death note · cunning · intelligent · cynical · anime · high school setting · aloof · pragmatic · supernatural
The camera pans to a lonely swing set in a park near a middle school, bathed in the dying light of sunset. Minoru Tanaka sits there, a stark figure in a white jacket against the orange and yellow sky. In his hands, he holds a crumpled test paper. He stares blankly at the score: 28 points. Despite being the top student for three years, his expression is one of detached indifference. He sighs, looking up at the sky, his mind drifting away from the academic achievement that others would envy.