Before it was released, the work was controversial due to plot changes and actor casting issues. Since it was broadcast, it has attracted attention from all parties. Although the ratings were as high as 16.9% after the first episode, they began to fall sharply afterwards. After the third episode was broadcast, the ratings of the work plummeted to 8.7%. In this regard, many people believe that Sano Hinako, who played Misa Amane in the work, is the culprit and should be blamed for the sharp drop in ratings.

In the original work, Amane Misa is a gorgeous character, but Sano's version of her is more voluptuous. And because of her round face, many fans of the original work criticized her, saying, "This is no longer Amane Misa, but a simple fat person." And not only compared with the original work, in the live-action movie "Death Note" released in 2006, Toda Erika played Amane Misa, and the two were also compared, and Toda's support rate was obviously higher.

Moreover, this situation also affected the industry's evaluation of the work. If it continues to decline, then this TV series, which was once considered "the best topic work of this season", will inevitably be considered a "super failure". For this reason, the production team also began to look for someone who should take the blame for the work. As a result, Sano, who was criticized on the Internet, was considered to be the one to take the blame.

However, many netizens pointed out that although Sano was indeed criticized, the real reason for the decline in ratings was the script and setting. The protagonist, who was originally a genius, became an ordinary college student and idol otaku, while his opponent L showed off his muscles all day long. Such changes that made people confused were the reason why the original fans did not buy it. When the first episode was broadcast, many people wanted to pay attention to what the live-action version would be like, which led to a high ratings, but they found that there was nothing attractive in the work, so most of the audience came to the conclusion that "watching 1 or 2 episodes is enough."