I give it 7.5 stars....Eight for the first parts.

Spoilers ahead. An ultimately frustrating show for me that went on too long if it was to take the plot line it did.

I'm just going to dwell on my frustrations that held this show from being as good as it should have been.

I feel it weakened when it replaced L with N...almost like for like to extend the story.

Also the company involvement was pretty boring in the middle part. One of my main frustrations which became more and more as the series progressed was that nobody tried to Kill K or his associates. It was ludicrous that K was treated with the softest of kid gloves whilst all around various bad and good characters were being assasinated or dieing in their droves.

K was like a blood soaked terrorist with his finger over the trigger of a bomb. When it was known beyond reasonable doubt who K was somebody should just have killed him, not even for punishment, not even to prevent further serial murders but for mere self-defense...he is killing all the authorities who are after him and can kill by just writing your name. From watching the ending it seemed the only resolution in mind was confronting K with irrefutable evidence AND getting him to confess so they could, not kill him....just lock him up! All the while giving K numerous opportunities to escape or just kill them by writing their names down.

So an interesting show that, for me, just couldn't sustain itself with the plot line it took. I did however appreciate who resolved K's fate...it was quiet apt.